Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-25
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and prevent the defeat or capture of our forces !.
IA IeW minutes The line was complete, and
the position safe. The rebels soon fell baok.
and the CONFLICT closed for the dav.
Next morning General Buell's f,eah t.oon.
were placed in the advance, those Who hai hssn
In the Sunday fight forming In The rear. spd sp
attack vas made on the rebels at an esrly hour
IL was now the enemy's turn TO retreat, and hv
the middle Of the afternoon, after another con-
tlct, the rebels were driven entirely from the
field, and In full retreat for Cofinth. On yisit.
Ing the scene OF tho first conflct With the enc
my, Captain Mccormick found the ground Gov
cred with dead rebels.
Next morning, Tuesday the BIB, Gen. eher-
man ordered out the ID brigade, composed of
the IIth, 9th, and 53d Ohio reeiments. COM
manded BY Col. HildebFand, and 4 Battalion of
tne avn Illinois Cavalry to follow the retreaiiDg
repei army. About Ave milsa from Shiloh
brigade was halted, and the TIN reeir6 ~. now
numbering about two hundred men. M nrder-
cd to be sent forward, 10 line Of battle. = Thoy
advanced till the administers were within short
range OF brigade Of rebel cayalry---the Texas
Rangers, Col. Writ AdAmss MfsalsVippi and
foreses kentncky regiments Tbs 1iih was
halted and the sklrmishets we're ordered 20 are
and fall back to the regiment. The moment
thls order was obeyed, the rebel cavalry made
furious charge upon she little baud, and cut
the regiment TO pieces before the brigade could
come to its relief. Firing their cafbineS and
shot-guns as they came, the rebels dashed M 10
within few yards Of our infantry, and With
revoivers drawn roured upon Them q most gall
ing FIRE. In the meantime, the 77th had onfptied
their muskets and were defenseIess. Capt. Nc.
Cormick had bis revolver raised and juat on the
point Of firing to the front, when bis arm was
broken by revolver shot from one Of the Tex
as Rangers, who charged upon the tanks. Be-
ing thus disabled, and at once surrounded by
half dozen mounted rebels, with reyoIyers
drawn, he was compelled to surrender.
After taking his sword and revolver, they
drove him to the rear, with revolvers pointed
at bis head, and repeated threats of death. IN.
lees be increased his pace to "double.quiek. )"
This he refused to do, and was only relieved of
this kind Of treatment, when rebel Lieutenant,
hearing the oaths and threats of h.s soldiers,
sent them away, and took charge Of the prisoner
himself. After marching two miles through The
mud, the Captain was taken to Gen. Breckr.
ridges headquarters, where he was questioned
as 10 the number OF troops we had In the frst
days fight, our loss, the Time OF BuelPs arrival,
etc. Gen. B. inquired how many men Grant
and Buell. together had. Capt McC. replied:
"That is question you have no right to ask.
and you cannot expect me to erswer" He
said be would have suffered death before he
would have given information calculated d
ipjure the Union cause. The General also
wanted to Know II there was general advance
upon them. The Captain replied thas be
thought they would see our army soon enough.
Had the rebel General known there was onis a
skeleton brigade Of Union troops near, be prob
ably would have ordered his division over tie
hill, and cspsured the whole party while they
were burying the dead. Instead Of this, his
forces were drawn up in line Of battle, to await
the advance Of our army. t
The Captain was then Gent to the hospital a.
Gen. Hardee's headquarters, where his wound
| was dressed by Union Surgeon, (Ds Rum
baugh OF the 25lh Missouri) DR. Lawrence,
| OF Arkansas, Gen Hsrdee's Medical Director,
also treated him with marked Kindness. He
was taken from there to Corinth, where he re-
mainsd month. Here he was also treated
kindly, BY the Surgeons and the ladies.
On tie ssh of May our caunous were thund
ering at the Cofinth fortifcations, and be wac
sent OF short notice to Golanbus, Mise. where
he remained two weeks. and Jared badly. From
here he was taken via Mobile to Montgomery,
Alabama, and thence to Macon, Georgia, where
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hundred Union soldiers were confined as pris ,n .
era Of war, one hundred of them OTHERS
They had no blankets furnished them, and many
had TO sleep on the bare ground. Their rasions
were very poor-a &C ant allowance of bad Aour,
or corn meal, and about half pound per day
OF bacon, much OF II spoiled so badly It could
not be used. The commAndsnt Of the post Was
Q tyrant, and cared but little for the comfort Of
the prisoners. One man was shot BY bis orde' Q
Tor approaching step or two nearer the guards
than thirty PAGES.
| On the 9th of July the United States army
officers at Macon we're removed to Madison,
Ga, where Gen. Prentiss and some sjxly othei
officers were confined Gen J. T. CrIttsnden,
OF Indiana, and forty other officers captured Of
Murfreesboro. Tenn, were afterward brought
to Madison and the whole two hundred femain.
ed here till the 7sh of October. Capt MoCor-
mick says the rations were worse here Than at
any place ne had been conHned-oorn bread
without salt and spoiled bacon--though Capt
Cnandief. and others who had been at Tusca-
i0osa, say ths treatment there was worse sill.
Inc prisoners bad been told from time to time
that they would be released in "s few days, /"
and were still kept, until they realised that
'hope deferred maketh the heart sick.no At
last long expected order came, and they
were taken through Columbia, 8. c.. Raleigh.
u, and Petersburg Va, to Richmand where
tney were pstoled on the llth Of October
From there they walked to Aiken,s Landing,
twelve miles down the James river, where they
founda United i6taias steamer ready 10 Rake
them to Washington City. sfa
!; Ihe Captain says the rebel soldiers are very
poorly clad, many Of them being almost bare.
footedsa destitute of other Rsrme6fs neces
sary TO comfost. Il shis opinion that they will
also run short Of provisions being tbeir
only crop 30 slbsist their army, families. me-
groes, and their horses and Other st0ok land
even the corn crop is short. He believes q VIZ
orous winter campaign will gofar to .crush out
the rebellion-the enemy being Less, able to
stand exposure than our soldiers. He expresses
the belief that the Pfesident's emancipation
Proclamation will amount to but lls.le, and is
u opposed to such policy believing. thls was
should be conducted simply to uphold tbe Con
stitution and the Union, wi.hou. reference 70
the negro question.a But it viii not presens him
fsom doing his lhtyjn defense and epppors Of
II the country. Every true patriot will atspd By
the glorious old flag, potwi ithstandng the Pfesi.
dent may net pursue what he considers the
| wisest course. s tes .rs7R-s tsRstoonsg q
!, We have no room tonotice other mstters re-
. ferred to BY Capt, Mccormick, but az be prom
ses to send US occasional letters for publication
the readers Of the Republican will probably &c,
some Of them from his own PEN.