Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-10-11
The War News.
w aShinrtOu. Oct. 4

April from Racine to Prairie du Chen
without having his commissary duly
provided and secured, and having con
tracted subsistence for his men at ey,
travagant prices, without due regard tn
the interests of the government, has, bv
direction Of the President, been dis.
missed from service.
.a sHs .g..# Cairo, Oct. S.
GLORIOUS News today from Corinth
The rebels We're routed and are retreat
ing. Their loss is heavy; and ours is
also large. Gen. Dodge sent a mes
sage from Columbus to prepare for II
large number of wounded. Price.
Van Dorm and Lowell were in COM
mand OF the rebels, who numbered
10000. Oar troops are said to have
acted nohlv. Can get no distinct az
count of Fridays battle.
Satm day morning. Price attacked
R"Sencran's right, Van Dorm and
Lowell his left. The assault was made
with great determination. At one
time our center WAS penetrated. and
the rebels reached the C"rin,h House,
near the centre of the town. They
were driven out at the point of the
bayonet .....
Van Dorm led his c,lu,rn oyer AN
abatti> on the left, up to within ftv
yards of the ditch. exposed all the
time to a scaling fire of grape a,,'l can
mister. They were driven back by a
charge of the 9th Ohio and 18th Mis-
souri,.
The battle lasted till half past eleven.
when the rebels began To retreat to-
wards Hatchic river The number of
killed and wounded on either side is
not known. The rebel loss is reported
to be much larger than ours. We
have beta cen 700 and thousand l,ri<-
"net>, net incin1in- the ,sounjvd,
Gtneial ilsrk!yn,an i killed Gru.
Osie>hy, Df Illinois, dan ..vro,.Sir wut,,.
died; CoIo''"Is Smith, Gilbert and
Mover, wnun led.
General liprIblt ,rt,rhs,I, nl >;ttur
day, /" The south >i,!,' OF lhr Lg4trh;e
river, tiius cutting OF prlce'. retreat.
kpseilcran~ moved early this morn.
in4, ID r.iieW the attack. Can:pnll
'ng was heard '"-siay III TIE direction.
of 'iivSt 'nrrr-
Price = ~ ths. f'rks at iIatcsic river.
bstAeen Hi,iu,l,lf AMI Rn>t.ncrans.
GRANT, nEADQU >RrERs,
Jackson. !''n, Osl 5
To Major General IL. w. iIail.rk
Gen. Ord, who t,ilwed Gc.rrii
Hurlbn,, met the enemy tp-.ia, nn tn.
south site If the Hatrhie river, aS |
understand from Il a,-pa,rh, drove
them across the stream, aai ut ,,,~-
session "i the heights with oar ITO ,,,s
General Ord took tx, batteries AMI
ahou, 200 prisnuer,.
A large portion of General Rpsrn-
Grams force was at Chevald.
AT this distance, everything looks
most favorable, and I can not see how
the enemy are t" escape, without losing
everything but their small arms.
| have strained everything to take
Into the fight an a'icquste force and to
get them to the ri CHIT places.
US. GnANT,
Ma j. Gen. C"m,rr.
...... Washington, Oct. 6.
Special to the Tribune. cnun,
try mas yet to hear ct one RESIGNATION
IN the army III consequence or under
the excuse OF the Presidents Prorla-
natinn "t freedom. o., the contrary.
several of our Generals belonging to
that class whose resi- ynati"n was most
loudly threatened. have declared that
it was time for the President to rive
slavery its death blow.
A.. ..-. Corinth, Oct. 6.
Hon. J. L. Lewis, Sec'y of State :
The Sth, 18th, 10th, 18th amt 18th
Wisconsin, Regiments were engaged
III the battle of Cnrinth an.l behaved
n"hly, a1;lluo new Iu>tnrp tn the n.
ready proud name of Wisconsin.
Col Alien, of ths 10th, won an EN-.
siablr reputation in his new pnsiti,n
rs actin. B'i yadirr General.
The 10th, after fighting two DAYS
and >klr,ni>hiny two nights without
rest, were selected b. Ga. M.Art.,,r
II take The advance In the ,.nr>,,i, .,t
Price. He said to them -'.B ,Y~ ! yu.,
should not he such lighting men u,,jrs.
you expect to ish, all the time"
C"rin'h, Oct. !.
Special to Ali, Gen. Glyl,rI-Wr
have had great battle, which lasted
two days, the 81 and 4th. when Prjr,
was tearfll'y whipped.
Col. Robbins, MAJOR J,tftrsnn and
Capt. DAVIS are all slightly wounded
! ani doing well.
! Cairo. OF. :.
~ yet We can only ~tata general -.
salts oi the lighting at C4riuth. Slir.
m,Shing com'ncncv.I Oh Ta-x.lav ..<t
anI lh.re has been m"r,., y less Il int.
ing g.. - IA, ~imt.. !. bel l.,>> - ,at
800 ki!ie'', au! from 1900 f. 1900
wounded. W. have 1900 prisoners At