The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-06-17
Qlchs Se,ai- weekly gews.
Published on Tuesday and Friday
A Flag of Truce-lnteresting Par
ticuiaYS.

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wounded in the battle of Shiloh. has
already been noticed. The follow
ing very interesting account Of the
Interview was obtained by the cores
pondent Of the n. .. Picayune from
Lieut.. Sam. s. Harris, who accom-
led the flag to the e1emy's line, as
the bearer Of Gen. Bcauregard's dis
patch:
Lieut.. Harrison reaching the line
Of the enemy's pickets. which are
about two miles northeast Of tho
neutral hospital, halted his escort.
when he was approached by Lieut..
Nilklitfe, of the LIST Kentucky regi-
r,ent, who asked for his dispatches,
Harris said his orders We're to deiiv-
er them to Gen. Buell. or ono of his
staff. A sergeant within the lines
was then dispatched tor Gen. Buell.
himself. In about half all hour the
messenger returned with Gen. Nc
Cook and staff. who said he would
receive the dispatch for Gen. Buell.,
as no flag Of truce could be admitted
into their lines, hu. that If Harris
had come little sooner he could
i,axs seen Gen. Buell. himself. The
dispatch was then sent by McCook,
through a messenger. to Gen. Buell.,
in the meantime a conversation took
place between Harris. McCook. and
several other Federal officers who
were present. OF which the following
is the substance:
McCook asked if VIC had the body
of Gen. Johnston. and being told We
certainly had. AcCook SAID that al
otii er was found dead on tho field
who was said by many 10 be Gen.
Johnston. and .hat the dead officer
s.3:st have been OF high rank. SIS he
FAD Z sta, on the collar Of his coat
.r-is reri!cd that na officer Of even
.-,nsid eraI,le :ank had bnen lett on
-..:a field
'.fcCook vas then aske how and
Were General Fren,iss was, and re-
marked with grea. profanity and bad
lsnguaee, thu. he hoped We would
tssr .;,7, and his brigade. and that
.hey Lad many Generals Of the same
Kind y hom he wished We had cap
rurea He expressed great surprise
1T the manner in which our army
was armed, saying that he expected
TO meet only a;nt-lock lnuskets, but
that he found instead the fines, Mini.
muskets and European Enfield rifles,
with far superior ordnance than they
hid, and suggested that they had
been brought over by the Nashville.
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40, by the Nashville, but that many
other vessels had brought US arms.
McCook then asked where the
Nashville was q. this l;ne2 Harris
replied it was very uncertain
McCook then remarked that We
must have had q large portio. Of the
ARMY OF MANASSAS present 4; the
battle of.Shiloh?
Harris replied that not u man Of
it vas there.
Chen" said McCook. where,
under heaven did your troops come
from, and where were they drilled 2"
adding that tbs attack on Sunday
was most brilliantly planned and
splendidly executed, and that We
came NEAR gaming complete Victory
over them He was exceedingly Sc
we're GA many Ohio and Iowa regi--
,nents, remarking that he supposed
We considered them the greatest
towards in the world. He spoke in
the highest terms Of our officers, and
said that our Government had made
its appointments much more discreet
" than his.
He then asked how far it was to
Corinth Harris replied that he did
not exactly know but that the dis
tance could be easily ascertained by
q march,
McCook rallied, and SAID that they
had intended TO hay. made 4 march