NORWALK ESTABLISHED 1800. Volume LXXXVII. . @EE 9‘7 4' _ \\ \\\ f; K@%/ 1‘" sewn/s _ An Enterprising Republican Journal, espeCially devoted to Local News and Interests. NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, i887. K TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. Number 15. R. B. CRAUFURD, INVESTDIENT SECURITIES, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE, 31 MAIN STREET, - - NOR“'AI.K. GI! O . WARD .ELLE CK, nssnsnsaoox's BLOCK. WALL smear, FAMILY GROCERIES. J. BELDEN BURLBI 'l‘T. Attornen anti Counselor at Law, Room No. 4.‘ Up Stairs. GAZETTE BUILDING. NORWALK, CONN. JAMES T. HUBBELL, Attorney anti Counselor at Lee a Gazette Building, NORWALK, . CONN. ALEX. S. GIBSON, organist of 1st Congregational Church. Waterbury, Teacher of Pianoforte, Organ and Musical Composition, Lock Box 39 P. 0., NORWALK. CONN., PENSIONS ——fAND:—— Governance)“ Claims. My sole business. Thousands have Rights Negected. Address. free of charge, or visit. GEN. W. 3. NOBLE, 91 Stratford Avenue. Bridgeport, Conn 3‘! TNA INSURANCE 00., of HARTFORD. Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual. CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,903,272.04. Insures against loss and damage by Fire. on terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with the laws of compensation. COWLES a MERRILL, Sole Agents for N orwnlk anu vicinity. THE NorwaIk Fire Insurance Co. Has now completed its 18th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR And has not outstandiuga dollar of unpaid losses or claims for losses. No sound. company insures for less. W. C. Smear, Pres.. s. E. Ours-run, ’f‘reas., GEO. R. Cowman. Secretary. L. E. QUINTABD, Successor to W. E. Quinn-rum, UNDERTAKER & EMBALMER, OPPOSITE HORSE RAILROAD DEPOT. Residence 143 Main Street. Telephone communi- cation wlth office and residence. Kuhn, Loeb s2 00., Bankers, 30 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, nAvs CONSTANTLY on BAND A Selection of Choice Investment Securities. WCorrespondence of Bankers, Brokers and InvestOrs Solicited. 31118 ’Express. Patroulze the old reliable ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY. Low RA'rsa AND Paonpr DELIVIRY. Branch Office, Norwaik. at S. K. Stanle s; Main Office at Depot, South Norwalk. tf it L. HUNT. Agent. Gedney House, Broadway and 40th Street, NEW YORK. _ ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN . EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS. Restaurant in Connection with the Hotel. Rooms at $1.00.Psr Day and Upwards. Brag}; & DeK'lyn, til 1 PROPRIETORS. St. Denis Hotel, —AND-—- TAYLOR’S RESTAURANT Cor. Broadway and 11th St., NEW YORK. EUROPEAN PLAN. ROOMS, $.00 PER DAY AND UPWARDS. CENTRALLY LOCATED. Best Restaurant in the City Prices Moderate. Bind WILLIAM TAYLOR, Propietor. F . K 0 C 0 U If , Merchant Tailor, Has received a famine of Spring :and Summer Imported Sultings and Pantaloonfngs. Spring and Summer Overcoats. A fine assortment of Spring and Summer Over— coatlngs at reasonable rates. iyso All Work Done by FIrst-Class Workmeni SA TISFA CTION 0 HA RA NTEED! 13 and 15 lists Street, Norwsik, Donn. w. n. MEEKEH, Pinniino, Steam ant Gas Fittinn, SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. Sanitary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and Low Pressure Steam Heating. 9. Specialty. PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES. Pipe and Fitting for Water, Steam and Gas. Agent for the Florida Low Pressure Boiler. Facilities 10 Cutting and Threading all Sizes of Pipe. SOtf o. E. WILSON, General Insurance in Real Estate Agent. Money to Loan. Stocks, Bonds, &c., Bought and Sold, and Loans Negotiated at Lowest Rates of Interest. ltOO’tl NO. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING, NoawALK, Conn. I WANT EVERYBODY —-To come in and look over my stock of—« monuments -—~-ANii——— HEADSTONES Before they buy anything of the kind. A selection can be made from them much better than from a photograph or pencil sketch. Respectfully, P. W. Routes. ”5 Seven YearsExperiencc in U. S. Patent Office Geo. R. Byington, SOLICITOR 0F PATENTS. Firemen“ Insurance Building , WASHINGTON. D. C. Extension (Eases before Congress a Specially Written for the NORWALK GAzs'rrir. RECIILLEGTION S OF A VOLUNTEER OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. Br CAPTAIN W. C. STAPLES. CHAPTER Hi. We got underway from Douglass just at dusk one evening and stood over to- ward Liverpool. But as soon as it was dark we changed our course to the north- west and slowed down very slow. We drifted along all the next day toward the north of Ireland, and just before sundown steamed up towards the entrance of Bel. fast Lough. It was the beginning'of a beautiful summer evening. and as We came into the lough or bay, we snw n brig at anchor on the south side, which made a signal that only two persons on our ship understood. One was Captain Craven and the other was Mr. Crowell, one of the masters. It was simply a signal “all right." and was made by swinging the foreyard in a certain position, what sailors would calla cockbill. Mr. Crowell had by means of some free masonry, interested one of the owners of the trans-Atlantic lines of steamers, and also one of the largest coal dealers ll5fatlle kingdom, in our behalf, and the consequence was this brig, loaded with coal, was at Belfast Lough waiting for us. We had been notified by the authorities at Southampton that we would only be allowed coal once in three months, unless in distress. We came to anchor about a mile from the brig, and as soon as it was dark sent our boats to tow the brig alongside, and before daylight we had her cargo safe in our bunkers, and as soon as the coal was out of the brigr our boats towed her back, rind anchored her as nepi' as they could in the same place where they found her. Daylight comes very early there at that season of the year, and it was breaking when we got the brig back to her anchor- age. Our boats had just returned and were being hoisted up when an officer of the coast guard came on board and asked to see the commander. Our decks at that time were covered with coal and coal dust, and he could not help knowing what we had been doing. Captains Craven had just turned in and left orders with the officer not to disturb him unless actually necessary. Her majesty’a officer insisted upon having an interview with Capt. C., but the officer of the deck politely but firmly told him that he could under no circumstances disturb the captain and ordered the donkey engine started, and a big boatswain’s mate with the hose-pipe was throwing water around very careless- ly. The. coast guard ofiicer, after saying there was nothing more for him to do but to report to headquarters. took his departure. He went straight on board the brig and arrested her captain, who was subsequehtly let off with a fine, which was undoubtedly paid by our gov- ernment. ’~ We lay at anchor in_Bclfast Lough, op— posite Carrickfergus, two days and three nights. Had many visitors, and our offi- cers went to Belfast and drove around the country and had a good time generally. On the evening of the second day we got word that the “Ajax” was on her way around from Kingston to enforce the twenty.four hour rule, so the next morn- ing we got underway and left. We went right back to Kingstown, where we anchored just after daylight one morn- ing. Our arrival was telegraphed at once to Dublin, and the ship was again crowd- ed with visitors. Some of our officers traveled over most of the interesting parts of the island during our different visits. At this time Bray, about seven miles from Kingstown, was a favorite and fashion- able watering place. Some of our officers visited it, and were introduced to Lord John Russell, who was stopping there for the, season . We stopped in Kingstown this time about three'days. or until it was about time for the “Ajax" to get back from Belfast and then got underway and steamed down the channel, as some of the officers said to give the “Ajax" a rest. She (the “Ajax”) had been specially de- tailed to watch us, and see that we did not commit a breach of the neutrality laws. As she could not steam over‘ six knots she did not bother us much. Captain Craven now made up his mind to change his cruising ground, and we shaped our course for Lisbon, Portugal, where we arrived, after a pleasant pass- age, on the same morning with the Italian fleet that brdught the young queen (married by proxy) to join her husband whom, I think, she had never seen. She was a daughter of Victor Emanuel, king of Italy, a very pretty blonde sixteen years old. The king of Portugal was at that time about twenty~thrce, a little above the medium height, and rather stout. He seemed very pleasant and in- telligent. As soon as our ship came to‘ anchor she was boarded by a navy officer, who in- vited us to join in the festivities, and asked us also to fire a national salute at noon with the ships of war of all other nations. We fired the salute as requested, and this was the first salute fired in Europe from eleven-inch guns. The people on shore, after the report of our guns, would shout “Bneno Americanos.” These festivities were kept up a week. A salute at noon every day, and balls and opera in the evening. Parties! .were made up to visit in- teresting localities near Lisbon. ‘I Went one day to Cintra and Montserrat. Mont- serrat is the home of Miss Tennie C. Claffiin. at present, I believe, owned by her husband, who at that time was be. lievcd to be the richest commoner in England. Cin'tra is an old Moorish castle and town, and famous as being the place where the treaty was signed between the nations of Europe before Napoleon was banished to Elba. The old castle is still kept as near as it was originally built as it was possible to do so. Those old Moors were fine architects as all those old castles in the peninsula testify. The aquiduct, which supplies the city of Lisbon with water, was built by the Romans, and one arch is large and high enough fora frigate to pass through with square yards. Where the ships lie at anchor in ten fathoms of water is the site of the old city destroyed by an earthquake. While there we were visited by many of the citizens and officers of the government. Captain Craven and Surgeon Dean dined with the king at a dinner given by the minister of marine. After coating and laying in stores we sailed, on the tenth day after our arrival, for Cadiz, where we made some necessary repairs. One morning, about a week after our arrival, we received news that the “Alabama” (290) had fitted out at St. Michaels, one of the Azores, and was burning everything American on the whaling ground. We got the news about 10 a. m‘. All boats were recalled from on shore, the coronet set at forc-top-gallsnt- mast-head as a signal for all officers to re- pair at once on board, and at 11 o'clock we were underway, picking up some of our boats (with officers who had been on shore) as we were going down the harbor. Just outside the harbor We signalled the “Kearsarge” from Gibralter. She had underway at once. Then it warm race got the news the evening before. and got; for the Azores. The “Kenrsarge” wont to the north of St. Michaela. and we on the south side. We made a good run to Angie, a port on the south side of St. Michaels, where we found a large ship hailing from New Orleans. We waited thci'cafcw hours to see if she was all rig-ht and proceeded to Fayal, where we found the “Kearsarge” and some forty whale ships at anchor. “ hen the “Alabama" first made her appearance at the islands Mr. Dabney, the U. S. consul, chartered n Portugese brig, fitted lei' out with whaling gear, and sent. her out on the whaling ground cruising, to warn all the whalcnicu they could see, or speak, or signal, of the pres- ence of the Confederate cruiser, and ad- vising them to come at once into Fuyal. On the arrival of the “Alabama” off Fuyal, after her first cruise on the whaling ground. the harbor was full of ships, and some two hundred and fifty (250) ofiicers and men of the ships, which had been burnt, were on shore on the U. S. consul's hands. Captain Semmcs tried to get coal, but Mr. Dabney owned all the coal on the island and would not sell Scmmcs a round. Neither did he sell a pound of coal to any vessel during the war unless she was known to be loyal. If Mr. Dal:- iiey had allowed the captain of the “Alabama" to believe she could have some coal, and let him come in and anchor, the “A." would have been board- ed by somc forty or fifty boats from the whaling fleet and, no doubt, destroyed there. Some of the ships destroyed by Scmmes had been out nearly three years and were full of oil, and the crews were desperate afler losing a three years’ hard work. It would have been a breach of the neutrality laws, but so was the cap- ture of the “Armstrong" in-thc war of 1812 in the same harbor. ’l‘hc“Alabama" cruised in vain on the north side of the island for the harque “Amy" (belonging to Mr. Dabney) from Boston, and which was due at that time, and declared he would destroy her. But while she was cruising on the north side, the “Anny" came around the south side and arrived safe. This was no small satisfaction to the Americans, as the “Amy" was one of a long line of clipper packets, which car. ricd the mails filld passengers to Boston, and which took the place of steamers. Such was the situation when we arrived at Fayal. The ”Alabama” had then been gone some twelve days. After coaling we started on a cruise on the whaling ground, but only saw two or three whalmen, and they were under Portugesc colors. One day while cruising near the Island of Flores We saw a large fine-looking ship, with several boats hanging to the (invite, and thought she was a whaler. We ran down towards her to speak her. She was showing the U. S. ensign, and when we were within speaking distance and broad on her beam, she dropped all her ports and her captain demanded through the trumpet, “What ship is that? Answer quick, or I fire ?"' Our men were at quarters, and we were ready, but we were surprised to find a man-of-war so disguised. She proved to be the U. S. 51in “Onward.” Capt. Frederick Nichols, (the same officer who afterwards recap- tured the “Chesapeake") eight guns and one hundred and fifty men, cruising for the “Alabama,” and had mistaken us for line confederate ship. Captain Nichols boarded us and his ship, after a cruise, accompanied us to Fayal. At Fayal Mr. Dabney invited all the officers of the U. S. ships to make his garden their promen- ade. It covered anumber of acres, and was filled with a variety of-fruit trees, which were in bearing and the ground was covered with fruit. It was a great treat to us to wander around amongst the orange, lemon and banana trees. One great drawback to the comfort of the in- habitants and visitors there is the fre- quency of earthquakes. I have known fifty light shocks in a day, and Mr. Dab- ney and family were camped out in a tent in the garden for two weeks at a time. But the climate is delightful, and we of. ways got such a welcome from our consul and family, and the American residents, who made it a favorite resort or ren- dezvous for all the United States vessels. The “Onward” accompanied us into Fayal, and the “Kearsarge” came in about the same time. After coaling up the “K." and “0." went back cruising on the whaling grounds, although we were satisfied Semmes had left that part of the world, and we went back to Cadiz. Much has been said about the antipathy against the volunteer officers by the regu- lars It may have been so in some ships, but my experience has been such that I always preferred sailing with a regular. Captain Craven certainly never discrimin- ated between them, and we were always treated by him with courtesy. But there were very few volunteer oflicers in com- mand who knew how to treat their officers. It was with them the same as with those in the merchant service. Some of the most celebrated of the merchant captains who volunteered had never and never would learn the first rules and regulations of the service. One of the most noted of the clipper captains was given an import- ant command in the navy. He was too proud to learn anything, and his ship was anything but a credit while he had com- mand of her. He came into Algeciras when we were there, and I don’t think there was an American officer but felt heartily ashamed of him on account of the way he handled his ship. Any smart boy who had been one year at sea could have done better, and yet that man had taken a clipper ship to California twice. and made two of the quickest passages on record. He was subsequently “allowed to resign.” He undertook to punish his officers to suit himself, and this was where he “put his foot in it." It was either “go out." or be “kicked out,” and he “went out,” and the navy got rid of an ignorant brute. .In my four years’ service I never was the victim of any discourtesy from a regu- lar officer, and the discourtesy we were compelled to put up with from the volun- tcers in command was, in a great measure. because they were so ignorant of the rules of the service. Why, one of those men, after more than two years in the service, in command all that time, did not know what answer his boats 'coming alongside should make in the night to the hall from the quartermaster or marine on post. It was wonderful that there was no more trouble than there was between the two classes of officers. On the whole I think the regular oflicei's of high rank were very forbeariug. [To be continued.] ———-——-¢o>———— The Side of the Saloon. The side of the Saloon was presented in the hearing before the Governor at Albany on Monday, and n burious muddle of contradictions the argument for it proved to be. The liquor interest had marshalled advisers, had made all manner of prepara- tions, had exerted itself to produce the strongest possible showing against the High-License bill; and after all it could say nothing which was not self-destruc- tive because of its manifest and hopeless entanglement. The so-called argument of the Saloon can only be likened to that of the man who, being charged with borrowing a neighbor’s washtnb and re- ,turning it in a leaky condition, defended quImSEII by averriug (1) that he did not lborrow the washtub; (2) that he returned sit in good order; (3) that it leaked when he borrowed it. a 3:3 , ‘ its keenest men, had brought up its legal PW“ "ATE use TH "' M AH K WRAPPER. GLYCEEINE . is a pearly white. -transparent that will penetrate the skin WITHOUT INJURY. Be lie-Using. ' Beautifies the Complexion, Gradients: all 8 ts. Freckles Tan, Moth Patches, Black orms, lmpurItles and Dis- colorationa of every kind, either within oru the skin. it renders the skin pure,clear. lies th- flil and brilliant. creating a complexion which is neither artificial nor temporary but at once heal- I l in its beans . Itisnwou- dlerrquy“ m “than or chafed or'rough skin on fnfan I'll.‘ CUBES (Al-oat Instantly) Snub-n. Prickly neat. Chop- ped, Beach or Ola-fed. 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Veterans in Camp and Raw Recruits Under Fire—Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio and Michigan Troops Face the Beat Fighting Material in the South- west—Tho Day's Results. Twenty-five years have rolled by since the desperate struggle occurred that, on the 6th and 7th of April, 1862, broke down the chief barrier to the Mississippi valley and paved the way for the occupation by the national forces of every important point between W _,;.New Orleans, Yer; evenfittflt "t bios I'pefiod',‘it ishtillcéncededithfitf'the' 1 battle of Shiloh, notwithstanding its far reaching results, wash. move npon- thejmili- fury chem board not contemplated by the authorities on either side until a very short time prior to the beginning of the combat. Gen. Sherman says in his memoirs that “Halleck’s intentions werc'fro break up rnil— wa communications between the Mississippi an Tennessee rivers. We did not fortify our camps because we had no orders to do so, and because such a course would naturally have. made our raw men timid." Gen. Buclltestifies that “the move- ment of troops up the Tennessee was purely an expeditionary service, and after some attempts to debarl: at other oints further in the river, Pittsburgh Landing was finally c osen as the most eligible for the fem rary object;;” and, finally, Gen. Beaurega , in a recent review of the campaign. remarks: “To say that any one, including Gen. Johnston and myself, had thought of Corinth, and could have designated it as the strategic point of the Shiloh campaign, before the enemy had given evidence of any hostile movements from or near Pittsburg Landin on the Tennessee river, is sheer folly, an scarcely needs contradiction to be so pro- nounced.” . It is also beyond question that there were inadequate preparations, unnecessary delays, lost opportunities and sundry other obstacles ' to really decisive success on both sides; and foraquarter of a. century, they have been themes of recriminatiou and exculpatory statements, with no other result than to re vive and confirm the memory of faults. A RETROSPECT. Missouri having been secured to the Union, the principal field of activity was transferred to Kentucky and Tennessee, and Maj. Gen. Halleck placed in chief command of all the armies in the valley of the Mississippi, with headquarters at St. Louis. These included the army of the Ohio, Gen. Don Carlos 311811; the army of the Tennessee, Gen. Grunt; the army of the Mississippi, Gen. Pbpe, and that of.’ Gen. S. R. Curtis. in southwestern Miss sour-i. This was in February. 1862. Gen. W. T. Sherman was posted at Padueah for the purpose of facilitating operations on the Ten- nessee and Cumberland rivers, and in the meantime was organizing out of the new troops arriving there a division for himself when he should be allowed to take the field by Gen. Halleck. The latter thus had sub- ject to his general orders an aggregate of 125,000 men of all arms. The Confederate line of defense extended east. and west. from Columbus on the Missis- iilppi, to Bowling Green (Forts Donolson and enry being near the center.) The depart- ment was under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, adistinguished officer of the old army and a lifelong friend and cornfi- dante of Jefferson Davis. His forces cori- Sisted of 45.000 effectives, of Whom 14,000 were with him at Bowling Green; 15,000 under the bishop general. Leonidas Polk, at Columbus and neighborhood, and the remainder at Forts Henry and Donelson, Clarkesville and else- where, iiiider command of Gens. Buckner, Rushrod R.‘ Johnson, Pillow and Floyd. The capture of Forts Henry and Donelson, having shattered the Confederate line, the evacuation of Columbus, Bowling Green and Nashville, followed and with the fall of Island Number 10, New Madrid, and the opening of the Mis- sissippi to Fort Pillow, the national authority was established over the whole of the state of Kentucky. and Tennessee became a thorough- fare for both army and fleet” It was a splendid series of successes and Grant stepped at once into national fame. Johnston and Beauregard now retired southward, it being evident to the military mind that the Memphis and Charleston rail- road betweeu Memphis and Chattanooga would constitute the new line, and that the concentration of troops must therefore take place somewhere in that vicinity. But; where? he answer was a problem to the command— ers on both sides. THE FIRST ORDER. The first movement that appeared to sag gust itself tothe mind of Gen. Halleck was an expedition up the Tennessee, from which “strong, light; parties might besent out” and ac- , , cordinglyonltlnrch . . 1 he wrote Gen. . who was at Fort Transports will be ; sent on as soon as possi le to move our column up the enuessee river. The. main object of this. . expedition will be to destroy the railroad brid 6 over Bear crce near East )ort. Miss, and also t e connections at Corinth, Jack- son and Humboldt. It is thought best that these objects shallbe attempted in the order named. Strong detachments of cavalry. li ht artillery, supported by infantry, may by rapi movements reach these points without very serious opposi- tion. Avoid any general engagement with strong forces. It will e better to retreat than to risk a general battle. This should be strongly impressed upon the officers sent; with the expedition from the river. Havino accomplished these objects, you will return toLanville and move on Paris. Such was the first important order issued in " » the Shiloh cam- Iéaign. How Gen. herman was sent forward to exe- cute it and the re- sult that rapidly followed, showing how little Halleck, in far away Sit Louis, understood the magnitude of g be task before -.-. 7him, will be told ' 0 7- later on. Troops 1 / ‘and stores were / promptly gathered ’ o the three divis- ions from Fort Donelson—F'i r s to, Second and Third, GEN. q ‘4 GEN. c. F. SMITH. commanded by Gens. C. F. Smith, McCler— hand and Lewis IVallace—were added a fourth, commanded by Gen. StephenA. Hurl- but. and a fifth, commanded by Gen. IV. T. Sherman. Gen. Smith being in command of the ex dition, his division was commanded by Brig. n. W. H. L. Wallace. FEELING THE WAY. , Events now began to move briskly. Gen. Smith. with a portion of the expedition, hav- mauded by Gene. Polk, Bragg. Hardee and Breckinridge, with Beauregard second in coirnnand, under Gen. J o h n ston. Near midnight of April 2 inforina. tion was received at headquarters that Buell was ad— vancing rapidly from Columbia to S avanna , a n d about the same * time Gen. Cheat- ham, who was sta- '-: tioned at Bethel, /,l_.. some twentymiles . .3.» . " distant,telegraph- GEN. an WALLACE. ed that a large body of the enemy, which be supposed to be Gen. Low Wallace’s division, had appeared in his front with an apparent purpose to at- tack. Under these circumstances the Con- federate commanders promptly decided to assume the aggressive, and before daylight Beauregard had drawn up the plan of march and battle, and orders were issued for a for ward movement. It was intended to reach the enemy’s front in timeto attack on the morning of the 5th, but owing to the heavy rains that had fallen, together With the failure of one of the divisions to come if , the formation of the lines was not; corn- plhted until the afternoon of that day. Al- though Gen. Johnston’s headquarters at this moment were less than two miles from the Federal encampment it does not appear that the near presence of his army was even sus- pected. ‘ FACE TO FACE. Thorelative positions of the two armies at this time were as follows: The Federals occu- pied “a continuous line from Lick creek on the left, to Owl creek, a branch of Snake creek, on the right, facing nearly south. and possiblyalittle west.” Their first line was held by Gens. Sherman’s and Pi‘eutiss’ divisions, extending from a bridge on Owl creek to the Lick creek ford. Gen. Sher- man’s first brigade, Col. McDowell. formed the extreme right; his fourth, Col. Buckland, was west of the Shiloh church and rested on Address, HODGSON AL: BERTRANIR Y "said his third. Cpl. Hildebrand. wasyeast- tisinridg‘els. com- of the church and also r'e'sfiad on it. Thimbe‘ gan the line of Prentis’ division, and after- wards, ataiong interval, was posted Sher- man’s second brigade, Col. Stuart, in close proximity to Lick creek. About a half a mile in rear of this line was McClei-nand’s division, somewhat between Sherman and Prentiss. Hurlbut was massed and ’in re- serve to the rear and left of Prentiss, on the road leading to Hamburg, and a mile and a half behind Stuart. The division of C. F. Smith, now commanded by Gen. W. H. L. Wallace. was two miles to the rear and sup- porting the right wing of the army. The artillery was under the direct command of the division commanders. The general form of the line was that of a semi circle, with its greater are on the left. The Confederate forces were formed in three lines of battle. The first under command of Gen. Hardec, extended somewhat obliquely over a space of nearly three miles from Owl crock on their left to Lick creek on their right. The artillery was in the immediate rear and cavalry protected the flanks. The Second corps, under Gen. Brag , was 500 yards to the rear of the First. and arranged in similar order. . . The third line was held by Polk’s corps, and was de- ployed in columns of brigade on the left of the Pitts- burg road, its front being about 800 yards to the rear of Bragg’s left- wing. Breck- mand‘,‘ in rear of =.,_ Bragg’s right -i?\ wing, occupied 15% “ position somewhat ?- is?» similar to that of arm. nmcmmnax. Polk’s corps behind. Bragg‘s left; wing, bc- _ tween the Pittsnui' road and Lick creek. Polk’s and Breckinndge’s troops constituted the reserve, and were to be thrown forward as the exigencies regifiired in support of the two lines of battle. 9 total of infantry and artillery engaged was about 36,000, and there were besides 3,080 cavalr which were chiefly used for outpost duty. ' ‘he aggregate of re- turns make 41,153 resent for uty in Grant’s army at Pittsburg ending on Sunday morn- " 1n “.5. ug- FIRST BLOWS. The night of the 5th passed without alarm. Only the men on picket seemed to realize that a terrible struggle was close at hand. Even Gen. Sherman, notwithstanding the unrest that had prevailed along the front during the day, wrote to Gen. Grant: “I do not appre- hend anything like an attack upon our posi-_ tion,” and Grant on the same day dispatched Halleck: “I have scarcely the faintest idea of an attack (general one) being made upon us.” Gen. Halleck himself advised Buell that he “would leave for Corinth in the Leginning of the coming week.” Among the Confederates, however, all was activity. Long before the early dawn they had breakfasted and stripped for the bloody work of the day. Lines were formed and advanced and men looked into their comrades’ eye; wondering whether they would meet again around the bivouac fire or be only some loved one’s memory in a dead soldier’s trench. Aroused by the hum of 40,000 men waking up for battle, pickets were thrown f orward from the rig t of Gen. Prentiss’ division to ascertain the cause, aportion of the Twenty-fifth Mimourl, and a little later five companies of the Twenty-first Missouri, under Col. Moore, thus having the honor of firing the first shots that ran up the curtain on the drama of Shiloh. 'his detachment struck a battalion of the Third Mississi pi, Ma'or Hardcastle, of Wood’s brigade, ar~ (lees corps, and the skirmishiiig that ensued guickly extended along the front. The entire ont‘ederate line, two miles in length. now moved forward, the direction being such as to bring it first in contact with the right of Prentiss and the left of Sherman. A broad gap, more than smile in width, existed be- tween these two points, and into this the Confederates plunged with a fury that was overpowering. Prentiss’ forces fell backin confusion, leavin their cam in the hands of the enemy, an several of t e regiments of Sherman’s left were equally demoralized. WAS IT A SURPRISE? Whether all this rapid movement so soon after the sounding of the long roll along the national front, was a surprise, in a strictly military sense, is still among the many con- troverted questions connected with the battle. Lossing in his “History of the Civil IVar,” says: Many of the officers were yet slumberiug, others were dressing, others were washing or cooking.,_ Their guuam ..unloaded and accou— tremehts strewn around without order. Many of the troops were without a sufficient su ply of am- munition. The first intimation that t e Confed- erates were close upon them in force was the cry of the flying pickets pushing into camp, and the scream and crash of shells and the whistle of balls as they ilew on deadly errands through the tents and the forest. It was an unexpected w sault followed by the most fearful results. Gen. Buell, in his “Shiloh Reviewed,” says: I have only to remark that each revival of tho questionpf su rise has placed the fact in amore glaring light. he enemy was known to be at. and, but no adequate steps were taken to ascer- tain in what force or with what design. The call to arms blended with the crash of assault, and when the whole forest. on the rising ground in front flushed with the gleam of bayonets. then Gen. Sherman. as he reports, ‘became satisfied for the firslt‘tirnc that the enemy designed a determined at- one -. John S. C. Abbott says: Officers were awakened by the crash of shot and shell through their tents. and others were never iug arrived on the 13th, Gen. Sherman was ordered to land at some point below Eastport and cut the Memphis and Charleston railroad between Tnscumbia and Corinth. Passing Pittsburg Landing, he learned that on a former trip up the river Capt. Gwin, of the giinboat, found posted there a Confederate regiment (the Eighteenth Louisiana), and ac~ cordingly sent word to Gen. Smith that troops might properly be ordered to that place. Returning to headquarters on the night of the 14th, Sherman reported his in- ability to carry out the orders of Gen. lialleck, whereupon he was instructed by Gen. Smith to “disembark his own division and that of Gen. Hurlbut, which had also arrived at Pittsburg Landing; to take positions well back, and to leave room for his whole army, adding that he would soon come up in per~ son and move out in force to make the lodg- rnent on the railroad contemplated by Gen. Halleck.” Inasmuch as the credit of choos~ ing this landing as the most advantageous position that was offered. belongs to Gen. C. ‘. Smith, it may be remarked here that when he was a commandant of the military acad- emy at IVest Point, Grant and Sherman were there as cadets. ' Frequent reconnaissances now disclosed the fact that every road and path was occupied by the enemy’s pickets. As early as the 16th Sherman, accom ani'ed by Lieut. Col. (after- ward general) ePherson. advanced about ten miles from the river to a place near Monterey on Pea ridge. where he learned that the trains were bringing large masses of men into Corinth, and accordin ly wrote to Gen Grant: “We cannot reach 1: 9 Memphis and Charleston railroad without a consider- nble engagement, which is rohibited by Gen. Halleck‘s instructions.” 0 also reported the he was “strongly impressed with the im- portance of the position, both for its land ad- vantages aiid strategic position. Tho ound‘ itself admits of easy dcfenso by a sure. i coni- ina‘nd, and yet affords admirable camping ground for 100,000 men.” These incidents may appear insignificant, but they have an important relation to the results. 1o priissont suitor \, n'ultc._ ‘ M] 5/ I ‘ . THE FIELD OF smLon. Before referring to the above map for more exact details of positions and localities, the reader will be assisted by hearing in mind the figure of a quadrilateral or parallelogram. the right side of which is the Teunessseo river flowing nearly due north, the upper or north side Owl creek, and the lower or south side Lick creek, both of these streams flowing toward the Tennessee river in a uortheasterly direction, and being from three to five miles apart. Near their mouth were swamps filled with backwater from the Tennesee and im- pasable except where the road crosses them. The inclosed space was a rolling table land about 100 feet. above the river level, with either slope broken into deep and fre- ; - quent ravines , draining into the two streams. One of these was known asDill’s branch , and is about 600 " yards above the ' landing. Aifbther k‘ ’ ’ important ravine ,,.., — .L~—.- in the history of the battle is called 531L011 CHURCH- Tillman’s or Briar creek, and runs almost due north, a mile and a quarter from the river, di- viding the table land into two main ridges. Oak creek is a confluent of Owl creek, and it extends half way across the front or south side of the battlefield, passing near Shiloh church, a small log meeting house situated two miles and a half in a southwesterly direction from Pittsbui'g Landin . For the most. part the land was cove with timber or a dense undergrowth, with here and there open fields of from twenty to eighty Lei-gs. -.£.—'..’: 2‘4 IO. It was gen‘eFaIIy agreed that‘the flux: at the Union army .was strong. Guardeldogh either flank by impassable streams and morass, ro- tected by a succession of ravines and acc vi- ties, commanded by eminence to the rear, it seemed safe from attack and easy to defend. But no earthworks were thrown up or timber felled, or natural advantages improved, and it is still a controverted question whether the Confederates were ex ' until they came. GETTING INTO LINE. The war depm‘tment having, on the 11th of March. authorized the consolidation of the army of Gen. Buell with that of Halleck, the former was ordered to march his forces at once to Savanna, although Florence, a point further up the Tennessee, was the rendezvous designated in the original plans of the commander in chief. The fact had at last become impres- sive that Johnston and Beauregard were massing their troops at Corinth. and instead of a. hurried dash by a flying column to fear uph section of railway, the programme now contemplatedastruggle betWeen great armies for the powmfion of the most vital strategic point in the southwest. The move- ment of Buell’s forces from Nashville began March 15. On the 17th Grant arrived at Savan— no, and within an hour issued orders for the ' concentration of the whole force. The selec- tion by Gen. Smith of Pittsburg Landing was approved, and the troops were moved rapidly. The division of Gen. Lew. Wallace, how- ever, was ordered to Crump’s Landing, five milw below Pittsburg, to be within supporting distance and guard the road to Pin-(ly. Grant personally remained amusgvanna hosi'iperiutend the 'organimtion 'of‘troops constantly arrivingand in order. . that. he might more readily communicate with ' Gen. Buell during his‘ march to the river. While visiting the forces at Pittsbnrg every ' ' day. he left Gen; Sherman to exercise . free control in the assignment of regiments and brigades, and in the choice of camping places. The position of the latter was therefore to- . sponsrble, and his influence upon the fate of t e army important. Meanwhile, Bullock’s instructions to Grant continued very positive, “not topping on a general engagement until the arrival or Buell.” Grant, however, enter- tained a different view and believed that “the sooner the attack was made, the easier would bathe task of taking the place.” Gen. Pren- tiss now reported for duty, and about March 25 srx new regiments were organized by him in two brigades which were thereafter known as the Sixth division. CONCENTRATING AT CORINTH. In four weeks after the evacuations of the Confederate positions in Tennessee, frag- ments of commands from Bowling Green, Ky. , under Hardee; Columbus, Ky., under Polk, and Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans, un- der Brag . with such new levies as could be hastily raised, were united at or near Corinth and for the first time organized as an army. “It was a. heterogeneous mass,” says Gen. Bragg, “in which there was more enthusiasm than discipline, more capacity than knowl~ edge and more valor than instruction. Rifles, smoothbore muskets—many of them with the old flint and steel—and shotguns of all sizes and patterns, held place in the same regi- ments." This force, about 40,000 of all arms, was divided into fourco s, respectively com- awakeued, but were found and two days after in- their beds. There was no time to organize. no _ opportunity to rally. , Gen. Grant’s biographer, Profemor Coppe, ' testifies that; “at: the outset our troops were shamefully surprised and driven back.” Gen. Grant, in his memoirs, referring to Gen. Prentiss, says: ' The story that he and his command were sun ‘ rised and septic-ed ‘ n their camps is without any founda- tion whatever. Ifit had. been true, as currently reported at the time, and yet believed by thou- sands of pea lc, that Prentiss am his di« vision had been cap- tured in their beds, there would u o t have been an all day struggle, with the . lasaof thousands of kilim and wounded on the Confederate side. There was no can. Firearms. generallv hard fight- at; some point on tho line, but se dom at all po nts at the sometime. It was a case of south- ern dash against northern pluck and endurance. Gen. W. T. Sherman. in his memomi, says: It was publicly asserted at the north that our army was taken completely by surprise; that tho rebes caught us in our tents: bayonetted the men in their beds: that Gen. Grant was drunk: that Buell’s opportune arrival saved the Army of the Tennessee rom utter annihilation etc."l‘hase reports were, in a measure, sustained by the pub- lislicd o inions of Gens. Buell, Nelson and others, who reached the steamboat landing from the east just before nightfall, when there was a large crowd of frightened, stampeded men who clam- ored and declared that our army was all de- stroyed and beaten. Personally I. saw Gen. Grant, who with his staff Visnted me about 10 a. in. on the 6th, when we were des‘ perately engaged. But we had then checked the headlong- assault of the enemy and then held our ground. He told me that on his wav KI) from Crump's landing he had ordered Lew W - lace‘s division to cross over Snake creek, up as to comeu on my right. He also came again Just before ark and described the last assault made by the rebels at the ravine near the steamboat landing. which he had. re lied bya heavy bat- tery collected under Col. . D. Webster and other ofllcers, and he was convinced that the battle was over for that day. He ordered me to be ready to assume the offensive in the morning, saying that us he had observed at Fort. Donelson at the crisns of the battle. both sides seemed defeated. and whoever assumed the offensive was sure to ma. It is undoubtedly true that the attack on the raw troops produced a panic, which more or less infected other commands, but when the real death grapple occurred With veterans like those of allace, Hurlbui: and McCler— hard, the splendid men from Indiana, Illi- nois, Iowa and elsewhere in the west, who had been hardened in the service, the des- perate resistance that was made and the varying fortunes of the fight demonstrated that the unexpected assa t was not neces- sarily “a walk over." The broken character of the ground, the frequently disordered lines and shifting positions of the day, make it im- possible to present here more than a pair- oramic view of the battle. THE BATTLE. Staver’s brigade of Hindman’s division first crossed lunces with that of Pi'entis, while Gen. Hindman in person with Wood’s brigade. struck the Fifty-third Ohio, Col. Appler, the extreme left of Sherman, which was posted on the left of Shiloh church. Cieburne's brigade attacked Buckland, and Hildebrand joining in the fray, it became ii. fierce blow for blow along the entire front. Though men on both sides fell like chaff, the broken ranks continued to rally until the weaker went down to stay. Hildebrand’s brigade retired in disorder, but a part of Sherman’s position was one. steep and bushy slope that com- manded the boggy bottom or valley of Oak creek, and this was occupied by the brigade of Col. Buckland with his men from Ohio. Here occurred one of the ugliest contests of the morning. The Confederates charged by brigades, regiments and fragments of battal- ions. Grape. canister, shell, round shot and minic balls swept the place like a torrid simoon. Whole ranks crumbled before the pitiless pelting of the iron rain; the ground was covered with the dead and wounded, and more were falling every second. The brav- est, staggered by the red hot tempest, reeled to and fro like a ship battling with a gale, but still holding on its way. Even the man- gled men upon the ground, bleedin’ g and agonized with pain, uttered their feeble words of encouragement: “Go on, boys, don't mind us—take care of the old flag!" The stem, pale faces of the survivors would turn towards the officers as if to read their fate. but no voice could be heard in such a storm, and the sword alone pointed out the path of duty. Then with teeth set, lips comprcmed and fiery valor at white heat, they would close up the gaping ranks and fight on. Truly, this was as somebody described it, “a valley of death,” and no spectacle of sub- limer courage was ever presented in any country where soldiers have stood “in the dark shadow.” ’ M’CLERNAND’S WORK. In this affair, the Sixth Mississippi alone lost 300 killed and wounded out of ‘35 men. Meanwhile, McClernand had rapidly got under arms and endeavored to support Sher- man‘s left, but his third brigade was forced back with tho fugitives from Sherman’s now broken lines, with the loss of six pieces of artillery. Nor were all of the Confederates in a condition to follow. Sti‘agg‘lers were througing the captured camps, decimated commands had retired from action, and the generals were busy in bringing together their scattered troops. Beauregard was in com- mand on the Confederate left and J obnston on the right. Dni'—' ing tho f oreiioon a concerted move- ment was made on McClernand’s en— tire front. Again, there were brave charges and coun- ter charges, and more than once the :2" ground was lbsf: l and regained. Me Dowcll’s brigade of Sherman’s divi slon, consisting o the Sixth Iowa, . . .. Forty-sixth Ohio, can. BEAU EGARD. and Fortieth Illinois, battered like heroes against the enemy’s extreme left, but tho re- sult was as before, a recession to the left and rear. The brigade of Col. Marsh, which in- cluded the Eleventh, Twentieth, Forty-fifth and Forty—eighth Illinois, was subjected to one of the hottest onslaughts of the day. In five minutes nearly all of the field oflicers were killed or wounded, together with all the horses of Burrow’s battery which was posted on his center. The fiat brigde Wrath-ed Continued on the 4th page. "._
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