The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-17
AT SHILOH CHURCH.
INC'pENTS PRECEDING THE STRkNG-
EST cattle OF THE REBELLION.
The Gathering of the Confederate Forces
The aiajor Who Checked the Adj
vance of ,Johnston-A "IiecOn-
noisance in Force"


man, composed of the new leYleS from Chlo,
Indiana ana Illinois, was picked up at
Paducah and carried up the Tennessee river
to Pittsbthg Landing Scarcely a man il The
command had heard "a suat fire in anger.
Sherman set up his stan hard 40 tho lIiini-
tive church in the wilderness called Sal b,
five m,ia; from the river side, aaI his bri-
CaCos, which were soon to receive suaA
baptian Of fire, stretched themselves where
ever swamp and lagoon permitted, grialiy
facing Corinth -Corinth the gangi.oG and
railway nerve center OF the western Com
federaCy. After him came the troops OF
Grants army, squatting irrcgularly be-
tween Shiloh and the river, ami The Hau
nibal Of these legions, fresh from the con
0UCs5 Of Fort Douelson sippel his It'd ~ in
peace at Savannah, fifteen miles away from
the patient soldiers who kept watch at sol
omn Shiloh church. The division q. Lew
Wallace slumbered at Crump'S Landing six
miles telow--slumberef and wondered when
Tie var would actually begin. Across tie
broad face Vi The state Of Tennessee the
granuy disciplined AMI spendidly equipped
army Of Don CatIos Buell. was moving by
easy marches to join the invading hosts on
TIE bank Of the muddy river
At Shiloh 5000 men mounted gu4I4
daily, devourel their rations aai slept n
peace. The army trains dragge,. slowly
along the heavy roads between church ami
river and suffers vended luXGrie3 to raw
SpGrtans at a profit of 100 per cent The
man at the 'front.' Inc 81" Il squadron OF cav
airy ride away toward the militia rehie@-
vouS at Co"ihth every morning and return
lazily at night with an IAN is WE'LL There
was ala hone behet III camp thAJ tnase
horSemen secured tho narrow territory be
tween blue and gray as the dragons Of
Cl-varnouS2 beat up the Presbyterian
quarter of Scotland Subsequent events
proved that tlo gallant hrlssars Of the Fifth
ONO were n tas habit OF playing "aeYen-up'
and sleeping through all those days within
mile Of the camps they were charged to pro
tect Insufficient scouting and carelessnoss
at headquarters were fearfully atoaed at
Shiloh.
How was it at Corinth3 At first we were
told Of a handful OF raw troops holding the
great point d'appeni Of the southwest, But
there came day when the Wellington Of
the contaioracy entered Corinth to execute
the hoida,t stroke o. the war. He saw the
a,,,,,. ,r ,,aiI .,,,,-i, IA +ba i,,,,o4i,,, With
-. - l',,7 go ".
"'''''' 7',>' Az 70 Ce pau "a t"ii."a
upon the toaaSer5 at Sal4oh anu analhiiauAg
them leiore the union Of forces made Grant
too tgrr.yie to resist. There was no force of
con raaence at Corinth, and all would
6aoart uDoo raui3 concentration Il
- ;r.o,,+i, ~, o,,1 ,l,,,.Iisl--
wa eA9-u'-o i'"" "NO Sl''-1I'l"s
was II 'A7N"'e@, hL'NH -'olli TIC a"4.iu'''e'l
trenches about bowling Green came the men
OF Kentucky. From Pensacola, Mobile,
New Orleans Memphis and the camps of in
strUction in the interior came the soldiers Of
the gorfsderacy. They came Ly rail liz
one Grand invocation II was thu CATHERINE
of tbe Clo,s At tho summons IF the I3a,:-,7
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sI'-'iPh % "",eDed sans "Hi.'h.H7 Oh we
southern bays, poured into Cormth, stopped
/ 10 cook five days rations, and turned their
faces toward Saiion- Enthusiasts soldiers.
Who had raced ine regions Ok Buell. III front
o. Nashville, pauSej - teel the hand OF the
! great m1htary organizer, listened 10 the
reading Of this strange battle order, ana
| pushed on to SAI!oa;
| HEADQUARTERS Army OF THE MIssIS
| SliP!, CoalNId, AiTu :, Ioo-.-SoLDtERS
| or III. I4hhh or me 1slsSiNaiPPI: 1 nave
rG gu - I,,.''t 10 o'ieI Nj; "a ''iJ 20 t1c n
| ION sr5 di..;, Iiraj valor hec~r7ing rns,
| fighting, as ven are. for all worth living CT
| dying tor, you can hut march to q decisive
! victory over agraf.an nercenarleS, sent t,
| suHJaEate ana deSpOiI You q your HbeEueS
! IiolFr!y @it u nor helleIloeT ne PIE
- - -, - ~
children on fhs rosuIt. remember the far
| broad Astounding land. the hap2y home
! and ties that will be desolatel by defeat
4! The eyes ami hopes Of 5000, 900 Of people resi-
! upon you. u are expected to show ycar
1eIEeS "eltnH ii youI NGiUr ana lineage
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j, with Us. your general viii lead Won conf
IDENTIFY 20 the combat, assured of success.
a. 5. JOHNSTON, general commanding.
At Shiloh church. Ap.iI Day, The Fourth
hrjco6e of tine Fifth division comno,o3 a
the Fortv-efchth. SEVENTEEN ana Seventy
first regiment, OF Ohio, lay on the flank @
the old sanctuary. In front of the Quarter
of the Colonel Of the Seventieth sat a croD1
If field Officer, in fine early TWILIGHT TT,
sage a,d solemn auckland commandment o
the brisa ie was there as was Hil4abran
London AMI Col, KYLE and Caucell VIII
Ner. fate to die so rallautlv on this Yer,
field six DAYS hence. A bucket Of bsar
fresh from the sultan's tent. was the rally
inc noint OF this squad OF officers
Taer talked Of the inertia Of CAM
life, bemoaned the lack of drilling ground
and complained of tho scorbutc ten
dencv OF the times and the malaria whic3
was weakening the men. The raw recruit,
lacking in healthful exercise, were not proc
against that insidious climate. A though
, truck the solemn auckland He would 9
at once 10 Sherman and ask permission t
take his brigade on a picnic excursion. H
would march on the road toward Corintd
The exercise would greatly benefit the nea
and men and officers would be ialIlllariza
with tie country The suggestion was read
iiy acqniesced Ill, aai Buckiand stake
away 10 'il9 illaFquo' oi inc genera con,
H'''"uAii5, a sen vas o1'''iio-' an ,ieA
e'9n4L'o 'Le oui On "iis"Ge 'ooA9N "'5
L',Li''i9 anu "olI 10 Si7ep, ulOe' i,iS'I
'Uililo''' ue'li'il1 u p.onlos va
nioFtll'S 1ne oueie souiiuo" gu a'ah'' anu
handsome Column Oh piue h'ed Gown mi
lie raw ne ana N1rcLel away on Inc lpad (