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Item # 681564
April 02, 1863
NEW YORK TIMES, April 2, 1863
* Battle of Somerset - Kentucky
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "News From the Mississippi" "Latest Rebel News" "Important From Kentucky" "Pegram's Forces Defeated by Gen. Gilmore" "The Movements Against Port Hudson" "Report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War" & much more.
Eight pages, very nice condition.
AI notes: The Battle of Somerset, also known as the Battle of Dutton’s Hill, occurred on March 30, 1863, near Somerset, Kentucky, and was a minor but decisive Union victory during the Civil War. The engagement followed Confederate Brigadier General John Pegram’s raid into southern Kentucky, where his cavalry sought horses, supplies, and recruits. Union Brigadier General Quincy A. Gilmore, commanding federal forces in the region, pursued Pegram’s force and caught up with them just north of Somerset. The Confederates took a defensive position on Dutton’s Hill, but Gilmore’s troops advanced steadily under artillery support, eventually breaking through the Confederate line. Pegram’s men retreated in disorder back into Tennessee, leaving behind prisoners, supplies, and several dead. Though small in scale, the battle ended Confederate raiding in that part of Kentucky and gave Gilmore valuable field command experience that helped launch his later career in larger eastern operations, including the campaigns against Charleston.
* Battle of Somerset - Kentucky
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "News From the Mississippi" "Latest Rebel News" "Important From Kentucky" "Pegram's Forces Defeated by Gen. Gilmore" "The Movements Against Port Hudson" "Report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War" & much more.
Eight pages, very nice condition.
AI notes: The Battle of Somerset, also known as the Battle of Dutton’s Hill, occurred on March 30, 1863, near Somerset, Kentucky, and was a minor but decisive Union victory during the Civil War. The engagement followed Confederate Brigadier General John Pegram’s raid into southern Kentucky, where his cavalry sought horses, supplies, and recruits. Union Brigadier General Quincy A. Gilmore, commanding federal forces in the region, pursued Pegram’s force and caught up with them just north of Somerset. The Confederates took a defensive position on Dutton’s Hill, but Gilmore’s troops advanced steadily under artillery support, eventually breaking through the Confederate line. Pegram’s men retreated in disorder back into Tennessee, leaving behind prisoners, supplies, and several dead. Though small in scale, the battle ended Confederate raiding in that part of Kentucky and gave Gilmore valuable field command experience that helped launch his later career in larger eastern operations, including the campaigns against Charleston.
Category: Yankee
