The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-04-11
'BIOOD|DSr BiTTLE OF THE W iR.
10000 Men Killed and Wounded /!
Piitsburg Landing the Scene of the Conflict ! !!
Two Days Fighting!
GEMS. WALLACE B. PFGRAM 81 FIVE u. S.
COLONIES KILLED u!
Gcss. "A. y. JOHNSTON KILLED.
BEAUREGARO'S ARM SHOT OFF
The Rebels Reireatiag.


Landing. The rebel general, Albert Sidney
Johnson, was killed by cannon ball General
Beaureguards arm was shot off From eigh-
teen to twenty thousand U. S. forces, and from
thirty-fvc to forty thousand rebels, either kill
ed, wounded, or missing. Cur loss in officers
i. very heavy, but it is impossible at present to
number Brig. Gen. w. III Wallace, killed; Col
Pegram, acting Brig Gen, killed; Col. Ellis,
10th Illinois, killed. Maj. Goddard, 10TH Hi
nois, killed; Lieut.. Garfield, I'D Ohio, lroltal-
ly wounded, since dead; Lieut.. Col. Kyle, dist
In,iiana, morialiy wounded, Col. Davis, 9th
Illinois, mortally wounded; Gen w. I. Shcr-
man wounded in the hand by q cannon bali
Col. Sweeney, SD, Illinois, acting Biigae.ier
General, wounded. He received 2 shots in his
only arm, (l.aying loai Que in Mexico) also u
shoe in one leg. Col. Sweeney kept the field un-
I'll the close OF the fight, t,and he excited the adj
nration of the Whole army. General Prem
tiss, with several hundred OF our men,) was
taken prisoner, on Sunday morning.
We have gained great and bloody victory.
The Dept. is without details, but the press
special correspondence, states our loss at from
Is to 10000, and that Of the enemy from 80
to 4G 600 Our victory is complete, and the
enemy is being pursued
SECOND DESPATCH.
Pttsburg Landing, ria Fort Henry, April
9th--3. 20, p. M
One of the greatest and bloodiest battles OF
modern days, has just closed, resulting In the
| complete rout of OF the enemy, who attacked
us at daybrcak, on Sunday morning. The bat
tie lasted without interruption during the en-
tire day, and was again renewed on Monday
morning and continued undecided, unii O'Clock
in the atternoon, when the enemy conmenced
10 retreat, and are still flying towards CoFiith,
pursued 10y u large force of our Cavalry. The
slaughter on both sides has been immense; we
have lost in killed and wounded and missing
from $4,000 to 10000. That of the enemy Is
estimated at from $4,000 to 10000. The
fight was brought on by 800 of the 25th Mis-
souri, Regt. of Gen. Prentiss' division, attack
ting the advanced guard Of the rebels which
they supposed to be the pickets OF the enemy
te tgse division rsei on the left wing powrng in VALLEY
after volley of muskelry, and liddIing our camp
with grape and canister and shell. Our forces
soon formed into line and returned the fire vig-
, orousiy, and By the time we were preparing to
receive them, had turned their heaviest fire on
the left centre, (Gen. Sherman's division) drove
our men back from their camps, and bringing
up Il fresh force opened fire on our left wing
(Gen. McC!ernands divi3ion.) This fire was
returned with terrible effect, and with deter
mined spirit on the part of both the Infantry
and Artillery, along the whole line, u distance
of four miles. Gen. Uurburt's division was
thrown forward TO support the centre, when
a desperate struggle ensued The rebels were
driven back with terrible slaughter but soon ral-
lied, and drove back our men ia&turn, From
about o'clock until night closed, there was no
determination of the rcsalt of the struggle.
| The rebels exhibited remarkably gool gener-
alship, at times engaging the left with appar-
emily their whole strength, they would suddenly
open a terrible and destructive fire on the right
Or centre Even our heaviest fire upon the en-
envy did not appear to discourage their solid col
umns. The fire Of Maj. Taylor's Chicago Ar
tilcly raked them down in scores, but no SOON
CT had the smoke dispersed, than the breach
was again filed The most desperate fighting
! took place late III the afternoon. Gen. Buelis
forces had by this tinie arrived on the opposite
side OF the river, and another portion was COM
/ ing up the river from Savannah. At O'Clock
! the rebels had forced our left wing back so as
to occupy fully two thirds OF our camp, and were
| fighting in their efforts to drive us into the riy-
er, and at the same time heavily engaged our
right. Up to this time no rcinforccments had
arrived, Gen. Wallace failing to come to our
support, until the day was over having taken a
wrong road from Crump's Landing and being
without other transports than those used for the
ordnance and commissary stores, which were too
heavily laden to bring any considerable num-
| hop If ita IL, ~,
the boats that were here having been sent to
bring up the troops from Savannah. We were
therefore contending against considerable odds
our forces not exceeding 81, 600 ncu, while that
Of the rebels was upwards of Go,000. Our
condition at this moment was exceedingly criti-
cal Large numbers OF our men were panic
lstricken, and others worn out by hard fighting,
with the average percentage Of skukers, had
stragglcd towards the river and could not he
4 rallied. Gen. Grant and staff, who had hecn
tecklessly riding along the lines the entire day
amid an nccssant storm Of shot and she'll, now
rode from the right to the .cfl, melting our men
4 TO stand firm until the rcintorements could cross
the river. Col Webster, The chief of the staff
Immediately got into position the heaviest pie
ces OF artillery formed on the encmy's right,
while large number Of batteries were placed
along the entire line, from the river bank North
West TO our extreme right, some y miles dist
ant About an hour before dusk, general
cannonading was opened on the enemy from a.
!; long our whole line, with perpetual cracking
of mrsketry.
. For short time tho rebels replied with vigor
and effect, but their return shots grew less fre-
quent and destructive, while ours grew more
rapid and terrible. The gunboats Lexington
and Tyler, which lay short distance off, kept
raining shell on the rebel train. This last ef-
! fort was too much for the. enemy; ere dusk the