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Sources quoted from, or used for research purposes
Many of the articles, letters, or books used to construct this work, are courtesy of the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield John Hulston Research Library. This library is open to the public "on an appointment" basis only. If you would like to do research at this library, you must call in advance to reserve a time.
(Note - it was brought to my attention that when I refer to the "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation....", it should read "U.S. Department of War, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 128 vols. and index.Washington, 1880-1901." All references herein are from Series 1 Volume 3. I have links to the full reports in the library section of this site)- Thanks, PJ
Albright, Theodore Cline - "Reminiscences of a Tramp Printer" donated to Wilson's Creek National Battlefield by Mrs Joseph Ostermeyer (granddaughter)
Ames, Bud - "Ozark Hills and Hollers - Pen and Taters" by Edward Witmer
Anderson, Ephraim McD - "Memoirs: Historical and Personal; including the Campaigns of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade" 1868 Times Printing Company (in reprint by Morningside Bookshop Dayton, Ohio with intro by Edwin Bearss)
Andrews, George L - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Arkansas Gazette - 24 Aug 1861
Ashby, W M - article from unknown paper, courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Austin, Rev Robert A - (chaplain in Slack's Division) - "Battle of Wilson’s Creek" by Robert L Austin, Missouri Historical Review Vol 27 Oct-July 32-33 - also, Richmond Missourian August 10, 1936, on file at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, - also, courtesy of Western Historical Manuscript Collection University of Missouri - Columbia
Barron, Samuel - "The Lone Star Defenders - A Chronicle of the Third Texas Cavalry Regiment in the Civil War" Zenger Publishing Co Washington DC/C
Baxter, William - "Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove" Intro by Hugh Park reprint by Press Argus Van Buren, AR 1957
Bearss, Edwin C - "The Battle of Wilson's Creek" published by Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Foundation 4th Edition 1992
Bell, John P - "Price's Missouri Campaign" - Confederate Veteran Vol 22 1914 pages 271-2, 318-9
Bennett, Lyman Gibson - "A Look at Wilson Creek Battlefield Six Months after the Battle" - Christian County Historian Vol 2, Number 1 Summer 1988 (info - I heard the entire diary of this soldier was published in White River Valley Historical Society Quarterly - but was never able to research)
Bevier, RS - "History of the First and Second Missouri Confederate Brigades 1861-1865" Bryan, Brand & CO St Louis MO 1879
Blair, Charles W - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Bledsoe, R.D. - letter from RD Bledsoe to William E Connelley as quoted in "Doniphan's Expedition"
Blocker, A B - "Personal Experiences of a Six-Teen-Year-Old Boy, In The War Between The States" by Capt A B Blocker - courtesy Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Blue & Gray - "In the Ranks under General Lyon in Missouri - IV. The Observations of a Private Soldier" Vol 4, No 4 April 1895 (believed to be written by Private John Dailey (see also "Under Both Flags")
Bolton, J J - from Jefferson City Daily Tribune - Dec 21,1894 "War Incidents" courtesy Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Boone, B F - "Lieutenant Boone's Last Will and Testament" from "The Battle of Prarie Grove - Records with Mementos of December 7, 1862" by Washington Historical Society
Bouguet, Nicholas - "An Exciting Chase" from "Deeds of Valor - How America's Civil War Heroes Won the Congressional Medal of Honor" Edited by W.F. Beyer and O.F. Keydel - Longmeadow Press 1994
Boxley, Joe - from handwritten account of battle, courtesy of Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri - Columbia
Boyd, J N - "The Battle of Oak Hills or Wilson’s Creek" by Dr J.N. Boyd "Confederate Veteran Vol 19
Branson, William - "Diary" courtesy of University of Missouri-Columbia AND courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield.
Bruton, Olivia - "The Maiden Waved A Snowy Scarf - The Story of Springfield, Missouri During the Civil War" by Bob L’Aloge - Bus Brand Books 1993 AND "Typewritten interview" with Katherine Brown in 1934 courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Buegel, John T - "The Civil War Diary of John T Buegel" Missouri Historical Review April 1946
Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye - multiple issues ranging from May through Sept 1861
Carr, Eugene A - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Carroll, Charles A - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Carroll, De Rosey - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Cater, Douglas John - "As It Was - Reminiscences of a soldier of the Third Texas Cavalry and the Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry" by Douglas John Cater - Intro by T Michael Parrish - State House Press 1990
Cheavens, Henry - "Journal of the Civil War in Missouri: 1861, Henry Martyn Cheavens" edited by Virginia Easley - Missouri Historical Review 57, Sept 1962
Childress, R G - "Battle of Oak Hill" by R G Childress "Confederate Veteran" Vol 7
Churchill, Thomas J - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Clark, John B Jr - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Clark, John B - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Cleveland Plains Dealer - (OH) 26 Aug 1861
Cloud, W F - Springfield Leader 10 Aug 1861
Cockrell, Francis - "Confederate Veteran" - (unknown edition)
Coleman, W O - "Service of Col W O Coleman" - "Confederate Veteran Vol 19 1911"
Confederate Veteran - "Reminiscence of a Confederate Soldier" Jefferson City Tribune 20 Aug 1873
Crawford, Samuel - "Kansas In The Sixties" Chicago AC McClurg & Co. 1911
Curry, A M - "Civil War Memories of A M Curry" Edited by Ray Cornelius Curry and Charles Ray Richardson Courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Cutrer, Thomas W - "McCulloch Had Made A Clean Platter in Missouri" - "Gateway Heritage Vol 14 Number 1 Summer 1993"
Dacus, Dr Robert H - "Reminiscences of Company "H" First Arkansas Mounted Rifles" Dardanelle, AR August 1, 1897 Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Davis, Jefferson - "Fasting and Prayer in the South" by Topeka Tribune 15 Jun 1861
Dockery, Tom P - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Dockery, A M - "The Confederate Reunion in Progress and Largely Attended" as published in The Leader Democrat 8 Aug 1901 Springfield, MO
Dubois, John Van Deusen - "The Civil War Journal and Letters of Colonel John...." edited by Jared C Lobdell - "Missouri Historical Review July 1996 and "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Dyer Randolph - Letter to sister - courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield - and Western Historical Manuscript Collection University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO. also reprinted in "Bulletin" Greene County Historical Society Vol 4 No 5 November 1960
Edwards, J F - "Jefferson City Tribune" - August 13, 1897
Edwards, Thomas - "Springfield Daily Leader" - August 11, 1911
Embry, Benjamin - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Fairchild, Capt - "Letter to Editor" as published in St Louis Republican 14 August 1861
Farrand, Charles E - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Frost, Griffith - "Camp and Prison Journal" by Griffin Frost reprinted Camp Pope Bookshop 1994
Gilbert, CC - Personal letters written in 1895 courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Gratiot, John - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Greer, Elkanah - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Halderman, John A - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" AND "Reminiscences of ‘61" published in Boston Transcript 12 Aug 1901
Havens, H E - "Tri-Weekly Patriot" Aug 20, 1867
Hebert, Louis - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Herron - "Illustrated History of Missouri" by WF Switzler page 382
Hickok, Bill - "Wild Bill Hickok" by Richard O’Connor - Doubleday & Company 1959
Hinson, RM - letter dated 10 July 1861 courtesy of LSU Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library
Hubbell, Richard - "Personal Reminiscences" courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield and Missouri Historical Society
Hughes, John - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" AND "unknown Liberty MO newspaper" courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield AND "Rebellion Record" Page 520 AND "Joint Collection University of Missouri Western Historical Manuscript Collection - Colombia and State Historical Society of Missouri Manuscripts
Hulston, John - "West Point & Wilson’s Creek" courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield and "West Point and Wilson’s Creek" by John Hulston printed by Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation
Hyams, S M - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Ingenthron, Elmo - "Borderland Rebellion" published by The Ozarks Mountaineer Branson, MO 1980
James, J W - "Battle of Oak Hills" from Confederate Veteran Vol 24
Jones, George - from "speech" transcribed by The Sunday Democrat Springfield MO 11 Aug 1901
"Fool on a stump" - Kansas City Times June 18, 137 as quoted in Missouri Historical Review Feb 1958
"Kansas at Wilson's Creek" by Richard W Hatcher III and William Garrett Piston, published by Wilson's Creek Battlefield Foundation 1993
Kelly, John - unknown paper referring to Medal of Honor for Immell - courtesy Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
King, W H - "Early Experiences in Missouri" from Confederate Veteran Vol 17 1909
Know, Thomas - "Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation" Berlock and Company 1865 courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Lademann, Otto - "War Papers" Vol IV Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield AND "Tales of the War" by Knapp & CO. April 12, 1887
Lane, Peter - "Recollections of a Volunteer or Footsteps of a Soldier" courtesy Wilson’s creek National Battlefield
Lawrence State Journal - (KS) 31 Oct 1861
Leader - Democrat (Springfield, MO) 9 Aug 1901
Leavenworth Times - numerous issues inc 15 Sep 1861, 3 Oct 1861, 27 Aug 1861, 2 Oct 1861, 23 Aug 1861, 17 Aug 1861, 22 Aug 1861, 18 Aug 1861, 6 Sep 1861, 20 Aug 1861, 16 Aug 1861, 12 Sep 1861, 15 Aug 1861,
Letters to Hattie - "copies of letters" Courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Letter home to son - Topeka Tribune 1 Jun 1861
Letters by Kansas Troops - "Kansans Go To War" edited by Rick Hatcher and William Piston as published in Kansas History A Journal of the Central Plains Vol 16, Number 4 Winter 1993-1994 AND "Kansas at Wilson’s Creek" by Rick Hatcher and William Piston published by Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation AND various letters to Leavenworth Times Aug - Sept 1861
Lindesey, Dr Flavius J - Cowskin Prarie and Wilson's Creek - Missouri Republican March 12, 1886
Lucey, John - Diary from "unknown source" Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Lyon, Nathaniel - "An Account of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek" by Holcombe and Adams reprinted 1985 by The Greene County Historical Society with permission of the Springfield-Green County Library AND "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Maddox, George T - "Hard Trials and Tribulations of the Old Confederate Soldier" printed at the Argus Office 1897 Courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Major, James - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Mathis, MI - Stiner, Joe - ballad appeared first time in Springfield Leader, 16 Oct 1933
McBride, James - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
McGonigle, James - "First Kansas Infantry in the Battle of Wilson Creek, Missouri, Tenth Day of August, 1861" courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield original in the possession of Kansas State Historical Society
McCulloch, Benjamin - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" AND " "The Historical Magazine" March 1872
McCulloch, Clem - "Sketch of the Life of Clem McCulloch: In the Confederate Army, 1861-1865" from "The Battle of Prarie Grove - Records with Mementos of December 7, 1862" by Washington County Historical Society
McDonald, Stephen - Letters to wife, courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
McIntosh, James - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
McRae, D - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Merritt, William - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Melcher, Samuel - "An Account of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek" by Holcombe and Adams reprinted 1985 by The Greene County Historical Society with permission of the Springfield-Green County Library AND "letter to Martin Hubble" compliments of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Mills, Roger - "A Texan at Wilson’s Creek" from Civil War Times Illustrated Jan 1979
Milton, George - "The Battle of Oak Hills, MO" from Confederate Veteran Vol 24
Minehart, Henry - "Battle of Oak Hills" from Fort Smith Times unknown date courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Missouri Statesman - Letter from unknown participant - 23 August 1861, 30 Aug 1861, 20 Sept 1861,
Mitchell, Benjamin - "A Confederate Participant Describes the Battle of Wilson Creek" courtesy Clyde Tuck as published in Ozarks Mountaineer Vol 7 #2 Feb 1959
Mounts, W S - from memories of WS Mounts - courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Mudd, Joseph - "What I Saw at Wilson’s Creek" from Missouri Historical Review Vol 7 Oct-July 1912-13 AND "With Porter in North Missouri" 1909 Washington DC THe National Publishing Company 1992
Murphy, David - "Personal Reminiscences of Old Settlers" courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
"The Annals of Iowa; A Quarterly Publication by the State Historical Society. Issued by the Committee of Publication at Iowa City. 1868" copyright 1964 by The State Historical Society of Iowa
"Official Military History of Kansas Regiments - During the War of the Suppression of the Great Rebellion" by WS Burke published by Kansas Heritage Press Ottawa, Kansas
OHM - letter published in Aurora Beacon (IL) 5 September 1861
Osborne, Vincent - "Vincent B Osborne’s Civil War Experiences" edited by Joyce Farrow and Louise Barry from the Kansas Historical Quarterly May 1952 (personal note - this article would be of special interest to those interested in medicine in the Civil War. Osborne was injured by a rifle shot in the leg, and he explains in great detail his ordeal and the medical attention he received after the battle)
Osterhaus, Peter - "What I Saw of the War" 1897 courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Parsons, Mosby - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Pearce, Nathaniel - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" AND "Arkansas Troops in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek" from Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Vol 1 Castle AND "The St Louis Republican" unknown date
Peckham, James - Gen Nathaniel Lyon, and A Monograph of the Great Rebellion" American News Company, New York 1866
Phelps, Mary Anne - daughter of John S Phelps, reminiscences recorded by daughter, courtesy of Western Historical Manuscript Collection Colombia, MO
Plummer, Joseph - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Price, Sterling - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Pritchard, James - "The Missouri First and Second Confederate Brigades" by Bevier courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Rains, James - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Rankin, John - Letter from Rankin to A R Greene courtesy Kansas State Historical Society and Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Ray, Andy - "The Iowa Greyhounds" in Springfield newspaper 27 July 1913
Reid, J G - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Reiff, A V - "The War of the ‘Sixties" compiled by ER Hutchins The Neal Publishing Company 1912
Reimers, August - "Memoirs of August E Reimers" courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Rivers, John - "The Story of My Life" Photocopies of original on file Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Rives, Benjamin - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Rohr Sauer, Alfred von "Sigel’s Flanking Column: Costly Mistake at Wilson’s Creek" published in Gateway Heritage Volume 7, Number 2 Fall 1986 Missouri Historical Society
Rose, Victor - "Ross’ Texas Brigade" Courier-Journal Book and Job Rooms, 1881, Louisville, KY
Russell, Alexander - "Letters" from Western Historical Manuscript Collection University of Missouri - Colombia
Schofield, John - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" AND "Forty-Six Years in the Army" by Lt-Gen John M Schofield - The Century Co 1897
Shelton, Alonzo - "Memoir of a Confederate Veteran" published by Mrs Julian Evans and the Clay Platte Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy 1974 with permission of Clay County Museum Association, who holds original handwritten manuscript.
Shephard, E M - "Writer was present at Historic Struggle" article in The Springfield Press, Springfield, MO 17 April 1931
Sigel, Franz - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" AND "Battle of Wilson’s Creek. Letter of Gen Sigel" courtesy Missouri Historical Review Vol 1 Oct-July 1906-7 AND "Personal letter to Col Thomas Snead" 1886 courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield AND "The Flanking Column at Wilson’s Creek" as published in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Castle
Sitton, J J - "The Diary of Captain J J Sitton" courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield and Mrs Davie Hays
Smith, J F - "The Battle of Oak Hills - A Fiery Baptism" from The War of the ‘Sixties by ER Hutchins -The Neals Publishing Company 1912
Snead, Thomas - "The Fight for Missouri" pub by Charles Scribner’s Sons 1886 New York courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield AND "General Lyon and Wilson’s Creek" as seen in MO Historical Review Vol 22 Oct-July
Snyder, J F - "A Few Points about the Battle of Wilson Creek" Missouri Republican Oct 1, 18??
Spalding, Lt - report to Missouri Democrat 20 August, 1861
Springfield Patriot Advertiser - "The Battle of Wilson’s Creek" believed to be written by John Schofield of Union forces May 20, 1880
Stafford, Louis - Aug 17, 1861 to wife - letter in possession of Kansas State Historical Society. Copy courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield.
Stirman, Ras - "In Fine Spirits" - with comments by Pat Carr - published by Washington County Historical Society Fayetteville, AR 1986
Steele, Frederick - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" AND "Frederick Steele Forgotten General" published by The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University 1971
Strong, George - "The Diary of George Templeton Strong Vol 3, The Civil War Years, 1860-1865" by Alan Nevins and Milton Halsey, New York 1952
Sturgis, Samuel - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Sweet, Benjamin - "Civil War Experiences" Missouri Historical Review April 1949
The Free Press - (Elwood, KS) article of 11 August 1861
Topeka Tribune - 5 May 1861
Totten, James - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Tholen, William - "Who Killed General Lyon - Statement of a Kansas Officer, as Eye Witness" The Missouri Weekly Patriot - Springfield, MO March 22, 1866 AND "The Death of General Lyon" from Border Times, Weston, Kansas March 16, 1866
Tunnard, William - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" AND "A Southern Record - The History of the Third Louisiana Infantry" Baton Rouge, La. 1866
Unknown - Harry - Letter dated August 12, 1861 in possession - The History Museum of Springfield Greene County, Archives
Webb, W L - "Battles and Biographies of Missourians or the Civil War Period of Our State" Hudson - Kimberly Pub Co 1900
Under Both Flags - "Under Both Flags - A Panorama of the Great Civil War" copyright C R Graham, 1896 WS Reeve Publishing CO Chicago, IL (believed to be by Private John Dailey) (see also "Blue & Grey")
Unknown letter to the editor - "Weekly Missouri Democrat" Aug 27, 1861
Unknown Paper - article entitled "Wilson’s Creek - Missouri’s Field of Blenheim" 6 Aug 1911 courtesy of Wilson’s Creek Battlefield (believed to be Kansas City Star) reprinted by The Springfield Daily Leader 1911
Upham, Cecil - "Iowa and War" edited by Benjamin Shambaugh Published by The State Historical Society of Iowa October 1917
Van Buren Press - (AR) 28 August 1861, 7 Aug 1861, 14 Aug 1861, 4 Sept 1861,
Vigilini, John - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Walker, J D - "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Ware, Eugene F - "The Lyon Campaign - History of the First Iowa Infantry" original version courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Watson, William - "Life in the Confederate Army - Being the Observations and Experiences of an Alien in the South during the American Civil War" Scribner and Welford 1888
Webb, John - "A Participant of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek" Steelville (MO) Democrat Oct 3, 1901
Weed, F F - "In the Battle of Carthage, MO" in Confederate Veteran Vol 26 1918
Weekly Conservative - (Leavenworth, KS) 29 Aug 1861
Weekly Missouri Democrat - (St Louis, MO) 27 Aug 1861
Wherry, William - "Wilson’s Creek, and the Death of Lyon" Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Volume 1 Castle
Wight, William - "An Official Account of the Battle of Wilson Creek" as found in The Arkansas Historical Quarterly Vol XV No 4 Winter, 1956
Wilkie, Franc - "The Iowa First - Letters from the War" printed at the Herald Book and Job Establishment
Dubuque, IA 1861 AND "Pen and Power" printed Ticknor and Company Boston 1888 AND "article" in Dubuque Herald August 21, 1861 all courtesy of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Williams, S - "Wilson Creek Battle Memories Come to Life in Old Letters" by Harry DeVore from Southwest Standard Jan 8, 1960 (Southwest Missouri State University newsletter
Williams, Wm T. - unknown paper referring to Medal of Honor for Immell - courtesy Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wood, Henry Clay - "The Left of the Federal Line of Battle at Wilson’s Creek"
Wood, SN - "Report of SN Wood’ Emporia News Aug 1861
Woodruff, William - "With the Light Guns in ‘61-’65 Reminiscences of Eleven Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas Light Batteries, In the Civil War" Central Printing Company 1903 Little Rock, AR courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Wyatt, John - from personal diary, courtesy Missouri State Archives Jefferson City, MO
Young, Robert - "The Great Battle Fought 39 Years Ago" article from Jefferson City Tribune - 10 August 1900
Thanks also to Mrs Dixie O’Conner, who grew up on the battlefield, before it became a National Battlefield