, 1862-05-05
FROM THE TENNES.
SEE ARMY,
MATTERS AT CAMP SHILOH.
TIE SITUATION OF THE TWO
ARMIES,
PROMISES AND PROSPECTS
OF A BATTLE,

From cur OWE Reporter.1
CAkP SHILOH, April %, 1862
VIC arc blessed with another beautiful morn
Ing, and the camps begin to assume more
cheerful appearance There are more horse
and footmen about, and the supply wagons
are more numerous. The roads are still in
Tretehed condition, however, and I meet with
u number Of wagons broken down aud left In
the mud-holes, which arc as numerous as the
raEi1es which intersect the camp roads in all
directions. Among the brokcn-down vehicles
occasionally observe an ambulance wagon,
Being lightly built, these latter cannot stand
the hard usage ofthese vile roads.
All through the camps yesterday, the SOL
diefs were hanging ont their clothing and
blankets to dry. Everything had been satu-
rated with Tater, and certainly needed the
sun and air. The trees are now fully Ieayed
out, and the grass begins 10 springup. Nature
smiles upon scene which two short weeks
since presented a horrid spectacle. Truly she
is an lndulgent parent, and hnrries to efTace
the marks Of wars desolation.
The various divisions had their reviews yes-
terday- saw Gen. SAernlan's drawn nm in
IN extensive cotton-tield. The ground was
hard enough for the erolutions the men
looked well, and most Of the regiments march
ed IN excellent order. There we're fragments
OF eleven regiments il the review, among Them
the (40th and 551h Illinois, the 6,h lows. and the
18th, list, 54th, 18th, 57th, SD, 72d, 18th and
9Th Ohio. IaJ1or's fnow Barrttt's,) Silver.
spears's, Bouton's, Morton's Ia.,) Water
houses AID the 10th Ohio batteries are at
tached to this division, making in all about
twenty EuDs.) This division suffered severely
in the late battle, Some of the regiments be-
ing almost deeimated- Col Stewart is act
ing Brigadier in it. He still suffers from the
wound in lis shoulder, but is actively encacad
in the duties of his command. visited the
camp cf Tay lcr's Battery. The boys are near
II all we'll There are q few cases Of sickness,
They took all their tents, extra clothing, blank
cts, Kit, &C., in the action, which put them to
great inconvenience. Almost in the ceutr, Of
their camp some twenty rebels are buried,
thus very materially realizing the Scripture
saying, Of death in the midst Of busy life. But
so it is all around here. Some Of these graves
contain one hundred and more bodies, placed
in many cases five feet deep As to the horses
their legs stick out III all directions, and when
you do not see you certainly nose them every
hundred yards or go.
"Ihe stced and his rider togetherare there"
On account Of the number of men sud AMI
iu,als buried, and the ofIal Of the camp5 gen
orally, 1t will be necessary to move the disis.
ions forward at least another mile or two, aud
this is being done as fast is the roads will
permit. Beginning upon the extreme right,
which rests upon the rivcr,-we have the ad-
vance divisions Of the army placed as follows:
shcznan's, McCook'e, McA1thur's, (late c,
F. Sn1ith's,} Crittenden's and Nelson's. The
latter the extreme left before the arrival of
Gen. Pope's army. Tlis army will now form
the extreme lett, its centre resting on Ham-
burg, On the river, some four or five miles
above Tor south) Of here. In the division,
among others, are the brigades Of Generals
Payne, Piummer, Palmer, and Morgan, (act-
1ng.) The reserve division of the army, COM
mencing at the right, are Wallace's, McCler
nand's, Hurlburt's, and Mckean's. Gen. Grant
commands the right and right center Of the
army, Gen. Buell. the LETT and left center, aud
Gen Pope now COMES in on the extreme left,
u It'll the cavalry there cannot he far short of
1oo,Up effective troops no # here, making the
usual allowance for sick and non-combatapts.
and eighty or ninety batteries of artillery.
This is large army, but it no doubt has a.
large If not larger one in front Of it, TIE
rebels have not been idle, and, am informed,
have been making the most Of their time since
the latc battle. They have c7en advanced To
Pea Ridge or Monterey, nine miles from Cor
anth, and ten miles from Pittsburg, on the
road to the former place, if that can bc called
one which is merely wagon track or series
OF such through the woods. This place they
are foEtiiyipg, either for the purpose Of max
Ing stand, or, what am rather more inclined
to suspect, with the object Of covering their
working parties and thus Strengthening their
pos1llon II Ccrirth, or their retreat from that
place. Bcaureg2rd is possibly playing the
game OF Manassas and its Quaker guns over
again. BS this be accomplishes either Of his
oejects-pla5s the bluff game On our General,
to enable him {B.) to retreat, or give our
army double work to do in driving him from
two positions. Nevertheless it is said here
that Co1inth is not defensiblc. But we certain
IL should have a sufficient amount Of military
skill and talent now in the army 10 cnable it
TO cope successfully In strategy with the great
general Of the Contedyrates.
Gen. Halleck, learn, Is institutiug ale
xer5 stringent, but very necessary, TcgulA-
sioas since the late battle. In the cuuiug
action there cannvt be any very great amount
OF running or sku!kng. Cavalry are to be
stationed in the lsar, ind all fugitiycs to be
prevented from takiDg French 1caye:' Tul5
Il the mode practiced in European armies.
and by the rebels at the late battle The lgry,
scale upon which battles are nos being four11
upon this continent aud the woody Character
Of the country, makes it absolutely necessary
Win u.s. N an imMeuse army like this in-
o!sioualily is necessarily lost Commanders
OF cflgaoes and even regiments, cannot keep
their eyes upon all Their officers, much lcss
men, and thus thousands will skulk in q lar..,.
army to tens in q Elull1 one, in which al1nos:
efery o1hcer at least Is known to his brother
arm, have asked the third captain l.: a reyi
1nett The na1ne Of tue cAptain Of tue cotnna1y
1eactpg It, and lc could not Inform me A.
10 regiments, 60 lie Of :hc priyatcs cncaulpcd
s4 sloe oy siae: could not tell nc the number or
State OF their neig hooring one
Atnong the reforms By General Hal-
leck is the calling Of court-1uastiu
ior the trial OF Incompetent and cowardlg oil
ceEF, Of which Col. Stuart is Junior Judge
Advocate. Those in the late battle convicted
OF lncompetencs, learn, will be- requested
20 resign, and those convicted Of coWard:ce
WILL be shot! If the iatter order is carried
out to The letter. there will be not q few nl,ii-
taI5 executions here, according to all at
eDA4-'- hHAAs VI LII Ol4GEIS bAl0 lu UlTS
behaved Worhe than their men in the late &C.
tlon, and were found in the boats hidden he
mind 1cr boxes, in The holds, &c In paYic
however, such things will always oc.
cur In large and even small armies ours are
no exception TO tae general rule The trouble
IN the late snair vas that these casgs were
quite teo numerous, and threatened the
morale of The cnt,rc force.
On the ltree OF landing I found ruusketa
piled up hy tue cord 10 the number of srye-
raj Thousand. They are those tnroun
away hy or panic stricken .roops. and
number belonged to the rebels. There il also
q large number On The ~Aarf aud stcaulhoata
laid up here aso notice some cirht ni.,.es
q cannon with their cAissons, twG Of them
the Weird steel gun. They hatI eyidentir hcrn
terribly pounded in the late action the whrels
Eefe smashed, the ax1cs Of some broken r.
The companies 10 which these belonred are
non ea. Among the Euus I noticed one
pTpFze 1lfed Eun-a rpbcl piece from a Mem
PMS nauutar'ory. It is twclyepounder.
and had crid.uty been much used, ss The
r1hing was copsi Grrsbly worn. In the rear Of
Gen. Bus IFS headquarters were also about
ahirty guns, captured IRON the rebels There
1Ec lumoEs daily @ attacks Ia the front. PICK
CTS driven In, stnrries captured, SC, but M
dependence can be placed upon them. It yas
IumoTcd Yesterday, fur instance, that Gen.
wallace expected an attack and had sent for
n1n1oreefneuts, but could hear nothing Of 1t
at headquarters
IN this c"nn1ry ca7alry can be Of little use.
s1u IN TACT Eef': found in the way in the / IT.;
scsl9p They caused the stampede
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