Lyon & Army of the West fall back to Springfield to resupply

Lyon & Army of the West fall back to Springfield to resupply

13 years ago By Adam David Gibbons
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DUG SPRINGS, MISSOURI—Spies for Union Gen. Nathaniel Lyon report that a 25,000-man Confederate army is approaching his 4,000-man Army of the West. Lyon is ordering his troops back to Springfield to resupply.

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