Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-04-16

tiss and Wallace After their sur
render there was little fighting that
day. In the afternoon Buell's advance
had appeared on the opposite bank of
the river, and a single division had
crossed during the battle.
In this day fighting the union loss
was nearly ten thousand killed. woun-
ded and captured The rebel loss was
as great in killed and wounded, but
the loss in prisoners was small. One
OF the notable incidents of the day
was the killing of Gen. Albert Sidney
Johnston, whose command fell upon
Gen. Beauregard. Beauregard as
sailed the union center and left, on
which the most of the artillery had
been concentrated, and which were also
covered by two gunboats. The attack
was repealed, and at night lombard
ment was opened which compelled the
confederates to withdraw little. The
remainder of Buells command crossed
the river during the night, raising the
union force to about forty-five thousand
Gen. Grant and Gen. Buell. met at
Sherman's headquarters in the evening,
and it was there agreed that Buell.
with his army should in the morning
attack on the left, and Grant, with his
immediate command, should attack on
the right. Gen. Beauregard still held
his own position near the church, and,
as the line of retreat was by the road
passing the church, it was necessary
that his force should hold this position
to the last. 1t was center to which
cf af Il
had drifted during the night. Monday
morning the greater part of Beaure-
CARDS army reported there. Grant
opened the action of the 7th by an ar
tillery fire, before which the confederate
advance Tell back. 1t was not long
before the conflict ragged around Shiloh
church with fury surprising any por-
ton Of the battle of Sunday. The
lines were pressed closer and the fire
was hotter than ever. AT one time
Gen. Grant called two regiments, and
in person led them in a charge in Nc
Cooks front aud broke the enemy's
line. Endurance has its limits. Beau
regard saw his men were beginning to
flag. Shortly afterward he posted q
battery and a brigade on the RISING
ground south of Oak creek, command
ing the ground about Shiloh church,
and withdrew his worn troops behind
them.
The union loss as officially stated
was 100 killed, 7,495 wounded, and
1922 prisoners; III all 12,217. The
confederate loss, as reported by Beau
regard, was /, 72S killed, sop wound
ed, and 959 missing; in all 1869.
When the rebels first attacked, Grant
was at Savannah, seven miles down
the river. fastening back, he was on
the field at the earliest possible mo-
ment, and did whatever could be done
to withstand the tremendous force OF
the rebel advance When Buell. came
upon the field toward night, the aspect
of affairs so struck him that his first in
quiry Of Grant was what preparations
he had made for retreat.
II have not despaired of whipping
them yet, was the thoroughly eharae-
teristic reply. One account adds, that
when Buell. urged that prudent gene
raj ought to provide for the possibili-
ties of defeat, and repeated his inquiry,
Grant pointed to his transports and
Sdld, Don you see tNoSe DOaISr
Yes" said Buell., 'but they will not
carry more than 10000, and we have
more than 10000. swell, returned
Grant. "ten thousand are more than
intend TO retreat with.
GRANTS ACCOUNT OF IT.
Gen. Grant himself, in a recent mag
azine article describing this battle,
says:
1.-THE advance on the morning of the
7th developed the enemy in the camps
occupied by our troops before the battle
began, more than a mile back from the
most advanced position of the confede-
rates on the day before. 1t is known
now that the enemy had not yet be-
come informed of the arrival of Buell. S
command. Possibly they fell back to
get the shelter of our tents, during the
rain, and also get away from the shells
that were dropped upon them by the
gunboats every fifteen minutes during
the night.
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