The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-05-29
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
From our voIuntee
CAMP NEAR CoRINTH, MISS,
inf L. S. A, May .3, 1861.

6aatrg-P Participation Of CGm0Ta0ns an We
Rattle Of ShiLoh--Hoac they Fought, etc.
Correspondence of The Alleghanian.
We are now on the "sacred soil" of
Mississippi, and, with the exception that
iust in this region it is deuced mean soil,
we find nothing in it different from other
portions of Mother Earth Our camp is
located in a beautiful wood, where the
heather is charming and the climate de-
lightful, and we now luxuriate in all the
beauties of spring in the balmy South
We received, day or two since, The
AHeohaniaa containing the extract from
the Philadelphia Press complimenting Co.
G for their bravery. 1t was read by the
bows with glowing checks and dimmed
eyes, for they felt that their heroism had
been appreciated, and their friends and
relatives at home had reason to be proud
of them. But "fair play is a jewel" and
it should be remarked here that it was
not Co. G alone that charged upon those
batteries through that deadly fire. The
charge was made by twenty-one companies
o: regulars, composed of battalions of the
10Th, 18th and 18th regiments Infantry.
1t was a glorious movement,
Capt. Williams is one of the most reck-
less officers / ever saw, and by some means
has infused the same spirit into Co. c.
If he were to tell them he intended lead
i. ~
ordered them forward, I verify believe
every man would follow He clapped
his company right into that blazing fire,
when the charge had been sounded by
the buglers, and the boys, in spite Of the
solid shot and canister rained on them,
charged home on Secesh with yell
Our battalion was badly cut up at Shi-
ioh, owing to the fact that the regulars
were placed in the advance, and the fire
of the enemy concentrated on us. Our
brigade, we were subsequently informed
BY wounded and captured Seceshers, had
fought Gen John G. Breckinridge's bri-
g.de, composed of Kentuckians and Ten
nesseeans. We went at them at about
nine 4. NJ, and fought until twelve, when
they cavcd. Then went up one of those
Wild, exultant huzias which only men can
give who have whipped their foe.
I need not explain to you what men
who have picked squirrels of trees in lit
tie Cambria can do when called npon to
pick off rebels at a hundred yards with
riRed Springfelds. Suffice it to say, that
when the enemy brought their cannons to
play upon US, We soon disabled them to
such an extent as to prevent their taking
them from the field, Cannoniers aud
horses were laid low in all directions.
You have read accounts from all quar-
ters of the battle, so viii not bore you
with mine. l would merely remark that
the firing was most terrific. I could
hear the trees crashing all around as the
solid shot and shell few oyer US, and some
times into US, and the canister whizzed
here and there. In return, we would
pour showers of ninies into the rebels, to
iet them kaow that We were ''still there"
All that day We fought, determined to do
Or lie. We knew if We were beaten there
was no retreat, so We whipped then-and
whipped them well.
When we were ordered 10 take the bat
terry, the woods were So thick and the |
smoke so dense that the command became |
somewhat separated. Our Major, grad
uate of West Point and who has seen over
twenty years service, rode along the lines
TO where Co. C's position IN centre was,
and reared out, ''Where are those fighting
Cambrians - Odd if | know, sir" an
swered the Sergeant Major, -"they are
away ahead Acknowledgement The I
boys had become excited, and being Of !
good bottom, found themselves right in
among the six Founders before they were
aware Of it. Double quick was too slow
for tliesnl
SO much for Shiloh. BY the official
reports, some 1870 are reported killed,
wounded and missing. Pennsy lvania has !
reason to be proud of her sons who held |
her honor in their hands on that bloody |
battlefield.
Our present position is in the centre Of /
the whole army Pope's army forms our
left wing, and Is commanded by Major I
Ec,o-.I D.