Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-04-18

in Dragging about the wonderful exploit
which had been accomplished. j.siy j7ads
sai .4agqoia vaI GEO. WILKINS
Stowe, April 9th, 1862. djfead sdj i7e1e-
THE GREAT BATTLE AT PITTsBURa.
Gen. Grants army at Pittsburgh Land
ing, on the Tennessee river. was unex-
pectedly attacked by Beauregard's whole
force, early on Sunday morning. The enc
my gained great advantages in the first
sudden onset, but our forces rallied, and the
fight ragged hotly during the day, with
great losses on both sides. At night the
result was doubtful, and both armies slept
on the bloody field. Reinforcements were
received from Gen. .Buells army, and the
next day the fight was renewed with en-
ergy, and the rebels were finally routed,
driven from the field in confusion, and
pursued by our victorious troops So af-
fairs stood Tuesday night. The special
correspondent of the N. Y. Herald, dated
at Pittsburgh Wednesday morning, gives
an announcement Of the two days fighting:
One Of the greatest and bloodicst bat.
Ties Of modern days has just closed, re-
sulting in the complete rout of the enemy,
who attacked us at day break Sunday
morning. The battle lasted without in
ternisson during the entire day and was
again renewed on Monday morning, and
continued undecided until four o'clock il
the afternoon, when the enemy commenced
their retreat, and are still flying towards
Corinth, pursued by large force of our
cavalry. The slaughter on both sides is
immense We have lost in killed and
wounded and missing from eighteen to
twenty thousand; that of the enemy is
estimated at from thirty-f to forty
thousand. .- "'- s'. -''" .'.@ NV
The fight was brought on by a body Of
three hundred of the 25th Missouri regi-
ment, Gen. Prentiss' division, attacking
the advance guard Of the rebels, which
we're supposed to be the pickets Of the
enemy in front of our camps. The rebels
Immediately advanced on Gen. prentiss'
division on The left wing, pouring volley
after volley of musketry, and riddling our
camps with grape, canistcrs and she'll.
! Our forces soon formed into line and re.
! turned their fire vigorously, and by the
! time we were prepared to receive them had
turned their heaviest fire on the left cen
i ter, Sherman's division, and drove our
men back from their camps, and bring
4 ing up fresh force opened fire on our
. left wing under Gen. McClernand. This
fire was returned with terrible effect and
Il determined spirit by both infantry and
. artillery along the whole line for dis
. tance of over four miles. ''. = '' ''
Gen. Hurlburt's division was thrown
q forward to. support the center, when a
desperate conflict cnsued. The rebels
h were driven back with terrible slaughter,
e but soon rallied and drove back eur men
p in turn. From about nine o'clock, the
IS time your correspondent arrived on the
'r field, until night closed on the bloody
r scene, there was no determination Of the
i result Of the struggle. The rebels cxhib.
if tied remarkably good generalship. At
Is times engaging the left with apparently
It their whole strength, they would suddenly
e open a terrible and destructive fire on tht
re right or center. Even our heaviest and
is most destructive FIRE upon the enemy did
h not appear to discourage their solid col
p umns. The fire Of Major Taylor's Chica
il 60 artillery raked them down in scores
/ but the smoke would no sooner be dis.
le persed than the break would again b
a. filed +, ~ ..
'e The most desperate fighting took plao'
ID late in the afternoon. The rebels knew
b, that if they did not succeed in whipping
OF us then, their chances for success, woule
Of be extremely doubtful, as portion o
io Gen. Buell's forces had by this time ar
cs rived on the opposite side of tho riveg
d. from Savannah. They became aware etha
a. wo were being reinforced, as they ccald