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The engagement began at 5:30 A. m., Lyon’s ad-vance driving Bains over Bloody Hill. Price’s lineas formed to confront the main attack by Lyonabout 6:30 was, from left to right, as follows: Mc-Bride, Parsons (with Guibor’sbattery), Clark, Slack,and Rains . This force numbered 3168 men with 4guns, and was opposed by nearly 2000 men with 10guns. The right of the first Union line was held bythe 1st Missouri ; on its left were Totten’s battery.Osterhaus’s battalion, the 1st Kansas , DuBois’s bat-tery, and Steele’s battalion. Later, the 1st Kansas was relieved by the 1st Iowa (800), and the 1st Mis-souri by the 2d Kansas (600), and by Steele. Thisbrought the Union strength at this point ivp to 3550.Meanwhile, Hdbert’s 3d Louisiana and McIntosh’sregiment and McRae’s battalion, together num-bering 1320, moved down from their encampment(marked “ McCulloch’s bri-gade”), crossed the road,and repulsed Plummer’s 300in the corn-field, but weredriven back by DuBois’s bat-tery. By this hour (8 o’clock)Sigel had attacked on therear and had driven Church-ill’s infantry and Greer’sand Major’s cavalry out oftheir camps. McCullochnow gathered up part ofthe 3d Louisiana and routedSigel’s troops, who were atSharp’s farm. He was aidedin this by the fire of Reid’sand Bledsoe’s batteries.Woodruff’s battery hadfrom the start chiefly en-gaged Totten; and nowChurchill, and next Greer’saud Carroll’s cavalry, andafterward Gratiot’s regi-ment (of Pearce’s brigade)were conducted to the aidof Price, raising his forceto 4239, exclusive of Greerand Carroll, who had beenquickly repulsed by Totten ;Lyon’s being as above,3550, exclusive of 220 ofPlummer’s and 350 of theMounted Reserve. GeneralLyon was killed at 10:30.just as Pearce’s fresh regi-ments (under Walker andDockery) and the 3d Loui-siana were coming up. At11:30 Major Sturgis with-drew the Union army, whichwas then outnumbered twoto one.