Battle at Wilson’s Creek, near Springfield, Mo., between 5,500 Union Troops under Generals Lyon and Sigel, and 23,000 Confederates under Generals McCulloch and Price, August 10th, 1861.
(from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated History of the Civil War…, edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895)
“The attack was made by General Lyon, in command of the centre, supported by General Sigel and Major Sturgis, U. S. A., and notwithstanding the great disparity of numbers, the Confederates were driven from their position and their camp burned, with great loss in killed, wounded and prisoners. The victory, however, was dearly purchased, General Lyon, the brave and able commander of the Union forces, was killed at the head of his troops, who suffered a loss of [illegible] killed and between 600 and 700 wounded. There is every reason to believe that the Confederate loss was more than double these numbers.”