Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-12

% ascertain the direction IN hloh .tho onez
ny Icy from the river, the two boats took |
position about half mile above the /
landing and poured their shell up 8 deep |
FaVine reaching 70 the river On their right. |
Tha shots W6ro thick and fast and told With |
s thrilling elect W
In che moaaHme Gen WallaAa had tehen
q eirouitous routb from Orump's Landing
and appeared suddenly on the right wing
OF the enemy. In face ofthis combination Of
circumstances, the Rebeia felt that their
enterprise was for the day 4 failure, and as
night was about at hand they slowly fell
back, lighting as they went until they
reached en- advantageous position, some
what in lhe rear, and yet occupying the
main road 10 Oorlnth. The gunbOats con
Hnued 70 send their 6hen &fter them
until they had entirely. gOs beyond their
reach. Thus ends an outline Of the battle
Of the RFSt day. o-----s
| iHsving stguatissd in proper tetbas the
ooWardicO Of one Ohio regiment the 5Srd,
Out special dispatches hAys gipforned us,)
the writer says:
How different was the cotton Of this reg.
iment from that Of O score Of others /
might mention, who stood manfully in the
j kEAi sEiida shower m balls such as,sel-
dom fall in any battle Of modern times, ss-
/ peoially on this side Of the Atlantic. Il
must not be forgotten, that In this hght
were engaged troops who had not tasted q
mouthful Of food since the previous fight
and who, in the trying poeuliaritieB Of the
occasion, knew nothing save the great
work In which they we're Engaged.
ARRIvAL or aEE. BUELL's ToEons.
After wearisa watching of several hours
Of the most intense anxiety the advance regi-
ments Of Gen. Buells division appeared on
the opposite bank Of the river, at Eve o'clock
this afternoon. Steamers we're Immediately
sent over, and the work Of feIriage began,
the 36th Indiana and the 9th Ohio being the
6Fst to cross, followed By the main portion Of
Gen. Nelson's division. They were succeed
ed by Gen. Brucs's command, embracing,
amolg Others, the lst and End Kentucky.-
CSeer after cheer greeted the arrival Of the
reinforcements, q knowledge of their i'm.
portance in the crisis being firmly impressed
upon all who had witnessed the events oi
this dreadful day. Without moments de
lay they disembsFked and marched to the
advance, where they rested on their arms fol
the night. They had come at q double squiek
from Savannah, but their comrades IN the
field had sustained an unainehing ight FOL
fifteen hours, and they were glad to relieve
them, and afford them few hours rest.
THE soEEE AT nDEIeHT. D. =
As 1 sit tonight, writing this epistIe, the
! dead and wounded are all around me. The
knife Of the Surgeon is busy at work, and
amputated legs and arms lie scattered iI
every direction. The cries of the suffering
victims and the grosns of those who patient
y await for medical attendance, are mos
distressing to any one who has any sympa
thy with his fellow man. All day long they
have been coming in, and they are placed
upon the decks and within the cabins Of the
steamers, and wherever else they can find {
resting.place. I hope my eyes may nevel
/ again look upon such sights. Men With thei
, entrails pFoEuding, others with broken srml
and legs, others with bullets in their breast
or shoulders and one poor wretch l found
whose eyes had been shot entirely away
! All kinds of conceivable wounds are to b
seen, in all parts of the body and from al
varieties of weapons.