The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-23
A Yankee Correspondence Description
OF the Second Days Fight.


A Yankee Correspondents Description
OF the second Days Fight.
Ign 'a
H$ving publtzhsd the full DE- scription Of the
nSs day. light st Shiloh. from the CORES.
pcpdsnoe oi. tbs Cincinnati Qssats. We now
copy nom the sape source the account Of the
battle ON Monday. Il wilt b perceived that
'he writer indulga q good deal in exasgera.
t 'ion. with . view to cheat HIS readers In to the
belief that the Tsdsrals had recovered frsm
ing blow upon the Don nfsderats arms .s-
Ihavs given the line Of battle agreed upon
asasri a Isv, y Wsiiass: let Wing. Bsiss & adler adler
0Snor1l Nelson. Between thess, begir ming
ut tAo Left, 0r1gRdtsr Generals Tom Ortsten-
dsn. 4, AsD, Mc0oos. Hur!snrt. meuler.
sdfee lAttsr ws1s "a - incla ded also the re-
msins IL FTntiss's aRd " Il. l.. Wall aces
coD0AoAe-shatsasod,d ,disorg inz I'd, and left
., as e
Buell,s three divisions were not full when
the bastts opened Monday morning, but the
into tho rear. 70 ave further delay give
here list Of his troops and Of Wallace.s en-
AGsgod:-Ase - cwTra -,,la- -..s.fes sr...
DxiaAbIiA olN1AxI NRLsosa pIvIs1on.
Ikss BrtTajs-Ool. Ammon, Twenty foaI th
OHIO. commanding Thirty.six.h lndiana,
son; Twsnsy fourth Ohio, Lieut.. Dol Fred.
q. Jones.
) sesnd t1sde.-Sau. ders D. Bruce. Twsn 5.
ss's ei1; Ken snssy Ere; Kenssc
vlcl TWEEN tle,h KENTUCKY, Lisus Col -,
commanding.
T21d Brisede --Colonsl Hqz,n, Forty. arss
Ohio. commandins; Forty first, sixth Ksn-
tucky, and Ninth Indiana.
BRIaA pIHI. .aRsDaAL TON ukIY1RspKN's pry,.
Eiyn Br11ad4-0en Boyle; Nineteen tn Ohio.
Dol Bsatt, Fifty ninth Ohio, Uol Ply # ];
rhirteen.h Kentucsy. Col. hobson; Nin:h
Kentucky. Ooi. Order.
Second Bvisade--Col. VIM. S. Smith, Thir-
teentn UniO, commanding; Thirteeu,h Ohio,
Lieut.. Col. Ha~ kins; Twenty, six Kentucky.
Aiept.-Col. MAX x~eii; Eleventh kentucky,
Col. p r. Hawkins, with MendenhaI.'s resn.
lar and Barle;t's Ohio batteries. -.
/ HRIsApIsR .sRx HaAL h'oooK's p1visIos. =
Fret BrtSade.-Brig. Gen. Lowell II. Rous-
seau; First Oaio, Dol. Ed a. rarrntt: Sixth
Indiana, Dol. Crittendep; Third Kentucky,
(Louisvilie LegioIi} oaftaiiens fifteenth. ak
teenth and Nineteenth regulars.
Second B,lSade.-Brig. tfen. j 1hustoD; Thir.
~ -seconu lnoi ana, Col. Willie h; Thirty u IN
Indiana, Col. Harrison; Forty Ohio,
Uoi G bson.
Third SriSadt.-Coionel Ki r.. Thirty. four h
Illinois, commanding; Thtr fourth III
mis-, l.ieu utsnaut-Coi0ne, Baos~o r h; I've
~ ninth Indiana; Lieu utenant.CoionelE ,.
Thirtieth indiana, Colonel bass Sev -ty
seventh Pennsylvant1, Col. Siam baugh.
hAJoR-aEs. LKw.- wALLAcR's DIvIsrc .:IaHr
oFAahy.
F1ss BriSads-Col. Morgan l.. Smith COM
manding: Eighth Missouri, Lsut Col. Jas
Pecknam commanding; Eleventh Indians,
Unl. George F. Mediums; Twenty .fourth
Inaiana, Colonel Alvin r. Hovsy !. Tnurber's
Missouri battery.
sseoad Brigade -Oei 1hayer (Firs. rsshrss-
ka) comm. ndlug; First Nebraska, Llsut..Ccl
Mctord comma Sding; Twenty -ttt:d In diana,
Colonel Sanderso /; Fifty eighth Ohio, Col
Bausenwein: Si1ty eighth Ohio, Col. Stead.
man Thompson's Indiana bat.sry.
TArd Brigade. -Colonel Charles Whittiasey
(Twenlietn Onio) commaadiug: Twsn.tetn
ohio, Lieu!..O -- comm aAding; FIT =.
sixth Ohio, Ool. Peter kinney; seventy sixth
Ohto, Coi. Ohas. Il. Woods seventy eighth
Ono, Coione! Leggstt.
WAIT OF sYsTsx Anosa Fas YASkYss.
The reader who is patient enough TO wade
through this narration win scarcely fail 10
observe that thus far have said Ii tie or no,h.
ing OF any plan OF attack or defence amocg
/ have failed to zee any evidence Of auch /,
plan. To me- 1t seemed on Sunday as II avery
division General at least-not to say In IL sny
cases. every individual soldier-imitateo she
good old lsrAelttish plan OF action, by which
every yuan did what seem ed good in his nwG
eyes There may have been an tp finite am q. at
| Of general1hip dtsplaye ed. In auperintsnding
our various defoa 70 and reformatiops and re.
treats, but TO me It seemed Of that microscor
charactsrthat required the magnifying po wers
Of o special permit for exclusive nsWspr per
telegraphtpg on 9overnm emit lines TO discover
Sunday night there was. a. has been said, q
council of war. but II the Major.0euerai al
commanding developed any plans there b. :,
yend the simple arrangement OF our liss (
battle, am very certain that some OF shac
vision comm anoers didn't ad 1t out. Si~ :.
born ngthinE alone delay Cd our iosses on sta
day; siubborp dghHng alone saved ~ " sap
we mad reached the point beyond which c.ilsr
nghting with such Seneralship az iudivic ii !.
divla!ou commanders display ed regatneo en-
Monday what We had lost before
To those WHO had looked dsspairin ely at the
prospects Sunday evening, IL see m ed s,ra &c
that the rebels did not open out "A Us by day.
break again. Their re'Ieat before the pon b
shells Of the gunboa,s, however, expiatL ed
,ns Ssaay Tr: pm
a1sW.i Wallace oponed the ball by ehellipg
from the positions he had selscted the nigga
before. the rebel battery, Of which men tlon
mas been made--a brisk artillery du ell. q rapid
movement OF in inntrJ across d sha 10 y ravine
a. II 70 storm, ana the rsbels, en11lated and
meuaeed IN IT0nt. mbersd up anu mace the
opening OF their aioudsy's rstfsating. -
- o.fa ssLsos's ApvAses. 24
70 the left We were slower In dndtng the
enemy. They had teen compelled to .raysi
:eme distance 70 g get ont OF gun ooa's, rapgs,
time wallace opened on the rebe' batteries,
forming in line Of battle. Ammon's brigade
on the extreme left, Bruce's In the centre, and
ont, and for nearly or quite mile the d,vis.
outlying reDe1s before 1t, till IL came up III
them In force. Thsn general ensagsmen
Of muskstry and thunder Of afIiilsrg aeh osi
over the late silspt fields There was NO W. &.
Cling lhls morning. These men we're De ter
drilled than many OF those u hose egmea,s
alrict measures. were taken. at any rae. to
prevent the 0t,cellaneous thrcnsing back
ont OF harms way. Tney stcoa up 70 their
work and did their duty manfoliy. -
change Of commanders or some oIher cause,
the r bells were pursuing diHereat poiicy In
massipg their forces. On Sunday ths heavi-
est aghtin had been dene on the left. 1hs
fseis'ance here. whilst towards tbs cen ire
and ri2hG tbs ground was more obstin atefy
cont ahd, and the struggle longer pro.
Un.ii half. past ten o clock Nelson advanced
slowly bat steadily, sweepirg his Ion 6 iiaes
over the ground OF cur sore defeat on sunday
morning, forward over scores OF dead rebels
resis,lsssly pressinE back the jadsd and
weari d e1smy. The reb IL had received but
low seinfofcsments during the night, their
men were exhausted with their desperate
con ssst OF the dsy before, and manttsstiy d =
ptrited By he evident fact that, aotw shs IAN d.
ipg their we'll .aid piaus Of destG nc ION In de.
tail. they ware nsh il { Grant and Buell. com.
biled. - ~ ''<
Gradually, II Nelson pushed forward his
Hines under nsRvy musketry, Ihe enemy i-il
back, ,iil about half.past ten, when, under
cover Of the heavy um ber ard q furious can
Donsding, 1hey made general rally. Our
forces, dashsd With their easy victory, were
sc4fcsly prepared Tor the sDddsn onses where