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70 THE LONE STAR DEFENDERS
The firing ceased at night, but we remained on the
field, uncertain as to the proper thing to do, until a
courier who had been sent to General Van Dorn returned
about 2 A. M., with orders for all the forces
to move around to General Price's position. When
this was accomplished it was near daylight, and we
had spent the night without sleep, without rations,
and without water. General Curtis, perhaps discovering
our movement, was also concentrating his
forces in General Price's front.
The Confederates made an attack on the enemy
early in the morning, and for an hour or two the
firing was brisk and spirited, but as our men were
starved out and their ammunition about exhausted,
they were ordered to cease firing. As the Federals
also ceased firing, the forces were withdrawn quietly
and in an orderly manner from the field, and we
moved off to the south, moving east of General
Curtis, having passed entirely around his army.
The number of forces engaged in this battle were
not definitely given. General Van Dorn in his report
stated that he had less than 14,000 men, and estimated
the Federal force at from 17,000 to 24,000,
computing our loss at 600 killed and wounded and
200 prisoners, a total of 800. General Curtis reported
that his forces engaged consisted of about
10,500 infantry and cavalry, with 49 pieces of artillery,
and his statement of losses, killed, wounded, and
missing adds up a total of 1384. The future historian,
the man who is so often spoken of, is going
to have a tough time if he undertakes to record the
truths of the war. When commanding officers will
give some facts and then round up their official re-
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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/m1/77/: accessed May 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.