The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-06-09
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road led across Owl Greek In our front.
The head OF the regiment had rehched
the bridge, when. solid line OF the
enemy was discovered advancing towar |
us. Col. Buckland was notified Of the
fact, aud the regiment was again coulter.
marched to its position In the hfieade
line Of battle. Col. Buckland now
ordered the brigade forward and had I'D.
vanced about 40 rods, when We came, in
full view and within short musket range
Of the enemy. The battle began in all
its fury. t9 'Hf Vow dO' "a
Although this was our first battle, yet
with great deliberation we poured vol.
ley after volley in quick succession into
the rebel ranks. AT our first fire their
whole line wavered. They soon re-
formed and charged us, but were drivl
en- back with great slaughter, some of
the regiments becoming 80 decimated
that they were sent back 10 the rear, and
took no part in the battle the rest Of the
day. After fighting for On hour one Of
Gen. Sherman's Aides came to Col. Buck.
land and said: srq a.i haa Z"
''The General desires to know whether
you can hold your position ?'' 9il I. 1a
He replied ...,.,i. i..5,i. f.7
"Tell Gen. Sherman that my men are
fighting bravely, and that we can hold
our position" tiI.0 J ""i
Three separate assaults were made to
force our line by fresh troops, but at
each charge they were sent reeling back
to the shelter of the banks of Owl Greek,
where they returned our fire, cutting
fearful gaps in our line, but
THE BRIGADE STOOD FIRM. ~
The Confederate General B. W. Duke,
in his history of the battle Of Shiloh,
gives the following description of their
repulse in front of our brigade: .t
While Bucklsnds and McDowels Brigades
Of Sherman's Division had not been fercely
sssailed At the inception Of the Confederate
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share Of attention. The ground which they 90
cupied, however, was perhaps altogether the
strongest position on the line. Every demon
stration made against II was repulsed. Artil-
lery was used IN vain. Some Of the best brig
sdes Of the army moved on IL only to be hnrl-
ed back. strewing the morass in is front with
their dead. Tho Confederate loss at this point
was frightful At last, after having held the
position from or 7:S0 Q. m. until sfter 10 b.
M, everything on their left having been driven
back and the Confederate artillery having
reached point where the guns could play upon
its rear, II was abandoned o. no longer tenAble.
The tenacious defense Of bis position, and the
| fact that by massing on his own right Gen.
Johnston turnedit when It proved impregnable
to direct assault, ought TO be Of itself . sufli-
cient explanation OF the correctness OF bis
plan Of battle. .' -'".I F
We held our original position for three
mortal hours under storm of shot and
shell and a withering fire OF buck and
ball from rebel infantry until 10 o'clock
a. M, when the troops on our left we're
driven back, which exposed our left
flank to an enfilading fire. This COM
PEELED us to fall back to our color.line.
where we fixed bayonets for charge,
While here a battery of artillery came
to our assistance, but left again without
firing gun. Just as the enemy began
to press us on our left, Capt. Hammond,
of Gen. Sherman's staff, rode up and
said: s9 - ..l IA
"Gen. Sherman's orders are to fall
back and form new line back of our
camp, on the Purdy road" t
We about.faced and marched through
our camp, leaving the ground strewn
with our killed and wounded. The
enemy followed rapidly, and as soon as
they reached our camps, the Confeder-
ate writers state, they commenced r,.
% TO pILLAaE THE TENTS.
After making stand on the Purdy
road we were ordered back short dis
tance to another line, where we finally
held the enemy in check. At nightfall
Gen. Sherman held the bridge across
Snake Creek-over which Gen. Lew
Wallace crossed his division during the
night-which is q mile and half from
the Landing, making the distance only
one mile less than when the battle com.
menced in the morning. The 4sth was
ordered to support the reserve artillery
in The evening, and helped to repulse
the last charge on our lines that day.
Gen. Buell's troops now began to ar
rive, and as they picked their way up
through the stragHlers they no doubt
thought that what they saw before them
was all that was left of General Grants
whole army. Any candid soldier will
admit that at the Landing was no place
to Judge of what was transpiring at the
front. Such scenes have been. witness
ed in more than one great battle Of the
war. Take, for instance, the battle Of
Chickamauga. While part Of the army
was defeated and driven back to Chat&s.
nooga, Gen. Thomas, with his troops,
held the left and saved the day; but the
rear was no place to judge what Gen.
Thomas was doing at the front. So IT
was at Shiloh. s'i '''@ lif
After replenishing our ammunition
and distributing few crackers, the reg
iment groped its way forward in the
darkness and took its position in line
with our division, and lay down in the
rain to await the conflict on the morrow.
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