The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-04-18
Battle OF Plssshurx Landing.

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TO q description OF the battles OF the
9Th and 7th Of April His account
gives . dark shade to our side OF the
contest, especially on Sunday. The
rebels marched out oj Corinth on
Friday and Saturday about 10000
strong. 10 three divisions. General
Johnston bad general command OF
the whole army, particularly OF the
centre. Bragg and Besuregard bad
the wings. Hardee, Polk, Breckin.
ridge, CheathalHsT6 others. held
subordinate commsnds. On Thurs-
day Johnston issued a proclamation
to his army, promising that they
would soon celebrate the great, de.
cisive victory Of the war.
agate" says the troops fret at.
tackled by six o'clock Sunday morn.
ing were as follows:
The left Of Sherman's brigades,
that of Col. Buckland was composed
Of the 72 Ohio. Lieut.. Col. Garfield,
commandlng;4sth Ohio, Col. Sulli-
van; 10th Ohio, Col. Cockerill; and
SD Ohio, Col. App.er.
To the right Of this was Col. Hill.
debrand's brigade, nth Ohio, Lieut.,
Col. commanding. 59,h Ohio, Col.
Pfy fs, and 53I illinois. And on
the extreme right, Col. McDowell's
brigade, G:h Iowa, (Col. Mcdowell
Lieut.. Col. commsnding) 10th Him
ois. And on the extreme right, Col
t Nc Nowell's brigade, 9th Iowa, (Col.
: McDowell-Lieut. Col. command
: ing,) 10th Illinois, Col. Hicks; 46ih
Onio, Col. Thos W Worthington.
Con. Prentiss' Division wss com
posed OF the 18th Michigan, 16'h
Wisconsin. 18th Wisconsin. 18th
: Missouri, 25th Missouri and 6let II.
Z liuois.
He represents the surprise as com
q plete. The rebels reached the camps
, almost as soon ss tho pickets. Ma
! ny, particularly officers. were not
j. yet out of bed. Some were dressing,
+ others washing cooking, and few
9 eating. Many guns were unloaded
e and everything lying around loosely
= The enemy rushed upon our troops
8 in overwhelming force, and the dis
astrous result has already been told.
= But for the most stubborn fighting.
= the rebel victory on Sunday would
e have been as complete as the sur.
D prise.
Monday morning G,n. Nelson's di
vision OF Gen. Buell's forces made
an advance about the same time
Gen. Wallace opened on the rebe
a battery, forming in line Of battle
i Amnon's brigade on the extreme
: left, Bruce's in the centre. and fIa
IONS to the right. The rebels wer'
- steadily driven back most OF the
I, time, and the division finallv recov
a cred all the guns lost on the sam,
a ground the previous day.
- Gen. Crittenden's division cam,
= next, Smiths brigade on the lett ul
, even with Nelson's g flank. and Join
q irg Boyle's brigade to McCook o.
,, the right, in the grand advance the
"a came, writes "A gate" upon the en-
,f emy with battery IN position, ant
y y well supported. Smith dashed hi
" brigade forward, there was sharp
close work with musk tty, and tn
rebels fed. We had three pieceI
" "a II pound howitz 'r and two bras
,e six pounlers. But they cost tn
is gallant 18th Ohio dear. Ma n Ben
lg Piatt Runkle fell mortally wounded
eff For half An hour, perhaps, IN
s; storm ragged around these capture
OF guns. Then came tn. reflex rebe
n. wave that had hurled Nelson bac
a. Crittenden, too, cIught its full force
B. The rebels swept up TO the batter
l., les around them, and on down a
ts ter our retresting column. But tn
q: two brigades, like those Of Nelso
2, to their left, took q fresh position
& laced the foe, and held their grount
On Mendenhall's and B rtlett's b,tte
nc les now began shelling the infantr
of that alone opposed them. Befol
he abandoning the guns, 30 briefly bel,
10 they had spiked them with muc
and the novel expcdient was periec
to ly successful. From that time ii
of after one o'clock, while the fi!l
in ragged back and forth over the sam
D. ground, the rebels did not succee
Q 10 firing a shot from their mud spill
. ed artillery.
tn At last our brigades began to gai
BY the advantage again. Crittend
re pushed them steadily forward
Mendenhall, with his accomplishe
j. Fret Lieutenant, Parsons, one
"a, our Western r ,serve West Pointer
by aud B ,rtlet, poured in their she'll
lie A rush for the contested batter
,r. and it is ours again. The rebels r
lee treated towards the left Smi
ls and Boyle holding the infantry we
ID, 10 hand, Mendenhall again got the
range and poured in shall on Il
,s. new position. Tho fortunes Of Il
Is day was against them as again
he their comrades to Nelson's front 81
on they were soon In iull retreat.
for Just then Big Gen. Thomas
,rn Woods advance brigade from /
to approaching diylsion came up.
WAS too late for the fight, but II |