New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-21
Tux sURpRIsE AT sHn0H.

Rev. Robert Collyer, who went up to Pitts
burg Landing with one of the fret boats sent
with comforts for the wounded in the late
battle there, contributes to Tie Chicago Tribune
some interesting details OF what he saw and
learned there. With regard to the bringing
on of the first days battle, he says:
Among those 2s5 wounded men, many Of them once"
o, intelligence gathered she only cler idsas and conclusion.
wa. .be 10 come to- concerning the battle WI give tnem
"A g., them They were evidently the true conrfuon'
Of IA. men that listened them with the deepest interest
not 90 much because they rE be tue Though hinh tna'
g. Of rro, vsue bu shove s because that the way the
6,t,r, think not individually bu In Fr't all who
d .n,ing about r. sd that the f;s surprise Of Sunday
morning was th. result Of unp,donabe negligence ON the
mart Of he coumander. The themselves Knew that the
woods all absnt them were swaTming with the enemy Il
uote the exact pha,e but there EFFORT made to sel
clear know edge Of the real condition o ngs sud rot even
picks, guard until perhaps Saturday and THAT TINS
krowled.e certain danger hem for which their
officers made provision made the men feel unseSdy ana
uustguug II they could have known e1sctlg what "as
hidden among III. tree. snd rsviu~s they would
have had better courage % srlppo with II when II
sprung upon them. s. when ths enemy cane siormins
doSn with a ncrce, determined onsaush sinOs ~thou!
parallel IN battles they we're tasen a. double dissd
vantage They we're outnumssred ana d5prsed At the
sam. tme. Second the ba,.e sunday was badly man
s-a The men sid to me: We would hsse fought We
moan, 20 sh; VENTED to tshii va will hShti bu' We
were outaAnksd every time. Ju't sure As We made
.,sad had to tight superior numbers pc; whore they
could 10 they liked aud could only DO awe could
We did away. don't deny 4, so under the bank
and s,sd there we could no, come out Whyl BsesUs.
was no u.e. gives ii, lie be wants 70 got The
worth OF it, Third The Tennessee River the sun5es,s
- n Fl.i inn II ol
fgoa .ocoud Bull Run. snnlhstoB The river hed the
troop, TO- and the snbos, With the batteries s.fuly placed
BY Col eb.,er protected them until Buell. up No,
steamboat probably would hAys been ien but o'
these Fourth These who had run on sun
day wen, IN With Buels Monday. Fragments Of
im.ns patched os;her the of The morning gathered
now ,pr, when they wha, they had 20 do and the
universal testimony 10 that they fought wellneyef men
fou h. better than those that went back TO hgh:
again. F.nh. The battle Monday vd, q BATH
on ths pert OF the enemy 10 which BE- apparently did
hi. before he bsgsn retreat. Tie did not mean 70 re-
,rs, bat he lad 10 do because beat him back st
while on the Sunday routed the Monday e re-
trasi.d nd routed i!s retreat well done Such
is the unyer. testimony. The esvty made very iisle Ina
preston him in the retreat for three fcssons first h
well ordered second the roads were bad TO- cay
airy; and third they could tell what sort OF tap might
lie oI , ,u In the wood. inquired diligently aer h'
idea of tie 70 the final result and It that We .E
about hero were week before the battle with loss
OoO ia Killed, wounded and missing. Yet that viii
every Gesiio i4 IL. prestige o. tho battle remain
finally with forces A. fought a. s equs
terms, our beat them without Tue shadow Of Doubt
The everywhere wounded ard well Ia good heart
sign Of depression anywhere beyond whs, comes on
OF pain aud loss of blood The look soous II they
had grown older but did not speak to who did NO
say beat the enemy every tine n SET fair Psy