Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-05-09
WAR NEWS.
Federal Loss at Pittsburg
Landing.

Replp Of Gen. Grant 10 Criticisms On las
MlsmanageFaenf--Hs deziss that there s1as
any Rs6~l .Sa4yprise-TAe Maaner IN srhicA
Beauregdrds Dispatch for resafoTceznszis
rras Inferoepsed-IAe Rabes Loss al Pttli-
burg Landing.
CINCINNATI, Nay q.
The Commercial has from its correspond
ent with TIE army Of Gen. H4lleek the fol-
lowing official figures Of our i1ss at Pitts
burg Landing
McClernand's diyisioD-kilIed PSI, woun-
ed 1851. missing 236 W. H. Wallace's di-
vislon-kiilei rs, woundsd 1893, missing
1l63 Lew Waliace's division-kiila+ a.
wounded 81, missing 95 Hurlbarts diTis-
isn-kiliei 3l3, wounded lI49, missing
225 Sherman 5 diyision-kilie1 437. wound
ed l402, missing 4s2 Prentiss' division
killed 1876, wounded 562, missing lS02 /;
Crittend-n's diyisi0n-killel 80. wJun5sl
40. missing q Nelson's diFisi0n-kiiied
90. wounded 6l2, missing 10 McC5ok : d.
vlsion-killed a, wounded 500, missing /.
Total killed 1875, wounded $50, missing
4044. The total killed. wounded and n
ing is 10 ,G6l. About 80 Of the wounded
have since died. Oar burial parties report
between 900 and 5000 rebels found dead on
the field
The Commercial ? b.ishss passages Of let
ter from Gen. Grant IN reply to a letter in
forming him Of the nature q the criticism
OF his management Of the latte q Pits
burg. Gen. Grant says
II will % and d. nv duty TO the very
best Of my ability without praise. and Do
all can to bring the war TO a speedy q sc.
l am not an aspirant FOX anything at tie
Close Of the war TBere Is oae tAing feel
well assured Of, that Is, have confidence in
every brave man in my command.
Those who showed the white feather will
do all in their power 70 attract attention for
themselves had. perhaps, dozen officers
arrested for c0war1ice on TIT hrst day. light
those men are necessarily my enenIes. A
70 the talk about surprise here, nothing
could be more false. Ii the enemy had sent
up word when they would att4ek us. We
could not have been better prepared Skin
mishing had been going on for two days BE-
tween cur accommodating parties and the en-
emy's advance. did BOT believe, however,
they intended to make determined attack
but were simply making -ecyn 2slss4nee n
force
Nv headquarters were az S4vaunah. tho
/ usually spent the DAY at Pittsburg Tr0oT-
were constantly arriving 10 be assigned
to bri-ades and divisions. AL were ord red
to report al Savannah, making it necessary
70 keep an Office and some one there. | Wa.
also looking for Gen. Bae.l 10 arrive, and i,
was i'm portaut should have every arrange
rnent complete for his speedy tr-nsi. Il this
side Of the river"
The Commercials correspondent with Gen
Mitchell army gives the iJllywins explana-
ton Of the manner in which Gen. Beaure-
gard dispatch was taken a. HuntsTille.-
The wires were broken al point b=y0ni
Huntsville. and Bcauregar3's dispatch wa:
received at Huntsville, and was being pre-
pared By the operator there to be forwarded
by locomotive to Chattanooga and thence
repeated by telegraph TO Richmond, when
Gen. Mitchell surprised the town and IN
stan.ly seized the telegraph ofhee. Gen
Mitchell himself solved the cyphsr aftci
hours of study There is no DOUBT as to th.
genufneness Of the dispatch.
Beauregard los, not less than 10000 il
killed and wounded aud prisoners and il
sick, used up and panic stricken men, dur
ing his movement from Corinth to P.ttsburg
Landing.