Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-28


I'd men in blue and gray. Over 1900
Federal prisoners from the divisions
of prentiss and W. H. l.. Wallace were
under guard near the headquarters
Of Beauregard. at Shiloh church. Prem.
tiss met some of his old acquaintance
among his captors. During the night
of gloom he kept his polsc and said to
the eXulting Confederates, you. gen
tlemen. have had your way today. but
Buell. will effect n junction with Grant
tonight, and we'll turn the tables on
you in the morning"
"There Is Buellr
Early on Monday morning the rattle
of musketry and the boom OF guns off
toward the Landing s!gnalcd renewal
OF the battle, and prentiss exclaimed:
"Ah! Didn't tell you so? There is
BUELL." Throughout the night OF Sun.
day steamers Of all descriptions had
been at work ferrying the divisions
of Buell's Army of the Ohio across the
Tennessee river TO reinforce Grant.
The divisions of General A. Med. Me.
Cook and General l.. l.. Crittenden all
crossed during the night and marched
TO the front. where the most active
Confedcrates had been seen when
night closed In OH the 9Th. This was
the ground along the river above the
Landing. the left wing of the Federal
army as 1t went into battle on the 9TH,
Shiloh's second day.
That part Of the field. the scene of
Buell's advance on the morning Of
April I. was traverscd by II road lead.
ing from the landing to Shiloh church
aud beyond to COrinth. COrinth, Miss.
twenty.tliree miles from Pittsburg
Landing. was the point aimed ut 10y
Grant when he could get his army.
with Bueil's re-enforcements. In hand
From COrlnth the CUurrdcrgtus had
marched stralthily nOrthwurd to over.
whelm Grant before The arrival of
Buell.. They succeeded Ia the battle Of
Sunday IN driving him from his camps
along the Corinth rOudS back to the
river bluffs around the landing.
Grants own army formed the right
wing of the united force ny 1t faced the
enemy for battle On Monday. The I'll
Vision Uf Lew Wallace. which had not
been In the battle of Sunday. head the
extreme right, Oh the left OF Wallace
The remains VI Shcrman's division then
Netherlands aud Ilurtburt's. Wnh
some regiments Of the divisions OF W
IL. l.. Wallace. Hurlburt and prc. tiaa
distributed In the line. Lew Wallace
opened the brittle Of Monday oh The
right and Nelson's division of Burirs
army ON the left.
Grand Countercharge.
Sherman received on.cis from Grant
at daylight on the It'll To advance aud
recapture hiy ground Of the day before
around Shiloh church. lie waited I'M
til 10 o'clock, when the sound OF the
guns on the left, where Bucli was I'D.
vancing, told him that the Army of the
Ohio was driving the Confcderatcs
back along the road to Shiloh church.
Shermau's advance was slow, for there
was n gap between his line and that OF
Lew Wallace, of TO the right.
Nelson's bold advance on the left was
checked Mt the outset by the Confedcr.
ate artillery. Buell. sent Nelson two
batteries from Crittendcn's division,
and with the help of their fire Nelson's
leading brigade. under HGzen. charged
and captured the Confederate battery
which blocked their road forward. Two
other batteries Of the enemy opened
upon Hazcn. and at the same time n
brigade of Confoderatcs charged the
intrepid ranks. In this terrific combat
the Forty.hrst Ohio lost 10 killed aud
wounded out of 3Il In line.
Crlttcndcn's division took up the
fight on the right OF Nelson. The
boodicst combat OF this division was
in the chaparral and Jungle. where
PrentiSs had fought 30 vallantly dur.
ing the bloody hours OF Sunday.
Beauregard's Last Stronghold Taken
On Crlttenden's right the division
OF McCook went In. headed by Rous-
scau's brigade. This brigade led the