Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-11-19
THE COLUMN BA TT L u
FURTHER Pa RIyCELLRS.
FULL. LOSS On BOTH SIDES.

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correspondence of the Memphis Argus
CAMP MOOSE, COLUMBUS, Kv.,i
November ., 1851.
About seven o'clock on the morning Oh the
Tth inst, three uf tho Lincoln guntGats Inuic
their appearance 81 thu point abuve here aid
oucncd Ii;U on our batteries, who returned tlr
liic. during WINCH vue bail from big Rich.
muud" dls.bie,! one Of the gnaboais 90 much
lh.t 1t had to no towc1 hack 10 Cairo. WhlIe
the other Two ana uur batteries were eng.goG,
the Fcdera!S, ab:?It s4itll Thousand III number,
under ruu,m~il Of Gems. Mculernnnd and
Grant, were landed above The point ami
marched do~n behind this ~encanpuient VI CO..
Tappau's Thirteenth ARKANSAS regiment. Wat.
sous battery, from Louisiana, and the Bolivar
Troop Cavalry wluch was OF the Missouri
shore, immediately opposite this place, and nj
ter having almost surrouauud them uucned
frr, uklug Us completely by surprise.
Cnlunel Tappai rallied his men and returned
the fire; Waison's battery slso commenced
ilring, and did good execution. AT this time
the I.hirtrrnlh Tennessee regiment, under
command Of Col. John Y. Wright, WAS then
urdcir1 across the river to reinforce Col. Tap
pan, whicl they Immediately did. The arrival
vi This regiment afforded some relief to Tap.
pan, anu they fought likes devils !" yet the
Fedeials We're tuu many iur them, although
Llley stood the tIunL" Of the buttlc, ubd, Ln-
gelher with the Elr7ca:h Louisiana regiment,
kept the enemy in check for one hour.
General Pillows division, consisting d!
tr.aiil TENNESSEE Russell's and PlckcLt's rcgi-
nl-niS, were then sent oTor, and mn e a charge,
but being nntil4n!cd b the cnerny, were COM
PEELED to retreat, NJ which time WatSo,i'S BAT
tcry Was captured b. the Fed=ruls. who, hav.
urg obtained Irsstssiun Of Tappan's camp,
brought the guns to the bank of The river and
turned them upoi CIR forces, vino "urc rc.
treating up the bark, and upon the steamers
Hill, lngrmar, Prince, Cnarru and Kentucky,
whn, fortunately for uI, happened 10 BE- II. the
landing Wien tle fight commenced, mad whlch
we're husily engaged in carrying over rcir-
!o.esman;s Ammunition, etc.
Il MAS i second "Mlnnssas rout"--tic road
~aS siIewu with ov-Icua;s, blankets, hGYer-
sacks, guns, cIruidge boxes, coats, caps, etc,
etc, whlcl: tnr rr.r,a.!ng Yankees dropped in
their haste. E!e:y ivncs c1rncr had a tlankeE,
n kiapsack or Il gun i'll II; the curnfieldi were
covered viii. them, the Federals having reircat.
cd in the greatest Confusion heller skelrer,
every man trj ing 70 See WHO would BE- l"St ID
rr&ca the boats; they even ran ever t!!elr
wuuaitd r0inr.drs.
Our less III killed is estimated 1T alb ut seq
eaty iivc-uur wounded number 'bnut one
hundred ami iifty. Tao enrmy's loss very
hvavg-lrutn twu IL three hundred having
bees, LIFT dead on the h=ld. The corYIc- mum.
Der killed whlle they were leaving on their
boats has not been a;c= :lainri, EHt We learned
YESTERDAY flc;n "IIr al then ~ullic=rs, VITO came
down 10 hurry their d.n,l. 'hat is was much
greater than they LOST ,n the tir!i. Of tlrir
prisoners sc i.ay. " hundred and sixty.
Col Jnn. :. Wright tlhrItenlh Ts..i:cEsce
rrgiruc,IJ had his horse killed under him,
whlle leading Il chnrse.
Captain i. Wciby Armstrong (Srcond len.
n,ssee Reg;menp was killed willie trying 10
rally his mcn. Col. Marcus j. Wright, while
giving orders, narruHly escaped being killed.
j. bombshull lrun one d The gur.hnats exploded
within five feet OF him. How be escaped ii a
miracle. Lieut.. UA. Vlushsa, (Tnirl4anLh
Tennessee Rrgimcni) had t~o fine horses killed
under him during the fight
Mai. Jnu. e. FrnrIe received'a severe wound
in the u.nr;tn while trying 10 rally the Second
Regirnrnt.
The regiments q Co!anel Taprsn. John V.
Wright, Walker, Russell, PIckelS and Mark
suffered iursi-
will try and furnish YOU with 4 currtct list
of the ra,uca 81 our killed and wounded.
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