The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-04-25

] hUt fEO nnn Vol BUCK luNd.
A correspondent ofthc Cincinnati Com
n'ercidl, writing from pittsburg Landing
April 18th, soysi
Monday evening, General lew Wal.
lace, IN passing over the Sunday
morning battle ground Of tho 72d, remark
cd TO our Quartermsster, that whosucver
fought here did the best fighting of the
battle; aud Afterwards said. that tho
Sevcniy-sccond had done their share OF
The work.
/ Col Bucklaud deserves OH that can be
said in bis favor Hs truly brave and
courageous officer; never once seeking
shelter hc seemed 10 defy the bullets OF
The encmy' his noble example on the
Held To officers and men, have endcarod
him TO his regiment and brigade.
The Cincinnati Commercial Of ycstcr-
dny morning also cott ,ins extensive
extracts from Col Bucklahd's official re-
port, which 60 TO show that not only did
the 72d do good hard fighting, but that
the bnlance Of the brigade, the 18th and
7Oth, did equally well.
After the death Of Col. Garfield, Col.
Buckland himself remained At the head
Of the 72d until they were compelled to
retire.
or their loss, the loss Of the other rcgi-
mcnts Of the Brigade aud the loss of the
enemy, Col. Bucklond says:
In this action the 72d had tho Lieut..
Col. mortally wounded (sincc dcad.) Cap
tain Wurst,in Co. II aud ten non-coin-
missioncd officers aud priyutcs killed,
three officers aud sixiy-fyc non-commis-
stoned officers and prvbtus wounded
The iSth regiment had eight privatcs
Killed aud a large number wounded. The
7Ojh regiment had three privutcs killed
and about twenty wounded.
The cnrmy's ioss was very heavy in
front Of this brigade Eiglty-hyr bodies
ol the enemy were counted along aud al
the foot oi the ravinc nunkcd by the 72d
regiment among which was the body Of
Col Muutom ot the 18th louisiana fcp.
mont, az learned from a wounded enemy
found ut our camp on our return, Large
numbers OF dead bodies were found on the
encmy's lino opposite our front TO the lclt
ol the eJth, on the ruvinc. think may
sulcly pat the number killed by my Brig
udc, IN that action at two hundred. The
number Of wounded must have been i'm.
mcnso.
or Monday fighting Col BucKland
suys:
Tho next morning he joined me, and
we rallied all the men we could and adj
vanccd, und,r your direction, to McClcr- /
nords camp. At that point we were
again brought into action, at critical /.
time aud under heavy fire. The man
ncr IN which my Brigade came into line
aud fought was observed by you, and,
therefore, need not describe il. In this
action the 72d lost one Sergeant aud one
private killed, and five pryatcs wounded. I
The iSih had several privutcs killed; Col .
Sullivan aud number Of priyaics wound .
rd. The roth, two priyutes killed aud
nbuut ten wounded.
Ia this action we advanced. our line
upon the enemy 10 considerable dis
lance, and my Brigade kept up the fire
until their ammunition was expended,
when we lell back, roplenishcd, aud again
advanced ,butwus notaitorwmds engaged,
the enemy being in full retreat, We en-
cimpcd un Monday night in the camp we
LETT ON Sunday morning.
On Tuesday morning, the Sth inst, my
brigade, with others, marched in pursuit .
liihe enemy, on the road to Corinth, some
miles, and when a portion OF lildcbrand's
brigade engaged the enemy, mine was
ordered into line Of battle, aud cUmc into
llno in gallant style, although the men
were much futgued by their lubors and
lardships during Sunday and Monday 49,
The men were eager to engage the enc
my ug0in, but we were not called upon to
ITO 90. We returned to camp in the
evening. y