Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-05-06
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INTERESTING PARTICULARS CT 4 FLAG or TRCol
FROM GEN. BEAUREGIKD TO GEN. BUELL..
| Lspeclal Correspondence OF the Picayune.i
CoR!NTH, Miss ApTN 22, 1882.
have already informed you that on The l7tt
inst, Gen. Beauregard sent flag Of truca tc
General Buell., in relation to our wounded, ami
making inquiry concerning SON. iaiaSins off
GERS from tha Louisiana regiments Tic ar
8 ,er Of Bue.i sont you by telegraph, stating
{! It rs soon q the inGl;lies could ha made !hu
/. Irtnation whu b. .,nt. ha.3 o::tainei
follc%i"c =? :er .'!;i,.. :.coi unt Of the
, o! tru>l l.~4a Leu. Ssi. S. ris, Of ne
lst Alabama cavalry, who accompanied It to
the enemy's line, MS the bearer of Gen. Bcaure-
CARDS dispatch.
Lieut. Harris, on reaching the line Of tho
enemy's pickets, which ere about half mila
northeast from theneutrel hospital, haltod his
escort, when b. was approached by Tieutensnt
Wick1iffe, OF tho let Kentucky regiment who
asked for his dispatches Harris said his orders
wer, to daiyer them to Gen. BuoIi or ono OF
HIS n LAG LltltTS NtS ttlSll
dispatched for Gen. Buoll In about half an
hou: ths messenger returned With General
McGOok and staff, who said he would receiv
the dispatch for Con. Buell., MS nc flag OF lrucs
couh be admitted into their lines, but that If
Harris had como little sooner 10 would laYc
see, Gen. Buell. himself. The dispatch was
then sent by McOook, through messenger,
70 Sen. Buell., and in the ntantmet conrersa.
tin took place between Harris, McOock, and
se-ersl other Federal officers Eho were present
ofwhich the following is the. substance
1an. McOook asked if Te had the body OF
Gei. Johnston, and being told the: we certainly
hal, McOook said that en- officer was found
dead on the field who Vas said ~ many to te
G.n. Johnston, and that the lead officer nusL
nave been Of high rank rs DO had a star in tho
collar Of his coat. Harris replied that no Off
TO. OF cyen considerable ranI, had been left on
,ht field.
McC1ok then asked whore and how General
Pr,ntiss was, and remarked with great pro.
family and bad language, that he hoped We
would keep him and his brigade, and that they
had many generals Of The same kind whom he
wished wo nd captured. lilo expressed great
surprise at the manner in which our army wss
armed. saying that bo expected to meot only
hin! Iocd muSkets, but that 40 found instead
lhe Enest mimic muskcts aud European GnGeid
rifles with far superior ordnance than they had,
and suggested that they had been brought
over by the Nashville.
Lent Harria smiled lid said, not by the
Nashville, but thai many ether vessels had
brought us arms.
MsCook then asked where The Nashville was
ct tAis time? Harris replied i! was very un-
certain
McCook then remarked that we must have
had large poriioa OF the army Of .Uanassas
present at the battle OF Shiloh.
Harris replied that rot a man Of it vas
there.
"Ther," said MoCcok, "whsro under heaven
did your troops CONS from, and where were
they drilled 2 adding :hat The attack on Suro
day *as most brilliantly plannod end splcn-
d!dy executed, and that We came near gaining
a complete victory over then Ho was oxcsa-
dinghy severe on many Ohio and Iowa rcgi-
ments, renarkiag that he supposed We consid-
cred them the greatest EDWARDS in the world.
Ho spoke in the highest terms Of our officers,
and said that our Government had made It's
appointments much more discreetly than his.
He then asked how far it WIS to Corinth.
Harris replied that he did not exactly know,
but that the distance could be easily agcer>
tanned by march.
McCook rallied, ard ssid that lhcy intended
to have made march in c few days, and should
have been down there before this.
Lieut.. Harris ret0"ted, saying ha thought
the delay wise one, as the rcsd WAS improy.
ing every day, aud that the longer they de-
laEed, the better it would be, for they would
certainly haee to travel that road t.oiys if they
came.
Tie officers seemed disposed to DO pleasant
and courteous, and Virginia Captain of the
artillery tFeGerals) by lho name Of Terrell, ex-
pressed desire to see Gen. Bragg, and learn
was served during the recent battle, alludiDg
to Braggs battery which served at Bnena
Vista, now in possession of the Var KEGS. Har.
ris replied that the battery could not have
boen in Sundays fight, or else he would not
have asked the question, az ell their batteries
that day had been captured by us,
The renegade ViIginian then remarked that
Gen. Hsrdee was great friend Of his whom
no had known we'll at West Point, and that he
would liks 10 send him by Harris two bottles
Of brandy. Harris regretted he could not
conveniently carry the bottles,
Gen. McUook thon expressed some surprise
at Gen. Beaursgard having addressed his dis.
patch to Gen. Buell. instead Of Grant, saying
that the latter was in command
The messenger now returned, when Gen.
McCook informed Lieut. Harris that Gen. Buell.
was absent from his headquarters, but that
an answer would be sent to our limos under n
flag OF trucs that evening.
Having learned from DR.. Bumbaugb, a Fed.
eral Surgeon who accompanied Lieut.. Harris,
the puTport: OF the dispatch; McCock said no
die not doubt but that an exchange Of wound
ed prisoners would be sgreed to, but thst our
army had been so we'll supplied With ambular.
ces and assistants during the recent Aght, that
nearly ai our wounded had been recovered by
ourselves. Those that they had taken, be said.
had principally been sent to ST. Louis, Padu-
cab or Cincinnati, to be better cared for
Lieut. Harris then took his lesve.
In the afternoon flag of truce from The
eneny, covering a Federal Surgeon and other
officers approached our lines with Buells re-
ply, and an ambulance Of medical stores for
our Toundcd ct tho 'Gickoy Hospital."-
Lieut.. Reese, of the lst Alabama Regiment,
was sent to receive it, but refused admission
to the officers on tho gronnd that ve had
enough medical supplies Of our own.-
After the Federal officers left, one OF ouT
pickets told Lieut. Reese that before he came
up and while the other picket had been sent
in, tho Yankee officer under protection Of the
flag endeavored 10 inducs him to desert, point
ing out the difference between his (the Oon-
fcderato pickett clothing and that Of the Fed
eral escort. The picket replied with prope,
spirit and Indignation, telling the Yankee oR
Ger tba: they must have but littlo regard iol
principle or honor in their army, when theil
own officers, under the sanctity and protec
ton of flag of truce, could, in violation Of it
attempt to persuade e soldier to desert, snt
that ell the good clothes in the world coult
not cover An act Sf viIiiany. The Federal maj
felt rebuked, and seemed very uneasy and snx
iors to &C: back. lsiss pity that our brave ant
honest picket did rot inform MS officer OF i
before tie F=dcrsl :asa got off.
| Tho t.ir1rsDh on tho 18th inst. plaTed "a