, 1863-07-12
THE VICTORY AT HELENA.
FULL DETAILS OF THE
FIGHT.
SPLENDID FIGHTING OF THE
LITTLE GARRISON.
GALIANTRY OF THE NEGRO
REGIMENT.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribuae.1
HELENA. Jnly 8. y1A CAIRO July II. 1883,

pc1s ~ .no ~ ~. " pt r. 1ara haan oaa ~
- u1. @ .aS,1:ua ana,o+s ~ +ha 7vho,a 90
rSo,n o .s e,saa* - 49,, VII con,nncd md IN The
1ast 49, ~ % sn,r,ts and Numbered betweeu eleh-
e.n .nd twenty Thousand. commanded nv |
,ant aer uo,1e. with snch veteran lead
.rs os Prize. MaImaduke. McRea. Parsons
md Foeanr.
Cen Ho1r,es started with his army from |
M. Ror1- Ark m the Old If Time. with |
tra-u,r,s ,-,.taps,ons- -.he first item of which
z,,, tbt c,nture ofHe1ena. How well thew sue.
,ncdaa +ba s,o,v If Cen Prentta, recention of
tha1, II, +s1,
A. 1,,1t.n,st +hrca o'clock IN thu ,norn;np
- tho az The rr,,e,s attacked the f,rtttIca.
t;aas .,o,,na Ho,an, ~ every mint with tbe
~ oa-+;on ~ III. 1o,rcr rorks IN the left h,v.
,n9 d,;vsn IN onr n,ckcts With ereat r,n;dfty
hr ~ ,nno+uos,tv of their charpcs 0nr
-,,,,a ,r.ra ,,ren,rea for them and renn,sed
.r.,r .tte,,nt that v,s made bv them tn IF.
r ~ ~ ont,ance fnto nur works nnti1 & o,c1oc,.
.rhen ,v massfnr ttcir artillery and infantry
nnon onr cert,e thev succee1ed IN cantu,fnr
tha h.tt,r mt however,. until all Int three
- .ba man commanding It had been either
l,,,ad ,r sounded. The fighting at this
.;n+ w,s +err,h1a and de=nc1ates and the
rebeln we're A number of times repu1sed oe-
f;,,* they succeeded In ginning hold In our
.,rxs which. however. they did not long
r.taIn,
At one time a rebel cantain got upon the
par.net when he was sefzyd BIZ the collar By
a,a If onr nrfvates. and hauled over within
onr lines md taken to the rear prisoner.
q1,a ,ohe1s Ind only time to snike one gun of
,..,.,- ~ &,h.r tho .n,n, of For+ Cnr4;a varo
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- - 49, hse.a-r ~ rat,o,. - Th;s
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e GA ,t;ssan-, ra ~ who arore b,c1t tho -ahe1
o"'' 49, ~.ae -, T., ..o.+ af,n.
'o1ce' is'ooA ~ 80. c,o r. $500 49,
"o'As ""e f ~ .., ..
+ho oo,+.a e;,,;,,- assault u.cu
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W n.S1,s hr;aada --h,oh foncht aton,,v
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- Ut all 1n1
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9s .,.a.. a.'s s~.s.,,.na n ~. rr,,a,a ,r,wa
~ o7as.a 49,, IN h,,t,o ,na AZ ,bo,,t m
| ,,.c,ocr IN. ,,rin, rr.,,-a
Tie rebels made the best time on record
f,.v1r,;s Trenton. and were pursued some dis.
1aucc by our troops, but Gen. Pfentiss' force
| WAS in. uf1ciept to admit Of long pursuit,
| hc having hac less than 3 500 under his com
Land. But the rebels hare put miles by the
score between them aud Gen. Prentiss' boys
| and will not trouble the latter again for many
q dsy.
Our troops were materially assisted by the
ornbuat TYLER. which did effective service
| Cant. Pritchard managed his boat admirably
throwing FIVE hundred shell during the en-
can, .uent. Gen. Pfentlss expresses uuuua1i
t;rd admiration and gratitude ut the assis
tance nndered him by the TYLER,
The rebels started from Jacksoaport t,
make the attack, Prices troops having hat
their headquarters there.
Tic rebel loes in .tlis battle WAS terrible.
hare been able to get pretty near the correc
figures from two different sources, In tn
trst place our troops buried 800 of their dea,
On the field Of battle, then nearly 100 OF thei
wounded have since died on our hnnds 20
Of their wounded are now under treatment a
Helena: $50 now lie at Trenton too badt,
wounded to be taken farther by the rebels
| Taking into account the number of othe
wounded, and the whole number cannot b,
far from 500: in fact these are tho figure
stated by Dr.. Mcpheeters of St, Louis. witt
1,as chart,e of the rebe1 wonndcd and WIN Il
in position In tho Confederate army. rh,
nri.oners taken bv ns c,nnot be 1ess +ho,
on inc1rd,nc u, commissioner ot17cara
The Tvcoon took nm north e1a ;nclna;np &.
commissioned officers. The R, C, Wood 212
including 20 commissioned officers. and th,
Silver Moon 114. {nc,udinp commissioned
officc,s and III nr1soners ara now here- Th.
figures of the rebel is thus recan,tn1ated
Ki1,ed IN tba aa1d 9so. ,n,o,nded he.1da
wonnacd n,,toners. 4 ooff. nrfsonens in all
| i eco. total rchcl 1oss, Q soo. whi,e the tota
Federal loss. MI to1d. killed. vonnded ,ni
m,ss{nr vaR onlv ON
We made yery pood han) of field of77,ar,
among the prisoners. The fo,,owtno Inv.
zone 1n The liver: col. Be11 md 1fcpt ~,
Jobneon of Ra1i,a Arton.,s roo,o,. ~,
u.,+ ~ m -t.,s,. -a,,,,,a,t. r., I..v;,