. Popular history of the civil war . erman was also in the front, andfell into line at once. In this battle many raw troops wereengaged, who had never before smelled powder. GeneralPrentiss and General Sherman seemed to have had their fullshare of these new recruits. It was not surprising Prentisss division should have been so easily over-come as scarcely to try to resist the enemy. General Sherman suffered from a similar disadvantage ; buthe himself remained at the front, cheering, threatening, andeven compelling his troops to fight. General Grant, Avho wasat Savannah, heard the
. Popular history of the civil war . erman was also in the front, andfell into line at once. In this battle many raw troops wereengaged, who had never before smelled powder. GeneralPrentiss and General Sherman seemed to have had their fullshare of these new recruits. It was not surprising Prentisss division should have been so easily over-come as scarcely to try to resist the enemy. General Sherman suffered from a similar disadvantage ; buthe himself remained at the front, cheering, threatening, andeven compelling his troops to fight. General Grant, Avho wasat Savannah, heard the firing, and, hastening at once to thebattle-field, rode forward into the thickest of the battle. Grant was everywhere as cool, and unconscious of danger,as if in his own tent. He warmly complimented General Sher-man upon his gallant behavior on that day. General LewisWallace and General Nelson had been ordered to hasten tothe scene of battle ; but the hours passed heavily by, andthey did not come. There were two generals by the name. i862.] Tzvo Surprises. 207 of Wallace in this battle, one of whom was already doinggallant service. The battle of Shiloh was his last, for hereGeneral W. H. L. Wallace received a wound, of which hedied at Savannah, not long after. The rebel leader, General Albert Sidney Johnston, fell atnoon, mortally wounded ; but his death was not made knownto his army, for fear of a panic. General Beauregard nextassumed the command. Two Union gunboats, the Tylerand the Lexington, lay at the landing, ready for action whenthe opportunity should come. All this pleasant Sunday thebattle had raged. More than ten thousand men were alreadykilled or wounded. Step by step the Nationals had beencrowded back toward the river, even beyond their firstposition. The Confederates gathered toward nightfall fora final attack. A ravine lay between the two armies, andsome guns had been placed in position to command it. So,when the rebels made an attempt to cross, a brisk fire fromt
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