The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-04-19

[ men were exhausted from the tolls Of a two days
light, yet, with fresh troops their side, and ia.
facilities Of fresh supplies Of all kinds near Al
hand upon their bouts, they dared not renew III,
experience OF the last twn days. Thus our troop,
retired slowly and wesrily through med and
water the largest portion only As far as Monterey
| distant eight nes from the battle nf!d come =
| Tar ~ tDfinth ,icrc they have been coming ii
| du;.ng the whole day, bound fDr their old camps
/ half starved exhausted wet through and through
/ by an incessant rain. but in good spirits. NOR
| than ever confident 81 whipping tie Federal,
whenever en- opportunity Is offered them Seven
tenih- were provided with now blankets and arm
| blue closh ovcTcoats. A. to old flint lock mus
kc,s, they had entirely disappeared. and Federal
! Enfield rifles were decidedly the weapon our snl
dicr had chosen on the battle Geld TO fgh, herpsf
| ter with.
| Presently came hy whole batiery-thc Wash.
ington Artillery. The captain stopped and brought
a nag 10 headquarters the trophy Of the battery.
All the pieces filed by ~. and we learned that "a.
battery bad done what history had seldom found
occasion 40 record, which is TO silence and then
| capture an cncmy@ battery.
! Fresh horses and fresh troops were sen, onward
to the sea, Of action Surgeons and doctor. vol.
uniecred their services Wagon after wagon
drove slowly on through the mud after our wound.
90 and moves 10 every direction plainly Indicated
that an anxious watohfnlress on the part Of our
generals was fully alive 20 the wants OF our army
| after such severe work
hfh' iulk arrived AZ = N everything was
progressing hvnrably. The enemy vas evidently
very busy within their old lines aud well con.
tented To let NJ alone. The old general as he
highiod from hts horse covered with mud could
hardly .tand up and all rushed to him with
word u welcome. feeling Il an honor to shake
HANDS with general ~b5 had proven himself 50
gallant leader during the whole action at Shiloh
Thus The day wore on slowly wiihuu, bringing
any Intelligence of new chamcter. The battle
was evidently over. On MondS We bad evident
y held our ground again even agsins, superior
numbers, 81 mostly fresh troops and n the sx.
irene night, under Gen. Chalmers driven the en-.
envy back to the river Weather aud roads had
alone prevented as from securing all the fruits OF
the great victory at Shiloh.
Wheihe our army will be all recalled to Corinth
of only retire as iaI a. Monterey, IL matter for
The future to develop. At any rlte we may safe.
y wish that the Jederals would become 20 iniatu.
aied a. IN march upon us at OF near Cnriuth over
the t~rnty-iouf miles Of that country over which
our army has jn-' crossed over safely for u.s. and
u their great discontinue.
went into several camps and learned FINN an
eyewitness what believed TO h. the real cause. OF
The Misunderstanding which occurred un the bat
ueheld between some Louisiana and Tennessee
regiments. aud ladnced our troops to fire one into
the other. some generals AVID had brought a
message TO the Icnuessecans then Ia Iiue oi hat.
Tie IN front Of one OF the cnemps camps lie
seemed very much excited and was very hai.
ferrous, riding at furious rate along and in the
ine' dressed in Federal uniform which he had
procured from the enemy. camp. and whlck had
evidently belonged to some field officer In the
Federal army. After this as the regiment began
to move on he di-hcd through the camp aud was
mistaken by a Louisiana regiment for Federal
Officer leading his regiment to charge and at
once Ere was opened upon him and the Tennes.
see troops moving behind. and returned by the
latter. Before the mistake was discovered some
casualties had occurred on both sides | under
stand tia, the officer who had created the difcul
" was riddled with bullets and fell dead.
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