Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-04-21
The Battle of sh;loh.

IL CAtC0 Ills -
forsnatlon: We had Captured 5000 prison
efs, a part 81 whom had been sent to New
Uric rs, AMI a portion To Memphis. He him.
sell saw a large body of men, who, be was
laEorfned, were what renamed IF the prison
ers; and he was tod blythe guard who had
tnein In a charse, that they numbered :, 700.
We had captured ne was tod. so cannon,
and that the enemy had recovered only four
ofthem.
The g~allantry OF several regiments was
most loudly praised. lie could not r~ccollect
their nafie>, but one of the tennessee regi-
bad suffered most severely Of all. and
the Kentucky regiment Of Gen. Breckenridge
was eXioiled ey every one. lis !foble com
masder Noa for hitnsclf a name which can !.
never erlsh al our people were most ex-
uitanf. another fight is expected, hut the
6etlet was ti'at the entire armg OF the enemy
couid be captured with all their ho.ts. Bat
tefles fsld been efected on the river xhich
would prevent heir escape.
Gen. Van Dorm, With the army orihe brave
P!icea VAS apnroaching.
SILL later 5bcountS than the ahove we're
brought " the Hon. Mr.. 4sos,S, az The House
Of Representatives,, who arrived in this city
from Chattanooga on Saturday evening. HIS
reports Of eae glorious y~ict4ry at Shiloh are
the 'l,ost gratifying tiat we have read or
heard. H states confidently that the num-
btr OF presence taken IS 5t0f. less than 7.G00,-
End the enemy loSSi tie battles OF Sunday
aad Monday, IN killed and woanfed, hv fne!r
oSn a,Hf.i-sinr, reaches $1,000. Mr.. r.also
states tirtt asarly the Whole ot tic ammuni-
and Stares cap uted b. our army on Sunday,
and which Gen. Beau'cg, rd had to leave be-
hind hitu when he r,'ired 10 9Grinth, had
been saved by the gallant and indcfatisab!e
Morgan, whose very nsnc is a terrJr to the
9enemy in the Southeast
The rich fruits of this glorious fight are
almost incalcuIable, and the blow inflicted
perhaps he most stunning which The enemy
has received in the progress Of the war.
From the following graphic account, taken
from the Memphis Appeal, our readers can
form correct idea Of how the first davis
battle at Shiloh was fought and won. Il is
rom a letter writer on the BATHS field
| procured a map at Oerinfh (herewith
furnished to ca for lithosraph. If on please)
which portfsys the positions Of all the forces,
roads, river towns, etc. Itrepresents General
Polk, Breckenridge, Crittenden, Loring, Har-
dee, Wood, and Slaughter on the right wing,
about twenty miles east Of Corinth ard four
miles north Of the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad Gems. Johnston, Cheatbam, Bowen
a ofAa &tSl y 0N NAAO NlC HtIS AZ SALGl "a ~
miles north Of Corinth while our centre is
at Monterey, northeast of Corinth, N
ded by Generals Witners and GLADDEN., Rug
giles, Chalmers ard Hindman.
Buell. is advancing rapidly from some point
west Of Duck river, and promised to form a
junction by tuesday with Gen. Grant, whose
lett wing rests on the Tennessee, his centre,
5 miles nor beast of Monterey, and his right
extended nearly to Bethel.
Our Generals hold a council of war, and
determine up6n one of the most hazardous
enterprises ever undertaken-yet sanctioned
Of course By success-te cross innumerable
swamps, over which retreat would be iiDpos-
sible. Under powerful combinations, they
are to fall upon the foe ard crush his columns
before Buell. can reach the field.
Cheatham, Clark, Bowen and A. S. john
6 ston move at 2 O'clock p. m, atdouble quick,
> and are ordered to flank the enemy's right,
if found practicable. The right wing had
moved a few hours before. The centre al
? ready in advance, is the only force dreamed
of BY the enemy in reach of them.
They are gloating over the prospect of an
/ Initiating this command by overwhelming
! numbers, as they had the forces of the only
man lie Marshal, ?Ney, the bravest of the
brave at Donelson.
u DNiOIN 1S'CAtJ q. my I'D ldiIcH IKE ulpHi1
: upon him" and the Anslrians in italy who
thought Napoleon had fallen from the clouds
were not more surprised than Gen. Grant
= On his left are 10000 men exciaiminp in az
unknown tongue ace come to Beauga.'
We fight Yankee 'Li6erte on mort
Hear then shouts and songs on The windin,
20 Tennessee, whose crystal water mirrored tint
- beauties of the Court Of Maria Antoinnette
ID when countless exiles settled a little to tht
South aud braved the forest and the plasu,
!, rather than submit to the naughty Bourbon
- Their sons still live. March on march on
is echoed by the hills. The thunder of I'll.
cannon, and ptaiing muskets. the flashing o
r. the bayonets and c ASKING swords, stsrtle tn
confident 70, and ere he dreams the dangel
o nigh, his forces are torn as forests by IN
- whlriwlnd which once desolated this VERY
~ scene. His centre struggles against a differ
erent race, btt not sess heroic. The gallsn
: Hlndman is charging every point, his force
i; weakening and his ammunition v ell nigh eN
hausted.
- | moved to the left, where Gen. Beau,egar
= sat on a STUMP viewing the v hole scene
!, Bring up that artillery, and we will 500
"a break tier lines, he exclaimed. Feeling hi
- words were words of doom, | asked Col Tat
:, the hour. 1t VAS jus. one minute after SIN
- The artillery opens. | could but pity th
= poor fellows Is they how'd their heads, san
! suddenly, or eapel up iGito tue air, and on
:. poor fellows weT falling meanwhile all ar"uu.
go me, one exelaiming, My God another, 'HeI
- me : another. My poor wife!' and other
needless OF all but freedom, cheering thei
sa- comrades IN the gerry death struggle.
- Hindman receives Ills aulmunition-lhe 70
N, flies before him, a shell bursts in his hors
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