The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-25
GEN. GRANT ON SHILOH.
MS sJoRY OF THE GREAT BATTLE
a very Impartial Paper His Estimates
Of the Strength OF the Opposing
Armies and the Tactics
Pursued by Them.

Pie February number of the Century
contains the long looked for account of
the battle of Shiloh, written by Gen.
Grant himself. 1t has spirit of eandor
prevailing all through the document
and whilst Gen. Beauregard from his
allegations, yet, taken altogether, it is a
very fair history of one Of the bloodisst
battles that ever shook the earth. The
compliment to southern valor was never
more conspicuously and srtlessly rem
dered than in this extract: "Tbe confed-
crate assaults were made with such dis
regard of losses on their own side that
our line OF lents soon fell into their
hands," He sums up as follows:
THE RESULT.
The endeavor ofthe enemy on the first
day was simply to hurl their men
against ours first at one point, then at
another, sometimes at several points at
once. This they did with daring and
energy, until at night the rebel troops
We're worn out Our effort DUR
ing the same time was to be prepared
to resist assaults wherever made. The
object OF the coniederates on tue second
day was to get away with as much OF
their army and material as possible.
Ours then was to drive them from our
front, and To capture and destroy as
great part AS possible OF their men and
material. We were successful in driy-
ing them back, but not so successful in
captures as if further pursuit could have
been made But as it was We captured or
recaptured on the second day about as
vFNnnh arfi llhpu Il lost the fir At
and leaving out the one great capture OF
Prentss, we took more prisoners on
Monday than the enemy gained from
us on Sunday. On the 9th Sherman lost
seven pieces of artillery, McClernand
six, Prentss eight and Hurlbut two
batteries. On the 9TH Sherman cap
tured seven guns, McClernand three
and the Army OF the Ohio twenty.
The effective strength of the Unior
force on the morning of the 9th wa,
$4,000 at Shiloh. Lew Wallace brough
800 more after nightfall. BeauregarC
reported the enemy's strength q
40,955. According to the custom
of enumeration in the south
this number probably EXCLUDES
every man enlisted as musician, or dc
tailed as guard or nurse, and all CON
missioned oilicers-everybody who di
not carry musket or serve q cannon
w lln US fNl bcbJ III VIZ hNAN 49,
ing pay from the government is counted
Excluding the troops who fled, panic
stricken, before they had fired sho
there was not time during the ct
when we had more than $4,000 men
line. On the 9Th Buell. brought 900
more. or has remaining two division
Thomas did reach tho field durin
the engagement. Woods arrived b
fore firing had ceased, but not in tin
TO be of much service.
Our loss in the two days fight W
1,754 killed, S404 wounded and rs
missing OF these 2,l03 were in Il
Army of the Ohio. Beauregard report
a total loss of 10 500, of whom l,72S we
killed, S0l2 wounded and 957 missir
This estimate must be incorrect.
buried, by actual count, mere of
enemy's dead in front of the divisio
of McClernand and Sherman alone til
here reported, and 1900 was the estimi
of the burial parties for the whole iie
Beauregard reports the Confeder
force on the 9th at over 10000 and tn
total loss during the two days at 100
and at the same time declares that
could put only 10000 men in battle
the morning of the 7th.