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J. H. Brinton (search for this): chapter 1.8
rant, in his official report, puts down his loss on the field at 85 killed, 301 wounded and 99 missing. As to the loss on the boats, he says: Notwithstanding the crowded state of our transports, the only loss we sustained from the enemy's fire upon them was three men wounded, one of whom belonged to the boats. He does not estimate the Confederate strength or loss. General McClernand puts down the Federal loss at about 300 in killed, wounded and missing. Brigade Surgeon and Medical Director J. H. Brinton gives the total of killed in the five regiments, cavalry and artillery at 80 and the wounded at 322. He puts the loss of the Seventh Iowa at 26 killed and 93 wounded. But Colonel J. G. Lauman, commanding this regiment, puts down his loss in his official report at: Killed, 51; died of wounds, 3; missing, 10; prisoners, 39; wounded, 124. Total, 227. Our reports, on the other hand, tell quite another story. General Polk (not claiming accurate information) estimates the enemy
B. F. Cheatham (search for this): chapter 1.8
the day. General Polk accordingly ordered General Cheatham, with the First brigade of his division, k first by Colonel Marks and afterward by General Cheatham on his flank. These conflicts were sever, General Polk was met by Generals Pillow and Cheatham, whom he directed, with the regiments of Geneived on the field and ordered him to join General Cheatham in pursuit of the enemy, which pursuit, lo which we had no means of reply. Upon General Cheatham's arrival on the opposite side of the rivois regiment-drawn up in line of battle. General Cheatham immediately ordered his column forward an full retreat, and while we were forming, General Cheatham rode up and ordered my regiment to be movnd Pillow. Meanwhile Colonel McNairy, of General Cheatham's staff, had been ordered back to move foigadier General Pillow, had rejoined Brigadier-General Cheatham near this point, directed me to moveng on them. On the day after the battle, General Cheatham met, under flag of truce, Colonel Hatch, [11 more...]
John C. Fremont (search for this): chapter 1.8
eat for General Grant, Curtis telegraphs General E. D. Townsend, Adjutant-General United States army, from St. Louis, under date of 9th November, 1861, two days after the battle, as follows: * * Captain McKeener telegraphs from Cincinnati to General Fremont, that General Grant had no orders from Fremont to attack Belmont or Columbus. (See Rebellion Records, Vol. III, p. 567.) He had been notified that there was a force of about three thousand Confederates on the St. Francis river, Arkansas, aFremont to attack Belmont or Columbus. (See Rebellion Records, Vol. III, p. 567.) He had been notified that there was a force of about three thousand Confederates on the St. Francis river, Arkansas, about fifty miles from Cairo, and had sent Colonel Oglesby there, with a force equal to that of the Confederates, to oppose them and hold them in check. Learning that General Polk was about to detach a large force from Columbus to be moved down the river and to reinforce General Price, he had orders to prevent this movement. He then ordered a regiment under Colonel W. H. L. Wallace to reinforce Oglesby, and ordered General C. F. Smith to move all the troops he could spare from Paducah directly
McNairy (search for this): chapter 1.8
tery was silenced by our guns on the Columbus side. We were then moved on board the Kentucky and Charm, and were speedily landed at our destination. The enemy was now in full retreat, and while we were forming, General Cheatham rode up and ordered my regiment to be moved forward in the pursuit in double-quick time. In executing this order I followed the direction indicated by General Cheatham, who led our advance, acompanied by Colonel Smith and Generals Polk and Pillow. Meanwhile Colonel McNairy, of General Cheatham's staff, had been ordered back to move forward Colonel Blythe's regiment, which was done. After marching for a mile and a half or two miles, I was ordered to halt and send out a party of skirmishers on the side of a neighboring cornfield. In obedience to this order I detailed Captain Edward Fitzgerald, of Company F, and sixteen of his men, and then moved up the road rapidly until we came in sight of the enemy's boats, three in number, supported by two gunboats.
Walter Scott (search for this): chapter 1.8
landing on the Columbus side. It consisted of Blythe's Mississippi regiment and the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth senior regiment of Tennessee volunteers, of which I was lieutenant-colonel and in command. General Polk took command of these regiments, together with Captain White's company, of Colonel T. H. Logwood's battalion of cavalry, and crossed the river. He ordered two regiments of General McCown's division to follow. General McCown dispatched Colonel Neely's Fourth Tennessee and Colonel Scott's Twelfth Louisiana regiments, but they arrived too late to participate in the action. On landing, General Polk was met by Generals Pillow and Cheatham, whom he directed, with the regiments of General Cheatham and portions of others, to press the enemy to his boats. His order was executed with alacrity and in double-quick time. The route over which the troops passed was strewn with the dead and wounded of the conflicts of Colonel Marks and General Cheatham, and with arms, knapsacks,
R. H. Barrow (search for this): chapter 1.8
kson, who had reported to General Pillow that he could not get his battery ashore, was attached to his staff and directed to lead this column. In aiding Lieutenant-Colonel Barrow, who was in immediate command of the Eleventh Louisiana, to bring a portion of the column into line, he fell severely wounded. We were getting decideas they discovered the Major, the main body opened fire on him. He then ordered his men to commence firing, which they did rapidly and in gallant style. Lieutenant-Colonel Barrow, in immediate command of the Eleventh regiment, at this moment brought up the left wing, placed them in line and joined in the general fighting. In aboucolumn now separated in two divisions, the one trying to flank him on the right and the other on the left, he divided his command, and, with the assistance of Colonel Barrow promptly seconded by all the officers of the line, got in a position to front the enemy each way. He again opened a general fire for about an hour, at the ex
Trask (search for this): chapter 1.8
roceeded up the river, sending the men back who were under the bank for a supply; but found, upon an examination of the cartridge-boxes of several, both above and below the bank, that they had a good supply. Finding that the confusion was becoming worse, and the men inclined to rush upon the transports, I endeavored by expostulation and entreaties to halt them, but in vain. I then rode to the head of the column, and applying the sabre to the leading files it had the desired affect. Captain Trask, of the Confederate steamer Charm, says: Upon landing at 12 M. on the Belmont side, and at a point about four hundred yards above the position occupied by the enemy's battery, at the time playing on our boat, we found the landing obstructed by our disorganized forces, who endeavored to board and take possession of our boat, andat the same time crying, Don't land! don't land! We are whipped! Go back! etc. It was clearly apparent that still further reinforcements would be ne
Sterling Price (search for this): chapter 1.8
had no orders from Fremont to attack Belmont or Columbus. (See Rebellion Records, Vol. III, p. 567.) He had been notified that there was a force of about three thousand Confederates on the St. Francis river, Arkansas, about fifty miles from Cairo, and had sent Colonel Oglesby there, with a force equal to that of the Confederates, to oppose them and hold them in check. Learning that General Polk was about to detach a large force from Columbus to be moved down the river and to reinforce General Price, he had orders to prevent this movement. He then ordered a regiment under Colonel W. H. L. Wallace to reinforce Oglesby, and ordered General C. F. Smith to move all the troops he could spare from Paducah directly against Columbus. Added to these, he took all the troops which could be spared from Cairo and Fort Holt and moved them down the river for the attack on Belmont. General Grant says in his narrative: Belmont was severely criticised in the North as a wholly unnecessary battl
E. D. Townsend (search for this): chapter 1.8
tate that the enemy was a day and a half in burying the dead and removing the wounded from their boats. General Grant gives as his reasons for fighting the battle of Belmont, that on the 1st of November he was ordered to make a demonstration on both sides of the Mississippi river, with the view of detaining the Confederates at Columbus, Kentucky, within their lines. As evidence that the battle of Belmont was regarded in the North as a defeat for General Grant, Curtis telegraphs General E. D. Townsend, Adjutant-General United States army, from St. Louis, under date of 9th November, 1861, two days after the battle, as follows: * * Captain McKeener telegraphs from Cincinnati to General Fremont, that General Grant had no orders from Fremont to attack Belmont or Columbus. (See Rebellion Records, Vol. III, p. 567.) He had been notified that there was a force of about three thousand Confederates on the St. Francis river, Arkansas, about fifty miles from Cairo, and had sent Colonel Ogl
W. H. Jackson (search for this): chapter 1.8
ction of artillery, to be held as a reserve. The ammunition was sent, and Colonel J. Knox Walker's regiment and two companies from Colonel Logwood's cavalry battalion were immediately forwarded. Two field batteries, one under command of Captain W. H. Jackson and the other under command of Captain Marshall T. Polk, were also forwarded. Unfortunately, the steamer transporting these batteries lost her stage-planks, so that the landing could not be effected, and the steamer was compelled to retuat of Colonel Carroll, to move rapidly on the enemy's flank. General Pillow directed Colonel Russell, with his brigade, to support that movement, and himself accompanied this command during the execution of the movement under Colonel Marks. Captain Jackson, who had reported to General Pillow that he could not get his battery ashore, was attached to his staff and directed to lead this column. In aiding Lieutenant-Colonel Barrow, who was in immediate command of the Eleventh Louisiana, to bring
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