Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-04-25

grave, and in less than half an hour,
they moved backward, though still in pos
session Of most Of the ground we occupied
in the morning
THE SECOND DAYS FIGHT.
During the night, Gen Nelson's di-
vision of BuelPs army reached the battle.
field, and early in the morning the en-
gagement was renewed Nelson occupy.
ing the left, and Gen. Wallace the right
n Nelson and Wallace opened upon the en-
Iemy with heavy fire, and caused then
to fall back. For several hours the vic
tory seemed to be ours; but about 10l
the rebels, who must have been rein
forced, made series of gallant charges
and caused our troops to retire for {
quarter Of mile, pouring most fearful
volleys of musketry into our ranks Agat
the prospect looked dark, and thousands
Of hearts felt alarmed, not for themselves
but for the fortunes of the great battle
on which so much depended.
No pen can describe the scene-tht
deliberate advance-the close holding o.
the ground-the contrasting Of every incl
the fearful slaug hter-the brave deter
mination-the surging of the dense mass
es of men-tae shouts, cheers, groans
the plunging Of wounded and fright
ened horses-the sinking down of Who'll,
ranks of men at volley! How madly i
ragged Through the forenoon ebbed ant
flowed the tide of victory. The success
Of the previous day had flushed the enc
my with hope. To be thwarted now
to see the victory slip through his fin
gers at last, was not to be thought OF
Again and again the rebels dashed up t
our lines Again and again they wer
driven back, followed by our forces, VIII
were driven in return. There wer
acres of ground fought over and owe
: again, where the dead and wounded wer
: trodden beneath the contending hosts.
; General Buell. had crossed the rive
{ below the point where Nelson had, an
at this juncture came up with fres
troops and Aanked the enemy and CAP
, tured number of pieces of their artille
ry. The rebels here made terribl
5 charge to recover their loss, but the
! were unsuccessful They wavered an
D were driven back--rallied and made
: final attempt, but were repulsed, Buell.
forces meeting and engaging them in
. splendid manner.
CAPTURE OF PRISONERS.
The rebels have taken an immens
number of prisoners less than 4,
600, am informed General Prentis
among the number. Two full regiment
were captured by the aanking move
ment, and so cut off from the main army
.. The enemy hurried off their prisoner
: rapidly, giving us no opportunity to re
cover them. The Confederates who fel
! into our hands will probably number 2O'
or 300.
REORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY.
need not be ashamed to say that tn
army is demoralized 1t has received
blow which has shattered tito the centre
1t is probably no disgrace to men VIII
have sustained SO grave pressure to SAL
! that they are somewhat cowed by the re
: suits. A few days, however, under til,
: organizing eye Of the commandcr-in
chief will restore it to a tolerablc state 0
efficiency.
Items from the Battle Field.
Correspondents Of Western papers Civ,
the following items regarding the battle
at Pittsburg:
t The regiments that stampeded upor
| the first attack are said to have been th'
> 25th Missouri, Goth and 61st Illinois
) 9th, Add, 45th, SID, list and It'll
! Ohio; 10th Wisconsin, and 18th Iowa
Many Of these were raw troops, Wit
, had had their guns but short time, ant
f some did not know how to load them
There were many instances Of cowardic
or panic, all Of which it may not be pro
per to relate. 1t is certain that SOM
twenty thousand were scattered alon,
the foot Of the bluff and on the road +
Savannah. Numbers took to the river
some swimming, and some getting OF
logs, &c. A portion Of them took pos
7 session Of the little steamer Saline, an,
forced her to ferry them across the river
One regiment refused to fight, and thei
guns were taken from them by anothe
regiment. Another fred one vollcy an,
fed Another threw down their gun
in body. Another stampeded after tw'
yolleys. Another was drawn up TO dc
fend battery, ard suffered il to be takel
without firing a shot. / have not th
names Of these regiments. Small blame
if any, can be attached to the regiment
mentioned above, who broke ranks, a
they were mostly new troops, we're com
pletely surprised and overwhelmed, ant
it is no wonder that they became panic
stricken.
1t is said that Gen. Buell. fred upor
some Of the fugitives with blank car
tridges, but was unable to stop their re.
treat.
The amount Of ammunition used on
both sides must have been immensc, as
there was a continual roar Of musketry
and artillery during the whole of Sunday