The retreat began about 11:30 and continued two miles to a prairie northeast of the battleground, where a halt was made to enable the Surgeons to collect the wounded in ambulances.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy
Vandever deemed it better to fall back to Elkhorn Tavern, leaving the battleground in the possession of the enemy.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy
The graves were everywhere-mile after mile, on the slopes of the hills and in the fields and the valleys, though still on the battleground my friend had work to do.
"The Soul of the War"
Philip Gibbs