, 1862-04-14

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ITS RETERSES And INCIDENTS.
LATEST FROM THE FIELD,
LETTER FROM AN OFFICER
PRESENT.
Partial List Of the Killed and
Wounded.

In view OF the events thickening and giving
imminent prospect Of . great battle On tho
Upper Tennessee, and desirous of increasing
our corps OF correspondents With the army in
tie Southwest by every available adjunct that
should add to our means OF obtaiuinr relfable
news OF What might occur, VIC less than two
weeks since were glad to take advantage Of
the Mct that DR.. Frank ". Reilly, 4 well.
kno"n young physician and surgeon in this
city, was about to join Gen. Grants advance
column as volunteer surgeon, knowing his
personal qualities would not fail to bring him
forward. and that Withal his was q ready pcn,
which, in hours snatehed from professional
duties, would not fail to seize aud improve
VILE tact and candor The salient points Of
events that might occur. Bearing with him
testimonials Of the highest order, attestipe his
professional standing, DR.. Reilly reported
himself to the military and medical authori-
tics at Cairo, and was sent forward at once to
oe assigned to active duty in a field in which
already there was an active call for intelligent
and jealous men Of bis humane profession.
Among the names Of those wounded in the
great battle Of Sunday was reported tnas Of
Dr. Frank ". Reilly, assistant surgeon of the
95th Illinois, Colonel Smith, the Lead Mine
Regiment. What is more gratifying 10
Franks friends, among the earliest arrivals
from the scene of the conflict was his D IN,
though perforated as to his leg By aHinie ball,
through and through with the straiehifor
"ardness OF those missiles, inralided, and
With leave OF absence for the period required
to return him again fit for duty. He reached
the fremont House in e1is city late On Satur-
day evening, and is in the best Of hands.
Thus much for preface. What follows of
narrative Is taken down from Dr.. RelllY's oBn
statements, not that he "shouldered hi3
crutch and showed how fields were n-for
lavtns no cruteh, this wound will scarcely
give him onc-but quietly reviewing the ex-
citing scenes through which lie. has passed.
scenes IN which 20 many Of our readers have a
thrilling interest, the great battle OF Pitts
n1rg. These statements are those Of an intel
llsent observer and one unusually active in
the professional duty he voluntarily espouscd.
AS 1ar only as is necessary for the sake Of
eonneeteduess the adventures and experiences
have a personal character. Combined With
these, however, arc such general facts as were
patent and open to all who were SO placed as
TO blend with personal "reminiscences the een-
esh data obtained from others. Let us Law
hetter foundation for the narrative of the battlc.
Our readers are aware how rapldly the Fed.
eIal troops poured up the Tennessee soon after
the fall Of Donelson. The great fect Of ever
ono hundred transports poured into the very
heart OF secessla, that which some military
medical man terms the ttblue mass for the
cure Of the rebellion" Savannah, in Hardin
county, on the cast bank Of tlc river. WIS
made Gen. Grants headquarters, but the
oulk OF the troops were thrown forward to
Pittsbnrg Landing, twelve miles further up
tic river On the opposite bank. Savannah Is
a town Of 500 inhabitants. The bluff there
Is bold and high, the town lying little back
Dr. Reilly reached Savannah on Tuesday,
April LIST. Gen. Grants headquarters we're in
the large brick house Of Mr. Cherry, on the
verge Of the bluff, a sound Union man. There
we're only three regiments there at that time,
the SD and SD Illinois, the SD Indiana, and
the troop Of Capt. Ned Osband, detscdcd
from Col. Dickey's 4th Illinois Cavalry as Gen.
Grants body guard. Gen. Grant daily went
up the river On his steamer, the Tisress, to
supervise operations at Pittsburg. On this
day, tuesday, he had sent an expedition of
ole thousand men With three gunboats. six
miles up the river beyond pjttshnro 10 49,
two miles above Hamburg, to take q rebel
1uaskcd battery there nosted This .r,s aass,r
accomplished, the enemy having deserted it
On tit approach Of our forces 1c7p;n, ha1;.s
six fine Sa-pounders which mr. hors sn,,-aa
During that dor ,+ s.,aosa, ,s apAeo
was heard at p;tts}u-r .a,,s;.~ l'tns
Uess and endlees 1@i,r rr,no.s - au.s':
progress, Ill relieved by the return oF ~ +ha r.
re1s. when II v,e knor, ~. -
1i;lery practice in our CAMPS.
The two dars nrevsons osh,n,7,s r,o.,
been sent ont in small n,rt;oe o. 5000 n1
Savannah. TO meet # nosz;h,a caa p.ev.l vpl
couriers. On Monday mont sra.o,, o..
twenty ro;1,.c f,,,o s,,,,,.1 t1'o oiot'
two of Can Rna1,,. an,,-: ~o1se ASes
his advance column of oo m as thsn saraatu ~
miles distant- and nrocress,ro rc,t,, ~, ,1.;
,,c disnatch Rrt ~ n,s~os .-a -. .,.s eose
vetaraad hr -nt..,ees s:azs-,., "aS e4'" aaaa
body Of rehe1 covo1,v hora-aa - - ss.ous
lust out of reach and ohstr1ctod 49, 49,
telling trees and destrog,oty ths n-;dnas ao =.
another time this 1atter po,,1a haro rao As
less account. but the streams wera now h,a,,
Every little stream, fondoh1o for non+s- % -
the year. found fn1I channel and Tsen ~
els bridge builders were kent hnsv I'm, ma M HI.
columns held back to gnait thai necossa- - 49,
aid to progress with artillery and .rmv trs;n: