Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-04-23
REGTMENTALs HOSPITALS.
The Louisville Legion at PIttsburg.

The Louisville Legion at PIttsburg.
Gen. Rousseau being informed that the
Federal lines on the right of his brigade
were giving way, ordered an advance of
,lhis whole line in order to relieve them.
The Louisville Legion was now placed in
advance. AS Fate or Providence decreed,
the meu who were opposed to them were
the Sd, 4th, 9th and 9th Kentucky regi-
ments. The men of Camp Boone and the
men of Camp Joe Holt met in mortal
combat, and the latter conquered. The
rebel line gave way before the consuming
Gre of The men whom they had stigma
tized as thieves, towards, and all that is
vile. The Legion continued to press
them, running up to the favorable posi-
tiOns and pouring few hot volleys into
them, and then pursuing as they again
fed. They drove them altogether near
mile and half. In this charge Lieut..
Col Berry particularly distinguished
himself. 1t was in this charge, also, that
Albert Sidney Johnston, Geo. w. johnson
and Il. b. Monroe were killed. In it we
took sixteen cannon and three hags-the
latter captured by the gallant 1st Ohio
which had been ordered forward, while
the 9th Indiana remained to protect the
left flank.
Both of these regiments fought like
heroes, and shed imperishabIe luster on
their names. Col Crittenden received on
the very eve of the battle a nomination
to Brigadier Generalship for his services
in Western Virginia. | hope and believe
the same honor is now in store for Col
Smith, of the LIST Ohio. There is not in
the army Drawer or better soldier, or a
purer and more spotless gentleman than
he.
The long and successful charge above
described was Immediately followed by
an advance of our whole front. The
enemy, repulsed and broken, Withdrew
from the hopeless contest, and the bloody
day was ours
The appearance of the field after the
fight beggars description. A thousand
Of our dead, and more than that number
of the enemy, in every conceivable form
of mutilation and distortion, froze the
eyes with horror on every side. 1t would
be impossible, even if it were right or
ancholy scene, Especially were the dead
of the first days fight CHASTITY and APP
palling beyond conception. The rain of
Sunday night had despatched them with
mud and slosh, and beaten their heir and
boards into the soft earth Their blood
had been washed away, leaving their
white clay so still and waXen that it
seemed hard to believe they had ever been
| living men, but rather that an artist with
satanic skill had fashioned them of plas-
ter and left them there. Among the reb-
ell corpses was a very large proportion Of
mere lads, many of them appearing well
and tenderlyraised torn from their moth
ers' arms to perish thus miserably, Bnt
il was the saddest of all to see the p00y
boys, in their coarse garb and rough iea-
lures, slaughtered at the beck of aristo-
Gratis fighting against the poor mans
government and cause.
Kentucky has cause to be proud Of the
part she bore in this great struggle. Nel-
son, CrtttendeW and Rousseau, among the
general officers, represented her and look
ed we'll to her fame. Her glorious old es-
CutcheOn gathers fresh splendor from
their heroic deeds. l saw Rousseau all
through the fight, and can speak of him
with more immediate knowledge than OF
the rest. He covered himself all over
with glory. Everywhere, in the thickest
of the fight, riding up and down the
lines, addressing and encouraging the
men, the heroic spirit that Inspired him
caught and infamed his whole command
No commander on this bloody field, nc
mgtter how old and experienced, handled
his men with more energy and skill.
His arrangement Of his force and his ir-
resistible advance are the theme Of uni
yersal eulogy These statements the re-
potts Of the superior officers will sustain
Louisville has reason TO eXult in her gal
liant leader and all her sons present in this
fight. Nobly have they sealed with then
blood the pledge they made their cOun-
! try at Camp Joe Holt They then braved
insult and abuse In her cause. and now
they have met the storm Of battle for the
same loved name. AT last they have mel
their reward