Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-04-23

conJectured some were drowned. Some
of the stragglers swan the river, and &
few lodged on a little island in the mid
die of the river, and the river bank was
lined with them clear down to Crump's
Landing.
Gen. Grant had vigilantly established
his headquarters at Savannah, eight miles
from the main army, and so vigorously
did he move, that he reached the battle
field eight hours after the battle commenc-
ed. He passed up from Savannah to
Pittburgh Landing on the steamer Tigress,
and reached the Landing, after Capt.
Stockdale had finished a twelve o'clock
dinner. Gen. Buell. was said to be on the
battlefield before tbs arrival of Grant.
J Gen. Lew. Wallace was with his division
at Crump's Landing, five miles below Pitts
burgh, and was on the alert, from the
[ time the firing commenced on the left,
until twelve o'clock, waiting for orders
As Gen. Grant passed up the river on the
steamer Tigress, he gave Wallace orders
3 to proceed to the scene of action. At
that moment four of Wallace's regiments
were posted five miles inland at Adams
vile, and they had TO be sent for before
/ the advance could be made. 1t was then
want of orders and the disposition of his
forces. that prevented Gen. Lew Wallace
from getting into the fight on Sunday
Such amazing laundering and gross
negligence as this illustrates, was proba-
bly, never before heard of in the history
of war. But nobody blamed Gen. Wal
lace. lie was ready at daylight. What
detained Grant those awful hours of sur
prise and disaster, tinkering at nothing so
far as the results show. at Savannah, Is in
conceivable. Ii ever there is to be an in
vestigation into any of the hideous blum
ders of the war. here Is IL case that calls
loudly, peremptorily, for a court martial.
Gen. Buell's army was on the roads east
of Savannah, when the battle commenced
in Grants camp. The several divisions at
once abandoned all their baggage, wagons,
tents, knapsacks, blankets and all things
except their clothes, arms and ammuni-
ton. Immense teams were hitched to
the artillery, and they pressed forward in
grand style. Gen. Nelson's division was
in the advance near Savannah, and march
ed up the east bank of the Tennessee riv-
er, arriving opposite the battle field i'll the
afternoon, one or two regiments crossing
and engaging in the fight Sunday even
ing. and the rest being on hand in the
morning to open the ball. McCook's and
Crittenden'S divisions, were transported
from Savannah, where they arrived much
exhausted on steamers. The cavalry did
not amount to much, on either side.
The cowardice of portion of our troops
is of course in the deepest 1egree morti-
fying, but we are not certain but that in
the great majority of cases of skulking,
the men were more sinned against than
L 4 i IL -
first warning they had of the presence of
an enemy was the opening of a battery fir
ing shrapnell shell at a distance of three
hundreds yards This shows not only the
inexcusable want of vigilance, but the
wonderful want of sense on the part of
officers in charge of the position. Veter-
an troops would have been dismayed if
thus betrayed into the jaws of DEATH
The wonder is that the enemy did not ut
terly and irretrievably rout the whole ar
my which was slumbering on the west
bank of the Tennessee river, before the
commanding General reached the scene
of action.
The First and Second kentucky regi-
ments were at one time led in person by
Gen. Buell., and took rebel battery
Ihe los of the EirSt K,sntIlelsE, j. Esport-
VI kffiS-St anu IOfIN-clHlll WOtl00l-
ed. The Second Kentucky lost eight
Killed and fifty wounded. The loss of
the Guthrie Greys Is said to have been in
the same proportion, six or eight killed
and thirty or forty wounded. Lieut.. Col.
Anderson, of the 9th Ohio, was wounded
in the thigh slightly. Maj. F. p. Cahill
was wounded i'm the left foot, with buck
shot, and is temporarily crippled. He al
so received a musket ball which struck
his hmting-case gold watch, crushing the !
watch and glancing, and doing him no
bodily injury except inhicting a slight
wound.
An aid of Gen. Grant stated that Gen.
Beauregard had, on Tuesday, sent flag
of truce bearing letter, requesting per-
mission to bury his dead. The letter read !
in this way:
Owing to the heavy reinforcements !
you received Sunday night and Monday, /
and the fatigue of my men, | deemed it |
prudent to retire and not renew the bat
tle'-and he asked that the usual courte-
sy of permission to bury the brave men
fallen, should be accorded Gen. Grant.
for reasons he deemed sufficient. refused
it. The bearer of the flag of truce adj
mitted that Beauregard received slight
wound in the left arm.
THE REINFORCENENTs THAT CANE Up AND
TOOK PART IN THE BATTLE or PITTsBURG
LANDING.
Brig. Gen. Nelson's division-lst brig
lde, Col. Ammen, 9th Ohio, command
ng; Both Indiana, Col. Gross: 9th Ohio.
Lieut.. Col. Anderson; 9th Ohio. Lieut..
Jol. Fred. c. Jones. Second brigade,
d. Bruce, Goth Kentucky. COM
lst Kentucky, Col Enyart; ID
Col. Sedgwicll; Goth Kentucky,
Lieut.. Col. -, commanding. Third
brigade, Col. Hazen, 4lst Ohio, command
ng-4lst Ohio, 9th Kentucky, and 9th
indiana. Brig. Gen. Tom Crittenden's ,
livision-lst brigade, Gen Boyle; 10Th
)hio, Col. Beatty; 59th Ohio, Col. Pfyffe;
9th Kentucky, Col. Hobson; 9th Ken !!
ucl<y, Col. Grider. Second brigade. Col. /
Vm. ). Smith, 18th Ohio, eommanding-,'
9th Ohio, Lieut.. Col. Hawkins: Both ,
kentucky, Lieut.. Col Maxwell: Ilth Ken !
uclly, Col. P. p. Hawkins; with Menden- !
alrs regular and Bartlett's Ohio batter .
rs. Brig. Gen. McCOol1's division-First
rigade, Brig. Gen. Lowell III. Rousseau:
st Ohio, Col. Ed. A. Parrott: 9th Indiana,
ol. Crittenden; Sd Kentucky, louisville 9
.egion:) battalions 18th, 10th and 18th
egulars. Second brigade, Brig Gen.
ohnston: 32d Indiana, Col. Willich: 39th g.
indiana, Col. Harrison; 10Th Ohio, Col.
-ibson. Third brigade, Col Kirk, 34th
illinois. commanding-34thI Illinois. Lieut.. y
ol. Badsworth; 29th Indiana, Lieut.. Col. :
Drum; Both Indiana, Col. Bass: 18th Penn
ylvania, Col. Stambaugh.
Major General Lew. Wallaee's division, :
ight of the army First brigade, Col. .
iorgan J.. Smith, commanding-Sth Mis- : :
Ouri, Col. Morgan l.. Smith; Lieut.. Col.
ames Peekham, commanding; llth In
lana, Col. George F. McGinnis; 9th In !"
lana, Col. Alvin p. Hovey; Thurber's
lissouri Battery. Second brigade, Col. :,
'hayer list Nebraska) commanding-lst !.
,ebraska, Lieut.. Col. McCord command + 7
lg; 23d Indiana, Col. Sanderson; 5Sth I
hio, Col. Bausenwein; 68th Ohio, Col
teadman; Thompson's Indiana Battery.