, 1862-05-06
FROM Gen. HAL lEcK'S ARMY.
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH
THE REBEL GENERALS.
INCIDENTS OF THE LATE BATTLE.

THE REBEL GENERALS. |
INCIDENTS OF THE LATE BATTLE. |
Especial Correspondence Of the Chlcago Trloure.]
CAMP Su1ou, April g. 1861.
To-day Is so cool that fire is quite comfor- |
table, whilst yesterday tsunday} and the day
previous were exceedingly warm. It has
again clouded up and threatens rain. The
river here is still rising rapidly, and threatens
to overflow The flats beneath the bluffs. In
that case 1t would be quite Impossible to land
stores ut this point.
There were no reconnoisances IN force yes
terday that I could sec or hear OF, although
PLENTY Of rumors. One was that the 1st and
I'd Kentucky regiments, in Gen. Buelrs di-
vision, had been captured By the enemy. But
the fact is, were one to believe all the stories
be hears floating around the camp, he would
he industriously enough employed in merely
recording them. One rumor respecting the
Kentucky regiment came to US from 4 young
officer who heard it from some of the at
taclcs at Gen B. headquarters.
hear it stated that tie intercepted dispatch
from Beauregard in relation to his force at
Corinth, was altered at headquarters or else-
where, and that It originally resd eightgesix,
not thirty-six thousand. / do not know
exactly how this is, but it seems
to me most improbable that Beauregard had
but 36, 900 men under him after he had fought
the battle OF Shiloh. Judging from the ex~
| tent Of his lines at present, his force must be
| equal, it not superior to ours
Another camp story which has been going
| the rounds for some days, Is that after Gen.
! Hallcck had been here few days, the Pres:~
| dent telegraphed him that as he now had
| time to personally investigate matters, he
{thc President) would like him to inform him
! By telegraph how 1t was that our army lost
go fca1fu1ly in killed and wounded in the bat
tie, and who was responsible for the surprise
Of OUT people. The story is that Gen. Halleck
replied, in effect, that the cause Of the slaugh-
ter Of our troops was On account Of the hraye-
r. and desperation with which the rebel
troops fought the battle; that the cause Of
the SUI prise was the excellent geueratship OF
Beauregard and Johnston; and that he (Gen.
H trusted the President would cause both
these officers to be court -martialled and cash.
iercd There a1e those who oaght to know,
WHO pretend to believe there is SOME truth in
the story after all
- Last week 9 young lady and her mother
passed through here on their way from
Nashvile ito TO ha Memphis R with hss aft saft
bitterly secession, and as they passed 1bgpugt
evidently were on the look out for e$R Ros
sible item OF information. They D4&gSeG
, much Of what Beaurcgard and his army hat
done and would do in the future. They sal.
, that every person capable Of bearing arms 8
t1o r71t1, IN Iafnc.l n
, Mississippi valley. They also said that iron
plated gun boats, capable OF destroying ours
, were beiIg built at Memphis, DE. It ccr
: taiEly is not good policy to pass persons Q
r this character through our lines, for it Is ,.
E such the enemy acquire much Of their II
: formation as to our movements.
\ Many anecdotes are told concerning til
r late battle, scenes Of IN amusing, hut NOS
c Of fca1fuily tragic character. Of the forme,
c one is RELAXED ol Major Sanger OF the 53t
tcndent Of your State Penltentiary- Majo
!, Sarger is attached to Gen. Sherman's stat
d and had been sent to t1ud Cen McClernaut
u in order to have him order up > force to pr
l. vent the enemy from tlanklng Gen S. on tt
J. left. Sanger rode through the woods 4
Q on q knoll, one Of whom ne took I
{, be General McClernand- Riding up, |
ID saluted, addressing the officer By nam
/ as Gen. McClernand. The other quics
la fCEDOUQGu WILL Il 6tDut. AlEt4ClLllO IL
n 1t him boss'' Major Sanger lost no tin
4. in getting Away from that crowd, and fort
,e nstely ESCAPED the bullets that quickly viii
G. tied about him. When close up he reco
70 nized in the officer On old acquaintance, c.
H. Morton, of the 18th Louielana regimen
next group Of officers. Indeed, 1 do 4
wonder ut staff officers getting lost amo
these ravines and blaffs, covered as they :
with timber, and presenting no landmarks
-. which one locality can be distinguished frt
lef another. I have several times lost my ":
ms and only got along by the points OF the co
IL pass.
-. Another anecdote Of tragic character is
,y lated by Col. Braymau, Of the 18th Ills. DUR
tie the battle the quarters OF Gen McClerna1
Of whose chief Of staff Col B. was at that tin
mr. were lost and recovered several times.
one occasion, after the rebels had been dri1
lay back, Col. Brayman vent into his tent 8
Ice found rebel officer sitting on the grou
en-, with onc arm on his camp chest aud anot
his on a chair &c had eve evidently d, p
ST. to raise himself into the ch
am The return of the enemy In force compel
nn the Colonel to leave, but another retreat
~ the rebels brought Col B. back again to
10 quarters Going into his tent he there fou
mes the rebel officer sitting in the chair, his bal
!: clasping the arms, and bis head thrown ba
,ea wards. HI was dead.
Ia. hear some complaints OF the medical #
son Of the army, but Is yet have no mean
CAS- personally satisfying myself Of their tr1
las, On the other hand, have met q: number
COR, cur Illinois surgeons. I find. them
siG5' p' be apparently kind, humane, and giving
tentiun to their duties. They al compl
an. however, Of the few supplies of medical
surgical materials, and the immense labor
ntty-; TolVing upon them.dnring and after a gen
y. action
[ad- Large supplies of provisions for
a. 1u.u and forage for the horses
~ w. being received just now. The Il
sals or landing is crowded with steambe
lout and the wagons are busi]y employed con
own ipg the numerous articles to tho front.
a,, army Of one hundred thousand 1uen reqr
Ill ayast amount Of material Of all kinds an
hose transportation torce alone is immence.
the There arc reports to-day Of an ansicip
uly, attack .! bSaofega1u, @ F anu LAY nae hn
Tord ~, - n;1ht E,ors ~ snrh m attack shn9
the army itself looks upon Beaurega1d S :
as sufficiently powerful to act upon the 9
, the eIse.
Some military critics are inclined to rid
- Gen, McClernand's Ieli works IN Iunt {
Gen. division, and noticed BIZ me in INF last.
0em- no,;one OF these, however, but upon the co
Col y, ao1A upon M .neti @ ~ ens psecaasaonasy a
who necia}lv With ynIunteeT soldiers no ord
iloh; Irecaution should BIZ neglected, and eve
and traoEdlnaE} ones ehoalo IN many cases
i and there ought to have been at the late .
; Its disasters would have BEEN entirely
Hans vented.
NJ m Oxen were being collected for the pu
7a,r Of hauling The siege guns laying on the
very Hamburg, {Gcn. Pope's landing) upos
llzing bluff, where they will be put in positie
cou- arc 1boEe on the bluH above Inns landing
dishes asG r. ~ r 1a.11a,t
price, fully believe that in war, disaster, ho
h the apparently remote, should be pre-
against
net at The Case OF Capt. DeCanup Of the
le 5th Hhiskv. 1o~ o11<~e
choice or,.,,n,+,n oor y = ,7,r,hrns
|, there Tho nroce,d;1g1 IF = conrt of 1non;r
ld~in, yened by Flae-O1icer Farragut in the {
Pratt, Capt. De Camp of the 1roquois, have b.