Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-24
LATEST FROM MISSOURI.
LATE BATTLE AT FREDERIcKTowN-FURTH
PARTICULARS.
Dispatch to the Republican,

Especial Dispatch to the Republican,
PILOT KNOB, October 22.-From reliable
parties who witnessed the fight at Frederick
town yesterday, l gain the following par
tIculars Colonel u, Carlin, with part OF the
Twenty first, Thirty. third and Thrifty
eighth Illinois regiments, and Eighth Wis
consin, with Colonel Bakers Indiana cavalry,
reached Fredericktown at nine o'clock A.
NJ; at one clock they were Joined by the
Eleventh, Seventeenth and Twentieth Hi
nois, and four hundred cavalry, from Cape
Girardeau. They then marched in pursuit
of the enemy under Thompson and Lowe,
who HAD left twenty -four hours previous,
and were reported to be rapidly moving
South. When the command had marched
three quarters of mile from town, their ad
vance of cavalry had discovered picket,
whom they Immediately shot, and on looking
ahead they saw the entire force of the enemy
drawn up in line of battle close ahead, and
posted partly inSan open field and partly in
woods. They had a battery of four eight
cen. FOUNDER iron cannon well planted in
their advance.
Major Schofeld's battery opened fire AT
the fourth round one of their cannon was
silenced: the engagement then became gen.
eral and lasted about two hours.
After the first half hour the enemy left the
field in great disorder and retreated to the
woods, where they were closely followed up
by both cavalry and infantry.
While they were in the field the rebel
Colonel, Lowe, was shot in the head and in
stantly killed.
After they were in the woods Major Gsvitt
was shot with five bullets while bravely lead
ing his battalion of cavalry IN a furious
charge. He was, when shot, thirty PAGES in
advance of bis command, urging them on.
Captain Lyman, of Company @, of same
regiment, was killed in the same charge as
he was bravely leading his men forward.
The report is that but five of our men were
killed in the entire engagement, five mortaly
wounded and about twenty slightly wounded.
Two pieces of the enemy's cannon were
captured.
The rebel loss, is perhaps three hundred
killed and wounded.
At last accounts the rebels were in full re-
treat, with their baggage train twelve miles
in advance, aud our troops were following
them up. They were supposed to number
five thousand.
Especial Dispatch to the Missouri Democrat.l
PILOT KNOB, October 22-The fight at
Fredericktown lasted three hours. Our loss
is six killed and sixty wounded. Two Sur
geons came with flag of truce for Colonel
loves body. They acknowledge a loss in
killed and wounded of over two hundred.
II must have been larger. Many of their
FIVE in one stubble field. The hogs had m1-
tilated some of them. The enemy's cannon
were badly managed, the shot having little
effect apparently, owing to the lack Of
powder.
Thompson got information of our move.
ments by capturing the bearer of dispatches
from Colonel Plummer to Colonel C4rlin.
The Illinois Eleventh had one killed and
twenty eight wounded. The First Indiana
| Cavalry had four killed and twenty-eight
wounded Major Schofeld none; Wisconsin
| Eighth none.
When our troops entered Fredericktown,
the inhabitants all told them that Thompson
had gone to Granville, when really he had
taken his position little over mile from
town. The intention was to run our troops
into the ambuscade. This 30 enrAged oul
troops that they last night and to day pretty
effectually plundered it, and burned one
third of it. The remainder was seriously
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