The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-04-18
War News.
/ ROM PITTSBURG LANDING
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF
THE FIGHT.
Gen. Prcntiss Escaped.
ANOTHER BATTLE IMMINENT.

Pittshurg and furnishes the following:
The attack commenced about daybrcak
Sunday morning. Taylor's battery aud
Warehouses battery opened the fight
supported by the 23d Illinois on the right,
the 77th Ohio supporting The left oi
Taylor's and the b3d Ohio supporting the
lclt Of Watcrhousrs'. These regiments
bclu ging t. Shun,ah's division, octuuy-
ing The extreme right.
The Ohio regiments both Of them ran.
the 18th without iring pun, thus leay-
ing Wattrhouse without support. H.
fought half an hour. however. fctrcniing
with only three guns. Capt. Watorhousr
wts wounded in The thigh by u Mimic ball
but not fatally. His battery was very
badly cut up.
His lst Lieutenant, Abbott, was slight.
ly wounded in the shoulder. Fitch,
Chandler and Woodward, and five gun
ncrs, were also wounded.
Taylor continued The fight, supported
splendidy by the Twenty Illinois,
until he aud his support wore uutilankcd
ON both sides. lie then rctfcutcd through
cross fire. having but one man klludo aud
seventeen wounded. lie lost ~ horses,
his forge and suffers wagons Meantime
Watcrhouse, with his three guns, took up
Second priyadc Of McCln,n.rd,s niyisinn
Cot Marsh commandnc. comnosrd oCthe
foiluvinp troops, Tho nh. i7,h. 0pth.
4Jlh and ISth Illinois.
During the forepoon ,bcv ,,cro co,r.
rellcd 10 retire throuob thsir own ON.
csmrment. with benyv Ioss. int, snmc
woods In the roar. wbrre thrv C,rmcd n
second line of hnt,lc.
MeCltrnnrd ordered nm advance. Th,y
nryunc,.o ono bun,lr,d rrJs md c,,,c Il,
riuht of the rebels, and here commenced
onu of the most bit,rly con,rsicd en-.
puromcnts of the dnv. rosnltipy in Tho re-.
pulse of the enemy who were driven bnck
through our cncnmpmcnte. Tho en- my
rccescd strong rr-rnlorccmcnts, and our
nnnunition being out, we retired. Ano,h.
er brigade took our place. but were COM
RELIED to retreat until within half milo
or4hc river.
Al thnt time our nrtl,crv md gupboois
orrned fire, the lpitrr rpusinr nvh,l
slaughter. The enemy wcrc occur, inc
our rnmp, mud The pnrborts tlrrw shells
over our heads, and the Ground in cycv
direction was ltuinlly filled with rebel.
slain, when Tylo.s battery took nm n
tc,ured position. II was a parade rruund
of the first division.
Tyl,r's battery took rcsition nbou,
800 yards in front, rc,t ntiug splcudid
ur,illtry duel, hich silorcrd The rebel
battery and blew mn their chissnrs. Our
b.ys set up shout which fniry drowned
the nusketry. Taylor's battery inter
that was ordered into the r,srryc. Tn,
left wing. with prrntiss. on tho lcr, ,l
sh~rmans, were driven back parable
with the right
The gunbuut firing was krlt IN nllnight
Poor Carson, tho scout. was killed rbout
tuusut. lie had Just come across thoriyer
with Intelligence that Buell. was crossing
Ho reported 10 the Commanding General
stcpprd back, and that inStnnt his keut
was shot cff by cannon ball.
Several Mississippi regiments who hu,
arrived on Saturday night at the rcbe
camp, double quickcncd 20 the bnttl,
gr' und, and were immcdiatel rcpuscd
Col. Hicks Of the doth Illinois il bad
" wounded, but not fatally. Lieut.. Col
Fitzpatrick of tho liih Illinois is Killed
lcut-Col. Ross oc the 3ad Illinois il
wounded dangerously. Col. David Stew
art was wounded through tho len che I
but in spite OF his Surgeons romonstran
COS went back TO the field. When III,
boat loit Col Wallace was still living
with faint hope of recovery. When ou
reporter LETT ON Wednesday Col. Swcoue,
OF the AID Illinois was wounded four times
not fatally, aud kept the field until order
cd on. Col. IlUync was also wound
cd. Gen. Macarthur as wounded in th
foot.
DR.. RuScotton, of pcorin, BRIGADE Sur
gcon, was seriously Injured. DR.. Younp
4cth Illinois was wounded in the head -
Frank w. O'Rielly, Assistant Suruco
i6th Illinois had Mimic bali shot throur
his le,.. His wound is not total.
SECONDARY.
The attack WAS commenced ly law
Wnllaco's division, which Ind como nm /
the nirht FROM Crump's LANDING on IN
encmy's lett. The enemy fuught vii
hall dog courage and were dr,yen bnr
inch by inch, hotly tursupd Sly of ~,
batteries were reoapured and about thirt
of the ruhel gums were taken.
A Michigan battery cnpturcd ON Su,
day was recapturca hy tho 10th Wiseo,
Sin on Monday. Al ihis tlmr Con. non,
regard WINS wounded in Tho arm. In n
efforts to rccnn,ure th,i- hattnry no Ia
the attaok In nerson uryin, bis mon n
with his sword He Was sueecsshl
taking the battery. but il was noain mi .
from him, II wMs enn,ured ami r,.rn,
turrd no loss tbnn six ,imcs
Co. A. Chiengo Iisht Ar,illerv cor
manded hy Iient u u Wnnd ,,n, !
severely hundled an the first Jny IN,