We left Springfield about sunset on the 9th, General Lyon taking about three thousand men, while Colonel Sigel took less than two thousand.

Exceptions have frequently been made to this mode of attack.

Had it been successful, I presume no one would have found it faulty.

It is an easy matter to criticise the plans of others, after their result is known.
The columns moved by different roads to obtain the desired positions.
The march was as silent as possible.

The only sounds were the rumbling of wheels and the occasional clank of arms.