The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-23
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NUNAARY OF RECENT EY6kT0.

papers. will DO feund interesting:
GOA ESP oHpnHc1 BETwElY slsssAL lIAusDoAaD
AID aHE81AL GRAFT.
The following 10 the oorreapendsnoe b.
tween General BesuTeSa1d and Cen. Grant
In relation 70 the burial Of the dad ct The
battle Of Corinth;
0m1l 8ssssa1s5d - 0s.sst orsss.
HBADa'as A1MY o. RS MJsG5ssISPI.
Moyr1ayY, April &, lse3.
Sir At the close Of the con Act yes terdny,
my forces being exhaustsd BY the extfaordinA.
~ length Of time during which hey were on.
gagged with yours on that. and on the proceed.
Ing day. and 1t being apparent that you had
received, and were still receiving. reinforce.
ments, felt 1t my duty to withdraw my
troops from the i'm mediate scene OF COZ dict
Under these circumstancess an AGO oraancs
with nsases Of war. sh.ii transmit this nm:
der dlg OF truce, TO IL permission 70 send
mounted party 10 the battle. Held Of Shiloh,
for the purpose Of giving decent intsrmsns
70 my dead.
CERTAIN gentlemen Wishing to avail them.
sslves OF this oppor unity 70 remove the re-
m aims Of their sons and ffiaAds, I must ~
quest tor thea the privilege OF accompanying
deem Il pr per 10 Say that an aaking only
what nave extended 70 yo1r own country.
men under simtiaf eiTcums,anoeG.
,s Hs.p;s'fall1' aen:ra1 yea. Oh: :ss's
General OommandinG.
To Major General q. $. 0rsnt, United States
army, commanding United states forces
near Pistsoarg, Teen.
Rsply Of Gsn1al 0rssx
6BADa Rs ARHy In TIE EIE1p,
Pittsburg, Tenn. April Q. lsel
Ger. q. z. Bsoa5S6ard, commanding UonfsA.
craze amy OF the Aissiaaippi. Aontsrsy,
Tenn.
eeived. OWING 70 the warn tn Of The weather,
deemed 1t advisa Die TO have all the dead OF
both parties buried Immediately. Heavy
oesails were made for this purpose, and II -
There oannet, therefore, be any necessity Of
admitting within our lines the parties you de-
sire - send. on the ground asked. ! shall al
ways We glad to extend any courtesy consist.
by humanity. I am, General, very rsspsctt
fully, your o6edient servant,
u s. 4RAHT, MsJ or. General.
The army correspondent OF The Mobile r.
stssg, who furnishes the shove, sS DIS:
Gan. Grant has doubtless had orr dead
bsried. but the judgment of mankind will
not approve OF his refusal 80 allow the pa
rents and friends Of the siajn the privilege Of
recovering the remains of their loved ones,
or Of designating the places where they
have been Inferred. he declines 70 do unto
Gen. Beanrsgard as Gen. Beauregard has
done unto Federal commander on former
OCCASION
TH5 6AsvALTIxs
A letter from Lortn Ii, April IT, gives very
candid statement Of the oasuaiues In the late
battle, which we copy:
The extent Of our casualties has not yes
been aScertained, the regimental and brigade
reports not having been sent In. 1t Is believed.
however, that our loss u much leas than 1t
was first supposed to b, especially In killed.
The battle was fought for the moot part In the
woods, and the timber protected oar man In
measure from the snemy's IRE. For the came
reason, many OF the wounds In dicted-a Large
majority Of them-were oompar asively slight.
arma- 1t Would be NO sxaggerauon to SAY that
I cav myself ct least Loo who had bsen thus
wounded. Many had been shot In thu mouth,
or had their faces slightly marked One poor
follow had ak ta0th carried away b. ball,
but received NO other injury. Another had
his entire chin shot away, yet he con t1nued
TO are ct the enemy until he literally blod to
Our killed will hardly sxosed soo-soms
estimates Of the Woaudsd-soms putting 1t
1t 600, others - high - I, 900 It u Prob.
able that LOO viii cover our entire los In
killed and wounded and missing. Monday
night II Was believed to have been much
heov,er. A comfortable portion Of our forces
are still on active dHty and In Close vroximi.
y to the enemy, and hence the dialculty Of
procuring exact results q
We can only ofRsr conf iures as to the o..
Ssr opportunities thar OF tor ming correct
opinion. think that 600 Will cover their
killed and wounded, aud three thou.a cd will
cover their Los In prisoners, including ssms
400 efaoers.