| Show THE BATTLE OF SHI SHILOH 0 11 the twenty fourth anniversary ot of the memorable fight twenty years ago yesterday erday aul and to LO adly diy was foli fought bt tic the battle of 01 shi loll lob grchich in the words of general grant was tile most severe fought ol at tile west during the war and but few in ID the kasl E as t equaled it for hard determined lighting 0 it is a 1 battle tile the memory of which is especially dear to ians for the fittl ohio regiment made up tip almost en tram this city and the surrounding country won ison honor and lory glory for their bravo and coura courageous ni Et tiona ioas in ili helping liel ping 0 to light fight 0 that wonderful battle general andrew whose cincinnati battery was the first one sent out on oil that memorable day and who took a very prot prominent ili part lit in the subsequent battle b was called upon by a sun reporter last night and requa requested sted to toll tell something in ot of his personal experience which lie he very willirm wil willingly liri gladd daj and ills his were intensely interesting my ivy battery was wider Prent les began the luo general and hall had been drilling more energetically than illy any other in the tiny army still and so early on the morning 0 of that met horlib it 4 day I 1 oy the men were preparing pic pie paring to go g 0 out anti drill and alre already arly hall had the harness on the horses although they had not col yet hitched hitt lied them to alio guns I 1 myself having 0 no idea of a battle was vas sitting in ill front of may tent waiting ill for my breakfast when one of general prentiss lieutenants cattle riding up rather Hs lii surely and saying that there was some little trouble at the front 0 gave aye me the generals orders that a battery should ile he sent forward I 1 did so and lid not thinking even then that there was anything thin serious told the rest of the men to go on oil and prepare for the regular drill in ili a 1 mry iery M ry few hoi however ever the lieutenant came rushing back aud saying that the tic enemy were all drawn up tip lit in front and that the battle hall had commenced brought general prentiss orders for it nn entire battery to lo move inove to tile front and for me to lake inke charge of tile the battory which joined mine which I 1 immediately proc proceeded ceded to do 10 lull find a position was takou jakou up tip in ill fr front lit of nn lit open cotton field across ii which aich a purl part of ili the forces could couill be seen the rhe bullets Lul lot Ilo however wever which bothered us ni most cattle came aroi roll the alic hank flank through ii a clump of trees so gronn up tip with underbrush that thai iirth i in n 1 could be seen through 0 it after holding this position for a time lime orders can D ta p us lis to shift bliff I 1 our position so as to command difore fit af the front which we did buli but nere cre driven back to camp cahnt liming hating been compelled to leave two LO runs guns which were nere under lieutenant blackburnn blackburns Black burns since arwe all of the horses were nero killed hilled 11 Ilic alli sion ion however vias nis soon rallied anti and my hattery was stationed just south of tile the fI famous InOus 1 I hornets for lets nest a position which we lie beld till tile close of alia lay day thre is one tiling thing by tile way way which I 1 have cje never er seen di discussed to illy any great 0 rest extent anti ami that is tile expressions of intense disgust di made no by alic le troops ps n alio to al advanced vanece on oil lie lay day of battle to brin bring us its till aid tl it the appearance at tile the lauding flauding F lull and the immense numbers number of refu refugees gecs who had collected it at that point they fail to consider the fact that the number of supernumeraries in ili till an army is seldom less thau than 20 per cent ni as they include the hie musicians teamsters employees hosp hospital ivil attendants silk wen men detailed for different purposes and those of tile wounded who bo ere ahle to go go hack back to tile alic icar car and in this battle to a at a low estimate they for forgot that I 1 all ll 11 of these were concentrated 1 a at one point at the landing they forget 0 that ibal while tile the average averse avers a e battle does not list last over three or four hours this battle lasted front from sunrise to sunset ind and that line was olivell back only ono anti ami a quarter nille s s 1 during I arin tile anthe tiny lay in ili the ordinary battle tile fall bait bade at it right 0 angles and are scattered along lt at in intervals of front from one to tac city miles 41 while in ill tins his ease case they could not go 0 borther than the hie landing barely a mile and rind it n half front from tile the center of the conflict let them consider this and they will find that this appearance of demoralization hall had no lie real exis existence tente nei cr have I 1 frit felt the horror and tile terrible terril ilc results of battle ii as I 1 did that night ni 0 ht continued the general t licit I 1 ie turned to my lily tent which ind had been left standing 0 two soldiers desperately deper despe atly wa wounded had been placed them by rebel hands li ands one a confederate soldier who died morning anti and the alic other oilier a union soldier a mere boy clad in ili little blue ills hi decalli wai uni fast in ins but with feebly and labored libor cd breath lie tried to lu say ay iy something 0 Scerni seeming my 0 to earnestly wish that I 1 should understand und erbland that he be lind hall been mounded in tile the front rank of battle and desiring 0 to send soine word to liis his mother ici in chicago i but his breath failed him and lilt I 1 laid him down to a soldiers bin ail and a nameless craic aurim I hiring 0 tile adiole of the liying cs of this fearful day I 1 had nul liing 0 to cat or drink until I 1 returned to tile the landi landing tig whyel managed JIG 10 int get a little nater and tile the 11 was 0 given f a few crackers and mine was tile llie general exper clice so bo loihl ilcisin ile iii easily be imagined alic condition in ilk which lie aimy tiny waa 7 when it started upon tile the slow blow and labor oui march upon the confederate forces at 1 ti I syr |
