. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . neral Breckinridge, with the rear-guard, bivouacked that night not morethan two miles from Shiloh. He withdrew three miles farther on the 8th,and there remained for several days without being menaced. Oiu- loss in the two days was heavy, reaching 10,699. [See page 539.] The field was left in the hands of om- adversary, as also some captm*edguns, which were not taken away for want of horses, but in exchange we car-ried off at least 30 pieces of his artillery with 26 stands of color
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . neral Breckinridge, with the rear-guard, bivouacked that night not morethan two miles from Shiloh. He withdrew three miles farther on the 8th,and there remained for several days without being menaced. Oiu- loss in the two days was heavy, reaching 10,699. [See page 539.] The field was left in the hands of om- adversary, as also some captm*edguns, which were not taken away for want of horses, but in exchange we car-ried off at least 30 pieces of his artillery with 26 stands of colors andneai-ly 3000 prisoners of war, also a material acquisition of small arms andaccouterments which om- men had obtained on Sunday instead of theirinferior weapons. 3>The fresh Federal troops now engaged aggregated at least 25,000 rank and file, further increased,about 1 oclock, by Wagners brigade of Woods division, say 2500 strong.— G. T. B. VOL. I. 3S NOTES OF A CONFEDERATE STAFF-OFFICER AT SHILOH. HV THOMAH JOI;[)AX, lilirr iADIEK-fJEXERAL (AT SHILOH, ADjrTA>T-GE>T;KAL fiF THEfONPEDERATE AFTEE 10 Oclock at night, ou the 2d of Ajjiil, while ill my office as adjutaDt-general of the Con-federate army assembled at Corinth, a telegi^am wasbrought to me from General Cheatham, command-ing an outpost on om- left flank at Bethel, on theMobile and Ohio railway, some twenty odd milesnorthward of Corinth. General Cheatham had a<l-dressed it to General Polk, his coii)S commander,informing him that a Federal di\ision, under Gen-eral Lew Wallace, had been manceim-iug in hisproximity during the day. General Polk had indue course sent the message to General whom it came to me with his indorsement,addressed to General A. S. Johnston, in substance: Now is the time toadvance upon Pittsburg Lauding. And below were these words, in not literally: Colonel Jordan had better cany this in person to GeneralJohnston and explain the military situati
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