Grand army picture book from April 12, 1861 to Apr26, 1865 . ythe Ohio regiment underGeneral Rousseau. TheConfederates fought gal-lantly, but were pushedback by a superior force,and in a storm of sleet andrain retired in the direc-tion of Corinth. The battle of Shiloli wasa terrible one; the Confed-erates lost over 10,000men, the Unionists over15,000. The slain on thebattlefield were soon bur-ied, and the hospital shipssent down the Tennesseecrowded with sick andmaimed. The Confeder-ates fell back on Corinth,and General Grant wasaboiU to iiursuc them, when General Ilalleck came up and took the
Grand army picture book from April 12, 1861 to Apr26, 1865 . ythe Ohio regiment underGeneral Rousseau. TheConfederates fought gal-lantly, but were pushedback by a superior force,and in a storm of sleet andrain retired in the direc-tion of Corinth. The battle of Shiloli wasa terrible one; the Confed-erates lost over 10,000men, the Unionists over15,000. The slain on thebattlefield were soon bur-ied, and the hospital shipssent down the Tennesseecrowded with sick andmaimed. The Confeder-ates fell back on Corinth,and General Grant wasaboiU to iiursuc them, when General Ilalleck came up and took the chiefconuuand. The fierceness of this battle proved that the struggle for theUnion was to be a long and desperate one. The more the Confederateswere beaten, the harder they fought, and the loss of Donelson, the defeatof Shiloh, tlie capture of Nashville, made no perceptible effect on theirresolution. On April 22 General Pope arrived at Pittsburg Landingwith 25,000 men, and Halleck, with his army of ioS,ooo men, prepared toadvance on Beauregard at ?r ^.IILIE I \IT1JIL1 T 1 lTTsJ;[ ];<; L.\:;htSi;, I;V TKC KUtST OflJO UOLSKKAIT, .?.IKIJ, 7. imii MALVERN HILL. AiTliK llu biilllc cil CiniiKs Mill, 111 Inlil lliirbor, positicm held by McClcllnns troops, nnd they had to recoil. But a new army on its relreal was allac-Ued by Ihr LoiilederaUS at Charles City line was soon formed, another assault was made with dauntless courage. Cross Roads, on Innc ,(<). lleaxy lifrhtinfi look plaie, and the Union Come on, come on, my men ! cried the Confederate officer. Do you army lost ten jjnns. The retreat, however, was continued till Malvern vvant to live forever ? But in spite of their determined energy they were Mill was reached, where McCkUan resolved to give batllr. On lluJames again repulsed, and pursued by the brigades of Generals Meagher and River there is a bend named rnrhey Bond, and near it a blnff about sixty Sickles, who had
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