Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-25

Morning at last came. uShered IN by Hthe /
loud thunder, peal on peal aIar." also heard
the charming drum but no white lips, 30
dread Of the foe. no alarm. It would be folly
to say no concern. Our brave tnooBs we're
concerned for the honor of their country, and
the subiection Of their enemies. About eight
O'Clock came up in the rear Of the goth Ohio,
in company with our surgeon, steward, ward
master, and couple Of nurses, and took
great pride and pleasure IN witnessing the
coolness of officers and men. Our regiment
was the advance of the Sd Brigade of the Sd
Division. Col. Whittlesey, of our regiment,
commanded the Brigade, and Gen. Wallace
commanded our Division While searching
for the regiment. came past where General
Wallace and staff were taking breakfast on
some army crackers and water, quite conten-
ted, although the shot and shell few around
on every side. One thing favored US, the can
non shot were mostly too high for our distance
Coming round TO the regiment the Colonel
gave orders to move. This was done with the
utmost GOODNESS, all seeming really for brush.
4 rebel battery played down The ravine where
our men were, with admirab!. precision. The
order TO lie down no doubt protected several
of our men.
At this time the. lst brigade, composed Of
the 9Th Missouri llth 1ndiIna, lst Nebraska,
and 5sth Ohio, advanced steadily up the hin,
delivering withering fire. iuto the ranks. of the
butternut% army with such effect as to make
them reel before them. Oar batteries ca,ns
up on the left and opened on them with grape
and eannister. From this time we kept slow
Iy gaining ground. True il was very slow,
for the rebels strained every nerve; used every
mcans, and fought with the most stubborn
courage. Their artillery was well manned
their fire wen directed AID, to do them Justice
they fought with bravery worthy a better
cause Bat we are still gaining; the steady
rumbIiDg Of cannon, bursting of shells, cheers
of the soldiers, noise OF firearms, riding back
and forth of aids giving orders, show the field
is closely contested. There is something aw-
fully majestic, almost enchanting about bat
tie. The 6lh Missouri and lIth Indiana. two
noble regiments, charged on the rebels and
took one of their batteries. 1 looked at these
brave Ecllows as they rushed into the battle TO
sec if l could detect any signs of fear, but not
trace. Their faces were grim, their lips CON-
pressed, and an unnatural glare about their
eyes. Wherever they went they made their
mark. But l will not particularize-aU the
boys did their duty and did it well.
Our own regiment advanced about n mile
and again halted, awaiting orders. While the
men were lying down Lieut.. Col. Force was
walking up and down in front of the line. A
rebel marksman thought he would siynaIize
himself, so he shot FIVE times at our Lieut.. Col !.
one of the balls struck his sword and another
wounded Corporal in our Company, named
Henry Crafty. The ball struck him on the
/ scalp and proved to only make slight wound.
He is all right. ready for another brush as
soon as we receive orders. Skirmisberz from
Company A surrounded the marksman. lie
fell pierced by five balls.
The casualties to our regiment were 6ut
few, one killed aid fifteen wounded. Most of
the Lime We were exposed 10 a brisk fire
from their batteries, but our men never finch.
ed. Our Colonel, to prevent unnecessary ex-
poSure, ordered his men to lie down uhtiI n
forward movement was necessary. After Mon
day can truly say that oar men have the .ut-
most confidence in our officers. We had onIv
one wounded in Company p, another member
of the company, Geo. a. South, was struck on
the shoulder by piece of she'll. lis brother
who belonged to the 10th regiment, was killed
on Sunday. His name was Joseph South. from
/ Scioto township. His fnller and bro,l,er ar.
| in the 46lh Ohio Regiment, which fine regi-
ment suffered n1Elel, ia the desperate strusyo5Ie
loosing 45 killed and 20 wounded. Henry
Barr, and Eli, Barker, of Northington. and
Capt. Geary, OF Columbus, were among the
/ killed.
wen! over large part Of the battle fed
in company with the surgeon, who Was busy
dressing the wounds Of Our noble men who lay
round ON every side. lie remained al the hos.
| pital tending, the woupded, aud a asatl sigEt i
] is to see comrades carrying some poor wound
cd soldier in a blanket 10 SOME tent or hons,
used for hospital. But on the battle fieId
there they lie groaning Or calling for water .,
help whenever they see any one. A grea,
many of Our men were wounded while most o
the rebels seemed TO be killed, OF cours,
can make no estimate Of the number. thev
were scattered over such a large space: in one
rtlvine lay 100 rebels on Tuesday morning. m
one little knoll counted 40, on another le
and several lying around. Our men were busy
uesday AMI Wednesday burying the dead
We took several prisoners on Monday. and
more or less every day since.
From 10 o'clock, a. m, TO 2JS D. M, the BAT.
tile ragged with furious violence. VoIlev unor
volley of musketry, roar upon roar of cannon
charge upon charge of cavalry, in such rapid
succession that the woods of Old Tennossc,
were fairly trembling. l cannot find language
| to describe this part nf the eight. 1t was sub-
timely terrific. Evidently the enemy made
his last rally for the day, bat no force ON eartl
could break the phalanx opposed to them. Al
/ 2 o'clock they began to despair We had beat
them back for miles and, now our menrend
the very air with cheers. Their artillery i,
weakened, we have captured,fve batteries. anc
still press them close. At2 l1 they retreat il
a regular run. They have been taught deal
leSson-No Northern men can whip them will
their best Generals in the field. One of tb,
prisoners said if defeated they would make :
stand at Gorinth. He also said johnson an,
Beauregard commanded the rebels and Bragg
their artillery. One saucy rebel said, 1--WE will
give you to-day (Monday) but VIC had yester
4 day, and if Van Dorm had come to ioin us. a
Beauregard said he would, to-day might be ;
second Waterloo lie also said I'VE know vo,
/ Western men can fight, but we have only 9OC
men in our regiment 18th Texas and if yot
take these regular down cast Yankees we cal
whip 1900 of them without sweating" Poo
fellow, how he is deceived They were all sur
Prised at the treatment we gave them. The,
said they expected to be hung if we took them
Our men are for the most part well, a few
complain of diarrhea5 nine are in hospital a
present. The 26th Ohio is here, about half
mile from our present location.
! LAWRENCE GRzNNAN.
~ Butternnt was the color of their clothes