An Account of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, or Oak Hills, Fought Between the Union Troops, Commanded by Gen. N. Lyon. and the Southern, or Confederate Troops, Under Command of Gens. McCulloch and Price, on Saturday, August 10, 1861, in Green County, Missouri.

HOLCOMBE, R.I. and Thomas W. Adams.

$275.00

Item Number: 133053

Springfield, Missouri: Dow & Adams, Publishers, 1883.

First edition of Holcombe and Adams’ account of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. Octavo, original publisher’s binding decorated in gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.

The Battle of Wilson's Creek, also known as the Battle of Oak Hills, was the first major battle of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. It was fought on August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri, which was officially a neutral state, but its governor, Claiborne Fox Jackson, supported the South and secretly collaborated with Confederate troops. The Confederate victory allowed commanding Maj. Gen. Sterling Price to lead the Missouri State Guard north in a campaign culminating at the siege of Lexington, Missouri and effectively gave the Confederates control of southwestern Missouri.