The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-10-20

ASNSA"A 'o's was hlilcu i, tof, WOunucu
s,4OS; captured or missing 2,ss5; aggre.
gate 13,O47. The effective strength, at
the beginning of the battle, is not
stated. The field return of Confederate
forces that marched from Corinth to
the Tennessee river April 8, 1852,
showed an aggregate of 46, ,4e5 present.
The effective total being 4O,335. Ef
fective total after the battle 49, ,638; diff
ference 1869. Casualties in battle
killed 1,72S; wounded s,012; missing
$50. The Confederate forces captured
Hve blue silk regimental flags, twenty
Federal flags, one garrison flag, two
guidons.
The Mississippi commands engaged
were:
Blythe's Mississippi Battalion.
The Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth
regiments, under Gen. j. r. Chalmers.
Sixth regiment.
Swett's battery.
Third Mississippi battalion.
Harper's battery.
Fifteenth regiment.
Twenty-second regiment.
In foot note to organization Of First
corps it is stated: THE First Missis'
sippi Cavalry, Brewers battalion, and
Cox's. Jenkins, Lindsays, Robinson's,
and Tomlinson's Cavalry, not accounted
for in this table, appear from the re.
ports to have belonged to Folks corps. "
The official reports on Confederate
side include those Of
Col. A. ]. Lindsay. First Mississippi
Cavalry.
Lieut.-Col. John II. Miller, First Mis-.
sissippi Cavalry.
Lieut.-Col. r. II. Brewer battalion Of
Mississippi and Alabama Cavalry.
Capt T. j. Stanford. battery.
Maj. A. B. Hardcastle, Third Infan.
try battalion.
Capt. w. L. Harper, jefferson Artil-
lery.
Lieut.. Put. Darden. jefferson Artil.
lery.
These commands are referred to in
the reports of other commanders, and
always in complimentary terms. Here
are few paragraphs from the report
of Gen. p. r. Cleburne:
The Sixth Mississippi and Twenty-third
Tennessee charged through the encamp-
ments of the enemy. The limo was neces.
sarily broken by the standing tents. I'm
der the terrible fire much confusion fol
lowed, and quick and bloody repulse was
the consequence.
The Twenty-third Tennessee was with
difficulty rallied about 100 yards in th,
rear. Again and again the Sixth Missis
sippi, unaided, charged the enemy's line
and it was only when the regiment had
lost 300 officers and men killed and wounded
out OF an aggregate of 425, that it yielded
and retreated in disorder over its own dead
and dying. Colonel Thorton and Major
Lowry, the field officers, were both wound
ed. 1t would be useless to enlarge on tn,
courage and devotion of the Sixth Missis
sippi The facts as recorded speak louder
than any words of mine.
Finding my advance on the left wing fol
the present unemployed, galloped back tC
my right. About half of the Twenty-Five
Tennessee and 60 men of the Sixth Missis
sippi had reformed. With these advanced
directly to my front, through the enemy
encampment, the enemy having retreatet
as soon as my left had broken their right.
At this time-12 or l oclock-Captair
Harper, commanding the remnant Of thu
Sixth Mississippi, marched it to the rear
Its terrible loss in the morning. the wan
of all its field and most of its company of
ficers, had completely dsorganized it anC
untitled it for further service. saw it nj
more during the battle, and would respect
fully refer you to the reports of Colonel ]
]. Thornton for its after proceedings.
We doubt if the official report of any
commander on either side of the great
contest shows a larger per cent. Of
loss than that sustained by the Sixth
Mississippi at Shiloh.
Col. J. J. Thornton was delegate il
the secession convention from Rankin
county. He voted against the ordi
nance and was the only delegate who
refused to sign it; but he was among
the very first to fight for it. He dice
at Pass Christian year or two since.
| Major Lowry was also a citizen o.
Rankin. He was promoted to brigadier
general just before the Confederacy
collapsed. He has since served hi.
State with distinguished ability FOL
eight years as governor. He is still il
good fighting condition.
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