The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-21

Another Federal Account Of the Da'-
tie of shiloh-Late News from he
South, &c.
The Cincinnati 7y~ss publishes very lone
acceun. Of the battle Of Shiloh, which the
YANKEES persist In calling "ths battle OF
pitt.burs Landipg." The account 10 fuf'
nishsd by an army correspondent ANA oeei'
data Ap.tl9 We have only space TO day icf
The following extract:
rsy BATTLE OF SUNDAY.
Almost at dawn Shermap's ptckeo were
driven In, very little later Frenu we
and the enemy were into the camps aAmoss "a
soon Us were the pi'kets tnsm seI!e I'll,
| have no poI aliel In our remaining ahnaAs OF
the war. Many, paxticu 'arIy among ooi oo.
Gers. were not yet out OF Deo. Otoen Wsso
drsssing. others wasnlns: o'nss. vo s~n. G.re
unieaded, accoutrsmern lying poll mel. I'm
murition was i'll s--pplfed-in short. me
camps were completely surPF1seo-olse1aoe-
fully. might b added, ansses SoMs SIs co cn
To the contrnry-and We taken At almost
every possible disadvan lge.
The first Wild cries from the pkKets fosn!ne
n
their arrival, aroused the regiments TO sease
l Of their peril; an instant after wards rattlln
volleys Of musketry poured through the tents,
while, before there was time for tnougnt OF
| nreparation there came rushing through the
woe6s with lines Of battle sweeping the
whole fronts OF the division camps and bend
Ing down on either flank. the noe, dasoing,
compact columns Of the enemy.
rebel regiments, firing sharp volleys az they
came and springing forward upOa our lag
CARDS with the bayonet; for awhile thear ar
tillsry, already in position, was tossing SHELLS
10 the further side Of the encampmensss scores
we're shot do Wn as they were runniDg, with
| out weapons. hati0ss, ccatless, toWard the
river. The searching bullets found other poor
unfortunates In their tents, ana there; AZ an 1
| anseen foe rushed on. Oshers fell as they
were Olsen tangiing themselves from the maps
that form the doors TO their tents; others az
they were backing on their accoutremen@
. herr a. they were vainly trying 70 improsa
on the cruelty exultant emmy their readiness
to surrender.
Oficers were bayoneted in their beds and
left for dead. who, through the whole two
DAYS. fearful struggle, lay there sasping In
their agony, and on Monday evening were
found In their gore inside their tents, and still
able to tell the tale.
Such were the fearful disasters that opened
the rebel onss. on the Zines Of Bucklands bri-
gade, in Sherm an g division. similar, though
perha pe less terrible in some OF tAs details,
we're the fases OF Premises entire front
Meantime, what they could our shattered
regiments did. Falling rapidly back through
the heavy woods TIL they gained protecting
ridge. firing as they Yan, and making What
resistance, men thus iituated might, Soer-
mans men succeeded in partially checking
The rush Of the enemy long enough 70 form
their hasty line OF battle. Mean time the other
two b1igades Of the di Won 60 the rig spranE
hastily TO their arms, and had barely done 50
when the enemy's lines came sweeping up
sSains. their fronts, teo, and the 6- tile thus
nper ed dercely along Sherman's whole line
on the right.
Buckland's brigade had been compelled to
abandon their camps without a stTuRel e.-
Some Of the regiments, It ~ even said, ran
without firing a gun. Colonel Appisl's Fifty
third ohio Is loudly complained OF on this
sco,s, and others are mentioned. It's certain
that parts Of regiments, both heIs and IN
other divisions, ran q, gracefully. Ys, they
were not wholly without excuse. They We're
raw troops, Just from ths usual tdleness OF
our "oamps OF instruction" hundreds OF them
had never heard gun fired in anger; their
cfficers for the most part, were equ2 ally mex
periencsd; they lad Eeen reposing in fancied
securi.v, and were awaked, perhaps, from
swee. dreams OF home, ana wives, ana chil-
dlen, by the stunning roar Of cannon in their
very midst, and the bursting OF q D3mbAhe ell
among their tents-tO see only the serried
columns OF the magnificent rebel advance,
hes y retreat of comrades and supports, right
and left. Certainly, it Is sad enough, but
nardiy Surprising, that under such circum :
stances, some should run. Half a. much
caused the wild panic at Bull Run, for which
the nation. is one man, became loud-m 0uth-
ed apolOgist.
INT they ran-here as In Prem rsa's di vision 4,
of which last more In a moment-and the
enemy did not fail to profit by the wild dis
orCer. As Bucklands brigade fell back. Nc
Clernand threw forward his left to support IT..
Meanwhile Sherman was doing his best to
rally his troops-dashing along the lines or ..
>r;v = IA q q % hia
/ and exposing his OWE life with the same free.
dom with which he demanded their offer Of
theirs, he did much TO save the division from
utter destruction. R,ldebrand and AcDO f.
ell were compelled II retire their brIgadea
from their camps across the little ravine be
hiud; but here, for time, they made 4 GAL
| liant defence, while what WIS left Of Buck
lands was falling back in such order as It
might. and leaving McUlernand's left to take
their place. and check the wave OF rebel ad.
vance.
CAPTURE OF GEN. PREHfIss.
Gen. Prentiss was faring scarcely 50 we'll
! Most OF his troops stood their ground, to be
formed into line, but. strangely enough, the
line was drawn up In an open space, leaving
to the enemy the cover e1 the dense scrub oak
In from, from which they could pour in their
Voileys In comparative safety.
The men held their position with an obsti.
macy that adds new lRurels to the character
| of the American soldier ); but 1t was too
late. Down on either flank came the over.
| whslming enemy. Fiercely pushed In front,
either side 1 like the IRON Cha Ser
| o. the Inqaisition, what could they do but
| what they did Speedily their resistance be-
/ came less obstinate; more and mole rapidly
/ they fell back; less and less IRE Quent became
| their returning volleys.
The enemy pushed their advan tage. They
| were already within our lines; they had
| driven one division from all It's camps, and
| nearly opened, as they supposed, the way to
| tho river Inst here. between nine and tan
| O'Clock, McArthur's brigade, Of w. H. l..
| Wallace's division, came up to give some as
| sistance to Stuarts brig Ade, Of Sherman's di.
| vision, on the extreme lett, now In imminent
| danger Of being cut offby Prentiss's detection.
| Macarthur mist0ok the way, marched too far
| to thnright. and SO, instead ofreaching Stuart
| came in ON the other side OF the rebels, now
| closely pushing Prentiss Els men at once
| opened vigorously on the enemy, and for a
| time they seemed likely still to savs our i'm
i periIled division. But coming una wares, as
| they seem to have done, upon the enemy, theiI
positions were NOT we'll chosen. and Gil had to
| fall back together.
| Brig General Prem tiss aad three regimen u
| with him-ths 23d Missouri, Of his own divi-
| sion, and the l2th and l4th Iowa. Of those tina
| had come to his asSistancS-delayed their re-
treat TOO long. Almost before they We're
| aware Of their danger, the thanking forces
| rushed in from either side behind them, and
| they stood perhaps two Thousand strong, il
| the midst of thrice :neir numher. They threw
down their arms, aui the re1sls siKuaiisct
| their first Il .ack ny marching three Lincoln.
ito reg 81 70, with division Gen orai, us pri
| sOners, to their rear.
| Uvelwhslmed by this fresh disaster, with
| out q General TO organize them, with still
hotter and hotter tre ~ their front and tanks
| the remainder Of the division, whole regl
| ments at q time, gave way in disorde-. For
| short time Il few main tanned n confused de
fence, retreatinE, hating, firing, counting
| death by rema lining in isolated % uads OF ccm
| ms tiQ tn 4