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Wheeling Sunday Register
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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In the City of Bolivar, 4,000 Legalistas demanded surrender from Government forces on August 13, leading to a bloody battle. Government troops were defeated with 3 officers and 500 men lost; Legalistas suffered ~500 casualties but captured the city.
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New York, August 13. -The Herald's Trinidad dispatch says: News has reached here that the City of Bolivar has fallen into the hands of Legalistas, after a desperate and bloody battle. The Legalistas appeared before the city 4,000 strong early this morning and demanded of the commander of the Government forces that he surrender. The reply was a prompt refusal. This precipitated the engagement. The Government troops were defeated, leaving the field after the loss of three officers and 500 troops. The Legalistas, while they lost no general officers, suffered fully as much as the Government, losing almost 500 men.
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Primary Location
City Of Bolivar
Event Date
August 13
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government forces defeated, losing 3 officers and 500 troops; legalistas lost almost 500 men but no general officers; city of bolivar captured by legalistas
Event Details
Legalistas, 4,000 strong, appeared before the City of Bolivar early in the morning and demanded surrender from the Government forces commander, who refused, leading to a desperate and bloody battle in which Government troops were defeated.