Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-04-17
Later News of the Great Battle.

We are enabled to give the follow
ing additional particulars relating to
the great battle near Savannah, Ten
nesee
The enemy attacked at 4 A. NJ.
Sunday morning. The brigades Of
Sherman and Prentiss being first en-
gagged. The attack was successful,
and our entire force was driven back
to the river where the advance of the
enemy was checked by the fire of
the gunboats, and our force increased
by the arrival of Gen. Grant with
troops from Savannah, and inspirited
by the report of the arrival of two d.
visions of Buell's army. Our loss this
day was heavy, and besides the killed
and wounded embraced our camp
equippage and SO field guns.
The next morning our forces, now
amounting to $4,000 men, assumed
the offensive, and by 2 o'clock p. NJ.
had retaken our camp and batteries,
together with some forty Of the enc
my's guns, and quantity of provis-
ions. The enemy were in full retreat
pursued by our victorious forces.
1t is reported by an officer who left
Pittsburg Monday evening, that our
forces occupy Corinth that Beaure-
CARDS arm was shot off by cannon
ball f; and that the body of Gen. A.
S. Johnston was found dead on the
field.
CASUALTIES.
Gen. Grant was wounded in the
ankle slightly Gen. w. II. Wallace
killed Gen. Smith, severely wounded.
Gen. Prentiss, prisoner Col. Hall,
10th H., killed Coils. Logan, of sd
Iii. and Davis of 57th H., wounded
severely. Maj. Hunter, SD Ill. killed.
Col. Peabody, 25th Missouri, wounded
Col. Peagram, acting General, kill
ed Col. Ellis, 10th ILL.,, acting Gen.
eral, killed Maj. Goddard, 18th Ill.
killed Lieut-Col. Canarand, I'D
Ohio, mortally wounded, since died !;
Lieut-Co Kyle, 4lst Indiana, NOR
tally wounded Col. Davis, 46th ILL.,,
do Gen. w. Il. Sherman, wounded
in hand by cannon ball Col. Swec-
ney, SD III. acting Brig General,
wounded. He received two shots in
his only arm, having lost one Mexico
also shot in one of his legs. Col.
Sweeny kept the field until the close
of the fight, and he excited the admi-
ration of the whole army y Col. Dave
Stuart, 55th III. acting Brig. General,
shot through the breast on Sunday,
returned to the field Monday Col.
Charles Crufts, acting Brig. General,
shot through the right shoulder, not
dangerously Col. Haynie, 4sth Ill.,,
wounded slightly Col. j. c. Nc
Henry, 18th Kentucky, do; Lieut.
Col. Morgan, 18th Indiana, wounded
severely Lieut.-Col. Stout, 18th Ky.
slightly Licut.-Col. Ransom, llth
ILL.,, wounded badly in hand Col. Ma
son, list Ohio, wounded slightly
Major Eaton, 18th Illinois, acting Col
wounded fatally Major Nevins, 18th
ILL.,, wounded slightly Capt Irving
w. Carson, Gen. Grants scout, head
shot off by cannon ball Captain
Preston Morton, wounded mortally,
since died; Capt. Dillon, 18th Ill.,,
killed /; Capt. Carter, 18th Ill.,, killed !;
Major Page, 57th H., killed F; Col
Garfield of the I'D Ohio, killed.
No official accounts have yet been
received from the great battle near
Pittsburg. Spectators of the scene,
who arrived at Cairo, can give no &C.
count of our loss further than that it
was terrible. Eight hundred wound.
ed are reported on the steamer on
their way down.
One OF our batteries was takeu and
retakcn six times.
The enemy took thirty-six pieces of
our artillery on Sunday. They arc re-
ported all retaken, and forty of the
encmy's on Monday.
Gen. Strong has received notice of
large numbers of physicians, nurses,
aud hospital stores coming from Chi
cago, Springfield, St. Louis and other
places. Several barges of ice arc Or
dered mp the Tennessee river for the
wounded.