Forts Walker and Beauregard fall to Union siege
Charleston dispatch reports Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman and about 13 000 Union troops capture Forts Walker and Beauregard on Port Royal Sound after a major naval campaign led by Capt. Samuel Francis du Pont. The assault follows storms that damaged several ships off Cape Hatteras. Eight Union dead and about 20 wounded in the fighting.
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U S Grants Men in Retreat at Belmont Missouri
Belmont Missouri November 8 Union brigadier general Ulysses S Grant forces evacuated after a sharp retreat following a failed pursuit of Confederate troops. The Union army suffered about 120 killed and 375 wounded with 108 captured while 3,000 men withdrew to safety as Confederate reinforcements arrived and forced a rout. Looting followed the Confederate setback and subsequent pursuit.
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