Battle of Belmont, Missouri, November 7, 1861, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Jake Rainwater, Dickinson College

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06/20/2010

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 24, 2010.

Depicted ContentMajor-General Leonidas Polk, CSA, Report on the Battle at Belmont, November 7, 1861

Depicted ContentBrigadier-General U.S. Grant, Report of the November 7, 1861 engagement at Belmont, Missouri, November 12, 1861

Depicted ContentIn Mississippi County, Missouri, Brigadier General Grant and his men overrun a Confederate camp at Belmont

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engraving

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The War in the West - Battle of Belmont, Missouri, on the Mississippi River, opposite Columbus, Kentucky, fought November 7 - from a sketch by an officer in Gen. Grant's Division engaged in the battle

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 14, 1861, p. 57 .