August 10, 1861
- Battle of Wilson’s Creek [US], Battle of Springfield [CS]: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the Missouri. Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon [US] is killed in the Confederate victory
A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1
- Battle of Wilson’s Creek, about 12 miles from Spring?eld, Mo. (Lyon v. McCulloch and Price): Union force 5,200, and rebel 15,000—rebels, after six hours’ ?ghting, repulsed. Gen. Lyon killed. During the night the Union forces fell back to Spring?eld, and thence to Rolla. Rebels too much disabled to follow. Union loss, 263 killed and 721 wounded; rebel loss, 421 killed and 1,300 wounded.
- A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863