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The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
n every particular, the entire army being captured, numbering over ten thousand men. The following is a dispatch from Gen. Smith announcing the victory: We had three fights on the 30th near Richmond, Ky, The enemy was completely routed. General Nelson is wounded in the thigh, Gen. Miller killed. About three thousand prisoners, including General Manson and staff, captured, together with all their artillery and small arms, wagons, &c. Our loss small. Immediately after the battle the fomissing will reach some 10,000, whilst ours will not reach more than from three to five hundred killed and wounded. Their loss in killed and wounded officers is very heavy. The troops were from Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, and commanded by Gen'l Bull Nelson. Colonel Cassius M. Clay commanded a brigade, Gen. Smith commanded our troops, and by hard fighting and the blessing of God, we destroyed their fine army. It was a grand sight to see our ill-clad, and sometimes barefooted troops, with no f
The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
h from Louisville, relative to the recent battle near Richmond, Ky., says the Union force numbered between 8,000 and 9,000. and that the fight was commenced by Gen. Nelson, driving the rebels back until about 4 o'clock P. M., when the rebels were largely reinforced, and, crossing the Kentucky river, they captured nearly all our artillery and routed our men. Federal loss reported at 150 to 200 killed and wounded. The rebel loss reported heavy. Gen. Nelson was wounded slightly, and Col. Warner, of the 18th Ky., and Col. Topping, of the 71st Indiana, killed. At Lexington, on the night of the 21st, the bells were all rung, and all the male citizens ordereon, on the night of the 21st, the bells were all rung, and all the male citizens ordered out and slept on their arms, Maj. Gens. Wright and Wallance were at Lexington, and the Union men, it is stated, were fully prepared in case the rebels made an attack. Gen. Nelson left Louisville on route for Cincinnati, on the 1st inst.