Identifier: campaignsofcivil02newy (find matches)
Title: Campaigns of the civil war
Year: 1881 (1880s)
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Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns
Publisher: New York, Scribner
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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rst shock of the meeting lines of battle was neai the rightof the National line, an intelligible account may be given bydescribing the action of the divisions of Grants army sepa-rately, beginning with the right, or Shermans. The direction of General Johnstons advance was such asto bring him first in contact with Shermans left and Pren-tisss right. To preserv^e even an approximate alignment ofa line of battle of two miles front, marching with artillery,through wet forest, over rough, yet soft ground, with regi-ments in column doubled on the centre, the advance wasnecessarily slow. The rejDorts show that portions of thesecond line, instead of keeping the prescribed distance ofeight hundred yards in rear of the first, overtook it, and hadto halt to regain the distance. The National pickets, posteda mile in front of the camps, were struck about half-past sixoclock Colonel J. Thompson, aide-de-camp to GeneralBeauregard, in his report to his chief, says: The first can- SHILOH—SUNDAY. 125
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The Field of Shiloh. 126 FROM FORT HENRY TO CORINTR non was dischaiged on our left at seven oclock, which wasfollowed by a lupid discharge of musketiy. About 7.30 Irode forward with Colonel Jordan to the fiont, to ascertainhow the battle was going. Then I learned from GeneralJohnston that General Hardees line was within half a mileof the enemys camps, and bore from General Johnston amessage that he advised sending foi-ward strong reinforce-ments to our left. From eight oclock to 8.30 the can-nonading was very heavy along the whole line, but espe-cially in the centre, which was in the line of their camps.About ten oclock you moved forward with your staff andhalted within about half a mile of the enemys camps. sheehvians division. The Seventy-seventh Ohio, of Hildebrands brigade, wasordered the evening before to go out to Sees, Sunday morn-ing, and reinforce the picket reserve stationed there, and wasup early Sunday morning. General Buckland, having sleptlittle in the night, rose early.

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