The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-12
"WE'RE WHIPPED.
The Thrilling Sight Witnessed by
Buell's Advance az Shiloh.

Nelson was never de50nair while on
duty. The scene at the landing
(Which has never been adequately de-
scribed, and perhaps never will be-.
was well fitted to excite the scorn and
Indignation of such a combative ma
ture as his; yet it may we'll be doubted
whether if he were alive to-day, he
would not wish to evpmge from his
official report the harsh statement that
he finally "asked permission to fire
upon the knaves.
"Get out of the way, YOU id
cowards!" he exclaimed, furiously, as
she frantic throng pressed toward a
boat whence one of his favorite regi-
ments was debarking. "Get out Of
the way! If you don't fight your
selves, let these men off that will
Men, follow mel"
81 shall never forget" says DIR.
Bradford again, "the forming line on
the bluff at Pittsburg Landing. I
doubt whether on any other battle
field of the war any set of men ever
formed under just such circumstances.
Most of our batteries gone, thou
sand wagons gone, nearly all our tents
gone; our entire force seemingly
driven into twelve or fifteen acres OF
ground; the enemy pressing on with
batteries and musketry in front and a
cross-fire of cannon from above, and
ten thousand panic-stricken men out
of the fight crying, We are whipped
eThe battle is lost!' It's no use to
fsrmr They're drying us into the
river! etc.
''In this terrible extremity the COM
mand fell, quickly and orderly into
line, and at the word moved calamity
forward. could not resist the temp
tation of riding my iron-gray horse
close up to the line and crying out,
Bully for the Sixth Ohior"
GAS we landed" wrote Col. Grose
with pardouable enthusiasm to his
wife, Immediately after the battle,
there were at least fifteen thousand cf
Grants panic stricken troops who had
thrown away their arms and were
pressing to get onsboard the boats, and
as my regiment marched up the hill
we would hear the towards say to my
men, You will get it!' You will
come backp and many other such ex-
pressions, yet our men went bravely
up and formed in line of battle, Gems.
Buell. and Nelson both with me.
While forming, the heavy fire of the
enemy was passing thick and fast
around us. Poor White was struck
by a canister shot and both his legs
were torn off, and about the same time
a staff officer, ten feet in front of the
line, on horse, between Gen. Nelson
and myself, had lis head shot off by a
cannon ball, and fell a CHASTITY specta-
Gle before my regiment, at seeing
which few of our men nearest tbs
scene fell back a few steps, but as
soon as | commanded them to dress uE
the line they did SO promptly, and
obeyed the command t. forward
march in line Of battle. We moved
off about one hundred yards, to sup
port one of our retreating batteries
} and there we opened up a severe fire
on the approaching enemy, which,
, think, was the first evidence the rebels
f had that the advance of BuelPs army
was arriving. The fire of our regi
ment checked the enemy for the night
and, as everybody here says, turne,
+ the tide of battle and saved Grant
= army"
f Every survivor of the Tenth Bri
e gade Will recall how the shocking
= death of Gen. Grants aid, as mer
+ toned by Col. Grose, was talke
n about for weeks aflerward, and tn
: more because the same, or a nearl
e simultaneous discharge, shot ava
4 the saddle from under Lieut.. Grave
n a volunteer aid Of Gen. Nelson. an
le then went pluneing over the blu