We had lost twelve men, the enemy probably twice as many.

The action, three years later, would have been considered only a roadside skirmish, but it was then an affair of importance.

Every man with General Lyon felt far more elation over the result than has since been felt over battles of much greater moment.

We had won a signal victory; the enemy had suffered an equally signal defeat.
During the battle, a chaplain, provided with four men to look after the wounded, came suddenly upon a group of twenty-four Rebels.

An imperative demand for their surrender was promptly complied with, and the chaplain, with his force of four, brought twenty-four prisoners into town.