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The Battle of Belmont took place on November 7, 1861 in Belmont, Missouri. General Fremont sent Brigadier General US Grant and 3,000 men downriver from Cairo, Illinois. His troops had an escort of two gunboats. There Grant defeated the Confederates for his first victory in the war. Not long after, Confederate Major General Leonidas Polk sent new troops to Belmont forcing Grant to retreat. Union casualties were 607 and Confederate losses numbered 641.
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Which civil war battle happened after the Battle of Shiloh?
The battle of Vicksburg
When did the battle of Belmont took place?
It was fought on 7 November 1861 during the American Civil War.
What attack happened in the Civil War on April 121861?
The first battle of the civil war at Fort Sumter.
What strange things happened in the Civil War?
The battle of Gettysburg.
What is a historical event that happened in tennessee?
The Battle of Nashville was a major battle in the Civil War.
Was Monmouth an American Civil War battle?
No, the Battle of Monmouth happened during the Revolutionary War, in New Jersey.
Was there a battle in the civil war named gettyburg?
yes it was it happened in pennsylvanina
What happened on May 13 1865?
the last battle in civil war
What happened on July 21 1863?
the most crucial battle of the civil war
What happened at Bull Run?
First Major Battle of the American Civil War.
What was the war that happened in KY?
The civil war had many.battles here but the most famouse was the battle of bunker hill
Was the Battle of Gettysburg the second battle of the civil war?
No Gettysburg happened two years after the war started. It was the second Confederate invasion of the North.
