COL. W.B. ARCHER, FOR WHOM
ARCHER AVENUE, CHICAGO,
WAS NAMED.
LIEUT. ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON, U.S.A
CAPT. R.B. MASON, U.S.A
Covered with glory and the hearty good wishes of every officer and man in the army, Henry returned home, only to be cut off in the zenith of his career, as before stated.
At the close of the fight Atkinson, Dodge, Posey, R.B. Mason and other officers and U.S. Infantry boarded the Warrior and dropped down the river to Prairie du Chien, arriving in the evening of the 4th.
On August 17th the regular troops which left Jefferson Barracks in April had returned to the same point.[[235]]