Mr.Wilkie was then liberated, and reached St.Louis with an exclusive account of the affair.
While General Price was holding Lexington, General Fremont commenced assembling an army at Jefferson City, with the avowed intention of cutting off the retreat of the Rebels through Southwest Missouri.

From Jefferson City our forces moved to Tipton and Syracuse, and there left the line of railway for a march to Springfield.

Our movements were not conducted with celerity, and before we left Jefferson City the Rebels had evacuated Lexington and moved toward Springfield.
The delay in our advance was chiefly owing to a lack of transportation and a deficiency of arms for the men.

General Fremont's friends charged that he was not properly sustained by the Administration, in his efforts to outfit and organize his army.

There was, doubtless, some ground for this charge, as the authorities, at that particular time, were unable to see any danger, except at Washington.