Grenville Dodge: “Our country has seldom been called upon to mourn the loss of so brave and valuable an officer.”

You saved your army and won a glorious victory by refusing to take his advice.

Our men fought like heroes; many fell covered with wounds.

The only strategy or tactics was the movement of Van Dorn attacking on the right flank and in the rear, and these moves were fatal to his success.

They crawled in on their hands and knees, and swept the enemy from that front.