New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-13

obst rncsiops thew came calamity forward Mt
81 arce. swrerinV every thing before them. They
occupied the streets OF Corlnth. aud err line Of pi
lie wa. formed ilrt in front Of TIE DIX OF the pro-
yost marahal Meantime oui oatter,s were laying
mon ,he n with excellent effect. hinge she'll from
battery 'Wilams" exploded IN the midst OF solid
colnmn am thirty were sent to their long account
Tceir reserves had been prevented from coming up
by the attentions of the batteries and our boys raj
living charged upon them, and thew scattered ana
ran, many Of them being shot and bsyoneted III
their tracks They were put TO flight AID IN great
disorder reached the edge Of the timber beyond the
abatis, from which they started
Bv his time the first line, and reservee-what
there was left Of them-had reached their old po-
sition the second line forming an angle OF ninety
degrees were well advanced III the direction OF bat
ery "Robinett." This was the torlorn hope. DIS
arpo nted 10 gaini Judgement in the village, dis
comfted and disheartene0, they must confess TO an
inter rout if that battery be not taken. Once III
their poseession the town Ia there. The 2UUJ men,
nassed in single column, eight deep, moved forward
in silence Gen. Rogers at the head, regardless oil
tie shower of bullets which whsilsd about their
ears and decinated their ranks. The decitive mo-
ment-the turning point Of the cement, had ar
rived Every battery bearing on the column was
double charged Wi grape and canister, WREN
burst over their devoted heads. Scores were killed
at every discharge, but they moved steadily on,
maintaining the silence of the grave. Ar fast IA one
took his place. They charged up TO the battery re-
serving their fire tilt they reached the parapets.
Twice reru-cd the third time they reached the out
er works aud planted their flag upon tie escapment
IL was shot down and again planted bat shot down
again They fired from tue Iurapet and through the
,uhr,sures and had partial Pc OF tie works.
Bot their triumph of short duration. a cOrd'ng
10 previous instructions, tie gunners Tell tack be-
| hind the works, and battery Williams and bat
tery "Robinelt" threw "a murterOus ire II was az
LII .a.f.. ..ts.. "A 40 f.aF.
lnl accuracy. No body of men could stand that fire,
and they re uctantly withdrew. Ihis charge upon
,hs battery was "A magnificent but ioOlhariy affair.
The intensity of tie fight may be- Judged from the
fact that 260 dead bodies were found III and about
the trenches within distance oil my Ieet oil me
work. Then came a splendid charge upon the dis
o-aered colnnu by portion of Col Mover brigade,
and they were routed and almort ann,hilated. Tbs
attack upon the fort was twice repeated aud az Often
upulfed Col. Rogers and Col. Ross were killed,
and several other woll-kuown aud important held
officers The fighting where Col. Mower made his
charge was for great portion OF the tine band to
hand and of the most desperate character A. they
retreated down the bill toward the TIMBER their
sfartin g-pont batteries " RObnet aud " Williams
played upon them with double charges Of grape and
canister ad made their retreat take the character
Of "A roui. In the mean time skrmIshlng waf going
on IN front of hatteey Phips, resulting in sharp
hle fight lasting fifteen or twenty minutes, at The
end Of which time the Rebels relreated.
Beaten at every point, and disappointed in their
well conceived and nearly execuiei plan OF captur-
ing Corinih u general movement, II rctrcatng,
war l,inly perceptibe along tue entire Rebel ne.
This was ABOUT ~ on Saturday, aid virtually tie
end Of the engagement here. Oar troops stood Ia
line in readiness 10 receive them AT every loiui,
rhonld they desire 90 renew the attack. IL was
thought that an attempt would be mace 10 nass the
Rebel troops at some otier point but this expecta-
non was not destined 10 be realized. The enemy
slowly took up his line Of retreat 10 the direction Of
Chervalh.
Anights rest and hiyousck rcfresl ed orr wearied
,roops aad with fresh men, to the number Il 800
under Brighten. M,Ph,rson, which arrived from
j ckson during the night, Ut Daylight they started TO
rur.ne the retrealng elf Gen kosromns ioi-
lowed the Rebel army mill near The llaicrie River
tue lfIdgo over which stream Gen. linrlhul had
reached with his division from Bolivar, aud destroy I'd
near pocahontas. The Rebels found her retreat
cut OH that direction, and attempted 10 rctrca, to-
ward Ch.vaa, when they met the al vanoln x column
OF Ros.crans. There was fighting all day Sunday
and to d,v and this evening We have the carrying
iniellge IRON Gen X aecr.ns tuat the enemy j.
at er.y routed AID defeated. large number II his
D. tho,e VINO .ped the casualiios OF Friday aud
Saturday are killed aud wounded, aud wo have moro
. i,onefs uaD we can provide quarters for. IL IL q
low "a nate 10 say that Ia tho eLgagcm' n. here and
on the Hatchie not less than 10 o. kcb,- are killed
and wounded. Probably uy tust number have
Been taken prisoners. An Imm,use quantity OF
resrion and We may safely oouuG upon the utter
obstruction OF tue flower Of tie southern army.
Our bati,rics, among which were one battalion
Of tie Flrrt Missouri artillery, 4-pOuncer Parfos,
,st guns and calrfOue AZ follows: Company ID,
Can't RichAfd.ou one gun; Company H. Capt.
Walker, supported By sn Ohio regiment. two guns;
Company l. Lieut.. Ihufler, tire. col. -ol6; Com
tsuy X Lieut.. Green formerly commanded by
Capt Stone, brave and gallant officer, The hero Of
nine batle-, since promoted 10 inai0fship for gal
lantry al DOnelton and SAlloh, nothing. TIE tirt
Minnesota battery, Capt. Muuch, suppoded by he
Fifteenth Michigan abandoned one gun dstlled by
recoi II II reported That All Iowa battery, whose
name / have been unable 10 learn was captGred by
the enemy and afterwards abandoned, b-cause OF
the calling fire 20 which they were subjected al
of our batteries did excellent service throughout
both Gays.
PRIVATE ACCOUNT.
The following letter was received from Lieut.
Kinzie Bates of the lst l.. S lniantry son Of the
Hon. Geo. C.. Bates, OF Che 90 Lieu. Bates was
in tie Corinth fight, and lac gives good account
Of it,
ConIyTH, Miss Oct q, 1862.
DEAR FATBfR: The telegraph has already told
YOU OF the &c, perate AID bloody couhi OF day be-
fore Yesterday. We have again defeated the enemy
in tbo mort desperate engagement OF the West. All
say that Shiloh nOwh' lie To the fight OF Oct. 4.
can hardly give you description OF The fight. We
had two batteries overlooking tie town Of Conuth,
one Oh one side the railroad cut, and another on tie
OTHER, about 200 yards apart. 1ley common
field redOutr n0unlii three 2J-pouud Parrotts;
the other which | ws.s ~, mounted four 30-pOumd
Parrotfs one inch fOwItzer aud supported On tie
iauks by a field battery oil the "a Regular Artillery
OF Fix guns. The first days fighting the enemy
drove our troops back Oh our iofiihcations, tina,
oiued a reIni-circle around the town. On the nom
ing Of the ih, a. - o'clock, they opened upon us
with a rifle battery oil eight gum, which they bold
placed within 800 yards OF our two works that were
manned by men, and 10 us they devo ed their
entire attention dunng ihe day. Ine other works
not being htlc To DO much, We soon Gisnount.i aud
HILLARY LII of nl.n