Some were not found until after four days' exposure.

They crawled about as best they could, and, by searching the haversacks of dead men, saved themselves from starvation.

One party of four built a shelter of branches of trees as a protection against the sun.

Another party crawled to the bank of the creek, and lay day and night at the water's edge.

Several men sought shelter in the fence corners, or by the side of fallen trees.
Two days before the battle, ten dollars were paid to each man of the First Kansas Infantry.