, 1862-04-16
IFw wAILACE'a MOVEMENTS.

LEW wA11Acgs MoYEAEsTs.
In speaking of the opening Of Mondays
battle, r mentioned Major Gen. Lew Wallaee's
opening the bali at seven O'Clock, By shelllng
with enalading fires, a rebel battery. 4 few
shots demonstrated to the rebels, that their
position WAS untenab1e lThe instant Sher-
man came In to protect his left, Wallace ad- |
;. .vanced+ his infantry. The rebel battery at |
once llmbered up and got out Of tie way. The
Sherman, making left half wheel, to get back !
into the neighborhood of our line; they ad- |
yanced SONG two hundred yards, which |
brought them to . little elevation, with a |
ion hailed on the crest Of the swell, there !
passed before them rare vision. Away to |
the front were woods. Through the edse Of |
the timber, skirting the fields, the head Of
rebel column appeared, marching past in J
splendid style on the double qaick Ban
Bars" formed Q long line, stretching PARALLEL
with Wa11ace's lne Of battle. Regiment
after regiment appeared, the line 1cngtnened,
and doubled aud treb1ed; the head Of the
twenty regiments were counted passing
through these woods. The design was plain.
The rebels had abandoned the idea of forcing |
their way through ourlett, and now the man
iess attempt WIGS to turn ouE right
batteries were now ordered up-Thomp-
sons and Thurbey '6-and the whole column |
vas she4}ed as it passed. The rebels rapidly |
tnfe" their artillery into position, and brisk |
seanhnonnaing ehe n began After time while the
n ngn1 s1in rested with the artillery, the rebels
opened new anu destructive battery to the |
fsht; which onr men soon learned to know |
as Watson s5Lonisiana Battery,' from the !
marks On the ammunition boxes they forced |
It from tine to time to leave behind !
Batteries, with brigade Of SUPPORTING IN
tanty, were now moved forward over ooeu
helds, Under heavy fire. to contend aga5nst
this new assailant. The batteries opened, the
sharp shooters were thrown out to the front to
ordered down on IFS face to protect it from the
! lying shell and grippe For an hour and half
the contest lasted, while the body Of the divis-
ion S @ Was sti1l delayed, waiting for Sherman.
Marsh came up. He started to move across
| the fields. The storm of musketry aud grape
| Was too much for him, and he fell back in good
order: again ne started on the double, and
! gained the woods The Louisiana battery WIS
turned; Ma1sl's position left it subject to
| fire in flank and front, and then fed. The 9th
| er rebel batteries ct ouce did the same, and
| Wallaee's division, up to an instant, now that
master move had BWept the board, pushed
forward Before them were broad falloW fields,
| then woody little raFins, then corn fields,
| then woods.
The left brigade Was sent forward. It
crossed the fal1ow fields, under ordinary FIRE,
then gained the raTine, and Wis rushing across
AuI IOIAAS4Asl hAtu Lit S$AEut AOU16CaUa Steel
rided guns opened on them. Dashing forward
| they reached little ground swell, behind
| which they dropped like dead men; while
| skirmishe1s were sent forward to silence the
troublesome battery. The skirmishers crawled
forward TIL they gained a little knoll, not more
than Is yards from the battery. OF course the
battery opened on them They replied, if not
! so noisly, more to the purpose, In few
| minutes the battery was driven of, with artil
lerists Killed, horses shot down, and badly
! 1r1T71A E,f& f,oo o;rn
brave man-Iieut. Col. Garbcr-who could
| not control his enthusiasm at the conduct Of
| the skirmishcrs, and in his excitement inc1u-
| tfously exposed himself. all this while rebel
regiments were pouring up to attack the au-
dacious brigade that was supporting the skir-
nishers, and fresh regiments from Walace's
/ division came up in time to cheekmate the
| game.
| But the battery WAS si1enced. 'Forward,''
was the division order. Rushing across the
rebels face to face in the woods. The contest
| was quick, decisive. Close, sharp, continuous
musketry for a few minutes, and the rebels fell
| lack.
Here, unfortunately shcrman's right gave
way. Wallace's flank was exposed. He in
stantlJ formed Col. Woon's 10th Ohio in 4
| new line Of battle, in right augles with the
real one, and with orders 10 protect the flank.
The 1th Indiana was likewise here engaged
in s sharp engagement with the enemy at
WaSed fierce. But Sherman soon filed the
place of his broken regiments, again Wal1ace's
division poured forward, and again the enemy
| gave way.
woods again, and for three quarters Of q mile
It advanced uHdeF q continuous storm Of shot
Then another contest or two with batteries
| always met with sEirmishers and sharp shoot
ing-then, by four o'clock, two hours later
than on the fight, general rebel retreat
then pursuit, recall, and eneampment on the
! old grounds OF Sherman's Division, in the
very tents from which these regiments were
driven that hapless Sunday morning.
The camps m were regai9ed, The rebels were
where We began. Rebel cavalry were within
half q mile Of US. The retreating colums were
within striking distance. But We had regained
our camps. And so ended the battle Of Pitts
burg.
TIE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
I do not pretend to give more than an esti-
naate; but have made the estimate with some
care, going to the Adjutants Of different regi-
Ments that had been in SIS heavy fighting as
| any-gettiDg statements Of their losses, sure
to be very nearly if not quite occurate, aud
approHmating thus from the loss of dozen
regiments to The probable loss of all have
ridden over the grounds, too-have seen the
dead and wounded lying over the feld-have
! noted the numbers il the hospitals and on the
boats. As the result of 1t al, / do not be-
| 1ieye our loss in Killed and sco4nded will num-
ber over thirty five hundred to four thousand.
The question Of prisoners is another matter
Reports that certain regiments only have
1 half the men answering roll call indicate
nothing: The regiments are all more or less
disorganized, and the soldiers scattered every
where. Many go home with the sick; many
are nurses In the hospitals, many creep out Of
eight seeing all they can.
The Guthrie Gray Regiment lost very slight
II. No commissioned officer received any
wound even, except Lieut., Col. Anderson,
! and his is only from spent ball.
In the 4Sth Ohio, Col Sullivan was slightly
wounded; Capt. Warner. killed Lieut.. Ply
ley, severely wounded; Capt Bond, severely;
Lieut.. Lindsay, slightly; Lieut.. Pusegate,
slightly. These are all the casualties among
the commissioned officers of the regiment.
THE NUMBERS ENGAGED.
The best opinions Of the strength with which
| the rebels attacked us place their numbers at
| sixty thousand. They may have been rein
forced five to ten Thousand Sunday night
Grant had scarcely thousand effective men
on Sunday. Oftlese half dozen regiments
were utterly raw, and scarcely had their guns
long enough to know how to handle them
Some were supplied with weapons on their
way up.
Buell. passed three divisions and took part in
the action. Nelson's, Crittenden's aud Nc
Cooks They numbered say twenty thousand
liberal estimate. Lew. Wallace came. upon
Monday; with say seven thousand more. That
gives us, counting tho Sunday men as all ef-
! fective again, sixty-seven Thousand on Mon
day, on our aide, against sixty y-seven thousand
rebels. It wus not numbers that gained rs the
day, it vas fighting ALI honor to our North
ern soldiers for it.
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