Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-15
The Battle OF Pis,sburr,
From the Cincinnati Gazette, the correspon-
dent writing under date Of April 9th, we make
The following extracts:

From the CINCINNATI Sd<effe, the cOrrespon-
dent writing under date Of April 9th, we make
The following extracts:
THE BATTLE on MONDAY.
give the line Of battle agreed upon by our
forces on Monday: Right wing. Major General
Lew. Wallace; left wing, Brigadier General Mel
son. Between these, beginning at the left, Brig
adler Generals I. Crittenden. A Med. McCoOk
Hurlburi. McClernand and Sherman. In the di-
visions of the three latter were 70 be included also
the remains Of Prentiss's and W II L. Wallace's
commands-shattered. disorganzed and left with
out commanders, through the capture of one and
the probably mortal wound Of the other.
Buells three divisions were not full when the
battled opened on Monday morning. but the lack
ing regiments were gradually brought into the
To save future delay give here n list Of bis
troops and of Lew. Wallace's engaged:
Brigadier General Nelson's division-lst bri-
gade. Col. Ammon, Oath Ohio, commanding
Both Indiana. Colonel Gross: Lieutenant Colonel
A Dderson; 9th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Fred
G. Jones.
Second brigade. Saunders ID Bruce, Doth Ken
lucky, commanding-lst Kentucky. Col Enyart
ID Kentucky, Col. Sedgwick; Doth Kentucky,
Lieut. Col -, commanding.
Third brigade. Colonel Hszen 4lst Ohio
COMMUNICABLE Ohio, 9th Kentucky and 9th
Indiana.
Brig. Gen. Tom Crittenden's division: First
brigade. Gen. BOYLE; 18th Ohio, Colonel Beatty;
59tb Ohio. Col. Pfyhe; 18th Kentucky, Col Hob
son; 9Th Kentucky, Col Order Second brigade,
Col. William ). Smith. 18th Ohio commanding
18th Ohio. Lieut. Col Hawkins 26th Kentucky
Lieut. Col. Maxwell; 18th Kentucky. Col T. T.
Hawkins: with Mendenhall's regular and Bart
let's Ohio batteries. Brig. Gen McCook's Givi-
sion: First brigade Brig Gen Lowell II Rous-
seau; lst Ohio, Col. Ed A Parrott; 9th Indiana.
Col. Crttenden; Cd Kentucky louisville Lee
gion); battalions 18th, 10th. and 18th regulars
Second brigade, Brig. Gen JohnSton; 32d Indi-
ana, Col. Which: 18th Indiana Col Harrison
49th Ohio, Col Gibson Third brigade, Colonel
Kirk, 34th Illinois, commanding; 34,h Illinois,
Lieut. Co. Badsworth 29th indiana Lieut. Col.
Drum; Goth Indiana, Col. Bass; 18th Pennsylva-
MIA. Col. Stambaugh.
Major General Lew Wallace's division. right of
army: First brigade, Colonel Morgan l.. Smith
commanding-sth Missouri. Colonel Morgan l..
Smith, Lieut.. Col James Peekham commanding:
llth Indiana. Col. George +. McGnns; 2ith In
diana, Col. Alvin =. Hovey: ThurJer's NJ ssouri
Battery. Second brigade, Col Thayer list Ne
braska) communicable Nebraska, Lieut. Col.
McCord COMMUNICATED Indiana, Col Sander
sol; 5Sth Ohio, Colonel Bausenwein: 6Sth Ohio.
Col. Steadman; Thompsons Indiana Battery.
Third brigade, Col Chas Whittesey (20th Oho)
commanding-20th Ohio, Lieut.. Col - com
manding; 56th Ohio. Colonel Pete Kinney: 10Th
Ohio, Col. Chas. II. Woods; 18th Ohio. Colonel
Leggett.
The regiments of Buell's Divisions were still
disembarking at the landing Many had taken
their places; the rest hurried on out as fast as
they landed, and fell in. to the rear of their brig
ade lines, for reserves. / stood for n few mo-
merits at the landing, curious to see how these
fine fellows would march out to the field where
they knew reyerSes had crowded upon us so
thicky they day before, and where many of them
must he down to sleep his last sleep ere the sun.
then rising. should sink again. There was lit
tie of that vulgar vanity of vaor which was so
conspicuous in all the movements of our rawer
troops eight nine months ago There was no
noisy and senseless yelling, no shouting of boasts,
no calling on onlookers to "show us where the
cowardly Secesh is, and well clean 'em out
double quick. These men understood the work
before them; they went to il as brave men
should, determnedly, hopefully calmly.
WANT or SYSTEM on OUR SIDE.
The reader who is patient enough to wade
through this narration, will scarcely fail 90 OBJ
serve that thus far | have said little or nothing
OF any plan of attack or defense among our com
manders. Ii has been simply because failed to
any evidences of such a plan To me il
seemed on Sunday as if every Division General
at least-nOt 10 say. in many eases. every indi
vidual soldier-mtated the good old Israelitish
plan OF action, by which every man did what
seemed good in his own ewes. There NAV have
been an infinite amount of geneIalshp displayed
in experimenting our various defeats and reform
atoms and retreats, but To me il seemed of that
microscopic character that required the magnify
ing powers OLA special permit for exclusive news
paper telegraphing, on Government lines, to dis
cover.
Sunday night, there was as has been said a coun-
ell of war, but if the Major General commanding
developed any plans there beyond the simple ar
rangement of our line of battle. am very Ger
tain that some of the division commanders didn't
lind 1t out. Stubborn fighting alone delayed our
losses on Sunday; stubborn fighting alone saved
US when We had reached the point beyond which
came the child's jumping off place." and stub
born fighting, with such generalship as individual
division commanders displayed, reganed on Mon
day what we had lost before
To those who had looked despairingly at the
prospects, Sun lay evening, it seemed strange that
the rebels did not open out on Us by davbreak
again. Their retreat before the bomb shells of
the gunboats, explained the delay Our own di
visions wereput in motion almost simultaneously
by seven o'clock Lew Wallace opened the ball
by shelling, from the positions he had selected
ton has been made, brisk artillery duel a rapid
movement OF infantry across a shallow ravine as
II to storm. and the rebels, enAaded and menaced
IN front, limbered up and made the opening of
their Mondays retreating.
LEw wALLAcE's MOVEMENTS.
In speaking of the opening of Mondays battle.
| mentioned Major General Lew. Wallace's open
ing the ball at clock, by shelling with emilia
ding fires rebel battery few shots demon
strated TO the rebels that their position was un-
tenable. The instant sherman came i'm To pro
tect his left. Wallace advanced his infantry The
rebel battery az once limbered up and got out of
of the way. The advance had Withdrawn the d.
vision from Sherman. making a left half wheel
To Get back into the neighborhood of our line:
they advanced some two hundred yards. which
brought them 20 a little elevation with a broad
open stretch 10 the front. As the division halted
on the crest of the swell there passed before them
rare vision Away 10 the front were woods
Through the edge Of the timber, skrting the
fields the head Of a rebel column appeared march
ing past in splendid style on the double quick
Banner after banner appeared; the "stars and
bars formed long line. stretching parallel with
Wallaces line of battle Regiment after regi-
menf anDp9rp1 the limo lenrthauod nd douhlad