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Edward Pickett (search for this): chapter 1.8
appan, taking with him for this service Colonel R. M. Russell's, Colonel J. V. Wright's, Colonel Edward Pickett's and Colonel Thomas J. Freeman's regiments of Tennessee volunteers. It was about sevoccupied the extreme right, his left resting on Colonel Tappan's Arkansas regiment; Freeman and Pickett occupied the centre, then Beltzhoover's battery, and last, Colonel J. V. Wright on the extreme was broken and the men went into the woods in great disorder, but rushing on gallantly. Colonel Pickett's regiment, after the engagement had opened and he had fired some seven or eight rounds, was ordered to cease firing as Colonel Pickett believed it to be ineffectual. After a few minutes General Pillow ordered a charge. The charge was made in double-quick time, for some two hundred yardsoncealed enemy at very short distance. After a contest of about three-quarters of an hour, Colonel Pickett ordered his men to retire. He formed again behind the first elevation in his rear, and whi
Dougherty (search for this): chapter 1.8
vanced the line of battle about four hundred yards from the river, and awaited the onset. But he had not long to wait. In one hour after his arrival on the ground General Grant struck his little force with two brigades, under McClernand and Dougherty, with cavalry and artillery. The attack was made on both right and left flank almost simultaneously, and was followed up by an assault on the center. The two wings sustained the shock most gallantly, but the regiment in the centre, being in acommand consisted of three Illinois regiments; two companies of cavalry, and one battery of six pieces. He gives the exact number in each command, making a total of 2,072. It is probable that his figures are about correct. Then there was Colonel Dougherty's command of two regiments, which would make out the 3,500. So, when the battle opened, there were 3,500 Federals, with immense advantages in position, against 2,500 Confederates. The Confederates were at first beaten. Then three more re
J. H. Bell (search for this): chapter 1.8
he field, the troops were ordered to retire. There is no doubt that General Pillow was unfortunate in his selection of a position for his line of battle. Colonel Bell occupied the extreme right, his left resting on Colonel Tappan's Arkansas regiment; Freeman and Pickett occupied the centre, then Beltzhoover's battery, and last, Colonel J. V. Wright on the extreme left. With the exception of Bell's regiment and a portion of Tappan's, which were naturally protected, the rest of the line occupied an open field with the woods in front and in point-blank range. General Polk criticised General Pillow's disposition of his troops with some severity. s position, and that he had to form almost in the face of the enemy. He behaved well on the field and did the best that his position would allow him to do. Colonel Bell's regiment remained in position nearly an hour, when the enemy attacked in strong force. Colonel Russell, commanding the brigade, then gave the order to charg
John V. Wright (search for this): chapter 1.8
im for this service Colonel R. M. Russell's, Colonel J. V. Wright's, Colonel Edward Pickett's and Colonel Thomentre, then Beltzhoover's battery, and last, Colonel J. V. Wright on the extreme left. With the exception ontil the whole line retreated to the river. Colonel J. V. Wright says, in his report of the battle, that the moved his men further up the river bank. Colonel John V. Wright occupied the extreme left, his right restinpany was under command of Lieutenant Matt Rhea. Colonel Wright reports that it was about ten o'clock in the moort time after the attack commenced on me, says Colonel Wright, I heard a heavy fire of musketry on my left, aWalker, and Thirteenth regiment, Tennessee, Colonel John V. Wright, were formed and anxious to again confront believing them about to move off, I caused Lieutenant-Colonel Wright to move the right wing of the One Hundred f of the right wing being led in person by Lieutenant-Colonel Wright, who, finding the enemy hurrying on board,
Elcan Jones (search for this): chapter 1.8
ision, was in camp at Columbus, Kentucky. This was General Polk's headquarters. His encampment was strongly fortified with batteries, which commanded the river. Immediately opposite and across the river is the small village of Belmont, Missouri. Here Colonel Tappan was posted. His command consisted of his own regiment, the Thirteenth Arkansas, Captain Beltzhoover's (Watson battery), of six guns, and two companies of Colonel Miller's battalion of cavalry, under Captain Bowles and Lieutenant Jones. It was between two and three o'clock on the morning of the 7th of November, 1861, that General Polk received information from his aid-de-camp, Major Winslow, that the enemy was moving a strong force, designed to attack General Jeff. Thompson's position at Bloomfield and New Madrid. Soon after daybreak he received further information, from the same source, that the enemy had made his appearance in the river, with gunboats and transports, and was landing a considerable force on the M
Hatch (search for this): chapter 1.8
e troops seeking the transports. The order was given and there was no firing on them. On the day after the battle, General Cheatham met, under flag of truce, Colonel Hatch, who was General Grant's Quartermaster. Colonel Hatch, in his conversation with General Cheatham, told him that the two officers who ran out of the hospital wColonel Hatch, in his conversation with General Cheatham, told him that the two officers who ran out of the hospital were General Grant and himself, and that both were surprised that they were not fired on. General Cheatham, in a few days afterwards, met General Grant on a flag-of-truce boat, and he fully confirmed Colonel Hatch's statement. The battle of Belmont was the initial battle of the great campaign in the Mississippi Valley. It was Ge boat, and he fully confirmed Colonel Hatch's statement. The battle of Belmont was the initial battle of the great campaign in the Mississippi Valley. It was General Grant's first battle in this war, and its sequences were Forts Henry, Donelson and Shiloh and all that followed. Marcus J. Wright. Washington, D. C., April, 1888.
John A. Logan (search for this): chapter 1.8
ments formed in line, the Thirteenth Arkansas in front, followed by the Second and Thirteenth Tennessee, and moved directly back from the river in the direction of the enemy's transports and gunboats, intending, if possible, to take them in flank. Advancing about half a mile, they suddenly came upon about fifty mounted men, who were hailed and found to be Illinois cavalry; and at the same moment, and immediately in front, they discovered a large body of troops — the Seventh Iowa and Colonel John A. Logan's Illinois regiment-drawn up in line of battle. General Cheatham immediately ordered his column forward and formed a line in a small ravine, the Thirteenth Arkansas on the right, flanked by the Second and Thirteenth Tennessee, with some detached companies from other regiments, and at once opened upon the enemy a most terrific fire, and which they promptly returned; but under the rapid and galling fire of our columns the enemy soon wavered, and were charged upon with the bayonet and
Thomas J. Freeman (search for this): chapter 1.8
service Colonel R. M. Russell's, Colonel J. V. Wright's, Colonel Edward Pickett's and Colonel Thomas J. Freeman's regiments of Tennessee volunteers. It was about seven o'clock in the morning whenolonel Bell occupied the extreme right, his left resting on Colonel Tappan's Arkansas regiment; Freeman and Pickett occupied the centre, then Beltzhoover's battery, and last, Colonel J. V. Wright on and, what was worse, gave the enemy the advantage of the cover of the woods in his front. Colonel Freeman says that one of his officers remarked to him that it was like fighting a duel with your antagonist behind a tree and yourself in an open space. Colonel Freeman further gives it as his opinion that the battery was placed so far to the left that it was not available, and says that he does The regiment suffered more during the above period than at any other time during the day. Freeman's regiment, the Twenty-second Tennessee, was posted in front of a rise in the ground, behind wh
Col Tappan (search for this): chapter 1.8
mall village of Belmont, Missouri. Here Colonel Tappan was posted. His command consisted of his th four of his regiments, to the relief of Colonel Tappan, commanding the Thirteenth Arkansas regimeroceeded across the river to the relief of Colonel Tappan, taking with him for this service Colonel as about seven o'clock in the morning when Colonel Tappan received information from General Polk of hold his command ready for any emergency. Colonel Tappan at once dispatched his two cavalry companiied the extreme right, his left resting on Colonel Tappan's Arkansas regiment; Freeman and Pickett o exception of Bell's regiment and a portion of Tappan's, which were naturally protected, the rest oheld for three or four hours afterward. Colonel Tappan's regiment was engaged over an hour and a had possession of the field, and had fired Colonel Tappan's camp. They had also placed a battery in, of whom 562 were of his own division and Colonel Tappan's regiment. With regard to the enemy's [1 more...]
J. G. Lauman (search for this): chapter 1.8
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's loss at 1,500, fourteen-fifteenths of which he thinks must have been killed, wounded and drowned. He says that after making a liberal exchange of prisoners, over 100 remained. He also reports
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