The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-03

wv" NV -'Su tAc 2ftsS u Che ~ 1tH6TNI
Johnston Is Aids Mrjor y. M. H .yden, and
were III ended fer Insertion Ia yesterdavs
Di'po:ch AS an account CT what occurred un,
o-I hr. personal observation on the bloody
battle. Held OF sunday, April s.h, this record
Will beTead with thrilling In :erest:
IN tna morning Of Apri! s n left Uorinth
p AZ arrived a. yiolterey nbou! one O'clock.
And here witnessed he most painful sight
rhas p soldier is caiisd uTon to sse--a de.erter
was anot by order of On. Btagg,
Will, iuachiDg, ClHr tol.'s Aia5al ma caTal
~ company brought IL IA prisoners = !nal ,r
aGd wo lieutenant. oas OF them belonging
to the stan II FEEDER i General. The pris-
CneTs were ell Handsomely mounted. A few
'ni u.ss a-"T h }ul ten or ff.ccu more arrived.
wh . s Iid they were surprised.
Gen. BrecR,nrijgs arrived ut supd9wn,
and & coun.i OF ofhcers. ccns.s'ing Of Hens.
ridge, WAS Aela Gen. JJLnston ordered the
rrand ack to be made on "a urday. the
Q l. 3u at II o'cl0ck at hight II dispst tch
1as rsceivad from brecA!nrioso stating tha:
bis al ii;ary was stuck il Ike Ibud end cad
Stopped his train. To h:Ca Jch IS Oh eIlied, ,
''C4t a new road for Jour COMMA
The Ia;n was ctnsia'. : nc:il B clock, aud
CT course %s CCait not get much sieeD
att O'Clock We took = cap Of Zee aHd
s:scteL foI tins o2i;ie field, some tour miles
distant, bsing joinst - u 3slerals EruEg and
Bs&ursxsrd. b. O'Clock = bad cleared of,
cdi 80 Se. hing U3s asasd 6 brecStu-
Tidkt'a 6lIg tds. which WAE C-npus, Il q tbs
Ksntuckians- Carrots Gnd tri.teaden's
c0EiMands Gea Ea7dee met LID upoa the
ii lid, aud reported sssrlhtshcs with tho sueiuY
that morning.
Another oonferen ce was held, and Il =ss
dec dyd TO await the arrival at the SIe, Eiu
ridge igade. At e uiu K Gen. JChus.oh,
fJIioWeo bg h!s St T. reyi4Hei he iias.: III
vision OF his ar1ny. Nhen they b,ga3 20
cheer his approach d . checked ;h-ia, bsc .Use
IL would call the attention Of the enemy TO
their posi.IJE. HIS advice 10 has men was
brief and cha SItettEtlC, It 'sIfNDY nj
your guns and fire low -
At CLOCK, IN company wi.h Hen. Beau7e-
gard, he reviewed. .;ne left wing, F;h;ch vas
under command Of O3n. Bragg
In the afternoon Gems. + TX end Ecrdee
were sum monet. GEo another o0urci' Of otB
GERS was Esld at ! be crose Tostis. within . + "
hundred yards OF the spot ThsI., We eli bi-
youacked the night bs'oTa ihe battle. Tne
question wss--as Wa have iosta daY saai. we
figo'f 1t was decided 10 strike.
ats O'Clock we bivouacksd by ii res. The
CsCefbl ais Ut II aE an buiaDce III which %e: 9
bro, IL our rlan ksss from our single teLt It
Mon rey. Preston, WIckl1a and myee}t
ap. oy ihe sams fire. Geo td3rGas came 20
our fire n. Ii o'clc,K and sid he II Ell were ous
1fgro F.Sicus As Gen. J Il Es.oii oGa sDens rhs
hight be ture Withou: ii ~, d.G not wish ~
awak ii E!ln, aud GlI.c'i Hel. HaIiGs III
toI. jordan, chief OF Heapteg ARDS staff.
TIE g sneral had ordered MS horse at FIVE
O'Clock, April &, Sunday morning. We all
cot OF IN fn~ spIrI.s. CCr lick-,s having az
l.ouLcs6 hV 8. o'clock that the bali WSs open
ed Sy E. ming Was heard neafiy AL aiohs
tie iii.v, The Generals separated, and the
General commanding nlede bis way where
the firing was heaviest.
Colonel HiEdmAn charged the enemy and
routed taem, tasins q large camp aud several
brass guns, ard driving them towards their
center. J dying from ina lumber Of cur
wounded that / passed over thina our i~ss
was Geavy here soT We met the combined ftrs
of thetr gui. boats, arul!ery and Hinie r. a -.
which was tcciy :erriGc
General IiIacGcE's bTi2ada we:e he opiv
troops of brass'e division On the Fjgh:. Gen
Johns;cu ordered tnis brigade to "chaEge
rayoI It," out the order was coun nterm IL ded
oa ,earpipg from one Of Gen Giaddtn's s aids
that lie VS. severely woCnded. Col. Preston
then carried the order TO Hindman's brigade,
who made Il .E.eudId anu victorious charge
AS n evidence OF LLe accuracy CT the shoot.
ire on both sides, will STATE that saw Il
small tree with thirteen distinct sho's-seven
Of he enemys aud SIX of ours-Hithin u
range IF four feet.
.cefjund Iha Federal camps o be very fl ne
and their 60 iipnents in clothing complete.
4 III rntsr of tho stan, III jest. brought cut
g lot Of cseIcoats. nIit sai2, Here, gentle
Iner, nrs overcoats for the Whole 81; It - The
General quietly repuked him with, ''kone Of
that, Cir, remember We do not come here TO
plum der."
/. sss while under this fire shat Captain
BIZ ws:er expostu!ated with Hen J Johnston
asa.ns: his personally expecting himself.
was not near enough TO hear MS reply, bat II
bad no effect, for he smilingly rode to tbs brow
/ W
enemy retrestiEg.
9en Witners joined Us here, and the enc
my's gunbo6tk got such good range OF US that
one Of their balls fell within ten steps OF me-
Hearing firing from the upper camp, Gen.
Johnston proceeded to the spot. whaie he re-
maine n time, calmly mar.h ing his forces
and bringing his troops iato proper position.
Il wes here l met Capt. 1nge, Of tho south
rous. Young Bennet, with flce oil blackened,
stt pped up and asked If knew where b 5
com oaEy was, that he had got separated from
them. ] pointed to where they Wsre, ard he
rpshed { II TO meet them
AS soon as Genera. .fohustOn ascertain ed
that We were under tne fire OF .he enemy, he
orde. Ell a Te1 an regiment TO charge the cam p
Oh the opposite side Of the hollow. In de-
scendinx The hollow. the nature OF the ground
somewhat di ordered tneir ilnas. but they
again formed a the base Of tho all! and Tuut.
ed he camp in fine style
Wss then sent for General Chalmers, who
received orCecs TO push up the road aud sweep
down the river to where We heard heavy
firing, suproTisd by part of Nir: Adams's
regiment
At this molnent Major Smith Of Gen Jolla-
stem s st-G, called for reinforcement is ior Gen.
Cheatsam, WAC ed taId fgh, On hand ne2r
the centre OF the encampments. Two messsn-
aers were sent to BreCkilTidge to reinforce
Cheatham. Fortunately he arrived in time
1T a great cost Of LIE for although General
Bowen was ordered up at = donols uIlCE,
Breckinridgs had shelisd the camp aLd routed
the eI emy before he reached the DiaC5.
Gov. Harris led the East Tennsssseans hun
self in this part OF ths coDfl:c:.
Gen. Jcknst1n, elated with the entire sue
cess OF the day, took his position before the
brigades CT Bowen ald BrecAiEIid1e, and
gave the order, hx ba5onets Ihe last
moment saw him, before his tal!. he was
haranguing his troops. The charge Was mace
wi, q shou ., and the en- emY Ned IL cOlfu ion.
was by the side OF Bowen, aud the MIME
bale fle " 50 close that they clipped his hsir.
I star ted t.: the right 20 sac Waa! had become
OF Chalmers. when l met Colonel O'Hara,
NH. hot yrur
sounded. We followed h'm down tn.o Ia e
ravius, where we found him reclining III t. e
Tap Of Gov. Harris. VIII had gently lifted him
I, ON hiS horse.
Twas told that the only ana last worda Q
ever spoke were. some minutes after he wes
shot. Governor, l be:leve I ain seriously
wounded" OBI. Preston, in an agoIy Of
grief, threw MS az VS. sroupd him, and called
aloud and asEed il he knew nim.
caught hGla .I his hani and sew that he
was still breathing. We administered & iitt'e
st.IaulaNi, but he was totally UNCONSCIOUS,
and quietly treathsd bis last ut 81 minutes
past2.
We prudsntiy concealed his death.
Thus fell ore u the CREATES. GiLerals OK the
age He fell where he-oeA lile tt fal.-in tn ?
arms OF victory. upoa the battle- h,id. IL IS
q mistake 30 suppose that the ensure oftgnc-
rant mei, abont ais recent man ce uVers, orove
MIN to q rash exposure OF Dis pefscn. In This
BATHS he was elated from the very beginning
ne knew that victory vas certain, and bis
countepaIce cameo With the en III us:aSE OF
great man, who vas conscious that n was
CcAievirg q great success that Was To carry
his Lame down - the lates: syllable or re :
corded time.
Ills body WAS orIe from ths fisld by my
self AMI three oihers OF the stan.
Brsckinrldse's reserve composed q division
of seven or fiK1t thousand men-his own
brigade ut gallant KeltucKians, and CrittsI-
den d and UarroIls commands, who we're
placei under him few days befors The bat.
tie.
ALI CT oa- Generais were cnnsFieu us fer
btGseTy and salihntfy. nut yeu mus. sacuss
q au t,fc ilii. who was AL eye witt ess. foi
ksyIug tna. Gen BrechiBr,dxe's conduct on
that day w.- pahfec!iy glorious, 90 IA linz 6 IN
every respect t;is da ring of-rurat. unittd With