Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-04-18
LATEST FROM THE SOUTH.

We take the following extracts from Southern
( papers from the Baltimore -4mericda of Satur-
day afternoons
Confederate Accounts of the Great
Battle on the Tennessee.
From The Richmond Wig Of Tuesday, Apra 8, ]
The following despatch, received at the Adj
I utant-General's Office yesterday, gives glo-
rious confirmation Of our victory On the Ten
nessee river, on Sunday last:
BATTLE OF Shiloh April 9th,
! Via Cornth, Miss, and Chattanooga 18th I
! 10 General s. Cooper, Ad3Utant- General:
4 We, this morning. attacked the enemy in a
strong position in front OF Pttsburg, and ai-
ter severe battle of ten hours thanks to the
Almighty; gained q complete victory, driving
4 the euemy from every position The loss on
both sides is heavy, including our Comman-
der-in-chef General Albert Sidney Johnston
who fell gallantly leading his troops into the
thickest Of the fight.
G. 7 BEAuREGARD,.
General Commanding.
The Wig, in an editorial article pays the
following tribute to the memory Of General
Johnston, whose death on the field of battle
was announced in the above despatch
The fall ofa military chicflain on the field
ino .c,1,,,,s G,Lt;,., g.. III, !; ~ ~
IKE soISi ,osi '-,s ~ IA II Wy
laments. Such has been the fate az General
Albert Sidney Johnston. A despatch from
General Beauregard says he fell " CALAMITY
leading his troops into the thickest Of the
4 light. Better information in regard to his
recent retirement from Bowling Green, and
his presumed responsibility for the disasters at
forts Henry and Donclson, had already cleared
{ aft no ,yia f,1
upon him for these occurrences, and now his
/ splendid victory anu glorious death come TO
canonize his name for history. His country
men, in their rejoicings, will not withhold
the tribute of their tears and coming genera
tons will keep his memory fresh.
I This battle, the importance of which can
not well be estimated, was fought in
Southwest Tennessee, in Hardin county, on
or near the Tennessee river We are without
information as to the forces engaged though
they are known TO have been large on both
sides, or particulars as TO casualties, which
must have been heavy. ltmay safely be con
cluded that after the lesson of Manassas Tor
which we do not charge him with the respon-
4 sibilities General Beauregard win push the
| victory to all attsinable consequences Of profit
and advantage, II will be some days before
1 we get full details. In the meantime we fur
nish such MS We have.
! The following is the telegram for the news
/ papers, received last night.
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Moh5Lh Api'l . peciil uespatehes 10
s'c liDes1''sc, "uu HtylS., u9pI ~ 'ntni
~ LOU 2''y 'nHV 'le oe't,e 0ou-
Ing tne ele'',y sttupol u
ivs's.'ns .ueii iu'e, WIZ ING ',oulnerneI
determination. slowly bnt surely forcing
/ tbn,, ha,l, nnr -, < L.,,,,, ~ ~, 80
are in rood shirts and arc tboronobIv warm
| ed nm To the work In hand All 6g6t vol
int The Alabama uiesiesinni ana fouis;ona
troons disnlay sblcndid oallantrv Tho 2tst
| Alabama covered ,themselvee Win eInrv -
This reaiment captnrc1 two bat,eries The
la Ln9isiana ~ ree,,Iors toni a hatters
| General RuebroI Tai,1son ono ~ rhe non;t
Son nrisoners. who enbsenuentlv escaned l.
wounded
NIqur The enemy are In fnll retreot and
the Confederotos hi sot nnrsr,it Iwrit,. cron,
tbe epemvia cn,nn and an Federal na,or
Large nrr,hers ~ Federal nrisoners hd,,,ii a
ready been taken and We eynect IN conture
The greater mart ~ the Federal armv W. arc
| DRIVING then, back 10 the river and shall xiii
or CAPTURE the entire army Tho hattie l.
still raging with terrible furv W. bave
coptured General Prentiss ana n kroo np,n-
her ~ officers General Albert sidney Inbn-
fell lnlt=Uagf iooe
was torn bv a shell. and n Minnie hall strnei.
him in the body. lIe died while galIantiv
and steadily lesdinp our yictorions ,roons
General Beanrerard now commands thearray
lie saws this i second Manassas fgbt
! General Buell was not In titne Ia tal,e ,.rt H.
the action. General Grant was in command
o. inc feaefal forces
uy,s,,s a ssaoS ! pssr 1l,aa; 4 3D.. =
rinth. dated Yesterday. saws. The great bottio
commenced at DAYLIGHT his morning rio
/ Yankees were driven back two miles Our
victorious columns are still advancing Tic
LIST Louisiana regiment has taken one Feseral
battery aud several Others have been can
4 tured Colonel Williams Of Memphs WA
4 killed. General Prenfiss was oaptnred III
I SAYS they had thirty-fve thousand men in The
/ field and eighteen batteries. nearly all of
which have been captured General Bnoll
| had a portion Of hisforce at Duck river.
we have The epemv's camp and iii tbeir
ammunition, stores, &c. The battle was a
/ very severe one, loss on both sides heavy
/ The fighting is stiH going on. General Polk
/ il i'm the advance Gems prenfisa Grant
Sherman. McClernand. Wallace and Smith
I .o,,,,ar I "a tbo Eodar.Is o. ~, es,.;.h ,....