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the head. Lieut. Fouke, seeing him fall, rushed to him, but could not save his remains, but under a heavy fire he saved his sword and revolver.

Lieut. Dougherty, Company K, was also killed. Surgeons Gordon and Whitnell, of the Thirty-first, are also prisoners, they refusing to leave the wounded. George White, of Taylor's battery, had his right arm shot off, and is very much disfigured. Orderly Sergeant Everett, of the same battery, was shot through the head, a very serious wound. Col. Lauman, of the Seventh Iowa, is badly shot in the thigh. Of the Thirtieth regiment, forty-four are killed and missing; eighteen are in the hospital and three wounded in camp. The names of the men are as follows: John S. Heath, Theodore Gross, Jerry Beatie, John A. McClure, of Company A; James Davis, Company B; Joseph Lenning, Company C; Isaac Wright, L. Cox, Milton Colton, Company D; H. Haling, George Brown, Frank G. Hart, Company E; H. Mayar, Wm. Abernethy, Company II; Isaac R. Martin, Wm. Entleten, A. J. Williams, Casper Sabien. Most of them are doing well; two of them will, without doubt, lose an arm. Col. Logan thinks thirty-seven of his men are killed.

Col. Buford's boys arrested a Major Harris, of Tennessee, and brought home their Confederate flag as a trophy. The Seventh Iowa and the Twenty-second have suffered pretty badly. We captured two prisoners.

At two o'clock, Col. Fouke detailed Company F, as a scouting party. They returned and reported that a force of nearly five thousand had landed from Columbus to reinforce Pillow, and their object was to cut off our retreat to the boats. Cols. Logan and Fouke fought their way out, the balance coming after them. Just as the boats were about to leave, the enemy were seen approaching the levee. The Twentysecond received the first shot from them, which they returned. The gunboats then shelled them, making a havoc in them. The Thirtieth and Thirty-first then fired from the Aleck Scott. None of our troops were killed, but some of them were badly wounded.

Capt. Detrich, of Company I, Twenty-second regiment, was in command of three companies from the Twenty-second, and two from the Iowa First, in a ravine opposite the Iron Bluff, where their battery was planted. They fired at him for a long time, but all their balls and shells passed over him, and not a man of his command was injured until they fired upon the Memphis, when five of his company were shot. When we came to the levee, they had two thousand five hundred infantry, and five hundred cavalry--all fresh troops. We took two hundred of their men prisoners, and two pieces of artillery belonging to the Washington Artillery, of New Orleans, named the Lee and Jeff. Davis. All we lost were two caissons. I have a secession letter from a captain in Watson's Battery of Artillery, written yesterday morning. He had not time to mail it. It is written to a friend

in Natchez, Mississippi, in which he makes use of the following language:

"I am thoroughly disgusted with the service. Gen. Polk acts more like a priest than a soldier. I don't meet a man once a month who knows any thing about military. I have not seen a field officer who can drill a regiment, or a General who can review a brigade, but McCown, who is an old artillery captain. We are still in Missouri, but expect orders to-day to join Bowen's brigade, at Feliciana, Ky.

"P. S.-Our pickets have just come in, bringing us the information that five steamers, with Federal troops, and two gunboats, are landing within two miles of us. We are all ordered under arms. Yours truly, DAN."

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If Dan or his friend would like the original, I will send it to them at the end of the war. have his name and address. I have also a letter from the surgeon of Watson's battery to a friend in New Orleans.

There were thirteen regiments at Columbus yesterday morning, and they were all to have left yesterday to reinforce Price, and it was known here, and the reception they got from the Egyptians of the Sucker State, has prevented it.

This evening General Grant sent a special letter complimenting the troops for the able manner in which they sustained the honor of the American Union, and at a brigade parade this evening General McClernand addressed each regiment, and returned his thanks.

The Memphis has gone down with Colonels J. D. Webster, Fouke, and Logan, with a flag of truce and the prisoners, to exchange and bury the dead. It is doubtful whether they return to-night.

Captain Brolaski, of Gen. McClernand's staff, was killed instantly by a shot through the head. His family reside at Springfield, Illinois. Where all did so well as they did yesterday, it would not be proper to make any distinction.

A singular circumstance took place yesterday. At the last session of Congress, Colonel Fouke parted with Colonel Wright, a member from Tennessee, and used this expression: "Phil, I expect the next time we meet it will be on the battlefield, and I want to ask one favor of you; if you get me or any of my men, I want you to use us well, and if I get you or any of your men, I will do the same." Yesterday they met in battle, and the very first prisoners, sixty in all, that were taken, belonged to Colonel Wright's com mand, and his old friend, Colonel F., took them. One of the men informed me that Col. W. was mortally wounded. Also, that Pillow, who was in command, was wounded. There will be more information when the Memphis returns.

But one ball struck the gunboats-that was the Tyler-killing one man and wounding two others. The Memphis has just returned from Columbus. They exchanged thirty sick prisoners. Surgeons Gordon and Whitnell are well, and will be exchanged for fifteen privates. Colonel Dougherty, of the Twenty-second, has

had a leg amputated, and he is not expected to recover. Major McClurken is shot through the skull, and is not expected to recover. They acknowledge to near four hundred men killed. They were lying very thick on the banks. They have been all day bringing in their dead. Captain Challenor and Capt. Abbott, of the Twenty-second, are wounded and are prisoners. Col. Fouke was asked by a Lieutenant at Columbus if he was not the Colonel who drove Col. Wright and his command. He told him he was. The Lieutenant then told Colonel F. that twenty guns were aimed to pick him off, when Col. Wright saw him and ordered his men not to shoot him as he was his friend. Had it not been for that we should have been another colonel short. About seventy of our men were buried, they refusing to allow but one of ours to be brought home-that of Captain Markle of the Thirtieth. Gen. Pillow was not wounded; it was his son. All of the missing but two of Col. Fouke's regiment are killed. Our loss is about one hundred killed and one hundred and twentyfive or fifty wounded. It is a glorious victory. They have about one hundred and eighty of our men prisoners. B. R. K.

Postscript.-The Memphis returned at midnight. The expedition that went down upon her with flags of truce, report the whole number of our dead found and buried by them upon the battle-field at eighty-five-this includes all. The rebels acknowledge their loss to be three hundred and fifty killed. The body of Lieut.Colonel of the Seventh Iowa, was found dead upon the field by his wife, who went down on the Memphis. His body was divested of all his clothing except shirt and drawers, as was the case with many others of our dead; buttons were found wrenched off, and pockets turned inside out. Col. Dougherty, of the Twenty-second, is a prisoner with the loss of a leg, which has been amputated below the knee. Captain Pillow, a son of Gen. Pillow, fell from his horse fatally wounded, which gave rise to the report that Pillow, senior, was killed.

The Memphis brought thirteen of our wounded-three of them will probably die during the night. All that were left on the field the night of the battle were well cared for, and experienced the kindest treatment from the rebel surgeons. All the troops have been withdrawn to Columbus. Nothing was to be seen on the Belmont side yesterday, but the party burying the dead and a company of cavalry, searching the woods for the dead and wounded.

artillery. We started down the river at halfpast ten o'clock Wednesday night, with parts of five regiments on five boats, and the two gunboats. We dropped down to within six miles of Columbus, and lay to till morning, when we moved down to within two miles of the same place, and landed on the Missouri shore. At nine o'clock the gunboats went around the point and opened on the enemy's batteries on the Chalk Bluffs. The Kentucky shore rises in high bluffs, while the Missouri side is low, covered with woods, with a clearing here and there. We had to drag our guns up the bank (thirty feet high) by hand, which we did with a lively "Hi, hi, hi," the shot and shell dropping around; and an order to hurry up the battery urged us to the utmost. Some of their shots went half a mile over us, but they did no damage. We then made a circuit and came on the rear of their camp at Belmont, where there were about three thousand. They did not expect us, but thought the gunboats had just come down to shell the camp. We stopped in a cornfield, and the infantry went forward, having divested themselves of their knapsacks, blankets, coats, &c., which were stacked up all around. We soon heard the shots of the pickets, and at eleven o'clock the fight commenced in earnest. (Two of our guns went forward before the firing commenced.) In a few minutes we were ordered to advance, and we dashed through the woods, the balls whistling through the tree-tops, and shells dropping and bursting around. When we got half-way, they halted one section and ordered ours forward; but just then my gun ran against a tree and broke the pole, and we were detained until we could change limbers with the caisson, number six going forward in our place. We soon got fixed and were ordered on, and took the extreme left all alone. During this time the battle had progressed gallantly, and the rebels were driven back from their camp, and their tents and every thing else burnt. There was a continual string of wounded going to the rear, and a number of prisoners. We supposed the day was ours, and, having caught six secesh artillery horses that came dashing up, and fine ones at that, we were feeling well. General McClernand and staff came past and said we were in danger of being cut off any moment, having no infantry to support us, and told us to fall back further, which we did, but had not been gone ten minutes before four thousand troops came up to where we had been, having crossed the river from Columbus, and more had been landed below, and they came up on both

PRIVATE LETTER FROM A MEMBER OF TAY- sides and drove us back, the infantry being tired

LOR'S BATTERY.

BIRD'S POINT, Mo., Nov. 8.

We returned last night from the hardest fought battle our troops have had since Wilson's Creek. It is the old story. We were overpowered by superior numbers and driven from the field, leaving many of our dead and dying, although we had once fairly gained the victory, and taken two splendid guns from the Louisiana

with two hours' hard fighting, and discouraged to see the fresh numbers coming on. We retreated slowly, being too tired to run. We attempted to rally and make a stand, but, after we had halted in battery, could not stop the infantry. So away we went again, intending to make a stand on the river-bank, and give them another turn. I cleared the road, and got along as fast as I could with our two guns, which

look right down on the battle from the shore, where Pillow was said to be in command. Our battery was very fortunate, part of them being in the thickest of the fight all day, and only three or four wounded. Geo. Q. White had his right hand blown off, but is doing well. Orderly Sergeant Everett was struck in the back of the head, but is doing well. Sergeant Chase was shot through the arm-doing well. Two of our guns destroyed a famous battery of nine guns, called the "Washington Battery," from New Orleans. We brought off two of their guns, but had to leave two of our caissonbodies. I brought off one of them with my caisson-teams, a brass six-pounder, engraved on the breech "Lee, John Clark, maker, New Orleans, La."

REBEL ACCOUNTS OF THE BATTLE.

were together. The road was full of soldiers, | down upon our men all the time; they could and I had hard work to make them make way for the artillery. The road was strewn with knapsacks, overcoats, etc., but they clung well to their arms. We reached the boat, and the colonels and officers tried every means to rally their men, but without success. We were then ordered to get aboard as quick as possible, and we slid our guns aboard lively, I tell you. I could have brought off my caisson-body by leaving the secesh gun we had taken, but considered I was far ahead by leaving it, although pretty full of ammunition, and having our blankets, etc., strapped on, (mine was on my horse) and the captain said, "Certainly, by all means, you were right." The gun was worth a great deal more. The other one we took was a twelve-pound brass howitzer. Our boys got secesh coats, caps, revolvers, rifles, muskets, knives, etc., when they burnt the camp. The enemy were well armed and fought bravely, but are no match for us, man for man; but when they are three to one, and have the advantage of intrenchments, heavy artillery, and position, it is rather too much. We had got nearly all of our carriages aboard, when the rebels were seen advancing. We got all our horses, guns, and carriages aboard and shoved off, during the firing which had opened between our troops on the boats and the rebels. We learned afterward, from some of the Twentyseventh, which we left behind, that among the enemy's reinforcements were four batteries of artillery, which were advancing on us when we were embarking, and if we had made a stand on the bank we would have had hot work. After we got out in the river and in range, we opened with three of our guns on them, together with the gunboats, and the way we dropped the shell among them was a caution. The firing did not cease till sundown.

The whole thing was an awful "bungle." The question is, where was the force from Paducal, and the force above, which left several days ago? Fifteen thousand, we thought, were there to engage the rebels at Columbus, while we were to take them at Belmont.

We steamed slowly up stream, lying to occasionally and taking on fugitives, in squads, till we were loaded down. We learned that there were two regiments left behind, but they were all mixed up; nobody knew where his regiment was, or what had become of the rest. All the wounded were taken on the boats up to the time of the retreat, but of course many were left behind. Our cabin and state rooms were crowded as thick as they could be laid with the wounded, and the surgeons were busy as they could be all night.

To recapitulate: We had about four thousand men; attacked about three thousand at Belmont and drove them from the field, when they were reinforced by four thousand above and three thousand below, together with cavalry and four batteries from Columbus, and their heavy guns from the bluffs opposite playing

MEMPHIS "APPEAL" NARRATIVE.

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COLUMBUS, Nov. 10, 1861. Thursday, the 7th day of November, 1861, as your columns have already announced, was an eventful day to the Confederate cause in the Northwest-"the advance of the first column of the enemy,' as a prisoner has remarked, "upon New Orleans," though, more properly speaking, upon Columbus. Things had worn their wonted aspect of quiet up to six A. M. on that morning, with the exception of an occasional piece of impudence on the part of the Lincolnites, in the shape of near approaches with small bodies of their men to our lines, without any skirmishing, however, for some two weeks.

On the morning of the 7th, about six o'clock, boats were seen landing troops some seven miles above Columbus, on the opposite side of the river, near Hunter's Landing. Information was immediately conveyed to head-quarters. The number of the boats, however, seemed to imply that they were after larger game than was known to be in that vicinity. The Aleck Scott had frequently been seen on these marauding expeditions, but this time she was accompanied by six other boats, including two gunboats, most of them of heavy tonnage. The process of disembarkation kept steadily progressing, and by the numbers landed it became plain that our little force on the other side of the riverconsisting of Col. Tappan's Thirteenth Arkansas regiment, Watson's battery, Col. Beltzhoover, and the Bolivar Troop, Capt. Montgomery, and Capt. Bowles' Cavalry, of Lieut.-Col. Miller's battalion of Mississippi Cavalry-were in imminent danger of an attack. Under these circumstances, reinforcements were rapidly sent, consisting of Col. Edward Pickett's Twenty-first, Col. J. V. Wright's Thirteenth, Col. Freeman's Twenty-second, and Col. J. Knox Walker's Second Tennessee regiments. On the landing of these troops they were hastily formed in line of battle on the border of an old field lying immediately behind the encampment of Col. Tap

the landing for disembarking our reinforcements had been removed further up the river, and were consequently with the main body at and after the time of landing.

pan's regiment, skirmishers being detailed from | Dragoons and Captain White's Tennessee Col. Pickett's regiment to press forward and en- Mounted Ritles (being companies A and B, of gage the enemy at the head of the lake, Col. the battalion) were detailed and marched unFreeman's regiment and Watson's battery, Col. der Colonel Logwood. In crossing the river, Beltzhoover, occupying the centre, with the the two companies were compelled to take sepThirteenth Arkansas on the right, and Thir- arate boats, and Captain Taylor's company, acteenth Tennessee on the left. All of this had companied by Colonel Logwood, reached the been effected by nine o'clock, and our troops on other side before our forces had retired up the the other side at this time may be estimated at river. Taking a position on the left wing with about two thousand seven hundred men. The Captain Montgomery's Bolivar Troop and Capenemy at about ten o'clock came upon our ad- tain Bowles' Cavalry, under Colonel Miller, as vance, which received them with a heavy vol- | sharpshooters and videttes, that portion of our ley of musketry, and gradually fell back toward cavalry, when the charge was made, were cut our main line, the Lincolnites following them off from the main body and were obliged to reup closely until they came within range of the treat down the river. Captain White's commain body, where they were gallantly received. pany were delayed some hour or more in crossNow commenced the rattling of the musketrying, and made the other side at a time when and the roar of the artillery in earnest, our line standing firmly for one hour and a half in the face of the enemy. Our position at this time was not an eligible one, as our forces were mostly drawn up in the open field, giving the enemy the advantage of the woods, which was bordered by a heavy underbrush, and large numbers of old logs, which served them as impromptu breastworks. Two of the guns of Watson's battery had by this time become unserviceable through the stopping of the vent by their fuze, which materially impaired the efficiency of the battery, though it still continued to do noble service. Under all the circumstances, however, it was folly to maintain our position before a vastly superior force, who were steadily outflanking us, and the order was given to fall back and await reinforcements, which was not done, however, until our little force had repelled three desperate charges by the enemy.

Our forces, after falling back in good order, took up a position on the bank of the river, where they continued firing until their ammunition gave out, and they were compelled to retire under the bank in order to escape the galling fire of the enemy, who had taken Watson's battery after a desperate charge, and turned it upon our lines, charging at the same time upon the encampment which had been occupied by Colonel Tappan's regiment, and the Watson battery, setting fire to the tents and throwing their lines upon the banks of the river beneath which our men lay without ammunition. It is said that as the Lincolnites came upon the bank above them, our whole force, which lay but eight or ten yards off, had but three rounds of cartridges with which to receive them.

Our men now retreated up the bank of the river to a point opposite the upper end of Columbus; here Colonel Carroll's Fifteenth (under Colonel Tyler, of San Juan notoriety) and Col. Mark's Eleventh Louisiana regiments were being landed, which forces reached the other side of the river between half-past twelve and two. At eleven o'clock A. M. orders were received for two companies of the first battalion Tennessee Cavalry, Colonel Logwood, to cross the river, and Captain Taylor's Memphis Light

As soon as it became apparent that our troops had deserted their camp on the Missouri side, and while the flames were issuing from them, surrounded as they were, the famous pivot gun Lady Davis was turned loose upon them from this side, and Stewart's and Smith's batteries opened fire from a position on this side of the river, opposite them. The Lady Davis fired two shots.

About this time the Ingomar was coming up the river, and the guns of the enemy being turned against her, she was compelled to fall back and postpone her landing. The batteries on this side of the river, however, kept up such an incessant firing that the enemy were compelled to retire from the river bank and take position farther back and within the cover of the woods. By this time our reinforcements had landed, and were drawn up in line of battle on the bank; Colonel Smith's First (One Hundred and Fifty-fourth) Tennessee regiment, and Colonel Blythe's Mississippi battalion, being in transit across the river.

The falling back of the enemy from the river was the turning tide in the affairs of the day.

Gen. Pillow, now at the head of Col. Tappan's, Freeman's, Pickett's, Wright's, Russell's, and Mark's Eleventh Louisiana regiments, attacked the enemy in three desperate charges between twelve and two o'clock, each time repulsed and rallied by General Pillow in person. Wherever the battle raged the fiercest, there was seen their indomitable leader, overseeing and directing even the details of the engagement.

In the mean time, a flank movement under General Cheatham was being effected, under the immediate direction of General Polk. This movement was intended to cut the enemy off from their boats by throwing our right wing between the river and the head of a little lake that runs parallel with the river some mile from each other. Captain White's Tennessee Mounted Rifles were on the extreme right of this movement, with Carroll's Tennessee regi

ment and Blythe's Mississippi battalion; soon followed on their landing, by Col. Smith's First (One Hundred and Fifty-fourth) and Neeley's Fourth Tennessee, in their order, on his left, commanded by General Cheatham.

the enemy. Colonel Dougherty has since had his leg amputated twice, the first operation being unskilfully performed.

Captain Dashiel, of Pickett's regiment, was carried off the field wounded.

General Fouke, an "M. C." of some little distinction, was commander of a brigade on the field, and it is said that in retreating on to the boat a colonel of one of our regiments, who was formerly his personal friend, prevented a soldier of his regiment from shooting “his honor” through excess of courtesy, he being a "distinguished visitor."

While this flank movement was being effected, and before our forces had fully gained the position it was designed they should occupy, Gen. Pillow, with the forces under his command, made an irresistible charge upon the position of the enemy, driving every thing before him, and completely routing them. They made two partial stands as they were pursued by our troops, but finally broke into a perfect It is a remarkable thing that out of the sixstampede, and the victory was ours, though teen horses lying dead on the field after the the enemy's loss was not near so heavy as it battle was over, nine were white. All the would have been had the design of our flank white horses on the field, with the exception movement been fully carried out, and our of General Pillow's and Colonel Logwood's, forces placed in the position they were de- were killed. Every man on General Pillow's signed to occupy before the breaking of their staff lost his horse, and a number of them had column. Capt. White's Tennessee Mounted two horses shot under them. Geo. Pillow, a Rifles being first to move, had, however, son of General Pillow, had his horse shot no gained the point where the enemy were to em- less than seven times, and was afterward himbark before they reached it in large numbers, self injured by the falling of the staging while and taking a position between the gunboats getting a six-pound gun off of one of the boats. and the enemy's hospital, where they could not Mr. H. P. Woodlock, Gen. Pillow's orderly, be shelled without the shots taking effect upon had two horses shot under him. Captain Jacktheir own sick, they kept up a brisk fire upon son, of the artillery, acting aid to General Pilthem as they retreated past. Smith's and Car-low, was shot through the thigh and the spine roll's regiments, and Taylor's, Montgomery's, and Bowles' Cavalry soon came up, and the havoc is said to have been frightful. As the enemy gained ground in the commencement of the engagement, they had kept a large number of wagons and ambulances engaged in carrying their dead and wounded off the field, and this will make it impossible for us ever to approximate the number of their killed and wounded. Besides, a galling fire was kept up upon them even after they had reached their transports, and as we crowded upon them every shot from our ordinary muskets even seemed to take effect.

Captain White's company captured two surgeons, two captains, and fourteen men from the Lincolnites, and recaptured three of Colonel Wright's regiment, when within two hundred yards of the boats.

It is a remarkable fact that not a man was lost of the cavalry corps engaged, and but two slightly wounded.

Two companies of the First Tennessee battalion of cavalry, Colonel Logwood, were kept on this side as a reserve, in anticipation of an attack on this side of the river. Captain Ballentine's company, the Shelby Light Dragoons, and Captain Green's (formerly Major Hill's) company, were stationed on the hill above Columbus, and the battle went on before them like a panorama.

Captain Taylor's Cavalry, the Memphis Light Dragoons, captured 24 prisoners, among whom was Brevet Brigadier-General Dougherty, Colonel of the Seventh Illinois regiment, who had been shot in the early part of the day-about the time of the taking of the Watson battery by

injured.

Captain J. H. Morgan and Captain R. W. Pittman, of Somerville, of Wright's regiment, were both wounded.

General McClernand's horse was shot under him in the engagement, though it is thought he was uninjured.

Generals McClernand, Grant, and Fouke were in command of the enemy, and it is thought all escaped uninjured.

Major McClurken, of the Seventh Iowa regiment, is a prisoner. He is badly shot in the head, three inches of the skull being shot away, with the brain protruding.

Brevet Brigadier-General Fouke was here yesterday, under a flag of truce, to ask, and received, permission to bury their dead.

Colonel Tappan's Arkansas regiment lost thirteen killed, forty-three wounded, and twenty-three missing.

An incident of heroic conduct is related in connection with the first heavy charge that our columns made upon the enemy, which, as an incident of the battle, should not go unrecorded. When the two columns came face to face, Colonel Walker's regiment was immediately opposed to the Seventh Iowa, and David Vollmer, of Captain Stokes' company, belonging to Colonel Walker's regiment, drawing the attention of a comrade to the Stars and Stripes that floated over the enemy, avowed his intention of capturing the colors or dying in the attempt. The charge was made, the centre of Walker's regiment, Captain Stokes' position, facing the centre of the Iowa regiment. As the two columns came within a few yards of each other, young Vollmer and a young man

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