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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1861 , November
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 137 (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), Secession reports. (search)
Secession reports.
General Polk's despatch.
Headquarters, First Div. West, Department, Columbus, Ky., Nov. 7, 1861. To General Headquarters, through General A. S. Johnson:
The enemy came down on the opposite side of the river, Belmont, to-day, about seven thousand five hundred strong, landed under cover of gunboats, and attacked Col. Tappan's camp.
I sent over three regiments under Gen. Pillow to his relief, then at intervals three others, then Gen. Cheatham.
I then took over two others in person, to support a flank movement which I had directed.
It was a hard-fought battle, lasting from half-past 10 A. M. to five P. M. They took Beltzhoover's battery, four pieces of which were re-captured.
The enemy were thoroughly routed.
We pursued them to their boats seven miles, then drove their boats before us. The road was strewn with their dead and wounded, guns, ammunition, and equipments.
Our loss considerable; theirs heavy. L. Polk, Major-General Commanding.
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 92 (search)
West-Pointers in the two armies.--From a list before us of the West-Point graduates, who are officers in the armies of the United States and confederate States, it appears that there are in the United States army seventeen major-generals and twenty-four brigadier-generals; in the confederate States army, five generals (beside A. S. Johnson, killed at Shiloh,) eighteen major-generals, forty-one brigadier-generals.
From this list, which ends with 1848, it appears that we have sixty-four generals from West-Point in our army, while the United States have but forty-one.
It was no idle or unmeaning boast of President Davis that he had pick and choice of the officers of the old army.
Notwithstanding the frequent flings at West-Pointers, we may yet find it a cause of congratulation that we had at the head of our government one who was educated at West-Point himself, but who, by his service in the army and in the War Department, was so thoroughly acquainted with the military talent of a
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, List of illustrations. (search)
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Portraits. (search)
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Battles of the Western army in which Albama troops were engaged. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1860., [Electronic resource], Terrible Steam boiler explosion. (search)
Terrible Steam boiler explosion.
--A terrible accident occurred at New Haven, Ct., Friday.
The boiler of the factory of Dan & Brothers, makers of the hook works of carriages, exploded, tearing away a portion of the building and badly injuring several persons, One, a boy, named John Kane, will die from a fracture of the skull.
Two others, G. G. Baldwin and George Dewolf, were badly scalded.
Another boy named Johnson was badly injured.
Another boy named Rice is supposed to be buried under the ruins.
The cause of the explosion is unknown.
The canal and railroad track are covered with the ruins.
A dispatch from New Haven, Saturday, says:
The boy Henry Rice, who was killed by the steam boiler explosion at Dan & Brothers' coach factory yesterday, was found under the ruins last night; nearly all his bones were crushed.
The boy John Kane lives, but with no hope of his life; G. G. Baldwin and Geo. DeWolf are very low; Jos. Van Riper was badly scalded, but may live.
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