The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-10-16

PIaub il tneIe was mhue Dy uaTlnS 1910"
VINO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS shots through
the body before he fsll.
The Sixty-third Ohio suffered most cf
the Ohio brigade, which consists Of the
Twenty seventh. Thirty.ninth. Forty.
third and Slxty.third regiments. The
Thirty-ninth was ordered to the support
of the sixty'third, and when it fell in be-
hind. the men absolutely lay on the
prostrate bodies Of their slain fellow.sol
diersi
The twelve.pounder taken BY the rebels
on Friday. was retaS on Saturday by
the Tenth Iowa and Sixty third Ohio, from
which skirmisbers were deployed to eject
the rebels sharpshooters from the tops Of
trees which commanded our batteries.
This brought ON the general engage
ment.
The rebel prisoners owned the terrible
disappointment they felt upon the failure
to take the place. for they were promised
plunder. They were lily provided, many
having little or no clothing. l saw KNAPP
sacks made Of canvas which once formed
U. s. mail bags. haversacks made of''buf.
ternut"cloth filed with roasted or parch-
ed core some execrable biscuit, but not
particle of meat They were perfectly
confident, however. Of the ultimate sue
cess Of their cause, and 10 show their good
faith in this respect, they refused TO touch
"grern backs,' and Northern money IN
change. They offered confederate mon.
ey, bu. upon finding that it was refused.
they produced specie, of which there
seemed 10 be no scarcity among than.
The town, since the battle. presents one
OF the most strange and mixed up aspects
which could be presented. The streets
are wide, unpaved. and knee deep almost
with dust or mud, according to tie con-
dition Of the weather; but now they arc
strewn with hundred evidences Of the
presence Of an army. Mouldy army
crackers. rotten bacon. castaway soldiers
clothes.reDnaDts Of leather fittings ofcav'
airy, with here and there six or twelve
pound shot thrown into the town from the
ebel guns.
The Western sharJ shooters, or l4th
Missouri Volunteers, under Col. r. +
Burke, who is military command Of this
post, rendered most efficient service dur.
lug the engagement, having been used all
along the entire line during Friday and
Saturday.
Col. Rogers, Of a rebel regiment. rode
slong his lines during the battle, and
checred his men. leading them up to the
trer chAs in front Of Gus center fort, but o
discharge from lis guns cut fearful GAP
in the regiment and laid its brave but
misguided commander low in the dust.
His manglet body was found amid heaps
oi his own command in our trenches.
The rebel dead were found in thres
rows before our works, but nolwithsauc-
ing this regularity. they lay in large
numbers beyond those lines, which is ao-
counted. for by the very unusual manner
in which they attempted to carry the
place, namely, by approaching in columns
AZ before mentioned, Their iorcs has
been variously estimated a. from forty to
sixty thousand. but he it what 1t may, Ger.
tain it Is,uolhiDg nut superior generalshiE
on the part Of Major General Rosecrans
who had only twelve thousand mnskets
engaged, saved the day aud added anoth
or brilliant victory TO those which already
adorn the name Of our armies in the
West.
LATER.
CoRINTu, Mississippi, Saturday Morn.
iug, October ll.-Genoral Rosecrans oud
staff returned 10 headquarters last eve
ming, after pursuing the rebels Eve days
during which our forces hardly took time
to eat or sleep. Our advance guard caugh
up with the enemy repeatedly, aud cap
lured many prisoners On Sunday las
the enemy was intercepted by Genera
Ilurlbat. who drove him into the forks o
the Hntchie and Tuscumbia rivers, but BY
turn tail movement he managed TO es
cape total desIIution. The operation o
General Hurlbut was made by order o
General Grant, but it does not appeal
that his action was mere co operation
but Of this | csnnot, with my llmitet
data, speak knowingly.
The rebels were pdrsued to Ripley
which is lhirty'tive miles distant from
Corinth; and so hotly were they pressst
that they faced their pursuors thrios. til,
the second time with the determination
to make fighting stand; but at that tim
General General Grants order 10 desis
from pursuit WAS resolved. nnd the reb l
were permitted to reach Ripley in safety
lie had been harrassed from the start, AMI
the rout and Generalization Of Price ant
Van Dorn's army may safely be consider
cd as complete, ........
One incident | had nearly overlooked
On Saturday night about sky monnIe,
guerrillas entered conval, scent ,ram
upon our extreme left. thinking to plum
der ii, and then enter the city. not dream
ing that it had not fallen into the hand
of the rcbels; but tho convalescent sol
diers, 20 in number scrambled out O
their beds, seized their muskets. and droy
the ruilisns off, killing their Captain AM
three ofhis men. Ia tho guerrilla Cap
tain's pocket was found the oath Of allie
glance 10 the United States Government
80 much for rebel faith. .,
The enemy ia reported collecting il
squads at luka and Tuscum'ia, but not
wilhstanding the recall Of our troops sui
ficicnt have been left to worry the rascal
il any attempt at re organization is made
lam now satisfied that we had not owe
$4,000 troops engaged in the battle o
CoIin'h, and nothing, as said before, bu