The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-04-10

'nemy, and before dark the hrlng Eau
nearly ceased, and night coming on. the
ombsanis rested. a Our men rested on
III, ir aru 8 in the position they had occu-
pied a, ,he clJss Of The fight.
The forces Of General Wallace arrived
and General Busll's forces from the other
-its Of the river and Savannah. General
Nelson was ordered To form on The right
and G.oeral Critteuden was ordered to his
support Early in ihe morning, General
Buell. having arrived the battle was open
Cd Lv General Nelson's division on The
Ieft aud Wallace's division on the right
General Nelson's forces opened most gal.
ling fire on tn rebels and advanced rap
IDLY ne the rebels iellback. The Ere
sosu became general aloDg the line aud
began to tel with terrible etfec, upon the
rel els. Generals McCleruand, Shsrmsn,
and Huhbut's mrn though terribly jaded
from the previous days sighting, still
ma,ptained their honors won al Doneson.
But tie resistance Of the rebels WAS terri
lie and worthy better cause, but they
were not enough for our undaun!ed bra
very. and the drear tesolatioE produced
bv our artillery which swept them away
like chaf. But knowing that defeat there
would be the death blow to their hopes,
their Gsnerals urged them on in the lace
OF drslruc,ion, hoping BY fankiog US t'
turn the tds Of battle.
Their success Was for time cheering
as ;hsy began 10 gam ground on us, ap
pcaring to have reiuforcements, but on
left under General Nelson was driving
them back with wonderful raPidity AM
al | o'clock Genera Buell's forces sue
cseded in haoking them and capturin
their batteries Of artillery.
They ha~Sver rallied 90 the LET au(
recrosscd, and The righs forced themselve
forward in smother desperate effori, bu
ieinforcements of General Thomas comm
in. regiment afer regimen :, which wor
sent 10 General Buell. who had again CON
menced 10 drive the rebls. About Ihre
O clock P. NJ, General Grant. rode 10 h
left. where fresh regiments had been orde
cd and finding the rebels to be waverins
he sent portion Of his body guard 10 IL
head Of each of the Eve r. gimen's an
then ordered q charge across the fel'
himself leadng-balls we're falling hh
hail around him. The men following wit
q shout that resounded above the rear an
din of artillery, and the Rebels fled in dis
msy and nsver made another stand. Gen
Buel, followed the re,reatirg Rebels, dri'
. ing them in splendid style, and at pa
a past three P. NJ. the Rebel army was
:, full rstres. 10 Corinth with our cavalry
|. hot pursuit,
!, We have taken large amount Of art
lery. also n number Of prisoners. We 10
a, q number of prisoners yesterday, amoI
"a them Gen. Prentis. The uumber has n
d yet been asce, tained but is reported seve
NJ ai hundred. Geo. Prentis is report
D. wounded. Among the killed on the ret
ID side is the Gsneral 10. Chief, Albert Sy
to nsy johnson by a cannon ball oil Sunda
III OF this there is no doubt, as it is oorrod
ut rated by several Rebel officers taken
ir day. 1t is further reported that Beau'
ne gard had his arm shot of this afternoon
no There never has been a parallel TO
Z. gallautry and bravery ofour officers, fr
'le the Commanding General to the low
II officer. General Gran. and staff were
en- the field anil riding along the lines in
nd thicLtst Of the sn-my's Ere during
- entire two days, and all slept on
" ground on Sunday night during hca
rain. On several ooeasiops Gen. Grant
". within range Of The ehemy's guns aud
he fred upOn. General Sherman had 2 h
he SIS killed under him, and Gen McOls
"a nauds shared like dangers. and also g
'r' tIurlburt. and each received bullet h,
'is through their cloths. General Buell.
w. mained with his troops during the en-
he day, and be with Gen Critenden
he Gen. Wilson rode continually along
o line encouraging their men.
nd LATER.
w CAIRo. 9.--The enemy attacked us
'e' o 'clock on Sunday morning. the Bri
me adss Of Sherman and Prentice being
- first engaged. The attack was success
'ur Our entire force was driven back 10
ny river, when the ensmy'S advance
an checked BY the Ere Of The guuboass
a. Next morning our forces (now amount
not to 50, ,oOO) assumed the offensive. B
els P. NJ. they had re taken our camp
ion batteries. together with some 40 Of
'h. ensmys guns and a number Of prison
mic and the enemy were in full retreat. ?
ard sued BY our victorious forces. The
OF usl,iss are numerous. Gen. Grant
the wounded In the ankle, slightly. Gen