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Rh Regiment Illinois: killed, Colonel Hardin, Captain Zabriakie, and 1st Lieutenant Houghton. 2d Regiment Illinois; killed, Captain Woodward, Lieutenants Rountree, Fletcher Ferguson, Robbing, Steel, Kelly, Bartleson, Atherton, and Price; wounded, Captains Coffee and Baker, Lieutenant Picket, Engleman, West, and Whiteside. Texas volunteers; killed, 1st Lieutenants Campbell, 2d Lieutenant Leonhard; wounded Captain Connor. Indiana volunteers: Brigade Staff; Brigadier-General Lane. 2d Indiana: killed, Captains Kinder and Walker, and Lieutenant Parr; wounded, Captains Sanderson and Osborn, Lieutenants Cayce, Davis, Pennington. Lewis, Moore, and Epperson. 3d Indiana killed. Captain Taggart; wounded, Major Gorman, Captains Sleep and Connover. 2d Kentucky foot; killed, Colonel M'Kee, Lieutenant-Colonel Clay, and Captain Willis; wounded, Lieutenants Barber and Napier. Arkansas Cavalry: killed. Colonel Yell, Captain Porter: wounded, Lieutenant Reader.

A large portion of officers fell showing their unconquerable bravery. It was a battle of artillery. General Taylor said,—

"The services of the light artillery, always conspicuous, were more than usually distinguished. Moving rapidly over the roughest ground, it was always in action at the right place and at the right time, and its well-directed fire dealt destruction in the masses of the enemy."

The General was necessarily much exposed. Two balls passed through his clothes. Our forces consisted of five thousand, and but four hundred and fifty-three of them were regulars. We were not able to follow up our success for the want of more men.