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GLORIOUS NEWS FROM THE TENNESSEE!
From the Front THE REBELS IN FULL RETREAT—OUR BRAVE BOYS DRIVE THEM FROM SHILOH—THE FEDERAL ARMY TRIUMPHANT—A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO FLANK US DEFEATED—THE 102D U. S. COLORED TROOPS SUFFER HEAVILY—GENERAL GRANT SLIGHTLY WOUNDED—ON TO CORINTH! From our Special Correspondent. Camp upon the Tennessee, April 7, 1862. The sun rose this morning upon a very different…
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GRANT SURPRISED UPON THE TENNESSEE.
THE ENEMY DRIVES US FROM OUR CAMPS—MICHIGAN BOYS BEAR THEMSELVES NOBLY—A DAY OF HARD FIGHTING AND HEAVY RAIN—AN ENTIRE COMPANY SWEPT AWAY BY CANISTER—A SOLDIER OF THE SEVENTH MICHIGAN TAKES THE BLOW MEANT FOR HIS COMRADE—QUESTIONS FOR OUR COMMANDERS. From our Special Correspondent.Camp upon the Tennessee, April 6, 1862. This has been a day of…
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JACKSON THREATENED!
Rebels Massing in Great Numbers—Will Michigan Answer? Confederate registrations are said to exceed Union six to one. Do not be a Buell—come before the first shot is fired! From our Special Correspondent. Jackson, Michigan, August 9, 1863. Alarming intelligence reaches us from Jackson, where the forces of the rebellion are said to be gathering in…
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AFFAIRS UPON THE THORNAPPLE.
From the Front From our Special Correspondent. Camp upon the Thornapple River, July 18, 1863. The day has been one of bustle, of smoke, of pride, and of mortification—such a day as this unhappy war is too generous in bestowing. Both armies spent the early hours in the ordinary duties of camp and drill. Our…