DAILY POST. • From the Cineiunnti Times. I BATTLE OF PITTSBURG LANDING,; Desperate Conflict of Fifteen Hours.. Immense Slaughter on Both Sides-.. Attach and Repulse of, the Einelay--The First Day'si Fight--.over 100,000 Troops Engaged—The Rattle of the Campaign. P/TTSE MG, April 6 —Midnight. Position of the Perces. The battle eround chosen for the strug gle of to day occupied a semi -circle of tibout three and a half miles from the town of Pittsburg, our forces being stationed in the form ofa - semi-eirele, the right resting on a point North ()f Crump's lainding, our centre being directly in' front of the main I road to Corinth, and our left extending to I the river, in the direction of Hamburg—al small place fotir miles North of Pittsburg Landing. The First Attack. At two o'clock this morning, Col. Pea body, of Prentiss' division, fearing that everything was not right, dispatched a body of four hundred men beyond the camp, for thel purpose. of looking after any - force which might be lurking in that direction. The step was wisely taken, for a half a miles advanee showed a heavy force ap proaching, who fired upon them with great slaughter. Those who escaped fell back to the. Twenty-fifth Missouri regiment, switilv pursued by the enemy. The con test had been of by short duration, and the advance of the secessionists reached the brigade of Col. Peabody just as the long roll was sounded and the men were' thlling into line. Their resistanee, ta : Co unawares, was of but short duration, ken : and they retreated ill as good order as was possible, under a galling tire. omit they' reached the lines of the second Atsix o'clock the attack had become! general along the entire front of our line. The enemy, in large force, had driven in the . pickets of Gen. Sherman's division, and thlien with vengeance on the 48th reg intent O. V. M., Col. Sullivan : the 70th, Col: Coekerell, and the 72d, Col. Buck land. The troops had never before been in action, and being so unexpectedly at tacked, ere they could fully understand their position, or get into file, they made as able a resistance as was possible, but were, in common - with the forces of Gen. Prentiss, forced to seek support on the' troops immediately in their rear. The Fifth Ohio Cavalry, formerly belonging to' this division, had been removed to Gen. Hurlbut's command the day before, yes terday, and their places supplied and camp oeeapiea by the Second Illinois Cavalry.— These latter knew nothing, of the approach of the enemy until they were in their midst, firing into their tents and applying the torch as they came. The slaughter,. on the first onslaught of the enemy, was very severe, scores lhiling at every discharge of the cnemy•s guns, and all making their best effort to escape, or repel the tlie. It. lion - ever, soon be came evident that the secession three was overpowering and nothing was left for the 1 advance line but retreat: This was done in considerable disorder, both officers and men losing every particle of their baggage, it, of course: falling into t heenemy's hands. The Prospect at that Hour. At half past eight o'clock the fight had beeoutiLnnite general, the second line of divisions having received the advance in good order, and made every preparation for a suitable reception of the free : As your correspondent reached the third line of our forces, he met several thousands of stra g glers, many. of them from the hos pitals,but many more who had never be fore witnessed the service of the battle field, and who, so far, had not found it much to their liking. Their faces were turned to the river, and neither persuasion nor threats could induce them to change their course. I must say, that at this juncture. your correspondent was strongly reminded of the : great panic at Bull Run, for appear ances indicated that the same scenes were likely to be re - enacted upon this occasion, Men and women came promiscuousl; singly . and by dozens, filling the road, limpy ing, staggering along, in some cases, sup ported on the arms of comrades or others, but all having the-same destination, and bent on the accomplishment of the same the whizzing balls, - whieh were flying in ev ery direction: - The timely arrival of Gen. Grant, who had hattOhed to from Savannah, led to the adiigiOn of such Measures as put a termiw atiOn to this uncalled for flight froM the battle field. A strong guard was posted across the thoroughfares, with orders .to halt every soldier whose faceivas turned I I riverward. Some few of the wounded were allowed to proceed, but the self-constituted guard who had chosen, that:sui a means of escape, were made to keep.within the lines under penalty of a stronger admonition at the hands of the established line of sen• tries. Ten °Week. At tea o'clock the entire line on both sides was engaged in one of the most ter rible battles ever known in this country.— The roar of the cannon and musketry was without intermission from the main centre to a point extending half way down the left wing. . The great , struggle was more upon' the gathered forces which had fallen back.on Sherman's position into the next, line of troops. A desperate charge hid just been, ittaile. upon .the lith Oluo Bat tery, and itmot tieing sufficientlYinstainOd by a force of intiintry, it was at last relin quished,. and it into the hands the enemj.;*nother severe fightoccurred ter, ithepiss.soision of the lith• '-Ohio' Batter*, which resulted in three of its guns being taken by the secession troops. Breleven o'clock quite a number of the commanders of regiments had fallen, and.. is Bon cast* it,..kingle 401 officer .re mainedi yet thefightingcontinued with an; earneetneeriihich- plainly showed that the contest On poth sides was for death or vie- OW. The alinost deafening sound of rroand Act tattle of musketry, were, that could be heard - as the meu stood silently - deth'erin,,. their fire, evidently bent nn the work of destruction with a- fervor which knew no bounds.' Foot ' y foot the • gniand vas .concetited, a single narrow strip of open iirid dividing tlio opponents. NOt;lg . ; had 4 iMe;fik - theivhasty-d e : partingii forward theirlan!tehanhysearylor 44e easy , f , ~. transportation °ilm' woundekstiih 'trail. able means as - were at hand were'adeimed i and the soldier's outstretched blanked re -1 T r gebeadibirtripledzamerade,:asttese -. ailtrilalle.itethod , • whsekhe could:be i 'r iled Via i tlii'= 'fie , f e n,fi a ii "ra d ia l p, While O th er" - I fchtcht Webb Multi until they weralnetwi ally forced back by their company others. A litruggle em the Lett WU/. Finding it impossible to drive - back the center u£ our column, at twelve o'clock tie enemy slackened t heir fin upon it, aid L -UliL•ii . - . , . ..... . . .: . . . - , '''' . ------------------ :—___:,_: . . ----- .. .. , . 'J , • .• :' 2.• .t . ;.1 -, : . , . . ... . • . • , - i . . . . r ' .... . . .. . A . . ll '• • t ' 4 1 .2it 0, 2 ": ‘ ...4.7 - ' '''' ''' ...: .. ' ~. I • . t ( 11l b • . . •, 1 ~ . ..,... 1, ,1;:l. N. . ' '',. i ....., .• , , ----" \ -____________---------- . . . ":111111 •: . , ..,:. ‘ , _ 2.1 _,lre,,, 1 ...,,,, 1 \ 1 ... PITTSBURGH, MOND A Y littitaxii '9 'War/ A 'WA lay. -...,- jI -made a most vigorens attack on our left by the said regiment, f; - ,r the possession of wing, endeavoring to outflank it by driving ; the boat. The captains of the steamers, it into the river bank at a paint about one I having all been at their Bests (hiring the and half miles „ hove Pittsburgh Landing. i day. Immediately withdrew their fasten- This wing wn. under command of General I ings and put out into the stream. The Ilnrlbut, an I was composed of the 1 MI, I War Eagle, rather slow in the movements :124. 48th an I 57th Indiana, the 81h, 91st ; erns crew, was 4verrun by the cowat•ds. and 18th Illi.tois. Fronting- its entire line. I who rethsed to return to the landing until however, was a brigade under Gen. Sher man, composed of the :ilk .7th and 77th jon the part of the steamers to go away and Ohio, Taylor's sth Ohio Cavalry were also I leave them in the land of the "secesh.” in General Hurlbut's division, but from 1 How different was the action-olthisregi- the improper nature of the arms with I meat from that of a score of others I might which they were provided they were not I mention, who stood manfully in the fight able to do one half the execration the men I amid a shower of balls such as seldom tall desired. in any battle of modern times, especially With the first demonstration of the ene- on phi I , ide of the Atlantic. ft must not my upon the left wing it was to be seen be forgotten that in this light there were that all the rimy was being poured Out up- engaged troops who had not tasted a on it with the determination that. it should 1 mouthful of food since the previous night, ,I give way. For nearly two hours a sheetofj and who, in the trying peculiarities of the I tire blazed from both eolumns, and I could I occasitm, knew nothing savethe great work liken the explosion of the small arms to I in which they were engaged. nothing save a cane -brake in a stale of 'At the same time I would say that if I conflagration. The Mississippi riflemen, a were a connoisseur in the art of war, and large and well organized body or good felt no interest in the result, I could not marksmen and desperate men, fought with pay too high a compliment to the bravery a valor that was only equalled by those I and perseverance of the Rebel troops. It who received their unerring lire, and re- I seemed that they had staked their entire turned it with an energy which assured 1 prospects and hopes of success .upon the them that many of those who had endured I issue of to-day, and they could not make the fire of Donelson wore in the ranks be-1 up their minds to retire. . fore them. General Beauregard had Fromised them 1 In this quarter it seemed, fig. the period I they should drink, to-night, of the waters of nearly an hour. that the enemy would lof the Tennessee river. Having unlimited sneeeed'in driving our fswees. Three dif- I coutitlence in the great hero of Bull stun, threw tizzies they drove our men slowly be- I dirty believed him and felt that it must be fore them, until they came in sight of the I verified. They disputes] every foot of river, and were plainly viAlfle even to those.' ground in the faro of our soldiers, and on the main landing below. I "barged time and time again upon our The Gunboat takes a nand , i lines, only to meet with repulse after re- While the conflict raged the honest in i pulse at every effort. 'the first day's trial the quarter we are writing oldie gunboat I tins unsatisfactory, and they retired a few Tyler passed slowly up the river to a paint i mile:, ill the rear to await the coming day 1 directly opposite the three or the ettemy, aeon( attempt. and poured in a broadside from her int- I thr a Miscelaneous. :netts.? guns. The shells went tearing and , it is useless to l attempt to chronicle all crashing through the woods, fellin g trees ! the various incidents of the day, as they in their course, and spreading havoe ;cher- i are told in every circle. All agree that it ever their fell. The explosions were tre- ;1% as not only the hottest work they ever ex mendous. and the shells, filling fitr inland, I perienced, but also that ut several times most probably, front their direction, in the ; the danger was most threatening in regard very heart of the secession tOrce. must I to the driving in ollr lines. Those who have told with startlingellhet. At any rate, I were present,_at the different onslaughts I attribute the failure ll of the foe to car- i made on our left wing declare that they ry the left wing, in a great measure. to the could not but fear. at every instant, that well directed shots of the Tyler. The laud' it would give way before the pressure.— forces might have been able to have sue- Nothing but the strongest determination cessfully kept back the immense weight oft on the part of both officers and privates, the enemy, but from my ohservatio n o f th e and the good service of the gunboats, pre matter I think they were greatly aided by vented the worst fears on our part front the well directed shots from the gunboat. being realized. Another Change In the Battle. Ido not think it proper at this time to record the statements made as to the Up to three o'clock, it will be rement damage done to our troops. Such and ed, the battle had raged with a torn which wus id to bad ly defies description. At every point the reb-uch a re;..;i els had found every attempt to break our • s up, arid, to a tneut sa certain extent, lie these com cut lines unavailing. They had striven to drive wands which were in the first attack sun- lirlSel _ t. . .. , sun's I 0 1,1 Ili • I !IV the enemy did - in our main column. and, finding that itn pOssible, had turned all their strength up- hie loss, yet not so heavy as was at first supposed. Ilegiments ablo to muster on on our left wing. Foiled in that quarter, ihe si x one evening, • at a dress parmk, they now made another attack on the cen ter and fought like tizers. They thiiii,i niiv some six hundred men. when an effort was made to collect them to night, did not lines well prepared i . e . !. awl in full expecta c.:-Hitit one-tldrd that number. I.ater it ) ; tion of their coming; every rnan at his post, anti all willing to briog the contest t o a the evening, " werel. f. lll "Y ''''""' '" " i "glY I or in squads, until their numbe r was con- ' definite conclusion. u , t ,. , In hourly expectation of the arrival of i '''iderabl•Y langlineutl;'l. I.;crrtiai-; j'at.e.'s the fitrees under thai Nelstet mid Thom- I ",.!.. r° st " t , ( '`` l " """, ''': e ", "'"'", win w"7: as, who were at :Savannah. and to whom a i terwaru mune to Illt I/111 SIT/I nit W HIIWII. tuussar.us haul been ,„ unt. a fliet in ,, well 1 the shock having I;ect; soffit-lent to tl 1 .1 •ow them front their horses. alid these return knoWll tO the : , ;•; - essienists as ourselves, l they made even . elli , vt to route oer i ., rees ing to camp had given 6,ilailatio ll t„ 16 before these reintbrcements should have stories of their riders' death. It is known tit:at:en. Prentiss NV:I,; taken come forward. They were. however. ti;•lo .- relsoner in the early part ot the day.-- ing agaiu,t a wall ,;f lire and steel. manned s b e yz e b o r f a; j e fil l p i enaurtdseras e l ve o r n ,: . r l n , c; t l l l i ec l l v, t r l , c h s , - . :;:i'xiik I L e i ' l l . i i ) . .:V; l ;;' , , t .', k ,`,. 1 i ; ; l fi k, ( l l lr s i ( g „ 3 . ,: i , i ';',./ 1 ine . i f it volley. and fur:: time the battle 6 1 . :hi' fi'Jlt be IPII,I. f u ll ing ''i ()r Pl 'n .l.ii ' l'l., lire 2:41' I lissourt, tatting niortaffy wounoe o near to morning was re-enacted over the sane; ground, and with the same vitem on both ' 6lll ' I WereiY r"'r I ° IlleSr'nf I i '''' l ' ! "" because they occur to me as I writ e . sides. Many bruntgn who hat.4l sli.:- The Final Struggle of the Day. Mined the Of the entire day's figlil, It tire' o'clock there was a short cessa- hav e tett tasted one, mouthful of thod,sinee flan in the tiring, of the enemy, their lines I last Hight, nor Can I see how they mei') be filling back on the center for the distance, I supplied with any to-night. They are be perhaps, of nearly half a mile. They then yon( their camps, and cannot. in the dark• suddenly wheeled and again threw theiren- ness, be reach by wagons laden withstores, tire threes upon the left wing, detemning of which there is an endless quantity here. to make a final struggle for the da rims that Even Hatch stores were in their quarter. f i ne The gunboat Lexington, in the sion, they have no means to cook with, meantime, had arrived from Savannah, their kettles having been left behind, and and after sending a messenger to, General the beating rain being snottiest to extin- I Grant to ascertain the direction in wVich' guish any iire'whih they might kind the enemy lay from the river, the two boats N o order had been given to keep cooked took position about half a mile above the rations on hand previous to the fight, landing, and and poured their shell up a deep cause it was hut little expected that any ravine reaching to the river on their right. would be needed in so short a period The shots were thick and fitstand told with thrilling effect. . In the meantime General Wallace .had II taken a 'Circuitous route from Critufp's Landing, and appeared suddenly on the right wing of the enemy. In the thee of this combination of eircumstance s the rebels feltthat their enterprise was for the day 'a failure,and as night was about at hand they slowly fell hack, fightingas they weut, un til they reached an advantageous.position, somewhat in the rear, and yet occupying the main road to Corinth. The gunboats continued to send their shell after them until the" had entirely got beyond their reach. Thus ends an outline of - the battle of the first day. Arriiiik of Geis. Bileiral 'Forear;• After' a Wearied watching of several ' hours of the most intense anxiety, the ad vance regiments of General Buell's Divis ion appeared on the opposite bank of the river, at five o'clock this afternoon:— Steamers were he immediately sent, over, and e work of ferriage began, the atithlndiana andthe Eth Ohio being the first to cross, followed by the main portion of Gen. Nel son's• Division. , . %Cy were succeeder ] by General Bruce's commend, embracing, among others, the Ist and 2d Kentucky. Cheer -after cheer greeted the, arrival of the reinforcements, a knowledge of ' their,importance in the crisis being firmly impressed upon all who had witneesed the events of this dreadful day. Without a moment's delay, they disembarked and marched to the advance, where they rested on their arms for the night, They hid Come at a double quick from Savannah, bat their comrades inthe field had sustained minadinching fight for fifteen hotly:,sta they were glad to relieve themMidaffor4theni a few hours' rest. Aa llneldistal or the Dity. It might:not,%perhaps, under ordinary aircumatanees,:beprope r to mention any case of apparent cowardice which,. could occur klatch a contest. - , Yet I think jus tice , deinende that reference be mode to the conduct of a new : regiment, (I spare the' ram,: in consideration of the brave sons of the,litate,), who had arrived at this Joint i the day previous to the battle. They'l marched to the top.of the hill, after the battle had began to wax hot, but soon re turned, and could not be induced to go ftguarilket.,iwy,,iime ufterward... .Their ' officers, at a late - hour in the afternoon, rodeMnong them and entreated that they fail iateline. : They , told:them, that their brothers in armi had born the brunt ,of the :Iwittliltall the day dong,. and:.now.:needed their:help. : But they refused to stir. •-: . . nolo:wind of the cannon and Musketry, the whissiotof the balls over theMiheads; ..and-the *in of the. wounded imomnningrily i carried past them, Was too much, and mflooklestntiustednok .Rom hill, where they had been. lani i rh I Officers then denounced them as cowards, and warned them that a six-pounder should be fired into their midst. Just at 1 that time the stoma Plasetrunther bell, 'aid a pool delipede wee ma% led of ff "f. ti 17, 14 41‘ it( he Second Day's Fight... Arrival or Reinfbreements—Generals Smell and Nelson on nand-- Meat flours More Bard Fight- I ng--The Rebels Forced 1 o Ile tire---3.000 Cavalry in Pur suit. p A 7th, litti2. During all P17'1%51117110, the horrors of ril last night the steamers lying at this point, which were not too heavily laden with stores or too much filled with the wounded, were en gaged in ferrying the troops belonging to Nelson's Division from the op h Every load was greeted withc heers from those on shore, and returned lustily by those who had so opportunely arrived, to take part in the battle of to-day. As the boat reached the shore the troops immedi ately left, and, without music, took their way to the adiance on the left wing of our tbrces. They received marching orders at a late hour in the afternoon, and had come on a "double quick" from Savennah. They gave, however, but little evidence of exhaustion, and evinced iv:stolid deternii nation that they had not come for a child's recreation. Among the troops near the landing they were regarded as something like veterans in the caiasa q and thkgreates t confidence began to grow up as to the suc cessful ternaiiiation of the battle, whose result had been doubtful more than once during the struggle'of yesterda,y. With the first hours or daylight it was evident, however; that the enemy had also been strongly , icinforced, for, notwith standing they. must have known of the arrival of the aewlinien troops, they were the first to open!the.hattle t which they did about seven o'eleek; and with considerable alacrity. The attack then began'froni the main Corinth road, a point to which . they seemed' strongly attached, and which at no time did . they leave at all unprotected. It mattered not where the main force was engaged, nor ,where the fight' aged the i l fiercest, there' was at all tamesr evidence that the safe security of that thoroughfare was continua* cared for. General, Nelsoh, on taking his position ''on the left wing, last night, bad despatch 'ed a messenger to'Lleut. Gwynne, of the gunboat Tyler, with his compliments, re questing the loan of a box of cigars and a bottle of Wine, and extending an invitation to the gunheat offieers that they should visit him at 'his headpiarters, under an oak tree, near the iiyei, bank. He also as sured them , that " the y: would 150i -twine man-of-war kghtAngta-day.,'"' 'At the - conclusion of yesteiday'a tag,., General General Gran thad assuredtheanl&ers that " th e 7' Bll(l nlfille 4 .Coring prediction ite. 4,1"; ; .., pt-k: . ..4...t i g 411 ...4 . 9 '. looked somewlt:" ''.' l ''''l" yNksuclt a7el suit, although they felt confident that it would take some more hard fighting to get there. An the Line again Witida ball as boa Ausjith=dVigs - of the morning, the contest had again I hands rained at arm; 1,-J:etili.npricho spread in either direction, and both - the , air. Others had fallen with their go» eentreendleft wingSwere aetively engaged. I in their grasp. as if they wore in the The rebels Pere, however, not PO anxious I 10allilet' then) When the nital Shan , to tight their way to the river's hank us on them dead. Others still had rimeive the previous day,havin . g had a slight expe- Wil."1;11 messeng e r Of death. a»:1 wi:!: nonce of what t he might again expert if reniainito , sTrength had el-Haled aWn v brought agaiit'under the guns of the Ty-, limber danger. and shelterin, ten; , . ler and Laeington, whose 'black hulls' behind old heis.bad laid doe 1: le die. steamed sloadi Along the stream. keeping were the bodies of those who had fall: a careful watelditines,s for any signs they the redo a bad and mitigied I might be able - do - Dater as to the exact lo- t then, - were those from it lea;:e wint lel cation of the/ Wolf in: the dense for,st I blood was yet trickline a Vo. y. The ,a which stretchelrewsy to their right. i beg,gars all deseriptions. and I do n o t ‘k i The foe Was pot, however, lacking in tics• attempt to deict its ItnrrOrS. The at: tivity, and they were by the reinforce nn the ripen space] have referred to li-i merits, together' With the still unwearied 1 " Battalion Drill G Mil - MIL .. W:i '7 he t ar, soldiers of yeistiondkir with an energy that est which came tinder in v ob4e r i :ohm. they certainly . eotild not have expected. The. canister which had I , wepl ot At 9 o'clock the'sound of artllery autl Ines- durine the morning had been tort iidi• in ketryfully.equaled that of •theprevioustlay, results. Stronglv einitested ;is it poSses•-i though it could not be said to have eontin- hail been by both sides; vet the dead were ued so longin onequarter. It now became five to one on the side 4 the reltels. i i evident that the rebels were avoiding the Man here was in a bent posit •11, rest be , 1 extreme of the Left Wing, and endeavoring his hands and feet. with his thee down n ;;I• to tindsonte weelipoint in the lines by whieh yet cold and rigid as. marble. I in,• li; to turn our foreef - and thus create 511 irre- crawled away to the bnrder a 11, wo“.1 vocable confusion. It is wonderful with and, ensconcin g himself between 2 iv() le e what perseverance and determination they i had spread his lilanket above. hint to shiel adhered to this purpose. They left one I hint. perhaps, from the rain of the pre" I. point but to return to it itnmediately. and night. lie was a wounded rebel. and lie pi: then as suddenlY would, hy some masterly Welly asked "ir we mold do a., oilin g E, stroke of genemlidldp,direct a most vigor- him'?" At his feet lay the lanly :if one e ous assault upon some•ilivision where they those Union boys] have spoken dr as ha vim fancied they wouldl'aot be expected. The had his hair burned from his lontd. One tire colour lines was steady as eloek-work, terrogating the rob el it s to the eause of hi.s and it soon became evident that the enemy being in such a condition. his :ode reply almost considered the task they had under- was, ••1 du not know—l did net do it.. We taken a hopeless oae. assured him that an ambulance won id soon Eleven- freinek A. NE be at hand to take hint le better "loaners, Notwithstanding the continued rebut!' of aull bets hh"' the rebels. wherever they had made their The hir g". r g"" e , li " d ','" s''"''.' `Nan e, had J worg. One case 1 Say." yltere tile entire assaults, up to eleien o'clock they given no evidence of retiring from the field. lower portiim of a Ina:. ~ t o:o had been near Their tiring has beta as rapid and vigorous rie ' l ."'"Y , k " vi na ' "j" i'"'m ""'i 111 " 11 1• Per , 0 at times tie (luring the most terrible hours 1)("*"", ' ls ",'" ij ''," 4. • Another hail bee struck oy a nuilet 011 the forehead. :111(1 tar of the previous day ; vet not so well di- ' reeled nor so long continued to one point missile hail li'll"".'d the "N.'"'.'. rho head of attack. entirely around to the terminal:o u of the I hair on the hack part of th e eraiiiiiii i . The Still fiirther reinforcements now began to ! caseof t he celehrtited KatiSasseirill,t 'arson, arrive, the .steamers .Crescent City, Ilia- I tool Kit iwas horrifying. Ili , lave :Ind the %litho, Lonisville.John Warnerand Others, having left Savannah,:load e d to the gilt, ril-: 1 '''' t int hover f!Orlioll of his head were en tirely gone. his brain dabblin g into i he litt lii with belongint j ta Gen. Ituell's cont. wand. • These immediately mounted the P' - ' 1 " I h1 " 1 " 1 w hiell had gathered in th't hill and took pc - cation upon the right of e " vit Y I'4"w' I ''", ii i fill rag' with '"I'll I eases, lett it is useles s to paroculari7e. the main center, under- Gen 'Wallace. Suffice it u , say, that the slanelite r is int former lines, and but a shoSo far the fight of the morning had been waged some one and a half miles within our " I "" s ''' rtdistance from Deat the river's bank, in h of Lieut. Col. Canfield , a due westerly diree• nod Capt. Eerie:ins. lion. As f write this I just learn of the draiiis of Lieut. Col. Canfield. of the Seventy -see. ond Oh io.Capt. Bert ram.olthe Forty-I..it:tilt I )1110, And Capt. Warner. d . the Fort :I-eighth Ohio. The ease of the fitriner mimed oflicer is peculiarly affecting. Ifis andahhi lady has reached here. in cOmpallV With her piling son, in time to learn that tier husband' has been sent to Savenna.h.severely wound- i ed. Ile ;snow deailated lei.; body ha; 'been j placed aboard the .1. W. Puffin tin- traits- j portatio n it! radl/C:111. Cio. Bertra,e' s burly will he s ent 6frivard to cif:chin :ll i to morrow. The renters to-Mel:La s te whom: , killed. II mooled mid missing. are so mouerotts that I do :lot thiek it rrollwl . In ehronii•le any . 07 deinelif I Itear a: to the viol ints in either ease. e..V C. 31.1 such as have :111111' under Inv ~i,i persettai observation. Ido not wi , it re , reat:• say di -an ss or. eit ille :I•ilic-- , in i 11.! ni : .e.' .d.:wy id . the Llea.vo7l,, at !tune. a.:i to 11:e . ar.ly of I hell' relative, on the ileld of 1,011.,. I :,- ill eiy, Iteem.,• : •, th a t it h a s been a b.e.• i• . 1 .•, eiptal et . whiell I,a, meet. keen i.fe. ,11 ill i 11: - eoilli; r'.. A tio:d Slllzv , Oti. r• ho 11:1- 10 .111...1L' in the viee. ;mil who ha: lii-i returned frolic: he field for tbe Cr , . t:nb-iat ,•tbe battle 1ie. 4 .01. 1...1,1 t•l me a. Ile .:,1 111.W:i ;•I :, ILf ij lOn i II(' liver ball(- : •; I I.:: , .• heed pr,-.. ;,f air lk,fj; hi - it 1 : 1 ;t 1 8:1 , 11....rt I i - ieeisol l . het :her weret skirmish: 4 to Wh a : Ih a vo , ot.” ,inc, ve , 1,.r -1 day newning. - Snell. it ..,,,,,.:, i s t l e . !,-. tittleny el' all will whom I Ino. e 1.1111,.,•r, ,I in relatbat t...lbi, grcat ~..;lea r. The Imo I,- 11,.; now 'wen over for :It le:oit ten hours,yet s , oneettstottied ham e I lieei.iiie, since ye , iterilny. iii OW , 711111• 1.1 nilNl,,h.y. that there is :: cum-dant “erael, - "i•rnek; ' - crack. - rinein, Hooted : in v ear , :::• I , it down to write. Itebels Among' Ihe llospilsols. In my , recit e s letters I have inentiened that the diarrhea had prevailed most ex tensively among our tn.lp.Q.110111• I , t . Whom were accustom e d to the soil. climate. or water of this seer ion of Tennessee. This had weakened some of the regilltelits, SO fur as numbers were concerned -t he hospi tals having been tolerably well tiiled with the sick previous to the attack. Though the health of the men was int provieg. yet there were nian:v who haul not yet been discharged as tit file duty. These were on the sick list at the time the enemy so suddenly made their appearance within the camps on the front lines. Alany of them lett for the river, an order being issued A:t• the immediate evacuation of the hospitals, and it was n pitiful sight to see die poor invalids. scarcely able to drag one' foot after another. wending their way slowly to sonic place of safety. The fire of the enemy wm , severe behind them, but sonic of them look e d as though they would welcome a friendly bullet. or at least re- ceive it with intlifferenee. Those who were unable to walk remained and awaited their fate. They .. , ew their healthy eon,. rades driven brick amid a shower of balls. some of which pierced the tents wherein I they lay, helpless as thieigh they were • I dead. i The tide of battle rolled on, and they were left to such treatment as the rebels might choose to bestow upon them. In some eases the hospital teats were burned, j 1 1 with the sick still within them. These, I , believe, were isolated eases, for in others all the kindness which could he Whir:l e d ii the excitement of such an hour w as afforded them. In some cases I found t hat they had even filled the canteens of the sick with water, and left them by their' couches for future use. In others, d,, , had been roughly treated. cursed as Yan kees, but yet nut outraged as they had bee n on former occasions, where the lOrtuties of war had made our melt subject to their mercy. One singular feature was reittarkabli‘ alter ,1 the battle. which, as it may have some etet !»ection with this department, I may men tion here. Numbers ofour nom were found, 1 with the hair on the top el their bea d ;, their whiskers, arid sometimes a portion jof their upper clothing, burned away.— They preseuted a strange and ghastly ap pearance. Whether these Were therl. Wall- I ton acts on the part of the enemy. or whe- I ther the victims were those who tin ,i b een tents, I cannot say. li' the latter, they had I i i i ii m ul d a e te a:i j succeeded that they had reached the woods, oaitteson:et tv. ( t d. es t c b :i ' pe b . li t r o l i i t e l d lia l :l ° s s o lii t t : i r j and there, from sheer exhaustion, had laid them down to die. The Force Engaged, and the 11 i 'Killed and Viroinded. i As - near as I can astimate, the entire force. enga g ed in this conflict, I.have set it down at the ()peeing of the battle as being , *cm; sixty thousand on the rebel side, with :Ik ikiPaiwill4Ani4ler number, say PvgrA.l.o j thousand, on ours. Thisimendee.Vdi nessed an addition to our troops of about j twelve thousand men, while, from the testis moray of the rebel prisoners taken to-day, the reinforcements to the enemywereabout j eight thousand men—more than half of 'whom had been left at Corinth when the Generals Grant, Buell, Nelson. Sher man and Crittenden, (1 learn, though I have not seen him,) were present, every where, directing the movements for a new strok e on our part against the foe. (den. Wallace's ivision, on the riht, h been strongly re d inforced. aiid su g ddenly ad both wings of our antic were -turned upon the .enemy with the . ititentitti of driving . ttic , immense body into an extensive ravine. A: the saint:. t IND! :1 p,,w e: ful ha:IA*T haul been stationed near an open field known as the ••battalion drill ;. , runtligl .. li•r Sherman's division, and this, loaded uitit canister, poured volley tiller volley upon the sonic : what disgmited rebel,. The cannotindin7 ~f *l.ll4.4lity prevhms had hen!! mostly ~1 1 fitted I.) shell and heavy hall. lest it wa, •evident that the change limy made ma., having a telling elThot. A l , hart' pas,t eleve n t t'eloeli t ite ro ar or the Inutile almost shook the earth in find-: U viriaity. ror I. nion gnus were bein g tired with all the onergy that the I.: , il ',A i 1 ( 1 lit! 0111•111y.ti &Pa! el.111!11 it:: pir... The fire from the Nu.l).•ls wa , not. 1i0n . .--':. so rif.,,,,r01e.:. and they began to e; in, .• n .1,• re to withdraw. They ibtzght as , ii , ..v slowl‘.. :noved hark. keeping. , ti. their lire 1 11'0111 their artille4y and intislivls ahmg . I t% their hale etolinzln, arid apparently ir:- ;mimingn any motion which could be non sidered as apprilximating to a retreat. A ; they retreated they went in expellent or ; (ler, battling at every advantageous ,• point,r ii ey e•n ). their fire with considerable !effect. Moving somewhat in the direction of the river, closely followed by our men, I Gen. Grant feared that some mistake might occur on the part of the gun-boat s , whereby our men might be injured by their j fire. Accordingly a me; see ordering the ger was sent Tyler 11111 Lexington to "steam up to Hamburg, four miles above, and on no occasion to fir,- inland before reaching that point, its our men had driven the enemy so fat- that the shells 1 , might injure the e wrong party." At Noonday. It was now a matter settled beyond dis pute, that the enemy wereretreating. They were making but little fire, and heading their entire column for Corinth, by both roads leading in that direction. Front all divisions of our lines they were closely pur -1 sued, a galling fire being kept upon their 'rear, which they still returned at intervals, but with little or no effect. The Charge of the Cavalry. • I have neglected heretofore to mention that from Sunday noon, until night, and from Monday morning up to the time I have now reached, in this outline description of the battle, not less • thin three thousand cavalrkhadtimainedseatedintheirsaddles ' on thebill-topoverlookingtheriver,patient- ' ly and eartiestlyaweiting the arrival of the time when an order should come for them to pursue the flying enemy. That time had now arrived, and a courierfrom Gen. Grant i had scarcely delivered his message before I the entire body wai'in,motion. Those who have never witnessed a charge of so large a force of horsemen should have been there to have seen the wild tumult of the eager riders; andapparently equallyex cited steeds. The enemy have been driven beyond our former lines and are in full re treat in the direction of Corinth. In regard to this result, I think,. we may believe that the rebel leaders were not as confident of success this morning as when the eontest ofyesterday began, for I am in formed to-night, by one of the captured. that "Beatiregurd hadnight ordd that two hundred empty cars be !sent ere to Corinthduring the earart of to-day." hether this Is true ornot, or whether it was preparatory to the safety of his troops in case of defeat, I leave your readers to decide for themselves. One thing is eel ! tain, his promise to his troops that - they j should drink the waters of tho Tennessee to-night has proven a failure. . They must for the present slake their thirst from some j of the Creeks that .flow into that river from 1 a southerly direction. The Field After the Fight. _ ! A. visit to the field immediately after the retreat-of the rebels and the pursuit of our 'forces, exhibited a spectacle seldom to be witnessed and More horrible to contemplate. The first appronehes,occupying the further g range of theenemy'sene, showed at the first glance the work of devastation made by those ball andabelt which had overshot the mark. Large trees were entirely cut off ;wi t hi n ten { ft :ve r s a : l o e erbutit heavy limbs lay steeieal e every direction; andliieces of ftXploded witisiles were scatteredesill around. ~ The earcassesof dead horses,mt the wrecks 1 0 wagons strewed &lithe ww sod :other !esridenegs of similar _, Anaz k e 4 ; evwdikrioaf the..yrey, ;. L • pi,.. , ,T ,4iod i t ; Ralf a efurther on, and tar more i m . portant feature of the struggle !s; las brought to view. Dead bodies in thewond s , t h e d ea d and dyin in the fields, lying inlevery con ceivable pletthe ga!e on ',either hand. Alataitivolt beekkwitk tkii- clinche d . a ttar 1 , 1562, ;ronpB moved from that 'mint on Saturday evening. The intimate knowledge imssessed the enemy of ,svery root of file eontesteil foil on which the battle was timght. gave them a greater mlyaotage than was award-. eel 118 by the f Fining increase in number: but on either side the battle was finight with a desperation which I could not :have believed to exist in the minds of men. un le•sin ea. es of strong personal grieranee. The determination appeared, eVell 1111(1,r I the mosa galling tire. lobe victory The e Mississippians, oil the side of the enntv, were the ruling spirits. and thev well de:erve to be set down as among the, I fighting ;nen of the day. A. for oar own troops. reff.r to but csiv especially. The Illinois. already I furnow: at 1)onelso n , fought like devils to suquin their well-earned reputati on . Th t . same ;new iaid of :MisBouri. Ohio, Judi- 1 EIiIAWN litowlicorielicavoli .. • . aim. ~• , 1 - ,1 11, and :o ne o f the lowa regi- PLETE stuck of • . . . . , . In regard to those troop, raised itt our sratara GoOgos which ita i.a. _re beam own vieinity. I must say that, all acqUitted nrj"ll 401e4 them.,4vo,, va The 4 8114. lin- We tK:ezttVtilfeo"rus.YanfPeianittrilltil. •u'hli•r 'oloool ;he very first( tho :various new , fabric ami - ll o urieltica of the .• rural, was ins ailed. and even after i %oak! f Ilny solicit an lartreill I 1'4./41i/I,IIIS kit ileriiid e hail fallen back, lour n e atiOns a r taftt public, tu test the merit, .014 they retired in good order. lighting every mmeer themselves. . :.1 of the war to the line of the second tiIANIJEL GREY dr am divls It should be re of that 31 r ant or , it~this the first time they were ever brought Figur h. battle, and from the suddenness Of the attar!: your readers may judge that the in troduction was not one calculated to steady the nerves of raw troops. At one t une during the contest .it was rumored that every field (Ahem. of the 48th was killed, but they turned up in time to gather their men to the 11 1 / 1 11ber of 250, and after a bivouac upon the wet ground last night, they led them again to the field to-day. Col. Sullivan returns to-night, with a wound in his left ann. ant at all dangerous. although quite painful. lie will be all right in a teNV days. Con. Sherman, veBterday. complimented the Colonel. also Lieut. Col. Parker, of Ilighland county. Major James Wise, Adjutant Robert McCill, and the ;nen as a body, by saving that even older regiments could not have vont hleted I homiselves more nobly. The Mh Ohio, ;older Lieut. Col. Ander smi. occupied a dangerous position trorn the time of their arrival to the close of the battle, and I could see no difference in their manner and mode of bearing to that of the famous 18th Illinois, who had borne the onFlatight s on the left Wing the day pre vious. Every man did his duty well. The Ist and '...'.d Kentucky, in the fight' to-day, werc the men for the position they occupied. They, as well as the Gth. were undez a galling lire for no less than tiro hours.•yet a hen the enemy thought proper to turn their faces toward the "most sacred soil of .Mississippi" they were ready and eager to tbliow. which they did with great alacrity. lot ari of Q Ih Il,ir Wlllll Pin • tiff• The . 34th 7.011:1\ o Regiment were at their , ost in the thickest of the light. Also. the • remembered that .ohio:wished ail h..:. , -as'tt. do their duty. Amen_ those ,;110 thronged the river bank at. different fillies- 'taing the battle, could not find one of tht•, rapintents exeppt those who were, %VOL:Holed. and who., in con:Pyleiwc. had been sent back by their o;liecrs. In regard to the killed and wounded. 1 shall refrain from mentioning anything. titrtln•r than I have in former parts of this ipist ie. The various rumors afloat. with eel a shadow or fimmiation. joi , tify me in' this determination As a : , :al. 1 - would -1 down our killed, during 'ihe two days' fight. at near one thous:n o b. a n d ou r n omitted at about thirty-tiv.• hundred. I find but tin- who have an equalopp,rtunity of judging but set my ostinntto low a figure. Many - or the wounded are triv ially injured, and will soon be able to again perform the duties or a soldier's life. No eorrect estimate-ca n be made within the five days, as it will require some time a ti her the won tided together. and inter the dead. The confusion or the hour at whieli I writ.•.after the close of the battle, pno eats any more a this ccuracy than I liar,' given 111 I learn to ni2,ht that (lea, Low. Wallace is killed, but upon investigation, Ifindthat it is Colonel W. 11. 11. Wallace, of Illinois, who had been left in command of the force of General Smith: whom 1 have re ferred to previously as being confined by sickness at Savannah. His presence would have been a great benefit on thi ocemdon. Currying oft our Surgeons. I found. even at the endof the first day's fighting, that many of our surgeons Were missing. They were known to have been at the hospital tents at the period in which the battle opened, but after this time they were not to be found. After the retreat of the enemy had began, and those of the sick who had been left in the hospitals were 1 1 again under the protection of our troops, they stated that the rebels had forced the surgeons away with them in order that they might attend to their wounded. I have no doubt they greatly needed their services. Rattle Ground.—lts Location. The gourd upon which this most bloody Itattle was fought is known as Pittsburg Landing., and is situated in Hardin coun ty, two hundred and thirty miles front the mouth of the Tennessee river, and is teti miles from the Alabama border. It occu pies au emninence of some fifty feet above the river, and has but two houses, both of which were riddled by the shells of the gunboats when the national troops arrived, several weeks since. It was the main out let. previous to the building of the Mem phis and Charleston Railway, forthotrans portation by steamers of all the products raised in the vicinity of Corinth, and the most interior portions of the. State. The ground beyond the eminence, stretched away along a broad ridge, which %Vat; pierced at intervals by deep ravines, running mostly in a south westerly direc tion. and covered with scrub oak, growing so closely together that it was impossible tbr either Military or cavalry to press through them and at the same timepre serve anykind oforder. In thisscruloak,or "black jack," he enemy kept themselves as much hidden fr o m sight as possible. From the river bank to the fitrthest end of the National camps there were but three open fields. of from fifteen to twenty-five acres each. anti it was when the enemy endeav ored to cross these, into the heavier forest on the sofa of the ridge, that our troops were enabled to dtethent the most damage. The rebel loss in killed must have been nearly double the estimate I have made as to our own. The wounded is also very great in munbers: although perhaps not so great in proportion, As Minnie ballsitre more Mud than those usually 'fired from -Mississippi rifles, the old Harper's Ferry, or even the Algiers rifle, of which they seem ed to have a large number. Weer Prlbuoiseraf • Taken. one strange feature in the battle was, that neither, yesterday nor to7day•have seen many' . prisoners. ; Ok our side it•thd not seem to be a contest for eaptives. , ; It was 20ife.and -4 4,oraggle,tosae,:sted the. rebels" Seemed ` to-enteomattisigameidei as to th emselves , t do not believe that more than one hundred prisoners were . taken to the rear during the battle of both days. All I know / is, that if prisoner:mem lJ taken, I do not: Ime how they disposed of them. •i.t~2 .. -'~~~ Esta.blisbe~~lB~2 WILLIAM cARR-& co. WHOLESALE .GROCERS • And Importers elf WINES. 1111 AN DIX% tlll4. 4141% ALSO. -•' F ENE OLD 111 O;iONUA 'MLA RYI( 3tt7 and 22'.9 IFAlnPrtr Intnenie. nAly P iPTABEIRSAIL PA. SPRING 40011 S. CLOTHS, C.ASSIbfEHES •AND VESTINaII. TEETH EXTINIAMED 11W ITltlik VT PAIN by the use of an apparatus_ wherebY no drum; or galvanic battery are ,e d. Cold weather is the time when the apparatus min bo used to its beat advantage. 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