Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-06-25
Army Correspondence.

FIRST Division, ARMY OF THE Miss,
In the field near BlOoneviile, JuneS.
EDITORS CHRoSICLE - circumstances
have prevented me from writing to you
sooner. and even now, there Is no news of
TO communicate. Doubtless
your readers are informed of the particu-
lars of the Corinth evacuation, and the
disposition of the different divisions since
that time; however. | trust you will par
don me for repeating the story, and ! will
narrsIte only those circumstances which |
saw myself, or heard from the lips oi those
vino participated i'll them. Several cor
respondents who were ut PittSburg Land
Ing at the time of the engagement, dis
tant from the scene some twenty miles,
have written from false reports, or as Sher-
idan says, their facts have been i'll I'M
agiuation and their wit in remembrance.
On "Wednesday morning, 2Sth ult., Gen.
Pope's Division, occupying the left wing,
made an advance of about two and Il half
miles, leaving COrimth two miles to the
right.
At IL o'clock, the enemy opened fire
from a rclan fort, with four guns, one
mile in advance of our column which Oc-
cup;ed the front of the line. Immediately
six pieces OF artillery were wheeled IN
'front.', and she'll from both sides flew brisk
ly for three-fourths of an hour.
Their shot all passed over, except two
or three, which did little or no injury
At o'clock the enemy commenced again
on our right flank and nearly succeeded
in carrying away = ten FOUNDER Parrott,
from which circumstance the Chicago
fines correspondent says we lost the gun
and hundred men. 1t IS true We lost a
good many men in the charge, but not Il
hundred IN the whole engagement. The
enemy was driven back with severe boss
to themselves, and left the entire field IN
possession of our forces. This shIrmlsh
Ia-irI until , o'clock, after which time
there WAS no more fighting for the day.
From this new ground gained We coul'
see the entertainments from which they
fired upon is N the forenoon. \ lar,.,'
/ iog house was stan L. IN a NIL which
aommal., III a good view of the enemy
, movements, and behind this the engineer:
erected strong battery on Thursday
morning. AS soon as il WAS completed
ami the guns placed, the old house wa,
demolished in short time, and we opened
| the ball again, much to their aStonlsh
ment. At the second shot from our bat
terry one of the heaviest guns was dis
mounted and Il sore breach made i'll then
breast-work. They replied briskly from
their remaining guns for an hour, wheI
they all took refuge in an underground
room ten feet square. which ] saw on the
following morning. Still our guns KEEP
| firing at intervals of from five to ten min
utes. The flag waving from their work.
was shot away twice and replaced by then
the third time. The distance was about
one mile. Firing was continued until We
were satisfied they had left and then tho
day being nearly spent. we paused to rest
OH the success of the day. In the morn
i'm. white flag was discovered instead o
the ''stars and bars, and Gen. Pope, with
his body-suard, started for the fort. Soon
after. about : o'clock, loud explosion
was heard in the direction of Corinth,
which all thought to be the the last Of
Gibraltar" Col. g. w. Roberts. COM
man ling the I'D ILL.,, and acting Briga-
,licr of our Brigade. took the 42I into the
place Just after Lieut.. Harmon had crossed
the last of their works and entered the
forlorn city. In a very short time the
pl ace was filed with our troops, who Wis
iteI every house, examined every suSpic-
ions looking place. in order to ascertain
some clue, fpossiblc, to the course of the
living chivalry. 1t has been the practice
of the enemy, heretofore. OH leaving any
place, TO leave, also, some Internal ma
chimes, aS Il surety to Us that they have
been there but in this evacuation think
nothing of the kind has been found as
vet On entering one house. stove was
found already filled with slIavings and
fuel ready for the match. Thinking it
would be rare treat to cook hasty meal
by stove, one of the soldiers lighted the
shavin-S and in moment a slight explo-
sion showed that the disposition of the
fled tenant WAS good enough to have done
somcthin. worse. Large quantities of pro-
visions were destroyed 10y the rebels be-
fore leaving.
\ good portion of the meats. on exam
nation. was found to be A,,ic. There
were several graves around the place.
which ,licited no surprise nor suspicious
aS the boys Thought of course they had
conveyed their dead thither for burial :
but one of the little contrAbands had been
entrusted with the secret of the fatal vic
TINS and betrayed it to some of the off
GERS. who proposed to exhume the bodies
and institute post mortem. At the head
of one long grave WAS lIeadboard bear
ing the initials ''R c. Aged G4,' which in
full WIS found to be Rified Cannon, G4
FOUNDER. Several others were also dug up.
We are now in camp near Bonneville,
on the Mobile & Ohio X. K. under orders
to march in the morning, destination
of course unknown.
will endcavor to be more punctual in
the future. Yours truly.
CHURCH.