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Rattle of Shiloh--The Second Days
Fight.
battlefield OF SHILoE,
(Near the Tennessee River,)
Monday Night, April 7, 1862,
We have had another day of battle and
blood. The fight was renewed this NOR.
ming, at eight o'clock, by the enemy, who
had been reinforced during the night, and
with the exception Of short breathing spells
it ragged with tremendous violence and fury
until night separated the combatants. The
apprehensions expressed in my letter OF
last night bave been realized. Buell. did
come up this morning, and with him came
large reinforcements. Butt am auticipa-
ting the events Of the day. Bet me re-
sumo the narrative where my last letter lett
it, and rehearse the varying fortunes Of the
day in the order of their occurrence. This
is necessary to a proper understanding OF
the battle and until the general sketch OF
outline is drawn, it will be impossible to
enter into those minor details which con
stitute an interesting feature in the picture
Night alone prevented us from reaplne
the fruits of our brilliant victory of yester
day. 1t was quite dark when we chased
the enemy back 70 Pittsburg Landing,
where he sought protection from his gun.
boats and river works, Had Beauregard
possessed the power of Joshua to command
the sun to stand still in the heavens for ths
space Of an hour; our victory would have
been as complete as that of the great he
brew warrior. As it was, We expected tt
be able 10 capture SO much of the Fedora
army this morning as could not be trans
ferred to the other bank of the river last
night, unless large reinforcements should
come to their relief. The enemy received
the most important aid from his gun-boats,
Indeed, he is indebted to these gun.beats
for his escape from certain destruction
They, together with his river works, an.
swered the valuable purpose of fortihca.
tions, to which he could retire when beaten
on the field. With only our light field
pieces, it was impossible to operate at night
with any hope Of success against these
works and boats, or to prosecute during the
heavy storm that followed, the work of com
pleting the victory. Our forces had reach
ed the river in one or two places as night
came on, and in this way had gained some
knowledge of the ground and the nature
and position of the enemy's defences.-
With this knowledge, and the enemy driv'
en- into close quarters and caught between
our lines and the river, there was every
reason to believe We would be able to cap
ture the larger part of his forces this NOR
ming, provided they were not reinforced
during the night or transferred to the othel
bank of the river.
The boats kept up constant firing du
ring the night from their heavy guns. L
appears that the enemy did not seek to re
cross the river. Knowing that large rein
forcements were at hand, he held his posi-
ton on the river bank until this morning
Gen. Beauregard knew there was division
of 1000 men at Crump's Landing, fe7
miles below Pittsburg, and he gave order
last night to proceed against them this NOR
ming and to capture them. This division
succeeded, however, in forming junction
with the forces at Pittsburg, and at gh
o'clock this morning, the Federals, thu
reinforced, moved out from the river an
offered us battle, They must have know
that other reinforcements were at hand
and that they would arrive upon the hel
at an early hour. The fight was renewe
about mile and half from the river,
midway between the river and the FEEDERS
encampment.
The enemy came up to the work wit
great spirit and resolution. Appeals ha
doubtless been made to the men during tn
night, and the re,possession Of their cam
Represented to them as point OF homo
frorl which there could be no escape. Th
attack was directed against our centre an
though vigorous and spirited, and not eS
pected, it was repulsed, and the enem
driven back with great slaughter. He ra
lied again, however, and this time he move
with an increased force upon our rlgt
wing Here, too, he was repulsed an
forced to retire. His next attempt was d
rected against our left wing, his assac
growing more vigorous and his forces II
creasiug with each succeeding moVemen
Indeed, it was now evident that he had rt
ceived large accessions to his ranks, an
that we had fresh troops and heavy odds
contend against. But the Confederate
nobly did their duty, and the attack on th
left was also repulsed The enemy agai
retired, but only for time; for Buell.
forces had now come up, and the attac
was renewed all along our lines, on tt
right, centre and left. simultaneously wit
this, an attempt was made to turn both o,
wings.
The battle now ragged with indescribab
fury. l have never heard or imagined ar
thing like the roar of the artillery, and ii
incessaut ratting of the small arms. II
deem thunder bass of the one, and Il
sharp, shrill tenor of the other, interim
gled with the shrieks of bursting shells al