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72 THE LONE STAR DEFENDERS
until the entire Confederate army was out of sight.
During all this time not a Federal gun was fired, not
a Federal soldier came in view. Nor were we
molested during the entire day or night, although
we moved in a leisurely way all day, and at night
Company C was on picket duty in the rear until
midnight.
Keetsville is a town in Missouri north of the battlefield.
Sigel, it was stated, " followed some miles
north towards Keetsville, firing on the retreating
force that ran that way." There were about twentyfour
pieces of our artillery that got into the Keetsville
road through mistake; they were without an
escort, entirely unprotected. After we had gone
about three days' march, leaving Huntsville to our
left and Fayetteville to the right, the Third Texas
was sent in search of this artillery, and, after marching
all night and until noon next day, passing
through Huntsville, we met them, and escorted them
in. They had not been fired on or molested in the
least. The Federal officers, however, were not
chargeable with all the inaccuracies that crept into
official reports.
General Van Dorn in his report of this campaign,
says: " On the 6th we left Elm Springs for Bentonville.
... I therefore endeavored to reach Bentonville,
eleven miles distant, by rapid march, but the
troops moved so slowly that it was 11 A. M. before
the leading division (Price's)-reached the village,
and we had the mortification to see Sigel's division,
7000 strong, leaving it as we entered."
Now, as I have already stated, the Third Texas
was in advance, and we saw Sigel leaving Bentonville
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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/m1/79/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.