Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-04-17

Paducah. Capt. Bcrtram's bodv will h,
sent forward to Cincinnati to m orrow.
THE FORCE ENGAGED AND THE KILLED AN,
WOUNDED.
AS near as / can estimate OF the entir
force engaged in this conflict have Sc
it down at the opening Of the battle a
being about sixty thousand, on the rebe
side, with a somewhat smaller number
say over fifty thousand, on ours. Tbi,
morning witnessed an addition to out
troops CT about twelve thousand men
whllo from the testimony Of the rebe
prisoners taken to-day the reinforcement.
to the enemy were about eight thousand
men, half of whom had been left at Cor.
inth when the troops moved from that
point on Saturday evening last
The exact knowledge possessed by the
enemy of every foot Of the contested sol
on which the battle was fought, gave them
a greater advantage than was awarded Us
by the trifling increase in numbers, but
Oh either side the battle was fought with
desperation which ] could no. have be-
lieved to exist in the minds Of men, un-
less in cases Of strong personal grievance.
The determination appeared, even under
the most calling fire, to be victory OF
death. The Mi8siSsippians, on the side
Of the enemy were the ruling spirits, and
they well deserve to be set down as among
the best fighting men Of tho day.
AS for our own troops, ! shall refer to
but few especially. The Illinois, already
famous at Donelson, fought like devils
to sustain their well earned reputation.
The same may be said of Missouri, Ohio,
Indiana, Wisconsin and some of the
Iowa regiments.
The 9th Ohio, under Lieut.. Col Ander-
son, occupied dangerous position from
the time of their arrival to the close Of
the battle, and | could see no difference
IN their manner and mode of bearing tc
that Of the famous 18th Illinois, whc
had borne the onslaught on the left wing
the day previous. Every man did hi.
duty well.
The lst and % Kentucky, in the fight
to-day were the men for the position
they occupied. They as well as the 9th,
were under CALLING fire for not less than
five hours, yet when the enemy thought
proper to turn their faces towards the
"most sacred soil Of Mississippi" they
were ready and eager to follow, which
they did with great alacrity.
THE BATTLE GRoUND--ITs LOCATION.
The ground upon which this mos
bloody battle was fought is known a
Pittsburg Landing, and it is situated il
Hardin county, two hundred and forty
miles from the mouth Of the Tennessee,
river, and about ten miles from the Ala
bama border. 1t occupies an eminencC
of some fifty feet above the river, and
has but two houses, both Of which were
riddled by tie shells of the gunbc ats
when the national troops first arrived,
several weeks since. 1t was the main
outlet previous to the building Of the
Memphis and Charleston Railway, for
the transportation by railway OF ali pro-
duce raised in the vicinity of Corin;h
and the more interior portions Of the
State.
The ground, beyond the eminence,
is stretched along broad ridge, which is
pierced at intervals by deep ravines, run
ming mostly in a southwesterly direction,
and covered with scrub oak, growing so
close together that it was impossibe for
either infantry or cavalry to pass through
them and preserve any kind OF order. In
this scrub oak, or "black jack" the enc
my kept themselves as much hidden from
sight as possible. From the river bank
to the furthest line of the national camps
there were but three open fields, of from
fifteen to twenty-five acres each, and il
was when the enemy endeavored to cross
these, into the heavier forest on the tor
of the ridge, that our troops were enabled
to do them the mcst damage.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A number of our surgeons who wert
at the hospital tents at the opening o
the battle, were forced away by the reb
els when they retreated, in order that they
might attend to their wounded.
Very few prisoners were taken on either
side. 1t was life and death struggle on
both sides, and not fight for captiyes,
The Times correspondent thinks the
rebels will make no stand at Corinth.-
Their last effort may be to make rally in
some more Southern portion of either
Alabama or Mississippi, where the hotter
climate may make it unsafe for our
troops to pursue them. This is, howev.
er, matter for Gen. Beauregard and cir
cumstances to determine, Gen. Algernon
Sydney Johnston not being in the con-
sultation, having been sent by some well
directed shot to a hotter climate than
that of even the cotton growing States
of the Gulf border.
When the hospital tents were captured
by the enemy, some Of the tents were
burned with the sick in them These,
believe, were insulated cases, for in others,
all the kindness which could be afforded
in the excitement OF such an hour was
awarded them. In some cases | found
that they had even filled the canteens of
the sick with water, and left them by
their couches for future use. In others,
they were roughly treated, cursed as Yam
KEGS, but yet not outraged as they had
been on former occasions, where the for,
tunes of war had made our men the sub
jects of their mercy.
Two Ohio regiments, the SD and 77lh
are reported to have run on the first day
without firing a gun.
Carson, the scout, was killed about
sunset on Monday. He had Just come
across the river with intelligence that