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50 THE LONE STAR DEFENDERS
effective men with 15 pieces of artillery. General
AMcCulloch's brigade has been estimated at 4000 men,
with no artillery, and this officer's conclusion was
that the enemy had 9000 to 10,000 men, and that
the forces of the two armies were about equal. The
Federal officers in their reports greatly exaggerated
our strength, and, I think, greatly underestimated
theirs, especially so since, General Lyon being killed,
it devolved upon the subordinates to make the reports.
Major S. D. Sturgis, who commanded one
of Lyon's brigades, says their 3700 men attacked
an army of 23,000 rebels under Price and McCulloch,
that their loss in killed, wounded, and missing
was 1235, and he supposed the rebel loss was 3000.
Major J. M. Schofield, General Lyon's adjutant,
says their 5000 men attacked the rebel army of
20,000. General Fremont, afterwards, in congratulating
the army on their splendid conduct in this
battle, says their 4300 men met the rebel army of
20,000. They give the organization of their army
without giving the numbers. General Lyon had
four brigades, consisting, as they report, of six regiments,
three battalions, seven companies, 200 Missouri
home guards and three batteries of artillery,
many of their troops being regulars. Their army
came against us in two columns. General Lyon,
with three brigades and two batteries, Totten's six
pieces, and Dubois, with four, came down the Springfield
road and attacked our main army in front.
Colonel Franz Sigel, with one brigade and one light
battery, marched down to the left, or east of the
road and into our rear, and attacked the cavalry
camp with his artillery, as has already been stated.
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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/m1/56/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.