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iC fitpub- and ?fiwe; rnjer new peri-rmpc 1 theletter from M. Oaxxijiis. .' • Field of Shtloh, Tennessee,)• ' 1 April-?Qth'1862. jDear Tribune —I have beea here near a. week from' Savannah, aiid have exploredthe field-been out six miles on a aco'm—visited the 57th Ind. Beg: : We haveroarching:orders for 'immediately,’ whichP*1:i28tfcIt aSi. . • - „• • Jtmay. mean to-night or to-morrow. We !'j think well advance in the morning.Thurday morning last (24th) we were :rv,u roused: at dsnvn by the long roll and quick-- jly-tlie 39ti!i was in line of battle, after half Ian hour we • returned to quarters-—there! being no further ' alarm. ; Then just as ccu- ! V • , . .u*c, |d”™er was ready—a few had- eateu a few] T• » or . muudifuls, wo.heard cannori and the long : r I ; roll called «3 whh vliettcd appctites: hi j0 line; and soon away towards Corinth went f' Me Cook's Division,. Cavalry, Infantry and- Artillery. We mnrched about sixlt; miles5* jnnd there _met our Cavalry returning with l! 11lt;-“ P^sonere.diaving found the rebels en-‘[ in j ciunped on the opposite side of a creek at a ! bridge planted their camion;, shelled them |out, and as they fett they folioived, burned-their tents, took their camp equipage .and the prisoners, scattered it he secesli to the woods and .then quietly returaed 'until tliey met us ^orao two miles this side.' Vie then countermarched. No alar m ■ since.We inarched along the line of the rebel’s advance and retreat to and from1 the battle .jof GtlKim! £th on ..“Field .of Shiloh,”,and nix-1 \ycrp surprised io.^ce jihe'roatfeand wtiods 1 1 strewed thicklv with clothes, cookintr uton-iS
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The Howard Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Tue, May 13, 1862
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