The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-22

| theCipcinnHti Ge.s.,e the detailed Yankee ar
| cpuutt the first days fsb. .. Shiloh:
| SHERMAN plv tetos--s' 'obsBsAyD's.
| We ief: Sherman's br,gabes maintairing
confused fight uCkiard about gone, Hide
I brands ana Med aweI.'s holding their gronld
| more tenaciousy. The firing aroused Nc-
| CIernand S division. A. frs, they Supposed
| It to be mare ekirmish: perhaps evaA only
the irreg alar discharge OF riusa IS by guards
| and pickets, TO clean Gu. their Euas. prHe'
! t!ce which, to the disgrace Of oof discipiiaa
] he It SAID. ~aa we'll nIgn universal and rem
dered IL almost impossible ~ any time I
| kInp whether triA< meant anything ut AZ,
| beyola Ordinary disorder % "nr own SOL
/ d,rrs. Nnt the 6outiaus1 rattle Cf IN nexetry
| soon NJ deceived them. and alInos' "a 'on
| the advaace of tie retais p1nTiy& efrcr Rtca-
land was upon them.
| The division, IL will bs remembered lay
short d'stanc- in the re1r, MD with one bri-
| sade stretching ont tn .ne i@f. ot >lernRn's
| iine. Properly soesrins. ns rely f TT, tne ic-
| Ca'i0n II iRacamp, Nc 1ieEaa did nor belong
~ he font line 4. ali, TWC.1hisds of ais
| division were entirely behind Sherinaa. Bat
| as the latter fei. back, McQiernsnd h2., t.
1 bear the shocG OF ba.:ie.;
HIS division waT com posed ss fo'is F!rst
brigade, Colonel Hare ucTti naa1laE, Ll..h IN
| aLd Eisnt=eDin ililnai$, Eis.enta auC Intr
! teen th low; :,ec}1d brigade, tiolonal q -.
| Mar h commanding, Eleventh, 'wevitet3. For
| ty-eiEhth and Eorsy ntsn ILLINOIS, joiouels
| Ransom, Marsh, d2yn4e Rud Smith. tihs ,at.~r
| u tue 'Lead * iAe fesi sasnt'l. Th,rd BRIGADE.
| Col. Raft COMM ndinx, ccven te2n,h, 7eL-
| ~ aiuth Gnd forty-n Iiltu0is. l2ag'eN-
| ant Colonel Wood, F lrrcij md I'a,sa. sa1
Forty chiId Iliipcis. U1i0uei II aTstl tf.aides
! this fIe show IT experienced trOUIs raes bad
Sehartz's Dresser MchilIs:er's a&G Water
houses batteries.
I AS already stated McCletaaud was first
called INTO setion shorty Rf or tbs xarIriss Of
| ,,herman's left brigade {'Sucklar d's> about
| eevsn in the mOrning-by having 20 move mp
his left brigade 70 suppoT TsSherman'sJatIsat-
log lett aud preserve ths line Tkeu, a. ct,T-
| II aus other hris aces fell hacs. MoCisrHsuG's
moved up and enge ssd ths easmy IL suprort.
9radusi!y :he resistance IL II iidebsal Il :. cri-
| grade anG what vas stlii LET, t. i.s rie n II
| BucklanG's, became more c3ntase1 a,,d sr-
re :oiu'e. Tns line ~1veIet, lie men .eil back
] 10 squads and companies. they iai!sd &c raiiy
promptly g. the cali OF thsis officers. Is
:. thNy retrea. Ell the woods behind them heQ me
thinner, Unt shsre vas less ptoteIt!cn from
| the storm Of grape that swept es If on tla.ts
| of a hurI, Zane among zee Trees, 5EiCntaEant
/ Colonel Cauf:sld, com mandius the seventy
/ second ONO, was morally wounded. eud
| borne dyipg from ,be tleld. DO oHel SntiirHl,
| OF the Forty -e,ge'h Ohlo was wounded, IN.
con usd at ths head of MA inen. Company
/ officers fell aud were cirried away from thee
| men. At ono of our vaverfng .etre--s, the
| rebee, hy a sudden nsah forward, had :aken
| part Of Waterhnusss battery, which DIcCieE-
| naud had ssut them over. Bet r2's bat3eYy
| too, was taken, AID Tayiors Chicago Lis b;
! ARTILLERY was so terribly pounded nh tu ba
forced TO retire With heavy loss. As :hs .rooIs
] gave " r they came cut from he CIen wood
| int old f.sids, completely RACED oy tbs enc
| my's are. For them All was lest, and away
| wen Buoxner's aud Eliiebrauds brigaiee
| UhCans and liiinOissDs together, 10 ihe Esar
| aud right, IN such order as they mlgct.
| McDoweil's brigade had :Giisn oack less
| slowly N an It's two 0ompaniaus OF -he same
| division, but 1t was now Lett entirely aione
| II had formed cur extreme right E3ic oi
course had no support thepe its supporting
| ortga les on the Iefs had gone; through the
| space they had occupied the rebels weTa pour
| ing; they were IN imminent danger Of bGiog
| entirely cut CT, and back they 'e!i, to-. sti!:
| further TO the rig III and rear, among the ra
| vines that border SG axe crack.
| And here, SO far rs Sundays fight Is CON
| ce-ued, the greater pGrt uT shernauis dl|l
| sion passes ont of view. The General II
| self wss lndefatisaole tn coilectlTs ana Ie-
] OIgluiZing his men, qua r stra2Rliug csatest
| was doubtless kept up along portions Of hie
| new lines, out wi h Ilt,.e weight il inciia;us
| the SC lies of battle. The Geoti'.i lore vi ID
| him one token of tae danger 10 Y hicd h asd
| exposed himsslf-a musket ball through the
| hama. It was the general expression OF ;.ii
| that his escape go lightly was wonderful -
| whatever may be his faults or negiects, Lone
| can accuse aim OF a iscK OF gal!autry and en-
| ersy when the attack was maie on his ra1
| division that Inemorao ole Sunday morning.
ATTACK os a'oLEREAsp's Ktssr.
| To return 10 McC:ernand's q. vuiou. have
| spoken OF his sending up first his left IN ID
| then his ceutre hrigaos &c support Sherman,
| shortly after the surprise A. Sherman
/
in his brig AIDES ain 10 protect his left against
| the onset of the rebels, VITO, seeing how he
| had weakened himself there. and Inspired
| BY their recsut success over prentiss, hurl led
l themselves against him VITA tremendous
| force. Te avoid bringing back these troors 4
| couple OF new regiments, the Fifteenth and
| Sixteenth Iowa. were brought uo; but tak-
| ing utterly raw troops On the Held, under
| heavy fire, was too severe a trial fyr taem
/ and they gave way in confusion. To Meet
| the attack, then. the whole division made q
change Of front, and facet aionz the Corintn
| road. Here the bait. ries wee placed PC
! sition, and till 10 O'Clock the rete's were
fo.led in every attempt to giip the roat
But Sherman having now fallen oac ok there
| was nothing to prevent ths rebels from. com.
| log IN farther ont On the road and turniu Z
| McOlernand's right. Prompt 10 seiSs the aa-
| vantage. a brigade Of them went dashing Eu-
| daciousiy through the divisions ahandouec
| camp, pushing up the road 20 oom In above
| McCle-nand, bstween him ard where :sher-
| man had been. Dressers battery OF rid "a
| guns orened on Them ss they issed, aud with
fearful slaush ter-not contined, alas to cue
| side only drove them back.
| But the enemy's reserves were most skill
| fully handled, and the constant advance of
fresh regiments vas e. last itoo much for our
| inferior numbers. Major Eaton, comnarei.
was severely wounded; Col. Ralth. con.
| mandipg brigade, had his leg SO eha;terei
that ampu'ation was necess2ry; MaiSv fev-
| ins, OF the 1lth Illinois, vss wounded, Lieu.
Uol. Ransom, OF the same regiment, was
| VIC unded; thres OF Gen. Mo Nieruan6,s staff
| Eisjor Schwar5 Asjor Stewart, and Lieat.
treeman-wers wounded, and carried from
the field. Line officers had suffered heavily
The batteries were broken up Schwartz had
| lost half his guns, and sixteen horses Dress
| eI had lost several OF his rifsd pieces, three
caissons and eighteen horses. TcAllisler had
| lost half Of his twenty -four ponAd howitssrs
The soldiers fought 5revely 10 the !ass--iet
| Go man question that-but they were 1T IA
| fearful disadvantage. Gradually they began
i ia n al W yhap h aI
| regiment, or part Of Sherman's, making IN ore
| determined. because better org snix I'd re sist.
| ance, occasion nally raliying ana repuis;ng the
I enemy in turn for hundred yards, then
being beaten back again, aud renewing the
retreat 10 some nsw position for fresh de-
/ fence.
BY eleven O'Clock the division was back In
line with Hurlburt's. y etiL dit son q gal
lant fighting once its right swept around
and drove the enemy for considerable dis
tance, but again tell oacs aud ct last 10 brought
up neas the position Of w. II. L.. wallace.
division.
We have seen how Prentiss, tsa herman and
McUisrIand were driven back how, fight as
tercely as they would they stiii los. ground :;
how their camps were all IL the hands OF the
enemy: and how this whole from. line, for
l which Huslbnrt and WaIlace were but tbs
reserves, WAS gone.
TIE ASSAULT ON saEAAAn's LIFT
| But the )Ttunas Of the isolated brigade OF
Saerm ans division. OF the extreme ieft, must
not be forgotten. 1t was douoly ieft alone nv
the Gene rails. General Grant CHI not arriye
on the neld until after nearly all thess d.sas
ters had crowded upou Us, aud each Division
General had done that W hich was gcod In his
own eyes. ard carried Un the battle iudeper.
dent Of the res. bat this brigade was even
left by its Division General, who was four
miles away. dong his best TO rally his PANIC
stricken regfmenis there.
1t was commanded by Colonel David Sta
ART, (of late Chicago divorce case fame and
ex.UopgressInan,l and Was composed Of the
/ Fifty fifth Illinois, s,Lectenant- Colonel Main.
boarg commanding; Seventy first OHIO ,Iol.