Description
The 7,000 army strong Confederate Force north of Leetown under General Ben McCulloch stopped before the open cornfield and waited while the General himself rode his horse out to scout for the enemy. Without any Confederate soldier seeing, he was killed by the Union force that was hidden behind the fencing. With no word from the General, the second in command General James McIntosh ordered his men forward, right into the waiting Union army. He was killed, leaving the Confederates leaderless. They waiting for orders in the field, delaying their planned meeting with their Confederate counterparts and slowing the momentum of a Confederate victory.