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Island Number Ten (Missouri, United States) (search for this): article 8
which runs through these towns. The distance from Huntsville to Corinth is about one hundred miles, if my memory correctly serves me, and it is hardly probable that, with any force he can command, Buell would march his army that distance, away from his gunboats, on a flanking movement. It is now supposed that Buell was not in the battle of Shiloh, flag or last, though a considerable portion of his army may have been; but was engaged in superintending the movement on Huntsville. Island No.10, as far as regards its future relations to the Southern Confederacy is also among "the things that were." Its eighty guns and eleven gunboats and transports have been sunk, twelve or fifteen hundred men have been made prisoners, together with Gen. Mackall, the commander, and the remainder, who escaped, are now straggling into Memphis in squads of five, ten, or fifty, as the case may be. Scores will doubtless be drowned in the bayous or lest in the canebrakes, where, in many instances, the
Huntsville (Alabama, United States) (search for this): article 8
on Tuesday after the fight, our army having fallen back to a new line of operations. The telegraph has already doubtless informed you of the occupation of Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., by the Federals, and the capture of some ten or fifteen cars. The details are not known, but it is not generally supposed that the enemy entertain any further design than to cripple our resources by cutting off the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, which runs through these towns. The distance from Huntsville to Corinth is about one hundred miles, if my memory correctly serves me, and it is hardly probable that, with any force he can command, Buell would march his army Buell was not in the battle of Shiloh, flag or last, though a considerable portion of his army may have been; but was engaged in superintending the movement on Huntsville. Island No.10, as far as regards its future relations to the Southern Confederacy is also among "the things that were." Its eighty guns and eleven gunboats
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): article 8
a rock, and, with a wild yell, the command rushed forward and drove the enemy from his position. At half-past 2, Gen. Johnston, the Commander-in-Chief, fell. He also was leading a charge upon the third camp of the enemy.--Gov. Harris, of Tennessee, one of his aids, had left him a few moments before to convey an order, and as he was making his report to him on his return, he discovered that he had been twice wounded, once in the body by a sling ball, and in the leg with the fragment of a camps and an immense amount of Federal property. By acting promptly upon the offensive, we prevented a combination of forces which might have proved disastrous to us; and, finally, we have caused a concentration of the enemy away from Middle Tennessee and precisely where we want to meet him, provided, in acting upon the aggressive in the future, he will come far enough away from his infernal gunboats to allow us to give him the thorough whipping he will most assuredly receive. If these a
Corinth (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): article 8
offensive, we prevented a combination of forces which might have proved disastrous to us; and, finally, we have caused a concentration of the enemy away from Middle Tennessee and precisely where we want to meet him, provided, in acting upon the aggressive in the future, he will come far enough away from his infernal gunboats to allow us to give him the thorough whipping he will most assuredly receive. If these are not successes, the name is without a meaning. Quel Qu'un. Corinth, Miss., Saturday, April 12. There is little or nothing to be written from this point concerning the late battle, of which you are not already aware. The distance from the battle field — some twenty-three miles--the fact that the army is scattered over several miles of country, and the tardiness with which details come in — I mean such interesting personal narratives concerning the movements of different regiments as give zest to a description, prevents the record of that complete history w
Fort Pillow (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): article 8
nd troops were thrown through a canal that had been cut on the Missouri side, and merged into the Mississippi below the Island. Then tell our batteries, one by one, and finally the stronghold itself. The next point of defence above us is Fort Pillow, and this is said to have been shelled yesterday. Its position is a strong one, and with a sufficiency of troops may be considered impregnable, but after the experience of the past it is folly to count upon anything as certain until it is proved so. We are living, therefore, upon that. "Hope which springs eternal in the human breast." If Fort Pillow falls, of course Memphis goes with it, and New Orleans — the grand prize of the Federalists — comes next on the programme. It is not probable that with the rich fruit so nearly ready to pluck, the enemy will stop without some further demonstration, or that a stupendous effort will not be put forth to secure the keystone of the South and West. There is very little panic in Memphis
Bull Run, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 8
day might have been ours. Thousands of men were more intent upon securing plunder than in defending it. Thousands went off with their wounded friends. Thus regiments became demoralized, companies separated, and frequently the men would find themselves fighting among strangers from another State. Had the same discipline been observed as in the Federal army, there is not a doubt that, notwithstanding the immense odds against us, we should have whipped the enemy and driven him into another Bull Run rout across the Tennessee. Under the circumstances we could do no better than to retreat to reorganize. As long as the Federals could remain intact and secure under their gunboats, it was useless to risk the chances of defeat ourselves, and the result is that we are just as strong to-day, except in the numerical deduction on account of casualties, as on the memorable Sunday.--Our troops are ready for another encounter, and, if possible, will fight harder than before. While on thi
Holly Springs (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): article 8
angements here are as good as can be expected. Physicians are also in abundance, having come from Memphis and the surrounding towns, while a dozen or more ladies from the vicinity have arrived, and, with gentle hands, are doing all in their power to alleviate misery and provide comfort. In the Tishomingo House there are probably four hundred men now lying on the floor of the corridors, galleries, and in the various rooms. By to-morrow night these will have been removed to Memphis, Holly Springs, and elsewhere, and their places be filed by others. Nearly every house in Corinth, except those occupied by officers for business purposes, has been made a temporary depot for wounded soldiers, and you can imagine something of the terrible scenes visible among this mess of suffering humanity. Every train is crowded with people searching for friends and relatives, and hundreds of old men and women, for the first time in their lives, probably, have had to sleep upon the ground or un
Hornady (Alabama, United States) (search for this): article 8
a very respectable equipment of arms, garments, and luxuries. In my last letter, I believed indicated that the entire Yankee camp was burned, after being occupied by our Army Sunday night. This is an error. Only a portion of it, unfortunately, was destroyed, and the remainder fell into the hands of the Yankees on Tuesday after the fight, our army having fallen back to a new line of operations. The telegraph has already doubtless informed you of the occupation of Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., by the Federals, and the capture of some ten or fifteen cars. The details are not known, but it is not generally supposed that the enemy entertain any further design than to cripple our resources by cutting off the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, which runs through these towns. The distance from Huntsville to Corinth is about one hundred miles, if my memory correctly serves me, and it is hardly probable that, with any force he can command, Buell would march his army that distance, aw
Pittsburg Landing (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): article 8
ned to press the issue without delay. --Orders were published to our army to prepare three days rations, and put itself in light marching order; and on Saturday the preparations on our side were complete, and most of the brigades were in position within two and a half miles of Shiloh. I forgot to mention, by the way, that this is the name of a small town, distant from the river between three and four miles, and was occupied by the enemy. The point nearest to this on the Tennessee, is Pittsburg Landing, where they held their reserves, stores, guns, and ammunitions, under cover of their gunboats.--These were only three in number. I have heard it stated that the plan of the battle is commonly due to the genius of Beauregard, but I have no doubt that it was equally the result of the strategic ability and experience of the Commander-in-Chief, Albert Sidney Johnston. The idea was to form three parallel lines — the front, centre, and rear — each line having its centre and two flanks. Th
Cheatham (search for this): article 8
member are the following: Gen. A. S. Johnston, Commander-in-Chief, killed; Col. Blythe, of Miss., killed; Lieut.-Col. Thompson, 1st Arkansas, do.; Major Colquitt do., do.; Colonel Bates, Tenn., wounded; Gen. Bowen, Gen. Hindman, Gen. Gladden, Gen. Cheatham, do. Hindman is said to have been injured by a fall of his horse, which was killed by a bursting shells. Granden lost his arm in a charge but nevertheless continued to rally his troops and Cheatham, a gallant fellow, was hit in the shoulder.Cheatham, a gallant fellow, was hit in the shoulder. Polk, Hardee, Bragg, Chalmess, Ruggles, and Breckinridge, all behaved gallantly, and were more or less scathed. The men say of the last-named officer, that every time a shell or bullet would come near him, instead of dodging, he sat immutably upright, and twisted his monscathe as coolly as if waiting for dinner. Our wounded continue to come in from the field slowly, but it is a long and agonizing ride that the poor fellows have to endure, over twenty-two or twenty-three miles of the roug
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