During the battle , Price 's Confederate troops under Leonidas Polk occupied Columbus , Kentucky .
On September 3 , 1861 Confederate General Sterling Price defeated Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon at the Battle of Wilson 's Creek .
During the battle , General 's Confederate troops under Leonidas Polk occupied Columbus , Kentucky .
On September 3 , 1861 Confederate General Sterling Price defeated Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon at the Battle of Wilson 's Creek .