Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-11-14
Desperate Fight at Belmont, Mo

Desperate Fight at Belmont, Mo
Thirtyfve Hundred Jfen Attack 1000 Re
beds The Rebels D3cea Across the Rir-
er, their Camp Burned, and Stores CuD-
tUed- Terrible .Shnghtey-The Rebels
re Eiyorced-The FTgM Reneced- Our
Men return TO Cairo--7he Killed and
Homded, dc, dc.
CAIRO, Nov. 6-The expedition which
left here few days since, under Generals
Grant and McClcrnand, landed at Belmont,
Mo, three miles above Columbus, Ky.
this morning.
The Federal troops, numbering 3, 500, en-
gagged, the rebels, 1000 in number, at II
o'clock.
The battle lasted till sundown, resulting
in the rebels being driven from their in.
trenchments across the river, with great
loss Their camp was burned, and their
stores, with all their bagg,gc cannon,
horses, mules, and 100 pris oners taken.
The Federals then retired, the rebel, hav.
ing received re-entorcements from Colum-
bus.
Both Generals had their horses shot FROM
under them.
Col. Dougherty of Illinois was wounded
and taken prisoner.
The rebel loss is not known. The FEEDER
al loss is believed to he between 300 and
400.
CHICAGO, Nov. S.-A special Cairo dis
patch to the Tribune gives the following
particulars of the fight ut Belmont yester,
day; Our Force consisted of the following
Illinois regiments; Twenty second Col.
Dough"rty; twenty y-scventh, Col. Buford
Thirtieth,. Col. Fouke; Thirty-frst, Col.
Logan J Seventh Iowa, Col Laman; Tay.
ior,s Chicago Artillery, and Dolen's and
Delano' $ cavalry.
They left Cairo on the steamers Alex.
Scott, Chancellor. Memphis and keystone
State, accompanied by the gunboa.s Lexing.
ton and Tyler. After landing they were
formed in line of battle-Gen. McCler-
nand in command of the Cairo troops, and
Col. Doughcrty in command Of the Bird $
Point troops.
They were encountered by the rebels.
seven thousand strong, and fought every
lnch OF the way to the encmy's camp. max
ing sad havoc IN the enemy's ranks. Col.
BuloId was the first to plant the Stars and
Stripes IN the enemy camp.
Col. Dougherty's regiment captured the
Rebel battery of twelve pieces, two Of which
"1'e ri ''posn, Pogt away, way, oo,..,,
;,, m" rolhe men 'nuereu greatly, as they
vera ~ero ,tsn sp"' Vi '"c oA''cr'es before they
"e,1 'aAcn;;
c,nn i % u's ;S po.sesJi'n oi the heGcls
wor,, cr,,,S;',', .,,.','' 80. .m". ,hc neoeis
',,r,,os, "S ~ w; Iion' .Aeniucky' Tor the
9"puau rI no., W .,;o. ;a.A'ns US III the rear Or-
our man ore '" :. H. 70 'ne ooats When
oisevoral thousand from Columbus Anoth.
or severe engagement took place, in which
our troops suffered severely. The losses a,
far Us ascertained a, u late hour last night
area follows:
Thirtictb Regiment, ono hundred and six,
~ missing:
Major Mcslcrken was wounled and taken
prisoner. The Twcnty-iirst had l4O miss,
ing. Col. naiord's regiment returned too
late to obtain any particulars. COL Dough
erty i reported to have been taken prison
cr. Colonel Laman is repol ted dangerously
wounded;
Iaylor's battery lost one gun. They have
taken two hundred and fifty prisoners, u
number OF whom are wounded. The rebels
killed amounted 70 three hundred. The
ground was completely strewn with thor
dead bodies. The rebel colonel, Wright OF
tho Thirteenth Tennessee, was killed. Gen.
Cheatham commanded the rebels, Polk be.
ing at Columbus.
Its stated that Gen. johnson was
wounded.
The gunboats rendered efficient service in
covering the retreat, moving down the re-
bols, but killing some Of our own men.
A flag ftruce left Cairo this morning fou
Columbus with forty or fifty wounded rebels.