Identifier: hungariansinamer00piv (find matches)
Title: Hungarians in the American civil war
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Pivány Eugene
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Publisher: Cleveland, O.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ion, and persuad-ed him to go with him. There he enlistea in thenew Honved Army; but he was too much Ameri-canized to like the conditions in Europe, and re-turnea to the United States about 1875. Gen. Hunter not finding any enemy in the vi-cinity, decided to return with his army to St.Louis. It was a sad retreat and harmful in itseffects, as it undid nearly all that Fremont hadaccomplished and left the loyal population ofSouthern Missouri unprotected against the guer-rilla bands of the Confederates. Gen. Curtis,who soon replaced Hunter in command, had todo Fremonts campaign over again, and undermore unfavorable conditions, because of the coldweather. He had hardly more than 12,000 men inhis army, which was composed of four divisions,the second division being under the command ofGen. Asboth. Two other ex-honveds had com-mands under Curtis: Major Emeric Meszaros, 16 The Story of the Guard. By Jessie Benton Fremont, Boston,IHfiS. 12-nio., XII-229 pp. It contains Zagonyis own report, too.
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-aoit vflS N --28 — who commanded the Fremont Hussars or 4th Mis-souri Cavalry, and Col. Joseph Nemeth, in com-mand of the Benton Hussars or 5th Missouri Cav-alry. Col. Nemeth had been a captain in theHonved Army, and in Kossuths suite at Kutahia. Gen. Curtis re-occupied Springfield without op-position about the end of February, 1862, andthence, with continued skirmishing, followed theenemy under Generals Price and McCulloch overthe border into Arkansas. Gen. Asboth occupiedFayetteville and Bentonville with little resistance,but was soon ordered to join the main army at PeaRidge, or Elkhorn Tavern, where a decisive en-gagement was expected. The first day of thebattle, March 7, was very sanguinary, but undeci-sive. Gen. Asboth was wounded in the left arm,but in spite of his wound was again in the saddlethe next morning^. The enemy, however,whose numbers were variously estimated as from16,000 to 26,000, had suffered more, particularlyon Hs right wing and through the death of Gen.McCul

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