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44 THE LONE STAR DEFENDERS
There was a hustling for loose horses, a rapid
mounting and very soon the regiment was in line
by companies in the open field in front of the camps.
It was my duty now to "form the company," the
same as if we were going out to drill; that is, beginning
on the right, I rode down the line requiring
each man to call out his number, counting, one, two,
three, four; one, two, three, four, until the left was
reached. This gave every man his place for the
day, and every man was required to keep his place.
If ordered to march by twos, the horses were
wheeled to the right, number 2 forming on the right
of number 1; if order to for fours, numbers 3
and 4 moved rapidly up on the right of numbers
1 and 2, and so on. This being done in the face
of the aforesaid battery, with no undue haste, was
quite a trying ordeal to new troops who had never
before been under fire, but the men stood it admirably.
As soon as we were formed we moved out by twos,
with orders to cross the Springfield road to the hills
beyond, where General Ben McCulloch's infantry,
consisting of the noble Third Louisiana and the
Arkansas troops, some three thousand in all, were
hotly engaged with General Lyon's command. General
Lyon was personally in front of General Sterling
Price's army of Missouri State Guards, being
personally in -command of one wing of the Federal
Army (three brigades), and Sigel, who was senior
colonel, commanded the other wing (one brigade).
General McCulloch was in command of the Confederate
troops and General Price of the Missourians.
We moved out through Mr. Sharp's premises as
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Barron, S. B. The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade, book, 1908; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27719/m1/50/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.