Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-14
RATTLE OF SHILOH.
INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF TIE TWO DAYS
TIGsT-ANOTHER BATTLE IMPENDING.

FIGBT-ANOTHER BATTLE IMPENDING.
The details of the great battle Of Shiloh come to band
ysry slowly We annex all The particulars which have
reached us through our exchanges;
The Lyucaburg vngibisn, OF FRIDAY, say7:
We understand thssa messenger from Cen. Bssure-
card passed through this city ytssr5ay, who reports
a We oapursd asd back IS guns OF the most b;av
tfsl pattern IL meutioned that one battery, OF iset
ri, oss was Of "a ID o,nnon, "A Founders. he ALTO
sage that for wait OF transportation Tat the
Iursd stores had 10 be destroyed and were loss TO tie
ansmy These statements coEIe 10 US nom source en-
ti,lsd 10 tie biggest creait.
From the vfgniap, Of Saturday,, We take the follow
ig:
He gathered some interesting items yesterday, from
gentleman connected with the .dinanee Department,
shose name We purposvly hhod c,rg the great
vatsI Of Monday aid Tuesday, In both o. which he r
present.
lie informs that the surface OF the ground was rough
and hy aud mat the enemy we're posted 90 the eeya.
tios with their guns all 10 position and protected bJ
dep RI pits giving them every advantage The hiring
of sr lery was very brisk unt IL o'clock on Sunday,
when il partially ceased aud the remainder OF The heLt
vas mostly with small arms charging, aud dr.
Wig the enemy FROM their rf } pits ana guns
Inc point at which the attack was made Is dstant
about 81 miles from the river towards which our troops
pressed the enemy constantly o0ce yielding them
ssyes Our informant Is OF the opinion that II the farks
had been few miles farther from their gunboats every
one of them would have been captured but when they
sought the protection OF tIese our iorcs we're compel
cd 10 fall back He says that some OF the prisoners ia
formed him that the foIces OF the enemy lOO
900, some said llOOj0. He 8 100 prisoners that
ers or whist quads Of them were bsng constAnt
Iy brought il.
Tie prisoners that he cav we're mosty Germans. He
aso saw bre.s!rlSlesa rscen: Yankee nvention-that
we're taken from the bodies OF some of the desd Th's:
did not protect then from the baycnot charges OF our
boys 9apy Of the prisoners a7o.ed Themselves 20 be
tired Of the war. Van Dora not in the buts bu!
hs forces have this been joined 10 those oil aure
gard /; WA reported ia our army on Tuesday, that
Gen Ble had been killed in the engagement on that
day.
Our Informant speaks in goSing terms Of the vslor
anu proves Of Brtckinrdge Who csing his hat carly
in tue engagement fought most OF the time Whou. one
ardee led the CENTRE and Bautegard the right wing oil
the army.
I,,ec.,usp,il,s OF ammunition were secured, and an
immense amount Of clothing, great many OF our eel
diers supplying themselves With ban new faLkse over
coats Our trooIs we're well armed, many thousands oil
them having E-fsld rts
Toe Atlanta Confederscy, Of Friday, says;
gentleman Just from Chattanooga, who was able to
oh ain soms items Of interest from tho battle CT Mon
DAY. informs Us Iha. Buers army Numbered some 90
600 men, and ours So 00O that we took between 5000
aud 600 prisoners AID all the batteries Of the enemy
On SUNDAY; that the fight on Monday was furious and
dssper,ts for time that the right wing OF our army
forSed whole bigads into the Tennessee river Ia
Lesburg but LETT wing Was overPoWersd with over
voening number and had to fall back when our whole
army was ordered 70 retreat without being pursued In
this retreat lost four pieces Of artillery, and all
tue commissary stores We had captured.
Tho Lynchburs Republican has also obtained some
r.r,cul.r, from a gentleman who was in the nght"-
|. says:
Gen. Beauregsrd succeeded in saving, late on Sunday,
all the small arms together with stores, -, tsken and
nearly all OF the cannon among which latter was sPen-
did battery of 2i.pounder rd d guns
T1o c5mpanies one froal Louisiana and one from
Arkansas, were terribly cut up They got in oetseen
tao rins pits, and exposed to 4 cross Q from
them, but they CALAMITY plunged into the Pits and win
bayonsts and bowie knives drove the enemy out
Van Dorm teegraphed that be would be With BeAure'
gard on Friday with men, and the baa oe woul be
along soon after He could not get there any soonet-
A soon as he forms uactiol with Besuregard, II -
supposed the enemy will De- sgain attacked.
All the He'd OF the enemy we're cased in heIioe steel
mail protecting the Breast leaving Tree pay for all their
limbs
The Atlanta Confsder.ey Of Friday, contains the fol-
loving private telegram, 70 citI,us of Atanta-datsd
Chattanooga, lOsn instant:
Pasourers iu,t from Corinth say tn, most terrible
battle ever kiown occurred Monday. Biells forces
fsueht us all dsy Monday fhey say Buell. is killed. An
armistcs sIprss Friia7. Bob armies are beiag rein
forced Van Dorm IL comirg up with his forces.
Al con,u- il our victory being complste They COM
msnce sh,lliug-we retreasd Their oU at the lowest
sstira IL Is 900 on the h,ld-Bu, among the mum.
b.r Many Of cur wound their. SlIo were burnt
Nv ,be woods taken f-.. Wa destroyed their ammun.-
Eon-too much o. il TO haul off, The whole militia OF
Louisiana aud HississP i are moving up 'n "d''e.
Tho Augusta p,pars publish the following for which
thew say they are indebted to the Atlanta Common
Netlh:
ATLANTA. April IA gentleman WHO left Corin.h on
WedLr,day night that there was bard sht,ng on
Ss d,y and Mord,y last but none since. The Corfed
rts ioss was al, NJ q thoussn nj killed aud wounded.
TIE Federal Ices n OF tweG'y thousand. Among
their killed ives GeDs. Buell. ard Wallace; this is con
arnei through o'hcr sourccs
% to wecn sdsy nigh. ,Oo) Federal prisoners had
been srnt in.
troops ino tbe river about 1910 wore lost and many
Fac woods in the vicinity of the battle ground hsvrg
taken FIRE, many Of the wouadsd on both sides were
burnt to death.
Our forces we're compelled to destroy the ammunition
,plurei for want OF transportation to remove 1t 10
plr CO Of safety.
Toe Federal army, It il stated, is disorEanz, ID, snd
there IA no prospects OF renewal OF the 3 Sht
The fullest and most reliable accounts Of the battle We
hive vet seen are from "P W. A" the 'rny cors2oI
dent of tho Savannah Republican. We cOndenss from
hi, Dispatches in the Republican, of Thursday the fol-
losing interesting particulars:
CoRIsru . o'clock, p. n, Apr TAT the date OF my
dso,tct OIL yesterday evening" the enemy were In full
retreat We Grjve them back 10 tho river, where their
riv works aud gut-boan were Stationed DhkneSF
stppoed the pursuit. Tho battle was hot aud 'uriou'
AMI lasted twelve hours The Confrdsrates occupied
the eeIay'e oucanpmert l.s' night This moraiog the
e,evy resumed tho fight, having received 1000 rsin'
70 &c u. ns from Crump landing. They fought bravel'
on. the Conf dersCs r-pulsed sbem twice. About ten
DC oek further Urge renforcomel,s we're brought ~
by Husn. The bghiiur beoAms desperate along
or vhOs lice Tho batllo is It'll raging, with v'ried
fortune more iurcuslg than yesterday. Wa took Quo
prsoners Yesterday who are in Oorinth and sew
srel battecs to-day and lost cannot give pn
nc, lars Gen b ,suregud commands, assisted by PelA
Bragg, Harder, Br ckioridge and others Gems Cheat;
ham. Bowen aud Clark are slightly wounded The lose
is heavy gu both s,d,s IL raned hard last rish. and
considerable 10 day.