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Alamance Gleaner.
GRAHAM, -N; C, THURSDAY, APRIL-14;. 1887.
NO. 11.
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I'ltOlONALCAKUS. .
JAS.E..BOVD,
ATTOBNEY AT LAW,
Gr'ejwbpro, JV. C. .
Wl'l be t Grhaia nti MM.dv of each W"tk
to aitctid to professional bufincs. ?ep Ifil
j?t H."r7HXTAIIER, Jr .
ATTOBXEY AT LAW,
G HAH AM, N. CV
Pncticrs in the Plate and Federal eourts.
i . .. ...Ar iu ail ciLi oi the Ute.
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HJlsoDro. N. .C,
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STEIKING
riEST
BLOWS.
An
Impartial Ctory of-Ono of the
Decisive Battles cl llio Vi'ar.
A Bl.iody Field The Despernte Fighting
of Sherman's Men Prentiss owl Wal
Inco Hold the Key of tho Position
Until One Ts CBiture"d and tho Other
Killed Death of tiie Confeilcrafe Coin
niHiuler Scenes of Splendid Murder.
Veterans la Camp and Kuw Itccruits
Under Fire Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Ohio 'and Miclilgcu Troops 'Fnco the
, Uest Fighting Material in the South
west The Day' Jtesults. '
Twenty -fivo years havo rolled by since the
d'l'pr""'" ilninrla nrninwi thnt, on tljo CLb
and 7th of April, la, broke down the chief
barrier to tho Mississippi valley and paved
the way for the occupation by tho national
forces of ever' imjKii'tant jioint lietwefn
Mempliis and . New Orleans. Yet oven aftor
thia long period, ij; is still conceded that tho
battlo of Shiloh, notwltlistnnding its far
reaching results, was a move upon tho mili
tary chess board not contemplated by tlio
nuthoi ithfl on either side until n very short
time prior to tho beginning of tho -oin'.mt.
Onn. Shonnan says iu hu moiuoirs that
"ITiillHek'B intentions were to break up rail-.
way communications between 1 ho Mississippi H-
und Tennessee nveiu. lie UM. not loruiy
cur camiM liecause wo . had no orders
to do so, and lecnuso such a coui-so
would nnturally have made our raw men
timid." Gen. JSuell testifies that "tho move
ment of troops up tho Tennessee was purely
on expeditionary service, and after ronit
attempts to del art at other jioints further
lip the river, I'ittsburKh L iniliug was fcmnlly
-lioseu us the niott eligible for the temporary
object;;" and, finally, Gen. lloaureKard, in a
recent review of the cainpriin. remurks: "To
Kiy thnt any one, including Oen. Johnston
and invselt, had thought of Corinth, and
could f.avo desiiiTited it as tho strat'Kie
loint of tho iShiloli ca;iip;ii?-n, iK-roiu tho
eneuiv had given cvidenco of any hostile
movements from or near Wltsburg Laiiding
on the Tennesi.ee livci.1, U sheer folly, and
scarcely needs contradiction to ba so pro
nounced." It is also beyond question that there were
iuudcquatn piep:o-utioi!3, unnecessary delays,
lost opii'tiiui'.ii s and sundry otlier olwtncles
to l-eally duciaivo success on lioth sides; and
fur a quarter of a century, they havo bam
tln.mes of recrimination and exculpatory
statement, with no other nsnlt than to re
vive and conlirm thu memory of faults.
A RETROSPECT.
Missouri huvins been secured to the Union,
tho principal field of activit jf was transfciTed
to Kentucky aiid Tennessee, and Maj. Gen.
Hulletk pluced in chief command of all the
armies iu the valley of tho Mississippi, with
headquarters nt tit Louis. These included
the iiruiv of the Ohio, Gen. Don Carlos Uuell;
tho army of tho Tennessee, Gen. Grunt; the
arnivof tho Mississippi, Oen. Foie, mid that
of Gen. t-. II. t.'uitisf ju southwestern Jlis
iioiiri. Thii was id February, 1SG3. Gen. W.
T. Bhcuuuii w.is posll i.t Paducah for the
puiXJse of facilitating operations on tho Ten
neasee uml C'uinberlaiid rivers, and in tho
incniitinie was oig.iniziiKr out of the new
troops arriving there u. division for himself
when ho simuld Iw allowed to take the field
by Oen. Hadeck. The latter thus had sub
ject to hia coneral oidois an aggregate of
125,0110 men of all ai ms.
The (.'onfedcruto lino of defense extended
cast end wesl, from Columbus on tho Missis
sippi, to fjOfiinK Green Forl8 Donelmn and
Henry licing near the center.) Tho dcjiart
ment was under tiie command of (Jen. Allert
tiidncy Johnston, a distiiiguislied ollicer of the
old army mid a lift-long friend and confi
dante W J' iXartiH Davis. His forws con
sisted of 4r.(il) elfe -ti v-s, of whom 14.000 were
wi:it-r:iiiFnlWliiiirtirpiH !",l!ll under the
bishop ' general, Leouidos l'olk, at Columbus
and noieh'x'rhood, and the remainder nt ForU
Henry and Douolson, Clurkcsvillo and else
where, under coniinanil of Gens. Hacklier,
Rwkrod 11. Johnson, Pillow und Floyd. The
cnptuiv of Forts Henry and Donelson, having
rimteml the Confedt rate line, thecvuatioii
of Columbus, Bowling Groeu and Nashville,
followed, and with the fall of Lslnnd Naniber
10, New Madrid, and the opening of tbo Mis
tissippi to Fort. Pillow, the national authority
was cstnbiished over the whole of tho sfjilo of
Kentucky, and Tennessee became a thorough
fare for both army, and fleet. It was .a
splendid series of successes and Grant sU ppcd
at once into nntiojial fnine. ,
Johnston mid -Bean regard now retired
aoulhward. it being evident to the military
mind that tho Memphis and Charleston rail
rwl between Memphis and Chattunooga
would constitute tho new line, and tlmt the
coiieentralioii of troops must tliei-eforo take
place somewhere in that vicinity. But where!
Tuo answer vns a problera to the coramtmd
ers QU both sidea; .
THE FIRST ORDER;
The first movement that .o red fo sug
re itself to the mind of (.en. ilailcck wua
mi expedition u; t?..
tTenneKMK, from "SS
which "strong,
light parti- migiit
lie sent out" nMilao
con'inelvou M-'in-fa
I lie wrom iH-ii. St
aim via.
then at Kort a VJ
lrir.rport win nc - - -
tent vou lis svu lul S-Vt. 1
pos.Jln to move 'iSyjin
your cilumn lip tie v43;S"'ijc.
Ing arriveil on tho 13th, Gen. f henntin win
ordered to land at some .oint below Easlport
and Cut tho Memphis and Charleston railroad
between Tuscnmbia and Corinth'. Passing
Tittsburg Lauding, be lsamed that on a
former trip up the river Cupt Gwin, of the
gunboat, found posted there a Confederate
regiment (tho Eighteenth Louisiana), and ac
cordingly sent .word to Geu. Smith . that
troops might properly be ordered to that
place.
Keturning to Headquarters on tho night
of tho Hth, Gherninn reported bis in
ability to caiTy out the orders of Oen.
llnllcck, whercujion he was instructed by Gen.;
(smith ti 'Sliseinlinrk-Jiis'own division and
that of Gen. Hurlbut, which had nlso arrived
at Pittsburg Landing; to take positions well
haclt, und to leave room for hii wholo army,
adding that he would soon como up in per
ron und ;nove out in force to make the lodg
ment on the railroad cont-iiiplatd by Gen.
llalleck." Inasmuch as the credit of choos
ing this landing nslhe most advantageous
liosition that was offered. Iieiongs to teen. C.
V. Kmith, it may lie remarked hei-e that when
lie was a commaudant of the military acad
emy at Vi'cst Point, Gnuit and Bhcrnian wero
there as endets.
. Frequent roconnoissance3 now disclored the
fact that every road and path was occupied
by the enemy's pickets. As early its the ffilh
Klicnimu, accomDanii-d by Lieut Col. (atter
woid Kcncral) McPhe'rson. advajieecl about
"torr milesfi-oin the4W-oafiiacoiiear
AToiirj.,viv nn Pea ridfre. whero ho leoruei)
that tho trnihs wei'O bringing large masses of
men' into Corinth, and accordingly uroto to
Gen Grant: "We cannot i-ench ttio Memphis
ami nimi leston railiiiad without a consider
able engagement, which is prohibited by Gen. .
llalleck's instinct ions." 110 also reponeii
tho he was "stronglv impressed with the im
portance of tho position, lioth for its land ad
vantages and strategic position. The ground
itself admits of easy defense by a small com
mand, and yet affords ndmirublo camping
ground for 100,1)00 men." Thcso incidents
may appear insignificant, liut they have an
imtortant relation to tho results.
7
e'A i J
level, with
2SklVk
Tt-niiwww rirer.
exfjelifion win mi-t .
li-;rov the rai'roail ii. ;
bri l-e over Bea ' '" :
erctfc, a ar Ki.;ort, ntixm.
J j Lis,, cud als.i tt: cf:mfictlon at t'orinth, .Isek
fcoa nd 1,'umlwblt. It H ilmuiiht t-t fiat tl-?
i bct-tslu'll be- tttteniptXl in tiie onl,T iwmwl.
titron?r dt UM-bmeets of cavalry, II ,-lityrtiliT-,
npii'irtisl hy infnutrr. may hr rapid i61r",IM'nl'
rvotrb ll-s juts ithcK.i T-ry rtl opnimi
t;oo. Avoid env p.-ni nUtuwiniiitith flinmir
f oroea. It will b better U nin-at t:irn t . r.sk a
freuvml latf 1 ji itj-rtiM be irt.-onijr Ifnt-srte4
upon t lie oflliiTH seat with tp cx-dttion frum
tliO riv-r. llavtas tVXMnpli.riel taew n!iJHjt,
you will return to Dauville and mure mi I'ans.
Bach was the first imjiortJintonkT 1 nuv in
" the tsluloli carn-
yTJr flv VV- How (Km.
fti V"4 Herman was ant
unit ttutt rapidly
foilor-itl, slKiwin-j
bow liUlc HaJieck,
in (jr atiar 1 1
LocR niBlrTsto-jil
tic ii agi;i:ule tt
tlxr tasK before
bint. i l U U
1 tfr a,. TriWM
JT' ' fZ ai re
II ' & -'' In... frmn Fort
" ' 1 First.
CTK, C r. WITH. f-nd and TliinL
the field op sntLon.
Before referring to the nbovo map for moro
exact details of positions and localities, tho
render will bo assisted by lieai ing in mind tho
figure of a quadrilateral or parallelogram, the
right side of which is tho Tcmiess.ee riier
flowing nearly duo north, tho upper or north
side Owl creek, and tho lower or south side
Lick crock, lxith of these streams flowing
toward the Tennessee, river l:i a northeasterly
direction, and being from threo to fiveniles
apart Near their mouth were swamps filled
with bnckwater from the Tennessee and im
passable except where the road crosses them.
Tho Inclosed space was a rolling tableland
about 100 foot above the river
eithor slopo broken
into di-cp and fro- 'JSfcylfffl
rpient ra v in os ,
draining into tho
two streams. One
of these was known
as Dill's brail eh
and is about COO
yards obove the
landing. Another
important rovino
In tiie history of
the battlo is evilled - SHUn cnuncn.
Tillmnn's or Briar creek, and runs almost duo
riortb, a mile and aquarter from the river, di
viding tho table land into two main ri.lgt.
Onk crock is a confluent of Owl creek, and it
extends hnlf wnv ncross the front or south side
of the battlefield", ) massing near Hhilnh church, a
small log meeting house situated two miles
and a half in a southwesterly direction from
PiHaWtf 4ndimT Fw; Vi HlBSt JSllt he
laud was covered with ' tinilier or a deirS
undergrowth, with here and there open fields
of from twenty to eighty acres. ..
It wns generally agreed that tho position of
the Union army v. asstrong. Gunrdeil on either
flank by impossublo streams and mnrnnes, )ro
tected by a succession of ravines and acclivi
ties, commanded by eminences to the rear,
it. wemcd safe from attack and easy to defend.
Rut-no earthwork were thrown np or timlr
foiled, or nntural advantngiw improved, nud
it is still a controverted question whether
the Confederates wero ex;ieoted until they
came.
GETTING INTO LINE.
The war department having, on tho 11th of
March, authorized tlio co-iso.i'l.-iti-m of tho
nrmy of Gen. Buell with that of Il-illeek, tiie
former -wna orilered to march his forces
at oii"0 to ttivanua,, a'ibou ;h Flir-no,
a point further' up the Tennessee,
wns tho rendezvous designufed in the
original plans of tho co:uni.mdcr in
chief. The faet had nt Inst Iiecnmo Impres
sive that Johnston and Beauregard were
massing their troops at Corinth, and insUad
of a hurried (lash byafiyin-j column to tear
up a section of railway, the programme
now contemplated a strugglo Iwtwi-en great
armii-s for the jioiwHssirni of the most vital
strategic jsiint in tho southwest. Tim niove-iiK-utof
Duel!' force from Saslivillo Id-gnn
March 15. On the lTth Grant arrived at f'rv.nu
lia, and wi bin nn hour L-oai"l or-h n for tho
roneentrntio.-i of th- wbob fon-e. Tin "hx
tion by Gen. Smith of Pitteburg Ijmding was
approved, and tuetroo-M were movcl rapidly.
Tho division. of Gen. Iiw. Wallace, how
ever, waa ordcreil to Crump's Lnndirr,
five miles l-low Fituburg, to lo , within
wipportlag rllsUince and puard tlio raid
to 1'unly. Grsnt pnroually rrmained
at Savanna to nii.vrinten I lut organization
of troops constantly arriving, awl In onlrr
that he might more readily oomrauiiicat; with
Gen. Eu!i dining bis march Vt ttio ricr.
Vhilo visitin-r tlio forwe a I'itoibnrg every
dav. lie left GeiL Kbrmn to rw-rt-fc fn
cotitnj iu tho aMriimmeut cf m.-nnrnti end
I rigaik-s. nnd in the choi-cf camping laTn,
The pf itK)iiof tlw latter i tlirvforo n--rrisible,
and bis iidlorn n;sn tiie f.ite of
tue army imiitint Mi-nuhil. Ilallerka
litructi. to Grant continual -ry poMliv.-,
"not to lirinT on a giwnd .-m-ageninit until
thearrivnl f l!ull." (ini'it, Imiwhvit.ciiIit-UiiK-d
a ibfTcrmt view and trlieveil tiiat tl
snowr tb atUu k was mad", the en vr would
be the task of Inking thu place." n.rnii
tt now ninrt'd f-r duty, ami IHit llan li
V'tix rs-w n-iincntwrtiorzrii l by Lim
In two l-r-t-.-.. whii-fa were liiesvaiUr koont.
as tbe r-ixib divwon.
CONCENTRATING AT COfllNTH.
In four wi- ks aft-r the eva nation of the
Confederate ril.ni in Trnnrm, fmg
mentsof conunan-U from Bowling Gre-n, My.,
omler Hardos; CoioniUis, Ky., nn-b-r I'o.k,
end PsoroU, Mobile and New Orleans, un
der Br.-;, with sw-h new levies as could b
bst Jt rannl, wrr noited at or near Corinth
com man. led hr Gens. C, . f-'mrtJj, Mi-Cler- ' iw lor i am urn. arr."'-"
Band and Lewis WeK.ve wrre a.t.Wl a I "It was a rrtrrogenoos mass" says Gen.
fonitli, comr.:ande.I by Gn. Stz-jsn A. Hurt-1 Bragg, "in which there was nwrc eij.:.ouim
liat. and a lit Ui, cfinmian.led by uVa. T. ilum di4fi'.ite, more capoenty than knnwl-Brm-.n.
ikm. Hmiih ling in conimanrl of ( amj m'n vg;, ca i.xvtrw-tKm. lUfl,
toeexrliUoo.lJ.divbimiws.coraia . .n,, rook--fuany of tba wi:b the
Brig. tAn. H. L Wa.laoe. , od tlmt and ttcel-a:! abKgiim of c-l zn
FEEUN3 THE WAY. " ard I:tcrm, held .'ce ii the snmo nci-
Evc:U .k.w laii to move br. k!y. On. oicfn-- Ihi. for, about 40.0C.lof all a, as.
il.. isjr.iou of V c-dii-ou, L.r. wua OivKsU -.to loo-ror, reTOXvciy .
,,,o,,in,i rtu,i. I'nlli. Brnt'2. fJnnleo and
Broekinridge, with Beauregard second in
command, uiiuer
Geu Johnston.
Near midnight-of
April 3 inform
jv- uon was reeciveu
H nt hondquartei-s '
that Bncll was acl-
:STKS. vanclng rapiuiy
.from Columbia to
Savanna, and
noti tho same
i&sm!3& ham. who was stn-
VfW'ilpiv' distant, telegraph
okk. LEW WALlJkCB. ed that a lai-ge
Imdy of the ene!iy, which he supposed to be
Gen. Iew Wallace's division, had appeared
in his front with an apparent purpose to at
tack. Under thcso circumstances the Con
federate commanders promptly docided to
nssunio tho aggressivo.'and before daylight
Beauregard hail drawn up the plan of inarch
and battlo, and orders were issued for a for
ward movement It was intended to reach
the enemy's front iu lime to attack on the
morning of tho 5ih, but owing to tho heavy
rains that had fallen, together with
the failure of ono of tho divkions to cojno
up, tlie formation of tho lines was not com
i ietd until tho afternoon of that day; Al
though (ton. Johnston's lieadquai-tors at this
moment wens less than two miles from the
Federal encampment. It (lues not apjiear inui,
tho near presonce of his army was even bus-L
IKM'tCU. - .
face to Pace.
The rclatlvo ixMitions of tho two armies at
this timo were as follows: Tho Federals occu
pied "a continuous line from Lick creek on
ti,,, l..rt. in Owl crneb: a branch of Snake
creek, on the right, facing nearly south, and
possibly a little wesc." xueir ursi nuo iw
niierninn's and Prontiss'
divisionsj extending from a bildgo on OwU
ctci'ic to tho Lick creek- lonU- uon. esner
mans first brigailo, Col. McDowell, formed
tho exlrenip right; bis fourth, Col. Bucklnnd,
was west of the Shiloh church and rested on
it, and his third, Col. Hildebrand, was cast
of tho church and nlso rested on it. Then be
gan tho line of Prontiss' division, and after
wards, at a long Interval, was posted Hhcr
man's second brigade, Col. Kttinrt, in close
proximity to Lick creek. About a half a
inilo in rear of this lino was SlcCleninuil's
division, somewhat bctweoti fvicrm.-in and
Prentiss, llurlbut was massed nnd iu re
serve to the rear and left of Prentiss, on
tho road loading to Hamburg, and a mile nnd
a half behind Bttinit. The division of C. F.
Smith, now commanded by Gen. W. II. I
Wallaco, was two miles to tho rear and su)
porting the right wing of the army. Tho
artillery was under tbo direct command of
the iHi-ision commanders. Tho general form
of tho line wns thnt of a semi circle., with its
greater are on the left
Tho Confederate forces wore formed In
thrca lines of batL The fifcit iipdcr command
of Gen. llafdeo, extended soinewliatobliquely
over n space of nearly three miles from Owl
creek on tbeir left to Lick creek on their
light Tho artillery was in the immediate
rear and cavalry protected tho flanks. Tho
Kecond corps, miller Gen. Bragg, was ftiO
yards to the rear of the Flint, and arranged
in minilnr order.
The third line was
held by Polk's
corps, and was de
ployed in columns
of bi-igado on tho
left of the ntts-.
burg road, its
front being nbout
S00 yards to the
rear of Bragg's
left wing. Creek.
's com- (.
r.- r" i..r . issss.t jvsJbf's-
similar to that of 0x. BKKCKismooB.
Polk's corps behind Rrnjrg's left wing, lio
tweon tho Pittsnuig r'ul and Lick crock.
Polk's and Breckinridge's troojM eonutituti d
tho reserve, and were to lio thrown forward
as the exigencies required in Hipinrt of the
t9 i,hmi fif Imttl- The ti'ta! f Infantry and
artilh-ey cngagel was about :5i,IHl, iiiftl liii'iD
were lidis 3. cavalry wuli-h were chiefly
nsed for nntMiKt duty. Tho nggregalo of re
turns miike 4l,bl present for duty in Grunt's
army at l'itbiburg Lauding on Ktmlay morn-
FIRST DL0W3.
Tho night of the 5th passed without alarm.
Only the men on picket seemed to realize that
1 terriblo straggle was closo nt hand. Even
Oen. Sherman, notwithstanding tho unrest
lliut hnd prevailed along tho front during the
day, wrote to Ch-n. Grant: "I do notoppre
h md anything Ilka on attack n;on our posi
tion,'' nud Grant on tho same day dispatched
liollei-k: "1 havo scarcely the faintest idea of
an attack (gem ral ouel being made upon ns."
Gen. Hallek hiurwlf Oilviit Bu-il thnt he
"would lonvo for Costnth in tho Uglmilng of
t'.ie -o:niiig; week."'
Among tiie Confederates, howevor, all was
activity. Long lfore the early d iwn tly
had bn-akrasfa-d and t-triijed for tlio blooly
work of the dav. Li:., wero formeil nisi
ndvonl and men lookwl into tbi ii-comrades'
eyes wondeiing ulatlier ll-y wiuld lii-t
again urisiu-l the bivouac tiro or o only
S-u:c loved one's memory i.i a di ad soldiers
trench. Aro'ise.1 by tho bum of 40,i urn
wiiking up for lioUie, picket were thrown
for aril Irom iiw rii,iii oi imum
division to asrertalu the cause, a portion cf
tbo Twenty-llflh Missouri, an I a httlo later
five couiiai:ii'S of the Twenty-flrrt ijisw.iiri.
mulcr Col. Moore, tlnui Imvuig the h nor of
firing the first slioU th:it rang up the rurtl;i
on tlw drinui of Hhiiuh. .1 Uw t! Uu hmriit
truck a Lattalhai of WieThi.d l!i4.in.i.
Major .Hanhastle, of tVil' In ij,n.!. Har
dee cor)K and tlw skln;iili!iig tli.it rnnl
qui. kly vxtnaleil along tla front. The enliro
ConfnlemU) line, to miles in length, r.ow
niovr.1 forward, tho dirx-tioii ln l.ig such as
to bring it Iln4 in contact with the right of
I'rcnttss and tho li ft of Sherman. A broad
p.ap, more than a milo iu width, elided lw
l'wn-u lorse two poiiiU, and Into this tin
CotifiiU-rotes plunge! with a fury tlmt was
OVer;swcri:ig. I'rvntixs' fis-cw fell bock iu
mnrusiou, leavbig Uteir ramp, in the b ui-U
of the ewmy, aiwl several f the n-iiiH nls of
Ujeruian's kit were nrually demoralized.
WAS IT A SURPRISE?
Whether all this rapid movement so soon
afU-r the sounding of the long roil along lbs
national front, was a surprk, in a' strictly
military sens, is still among tho many con
troverted questions rouixnVsl aid the ImtUe.
Lossuig la hi "History vf tho Civil War,"
says:
of the otn-rs were rrt slum'avlnx,
aiim wrr iir-'ir. others wtw wnrUmif or
rvA-iu- Tlwir fWLtwT unlosil. d u-la-vvsl
I rrfiw.-tilj. si r.-.a sr. iuipI ntlitl ilT. iiny of
tU..trelr.-T-wrtiniwt s-;fVnrit ipjvirf s.
is.ir.lu.-n. TNp An iu;ruiIKfi tlira liw 'Kifii.
rrsbs wrrr cU-Hioa t jm In fir- as Um cry
of HyUMt r.-ki U iUKirnT into .-nnip, r.ol U
n-n-aia sil irvli n tin! t'w whrfle of
t&Ujtr7 fV-w en S.s.liy rrnwls tLriA.'b tus
Ml. siH IIM for" 11 wjs an anrxacunl as
peji.t f.,!u-J ljjTtT irful mulls.
Geo. Baoll, in his "hliilou Keei," says;
I Ijotv only u remark Uict tsv-h rrvinj of ih
cut.ca i'i Mnr ba purr4 Ui fact to amors
rriaz 1 1 -"!. It wi'iT krxa m La u
baavt, Ut so adVHUale 1 wrr 1 1 1 saras-
t. m v v tiim-r n: a hat orw-a, 1 an rail
to arm t nv-i m-tta tu ussh of cj&uN,sjkI
s-bratiie Ur4r ton-st oa the rtm rrualta
1 rrt Iwlnl a tlw elesm osy.-;. Iw t-ft.
i-a -rtiMa, ss ar rcji'MU, 't--juiw ili'l. tl for I je
An4 usw 1 ' ! ti carmj or-d suuc raaard st
John & C AbbnU says: -CWts
s-rre swskw b the crssb of srt sad
- ei--t-ruBi larsi trata, aad jor-T 2 rlt-
awnkened, but wen- found des-1 two days aftei' In
their i5fl. Tliere as iioiiuio 10 uiuinos "o
opiwriuniiy to tally. .
Gen. Grant's biographer, Profcfsor tX-p,
testifies that "at the outset our troojie were
shamefully surpi-ised and driven back."
Oon. Grants in Ids memoirs, referring to
Oen. Prentiss, says:
tk ai.ire iSn hn n,l his mmmftnd were sur
n their camps Is.
without any f ounda.
tlnn whatever, b' it
had been true; as
currently reported
at the time, and yet
believed by thou
Kfiiwluiif neoiile. that
f. iTentlss and his dl
.; vlsloa liatl been ea
lureu in i.im.-ii uii.i,
therti would not
have Ixt-n an all day
le, nltu mu
thonsauds of
rounui:u
tonfedenitH
yfci.fivs sine, lucre was uu
38Nite hour during the (lay
rJ:"-fy;., wtll.ll tlllTM WSS TlOt
beavy flrln.1;, and
oks. pnrrrK.n. generally nuru iiKnt-
Injr at some point on tho llac, but fcTlilom at nil
points at the same time. It was a cose of south
ern dash against northern pluck and endurance.
- Oen. W, T. Bherman, iu his memoirs, says:
It wai publicly asserted at the north thnt our
army was talien completely oy surprise, V", "
rebels. 'caught us la our ienta: hayonetted tlio
men tn tlu ir betl; thnt (ti n. Grant wns drunk:
icaivr '.'u.i' .
Vr&t-Kil fW5fllGJ kllh-dan.
rfei- iK-Fi on the t
raviin: thenco his right extended along an
old washed out road running nearly to the
Corinth road. On
the right of the lat
ter was ' placed
Hickonlooper's
battery. Gen.
Grant visited the
spot, approved the
position and di
rected Prentiss to
"Hold it at all
royuuy was w ,?V)
Marching to his xXjtiT
support, Gen.- W. gMll'-V
IL L. Wallace, V.'.'V- s
jxisted Col Tuttle OEM. tV. H. L. WAt.tACK
with the Second, Seventh, . Twelfth and
Fourteenth Iowa regiments on his right,
imd CoL Sweeney with the Eighth Iowa,
Heventh, Fiftieth, Fifty-second, Fifty
toventh and Fiftv-clghth Illinois regiments
on the right of Col. TulOe. Bwi-eney's
right reached the edge of a wide, deep
ravine filled ith . impenetrable thickets
extending far to his rear and running into
tiie ravine of Brier creek. Such was tho place
that bocamo famous among the Confederates
as 'The Hornet's-Ncst" -
Tho first assault made was by Gladdon's
brigade; nnd now hegln a series of somo of
Mi
rjiR -i.i.- u.., -'I
MX
iiurt Lut's onuortuiie arrival saved tho Army of tbo most Uesijerato engagements oi uie ik.i.im
t'Iolssc"fuin.i!tUYanBiln1nt
renorts were, lu a measure, sustalneu ny tae puu
lis'ied opinions of H-u. Uacll, Nelson and others,
who hnd readied tlte steamliont laniliurr from tho
east just liefore nightfall, when tlicr? was a largo
crowd of frightened, stainiwileil 'eiea who clatii
onxl and declared that our arciy was all le
stroved and beateu. . 1 ersoanlly 1 saiv Oen.
Grant, who with his stuff visited mo
alsiut 10 a. m. oa the tlth, when' we were des.
iierntely engaged. Hut wo had then checked
the headlong assault "f tlw enemy and then
h -Id our gi-ouuil. He told me that on his way tip
from Crump's landing he had ordered U-w Wal
lace's division to ens over Unakc creek, so as to
come up on mv rlv-lit. Ho also came again Just
before dark and (lescrllsd the last assault nuule
hy tho rebels at the ravine near the steamboat
landimr, which he hnd n-js-lleil hya heavy bat
tery collccti il und-r Col. J. V. Welmter and otlwr
oflieem, and lie was convinced that the taittln was
over for tlmt dav. He on'.erisl mu to lie ready to
assume the offensive In th- morning, saying that
on ho had olxerved at Kort Donelsuu at the crisis
of the battle, both sidi-s1 eeeniwl defeattH, aijil
whoever assumed the .offensive was sure to win.
It is undoubtedly Into that tho attack on
the raw trooi produced panic, which more
or less InfectiKl other commands, but when tho
n-nl death grnpplo ot-cnrrtsl with veterans
tii-o il,vr iViilhiiii. Hui-lbut and McCler-
nard, tlio splendid men from Indiana, Illi
nois, Iowa and elsewhere in the west., who
hnd been hardened ill tho service, the des-tiei-ate
resiiitnnco that wns mane and tho
varying fortunes of the fight demonstrntcd
that tho unc.xected iwiult was not neces
sarily "a wnlk over." The broken diameter
of tho rround, tho frequently disordered lines
and shifting positions of the day, make It im
possible to present here moro thua a pau
oruiuiu view of the battlo.
in the Chargo of tho early morning, tho com
mand dovolved on Col. Adams. Tho lino is
barely formed at 10' o'clock, when the southern
men ore seen confidently advancing through
the dense thickets against the nnseen foe.
They arc permitted to como well within range,
when suddenly there flashes from 8,000 rifles
a blaze of fire. The deep notes of Hlcken-looiei-'s
guns mlnglo with "the treble of the
small arms that echoes through the forest, and
the gray canopy of smoke that rests above the
sot-no tells where death Is being s;-nttered on
every sido. The well known "rebel yell"
rings out as the column presses forward nnd
the ground Is dotted with tho wounded and
dentli But the leaden storm ben tsi:i their farm
with a fierceness Hint nothing human enn with
.rtnnd, and the crippled brigade recoils to the
cover of tho woods. Qcn. A. P. Stewart's com
mnntl of Polk's corps Is now ient forward,
anil once, .twice, thrk-e, it repeats the grand
eltort to carry the position, but with no lict
ter success thnn before. Gen. Gibson's
bilgcde of Bragg's corps surges in and takes
itsplaen. Again that hurricanoof lend. Tho
angry balls fly hi showers and seem to bear
a death warrant in every devilish screech.
An enfilading fire from tho battery cuts down
tho -men by ranks, llko swaths of grass under
tho mower's scythe, and yet others continue
to step into abu path of deuth with cheerful
alacrity, it seems, and fall with a Imttlo cry
upon their Hi Throe tipies has Gilon
charged, and three times been repulsed. Ocij.
Bragg now impatiently directs .one of his
staffi Col. Lockett, his chief engineer, to ride
forward to a central regiment that has boon
driven back, ami cany its coitus to the
front "The flag must not go back again,"
he said. The officer, obeying the order,
dashes through tho lino of battle, seizes
tho colors from the color bearer, and exclaims:
"Gerr. Brag! says tln-so colors must not go
to the rear." While ho is talking tho color
sergeant is shot down. An ollicer approaches
with n bullet bole ill each cheek, the blood
Ftreainlng from bis mouth, and asks: "What
nro you doing with my colors, slri" "I'm
olievliig Gen. Bragg's orders to hold them
whero they are." "lift me havo them," was
tho reply; "if any man carries thino cohan
but tlio color Ix-arer, I am the man. Tell
Gen. BraglPlhnt I wiU see that these coloi-s
nro in tho right place. But he must attack
this position in flank; we can never carry it
alone from tho front" Tho officer who spoke
commanded tho Fourth Louisiana, and in
stantly riding back to Gen. Bragg to empha
size the previous request inado for artillery
by uen. Unison, lie was met. w iui iiibia-ih
aim wit "Col. Allen. I want no faltering
now!" f (lime; to tho quick, be returned to his
regiment, nnil once moro mere was a wnu.
hurrying wavo of men rolling up that fatal
slot only to lie dashed to death. It was
splendid murder! Col. Allen afterward be
came Governor Allen, of Ixniisiuun. huch
wore the kind of men whom Prentiss and
Wallace fought on tliut. eventful tlay from !
In the morning until 6 .o'clock lit the after
noon Iwfore ono was captured and tho other
WUnU , , ,, . ,
Finding thnt tho posit Ion could not be car
ried by ilirrct assault, Bragg now determined
on a combined Hank movement. First, nil
the gun" within reach were brought up and
concentrated mi the one little battery, stand
in" nt the salient point where Prentiss and
i-.;".n,. I.iliu.l tlmt La1 rcaned such a
ers fa if UI rtaiT tin-iF fi.teVT Wvawww na tl MIBIt J
THE BATTLE. , '
Btaver's brigade of ilindmnnV division first
crossed luiices with that of Prentiss, whilo
Gcnl Iliiidinan lu person with V.'ixxl's brigade,
stnick the Fifty-third Oldo, Col. Appier, the
extreme left of Hlicrman, which was posted
on tho left of Bhiloh rliun-h. Cleburne's
brigrulo attacked Bucklaud, and Ililtlebraud
joining in tho fray, it becnino a fierce blow
for blow along the entire front Though men
on Isith sides fell like chaff, tho broken ranks
continued to rally until the weaker went
down to stay. Hildebrnnd's brigade retired
in disorder, but a part of Kheiman's position
was on a steep and bushy nloie that com
manded the lioggy bottom or valley of Oak
creek, and this was occupied by tho brigade
of Col. Bucklnnd with bis men from Ohio.
Hero occurred ono of the ugliest .contests of
the morning. Tlio Confederates charged by
brigadm, regiments and fragments of battal
ions. Ginpe, canister, shell, round shot and
minio Lolls swept the placo like a torrid
simoon. - Whole ranks crumbled before the
pitiless pelting of the Iron rain; !he ground
was covsred with tho dead and wounded, and
more wero falling evt ry second. The brav
est, staggered by the rod hot tomiet, reeled
to and fro like a ship battling with a gale,
but stiil holding on its way. Even tho man
gled men upon .tho ground, bleeding and.
anonizctl ?Hk I"1'!', uttered their feeblo
worili of cneoiirngcinetit: ''Go on, tioys, tlon't
mind us take care of tho old fine!" The
stt'OJ. Polo faces of tho survivors would turn
towards tho of!!"
but no voice could be beard in such n storm,
and the. sword alone pointed out tlio path of
duty. Then with teeth set, Ili impressed
and fiery valor at white heat, they would
close up the gnpinp; rnnks and light on.
Truly, this was us Somebody dt-srrilx-d it,
"a vulley of death," und no spectacle of suit
limer couingo was ever presented In any
country where soldiers havo stood "iu tho
durk shadow."
M'CLERNAND'S WORK.
In tbU .affair, tho Kisth Mishnlpitl alone
lost 00 killed and woumlcd out of 4';5nien.
Mcanwllile, McCIerliatlrt " hail rapidly Kt
uinkr wins bikI eiidenvoretl to mui;srt f-ihT-inan's
left, but his thlnl bi ig.ido was forced
bsu-k with l he fugitive frwu Ijlicrmnn's now
broken line, wi;'j tho lm of six pieces of
firtii!ii'V. Knr v.-i-reall of tho Confederates
in a c'liditloii to follow. Htrag-jlrrs w re
tbroiigipg tho twptured cainp-i, dech.mtisl
roiiiiiui:hh:id retliol from ataiun, and tho
t.crau. wen? liuy m i):iiiging tog.iiH.r men
scattered triKi. Beauregnnl was in com
liuind on tli3 (Jonfcdci-uto 1 ft and Johiiitoii
on tliorl.;ht. Dur
ing Vto forenoon a
concerted move
ment wns made on
McClernaisl's en
tire front Again,
there were brave
charges and coun
Ut rlinxgi'S, and
more tluiu once the
groan.1 was ksA
an-1 regaiiM-tl. Mo-
T lf,.Ml-a liH Alf, it
of KIm rmnn's rii vl-
sion. OKH-Jstinc of "
tlui Kixth Iowa.J-;-4V'"
Forty-sixth Ohio, ots. BHirniRtiAKa
end Fortieth Illinois, battered like heroes
against the eneiny's extreme kft, Irut the re
sult was as Is-fore, a rt-nasion to the left and
rear. The brigade of Col. Marsh, which in
cluded the F.teventb, Twentieth, Forty-fifth
a-id Fortylgbtb Illinois, was subjected to
one of the botu-st onslaught oftlto day. In
five minutes nrly all of tho lb-Id offlertTi
were kilhsl or wounded, togrtlxr with all the
bor of Burrow's batery which was po-w-d
tntiirinti-r. -Tliclln firigruie nSon-tirl
in dhuinW. Tlw third lrigmh-, Mfiuvlwl and
tnnnd on iu kit flunk did the mime, and its
cotnmsmU-, CoL Itaith, ss nvulslly
w.ioiKted. When the divMon reforml its
ligiit still conneet--J with KbTnm hik
tiie k-ft was pot" ted bv the ravim-s
ami linpefwtraNe tlik-kets that luterveiw-d
lietwer-n It al tls t!h-iion of t". IL
L. WslhKe. The struggle coiuanncil
with varving success until bu. iu the after
noon. " At . Unas Mctniaiid raJwsl I he
enemy half a mi'e tiirou;-h and beyond hrt
rrn.-t, but the atlvantage was only temriTii-y.
1'rvh aults fissefl him still further rear
ward, a bere be received the tins! at tack made
that day on the Federal right The rwiist
anre was gallant, obstinate and worthy of Uie
torn wbonwle it, and when it was over they
went kite bivouac fur tbo nilit
Ik-'vfl
the landing, were preparing W assault ttM
last position. Beauregard was at his. head
quarters near Bhiloh meeting bouse sritb Hmi
' ... l . :
rear oi nis army in a state oi uriuonuimnuii.
thousands of rapa
cious soldiers being
engaged in loading
themselves down -
with the spoils of
the Federal camps.
The men at the
front were likewise
reduced to thin
lines, and indispos
ed to advance in .
boat that were
bursting in every?
direction. Gen.
Bragg himself ad- oeii. A. . johssto
mlttwl thnt Ihn frnnTM "lisd done all that!
they would do and bad better be withdrawn,"
and Gen. Chalmers, who was at the landing
preparing to attack tho reserve artillery ana
its support, Mkowiso confessed that "tho men
were too much exhausted to storm the bat
teries on tho hill." Under these circum-' .
stances, hist before sunset, orders were issued
to ceaso hostilities, collect the scattered forces
nntl be reatiy to moot tue expected ousui, vl
Low Wallace's fresh division and BuoHV
forces at daylight Vliethor tbis was an .
other-"lost oppoi-tunltv" wiU doubtless alwaysf
remain a subject of debate iu mXUtary circles.
"THE HOflNCTS NEST."
Only rt of Ur story of the attack on
Prrtitis lias bcoa tiJ.L After rotrratin
thron-b his carj-ps in the morn in", Uie new
pnhitlol 1st no-upsl eras Us strongist of the
4.j. lilt left was the soothera cud of a
fore this terriblo (Ire, HickenloopcT was WHIP
polled to withdraw. By 4 Sit) o'clock fight
lug iu front of Khefman and Mctlcmand
i.,rl naiantl. Gens. ChilillifUn. Trabuo.
.foliimon and Russoll. seeing that Wallace
..n.,1.1 nt. In nmironcbcd IU'ro tho densa
thicket Illling tlio great raviuo which pro
tected his right, felt their way to the plateau
i.. i.i. nair. where tbev met till) comlilnett
foici-s umler Bragg in front of Hurllait's
tiovlntr thus atsut- t the remnants of
tiio twodivWoiw, tby Inclosed them almost
in a rlrck-; a struggle eiisu, nin iui uier ro
.... i,.iwUi. uml the Inxvo Wallace
mortnllv wountUil. The Brcontl ond
Heventh Iowa, ll by Col. TnUle. now cut
out. nnd renchetl Pitubi!i-g Laud
ing, but Pn-nthw, true to bis orders froin
fleil Grant, firmly remained at bis tiost, and
mi !., i.t Mvi.rvLliiiifr but honor, mr-
reiiilerol bis little band. It compriie,! 2,-JuO
men. Ami ro .iided tho famous fight iu 'the
hornet's nest'"
LAST BLOWS.
It will be remoiiilioreil that tho extreme
left of tho national line was fn-otected by
Sherman's Kecond brigido, tinner toi. ntuaru
. . . i .1 .. H .l.ni Mnnimnwnit HA.
liai'iy IU HI" tulJ , I' "l,"' ."V"-
currwl without definite i-eiulb. Init Hurllnit
U ing present a a supjv.rt, and iparently
holding tlmt portl'7' of" lli left with a good
(teOl Of U'SUWIiy, "0. alouiiwn -
...i..itn li iii kiii tho txwititai for the pur
pose of breaking tlown the only barrier that
remained In that rt of the field UAween the
Confeilerate line
and tlw landing.
The movement
was not suceessfql
and tho assault
was p-peateil. One
of tho Ti-nnesa-e
regiments luroiii
lug demorelis d by
tiie dcsjierato re-sbteiH-e
rucoun
tered. refuMe.1 to
WW
again odvaiice, tfr-ii -ffez
and at this June -feJ
ore the com
mantltT in chief, ' .'-pt'' :
the face of the &-Jt: - 7 J -
shells from tho gun- L77M
accotripaiilod by OE!. nfBLBCT.
f Jen. Bn-cklhrklgo and Gov en .or Harris, of
tinwiM, rle to tladr front and promiseJ
to It-awt tlw -in lar.u If. The hitherto reluctant
soMliTx, now rnuwd toentliuUm by socii a
dl-iinniiiUeil V adersliip. cbsrgwl ami carrwd
lit slope. But it was at a terrible eo to tiie
CouMiTiite AfU-r be bad paxwd through
the ordi-aJ of tlw chargo unhurt, a elmix-e
shot strnrk dm. Johnston in the leg, scver
liig an iniportaut artery. His clotlies were
rikTceil by missiles, tltr Kile of Lis boot bad
-n torn by a bia'ct Kiel his borae shot in
f mr place, hot l himself did not know that
be bsd received severe stooikI until Gover
nor Harris, sreliig bim rocltng tn hi srwldle,
nsle up ami sked if be was hurt "Vcs,"
was the rejily. ml I fear mortally." The
dying general ms removed from bis horse,
awl there nun the fk-U be hatl so nearly won
bis spiiit pswsal away. This was about iM
Vckirk. Gin. Bragg owuming the comma nd,
renewed asaulu were now made on the Fod
eral left, the irrtttoa was -finally turned and
in a couple of hours more the sreary rrm
nantsof the Federal army were tmder the
shelter of the gunboats and a liue of thirty
pram of ertiilrv tlist bad I wen hastily gatb
rrcd by CoL Wetotcr, of Gen. Grant's staff,
and now constituted, with its slight in.'antry
Kunnort, tla enly hope cf tlw army.
Whik) the Confederate under Cbslmers,
Jackson and utbers, who had dosed w around
THE END0?THEnHSTCAY.
Tim srmtw around Pitts'.Jlir- Laiuiin? at thh
luui. I. InilnwwKflMii TT-.-.'A. nhei. f terL
Grant nrrivod at 10 o'clock hi tho. morning,
the pauio Bti-icl.cn stragglers imut uavo oeeni .
counted by thousands. Oen. Bucil. who wn
also an evo witness, says, "tho inouth ot -BnnU
creek was full of them ewimminpf
across. Tho number at nightfall would nob .
have fallen short of 1.,QC0, including thow '
who bad passed down .tho river and tho .
.1 w. 1 i T... I r .......1 1 1 nl-io.it tlio cninn4
on the plateau. Men mounted and on foot,
ana wagons witu tucir tcuu.-if, an m.. ugtjoo
to torco tueir way wi uhj rir, won imwi
... 1- .1.. . .1.. mnrtMinii
lip .1. HJ,JJl till l J firoi'i n u.f.w ' "...
Oen. Aminen's brigndo of Kelson's division
arriving about six o'clock, were promptly do-
pioyeu into lino 10 mceu uny i nniiA.-!ic
soldiers sought their bivouac, oud the bloody
wora oi ounuay w as uuisueu.
NIGHT.
The day closed upon a scone that hea hnnt
no parallel on tho wosteni continent AVitli ,
tho gathering shades of nhriltcame silence,
and tho two nrmios, liko torn and blood
gladiators, but each alert, rested from their
struggle Grout's forces bail retire.! to the
camps of Oons. W. II. L. Wallace and Hurt-
but, whilo tho equally scatterol troops or
Beauregard bivouacked in tlio camps of toner
man, McClemnnd and Prentiss. Boon after'
dark the ruin d'-soendctl intoreiits. anil all
through tho dreary Umra tho liioaiw of tho -
oundrd mingl'd wftli the pltiliss nentiag or t
thu storm nnd ho sullen thunder from tUer
eiuilsiats. w hich every fifteen minutes sent
shell far Inland to cxplodn and banish sleep,
To Gen. Grant, however, ail IUH was n goitiem
o-iportunitv; " lo-morio-.v, ho sanl. ti sv
group oi oi.iccrs gninemi aniunu uu:. u. n
lantling, "tliey win i exunuicii, aim wo wiu
go ot tliem witn irecu men, un.i wuen niuir
mlilulglit lie slept on mo grouuti, wnn i.m
bend on the stump of a tree for a pillow, lb
wns to dream of tho coming victory. Kel
son's division was nlready in sight and Crit
tenden anil MoCook were ircar at baud, whilo
Gen. Lew Wallace, with his fresh division.
was present to redeem tue error ot mo uay.
In this connection, it will be rememberer -thnt
Oen. Wallace was loft to defend the im
mense store of the nrmy ot Crump's Land
ing ond to resist any feint of tho emimy th
might bo made at that point About II
o'clock in the morning Grant had sent him si
verbal order to movo his division and form -nn
Hlierman's right, but it was issued befort
tho Federalsorero driven back from their,
lines. Fortimntelv, before bo reached tliei
rear of tho Oraf (iterates, he was overtaken
while on bis way by an nido with orders to)
countermarch. But uttend of six miles, hie
troops were obliged to march fifteen, and thus)
they did not reach the scene of conflict until
after sunset .
According to Gen. Buell, 7,000 men at th
utmost of tho Army of Tennessee, besides- -
Lew Wallace s n.oui, were reaay to tato pare
in t no scruggio
which was to bet
renewed in the
morning. 80 re a- -
tlioiusand had becu
killed or woumlcd,
" 8,ii0iJ were prXsoTP
crs, about thirty
pieces of artillery
t were in the hands
of tho enemy, and
- V " ' . r 11 -1 rz . . . . - nv
lUM.mM .taent from the .
i rani's and hope-
loralhaoJ.
tho even-
ge. BfCLX. lug Gens, urani
and Buell nu t at F-hormau' heailquarters,
anil it was tlitaw arrruigctl tlmt tbu attack
sbonlil bo Ix-gun atdnyliht. Gen. Lew Wol -Ince
occupied the right of line, resting on
Kimko creek; Khcrman, SicClcntruid arid
Hurll-at, with Ibe remnants of Wallace's suit
Prentiss' men, were ported next from right to
left, whilo UcCook, Crittenden and Si Uon,
of Buell's r.ruiv, in tho onh-r immal, consti
tuted tho kft wing. Tho skirmislilng began
early, tlw advaaced oittixsts of Nel
son liclng the first to ktrika fhoso
of th" enemy. Tiie Conforlenito rlgki
consUol of llartlec's con's, with Chal
mer's ond Jnckson's brigades of Bragg's
corps. Gen. Bragg was on t!u left with the
remnlnder of his commaial, and Clarke
divUimiof I'olk's corps- anil Traboc's Ken
tucky brigade. Oen. Bnvkbridgo- was on
tlw left of lianleo. and Gen. Folk fell into
line between Bragg and Breckinridge, From
tiie beginning of tho contest tho fighting woe
severe at every iint ikvrral times tbo
ground was lost and won, batteries were
token anil retaken, and Federal and Cou
i..i,., in .1.1. I v ioe in th i (li'nso stismla
VndmiHidv f,li!s throsgh whk-h tbey harl
struggled for lac possevnon m too camps.
was evittent long Wforo noon. Iiowcvcr, that
the enemy was being jmshed steadily bock
ami the ground conquered by them the day
before, rtubli-mily surrenJcroiL Tbi
musketry at times snrpassed in Ita volume
ami eintion rnTtbinsoftlie kind yet known
in the wnr; liiU wero rvh'.ied mi;h bullet
boles: one tree not riihteen inchee in
diameter v.os stnick by ninety lolls not ten
feet front tho rroiirnl, ami mongkd horses,
mutilated men, living and dead, broken run
carriages and ail the namelesstk-bris of a bat
tlefield were unread around Lrappolliug 000-
fUSi'SL '
Heeing his troops brninning to lag, anil ex
bnnsted regiments dropjifaig ont of line,
Beauregard Ixtwcen 3 antl 3 o'clock sen
word to his extreme right to retreat in altrr
nate lin -1 ki mov ement was under th
command of Bwkiubriilgo.nml lU conceded
was coodtKt-d wiJi sie-alincss and with no
attempt to follow. Indeed Gen. Grant, in Ida
report to Hslieck, snys that bis force wae
"too mnrb fatigue I from twotlays'hard fight
lng and exposure iu the open air to a drench
ing lain iu tiie intervening niht to pursue,
lmiuediati ly. Breckinndgo t!ia night
cai.irsd alioot a milo and a half f rom the Uu
tlefielil, aud the next day moved threo mitrs
further to the rear. The other cocinutiult
withXheir fragmeuts marrlxxl back to their
eocampoients around Corinth.
In- 1 U -Medical and Bnrgical IBstory of
the V.'ar," the loss in killed, woondrti and
missing 0:1 theFaleral axle during the two
days lighting is fixed at KfiTX Ac-o-tlinir
to Beaurepsnf. tbo aggrrg; of Conf'!rm--
n Snts Ii !,!. Amlsorudol toe bal k) of
Ballon. Th- nag of I' L'nion floated ots-c n
along the iinrs from which it hwl been ilnvr-'.
and tho first foot prints were moie in Iii '
wonlerful rnmnoini which, l-rinnin g rt
Tiot4-on, took rkflnite aiiapeat Coriiuh s
Mempbsv recovad tbo Jii-i-! h f -Vickliarg
to Kew Orirr-.m, -lirvaiii-l
"The 'Malrrh to the Sea," anl niijiium.vi
Appo.iUox Court Ui uss.