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An account of the battle of Wilson's Creek, or Oak Hills, fought between the Union troops, commanded by Gen. N. Lyon and the Southern, or Confederate troops, under command of Gens. McCulloch and Price, on Saturday, August 10, 1861, in Greene county, MissouriHolcombe, R. I. (Return Ira)

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An account of the battle of Wilson's Creek, or Oak Hills, fought between the Union troops, commanded by Gen. N. Lyon and the Southern, or Confederate troops, under command of Gens. McCulloch and Price, on Saturday, August 10, 1861, in Greene county, Missouri

Name: An account of the battle of Wilson's Creek, or Oak Hills, fought between the Union troops, commanded by Gen. N. Lyon and the Southern, or Confederate troops, under command of Gens. McCulloch and Price, on Saturday, August 10, 1861, in Greene county, Missouri
Author: Holcombe, R. I. (Return Ira)

Holcombe, R. I. (Return Ira)

Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; Wilson's Creek, Battle of, Mo., 1861

AN ACCOUNT
                                 OF THE
                       Battle of Wilson’s Creek,
                             OR OAK HILLS,
                           FOUGHT BETWEEN THE
                UNION TROOPS, COMMANDED BY GEN. N. LYON,
                                AND THE
 SOUTHERN, OR CONFEDERATE TROOPS, UNDER COMMAND OF GENS. McCULLOCH AND
                                 PRICE,
                                   ON
                       SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1861,
                                   IN
                        GREENE COUNTY, MISSOURI.


              WRITTEN AND COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES
                          By HOLCOMBE & ADAMS.


Published on the Twenty-Second Anniversary of the Battle, as a Full and
      Faithful Account, and as a Memorial of the Reunion of the
      Survivors of the Engagement of Both Sides, held August 8, 9, and
      10, 1883.


                         SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI:
                        DOW & ADAMS, Publishers.
                                 1883.


                               St. Louis.
                     Nixon-Jones Printing Company.

    [Illustration: BRIG. GEN. NATHANIEL LYON.]

    [Illustration: GEN. STERLING PRICE.]


                               THIS BOOK
                    IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE
                             BLUE AND GRAY
                          WHO TOOK PART IN THE
                Battle of Wilson’s Creek, or Oak Hills,
                           August 10th, 1861.




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An account of the battle of Wilson's Creek, or Oak Hills, fought between the Union troops, commanded by Gen. N. Lyon and the Southern, or Confederate troops, under command of Gens. McCulloch and Price, on Saturday, August 10, 1861, in Greene county, Missouri

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