CHAPTER XII.
THE FLIGHT AND THE PURSUIT.
From Springfield to Pea Ridge .-- Mark Tapley in Missouri.--"The Arkansas Traveler."-- Encountering the Rebel Army .-- A Wonderful Spring .-- The Cantonment at Cross Hollows .-- Game Chickens .-- Magruder _vs_.

Breckinridge .-- Rebel Generals in a Controversy .-- Its Result .-- An Expedition to Huntsville .-- Curiosities of Rebel Currency .-- Important Information .-- A Long and Weary March .-- Disposition of Forces before the Battle .-- Changing Front .-- What the Rebels lost by Ignorance..