Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-04-24
The Field After The Fight.

4 visit to the field Immediately after
the retreat of the rebels and the pursuit
of our forces, exhibited spectacle sell
dom to be witnessed and most horrible
to contemplate. The first approaches,
occupying the further range Of the enc
my's guns, showed at the first glance the
work Of devastation made by those ball
and shell which had overshot the mark.
Large trees were entirely cut off within
ten feet from the ground heavy limbs
lay strewn in every direction, and pieces
of exploded missiles were scattered all
around. The oarcasses of dead horses,
and the wrecks of wagons strewed all
the woods, and other evidences Of SINH
lar character marked every step of the
way,
r Half mile further on, and the most
important feature of the struggle was
brought TO view. Dead bodies in the
woods, the dead and dying in the fields
lying in every conceivable shape, met
the gaze on either hand. Some lay on
their back with their clenched hands
raised at arms length, upright in the air
Others had fallen with their guns fast in
their grasp, as il they were in the act of
loading them when the fatal shaft struck
them dead. Others still had received
The winged messenger of death, and with
their remaining strength had craWled
from further danger and sheltering
themselves behind old logs had laid
down TO die. Here were the bodies of
those who had fallen in the fight of yes
terday and mingled with them were
those from whose wounds the blood was
yet trickling away. The scene beggars
all description, and do not wish to at
tempt 10 depict its horrors. aa
The canister which had swept it over
during tho morning had been terrible in
its results Strongly contested ~ its
possession had been by both sides, yet
the dead were as five to one on the side
Of the rebels One man here was in a
bent position, resting on his hands and
lcc., with his face downward, yet cold
and rigid as marble. One had crawled
away to the border Of the woods, and en-
sconcing himself between two logs, had
spread his blanket above him TO shield
him, perhaps, from the rain Of the previ-
GUS night He was a wounded rebel, and
he pitifnlly asked "if we could do any
| thing for him ?" at his feet lay the body
Of on Of htose Union boys have spoken
of as having had his hair burned from
his head On inteTogat ne the rebel as
TO the cause Of his being in such a con-
dition, his only reply was 81 do not
know, did not do it. We assured him
that an ambulance would soon be at hand
to take him TO better quarters, and lett
/ him.
/ The larger guns had done some strange
work F0ne case | saw where the entire
lower portion Of a mans foot had been
carried away leaving two toes and the
upper portion remaining. Another had
been struck by bullet on the forehead,
and the missile had followed the curve
of the hea entirely around to the termi-
nation Of the hair on the back portion Of
his Uranium. The case Of the celebrated
Kansas scout, Carson, (npt kit) was hor-
rifying. His face and the entire lower
portion Of his head were entirely gone,
his brain dabbling into the little pool of
blood which had gathered in the cavity
below, | could fiji pages with such cases,
but tits useless to particularize. Suf-
fee it to say that the slaughter is i'm
mcnse.