Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
Another Battle in Missouri

PILOT KNOB, Oct. %.
The following dispatch was received
here this morning, and forwarded to
Headquarters, St. Louis:
FIELD OF BATTLE FREDEn1cKrowx,
October %.
In conjunction with Col. Plummer's
command, we have routed the Rebels of
Thompson and Lowe, estimated, at 5 1000
Their loss was heavy; ours small, and
confined principally to the First Indiana
Cavalry. We captured four heavy guns.
Lowe, the Rebel leader was killed.
Major Gavitt and Captain Hyman,
Indiana Cavalry, were killed in charge
on battery.
The command of Col. Plummer re-
ferred to above, was on Friday morning
last ordered forward by Gen Grant from
Cape Girardeau, with instructions to
move toward Fredericktown, and cut off
the retreat of Thompson and loves
army.
This force consisted of Marsh s
Eighteenth Illinois Regiment, a section
of Taylor's battery, and Stewards and
Lohrman's companies of cavalry, all
from Cairo. Also, part of Plummer's S
Eleventh Missouri, a part of Ross
Twenty first Illinois, and a section of
Campbell's battery-all from Cape
Girardeau.
The force from this point was com
posed of the Thirty eight Illinois, Col
Carlin; Thirty third Illinois, Col
Hovey; Twenty first Illinois, COL
Alexander; Eighth Wisconsin, Col Muir
ply; First Indiana Cavalry, Col. Baker;
Capt. Hawkins Independent Missouri
Cavalry and four six-pounders AID two
twenty four FOUNDER cannon, under
Major Schofeld, of the First Missouri
Light Artillery.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
81 Pilot KNOB, Oct. %
From reliable parties who witnessed
the fight at Fredericktown yesterday, 1
gather the following particulars:
Col Carlin, with parts of the Twenty
first, Thirty third and Thirty eight ILL.,
inois Regiments, the Eight Wisconsin,
Col Bakers Indiana Cavalry, and Ma
jor Scho6elds battery, reached Freder-
icktown at 9 o'clock in the morning
and at l P M. was Joined by the
Eleventh., Seventeenth and Twentieth
Illinois, and 400 cavalry from Cape Gil
rardeau. .4- .... 81.
They then advanced in pursuit of the
Rebels under JEFF. Thompson and Col
Lowe, who had left the place twenty
four hours before, and were reported to
be rapidly retreating South; but about
a mile from the town they discovered
the entire force Of the enemy drawn up
in line of battle, partly posted in an
open field and partly in the adjacent
woods with 4 iron 1S-pounders, well
planted in their front. Major Schoield
Immediately opened fire, and at the
fourth round silenced one of the Rebels
guns.
The engagement then became general,
and lasted about two hours, but after the
first half hour the Rebels left the field
in disorder, and took to the woods,
closely followed by both our infantry
and cavalry.
Before leaving the field, the Rebel
Colonel Lowe, was shot in the head
and Instantly killed. Major Gavitt re-
cciyed five bullets while leading a
charge thirty yards in advance of him.
Commander Wyman was killed in the
same charge.
Our loss is reported five killed, five
mortally and twenty slightly wounded.
The enemy's loss is not ascertained,
but supposed to be considerable. At
last accounts the Rebels were in full re-
treat with their baggage train, and cur
troops in pursuit.
PlLor KNOB, No, Oct. %.
Two Rebel surgeons came into Fred
ericktown for Colonel Loves body
They acknowledge loss of over two
hundred killed and wounded-but it
must have been larger. [ counted %
dead bodies in one stubble field Their
cannon were badly managed. jeff
Thompson got information of our move
ments by capturing bearer of dis
patches from Col. Plummell to Col
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