Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-10
LATER FRom THE BATTLE FIELD

tie of yesterday, and of the condition Of our army
/ at Shiiosh up to 8 o'clock, P. NJ, at which time
we lcg the bstle ielI uud Returned 70 C0riuth.
stated then that a portion Of our army was On
its way back to Monterey and Corinth, the re-
treat being well pro,ec I'd by powerful batteries
| erected in the very camp of the enemy, in and
on the left of Shiloah, and commanded by all our
generals, except Beauregard.
IiDtimatcd also that the enemy was likely too
much injured to renew the battle on thenext day,
and that probably our forces would, under cover
of night, move back to their former position just
beyond Monterey. At nightfsll it commenced
to rain again, and the rain did not cease during
the whole night. How our troops managed to
move away then heavy train of wagons, the i'm
mense amount Of stores, ammunition, artillery,
then remaining within a mile or two from the
enemy, is a mystery to me, and well show the
SUPER, Iy oil the arrangements taken by our gen
erals to insure their safety.
What the enemy did suffer during the two
battles Of Sunday and Monday can be well in
fsrred from their inacti IL dun Q last night and
this morning. They assuredly knew how
much our men were exhausted from the tolls of
a two days fight; yet, with fresh troops on THEN
side, and the facilities of fresh supplies of all
kinds near at hand, upon their boats, they dared
not renew the experience OF the last two days
Thus cur troops retired slowly and YEARLY,
through mud and water, the largest portion only
as far as Monterey, distant eight miles from the
battle field some as hr as Corinth. Here they
have been coming in during the whole day,
bound for their old camps, half starved, exhaust
ed, wet through and through by an incessant
rain, aur iu good spirits, more than ever conf
dent of whipping the Federals whenever an op-
p~ortunity is offered them. Seven-tenths were
provided with new blankets and army blue cloth
OveTcoats. As to old hiut-lOck muskets, they
had entirely disappeared, and Federal Enfield
rifles were decidedly the weapon our soldiers
had chosen on the battlefield to fight hereafter
with.
Presently came by a whole ~bsttery-the
Washington artillery. The captain stopped and
brought a flag 10 headquarters, the trophy of the
battery. All the pieces filed by us and we learn
ed that the battery had done what history had
seldom found oc ,asion 10 record, which is, to ST.
Ience and then capture an enemy's battery.
Fresh horses and ires1 troops were sent onward
to the seat Of action. Surgeons and doctors vol
uuteered their services. Wagon after wagon
drove slowly on through the mud, after our
wounded, and moves in every direction plainly
indicated that an anxious w~atehfuluess on the
part Of our generals was fully alive to the wants
Of our army after such severe work.
Gen. Polk arrived at 2 P. NJ; everything was
progressing favorabIy. The enemy was evident
ly very busy within their old lines and well can
tented to les Us alone. The old general, as he
aLighted from his horse, covered with mud, could
hardly stand up, and al rushed to him with a
word of welcome, feeling it an honor to shaFe
hands with a general who had proven himself
50 gallant a leader during the whole action at
Shiloah.
Thus the day wore on slowly, without bring
ing any intelligence of a new character. The
battle was evidently over. On Monday we had
evidently held our ground again, even against
superior numbers, Of mostly fresh troops, and
on the extreme right, under Gen. Chalmers,
driven the enemy back to the river. Weather
aud roads had alone prevented US from securing
all the fruits Of the great victory Of Shiloah
Bat, as it was, a great object was effected. The
ia5iFcibis western troops had been defeated and
disorganized by US the prestige was gone from
them, and a lesson taught which will not soon
be forg ten.
Buel's army was no longer threatening Mid
die Tennessee aud our right flank. 1t had just
come in time to save the Tennessee river army
from total destruction, and could no longer BE-
diverted from it and thrown upon other points
Of our Coniederacy with any chance of success.
L is now kept IN front OF US, and Buell. has
either to abandon his position on the Tennessee
river. or keep his whole undivided force where
we want to have it.
Whether our army viii be al recalled to Cor
iuyh, OF only retire as far as Monterey, is a
matter for the fu,ure to develop. AT any rate,
we may safely wish that the Federals would
become so infatuated as to march upon US at OF
near Coriath, over the twenty-four miles of that
country which our army has just crossed over,
safely for US, aud to their great discontinue.
I went into several camps aud tried to get
some lists of killed aud wounded, but found It
impossible to get them strictly correct. The
battle field is so far from Corinth that another
day or two must be allowed for stragglor8 or
wome ed to report themselves.
While engaged in that business, l learned
from an eyewitness what l bell, We to be the
real cause Of the Misunderstanding which oc-
CURED on the battle field between some Louisi-
ana and Tennessee regiments, and induced our
troops to FIRE one into the other. Some generals
aid mai brought a message to the Tennesseeans,
then in line Of battle in front Of one OF the
enemy's camps. He seemed very much excited
was very boisterous, riding al a furious rate
along and through he line, dressed in a Fed
eral uniform, which he had procured from the
enemy's camp, and which had evidently belonged
to some field officer in the Federal army.
this, as the regiment began to move on
he dashed through the camp, was mistaken by
3 Louisiana regiment for a Federal ofdcsr lead
ing his regiment to a charge, and at once a ire
opened upon him end tue Tennessee troops
moving behind, and returned by the latter. Be
the mistake was discovered, some casualties
had occurred on both sides. / understand that
officer who had created the difficulty was
iddled with bullets and fell dead.
A train is announced for Memphis. The
wounded are taken down to the depot, to be
sent to the different hospitals in the South.
prepare TO leave, hoping to be recalled here at an
date, to record another battle aud another
for our arms. EPIE.
EROm TARE BATTLE-FEELD.
CORINTH, April z, 1861.
EDITORS APPEAL; 1 write to you a short
account Of the battle Of Shiloah, on the FIRST
engagement, the 9th instant:
It was the dawu Of a bright day when the roll
e Tho r4u.kafrv in rne direction of the com.