Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-04-30

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mnsketry still sounding in my weAzies
ears; With all iss visions OF horror, still
seeming scared upon nay eyebails, Will,
scenes of paaio-strioken route and brilli-
ant charges, aud obstinate defenses, sas
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burned alike oaafusesily and indelibl,
upon the brain, essay 10 write what
know Of the Battle Of Pittsburg Landing
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THE SITUATION BEFORE rHE HArTLK.
Our great Tennessee expedition bat
been up the river some four weeks. WI
bad occupied Pi:tsbarg Landing faK ahoaI
three; had destroyed one railroad eonnec-
tion, which the rebels had restored In d
day or two, and had failed in similar
| but more important attempt on another.
Beyond this we had engaged in no active
| operations. The rebels, alarmed by our
sudden appearance, began massing their
| troops under our eyes. Presently they
mad more in the vicinity than we had
Then W. waited for Buell., who was eros.
sing the country from Nashville by easy
marches. The rebels had apparently be-
come restive, under our slow concentra-
tions, and General Grant had given out
that an attack frem them seemed proba-
bic. Yet we hae lain at Pittsburg Land
ing, within twenty miles of the rebels that
were likely to attack Us in superior mum
bers, without throwing up single breast
Eark U preparing u single protection for
q battery, and with the brIgadas Of one
| division stretched from lxtrcme right 10
extreme lcft nf CTR line, while four other
ilvlsl0Ls had bu-l crowded IN between,
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On the evening u Fs.I4y, Apgil HI,
there Wac a preliminary skirmish with the
enemy's advance, kamors came into
camp that s4ul~ If cur officers had been
taken prisoners by considerable rebel
force, near our lines, and thai piekets
had been firing. A brigade, the 10Th, I'D,
and 4Sth Ohio, was sent ont to see ab0at
it. They came upon party Of rebels,
perhaps thousand strong and after =
sharp little aGstaR aFeHe thea eff, losing
Major CFocket, of the I'D Ohio, and q
couple Of LieuEenants from the 10Th,
prisoners, taking in return some sixteen,
and driving the rebels back to battery
they were found to have already in posi-
Eion, at no great distance from our lines.
General Lew Wsllace's troops at Crump's
Landing we're ordered out under arms,
and they marched TO AdamsTille, half
way between the river and Purdy, to take
position there and resist any attack in
that direction. The night passed in
dFeary rain, but without farther rebel de-
trasion !; and it vas generally sup
posed that the AFFAIR had been an ordinary
picket light, preraging nothing more
Major General t,rant bad indeed sa ii
there was II sat probability Of B rabal as-
tack, but there were no appearances OF
has making any preparation for such an
unlocked for event, and 50 the matte r
was dismissed. Yet on Saturday there
was more skirmishing along our advanced
lines.
The rebel intention was to attack and
destroy Grant before Buell. could come to
his assistance.
THE WARNING OF DANGER.
The sun never rose on a more beautiful
morning thau thai of Sunday, April 9Th.
Lulled by the general security, had re-
mained in pleasant qaartery at Crump's,
below Pitssburg Landing, on the river
BY sunrise | was reused by the cry,
They're lighting above" VoIleys Of
muskesry could sure enough be distingu-
ished, and occasionally the Eullen boom
OF artillery came achoing down the stream.
Momentarily the volume of soun / increas-
ed, till il became evident il was no skir-
mish that was in progress, and that a
considerable portion of the army must be
already engaged. Hastily springipg Oh
The guards of a passing steamboat, bur
ried up,
Tha sweet spring sunshine danced ever
the ripping waters, and softly lit up the
green Of the banks. 4 few feecy clouds
alone broke the azure above. i light
breeze fnurmured among the young leaves;
the blue birds were singing their gentle
treble 20 the stern music that still came
louder and deeper TO Us from the bluffs
above, and the frogs were croaking their
feeble imitation from the marsHy islands
that studded the channel. .ts
The correspondent here describes our
position on the battlefield, which b.
oriticises as follows: b..
Il is idle 10 criticisa arrangements now
it is so easy to be wise after q matter IS
over but tha ~H74-- - A-~tiv fl:f 10
observe sa0 ass gta.l defeas o. saca ar
rangemeuLs, Nearly four miles interim
I'd between the tif.rsI.t parts Of >Llr-
mans DisisiUu. 0t course, 10 command
Ehe one. he muss aeE4uEt tue other. Nc
Clernand's lay partially behind Sherman,
| and therefore, Rot stretching far enough
to the left, there was gap between him
aud PsenfIss which the rebsls did net fail
speedily 20 find, Our extreme left was
commanded hy unguarded nights, easily
approachabIe from CoriuIh; and the
whole arrangement was confused and i'll
adjusted. r.
| rus REBEL PLAN OF ATTACK.
DuFiag Friday and Saturday the rebels
marched out of Coriath, about seventy
thousand strong, in three great divisions.
| Sidney Johnston had general command
Of the whole army, and particularly Of the
center. BFRxton Bragg and Beauregari
had the wiugs. Harsee, Polk, Breckin-
ridge, Cheatnam and others held subordi.
nate commands. On Thursday, Johnston
issued q proclamation to the army, an
nounciug TO them, in grandilqqueni
terms, that be was about to lead then
against the invaders, and that they would
soon oeisbrase ths great, decisive Eietors
of the war, in which they had repeliel
the invading column, redouIas3 Tennessee
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