The national Republican., 1862-04-12
THE GREAT BATTLE 4
& HNTsBuRG.
AJssOTzkER ACCOUNT
Desperate Character Of The Contes,
COMPLETE DETAILS.

| CINCINNATI, April 10.-The correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Times gives the following account
Of the Pittsburg battle. --...r1
Our forces were stationed In the form Of a
semi circle, the right resting on point north
Of Crump's Landing, our centre being in front
Of The main roud 10 Cotinlh, and bur l,l ex-
tending 10 tho river In the direction Of Ham,
burg, four miles north Of Pittsburg Landing.
Al two O'Clock on tho morning Of The 9Th,
four hundred mon from General Prentiss' Di-
vision werc attacked by the enemy, half mile
In advance Of our lines. Our men fell back on
the Twenty.nI,h Missouri, swiftly pursued by
the enemy.
The advance Of the rebels reached Colonel
Peabody's brigade just ss the long roll was
sounded and the men were falling into line.
The resistance was but short, and they re-
treated under CALLING fire until they reached
the Second division.
At six o'clock the attack had bccome general
along the entire front Of our lines. The enemy
In large force, drove in The pickets Of Genei ~
Sherman division, and fell on the Forty eight,
Seven 10th, and Seventy. second Ohio req
ments. These troops had never before been in
action; and being 30 unexpectedly attacked,
made ns able resistance as possible, but were,
in common with The forces OF General Prcntiss,
compelled TO seek support on The tro'ps inme
diately Ia their rear.
At one O'Clock the entire line on both sides
was fully engaged. The roar Of cannon and
musketry was without intermis ion from the
main centre 70 q point extending half way down
the left wing.
The rebels ,u,uic u desperate charge on the
Fourteenth Ohio Battery, and not being sufii
ciently sustained by infantry, il fell into thcr
hands Another severe light occurred for the
possession VI The F.fIl Ohio battery uud three
Of It's guns taken by the enemy.
By eleven o'clock commanders oi regiments
bad fallen, aud In some caseS not single field
officer remained; yet The lighting continued
with an earnesin.ss which showed that the con.
Test on both sides WINS for death or victory"
Foot by foot the grouud was contested, and
finding IL impossible to drive back our centre
the enemy slackencd their fire, and made Wig
outlank and drive II " the river bank. This
wing was composed Of the Fourteenth, Thirty
second, Four,y fourth, and Fifty seventh luii
ana, Eighth, Eighteenth, and Tw, MY first lii
nois. Fronting its line, however, were The
Fifty y-iourth. Fifty seventh aud Seventy ventI
Ohio, and FiitL Ohio cavalry, Of Shermanis di
vision.
For nearly two hours sheet of q re- blazeil
from both columns, the reb ,ls fighting with n
valur that was only equallel by thoss contcud
ing with them. While the contest ragged The
| I"''VS', wv RNub'ut yVi EtcS"u IiNNi
to point opposite the enemy, and poured in
broadsidcs from her imncns" guns, great,
aiding in forcing the enemy back Up TO .
o'clock, the battle RACED with fury that d, lie,
, description. The rebels had found ihpir al
tempis 10 break Uur lines unsvIling. They
had striven to drive In our main column, and
a-ding that impossible, had turned all theil
strength upon our left. Foiled In that quarter
they now mad, another attack on our centre
and made every fort to rout uur forces belor,
the rein(orcemens, which had been sent for
should come up.
AT 5 o'clock there was short cessation in
the firing Of the enemy, their lines falling bach
for nearly half a mile. They then suldenl,
wheeled, and again threw their entire fore,
upon our left wing, determined TO make q iina
! struggle In that quarter; but The ganboa's 1y
ier aui Lexington poured in their shot thicl
and last, with terrible effect.
In the meantime, Gen Lrw. Wallace. VIII,
/ had taken u circuitOus route for CruDp's Land
lug. appeared suddenly on the enemy's rgh
wing. In the face Of this C m6nation OF cir
euuisiances, the rebels ielt that their enterpris,
that day was a failure, and, as night was ar
. pron;hing fell back until they reached an al
vantagcons position somewhat In the rear If
, yet occupying the main road 10 Corinth
The gnnboat continued 10 send their shell
after them until they got out Of range.
After IL weary watch Of several hours of in
tense anxiety, the advance regiment Of Gen
iiucl's army appeared on the opposite bank o
, tho river, and the work Of crossing the rive
began the Thirty sixth Indiana and Sixty eight
. OniO being the first " Cruss, follOweh by th,
main portions Vi Nelson's aud BruCes dpis
iouH.
Cheer after cheer greeted their arrival an'
they were Immediately sent to the advance
where they rested on their arms
i All night long steamers were engaged Il
frrryiEg Gen. Euelrs forces across. When day
light broke Il was evident that the rebels, to,
had bcen strongly reinforced.
TINE SECOND DAY y FIaiIT.
, The battle was opened by the rebels ut sevr
oclcck, from the C0rinth road, and IN halt al
hour extended along the whole line.
! Al ninc O'Clock the sound Of artillery an,
. Try fully cqlalled that Of The preyiou
. day The enemy was met by the reinforcement
! and the still unweariet soldiers of yesterday
with All energy they certainly could not hav
. expected. II became evident that they war
r. avoiding the extreme OF our left wing. and "a
, deavoring With perseverance, anu de,GrmnRtio
= TO lind some weak points by which 10 turn on
y forces. They left one point but returned to
. Immediately; and then, suddenly, by some mas
!, teily stroke Oi gencralship, dirsc ed II mo-
), vigorous attack upon some division where the
tHHCVu tbCy Wouiu HOt bC 'ApcCVu
!. fire Of our lines was Us steady u. clock worl
and II soVn became evident that tho enrm
II, considered the task he had undertaken hop,
!. less one.
y Further rclniorcrnents now began 10 urriv.
- and they were posted Oh The right Of The mi
= = cen,rc under Wallace. Gems. Grant, Burl
y u Nelson, Sherman and Cril,erdcn wrra ever,
e where present. directing tLo movements for
!, ~ new stroke on the enemy. Suddenly bot
= wings VI our army were turned upon the enemy
with the intention Of driving them into III e,
N tensive ravine. Al the same time u p0weri,
'. battery was stationed in tho open field, ar
! poured volley after voley of canister into tn
rebel ranks.
At III o'clock, the roar Of the battle shoe
the earth. The Union guus wern tired with o
The energy that the prospects OF the enemy
defeat inspired, while tho rebels fi,s was nc
so vigorous, and they evinced u desire 10 viii
, draw. They finally fell slowly back, hepin
+, up a lire from their artillery and musker
a a along their whole column, aud they ,re.rcate
"a They moved In excellent order, battling 4
,. every advantageous point aud delivering the
y fire with considerable Ell CT But from all th
- divisions Of our army they were pursued,