Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-21

his sword and shouted, "Forwart
brave Louisianians, forward !" In
spirited by his example they moved
briskly forward, with loud shouts
Calamity they looked, moving forward
as ono man, their bsyonets flashing
in the morning sun, and their color'
waving in the breeze On, still on they
pressed. When within sight of the I'm
, ion lines they poured in terrible vol
ley, and started forward upon doub'
lie quick. Strange, that during this
time they received not a shot I! But
all at once, it seemed as though vol
cano had opened at their feet. Upon
every side, front, flank and rear, a tor.
nado of balls was sent among them
and ere they had recovered from their
surprise, the Union army with fixed
bayonets swept down upon them
As that line of steel came towards
them, they recoiled from the contest
and fed the field, leaving the ground
covered with their dead and wounded.
With the failure of this desperate
charge, Beauregard saw the day to
him was irretrievably lost and he or
dered retreat. g Ia
The Southern army fell back upon
Corinth, moving slowly back on the
same road they had marched a few
days before, with music and ban
ncrs and shining steel" their leader
slain, over one third Of their army kill
led, wounded and missing, and the
victory they had promised themselves
in the hands of their enemies. n
The Union loss was thirteen thou
sand, the rebel loss fifteen thousand.
!, The flower of the South were at Shi-
loh and many of their bravest aud
best gave up their lives in the woods
of Tennessee, striving to maintain an
unjust cause in an unholy war. The
bones of thousand Of brave men rest
in their unknown graves, dust ming
ling with dust. The leaves come forth,
as spring passes over the field with
her Ithuriel wand, and through them
the wind signs requiem during the
long summer days, while Autumn
scatters them softly over the graves Of
those they mourn, as the time comes
when they too must moulder and de-
cay. ,asAss. a'..
The graves have sunk to q level with
the surrounding earth !; thelog church
has long since been destroyed /; yet
the little spring at the foot OF the bill
upon which it stood, still wells forth
as pure and sweet, as when Union
and rebel chieftains slaked their thirst,
upon those memorable days. soa
In future years, when the tourist
shall wander over the field. he may find
a rusty ball, or see a bone fast crum-
bling away, which alone will tell him
that here upon this field was fought
the great battle of SHILOH.
1t was when the " Garde d Orleans /"
made their assault upon the Union
lines, when steel was clashing against
steel, that a portion of the Regiment
composed of loyal Teunesseeans, en-
countered a regiment Of the Garde.'
1t was led by Brown, the once famous
guerilla, now Colonel in the Confcder
ate army. AS the leaders Of the two
parties encountered each other, Henry
Sinclair, recognized the man who had
so deeply wronged him. The recog.
milton was mutual, and they both saw
that one must die. Sinclair rushed
upon the guerilla and pulled him from
his horse, but received pistol shot
in tue arm in doing SO. With the fu-
ry of maniac he hurled him upon the
ground, and unheeding his prayers for
mercy, he plunged his bowieknife to
his heart, and sent his guilty soul to
the region of the damned. The men
seeing the fate of their Colonel fed in
every direction.
When the State of Tennessee was
reclaimed Henry Sinclair. now Colonel
in the Union army, had the pleasure
of hosting his country's starry flag
from the roof that witnessed the death
Of his bride.
God grant that never more shall
Feast Tennessee behold the presence
of Southern chivalry, but over her
mountains, and her valleys, may for
ever float unsoiled and unstained
the " Flag of the free hearts hope and
home"