BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help


Rifles for Watie Study Guide

Print-Friendly  Order the PDF version  Order the RTF version
by Harold Keith
About 106 pages (31,804 words)
Rifles for Watie Summary

Bookmark and Share Know this work well? Help others and get FREE products!

Chapter 7, Battle of Wilson's Creek Summary

General Lyon decides upon an aggressive plan of attack against the Confederate soldiers sleeping along Wilson's Creek. The Union soldiers secretly hike 12 miles during the night up to the ridge of the valley where Wilson's Creek flows. They wait until daybreak to perform a surprise ambush of the enemy. General Lyon's regiment, numbering 3,800 men, enters from the north, and Colonel Franz Sigel's regiment, numbering 1,200 men, enters from the south. The Union army is at a disadvantage with a total of 5,000 men, while the Confederate army has 9,000. General Lyon wants to harm the enemy, slowing them down so that they cannot follow the Union to St. Louis.

As Jeff's company hikes during the night, getting closer to battle, one of the soldiers named Jim Veatch tosses.....

This is a free excerpt of 135 words. This section contains 1,643 words. This study guide contains 31,804 words (approx. 106 pages at 300 words per page).

Read the rest of this Literature Guide with our Rifles for Watie Access Pass.

Ask any question on Rifles for Watie and get it answered FAST!
Answer questions in BookRags Q&A and earn points toward
discounted or even FREE Study Guides and other BookRags products!
Learn more about BookRags Q&A
Copyrights
Rifles for Watie from BookRags and Gale's For Students Series. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags




About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy