. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . undthat he was unable to holdhis position and thereforeattempted to dislodge theconcealed foe by a seriesof gallant charges. Theseproved of no avail, and,after losing heavily, he hadto give way. In the meantime he must have in-flicted hea\y loss upon theenemy, for it required thepressure of but two addi-tional regiments, which ar-rived al;)out 12 oclock, and numbered together but 1000 men, to drive Grantfrom the field. The force which won the liattle of Belmont was, then, about400
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . undthat he was unable to holdhis position and thereforeattempted to dislodge theconcealed foe by a seriesof gallant charges. Theseproved of no avail, and,after losing heavily, he hadto give way. In the meantime he must have in-flicted hea\y loss upon theenemy, for it required thepressure of but two addi-tional regiments, which ar-rived al;)out 12 oclock, and numbered together but 1000 men, to drive Grantfrom the field. The force which won the liattle of Belmont was, then, about4000 men. It is true that an additional reenforcemeut of 2 regiments of aliout 500 men each was sent across the river, but they arrived after theFederal force had been defeated, and took part only in the pursuit. In short, it maybe said that the battle was fought by 3114 Federals against4000 Confederates, the result being a victory for the latter; and that, subse-quently, the Confederates were reenforced by 1000 men with whom they tookup the pmsuit, thus bringing the total upon the field to 5000 of all arms.^ In. CiPTilN IIIHN V KVWLIN^ V->I-I\M VI>TIT\M IMI M N I I Kx-GEN STIFF FROM A rllOTUGKAl 11 TiKEN IN IMl ^ A recent revision of the official tables of lossesshows that the estimates as given in the officialrecords are under the mark. The official recordsand the officially revised estimates furnish thefollowing data: The Union forces engaged at Belmont, Mo., un-der U. S. Grant, were composed of theFirst Brigade, John A. McClernand;27th Illinois, Col. X. B. Buford ; 30th IHinois, B. Fouke ; 31st Illinois, Col. John A. Lo-gan ; Dollins Co. Illinois Cavalry, Capt. J. ; Delanos Co. Illinois Cavalry, Lieut. J. ; Battery B, 1st Illinois Lt. Artillery, Taylor. Second Brigade, Col. Henry Dough-erty : 22d niiuois, H. E. Hart, and 7th Iowa, Col. J. G. Lauman,— the whole commandnumbering 3114: men. The
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