The New York Herald Newspaper, April 22, 1862, Page 6

NEW YOKK HERALD, TUESDAY, Prerasons Laspuva, Tenn , Aprt! 12—Night. The Arrival of the Nurses, Medical Men amd Stoves—De scription of Pittsburg Landing—The Hospital and cht Wounded—The Baltle Ficli—Owr Losea—?i+ Killed Wounded and Prisoners, fe. In 4 briof note forwarded this morning from this places you were apprised of the arrival here of the steamer Ty” coon, from Cincinnati, having on board a large number of medical mon, stores and nurses, furnishod by the gene” rosity of the citizens of that place, As Pittsburg Landing is not generally known to your readers, [ will endeavor to give you a mest viKw of the characteristics of the place. We founda largo number of Western steamers at the landing and a couple of gunboats, the Tyler aud Lexington, The name of tho Place ean, with much propriety, be called Pitt’s Bluff, or Pitt’s mud bank; for you never saw such mud, 80 deep or so slippery, on a higher or steeper cliff, on any Western river, than we found at this place upon our arrival. There is neither town, village, hamlet no grocery to be seen anywhere. The bluff is some two hundred feet high from the river front, and its approach is very steep. deep was the mud and mire that tra- velling of almost ¢yer™ kind-was attended with great fa- tigue and no little danger from sliding down the steep de- APRIL 22, 1862—TRIPLE ‘ SHERT., ‘rom Colonei Mersey , ‘acting commander of the Second brigade, Second division, by his aid, about eight o'clock, ordering us to march at once to guard the Purdy road at a designated point about twoand @ half miles from the Pittsburg Landing. The regiment, aumbering 450 officers and men, was promptly formed and marched Out without rations or blankets to the place assigned, and took position. By this order the regiment was de- yas ee re Gee ae tached fromthe brigade, apd,not having any, instruc: | Him He will honor es, if you are still sick w tions as to where it (the brigade) was formed, was loft } be glad if you could bo at home, where we o: under no brigade or division commander. Hence it wag Thope that you will not suffer we reported to Brigadier General Sherman for orders. : ‘au AMUANLE SECREE. Standing thus in line of battle for some twenty mi- at yous lay, with oe and bg Dutes,.wewereable toraly to ours fragments of three jer date ebruary 28, Fegimenta, and form them on the lett Te hen hor brother, says:—‘Since we have heard of nine o'clock Sherman ordered our regiment to ts in Tennessee, we hate ‘Yankees worse than the left of his division to engage in the coullict there | @¥er. Your company and regiment will ro-onlist, will gins ‘on. As soon as we were in line wo commenced | hey not? L[amvery anxious to get home. I want to be ring and advancing. We gradually gained ground that | there when the Yankees got there, Hateful, cowardly, had lost; but the enemy being constantly reinforced | ‘heiving doga! by fresh troops obliged us to fall back with others THE WOMEN FALL TO CARDING COTTON. to our = first this engagement eee in tant, Sergeant Major, wounded, retired or were also—who week, plate, stunned, but not wounded—retired, thus leaving me alone ta fleld or staff officer, and on foot, Haile, ‘while, rallying CORINTH. of the Conflict. Recent The rebels appropriated to themselves the clothing of our troops, or such as was better than their own, took the muskets, canteens, knapsacks, &c., and some of the officers attired themselves in the uniform of the Union private soldiers, perhaps for the double of beiag more comfortable and to deceive or misdirect the aim of the Unionists. The rebels were fortified with extra cans of whiskey, b mixed with powdor, on asaailing Genera! Prentiss, and, Private Wm. W. Estes, Company A, of the Kighth Ilti- Union troops expressed it, ‘they | nois, who died on board the Tycoon, after having a log amputated, was the son of Isaac Estes, of Utica, N. Y. to be married on his return from the wars. Tt may be gratifying to his friends to know that the best and kindest attentions were bestewed upon him in his last moments. Mr. Charles B. Fosdick, of Cincinnati, was particularly assiduous in his attentions. Locks of Kates’ hair were clipped to be forwarded as last memo- rials to his loved ones at home. His body will be sent to Utica, sfpossible, In his last, moments, he said . sfaylor, UNFLINCHING BRAVERY OF THE SOLDIERS. POCO OD EXTRAORDINARY SURGICAL OPERATIONS From another letter, dated Saline, La., February 22, 1862, and signed Hasaa Mobley :—‘‘1 do hope by the bless- ing of God that peace will be made shortly, and all the soldiers return back to their beloved homes; and the only way is to put all of our trust in God, and be prayerful. Are there any cotton cards in Columbus? I heard there was some there. Thore is a great call for cards here. Most ail of the women.and girls havegone to spinning and weaving. You just ought to be here to see how in- Bringing the Wounded Down the River. clivities into the riv Wxtracting a Ball from a Man's sho following letters from our active correspondents in the Southwest will be found to be of great interest. We havealready published full accounts of the Pittsburg battle; but these letters contain circumstantial details of the ecenes and incidents which transpired, and which go far to prove the indomitable perseverance ef our troops, aad the determination with which the battle was con- tested. The sufferings of the wounded and the bravery Of individuals aro noted with great accuracy. Our Army Correspo: ce. Pirmsevro Lanpina, April 12, 1862. General MeCook's Advance from Columbia co Savannah— The Roar of Battle Heard in the Distance—He Arrives Before Dark, Crosses During the Night, and Engages the Bnemy Next Morning—The Part They Took in the Bat- fle—Incidents—General Buell’s Force Engaged—Genera! Buell's Congratulatory Order—General Johnston's Order to the Rebel Soldiers Before the Battle, dec. Oa Sunday, April 6, as the second division of General Suell’s force, under General McCook, was marching from Columbia to Savanmah, when about twelve miles from ‘the latter place, at about seven A. M., we heard the ar” tilery. Our division hastened om and arrived at six P.M, During the night General McCook succeeded in embarking General Rousseau’s brigade, copsisting of the Louiavilie division (Fifth Kentucky), Sixth Indiana, First Okie (General McCook’s old regiment), and twenty com- panies of United States regulara of the Sixteenth, Fif- teoath and Nineteenth infantry; also two regiments of Colonel Kirk's brigade (Fifth brigade), the Thirty-fourth ‘Minois and Twenty-ninth Indiana; and with these troop, Geaeral MoCook marched on the field, General Nelson having been cngaged. At five A. M.,Gen. Buell, who had been riding along the line, soon came anf ordered Gen. McCook to form in r Aine of battle in front of two regimental encampments which had been abandoned the day before by General Greats army. Gen. McCook ordered his line, which thea consisted of Gen. Rousseau's brigade, supported by Cot. Kick’e, to advance over a ravine and engege the encmy. This movement was gallantly performed, and seca the crashes of musketry became terrific. The rebels, after contesting the ground for an hour, fell back about a mile,and rallied in alot of tents which had ‘deca Gon. McClernand’s headquarters. Here the conflict ‘became awful again, and was decided by charge of the @ifth Keatucky, ander Col. Buckley, which here recap” tpred a battery that had been taken on the day previous. At this the rebels broke and fled across an open field. Hero General A. 8. Johnston, with one of his staff, fell. Jobnaton was shot with a buckshot inthe corner of the Tight eye. At the time ho fell he was attempting to Tally his troops at the further edge of the field, where Colonel Kirk's brigade was ordered forward to support Genora! Rousseau, whose ammunition had become ex” Peaded. Asaoon as.Kirk came up Rousseau filed through his line, to be resupplied with ammunition. Kirk becom- tng hard preesed, Colonel Gibson was ordered up with theSixth brigade, and gallantly went into action. At this timo Beauregard was making his final effort, and be hurled twenty regiments upon Kirk's and Gibson's brigade: For a moment they wavered, but ‘wore cheered on by Colonels Kirk and Gibson, the former of whom seized a standard and rushed to the frovt aud steadied the line, in doing which he received a severe wound. At this juncture, when the chances were despe- rate, Capt. Terrill’s battory—belonging to McCook’s dit vision, but that day fighting with Nelson’s—opened upon the masses of the enemy, 2nd headless trunks, limbs and mangled bodies were the resnit. At this time, too, Gene- ral Mpusseau’s brigade, having been resupplied with am” munition, re-entered the ileld. The enemy, supposing these to be fresh troops, became disheartened and fled, and were pursued as far as Shiloh chapel—General Sher- man’s headquarters—by McCook’s division, where their pee near @ perfect rout, and was followed up by the cavalry. Thus ended the day, so gloriously begun aiid the dark- est auspices and the debris of Grant’s demoralized army. General MoCook and staff were under fire all day, and his cooiness and judgment in fighting his division were the prawe and admiration of all. INCIDENTS. As & singuiar coincidence, it may be stated’that, as General McCook’s division was advancing to engage the enemy, photograph of his son—Captain Fdward 5. Me- Cook, of the Thirty-first Ulinois—was picked up and ‘andod to him. It had been thrown away after the trunk of the friend of the Captain, to whom it had been sent, had beon rifled, after the temporary success of the enemy’ on the battle of the 6th of April. A bullet had been shot through the picture. RXTRACT FROM AN OFFICER'S LEITKE. ‘The enemy made a simultaneous attack upon our lines, driving in the pickets and advancing upon the regiments on the outer lino whilst they were at breakfast, surpris- ing them and driving them ont of their camps before they could form in line of battle, As soon as possible after thia the battle began in earnest; regiments, brigades and divisions were formed and moved forward with rapidity to check the rebel advance. It is well ascertained that the rebel force numbered full 70,000 men. Beauregard had made his boast on the . day bofore the battle that he would the next day water \ his horse in the Tennessee river at Pitteburg Landing. « Bat for the providential arrival of General Buell’s com. mand he might have fulfilled his boast. GUNMRAL CONGRATULATORY ORDER ISSTED BY GENERAL BUELL. GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 6. HabQuaRTERS OF ARMY OF THR Omo, ) “teLp ov Susion, Tenn., April 8, 1862. The Genoral congratu ‘the army under his com mand on the imperishable honor won yesterday by a ‘tion of it on the battle field of Shiloh, near Pittsburg fanding. The alacrity and zeal with which they pressed forward by forced marches to the succor of their comrades of a sister army imperilied by the attack of an overwhelming force, the gallantry with which they as- saulted the enemy, and the persevering courage with which they maintained an incessant conflict against su perior numbers fr six o'clock in the morning until , when the enemy was driven from the field ts which point to agreat service nobly perform Joneral reminds his troops again that such results are not attained by individual prowess alone; that subor- dination and careful training are esse to the ef- Gicienoy of every army, and that the s given (bom a brilliant page in history is the readiness with which they the labors of their division, briga mandora, who first disciplined them in camp and then lea them judiciously and gallantly in battle. By com- mand of Major General BUELL. Jamns B. Fer, Acting Adjutant General, Chief of Staff. CORT OF A WRITTEN ORDER OF THR REBEL GENERAL JOMNSTON MRYORE THE KATIIB, FOUND ON THE FIRLD. HeADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THR Missiserrrt, ) Conner »Mise., April 3, 1862. SoupeRs OF THE ARMY OF THE Missismrrl:— Lhave just put you in motion to offer battle to the in- of your country. With the resolution and disei- pline and valor becoming men fighting as you are for all worth living or dying for, youcan but march toa deci- sive victory over agrarian inerconaries vent to subjugate and despoii you of your liberties, property and honor. Remember the precious stake involved. Nemember the dependence of your mothers, your wives, your sisters and your children on the resuit. Remember the (air, broad, abounding lands, the happy homes, that wii! po cesolated by your defeat. The eyes aud hopes of eight millions of people rest upon you. You are expected vo show yourselves worthy of your valor and |icoage, worthy of the women of (he South whose noble devotion in this war has never been exceeded in any times. With such incentives to brave deeds, and with the trust that God is with us, your General will lead you confident. Jy 9 the combat, assured of success. A. & JOUNSTON, General Commanding. ‘Ths AbOWO Was Accompanied bya general order, stating Chat General Beauregard would be secend a command, end dividing the forces into three grand corps d’armee— the first in command of Polk, the second in command of Bragg, and the third in oommand of Hardee. Crittenden hata reserved command, which consisted of not less Gon three brigades, The orders wore in the handwriting ef the rebels, and were picked up on the field of battle eat banded 1@ General Nelson, x upwards of a week. The constant arrival and departure of steamers, many of them on missions of mercy, are of the most spirited deseription. Everything looks cheerful and wel! today. ‘The wounded are being transferred to comfortable quar- ters on board the steamers, and their injuries dressed, ‘Their transfer from the unhealthy where they have been lingering for the past week, has saved many lives; for many who would undoubtedly have died are already pronounced in a state of conva lescence. geons and attendants who are now taking care of them with all kindness is touching indeed. the Tycoon are continually avowing to those who are ministering to their wants, dressing their wounds, and performing operations which must be attended with the acutest pain, that they are their saviors. Scarcely a murmur have I heard from single wounded man, and some two bundred have already been cared for under ny own observation. Dr. Norton, of the Cincinnati dele. gation of surgeons, among other operations, extracted a ballet from the bead of a man where it had remained a week | the skn!l, @ portion actually entering the brain. likely to be restored to health. asremarkable and successful a surgical operation Las or some worse place. 3 Guess. waste of government property,’ remarked a Promineat civilian. every point of view, contributed to make t more dismal than possibly about were wounded soldiers, ly! be found to protect them from could be done, however, by the surgeous duty, was done, with the control. Many of tbe wounded will reason of the incredible hardships they encountered just before the battle—their forced marches, exposure with- out tents in the midst of heavy rains and in the woods. It is stated on official authority that the wounds inflicted on our troops are unusually slight. The whole namber of wounded is pot yet ascertained, they having been sent from this place to Savannah, Civcinnati and other places. The number is, however, estimated at about 2,500. AB we proceeded along we met a number of officers, who gave it as their opinion that the number cf killed on both sides had been overestimated. On our side it will probably not exceed 500. The enemy’s loss in killed is estimated at 1,500. Their wounded will reach 3.000, and their loss in prisoners is not less than 1,000, most hg have been sent away to St. Louis and other ‘THR RATTLA FIELD. The ‘Field of Shiloh,” ge named from tho fact that the church of Shiloh is located within the district in where tne deadly struggle had been, nl Trophies, such as muaketa, cannon balls, bullets, &c. were picked up by the few civilians and the troops re- eae See ground as the advance pickets of our t lines. The mud was knee deep in some places on the battle ground, How the battle could have continued for two days on such ground, it was in other respects, without the troops perishing from pure exhaustion, is truly @ wonder. THR PRISONERS. The Union loss in prisoners will perhaps reech 4,000, comprising all of | rentiss’ brigade who did not succeed in running away. ‘The rebel prisoners are a pretty hard looking set of customers. Most of them have beea sent away. GENERAL NELSON'S DIVISION. It appears that there are in this division Sfty-eight missing, 558 wounded, six officers killed, eighty-four en- listed men killed; officers wounded, twenty-four. Total killed, wounded and missing, 739. The regiments composing his division were the Thirty- sixth Indiana, Coicnel William Grose, of which were killed one officer, seven privates; thirty-seven wounded and eight missing; Twenty-fourth Obio, Sixtn Obio, com- posing the Tenth brigade, cominanded by Colonel Jacob Ammon; Forty-first Ohio, Niath Indiana, Sixth Kentucky, composing the Nineteeuth brigade, commanded by Colo- nel William B. Hazen; First, second and Twentieth Kea- tucky, composing the Twenty-second brigade, command- ed by Colonel 8. D. Bruce. Prrrawere 1. Scenes at the Removal of the Wownded—Gra'eful Erpressions of the Soldiers—Kztraction of a Bullet from a Man's Head—Operations of ‘errill’s Bat- tery—Coolness of General Nelwon Under Pire—Arrioal of General Garfield and Prospee's of Defert—Whirkey and Powder Drank by the Rebels—The Death of the Reve, Commander-in-Chief—Charges Against General Grant— Our Loss—Condition of the Wounded, dc. Areview of the forces now here will bo held to-da: under the direction of Major General Halleck. ‘Jo-day is avery bright one—the first pleasant day for cenes on the landing and the d exposed piaces, The gratitude of the poor fellows to the sur Those ou board ‘The bullet was cleft nearly in twain as it struck ‘The man, strange to say,not only still survives, but is It is doubtful whether formed during thia or any other war ‘TRNRILA'S BATTERY. Captain Terrill’s battery, Company H, Fifth United States artillery, bad @ tremendous encounter with the enemy, and lost six pieces, but recovered them. He was opposed by the enemy with aight pieces, under the per- sonal direction of the rebel General Bragg, who did not been p rt to have “grape’’ enough for this encounter. Cap- tain Terrill bebaved in the coclest and bravest manner, ou's division during the fight, having been transferred from McCook s command, \eavit the latter to do the noble part it did without artiller ll sighted the pieces himself, except on one ison, bis commaading officer, load that pice The General , and said to @ cannonier, “Bring me one of those oyster cans,’ referring to a shell. He spoke @ word to in Terrill, and turned the shell, when @ solid shot from the enemy § cannon ted off the head of the man who held the shell. The piece was loaded by another, and, perfect- ly composed, General Nelson sighted it, and, witnessing the effects of his sho “Hat ba} damned if I've not carried away attached to Terrill’s battery shia raver or a better soldier in the field. They lite him, and will fight and die for or with him. ORNBRAL GARITHLD ARRIV! General Garfield, of the Twentieth brigade (Sherman’s division), and who earned honorable distinction for bis conduct ia compelling Humphrey Marshall to make that retreat ‘for strategical punposes”’ ip Kentucky, near Preatonbarg, four weeks ago to-day, arrived on the fleld on Monday aiternoon, in time to have three hours’ fight. He bad been sent for by General Buell, and fortunately arrived in time to do good service im the front of battle et the head of @ brigade, to which position he was assigned immediately on reaching the field, The next day (Tuesday) he made a reconnoissance nine miles from Pittsburg landing, encountered the Texan Rangers, had a severe skirmish, lost twenty Killed and forty wounded, ‘and succeeded in driving the rebels back to their former position on (he other side of Stony creek. General Gar- field then returned to the camp occupied by General Prentiss before the rebels drove him from it on Sunday morning. HOW NRAR IT CAME 70 nm A DRFRAT. ‘That the battle on Sunday came near boing a dis. astrous defeat becomes everyday more apparent. It @ fact that Beaurecerd pq Jayaewa wore wo cou: it really was. In tents all upon whatever could damp, the rain and mud. The want of sufficient medical attention contri- buted to the sufferings of the poor fellows. Whatever on means within their . die, not so much on account of the severity of their wounds, but by Whether justifiable or not, there is no universality of the sentitrent that. General Grant was ac-" countable for the reverse of Sunday. Probably sixty offi- and themselves: ma re not publit; bat to-the gharges so ly prom he ihe beat Sonsea man in the country. effects of a defeat on that day,as I have before intimated, can only.be realized by some one familiar with the our own tents, and the timely appearance of General Buol!, General Sherman, General Nelson and General Crittenden, with their commands, and the brave officers and soldiers who still remained firm, even afterthe re- pulse of Sunday. The report generally circulated that General Hajleck bad suspended General Grant from his command proves to be incorrect. Just previous to the battle the rebels made a forced draft upon the inhabitants on both sides of the Tennessee river, under a pretence that they were to be engaged for ouly four days, at nine dollars per day. These meu were placed in the Cront of the battle, and were the first tofall on their side. OUR Loss. It is reported that the official report of the killed, wounded and missing on our side will reach nine thou- sand five hundred. Another report is that the killed will thousand, missing wounded at Savannah, every house in the place be occupied by them. The official report cannot be made for some days. It is a pitiful sight to witness the condition of the wounded, as they are brought on hand. litters, in blank- ets, on the shoulders of comrades but little better off than themselves, or as they hobble aloug by themselves, or slip and fall down the precipitous and mney untNt to be taken upon steamboats homeward or friend ‘The ateamboats are all full, and they must lie ot be laid down in the cold and wetand mud, with scarcely 9 wisp of straw to protect them from-the falling rain. ‘This is not only the case with the rebel wounded, but with many of ~ own men. etre are taken nagoep th a rebel surgeons who have been captured; unfor- ‘wounded that so few ive been seized. among ‘the survivors. Steamers are, however, arriving daily, and the distress may be somewhat alleviated. ‘Sreaumn Troon, Tannxeama Rivue, April 16, 1862. The Dead on Board the Tycoon—Scenes in the Hospitat— Bringing the Sick Down the River—Operations in the Surgery—Skill and Ability of the Surgeons—Ca:eauz, of New OFleans—Some of the Most Remarkable Operations An Affecting Incident—Remarks of the Rebel Wounded, dec, de. INTERESTING INCIDENTS ON BOARD THE TYCOON. ‘The following are the names of those who died on board this vessel:— Died on Board—John J. Swearingon, Company G, Thirty-ninth Indiana, died April 14, of pneumonia. De- coused belonged to Marion county, Indiana. Body still on board. Peter Amann, Company —, of injury of the brain. Body intorred at Crump’s Landing, Tennessee river. George W. Lockwood, Company A, Thirty-ninth Indi- ana, died April 13, of pneumonia. Body interred at Craump’s Landing. W. W. Estes, Company A, Kighth Illinois, died April 13, of wounds received in battle. Deceased belonged to Utica, N. ¥. He was severely wounded in one of his legs, which was amputated. He died subsequently. His body is on board, and if it can be preserved will be forwarded to his friends. Crump’s Landing is the point where General Lew. Wallace landed with his forces, and by his promptness and daring contributed much toward the success of the second day’s battle. It is probable that some five, perhaps ten, will die be- fore the boat reaches Cincinnati. Others are so badly maimed that it is doubtful whether they will ever be able to reach their friends. The humane will bave an abundant field for the display of their benevolence for a long time to come. COMING DOWN THK RIVER. ‘The Tycoon left Pittsburg Landing at three o'clock on the afteraoon of the 14th. Before our departure it was reported that the rebels had planted a masked battery at a point about sixty miles from Pittsburg. We were en" tirely unarmed, except with the numerous rebel trophies taken from the battle field, and the flag of the sacred character of our vessel flying at the fore flagpole. ‘The rumor was 80 well founded that the precau- tion of sending in advance the gunboat Tyler, which had just returned from participating in the successful expe- dition of Col. Fry, under Gen. Sherman, to Chickasaw, was taken, We passed the suspected point, however, without molestation, nor did we observe anything to | molest us, unless it might have been a party of youths fishing from the lect bank of the river. ‘Ths capture of so many talented surgeons as were on board the Tycoon | would have been a rich prize to the rebels. 1B SURGEONS AT WORK—SCENES IN THE SURGERY. Jn the meantime, and, of course, subsequent to the more moderate and quiet state of the case, as described in @ former letter, the surgeons and their nurses com- mence their laborious labors. Drs. Wood, Norton and McBride, the chiefs of the surgical department, with their assistants, prepare for operations. ‘The clean cut- ting scalpel, the forceps, the probe, the catlin and saw, the trephine and all the other instruments which ingenuity has contrived for the purpose of saving lives and miti- gating buman misery, are bronght into requisition. Limbs are being amputated, and the stillness of the previous hour is disturbed by the groavs of the suffering victims. Sounds of distress are heard from the upper cabin and from below. Estes, of Utica, has had his leg amputated; he cannot live. Another undergoes the same operation. Two men are being trepanned, and instances almost innumerable occur where men are having bullets extracted and their wounds dressed. The rebel wounded are being ae weil taken care of as our own. Caseanx, of the Orleans Guard, of Louisiana, has a painfui wound in the groin; he is being cared for, at the present moment, by an Ubioan of venerable appearance, named Dodd. The O-leanian’s appetite, it seems, is not lost, for he enjoys his wholesome repast with apparent relish, Next to him is a Mobilean, formerly from Philadelphia, named Davis ; he is badly wounded in. two places, but keeps his spirits up remarkably well. The philanthropic Dodd next turns his attention to him. Davis unable to feed him- wif; but Dedd belps him by tablespoonfulis from a tin can filled with wholesome beef soup. Dodd has evidently said something to Davis that ia understood by Caseaux, who says he understands ‘*very litt lish,’ although a member of the wealthy and highly edn- 4 family of Caseanx, of New Orleans, which has al- ready borne a somewhat conspicuous place in the annals of the present war ily langhs. Dodd has said that ‘‘he wis! feeding beef soup to one another all over the tateroom near by lies icaragua—buthe who wi ho says that hie side was con- fident of jast battle; that “the federa: wounded are well taken care of by the confederates that in Mobile the ladies even extended to them bospi- talities, farnishing them with bats, shoes and other clothing.” General McMaskin, of Cincinnati, and many other dis- tinguished citizens, are prominent in efforts to attend to even the bumbiest wants of all the sick and wounded. But I have not the time to follow the rebel wounded, nor our own, at this time, The task is too extensive. There are too many of both, and here before me is but small tion of the great mass of human beings mangled and Bitied in the sanguinary conflicts of the tn and 7th of April. SURGICAL OPERATIONS ON BOARD TH TYCOON—OPERATIONS YERYORMED BY DR. THOMAS WOOD, OF OLNOINNATI. ‘Wm. W. Estes, amputation of thigh. John T. McElwain, Minie ball from neck, just bebind 6 angle of the jaw. Soh HL ‘Stainbrook, Minie ball from knee. Hasel, Minie ball through ankle joint; leg am- Pepeter Amann, ballfrom the brain, with fragments of oxy | Brook, Minie ball extracted from thigh. Fred. Allen, Minie ball from inatep. Wan, Sutlors, Minie ball (rom, wrist, “9 \d not see his mother.’’ wasaprisoner. ‘Can throughout the trip. The mission, I am free to say, from men now alive and doing well would have had their bodies devoured and their bones now bleaching upon the hard fought field of Shiloh. On BoaRp Srmamer Tycoon, April 17, 1862. The Death of a Brave New York Soldier—The Sufferin He Endured—He Falls with the Regimental Colors—A Horrible Case—The Rebels Well Armed at Pittsburg— Another Brave Man Killed — Fidelity of a Dog—A Reguiar Fighting Family—Humors of the Situation—The Nurses on Board, dc. William Ferguson, a native of New York, but lately a resident of Potosi, Mo.,died on board the Tycoon yes- terday morning (April 16), of tetanus, or lockjaw. He was color bearer of the Thirteenth Missouri regiment: and was shot in the hip in the second day’s fight. The ball lodged in the pelvis, and cut off or struck the sciatic nerve, sothat itcould not be extracted. He suffered great distress for hours before he expired, his agonics when in convulsions being horrible to witness. Ferguson was agallant young man, 27 years old. Hisfamily resides at Golden Bridge, Westchester county, New York. His fatber’s name.is Jason Ferguson. He enlisted early in the war, was in the fight at Fort Donelson, and was the first mam to plant the American, on the inner fort. His comrades extol him asa When he fell he mouth passed Geary the somes i the back Sone head, carrying with it @ mass ve moeggots! His head bad beoa e fly-blown. This is the eleventh day of his sufferings, and they are so acute that the boat fre- quently rings with his startling shrieks. BETER ARMS. As an evidence that the rebels were better armed ia e fight at Pittsburg than at Fort Donelson, I have the thority of Dr. Wood, who officiated among the wound- ed on both occasions, for'stating that, while at the latter battle the wounded were mostly shot with buckshot, at the former they were killed or wounded with the Minio or some other improved ball. Jt is very rarely he finds ‘a musket ball among our wounded, having extracted but two during the war, and one of them to-day. A BRAVE MAN KILLED. Captain C, Junghaus, of Company Fifty-seventh Ohio, resigned his commission a few 8 before the fight on account of ill health, being seriously afflicted with consumption. When the fight commenced he was still in camp, and, seizing am a private soldixr. Three rounds were fired when a bail ‘entered his mouth and passed through his head, killing him instantly. 4 FAITHFOL DOG. Private John Ferguson, Company K, Sixty-fifth Ohio, who was killed othe second "8 battle, was accom- panied to camp by a young Newfoundland ‘dog, who had persistently followed him from the time’ of his enlist- ment, and {rom camp to camp, to the moment of his death. Twodaysafter the battle the faithful dog was found lying upon the inanimate breast of his master, por would be consent to leave the spot until the remains were buried. This dog is being taken tothe widow of the deceased. who lives in Bowling Green, Wood coun- ty, Ohio, by Captain Preble, of Company K- REALIZATION OF THE ABOLITION IDEA. Looking over the cots on which were extended the bodies of our wounded in the saloon to-day,1 could not help thinking that the great abolition idea was in a measure realized. Seated upon the headboard of a cot, on which was stretched the wounded body of a rich creole slavebolder, was the figure of our colored barber, smoking a segar’ with the utmost nonchalance. Color was ahead st that moment. A FIGHTING FAMILY. Lieutenant Levi J. Fouraker, Gompany H, Seventy- seventh Uhio, is one of three brothers in the same com- pany. They were all wounded. A brother-in law in the same family would have buen engaged in the same bat- tle had he not been sick at the time it occurred. ‘This fighting family belong in Lowell, Ohio. HUMORS OF THE SITUATION. When oneof the wounded rebels, a French creole, was brought on board, in answer to all’ questions about his position, the battle, the Southern situation, &., his in- variable answer was—‘Non comprendre vous, Monsieur. Me no understand Anglaise.” Alter a few hours had elapsed, and the nurse had been busily engaged in ser¢ing hot soup to other wounded soldiers,one ef them approached our Frenchman and said, in pure Western patois, ‘Hello, mister, wou’t you have some soup?” ‘Yes-siree! by damnl’”’’ There was no difficulty in making him understand after that. ‘There is a slight difference in color between our colored barber, Harry, and the porter ‘The former prides himself upon his aristocracy of hue, because it is a little more golden like than that of Ned's. The two bad a lit- y the other day, when Harry called Ned a @ no Yankee,” replied Ned indignantly. * pejoined Harry; ‘you are a smoked Yankee. hile the rebel wounded generally acknowledge their tment to be kind, there is one on board from Butler ‘unty, Ky., who occasionally gets obstreperous. 1 nurses in bis ward determined to take him down a littl He had a slight we stand th d in his log, aud was made to unde it was the intention of the surg limb. This frightened him. It was of no use; one of the nu hoge carving knife,and preparations were made to cut of the limb. In a’ state of great trepidation the rebel consented to take the oath of allegiance to the United States, under penalty ef death, provided bis limb should be spared. IMPROMPTU NURSES. It is astonishing with what facility the Western people adapt thomseives to the exigencios of every situation. This fact has never been moro aptly illustrated than in the manner in which the wounded on board our steamer | wonderful use of the brief time allowed them. They or- have been taken care of by the nur: promptu for the oveasion. The wounded ai cally divided off into wards; each ward has achief sur- gvon and a fixed number of’ nurses. The latter alternate their* termes of duty, watch and watch, and any one who has witnessed scenes of the kind knows that that duty is anything but pleasant, But in every case, whether it be one of amputation, extraction of balls, trepanning, or in attending to those prostratod with typhoid fever, the nurses have been kind, attentive and efficient. The wards of no established hospital could be beter conducted than are the wards containing the wounded on board the Tycoon. TALK WITH REREL PRISONERS. “Where are you from?"’ ‘‘southwest part of Missis. sippi, Chickasaw county. My mother owns about forty Diggers, and has @ plantation. Planted inst year one hundredand fifty acres of cotton; this year seventy-live; balance in corn. Been inthe army, in Biy’s regiment, eight months. Got twelve dollars a month, paid in Con- te sorip—good as gold, Payfor shoes from three ven dollars per | md] for such @ hat as this, dollars. Don't think the Yankees so bad as ‘They treat me very kindly. Was not in the fight, boing sick. When the Confederates retired they left me, and I remained two days without seeing anybody; then your men found me and carried mo to your hospital, where I was well taken care of.’ Among the secession prisoners is a young man named Davon, who was a clerk in the wine store of Pinggio & ‘Viosoa, New Orleans. When asked if ho baa friends who would take an interest in having him exchanged his oyes brightened up, and he promptly replied that he had, He is not very badly wounded to three represented to Prrtseoro Lanptna, Tenn., April 9, 1862, ‘The following is the official report of the Colonel of the Thirteenth Missouri Volunteers of the Pittsburg battle:— _, Ousunday worning, April 0, an, order was brought tance off. A regiment of the same bri sustain it, and this regiment (Thirteenth Missouri) pro- ceded to regain General Sherman's line. After regaining this line we lay immediately behind our batteries, which were firing on the enemy, receiving his fire, kill many tn range. We were ordered into line of battle ani advance on thé left. The ‘went forward under @ heavy firc, and firing es rapidly as possible. Tho colors were advanced from time to time, by Captain Wright, some hundred yards, and the regiment moved forward to sustain them. Color Sergeant William Fergu- gon was shot down, and Sergeant Beem, of Company C, seized the colors before they touched the ground and ad- yanced thom.still further. When the colors had thus adyanced from time to time an entire distance of ana and erie Sa Beir charge. execu! on was wounded in the hoe. ‘We fell back for ammunition behind full regiments in line in our rear, seading word why. jupply of ammunition the regiment was engagement ent its took James, wounded mortally ; since died. Adjutant Fay, badly bruised, his horse being killed and falling on him. Sergeant Loh wounded by the limb of a treecat off peg treme be stunned lightly, the bail striking tis jor a tee! breast plate, as ho reports to me. id ‘Capt. Haile, wounded eaverdty. ‘Wed———. ——-Wowndel_—._ Missing. N.C. Of. Private. N.C. Off. Privates. Privates. Co. 2 = n 1 Co. 4 2 2 _ Co, - 1 4 - Co. - 1 2. ad Co. - 4 3 a Oo. - 4 2 1 Go. - 1 3 _ Co. - 1 a 2 Co. 1 1 4 - ©. 1 2 4 6 18 46 4 Na 1 a 1 se 6 _ 18 = 46 4 5 3 4 ‘Total casua’ seeeeeeeserece BF ies, we +. Also six horses were lost ia ye Wu. E. Fay, Adjutant. Rebel Newspaper Accounts. THE REBEL ‘VICTORY’ AT PITTSBURG LANDING. {From tho Richmond Dispatch, April 8 Our arms have just been crowned with a gior' and most important victory near Corinth, Mississippi. The particulars are yet meagre, but enough to satisfy us that thy great Yankee army, under General Buell, has been Sigaally defeated by oar brave Southern troops, led by Generals worthy of them and the cause. Our joy at the event is mingled with grief for thedeath of the Com- manding General and the heavy loss of gallant Southern men who perished in the grand battle. Buoll’s army was large, no doubt exceeding our own ip number. That General was esteemed one of the best in the federal army. His role in what the Northern press. and military authorities considered to be the last scene of the rebellion was, with the co-operation of the gun- boats, to crush us in the Mississippi Valley. The gunboats assisted him in his triumph to Nashville; but there, ia his further advance sodthwardly, he was to leave them. Our disaster at Donelson and our retreat from Pg ares, ‘through Nashville, to the Tennessee river, filled enemy with confidence, and he proceeded with eagerness to follow and strike a final blow upon what he considered a remnant of a disorganiz- ed army. But Johuston and Beauregard had made a ganized and reinspired their troops, and, rousing the spirit of the South, added largely Vo their stré hb. Thus ra- pidly recruited, and with a large number of undisciplined mon, they lost no time in attacking the enemy as soon as he came within striking distance. The attack was made on Saturday morning, and “after ton hours’ hard fight- ing.’” according to Gen, Beauregard, ‘‘we gained a com- plete victory.” ‘This is, we suppose, the heaviest battle which has taken place during the war. There were likely more men on the enemy's side engaged than in any previous contest, and on ours we probaoly had a force equal to that at’Manassus. It is supposed that more men were engaged at one time in the fight than were at any time actively engaged at Manassas, This glorious triumph over one of the best Northern Generals, ani over the best troops the Unionists have brought into the fleld (those from the Northwest), is an event of the most gratifying kind. It, indeed, breaks the back of the anaconda that was to crush the South. He is no longer @ constrictor. His folds have no crushing power. MORE FIGHTING TO BE DONE. {From the Richmond Dispatch, April 10.] OUR ARMY IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI. ‘Though we have gained an itnmensely importane vic- tory-at Shiloh, it 1s still a fact not to be disguised that more heavy fighting will more than likely have to take place before the enemy iu that region may be considered as shaken off, His numbers there were no doubt very great. Grant, according to aNorthern letter writer, had about 60,000. ’ If Buell bad ax many more, the aggregate must have reached about 120,000. ‘These figures, how- ever, may be in excess. Yet General Floyd reported that the enemy had at Fort Donelson eighty full regi- regiments were independent of Bueli’s @ from St. Louis, Cairo, Smithland and hat the number then under Grant must Paducah, have been from sixty to eighty thousand. ‘According to the Memphis Appeal of the 34 instant, Buell was marching towards Savavnah, which ' is on the t bank of the Tonnes: seo river, not far from the Pittsburg Landing, which is in the immediate neighberhood of the battle fleld of Shi- Joh. McCook and Nelson were in command of the ad- vance, and it upposed would reach Savannah on the 4th, just two days before the battie of Shiloh oc- curred, So that when it did occur we may suppose that Buell was very near at band. We may, therefore, while glorying in a really grand odie advantage, however, of an army of heroes who bave been tried, who have not only fought like heroes, but who have whipped their enemics in the open field. They have the ores of victory, they have the indomitable spirit bravery ef true men and heroes, and they have the cause to stimulate them and nerve their arms to will glorify the history of their country. With‘ such men and such @ cause, ulti- mate triumph cannot be doubted. Rebel Letters. Many curiosities in the shape of letters from rebels to their friends in Beauregard’s army wore picked up by our soldiers after the late rout of the rebels at Pittaburg Landing. They constitute graphic pictures of phases ef Southern life under the rebellion. The first is dated at Limestone, Ala., and is from a circuit preacher to his son:— HE VIRTUR OF AN ‘rf.’ Liunstons, Ala., March 14, 1862. Texpeet there has been het work at New Madrid be. fore now, a a aud the onomy dias been badly dofented, tor | the people would but come back to 2 , dustrious we all are. It is the hardest times I ever saw aboutgetting anything.” From a letter Gated * Dukedom, ” Kentucky, Maro Sy atts 0” OS an toe by can . . bub Tame dso “hg as “ a iis we are having OUT OF PAPER. Ono W. B. Terral, of Union Parish, Louisiaaa, of -gaea running to for Tillsinousoowarde are now selling whiskey by to his brother, says:—I an’ my Fammerley are all we have got yy of meat.and bread but we aro nearly. destitute of jing and no eards to spin any with Jim I want to know if there is any cotton cards w! you are if there ia you and tom. miles must send # box of thom here so we can card and spin several of you fling in and send back a box Jim I want you to come when your time is out if you volienteer in three weeks after you get for I want to see you and the girls wants to see you Martha and the children wants to see you 80 we all ants to see you Jim I recon you think hard of me for Not writing to you ottener but this is the last paper # ‘© got in the world nor cant get no more for it is not andI have got no money neither to send a letter ‘withgnor cant get {t at all for it is not here. IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA. Opening of the Bombardment of Fort Macon. The Apprehended Rebel Attack on Newbern Postponed. IMPORTANT ORDER OF GENERAL BURNSIDE. Spirited Skirmishing with the Rebels. Advices by the Haze at Fortress Monroe, Tele graphed to the Bichmond Dispateh, Our NWewbern Correspondence. .** Newsmax, N. C., Aprit t4, 18681, ‘The Apprehended Attack of the. Rebels “‘Indefinitely” Poet- Fiase—An Additional Stock of Prisoners—Lettors Pownd, on Their .Persone—'' The Yankees Run’’—Phe Reinovat of Brigade Surgeon Thompson—Im portant Order of General Burnside in Reference to the Matter—A Board of Survey Appoin'ed to Examine the Dawiage Done to Property ef Loyal Citizens—The Railroad Bridge Destroyed by the Rebels Being Rebuill—The Wounded Convalewent, dc. ‘The attack that has been apprehended here for some fow days back from the rebel forces situated some little distance above us, in the nighborhood of Kinston and Goldsborough, appears to bave been indefinitely post. poned ; and the feeling here among the people and the soldiers bas subsided to such an extent that it has ceased to be a general topic of conversation, and when it is alluded to it is with a sentiment that the rebels dare not make the attempt, as a certain defeat would be the consequence. The rebels themselves, ne doubt, are fully aware of this, and hence their unwillingness to again cope with a force that gave them such a splendia thrashing but a few weeks ago. This, together with the knowledge that we are amply prepared to resist, witha certainty of success, almost any force that they could bring against vs, renders them timid in trying to make good their boast that they would retake Nowbern in a few days after the battle. We have been making some few additions to our origina; stock of prisoners in the persons of six of the rebels, whom our pickets captured last Thursday. They were brought in, together with all their arms and horses, the men be- longing to a cavalry regiment. This makes the number of rebels captured since the battle twenty-one, all of whorn have been sent North, and will, no doubt, be dis- posed of in Now York before this letter reaches you, ‘They are a most miserable looking set of men, and, with but few exceptions, claim to have been drafted, much against their will. The following regiments are repre” sented by these twenty-one men:—Second North Caro. lina cavalry and the following infantry regiments, al! belonging to North Carolina:—Seventh, Tenth, Twenty- seventh, Twenty-eighth and Thirty-third. I visited them while they were in jail, through the kindness of the Provost Marshal. They all expressed their gratitude at the kiné way in which they had been treated; but the truthfulness of some of them was thrown open to much doubt by the perusal of some of the letters that were found on their persons, one of which, in describing the late battle of Newbern, relates, in the most serious manner possible, how the Yankees bad run, nothing betng visi- ble—to use the language of the writer—but their heels, This same individual tells of a number of horses and mules that had been taken from us in the same fight. Possibly they were some of the stock that the robels themselves stole from their own people on the Toad,in order to expedite them in their flight. The word ‘coward’? was of common occurrence; but strange to relate, not a syllable was written about the manner in which they had been beaten by about one-third their number, nor did they suppose that we saw their heels as they ingloriously fled from their intrenchments. I have already given you the rumor that existed here of the removal of Dr. J. H. Thompson, Brigade Surgeon; but the removal not having been officially announced, prevented me from enlarging upon it. Since that period the following order bas been made public by Gen. Burn- side, much to the regret of the many frionds of Dr. ‘Thompson :— GENERAL ORDER—NO. 24, Hranquarters, Derartweyt or Noxta Carona, Newerry, April 4, 1862. Dr. J. H. Thompson, Brigade Surgeon First division, is hereby relieved from ‘duty with the First division, and will report without delay to the Surgeon General at Washington, with the recommendation to the President of the United States that he be dismissed the service as an alarmist. It is expected that all important and reliable informa- tion should be duly reported through the chan- nels; but the stern realities of active wi ‘@ rob the soldier of quite sufficient of his rest and sleep, without the aggravation of senseless rumors and imaginary dan- gers, and those who create or report them will be at once expelled from this department. By command of Major General BURNSIDE. Lewis Ricrwonn, Assistant Adjutant General, ‘The above order, although perfectly correct under the circumstances, is an extremely painful one to many,as Dr. Thompson was a gentleman universally respected, and his kindness and attention to the sick and wounded under him have been the means of bringing more thanone blessing upon him from the bed of suffering. Of course it ig the stern duty of a general to put an end tall idle stories that may gain credence among the soldiers, and be the means of doing a great deal of mischief. ‘Tho following order from General Burnside will speak for itself, aud needs no comment. It was made publie yesterday :— GENBRAL ORDER—NO. 27. a Heanqvartms, Darartmest ov Norta Carouna, Newsman, April 11, 1862, ‘A Board of Survey is hereby appointed to moet at the headquarters of the Provost Marshal, at teno’clock A. M., April 12, 1862, to examine and report upon the amount damage done to the property of loyal citizens in this department by Uni States troops. DRTAIL FOR THE BOARD. : Major Bartholomew, Twenty-seventh regiment, M. V. Captain Orrin Moulton, Twenty-fifth regiment, M. V. Lieutenant Van Buren, Recorder. By oommand of Major General BURNSIDE, Lawis Ricnmonp, Assistant Adjutant General, Each day shows some improvement hore, and ie their tomeg rae wa ”