Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-21
X CdMUND WHIG.
GEN. VAN DORN'S OFFICIAL REPORT OF TIE
BATTLE Of PEA RIDGE.
The esid'ns usn4mittsd OoOgresI, on Friday, the

\ from spu gded, bSiere superior fJIcs VI the Insny
aud vas ,RisAyoSnS 20 ierD -sJLon Hish the divI
gl9n OF Ge4s,a N-CalSea - Bosom A0InAn
"F0r rsasoas uh!Vh sssns1 70 ne imperative, I re.
selvsd . o Ia person % Iuki eJnnGnd OF the combine
81 iefoes Pice and RsCIioea. reached their read
quarters tae 81 VI hsehl asa being sAre d TIA the
! sae1y, VIC bad hAtsa Va sassr GEEK hio'fFs ulss
a3a vas OILY ssSiIiOs Iargs rsstosctmsnv before
na Hauld aayaLec, reSo,ysd % Rtaek lin al eEee.-
Asssrdif sy ssDs .er Is ne al Pike - In nnT Elm
sprrSs Hith she .osS,s DIS eo1mAn and % t5e
rcrLlag Of ibs IN OF aLrcn, wed With divisions Of
Price nj ASCu-Goa By way OF Eaysstsvills and Ben
90 vile 70 stAgk the ,AsD!'s camp on Sagar Geek.
rDe o.s 0Tes under my command was aoou. Sixteen
/ th0ussnd uen-
"Oa the = q We ls,t Elan Springs for Bsn;onvile, and
ON ps;so-er3 c.puTed by seouI-g parties on the
| 6sb, became eOnVcc lhSt up 10 that TINS, 10 sus
prol Was enter aiaed Of advance and that there
we're strorg hop Of II ing a complete Surprise
s.tsekrg Tue enemy Re ore The l.rge detAcAnents
nc 4mpad at various poicts ia the surrounding cJuny
could N, main body. thersf rs cnd,aVored TO
/ reach Bsutolvrls, eeV,n Eiess daAnt, by rapid
mNroN, out tbs tcorps moved very tloSy tca is
IL A 4 bs,oe tae Eea1 OF the lo2dl ION (PTces
1asd trs yi, and had tas f5snon TO see
Sigo- divsi,I, thousand song lUAyns 1t as ne
entered Had re been LOus toonsr we shou have
cut him d vi bis Whois force, and certainly would
| hAvs bra'sn - enemy day.
De tolo vel hm, oar advan skirn shing With bis
rear gsri, which admirably bAnled, an We hsd
gsiLed p)ng $ gar Gre about seven mil You'd
SsutCnvls G1d th;n ore or tSo nhes OF TIE strongly
sEuCnched caEp Of tsc enemy.
AZ o,nier-uce viii G.hSra!s NcCallJch aud hela
,osb wrO asd an cccurzt, kaOslsdye Of the c, ury
TAD ned ttsi b. m5sug cetour OF sigLt miles
csz aea tIs Telegraph iad l.sd.ug rom sssinS
ID . Far ,viliS, sud Be izUedGey Ia OF tho
s.scy c.I h' .r'rt cchmsrl.
II ta- - tivsd - st;p. tbs root, ard therefore
hst2 On. h--6 Of ny cogrl uo,r he p0lt uhsro TIE
sla5 by vsoI / y,oPJstd W mo7e -vsrss threE Out
ry peSstr, ses bj'ouaeaet se II for tbe night ga:
sJll a.jer dssS matched sg''s, moving rLn P,ee's
diF'sog iH -CvAE5e, aud ,gEils the road ~ sacn
hcrsi otvss Daylight F-ca che r'Ar Of he e4enY.
''SoIs oos;Iuc iNDs, Vtie3 the eavny hsj hastily
hioEa N the Eay, 20 iI17edrt cur march that cid
sAiu ,n- Tsl-sraph Road uGl resr 10 O'Clock, A,
Y. OF t.S Is.
~ gilk-s 1'eusht 10, We vere assured 'tst vss'
~. ,zpstsi in Ja.t "a rer, and itat tie promise
T, s C,isp.s, surp-isg. q once izzda disposition
FOR - all jircggg neral PslIe % move forward
ssgH.ciy soJB drew Ca: i,c o. few ssjr1ishers wbo
'.rs pIly sgul,rcsd s. the. before II e'Gllck Se
ser- airly engaged ths eaemy hold ng very good %
5.JNls aid Maintaining heavy Zee of artillery auo
sssl lrms upon the eo0stsp y aaT4nc,ng columns SnC
yeJs bsl . pressed upon hie
bad erected GCre al NcguiOch 10 arack E!,h bic
o5c-s he ny el, as3 before O'Clock Il was eSi
tert ,hS Il hs dyis'oi coult sivsOce m.iltan
- groGBd could zoe o.1srd Prices ett sd
osSr the whole Ire, and chi the battle. cent
l dzpS,ca ~ tS's C5ic, bu' il neT,r received
v.ogec lie e,sa;, and c tas mos: g'Aut leaders Ct
60 C0stss'g.cy haG iOush. III lss; ba@le.
AtoG. cock, z. e ] received by aiG.de-csmps
ho inlOTUail thal GenerIls AcCa'och Hl it,sd a.
6L He6,It we're killed, and th1' the division with
any he &. utvr hsl,ss pressed forward wish tLe
tick, aud the enemy Ayi1g before our
torioIs Uo0rs ovrry p5u. n cur 'front.' sul wen
Ebr i'll we had tr ven them entirely from tie helj OF
bl.lc Our troop slept upon their arms ar'y mile
De- tie p5in a. .hich b, ma Il his last stan and
sFf, l4hf UCr a. IL 4
T.vtrn. We cad ken during the day, seven cannon,
md a.. ut two huadssl p-s3r err
In toe elgrss ot the Lisl. fgce tanned that tie
Ammunition vas slIoSt eIhaIsCd, and the Cfieer in
age OF tn ordnance supplies corli TO I'd his SAs
ols "! ch Vtl TIC subj e1co rim, hid b,.n 10
noLVi,e E,s, OF the troops had ben Eitlout a.
toai Size the Utrnins of tie h. soi the artillery
horses we're fsten ouC Il wS therefore, vi Ii tie
ar xieJ tha | vi ched the dave Of dy When it cane
O. tsyeAed 70 Tue errmN n new ard suosg posi-
Ii n Cd reg ostlc. uadf nv dspo-it sat once TO
asc-p, lhe guIge and by oe,ck tn csn1oraiiuS
hsAys Is Tie previous Day. Do he siie Of the
emv ths h's much better sustained, 'o7, being
| fr-sd from t,e attack o. nv rgh. Eog b. could nov
Concentrate his SaOie ariliary io-ce Fgdi1g that my
a. ht wing Uch do gained aEd that tic bat.
t,5ieI we're, ore aIsr another retain, from the 6Cli
= "a every 500 eKyeud q, tesolV & vi hjrAW the
amy, and az oace placed t5e sno-Ancss with al
D, 80 souuded hes would bear upon me Hug'ssllle
/ c,sd, and pcri0n Cf sCCullochs dNi,ion, Wto had
oinei dur,Gg tlo night 10 poi ion fooE, while
90 disJl. o nv remaining force a. b,st TO GIVE
he ny 70 N! ic ion ard TO bold hin il ohsek
While eK cu,iTg it. About oecGk gave the ordar
for the cOgmn 20 mach, Ent sOou EflsrHArd for the
troops egg4ged tall bacS cover the Of the
~. faj, done very steadily Th3 attempt was
| n,lc b. The eUeRy to I'll or us, -Snd We eLcImp,d
bout &C. sbcu: sz mil.s iro tie hsld of bIIls
Some demonstrations Wsr n,de by his c,vAlry upon my
D,Egsgs trau and he bsgJesi artillery ur ed
by srsnt lFcn TIA. tAAen BY the array, but they
were nsaaIy Icd anu thanks TO the skill asd cour
age Of TO 1 Sore Gad Wade, AL OF the artiey
and baggAgs joined t1e army In Ssiety.
50 -. a. 1AI acc r,sF, our losSs AMOUNT TO 81
hu cd killed AM Wouadeo, and I've hundred Prso,ss
ad one caubcr, Whie1, hsVng 6eCOno dl.Atlse, or
| ier,d 20 Be- throsG iuto rNVtne
"P b g. iuforna.ion | can procure ylA3 the els
mys 'd at more 4 an s'ysu hu1drej, with a; asst an
% al uuale roIad-V. We oroughS Sssy about thrce
q dred prs0ntFs (sO iR1t his totl loss "a About tEo
tloussDd ogr cannon, three bag ga wag0Gs aud one
burnt upoI 5o ID Three canuoa {. o by Aclutosh
! ia ais hGlisLt ehatg ths horses h~yAg eetn killed
| clu'i GOf he brought away.
The fOlcs with WsicA Eebl n;osetion was lea than
fourteen thousand met; that OF the enemy Is vA5nslI
= IN led At IRON to twenty four thousand
Durilg the Whols OF this engag.m, n. Was With the
s,ourass undsr Psics and ] psse never seen setter
6susis than th So troots, more eAAft lead
,fs tbsn On Price and bic ctdess From'Ihe hrss TO
| he as fhOt they continually rushtd OF, and nsve'
welded az nch they had Wo and when at last they re-
s,v orders 20 "a OsCk they roired stead y Al Win
c4Cos Ger. P.ics rec lse1 sst'eie Hounu III 'uS &c
oq bu. ui hel,heF rcrs ron The mad nor cease 70
| ,1po-s HE Iie 10 esngs5
NO css.es en- repair the loss q the sal'ct dead
vho /. /. on ,hs w,lIOugr, Geld. &cJaloca was the
- 70 la hzys lOuoi lin, N tue iy qsent confer
euoss had Sitb Eig., ssg ceus ud'H- cDu9s'A'r
aaI bcllsr solsi-r never disd Ter es county,
/ .Ncist5sh bsi been very nucA distinguished all
thrcu.a The operations which h4vs Akeo place IN ta
4, z,ou Al curing nv 9dvasce ir IN B'ston soun;Ain
Pac,d la 10 cmAad OF the c,y,i bsl ais apd 'u
chsrge Of tbs. PCkels Hs vas sert, dlrns, ano ds-
20 / 70 DIS. Hi kudues ol dsposiiion, Nth ns
,seki % b,Gvsry rad acAsd tbs lr1sps sro9siy 70
hu 81 tia, ber AoOalo9a FELL Dad hs rem ti"se "
sd them. al 1tui have bssa Evl Hith my rgst wig;
ert afer loaGog tr ltApt charge Of cavsry AID car
.,pg tue entms cAii,ry DO r.sleS inc the lseAes d
ht ae4u a. ths head OF his old reau0ea', and Vac
.t turoush ,hs hear. Ths Vale OF tass: two ca as