Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-05-09

Of Pittsburgh Landing: ~ j"
Killed. Wounded. Missing
McOlsrnand's Division 25l 1851 2a6
w, II. L. Wsllacs's +" rs 1888 1863
Lew. Wallacs's 4S 257 g.
:lbuts S13 H,9 223
Shermans 33J 14O2 4s6
Prentiss' 1876 662 1852
Oristenden's 30 40 II
Wilson'S =" % 6l2 10
McCook's % SO6 II
Total l7s5 1882 1855
TOTAL killed, wounded and missing Is, 1853.
About 800 of the wounded have since died.
Our burial parties report between $500
and 5000 rebels found dead on the field.
The Commercial publishes passages of .
letter from Gen. Grant in reply to letter in
forming him of the nature Of criticisms on
his management Of the battle of Pittsburg
Gen. Grant says; ..l-t
will 60 on and do my duty to the best OF
my abilities, without praise, to bring the war
any thing at the close Of the war; There is
one thing feel well assured Of, that is, that l
have the confidence Of every brave man in my
command. Those who showed the white fea-
Their will do all in their power to attract at
tention from themselves. l Rad perhaps q
dozen officers arrested for cowardice in the
first days fight. These men are necessarily
my enemies As to the talk about surprise
nothing could be more false. If the enemy
had sent US word when and how they would
attack us, we could not have been better pre-
pared; skirmishing had been going on for TWO
days between our accommodating parties and
the enemys advance. l did not believe how
ever, they intended to make determined at.
tack. butwere simply making reconnoisances.
Ny head quarters were at Savannah, though
usually spent the day at Pittsburg. Troops
were constantly arriving, to be asst ned to
brigades and divisions-all being ordered to
report at Savannah, making it necessary to
keep an office and some one there. was
also looking for Buell. to arrive, and it was i'm
portant that l should have every arrangement
complete for his speedy transit to this side Of
the river.
The Commercials correspondent with Gen
Mitchell's army, gives the following account
of the manner in which Beauregard's mes.
sage was taken at Huntsville The wires
were broken at point beyond Huntsville,
and Beauregard's dispatch, received at Hunts.
vile, was being prepared by the operator
there, to be forwarded by locomotive to Chat.
tanooga, thence to be repeated by telegraph 10
Richmond, when Gen. Mitchell surprised the
town and seized the telegraph office Gen
Mitchell himself solved the cipher after an
hours study. There is no doubt az to the
genuineness of tho dispatch. Beauregard
lost not less than 10000 in killed, wounded
and missing, and the sick, used-up and pan
ic-stricken during his movement from Oorinth
upon Pittsburgh Landing.
CAIRo, Nav 4.
A refugee from Vicksburg, Miss, who
left Memphis on Thursday, passed through
on his way to St. Louis, to-day. Full partlc-
ulars of the fall of New Orleans had been re-
ceived, and produced great CONSERVATION
both there and at all the river towns below.
Vicksburg. Matches and other towns were en-
tirely deserted, most of the inhabitants having
fed into the country.
A large number of rebel steamboats, have
gone up White river, but for what purpose is
not known.
The rebel gun-boat fleet arrived at Mem
phis on Tuesday morning, AID Immediately
went up to Fort Pillow.
The Memphis papers were urging the i'm
portance Of making strong resistance at the
Fort as the only hope of salvation for the city.
They did not believe that Com. Farragut's
feet would come so far up the river.
The steamer Black Hawk, sent up the
Tennessee by Gov. Yates, returned tonight,
bringing all the wounded Illinois soldiers from
Savannah and Pittsburg, except those who
will soon be fit for duty. Adjutant General
Fuller, In charge, has labored unceaslng to re-
lieve the suffer ing soldiers, who are loud in
their praises of the energy which he has dis.
played. 21S of the wounded are from Hi
nois and some 20 from Iowa and Missouri. -
They will all be taken to the military hospi
tai at Quincy.
DR.. Wilson, of Quincy, who went up on
the Black Hawk as volunteer surgeon, died
1t Savannah.
The steamer Ed. Wallsly was fired into, on
Friday night by rebel cavalry from the east
bank of the river, six miles from Savannah,
md five soldiers wounded one of them NOR
tally. The gun-boat Tyler Immediately went
down, shelled the woods, and notified the
people that the town would be burned on
repetition Of the occurrence.
WASHINGTON, May 4.
Dispatches have been received at the War
Department from Gen. Butler, at Ship Island,
giving an account of operations in his Depart.
nent previous to the capture of New Orleans
There is nothing generally interesting in it.
CAIRO, May 4.
Intelligence from the army before Corinth
las been received up to six o'clock SATURDAY.
light, at which time no engagement had yet
AIKEN place, but a battle was momentarily
expected.
Gen. Halleck has removed his headquarters
welve miles toward the front. Our advance
vas within 2 miles of the enemy's outer
works, and entire column still pressing for
yard.
Skirmishes with advance of the rebels had |
'een OF daily occurrence, the latter making |
'ut slight show of resistance, an then fall |
ng back. .,- ,. |
On Thureday four hundred Germans from
Louisiana regiment, who had been sent out
rom the rebel camp on outpost duty in two
came into our lines in a body,
nth white flags on their guns, and gave
themselves up as deserters. From this fact
rose numberless rumors, to the effect that
ne of our divisions had been attacked by the
nemy, and that the latter had been repulsed
18th great loss M. killed and wounded and
yer 1000 prisoners taken.
Gen. Mitchell was within five hours march
Gen. Pope's division.
Deserters report that Gen. Lovell's advance
as at Grenada, Miss, at the junction of the
entral Mississippi and Memphis and New
rleans railroads, fortifying the place, which
naturally strong position.
Beauregard was being rapidly reinforced
ON all points of the Gulf States, merchants
nd business men, in large numbers, having
osed their stores and focked to his stand
ID.
The steamer Lacrosse brought down the
ody of Gov. Harvey. It was found 40
lies below Savannah, by an old negro and
me children, who had faken it ashore and ,
fed his pockets of their contents, which
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