The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-04-22
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.

He passed Cornth on Thursday morning, and
while stopping hour, collected this information
! We had captured 5000 prisoners part of whom
had been sent to New Orleans and a portion@ to
I Memphis He himself saw large BODY of men
Who he was informed, were what remained of the
! prisoners; and he was told by tie guard who had
them IN charge, that they numbered 500 We
had captured, he was told, so cannon, and that
the enemy had recovered only four of them
The gallantry of several regiments were most
loudly praised. He could not recolleet their
names, but Of the Tennessee regiments had
suffered most severely of all, and the Kentucky
regiment of Gen Breckinrdge was extoed bv
every one. It's noble commander won for himself
name which never perish. All our people
were most exultant. Another fight is expected
but the belief that the entire army of the
enemy could be captured, with all their boats
Batteries had been erected on the river which
would prevent their escape. - -@@
Gen. Van Dorm, with the army of the brave
Price, was approaching.
Still later accounts than the above, were brought
by the Hon Mr. Tbbs, Of the House of Repre-
sentatives, who arrived in this city fiom Chatta-
nooga on Saturday evening His reports of the
glorious victory at Shiloh are the most gratifying
that we have read or heard. He states conf
IDENTIFY that the number of prisoners taken is not
less than 1900, and the enemy's loss in the bat
tiOo VI CuHudy duU pIOHudy, III klIieu anu wound
ed, by their own admission, reaches $4,000. Mr.
L. also states that nearly the whole of the ammu-
milton and stores captured by our army on Sunday,
and which Gen. Beauregard had to leave behind
him when he retired to Corinth, had been saved
by the gallant and indefatigable Morgan, whose
very name is terror to the enemy in the South
west.
The rich fruits of this glorious fight are almost
incaculable, and the blow inflicted perhaps the
-. d..
the progress of the war.-Richmond Dispatch.
The Knoxville Register says:
The prisoners taken on Sunday were sent under
guard towards Cornth. Buell. sent brigade Of
cavalry to attempt to- rescue them, but body of
Confederate cavalry and artillery from Cornth,
not only frustrated the movement, but also cap
tured the whole Of the brigade of Federal
cavalry.
Our Informant Gen. Prentiss prisoner at
Corinth, and him meeting with his command
who brought in prisoners after him. He
made a speech On Monday night to his fellow
captives. Several of the flags borne by the priso-
ners were inscribed, "zo Corinh or he'll" Our
troops were compelled to abandon portion of the
cannon captured on Sunday, we presume owing to
their crippled condition, but spiked them before
leaving them.
The 18th Tennessee Regiment captured an en-
tire Federal regiment-the I'D Illinois
We have been kindly furnished (says the
Charleston Mercury with the following extract
from letter written by young Charleston volun-
teer, who participated in the battle of Shiloh:
CoRINTH, April 9.-Doubtless before this
time you have heard Of the very terrific fight that
we had here on last Sunday and Monday. 1 will
tell you the battle OF Manassas is not circum-
stance to it.
On last Thursday, we were ordered to have
three days provisions ready to march on the next
day. But, on account of the left wing of the
army being further from the scene of action than
was expected, the fight was delayed until Sunday.
When the boys were ordered to pitch in, they
went to work with the fury of madmen, and
frequently through the day did 1 see the flags of
the two armies brushing against each other, and
from the first to the last did we whip them and
drive them back to the river under the cover of
their guns. Our Generals on Sunday night
thought the victory complete for we had not only
the battle field, but all the enemys tents baggage
wagons, one hundred and two pieces of artillery
and any reasonable quantity of small arms We
also took about I 900 or 5000 prisoners and
killed and wounded about ] g. goo; while our loss
is from 5000 to 1000 killed, wounded and
missing ssE sF
On Monday morning, we found out that the
fight had to be continued, on account of Buell.
landing reinforcements. 1t not possible TO
find and bring into the field many of men, for
their officers, thinking the victory complete,
allowed their troops to 90 where they pleased.
And thus it happened that we had not all our
to fight the battle on the next day, in consequence
of which we will have to fight the battle over. It
cannot come off for six seven days yet There
is now an armistce established for three days to
bury the dead. We are still in possession of the
battle field. General Sydney Johnston was killed
by a spent ball striking him in the calf of the
leg and cutting of the arteries. He bled to
death in his saddle. Refusing to leave the field
he preferred rather to die than not rstreve his
lost reputation. Two full ear loads of Yankee
officers went up the road last night, and amongst
them Gen Prentiss. During the fight had one
of the buttons cut off my coat sleeve 1t passed
through the back of my coat, but only burnt me.
The watchful eye of God still, and
thus my life again spared. 7
The Lynchburg Virginian says: -.
We understand that messenger from Gen.
Beauregard passed through this city yesterday,
who reports that We captured and sent back 60
guns, of the most beautiful pattern. He mem
tons that battery of eight pieces was OF rIhed
cannon, "A Founders. He also says, that It was
for want of transportation that the captured stores
had to be destroyed, and we're loss to the ene-
nv. These statements come to US from source
entitled to the highest credit
The enemy acknowledge loss of twenty thou
4. sand.