The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-04-09

! respondent arrived on the Nclli uhtll hlEl
: closed on the bloody scene, there was no dc
termination Of the result of the struggle
The rebels exhibited remarkable good gen
eralship, At times they would apparent
engage the left with their whole strength AN
- then suddenly would open a terrible an
destructive fire on the right or centre,
e Even our heaviest and most destructive
fire On the enemy did not appear to discourage
their solid columns
The fire of Major 1uylUr'- Chicago artillery
raked them down in scores, but 'h' '"'A'
would no sooner be- dispcl.cI than the bFcath
would again be- filled
in the afternoon.
The rebel. knew that il they did not sue
cecI in whining then that their chances for
.ncec.. would be- extremely doubtful as a
r,rtI1n If Gcn BucPs force had by this
Time arrived uu the opposite side Of the riy'
er. aud the other portion was commlng up
the river from Savannah,
They became aware that we were being re.
iniJrcci ~ they could see Gen BuciI- troops
from the river bank short distance above
~ IN the left 10 which point they had forced
their way. At O'clock the rebels had forced
our lett wing back So n 10 occupy fully two
thirds Of our camp and we're fighting their
way forward with a desperate degree II
confidence ia their effort - drive rs INTO the
f, river and at the same time heavily engaged
our right
Up 10 this time we had not received any re-.
iutOrcemcnts-Gcu, Lew Wallace failing to
come to our support until the day was over,
having taken the wrong road from CrumP's
/ landing, and being without other trans
ports than those usci,for quarter masters and
| cummissnry stores, which were 10 heavily lad
I Gu 10 ferry any considerable number of Gen.
! Buclls force across the fIycr-thc other three
. that were here having been sent % bring the
troops from Savannah We were therefore
coutc,tins against fearful odds, our force not
exceeding D 900 men, while that Of the enc.
my was upwards Of 5000. Our condition Mt
this moment was extremely critlcui-largr
numbers Of men, panic struck, others worn
out by hard lighting, while an average per
cent Of skulkcrs had struggled towards the
river and could not be rallied.
Gen. Grant and staff who had been rcck-
lcssly riding along the lines during the entire
day, amid the unc"aSlng storm Of bullets,
grape and shell, now rode from right 10 left,
melting the men to stand firm until our rein.
iurccmcnts could cross the river.
Col. Webster, chief of staff, Immediately
got the heaviest pieces Of artillery into ppsl.
, tlon bearing on the cncmy's right, while a
large number OF the batteries were planted
along the entire line from the river bank to
the extreme right, some >! miles distance.
About an hour before dusk general can
nouaie was opened On the enemy from along
our whole line, with Il perpetual crack Of
/ muskctry. For "a short time the rebel, re-.
piled with yi.ur and effect but their fire
/ gr'" "'""t' anu 't', destructive "h''' ours
gre" h''' rHPIi ana ''Tfip'''
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B envy AM or, "t'" 'Hr'r HrIhS hll near
+ J! ,'''''i' anu h'"u' r'n'hS Oh '"' COMBAT
'"1,' I''''i 'f"ii 'H''i "'fh "i carnage
our "I'" I''''' on Ihoir arms III 'H' po'I'I'h
'h'y ma, NJ inc ''g,r o. the hGht uhtII FORCES
"ha"F M"I. ten wallace arrived and took
lo'ItIph on u" fIghi, anu met Buell. forces
from the "pPoNit" side now beng conveyed 10
TIE battle ground.
Tie entire rght Oh hcn. Wilson's division
was ordered to form on the right, and the FOR
eos under ten trlttcndcn were ordered To ms
support carly IN the morning,
tEcBNn DAYS BATTLE.
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