New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-18

having done hard tghtlng and 40 every man pfuseu
by spent ball. or scratched IN any way, IL .suie 10
be set down.
Further Incidents Of the Bas'Ie--t;en. Hal
Ieck Rc-organixing she Army.
Special Dispatch to The Cincinnati Gazette.
CAIRO, April IA, 1862.
Auditor Dubois and Gen. Cook Of Springfield left
Pittsburg on Saturday by the mail packet Van
Pattin, and arrived this morning. Gen Cook 10 I'M
well and going home to recruit his health.
From them and others we learn the following par
ticulars:
Gen. Hurlburt lost, out Of 1000 men, in killed,
wounded and missing, 1888. He had q splendid
force Of choice troops, who fought like Turks cut
Col Tader, OF Decatur, was killed Col John Davis
feels sure be will recover. Col. Bane OF the SVth
Illinois, is dangerously wounded; Leut. Phi
Ips's case is dangerous; Col. Merlsy was slightly
wounded.
When the lIth Illinois were mustered on Monday
morning, they could bring but forty-iye men into
the field The 9ih Illinois Paine's old regiment,
mustered only two hundred effective men. Colonel
Fryes Regiment were the only Illinois boys that
acted badly. They bad never been IN action before.
The battle was stayed on Sunday by the gunooats
and heavy siege guns of Matteson's and Sverspsr =
Batteries, and by the arrival Of part Of Buell. r
forces.
Our cavalry was not very effective In following
up the rereaiing Rebels being bindered by the un-
o
men marched into CoriDth in good order.
Gen. Grant wss 1t Savannah, eight miles below
Pitsburg, when the battle opened, and did not ar
rive till 10 O'Clock.
When our informant left, Gen. Halleok was reor.
ganzing the army as fast as possible, and preparing
for every emergency.
SECOND DISPATCH
CAIRO, April lt-9 p.
The cause Of the Sunday repulse is not definitely
ascertsined. The roads are now impa"sbe from
heavy rains. Gen. Hurl5urt discovered one Of Mat
tesons 64pound howitzers abandoned, and called on
man near 10 work it. He did 30, fired and sighted
il sixty Live times moving the enemy terribly. The
nan wee Dr. Ceuing of ~. LoDis-a surgeon. Gen.
Hurlbur thought him an old artillery officer.
soldier, wounded and csptured in our tents on
Sunday, and sftcrward lsft when the Rebels ro-
tres'ed, reports Besuregard ~ making q strong
speech on Sunday night TO his officers and men. He
assured them that they would make an easy prey Of
possessed, and bads them take nothing they had
It would Be needed in the rapid marches they
were about making in pursuit OF the UDioniets who
might escape. The Rebels taken prisoners on Mon
day confirm this statement. Brig. Gen. Johnston,
the Rebel Provisional Governor Of Kentucky, was
killed. His body is at Psducsh.
Different accounts concur In making the Rebel
force nj Corinth from 5000 TO 200. IL is sup
posed from 4j 600 TO 200 were ip the action. Our
forces had Is. 900 in the action.
| The Hiawaths brought down go wounded to-day
noon. An adequate supply OF transports is lying at
Piitsburg. Five loaded with wounded are ready to
come down. Some 70 to Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Commission did nobly in relieving
the wounded. So did that Of st. Lous. Orders
were found Oh A. s. Johnston from JEFF. Davis 10
press on and attack Grant Oh "wednesday, for Buell.
would Join him by Thursday. The bogus Gov. John
ston of Kentucky sad he did not win 10 i've as the
Confederacy was ruined, and be did not want TO
it. Gen. Rugges WAS killed, ard Bushrod johnson
Ii also reported dead.
The following account Of the great battle, written
by Major John w. Foster, of the 25th Indiana, is
the most clear relation we have yet met with;
PirrsBunG LAsDIsG, Tenn, April T. 1862
DEAR FATHHR: Tired, worn out, almost exhausted
have Just brought the remnant OF the noble 9th
Indiana back into our old camp, from the front OF
the hardest fought most strongly Contested, aud
bloodest battlefield upon the American continent.
+ 1t cannot lie down without first preparing short
account Of it, to assure you Of my own persoDal
safety, the gallant conduct of our regiment, and the
glorious triumph Of our arms. terrible conflict OF
two full deys Of continuous fighting has this evening
left us in possession Of the field, which was at one
time almost lost.
Yesterday Sunday morning, about Ct o'clock,
lust after we had finished breakfast, We were At
tracted by continuous roar Of musketry, With
sonal discharges Of artillery on our extreme lef,
near the river. In few minutes we were Ia line
of battle, and moving forward TO the stack. We
full Of fyingmen, and all along the route Tor the
two miles we passed over, were strewn guns, KNAPP
sacks and blankets, and vs found, to our diglnay,
that our front had been completely surprised, one
role division scattered and retreating in utter con-
fusion, and the enemy in force already mile within
our camps.
We were drawn up in line of battle, our brigade
under command Of Col. Vestch in skirt of timber
bordering large field, on the outer edge OF which
our troops were engaging the enemy. But the
enemy pressed on in overwhelming force, and Just as
the troops in front of M began 10 waver, we dis
covered that the enemy had hanked MS on the nigh,
and was rapidly advancing lin what force we knew
not, but the woods perfectly swarming) to a.-
tack our brigade the night and retr. Soft became
necessary for US TO change our front 10 the roar 10
meet them.
The 18th Illinois wa, on the right, the 18th Illi-
nos in the center, and the 25th Indiana the left,
the other regiment, The 10th Illinois, by the rapid
Aarking of tie enemy becoming detached from the
brigade, was not with us again during the whole
action. This brought the first fire upon the l5th IL
linos, which stood it nobly, but was soon over
likewise the 14th. In the mean time the
troops ia front and the left completely rout-
ed by the enemy and came pell-mell tight through
our fines causing come little confusion, and hardly
had they passed through TO the before the
my were upon us, and here the fire of musketry was
mort terrible.
Our men tried TO stand up to n, but everything
was breaking to pieces all around us, and il was
more than we could do, short Of annihlaton. We
poured in few wel-drected voleys and reluc-
family left the ield-many Of our nien firing as they
ie'l back. The lose here was very heavy. All the
held officers of the 9th Illinois were killed instant
Iy, and many commissioned officers; two Of onr
Lieutenants killed and three wounded, and one
of our Captains il either killed or prisoner. We
will make thorough search for him on the field In
the morning.
We len dead on this field fifteen men killed almost
inet2nliY on The hraA fiye Ard n laYQe number