. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . o ranking Paducah a permanent?ontro, tho troops began, very ahwrtly niter theirarrival, to strengthen the approaches to tho town,and with the aid of tho Eighth and tho Forty-firstIllinois, as well is the American Zouave, Regi-ments, which arrived on tho 7th, constructedcirthworks and other defenses in every directio
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . o ranking Paducah a permanent?ontro, tho troops began, very ahwrtly niter theirarrival, to strengthen the approaches to tho town,and with the aid of tho Eighth and tho Forty-firstIllinois, as well is the American Zouave, Regi-ments, which arrived on tho 7th, constructedcirthworks and other defenses in every in the lllth of September they commenced build-ing (i pontoon bridge across tho Ohio River, bystrongly anchoring together a number of coal-)>:ir,<M sent from Cincinnati. The bridge had atotal length of nearly G,000 feet; was made intwo sections, connected at Low Island, also ealledthe Tow ITead; and was put together so rapidlv,that It required but four days for its completion. Grant followed (ho capture of Paducah by thatof tho town of Southland, situated close by thomouth of (he Cumberland River, and, having leftGeneral Charles F. Smith in command of Paducah,Minn completed preparations which led to a success-fid encounter at Belmont, on the Mississippi River. T71. ■f Falcrtd troop?. II. Routs tukno of Iralilo. D. MocomI linn nfC, Knlkn HmlKr. It. lirlll-,uk. J. Hill!. A, llullnry. L. trits raiilc. ,V. Colonel LiisnuTfl r. Bcnmth. Illinois. SK Confederate lei 1 UWniiLi; from A O. TW rt klh ■ ■■ml miiimiI-. /,. Twinty-mlrv. /.ToyturshiitHTj-. ■:!.■. (..r. r.:r,. o-hnlf.) of their camp and attacked tho advancing eelumn, but had soon to fall back before tho entireforce which Grant had thrown out as skir-mishers. They were driven insiiio their encamn-ment, after a series of hand-to-hand encounters,and especially a sharp cavalry engagement on theright of the Fedoral lino. Tho Confederate force, under General Pillow,now facing Grant, was composed
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