Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-04-24
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1--WE uresent bfiei buhn1Ay y.
received during the week, ending yesterday
4 (w sdhssAsy). April %; dtitAiaJ \. i
~ C,enerai GaANr's official report and other
documents relating to the bloody battle a.
Pit,sburg Landing have beer, received apd pup
iishea The whole matter may be thna sum
med nm: Our troops were surprised on Sunday
mornlnR. and were driven from tbeir camps
With terrible slaughter, and were only sAVeu
f,cm total sous and destruction BY the gunboats
In, the siver, ON Monday, our army having
been reinforced by the timely arrival OF 1en
esgssls BUELL and rVkLsoN with fresh troops, was
abls 10 turn the tide of battle against the rep-
e,s,a Who retreattd toward Corin.h after having
suffsred A Rreater loss In killed and wounded
ethan felito our share, Estimates o. sne 'O1s !,
on both sidea vary--Our loss In killed WIS no.
lsss than two thousand. The rebel loss Is said
s,o have been much greater. Probably, Of the
vouDdsd a third or fourth have died or VIII
ale. 4 TIA not likely that lees than ten thou
ami American lives we're sacrificed at Pitts-
burg. The rebsls took about hve thousand Oh
our cen prisoners. ri
PseparatiOus are reported to be going on az
Pittsburg Landing and at Corinth for ano'nef
great battle. On "Wednesday, the 10Th Instant
y q q s,rOnt rebel picket was driven back BY our
cavalry, with q lOss Of Ave killed and sixty I'VE
sounded. On The same day, General sHEhAAS y
moved his division two miles nearer the enemy !,
and sueeeeded in maintaining his position siier
shar6 fieht. il which the rebel loss was about
alty killed, aith tew casualties on our side-
The reports from the rebels have been ooDhie'
iuT, some saying that they have been receiving
s4reinfcrcements, and now have one hundred
!. ,bosaa nd elective men at COrinth, while other
reports say that teams are arriving and are
loaded with stores preparatory 10 evacuation -
The general impfessIon is that tho troops
ltaro concentrating and preparing on eacn slae
for another desperate and bloody conflict when
lis hOasly expected to transpirc sas
ais oa Monday. the l4th inst., the Potomac no.
dtills visited Ufbana, near the mouth ol The kapi
ssshannock river, and were fred upon by the
zrebeIs, but a Few shells from the Jacob Bel
scattered them In all directions. After this the
ao.lIla proceeded toward Fredericksburg. AT
For. LoRsy the rebel batteries we're shelled and
ashe inmates driven out, upon which several ooat
crews landed, burned the rebel qusrters and
took away q large quantity Of blankets, quilss'
medicines and muskets. TAppahannoek was
.he next place reached. A aag OF truce was
hoisted and the commander went ashore. de
waA met at the beach BY large eoncourse OF
people who manifested great Joy at his ARRIVAL |
Oa the way down the river the Aotilla captured
tWo fIns schooners one Of them owned In Bal |
timore. -ry
On Friday, portion of General McDOWELL's
army occupied fredericksburg, spotsylVania
county, Virginia. The march commenced on
Thursday, the 18th inst, from near Warren
ton function by Col. KIFArRrck Of the iAA
HAaafs Cavalry. They made a forced march
across the country, and on Friday drove regi-
ment Of rebel Infantry. regiment Of cAvalry,
sud battery Of artillery before them and oc-
eapied the suburbs Of Fredericksburg In the
evening. Oar loss was ave killed and sixteen
wounded. Our troops are reported now in full
occupation Of fredericksburg. 80
General BANKS has been moving up the Snen-
andoah toward Staunton, Virginia On FIJI
day, he arrived ct Sparta, Rockingham county,
Virginia, driving the enemy before him and oc'
cupyIng the town. Is was reported that SIX
thousand Of JAoxsON's troops had passed through
the town the evening before. Dispatches from
General Banks to the Secretary of War, dated
New Market, Virginia, April ls and 70, state
shatrsports Of ,he Aieht Of the rebel General
JAcksoN iron the valley Of the Shenandoah BY
vav 81 the mountains toward Standardsyille
aud Orange Court House. on GordonsVille' had
been confirmed, resulting in belief that the
rebels we're concentrating at Yorktown.
Advices from the Burnside expedition reach
10 the 18th inst, onthe l2th. four companies
ofithe Connscticut E ghth Regiment had askir-
nish With one hundred and fifty rebels, who
made scttie from Fort Macon, and after a
sharn engagement the latter were driven back
F.vs,of our men we're wounded. and the rebels
vsre seen 10 take four men into the fort, one Of
whom WAS supposed to be dead. Fort Macon is
thoroughly invested, and ii being understood
that the rebels we're short Of provisions, Is was
thouehs chat instead Of attacking them, an at-
tempt would be made 10 stafVe them out. For
,iticasions we're building At NeMbeFu, 10 antitd-
patton Of an attack BY the rebels.
On Monday, the l4th Inst, our gunbOAis un'
der Commodore FoorE, arrived At Fort Pillow on
the Mississippi, about ninety miles from Island
No. 10, and about sixty below the mouth Of the
Ohio. They took position shove the fort.
and opened 4 bsmbardment upon It from NOR
tars.,.A detachment from General PoPE's COM
mand was stationed on the Arkansas side of the
river 10 protect our transports. On Thursday
she i7lh. the firing was very heavy on both sides.
On Friday, few shots were exchanged. 1t
was reported by deserters that the batteries
mounted forty guns, and that the rebels had
sixty more which they were rapidly putting in
positions General BaA0o was said tobs ln com
mand. II Is probable that little effective work
viii be tOns BY our naval and land forces toward
the reduction Of the fort, during the present
high stage Of the water.
e appears that General MITcHELL has been
doing ) good WORK IN the Southwest. Late dis-
matches stats tha. he had reached IakA, Misais.
siupI, having burned the bridges on The Charles
tCnand Memphis Railroad at Decatur and Flo
renee. Al HuhispiIIo. AIshamas hessoOk pos
session Of the telegraph Office, in which Waf