I returned to St.Louis by way of Springfield and Rolla.

A wounded officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Herron (who afterward wore the stars of a major-general), was my traveling companion.

Six days of weary toil over rough and muddy roads brought us to the railway, within twelve hours of St.Louis.It was my last campaign in that region.

From that date the war in the Southwest had its chief interest in the country east of the Great River..