The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-04-19
The bloody Field Of COrinth.
THE FEDERAL AND CONFEDERATE DEAD.

THE FEDERAL AND CONFEDERATE DEAD.
From correspondent of the Memphis
Argus, written from Corinth, Mississippi,
we make the following interesting extract
The first point usually visited by those
who stop here to examine the battle field,
is strong earthwork known rs Fort Rob
inett Immediately north of the Memphis
and Charleston road on the hill, just above
the first "cut," on that road, about quar-
ter of mile west of the town. Here oc-
CURED, on the morning of the 18th of Octo-
ber, that desperate conflict, so we'll known
to immortal fame, in which Col. VIM. L.
Rogers, of the I'd Texas regiment, COM
manded on that and the previous day a
brigade OF Texas and Arkansas sharpshoot-
ers.
Col Rogers fell, fighting, within the
fort, and is buried just without the ditch
OF all the Confederate dead on this field,
Col. Rogers is, an told, the only one who
was properly buried; that is to say, the
only one who was buried deep enough to
prevent the rains from washing the dirt
away AID exposing his bones He, it is
said, was buried under the Immediate su
pervsion OF Gen. Rosecrans, who had n
substantial paling placed around the grave.
and headboard, with this inscription: !:
"CoL. GEO. ROGERS, 2D TEXAS REGI-
MENT, KILLED OcT. 4TH, 1862" AS will
be seen from this (Which is an exact copy),
General Rosecrans made mistake in the
first or Christian name of Col. Rogers 1t
should read "Col William 7. Rogers, 2d
W. h. ,lAr L..
many of your readers that General Rose
Grams, in some official sponlence with
Generals Van Dorm and Price, soon after
the battle, spoke in most glowing terms of
the gallantry of Col. Rogers, naming him,
/ believe, s'the bravest of the brave" He
also complmented the entire division to
which the kni ightly and peerless hero be
longed-Maury sand said that "thc brave
dead of so gallant division should never
want for fitting burial at his hand" s"-or
words to that effect. No doubt the Gen.
eral fully intended to carry out this prom
ise, and probably issued orders accordingly;
but those orders were certainly never fitting
ly carried out, as will appear to any one
who rides over the iield-as has appeared
to hundreds and thousands who have ridden
ofCi ~ SluCC tliC ClOSC vi luc WuI
In the northwestern angle formed by the
crossing of the rail: Dads, from Corinth out
to and beyond the outer line of works,
three and half miles distant, the whole
Of this great battlefield is dotted, here and
therein some places thick rs meadow
molehills-with the graves OF Federal, and
the exposed remains OF Confederate dead.
The Confederate dead, it clearly appears,
were merely covered up on the ground
where they fell. The Federal dead were
all neatly inferred, in the usual way, with
head and foot boards in every instance, and
In most cases, believe, were enclosed with
wooden palings. l saw but one Federal
grave where the bones were at all exposed.
saw but one Confederate h.muluS where
the bones-generally the skulls-were not
more or less exposed or scattered around
In all directions. t the outer line Of en-.
trenchments, where portion OF Maury S
Division made the assault, saw two hu-
man skull bones, one pclvis, and two jaw
bones, lying on stump, with no trace of
grave or tuniutuS nearer than fifty or a
hundred yards. In front of the outer
breastworks, not far from the same spot, |
saw two UDuti, where some six or eight
Confederate dead had been covered up on
the side of hill Here several of the
skulls and the feet OF most of the bodies
had been uncovered by the action of the
elements, and were lying around upon the
ground, already bleached perfectly white,
and of course rapidly crumbling to decay.
The condition OF these t,nauii, am told
by gentleman residing in the vicinity who
have examined every part of the field, is
fair specimen of all the rest In one
place Gas was informed by Capt. Mask,
of this town, who, with Col. Polk, rode
over the field with me) the bodies of two
or three Confederates were placed by the
side Of log, (to save labor, suppose }
and little dirt thrown upon them; the
dirt had all washed away, and there the
skeletons lie, wholly exposed and uncarcd
for, like the beasts that perish !"