Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-16
TIE pI,AsTER AT coRINrH.
Toe Mobile Register 40

The Mobile register 40 Advertiser OF lO!h inst says:
We resr,t .la the particulars thus tar hand Of the
rcsus b. be- a. 7Et near Cornh leave m room for
doubt lhst the result sSSoGs disaster Our special
has furnished By Telegraph such accounts
a. be could obtain, bu! the corhe: va, even hot
Ter and more bloody than be has lea u 10 believe We
have had the pleasure OF interview with Col J. w.
Ports Of the a. Alabama, Who arrived BY tie morning
train having besn sent home by the Sargeon-GenerA,
from whom We obsained some details Of tie battle. Co
p was himself vouldsd by the concession OF an eI.
JoiiuE ste which struck near hin, killing two men and
suoek.a. LiEi oosa, and considerably irJlriug him.
F-or st4lru-o. ani other Information We make up
the following narrative:
ras nttle r.s ned on Fi,y last, ccu Eenciag at
eight ocl.cy a. The morning, aud continuing without
,s5sl.ioa - eight O'Clock Ct night Oar forces nun
baret ab.u: - Goa fshtDg men, under command OF
4 j)r Ge1e a. Van Dorm, and they fought wish des
psfa.e valOF no. exceeded by any troops during the
var.
srAl in command we're terribly deceived, having been
lursd BY the enemy into trap carefully prepared for
Ihem aad made % got agalas heavy edd' without the
hope o. any substantial advantage for tnis waste OF
hood aud lie. Toe movement Oosinth made
rom the Wet, the enemy withdrawing bis ekets a.
DIR appgoacb destroying camps s,reEng the say With
krapsscks guns e,J.Gily Uat ne reached his hrst
line OF acknowledgements, where ne made resonte stSad.
oar men rap,iiJ pursued wat they supposed hJiog
sDemy coratilg on q blo,dysI victory. some OF the
.owl III .hou. fsng q gun. Their eyes were open,
shen they sAs le ssrr-d ranks Of tho enemy pepael
"a receive them and they then knew that hard and
boedy hEhi was at hand. Hoores brigade, OF mAurys
Division led the advance, and the battle soon ragged
not and lurioully Toe enemy fought Wel-better, it
Ia aid than ever before In the West-bu, they could
not uiih,,aud the furious charges Of our gallant men,
.ho steadily gained upon them, driving item from en-
rspchneat 10 ,ntrancAneni uut night cess upon the
scene.
rI, next day the yat resumed, the enemy mean
m, having been heavily reinforced, bu: cue troops
,rsiq pressed toward, gazing the iowa OF Uorlt1,
aGd the rliaot ~ Aab mi planning It's c3lors within
q saurs OF the Tislinnso Hotel l. became evident,
.o4eYsr tcs; the struggle was too uuGqll 20 DC con
,nusd 20 advantage bS cur forces whose ranks be-
coming ls,rfulv thnued and won down by fatigue
auqger, while me enemy Tsro being continually rein
forced Toe order WAS then given 10 tall back and our
troops wi.hdreE ircm he h,ld, lsEvny many OF odr
dca1 aod o. the wounded IL the possession Of the
-osuy Asan Eho, the EidsrAlI had thso "a a heavy
,orce estimated - 20 900 men, from Bolivar, 20 the
s1uth OF CORN r. win dssiga TO cut OF our rS:sea'
lud bs our Who'll aruy. T1ese fresh troops we're me;
aih uuez mD'c. Brewery aud ViEor by orr jidel men
in the sansunary engagement OF sln5y a. P'cihoaas
ID r.sl .gd lu t.a g.syOAh.ure 81 TIC toe ull thank
20 %. * as an experiences Of General Price, IN the
esc.cs a 0gc amy BY Jn lmproV''cd road 10 poa;
| west o. psg, s'.re they made A stand.
T-e bag.e o. Fnd.y Is sIii t, hrvo BEEN the hotes.
and mos. Fs79rr4e Il all Soldiers who we're IL the
| ~ ,uorsh.s c1ra: Toe eloVy appear 10 have been
-ororSsly po tel wi:h regard 10 al cur r3vene1's
Tssy lev wuel given division passed given point,
Via. wa, lie strength the direction OF It's sro5, how,
wiol aud where the attack vas 10 be made in short,
eyrryttlng they wished know, aud OF courss could
msks al the proportions they desi'ei 20 NEE a.
| We have no. been able 10 obtain particulars OF tho
casualties bat tia record fsaE, will b, sad enough
The Forty-Sec I'D Alabama vent into th' hght Of sri
| dRy fse hundred and thirty strong Ga SATURDAY J..
/ - Z a trt,r
stff cthcsr NET the n jpr, wa9 BAD bsal wounded in
said he tai L,eu 'al- 20 .slsr Of he regiment Tao
rest either killed. W1luded prs.ner7 ~ nal ELLEN
| By the way rom weakness.
| On Sunday ordec vas s-nt u Gen GlCry 10 make
charge With his division, bu this gaia1: Cihoar was
forced reply that hs lad scarcely tTo regiments ei!
| e. fJT duJ
ssns..az's artillery SAs badly cut Up being a. ove
time nelr'y surrounded by he enemy. DoaGsIi (3j b
Ala0am1J regiment vas also roughly HANDLED, but molly
sustained the reputation Of AllbauS in tie uueqa,l
STRIFE
/ sush is a brief, bu; We believe in the main truth
full narrative Of oar rtosl; movement to<arts CORN b.
Il ls not ou parpOse hsrs 10 comment upon the fio.s
related They TOO painfl TO dsell upon, sld cal
loudly for prompt and searching Investigation by the
Government II {. shall De found that our gallant H.
lie army hiss been led into the lws OF deah" eni thus
GU. up by the gucripcs. STUPIDITY, Encouragement
Of Comm lniera tho coun;ry VII dsmIud tlai exam
pie be made that shall prove assurance "a
the people and warning to Incompetent self sufh
| Gent Generals
Toe situltion in hssissipp demands the prompt aud