Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-04-22

From FittsBurg.
From the 81, Louis Republican.
PrrsBURo LASDxG, Tenn, April 10. 1882
You have undoubtedly ere this received
telegraphic accounts of the great baltic
which took place at Piitsburg on Sunday and
Monday last aud resulted in the eomplete
repulse aud defeat Of The combined forces of
Beauregard, Bragg, Johnston and Breckin.
ridge. But thinking peEhsps some Of your
reaAers would be pleased 10 Learn se;sie OF
lhe details Of that bloody conhict, / will en-
deavor 20 crafty them, 90 FAR az am able.
with the limited means which at present
eau command. You must be aware that af
ter SO severe an engagement everything
must necessarily be in very confused con
dtion, and that tits almost impossible to get
the real truth OF the very many rumors h5at.
log Though camp. The battle field extends
ION direct line with the-river distance of,
from six 70 eight miles, and the ams dttanceI
back from the river, aud the most broken
country possible to imagine, with thick
growth of Huder brush and many ANAL
streams to impede the advance Of large
| body of men bearing arms aud the many
membranes which a soldier is subjected
to. 1t would seem utterly impossible for
an army to do fighting over such au uneven
| tract OF ground, but this our army did d.,
and it was well done, and victory again
crowns our banners.
The fight Of Sunday was fearful and our
noble army was driven by superior numbers,
foot by foot, inch by inch, until resistance
| seemed almost madness. The enemy occu-
! pied TIE camps Of our soiliers, that night.
refreshing himself on th ir rations. and
making selections from their ample wad
robe. Clothing, boots. blankets-all of va
/ lue in this line las takeu. Such az thew
were unable to take away we're found strewn
over the ground in every direction butthey
did not stop here. They ridad the pockets Of
toe dead aud wounded on the battle Geld.
and took the boots and shoes from lhsirfaet.
! They were undoubtedly cOngratula0ng them.
| selves that on the morrow victory was theirs;
| but thanks to q just God, and the reinforce.
ments Of Gen Buell., The tide Of battle was
destined to change. Early The next mora
ing the conflict was renewed with great en-
| ergy on their part but they bad fresh troops
to contend against. However, they fought
| desperately, and contested every inch Of
the grouud under calling Gre OF musketry
and artillery. Their loss on Monday was
fearful. Al two o'clock their center gave
way, and very soon ailer u ended in a Dom
plete rout, losing oil The advantage they
had gained the day previous, and much more
beside. Their flight was so sudden that they
were unable to destroy auy OF the camp
| equipage aud munitions, which at one tim.
were ia their possession.
Passing over the battle field the following
day l noticed that the portion Of the wood.
which was shelled by the gunboats had beer
fred by the bursting Of shells, aud that alany
Of the enemy bad been killed aud afterward
burned TO crisp. | counted, probably, ff
ty in that condition, aud some three hundred
more or lees burned. This was The mos
horrible sight ever witnessed, The gun
boats did fearful execution, The under
brush is cut down for miles by The missiles
thrown from their gunsand from the smaller
lfheld pieces. The trees are perfectly Iiddlet
10y bullets on every side, and why the de
lstruction Of life was not much greater il il
mpossible for me to conceive they cam,
IfrOm all sides thick as hail. /! must b.
curiosity TO find tree that had not beer
struck by one or more Of these terrible mes
seDgers Of death Our loss 10 killed aus
wounded will probably reach i've thousand
that Of The enemy still more than that. w,
have more wounded but their dead il tire,
TO, one of ours. | no,ieed that their killed
were mostly struck either in the breast OF
head The sharpahootets seem TO have beer
around.
The eighth Missouri aud Eleventh Indiana
regiments fought side by side during tbt
second day Of The battle, ana did good exc
culion. The loss Of the former waa six kill
ed and fifty wounded--tba latter about Oh,
same. The Third Kentucky regiment chalg
ed on a battery, taking it at the point Of ca.
bayonet 1t was finally retaken by toe enc
my, and was again taken a second time by
shat gallant regiment. There were man,
otter regiments that did good execution AM
are deserving Of praise, but IL is impos-ibl
for me to mention all.