New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-14
PITTSBURG LANDING.

puII1Ics-CHArACTER or The COUNTRY AROUND
| PI1sBUEG LANDING.
| iyPoy 4 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIVE TRInUNE.l
| CoRINTH Miss. Feb. 23.-I have inst been over
| the battlefield of Pittshurg Landing ana mnch Oh
tte surrounding country. 1t is all very interest
| ing to me- though ANYTHING written ABOUT j. now
| mnst be dull compared with a aforementioned
description of the place. and of the great battIe
| winch made il famous The distance from Corlhth'
| Misc 10 Pit sburR Landing is eighteen. twenty OF
twenty-twO miles according TO tie Judgment ol INC
Corjnthiau iivervstable keepers, as 10 "haI thcy
/ can ma he traveller lelieve and pay NISno" 10
! make The Journey ON foot, but th're Is TOO "'".u
vater for that. | was fortunate IN securing All Ola
IlI,noi<an rs driveI lie has lived here many years.
and has seen much of life in this region from the
| mint Of view Of . Woodworking managing, shrcwd
farmer and trader.
We took dinner the first day with Tennessee
farmer who lives near ito SPOT whore the battle
commenced. II happened that number Of women
from the neghhUrhOOd- is anywhere within
fen nules-wcre visiting the woman of the honsn
Two OF thrco farmers also called All wcrn invitrt
10 the long table, and all sat down together. We
had n busy talk, with rapid questioning and
answering both sides. The women were rather
shv ana reserved at first, hut both men and women
soon talked freely and cordially. Two or three of
the m n had been in the battle the Rebel side
and ono of the Dugiboring farmers had bern a
Union soldier, having settlel in this region slEce
the war They asked At once if | was IN this
battle on the Union side | said no, hut that some
of my relatives wcrp and that was in the Union
army further Last Then all seemed to wish to en-
| terrain me, and to make my visit to the pIare
interesting to me as possible. They told me many
stories Of the fight and Of the camp aud what tho
common soldiers SAID aud thought OF everything.
| They were Df tho opinion that their oitceIs-the
Southern generals managed better thai ours at the
| beginning OF the fight; that sone of Our men were
surprised come Of them st breakfast. some IN bed.
| A Confederate officer here IN COrinth. who was in
! the advance that morning, told inc that he dis
tinCtly head the calling OF the roll IN the companies
which formed our line inst III front OF him. and
this was but a moment lefore the attack was be-
! gun. But the Northern could fight they said,
| even If they surprised.
| SOUTHERN vItws OF 1IIR FIGHT.
All these people still Srem profoundly impressed
! by the awfuncss Of the struggle and the terrific
| character OF the fighting here. Az many places
which they mentioned. they said one could walk all
| 'vrI the ground o. dead men. asked the women
| how it seemed during the battle One family lived
| between the lines. They took shelter under the
| blun along the river. and stayed there I'll the
| battle was over Then their house was ull OF
wounded men, and they could not return for some
time. The Others lived further IN the rear some
| miles away from the heaviest lighting. They SAID
the sound of the small arms was continuous roar.
| like the sound of an approaching hurricane kept
ND through the hole day. and that the cannon
made poom. poou-p poo poom," like thunder toll-
ing and clappinr all the time ono women said
! very srtiously: If it wasn't wicked to say such
things you couldn't tell It any better than To say 1t
! snundrd like rs If hell was open over there toward
! tnr river Thry thought their officers made
| mistake ~ not pressing the hattie That first even
| Ing. But they thought General Grant and General
! Sherman had line "f heavy bati r"7 all along
| the nScr a mon officer was captured and carried
! before General HcnuIegard. " h" asked HIM about
! the, batteries: bur H. merely said: Gcnrra you
| may he assured that General Grant and General
! Sherman are ah, commanders; they know their
business. and whatever ~ necessary has been at
! tended TO- Then they Thought that perhaps the
! death Of General Albert Sidney johnston made
| great deal OF diHrIcucc. General GcduIrgard was
not a great general anu hr hid mover srcn the bat
! Il, ground. The light ought to hay" b'en FINISHED
up uriurc General Buell. MN had time 30 get over
| thought they had "a proty INTELLIGENT idea oil
! lnattcr- conn, ct ID with the battle rry All went
on-its the NJutA,rn p'opr do every whore, y" lar
as ! have srcn thcn. the mAe,rs and the most i'll
tcligrnt tn say that it all Tor the bust. II
to ho 80 It wIs latrd {" lac 80. 1t ws Providence;
hut IL Wa, very hard for the people at the tIine.
| Wnat Mes left thu outer t,uh The women sad
II got 80 We wonld lis, as soon sec one sue rs the
! other They took all We had. They had to. All
the men said Ii Wa, Il great bir0,Iu' that the
war pu. AN end to slavery. IT, great deal better
for the country for the people t. have 10 worn for
| their own lITIn'.' Tir element al hnmor came III.
| IA | Obsrryr II generally doe, when We talk about
| u, ,,or .,j tn,. r.Iation. clvrru I'm, North and
| ,h, s,,,,tb ,,uc old y,ou,n "A grandmother. t.
! =, ,,,, all J.,,rr,.I a.Lod me-. " D,u't ,ou think
,o, nm ht to IN, H. for or,r tri,g. that vas lie
.tr,v.d and what tine soldier. look lou yhipprd