The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-02-20
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.
GENERALS SURPRISED.
A Battle That Was Not Fought Accord.
Ing TO the Schools.
TrO,irlD,IsdI

IL wns O'Clock before the last OF the Fed |
| eral regiments, those nearest to the steam. |
| boat landing, were started TO tho front |
Meanwhile, the outer line had been forced
back nj several points, and the Confederates, |
encouraged by their success were pushing
things with desperate energy. There were
no defenscs OF any kind, not 30 much as tho
rudest earthwork, TO lessen tho dnngers aud
serve tho ends OF strategy. Tho trees and
underbrush Afforded some degree Of shelter,
but they also provided opportunities for am.
bush, aud thus tended TO ihcrenso rnthcr than
TO diminish the general chances OF casualty
IL was practically n battle In which the
ground was contested step By step, innn
against man. There wa, no chance fol sci.
entiilc maneuvcrlng. The two armies con-
| tronted each other In such wny thnt the
issue depended upon direct and simple fight
| ing, nnd not upon any OF the theories tnught
In schools OF military instruction. In the ma.
ture OF the cnse. n coherhent and systematic
general plum OF operation was out OF the
question. The conditions changed 80 rap.
Idly, there wns such succession ofunforscen
events that II was impossible 10 follow
given course or to preserve a unity Of calcu-
lntions. There was nothing to do but TO
accept tho logic Of constantly shifting cir.
cupstgnces, and to striko blow whenever
and Wherever the occasion was presented.
Grant arrived about 3 o'clock from Sayan-
nah, nine miles distant. and assumed com
mand. He explained his absence by saying
II XII ihEisaSY EstSY Z "f z I'm HS efse e a; S
be V Was .1 ssiipiny nj % %an!cPstIns "a %S a. attack
i However he was acting Il sSsCId%peo wh
ion Tint Tho comqaie,a,oa vault No, o eova pn an
entrenched position TO bring on n battle with
The army that were preparing to attack them.
bo won hia y,ea,est v,c,o,v hv nm e,,,aii.
bo,J Jana,,,sa i,o,n on as,9, 9,li.hod ~ ,iiI,ary,
tbeorv W.
IIe nrconizod ommu,,,io, ,roins ma soo,
ne be arrived md bostcned re.aniorce,non,s
forward Then bo vis,,ed eacb ~ Tho Jiyis.
lon oommonders in turn md waa with shar.
mnn M IN o'clock wban ,be Latte, sras an.
,agod In HE bot,as, a,h, and ,ha GO ,La,
sompelled him 10 retire md selec, ano,he,
iine nf Jetenao 7, VIVA IN ,bis Sol, ,ho,
oiobvrn,s Cnniodar,,o b,ino,,a "s .a,., '
menta mnde reneated cbarees ,,pon n rooJod
ascen, md los, more than onapthi,d ~ i,s
memhera ,be cth Misa,sain,J hav,n,, ann LII
ed and wounded out Of n tataI ~ iSn Tha,e
wore renenied enyayemen,s 81 this Josnara,o
n,der ~ which ,hc ,eai,non,a on ,o,b s,Jas
wo,o so boJlv sba,,ere3 Tint ,hov Gould We,
render anv fnrtbcr service durin, tbe Joy
A. abont Q o,ciock in The af,e,neon nv ocooo,d.
inc no tbo Confederote records Rrectin,,doo
rode M 10 .Jobnstcn under ureat exclienont
and aaid. az have n ,o,i,assn, ~, rronnnssaa
ans ,vt n rofuse to fl,b, ,bo,,b Laya hoo,
doi,y mo hcst to ral1v tbem sbd ,e, ,ho,n IN :,
Johnson turned Ia koy ttnf,ls W. ,ya
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1.y va e.y 'Voy IN, 10 :. iu'o'ou tnu "oa.n ,
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an, iha inss ~ hinod dnu saan onas1 gres
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a,,i,o, ,ha 80, ;rhasee as .ba, LII AZ,
,hat 49,, apo ~ ,ha daid ,vh mma shoi, ,u', on
haon fLii,oJ. and ,bon "ha S,,SJn,. ,na "a' n
svmed Win oncess 81 surv rrU n1mas was ne,
lima pen,,rosard bovina saccnsded No w m"J, ~
command Of the coniedeia,o a eI'1 forces. 70 tue
When Bragg heard OF tho death of Johns.
ton. he quickly assembled nil tho ,roona
within his reach and formed them for ren-
, eral advance against tho fatal slope known as
''the hornets nest" where tho diyjsions of
Prentlss and Wallace had been hearing the
brunt OF the battle for several hours and re-
pellinR all attacks made on them. In conse.
J auence OF the changing of lines bv sherman n
gap was left between these divisions and the
supporting ones, and the Contederates pass.
ed through IL to WalIace's renr. Uurlbnt
: made an effort to keep them back. bu,
they were too strong for him and be had tc
: retreat. This sharp fight was the one In
which Surgeon (aiteward Colonel DCornyn. ol
Missouri distinvuishsd himself Iy THROWING
r away his medical outfit and taking charge oj
n battery. As soon as the fact OF Uurlbut's
G withdrawal became known TO Prentiss and
Wallace they consulted and resolved TO hold
their position at ali hazards and keep tbs
( enemy from passing on 10 the landing. Bu,
they were isolated from the rest of the army
and surrounded by a superior force. A,
. length Wallace ordered his command 10 re.
tire and cut a way through. md two reri.
j ments succreded In doing 40. Wallnee lei
a mortnlly wounded. prentIss made a flnaI
heroic struggle TO hold his ground bnt il was
: futile, and when he snw thnt flrtber resis
tance was useless he surrendered the remain
: inc FRAGMENTS of the two dIvlsions-2 o00mer
e in oli-and tbey were sont sontb as nIisoners
Hean FSeri had his b0adauarters near th,
Shiloh r,srssHss 80, s IA vas n great "a,
r during tie alternoon over wha, H., i7.I Il