The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-24

IfRouAy OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT,
MONTGOMERY ALA. June 7 I96,

MONTGOMERY, ALA, June T. 1862
While B~auregard and were gaining that bril-
hant victory at Cornth, without fighting or letting
tns enemy or our own army know anything about
a. was gathering materials for history Of the
battle Of Shiloh from some of the heroic actors and
survivors of that bloody, brilliant day am not
joking about Beauregard's victory" because the
re'feat WAS great triumph, if measured by it's
success, and the injury end loss inflicted on tho
enemy, which come Of them, In srite Of UaIleck,s
lies, have had the grace to confess. We certainly
surprised them, as well "a ourselves. We lost
, soe OF our sick who, IN consequence of the "fal
back, OF course had n relapse" =.
But, rs to Shiloh, many incidents wa hear daily
winch illustrate the undying q devotion OF our sol
dters to our holy cnuse, and prove how idle il the
empty hope of Northern hordes to conquer by supe
r'or numbers the gallnnt army we oppose to them
Let me furnish an example ia a hurried recital of
the brave deeds Of one regiment which was among
~" first to rush from Tennessee to the border OF
Virginia, where, for ten months, II labored and en-
dufed and many Of its officers endeared themselves
TO the people Of Fredericksburg, and that section
OF our State. alluie 10 the End regiment of Con
icderate States Tennessee Volunteers commanded
by Colonel w. b. Bates. II was called a rebel rc
ment, rendered before Tennesseee had yet seceded
and in service in Virginia before it's members had
voted III camp in favor OF secession. noble regi
lneht 1t was--its officers and men of the flower Of
Tennessee--Gcntlemcno Of position wealth and char
acfer, and numbering more than 600 strong l Sc
lect Vt for another reason After Nashville had fallen
and Tennessee had been abandoned, il was asserted
'hat some OF the twelve months volunteers had de-
serted, auu unjust criticism WAS INDUCED
III by lndiscreet partsans of regiments from other
States. Indeed the foolish were often guilty. Of a,.
sird comparisons and harsh judgments upon sol
diers from the several States, Instead Of urging
each 10 40 its duty and encouraging noble RI
VARY to excel. place my regiment" said gal
l;int Tennessee Colonel to General Sidnev Johnston
two evenings b-fora the battle in the presence of
our own noble Governor, between Il Mississippi and
an Alabama regiment and will show YOU that
Iennesseeans will lead where any will dare follow"
Ierhbly was the promise fulfilled at Shiloh. Col.
Batess regiment was ordered to position where
double duty was required, which have rot the mil
itary terms to explain However in ote ying the
order they found themselves under the fire of bat
terry and five regiments of the enemy's infantry
Undisnayed these gallant Tennesseeans charge the
superior foF1e and flre upon them Enfaded by the
eneiny's fire. one fourth of this apparently
doomed battalion fall at the very onset
Their brave and heroic Major Doak reels from his
horse, aud before vet a friend can reach him to
catch his dying words life had fled forever Five
company commanders, three of whom died instant
y and the Others prosraed by the severity of their
wounds, fell at the same tme,--also, four Leutcn-
ants, two of whom killed. Then came the
terrific grandeur of this scene of carnage Quickly
rallied by their gallant Colonel, in view of their
dead and dying comrades. the survivors form line
as co"lly as on dress parade The Colonel appoints
officers in place of the fallen. They follow him and
in view of the brigade which ha, then come their
assistance. they charge and take the battery which
was hurting its tempest OF fire and hail upon them
ia tHtS CNlSe Col Bates feil severely wounded.alld
Though comradc after comrade falls around them.
they pursue their deadly purpose, and drive the
perior forces OF the enemy before them. Notwitli
standing all this oss-Colonel. Major, half their
Captains. many Liputenauts and One-fourth the
rank aud file killed and woun,led-on they fought all
that day aud the next, under command of their chiy
alric Lieut.. Col. Goodal.
One melancholy incident shows how who'll. fa,n
hes fall victims and sacrifices in this war Captain
Humphrey BateS OF Sumner county was shot down
IN the first charge, galantly leading his inen -Four
Of his relatives were killed wounded His bro
ther-in-law Captain Jos. Z. Tyree was instantly
Killed at his side. His brother, Col Bates fell wound,
ed III the les. Side by side, upon the same couch
lay these two brothers, one nortaily, the other dan
gerousiy wounded But before the battle is over
the affecting conversation between them ceases and
the Captains lifeless body tells the Colonel tha.
death has closed all communion upon earth. 1t is
singular that Maj. Doak's only brother, in another
regiment was also killed. Lieut. Commanding N. D.
Collins was wounded Lieut.. Charlton lost an arm
Time fails to record other names of officers and
privates, whose conspicuous gailantry deserves
honorable mention. Enough has hoen said to prove
that the friends of this regiment in Virginia and
Tennessee were not mistaken in their hi estimate
OF its courage and good conduct. Virginian
Lieut. Akers, of Iynchburg, belonged to Co A.
He was reported killed but l accidentally learned
i'll Columbus from one OF our escaped surgeons that
he accompanied Lieut.. a. to Cincinnati as prisoner,
and lie was recovering from his wound and doing
well three weeks after the fight l expect TO have
the pleasure of communicating this to his father
my return to Lynchburg. Col. Bates's many
friends in Virginia will be pleased to learn that he
has not lost his leg, and is doing well in Columbus
Miss His abilities, as well as his services richly en-
ll N.. rs..,.