Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-11-15
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General Grants Report OF the Battle Q
b. lmOnt.
By tic .Naiis.

= HEADQu AETERs DISTRICT SOfTHEAsr Mo
1aiko, S-s. 10.
!, ,. WiLLIass, Asst Aij't. ten, Washington.
,iR-on the evening 81 the 5th inst ! lei, til
\ pace p" ith Zo3p men, al! arms. To make recco,
!. h"isssce towards Co.umb-s. The object Of th
expedition nas y prevent the enemy from .endiu
:. out teiniOrcenents to Prices army IA Ms-ourla,
aiso IRON cutting oil two snail Columns that h.i
. oeei difesied u send rom ths place and Ga.
h'Tardeaa II pursuit .: JeA Thompson.
= knowing tina; Columbus was -troSgly garrison
i d,askei 'Ien Smith, commanding at Paducsl
n.y. 20 make demon. .tfations io he direc,iut
lie diu - ry orieiihg -uual. orce u Maylo.,
, ana another III the direction Of Columbus not /
7 al froach nearer, however, than - or IL miles,
also cent SINAI force ou the Kentucky side, wiz
Orders not u APPROACH nearer than rliIotts Mill
some y miles hon Columbus The expedition
under i.y lmuledia te command stopped .boa
: miles below here the kentucky shore, an.
remained unit. morning.
All THIS seiveL 10 distract the enemy, ana lea,
him t. think he to be attacked III his .tr.,pl,
fortified position. day -ligL p,.. eeded dow,
The riser t. polnt just out ot range vans
and dobirkci on the Missouri shore From her,
The ;Fools we're marched by hank for about on,
mile tanarls belmont, ami then drawn w in line
one battalion having bee LETT a. Il Reserve nea,
| the tram ports. Two CON iaYies from each reyi.
mcnt five skeletons IN number were then ttrawn
out as skirmlshers tGascertain the position or f
enemy.
II wa ut a f-n moment. before the, met bim.
anu genera Engagement en-ueI The balance
"i my i"rcc with the exception ut III. re erve was
| then thrown forward, All sklrnIi- u r. ana the
| enemy tft'en oot Dy ioet ard ir,in tree to tlr.
e'eh |" ibeir en- am iaent pn tn. Iiyer bank dis
lance .! eyer two in1i"- Here til. had strength
ened ther position hyir.ia4 tEs ,tces for several
hutdred y-r. tIou;i ih.ir ca,.; ani matiro ;.
| -ort "f ..hattis. Out men h.ig,d thlouel ,L;s
| dr,Nin tHc enemy oyer the hanAs aud int, their
transports ~ quick tlm-. itaFipL H. in possession
| 81 eEerythia9 not exceedingly portable.
belmont . o" "" gf,,ahi, an! ever, foot . i, is
c9iAiA,f'tei by gun. ii. Tie opp ate sntre and Of
course cpul nst nc held fora >i;l. hour ttt,r the
en- my on Tine o: po.ite IN became sw.re 81 fnc
| withdrawal u! t",r tfoo,e.
HiNia. me- wagons vita Ina, aeuI.: ait inAyc
any 4" the rapturcd lrlp,.'y, an. consequently
gave ofdersfori its destruction. ih.ir tents biln-
kef, 1e.. were set lire, and me retired ,ah in,
thcir artillery WIKI us-iwo pieces be.nc drawn
ny hand, and aue Gy inefficient team rhe nj
ter we spiked AID eit IN the wo.ls, bringing the
othertwo to this place
Hetoro getting larry under Way the enemy
made HIS al caIahcc agaln. and npied to sur
round u. Our troops not in the least dis
c"urasei. but caarssd on the enemy aud as,in
defeated him.
Our los, wa thnui eighty five killed op. hun
dred and fifty wvunled, many Of them slight ami
about an elunl number missing. Nearly all the
mi-sihl, are from ;!Ic ltt Iowa regiment VIII, H..
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vere!y than any other troops layo 10, been
ao!e 10 get N the teperts from sub com .nnnder,
but will forward Them soon u received
AL tho troops behaved With great gallantr7,
much o which Is 10 hc a outed u the eooines |
ami presence ot mind Of Tie ohi ,er-, aticularl4
the telonos
ter. McC!ernand in the inds, of DANCE I
'hraaghnut The engagement. and dispinyed baif I
coo!nes. and Judgment. His hurs. was three
times snoi. NJ hul,e also snnt under M. t
.'hyci, ana viio.."4r Aio-, captains Hatch ans
Gr"ham. AIN much indebted for the assistance
they gave. ,oi Webster. a.tirg Cine; Eng' peor
all" aeeompariei me, aad displayed highly sol
dierlike qualities.
Col. liougherty, Of the I'D Illinois volunteer,
wa thre" tines wounded and tak.n prisoner.
The IN Iowa .og,Heni ioSt their Lieutenant
Coinnsi Killed.; Colonel and Major severely
wounded. The fe.ort~ to be forwarded will detail
Wy Ny "a a., a eF,cp,f y f g. hfs a .nrs a.n
mcnt, aud Displayed great ability and efficiency in
providing for the Wounded ANA organizing the
medical cvrl@.
The gun boats Ta,lo. .ni Lexington. Captains
Walker and St"nhaii, 4. ;. ~ coinrn.nding. con
veyei the exleelitou and rcnde, ed ,o.t eicien,
service. Immediately upon cur landing they en-
gagged the enemy batteries, aai protected
Transports thr.us sbeut. For particulars,
report OF Capt. Waiker
an, sir very respectfully,
Your oyedeut servant,
L. >. ERANF,
Brig. Gen. Comm aniing.
The 22d Illinois eth Iowa, and Tayior's thica
20 irtll"ty deserve great praise for their cooness
during the who'e fight. ;ol Dougherty, o: the
22i Illinois received a severe wound in of his
,es- in enicaypring 10 get 10" La auman Of the 1ih
wa. I'll the fed lie taken prisoner. and
has had his leg amputa,ei.
Col. " eng. i the Ith lo9., was shot dead, and
the Mayor aud Ailutanl were both wuunied eav-
Ing the regiment without . field cificer, Until
their senior aptain could collect them together,
wbich t""k him sotnc time. portion OF them at
tac1ed themselves to G.. Io-nss regiment.
After e ol. Laulnai,, of the !. til Iowa, was wound
ed. ana bad been laced in an ambulance, having
two men IN attendance upon MN, the new- came
that his regiment WAS surrounded. lie command
e his atten iants To replace him upon horse, and
Ia less than two inmates mounted and in COM
nand ii bis regiment.
FtOm Cairo.
Special Dispatch to the Chicago Times
CAIRO, Nov 10.
flag Of truce net Zen Polk to-day, seven
miles above Cclu;D bus, with ninety-nne rebel pri-
soners taken At Eo.nont, similar number cf |
wounicd having been hronght here la nj sht
Sixteen rcbe rri-cners refused to 90 back, and I
more would have remained, but wee prevented
from doieg :" by shcir comrades.
Col. bougherty and Dr. Gordon are still held |
by the enemy.
1t is reported By released men hat they
heard, before they left Columbus, that the un-
wounded prisoners would be sent Memphis
The interview between Generals Grant and Polk |
was lengthy and cordial.
arg. l2e-poulder at Columbus burst the day
after the battle. killing seven person and wound
ing forty All is :uiet here.