The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-25


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5000 Pri,oner, Ia orr hond.-G,n Lyas Reported
Killed
The most terribly contested battle ever
fought on this continent is now in pro-
gress. Our army is in excellent condi-
ton, and fighting admirably. Our left
and centre have been subj ected to one Of
the most CALLING and whitening fires ever
heard or witnessed.
General Bragg's, LoDgstreefs, Ewelps,
Hoods, and Johnson's forces were en-
gagged on the rebel side, and hurled most
of their force on our left, hoping thereby
to flank us and make a straight dash on
our centre. They were most nobly and
heroically met by Gems. Thomas and
Crittendcn (lhis was on Saturday. who
drove them like chaf before the wind
The rebel Gen. Cheatham, suffered most
severely in this engagement; his loss
will not fall short Of 1000, killed and
wounded. Oar loss during the day was
800 killed and 400 wounded, with
scarcely any missing. The fight lasted
from A. NJ. till p. NJ The scene
Of action was mostly in the woods, with
the Chckamauga creek, between the
armies In an open field of corn, say
about two acres, the battle ragged most
furiously, and the ground was covered
with the dead, wounded and dying.
There must have been al least two miles
of dead, strewn thickly, mixed with fire
arms abandoned artillery, dead horses,
and the parApharnalia of battle field.
The Confederates and our gallant fellows
were promiscuously mingled; sometimes
graphing in the fierce death throe; some-
times facing each other as they gave and
received the fatal shot and thrust; some
times huddled in grotesque shapes, and
again heaped in piles of six, seven, and
ten. Many of the bodies were feai fully
and dreadfully mRngled.
never witnessed any thing more ter
rible and heartrending than the silent
indications of agony that marked the
oorpses which lay at almos, every step,
Gen. Maney's brigade, which l under
stand is mostly composed of Nashville
boys, suffered most terribly, there being
scarcely any Of them left They were
all day in the lhiokesi, and hottest Of the
fight. AT about P. NJ, the gallant Gen
Turchin entered the list with his dash
ing brigade-how he met Cheatham with
his division ly ing in the underbrush, and
when within few yards Of the willy
foe received most CALLING Gre from the
whole division; Turchin nothing daunt-
ed, brought up his men in splendid style
and opened such terrific fire on the
enemy, that they wavered, fell back
aud run like wild turkeys In this
dash of Gen Turchin's the gallant Col
Win Jones, of the Both Ohio, was mort.
ally wounded and has since died, anC
the dashing little Col. Fearons, of The
ODD Ohio, was wounded in the leg. Tur.
chin followed the running remnant o
Cheatham's division, and poured int
them volley after volley, until they reach
ed thick skirt of wood and underbrush
Here they were reinforced by Cleburn'i
division, and made stand. Colone
Gross, of Palmer's division was a
this time on the right Of Turchin
and opened a most hellish FIRE on Gle
burn. This was altogether unexpected,
and both armies broke and ran acros.
the woods, heller SHELTER, for about hal
a mile, when they were again rallied by
Gen. Joe Johnston with his entire corps
1T was at this point that Johnston wal
mortally wounded. Our forces wer,
here reinforced by Gen. Brannan's di
vision, who did fearful execution to thu
rebels, not, however, before he lost ], 26(
killed and wounded of his own com,
mAnd division. Col. Vandevier, com.
handing the Sd brigade of this division
did admirably. Longstreot's entire corp.
here joined Johnston, and made a mos
terrible charge, with cheers and yells, OF
the gallant little band, and succeeded il
capturing the 9th Regular Battery. Tn,
daring and chivslrous Brannan, seeing
one of his battalons taken, ordered Oh,
brigade to charge, which they did, head.
ed by the veterans Of the 9th Ohio, anC
succeeded in retaking the battery, kill
ing and wounding 800 of the rebels
Vandeyier is entitled TO the gratitude o
the country for this act of noble daring
His own regiment the 35th Ohio, suffer
ed fesrfully in this engagement. A shor
time before this, Col. Gross brigade hat
to fall back from the corn field, and th,
enemy from the woods poured into thei
ranks grape, canister, and minnie ball
with such terrible effect that 60 of tb
9Th Ohio were killed and 1875 wounded
Col. Anderson, the youthful but bray
commander of the sixth, was shot in In