Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Polk” in chapter 28 of Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States.:
...oss over in force.
The language of General Pillow's report will best describe the opening of the battle on the Confederate side.
He says:
Under instructions delivered in person by Major- General Polk , on the morning of the 7th inst;, I crossed to the village of Belmont, on the Missouri shore, four regiments of my division, and, as rapidly as possible, placed them in position about four hundred ya...
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