Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-04-30
CoRINTH, Miss. SATURDAY. An,;, "a

CoFIsrH, Miss, Saturday, April T.
no;nt aen - i':e or nothing to be written from tb;s
not srsaJ,1 Tue late battle of which YOU are
et, a'feaoy aware. The distance from tho hat,s
held-some twenty three mies-tbs tne. t'iI oatie
army is scattered over several miles of cou,. ss
Tue tarolness with which details come nj ~ anu
sucn interesting personal narratives concerr;r t.
movements OF different regiments as give zpss ~
| description, prevents the record of that con'I0
history which it would otherwise be NV nla,S
! give. pressure TO
we occupy materially the same ground as on III.
Jay alter the light. portion of the battle NV
in possession OF the enemy; portion We s; lS
The Federals are busy in reorganzinr and VA WA
are rapidly strengthening our position. preu,rato.
to another tight which is likely to ensue wi,b,n y
mouth accommodating parties in force occaSio,,,
come towards our lines, but the presence Of .lnv,
Morgan and FORESTS cavalry acts as n ctoc. .,,,
nothing is either gained or lost '''u
Our ~ouhded-at least as many as can be safely
| moVeoIha'e oeen sent away and Corinth presents
much the same aspect as before the battle I rs'
marked in preceding letter that most of our wonnj
were IN the extremties and many of our killed wer
Shot in the head. This is accounted for bv the s.,
that being woody country, our troops .fTeouentv
took shelter behind trees Indian STYLE and ,h,;y,
protected the body. 1t is reported that DR., Chann
OF New Orleans, who served on the staff of General
| beauregard IN Virginia, performed thrty-one ampu
tatlons on Sunday. Probably large numbers of
limbs will yet have to be sacrificed to the surgeons
knife, because the necessary operation was moi ner
| formed upon the field These, however, are diff.
cultes which, in an army to peculiarly organized as
our own cannot be obviated without more experen,a
! than we yet possess.
| From one hundred and fifty to two hundred Of
our wounded We're left on the battles ground, on ac
count Oh the danger attending their removal, and
| were captured large number of wounded Fed
erals being likewise in our hands, correspondence
| on the subject has passed between Generals Brock
lnridge and Grant, and it has been agreed that as
soon as they recover they shall he exchanged man
| for man.
| 1t is reported in Memphis, which is only ninety
three miles distant that an extra paper was issued
at New Madrid Immediately after the battle in which
1t is stated that the Federa!s have had GLORIOUS
victory, and captured fifteen thousand Confederates
Nashville paper on the contrary, states that the
Federals have met with great defeat their loss in
killed, wounded and missing being not less than
| twelve thousand. The last is somewhere near the
truth. Our loss in prisoners during the two DAYS
| Will probably not exceed four hundred
Among the trophies exhibited here are several
Shields taken from the bodies of men and officers in
which they were cnveloped from neck to hips. In
one OF these was an indentation made by Mimic
bullet threefourths of an inch deep, showing that
WIZ 10 really tucCtual 'QeIenCe against
shots striking the body. The shield is so arranged
that Its weight is upon the shoulders being adjusted
there by iron bands or suspenders, and is made of
Steel The officer from whom the one inoues.on
was taken was killed by ball in the head
Other results OF our victory are also everywhere
visible Unless he knew better, a stranger would
mistake our army for frstrate Yankees. Fully
three-iths Of the men are dressed in Federal hats
and overcoats; some of our officers carry Yankee
swords, and altogether, we have gathered very re-
spectacle equipment of asms, garments, and lnxu-
ries
In my last letter, believe indicated that the
entire Yankee camp was burned, after being occupied
by our army Sunday night. This is an error
Only portion of it, unfortunately, was DESTROYED
and the remainder fell into the hands of the Yankees
on Tuesday after the fight our army having fallen
back to a new line of operations
The telegraph has already doubtless informed YOU
OF the occupation of Huntsville and Decatur Ala,
6y the FederalS, and the capture of some ten or
nleen cars The details are not known but it is
not generally supposed that the enemy entertain
any further .dssgn than to cripple our resources by
cutting OFT the Memphis and Charleston Railroad,
which runs through these towns. The distance from
Huntsville to Corinth is about one hundred miles,
II my memory correctly serves me- and it is hardly
probable that with any force he can command, Buell.
would march his army that distance, away from his
guEboats, on a thanking movement
1t Is now supposed that Buell. was not in the battle
OF Shiloh, first or last, though considerable portion
OF MS army may have been; but WAS engaged in
experimenting the movement on Huntsville
Island No. TO- far as regards its future relations
TO tne southern Confederacy, is also among the
tninss that We're" Its eighty guns and eleven
lnooats and transports have been sunk, twelve or
hiteen hundred men have been made prisoners, toge
ther with Gen. Mackall, the commander, and the
REMAINDER, who escaped, are now struggling into
Memphls IN squads of five, ten or fifty as the
may be. Scores will doubtless be drowned in the
oayous or lost III the canebrakes, where, in many
instances, the men have to wade for miles up to
their armpits in water. All our forces had been
removed to the main land from the island, and
here they were surrounded by the enemy and hem
med in beyond the hopes of escape excepting in
diVidual cases. The surrender took place on Tues
Gay morning. The first notification of danger was
the presence of gunboat which, in daring manner,
mad run the gauntlet of the batteries during
storm on Saturday night Then transports and
troops were thrown through a canal that had been
cut on the Missouri side, and merged into the
mississippi below thelsland Then fell our batteries
one 6y one, and finally the stronghold itself.
The next point of defence above US is Fort Pillow,
and this is said to have been shelled yesterday.
lts position is strong one, and with suffciency
OF troops may be considered impregnabe, but after
the experience of tie past it is folly to count upon
any thing as certain until it is proved so. We
are living, therefore, upon that
-, Hope which springs eternal in the human breast
If Fort Pillow falls of course Memphis goes with it.
and New Orleans-the grand prize Of the Fedcralsts
comes next on the programme. 1t is probable
that with the rich fruit nearly ready to pluck,
the enemy will stop without some further demon
sration that stupendous effort will not be put
forth to secure the keystone of the South and West
There is very little panic in Memphis, however, and
the people are quietly, if not almost caousy, an
ticipatng the worst. "QuEL QUuN."
NTORTH.CAROLINA,C CHATHAM COUNTY.
II Court Of Pleas and Quarter Sessions February Term,