, 1863-10-05
AN ATTACK UPON CHaTTdNOO-
GA FOILED.
Operations on the 24th
and 25th.
The REBtL GENERAL ADAMS A
PRISONER.
OUR. Loss ABOUT
$4,000.
CASUALTIES IN TIE 10TH, 10orH; s5fu
AND 18TH ILLINOIS, 9TH INDIANA,
AND lST WISCONSIN,.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. a5, 1865,
At daylight on the morning Of Monday,
Sept. 21st, our entire army Was in position
to receive the enemy. Those Of the troops
who had broken on Sunday had been rallied
and brought once moro to the work. The
lines were formed upon the ground where
General Thomas had made his gallant stand
on Sunday and where his corps almost un-
assisted had checked the furious advance of
an almost victorious enemy. All night long
our troops had been hard at work throwing
up intrenchments and otherwise strengthen
ing their position. Gen. McCook'e corps
which had been terribly scattered on the day
before had been rallied aud brought into po-
itiou on the right. Gen. Crittenden's troops
we're upon the left and also in good order,
while Thomas corps Of invlnclbles occupied
the centre.
TEE ESEMr's ATTACK.
Du1irg the early part Of the day, the enemy
who occDpied the ground in front made no
demonstrations beyond an occasional dash
upon our piclets. But at 3 o'clock r. II.
they brought their batteries to bear upon our
lines, and after heavy cannonadfDg Of nearly
two hours, moved In a solid body upon our
troops. attempting to driye them from the
ground. But they mere steadily met, aud
with considerable loss, our heavy fire faTing
told fea1ful1y upon them. Our troops wore
then advanced, and charging upon the enemy
drove them back nearly TWO miles, rexaining
possession Of good portion Of the 1ield on
Which Sundays, battle was fought, and en-
abling ouE well organized corps Of ambu-
1ances to pick up and carry of many Of the
wounded of that days light, At night the
enemy making no further movements, our
forces were Withdrawn to the position cccu-
pied by them In the morning, having succeed
ed IN pushing the enemy entirely from the
hills into the Chicknmauga valley beyond.
TIE ENEMY REINFORCED.
On the night Of the 2lst, information was
enemy Was being heavily reinforced by troops
from their eastern armies, and as ii WAS nor
deemed advisable to 1itk another engagement
upon the ground which our troops then occu-
Pied, an order was issued By the General
commanding, to have the position Of the en-
was obeyed without molestatlon during the
night, the troops beirg withdrawn to the
works, recently thrown up By the rebels in
mud around Chattanooga This movement
was made in good order and without noise or
confusion: Ihe enemy did not seem to have
fhs ao41g mnd1 Eas g9RRg RgS On linn un
were strongly fortified within the lines estab-
lished during the night, having not onlY oc-
crpied the works already thrown up, but ~
If by magic, long lines Of breastworks hal,
suddenly Appeared, behind which cleaned
while from above looked forth the blackened
muzzles Of hundreds Of pieces Of artillery. 4
TIE REBELS. ATTACK CHATTANOOGA.
The enemy must have discovered our move
ment soon sitter daylight on the morning OF
Tuesday, the 22d, ana By a. m. our rear
guard reported them advancing rapidly over
the mountains in great force. It was not
troops, rhen they moved forward With yell.
1t was soon evident from their maneuvres
that they did not thoroughly understand the
nature Of the change ia the disposition Of
onr forces, but thought 1t a retreat across the
Tennessee River, and. intended by falling
confusion, and thus hare them entirely at
disadvantage. But In this they were much
mistaken, as they soon learned to their cost.
No sooner had they come within range than
our artillery opened upon them, throwing
amongst them perfect shower Of shot and
Advance. For some time they stood as If
irIesolute what course to pursue, their off,
GERS gal1opjng around and amongst them like
hounds at fault But they finally turned and
moved away, battling and stacking arms Just
qnt 81 1snge Of Sgs Mthi9 Pin
hours Of comparative quiet, at the end of
which time the rebels threw forward several
Of their batteries md opened upon our
works, Throwing shell and solid shot with
great precision into our grounds, Or course
their fire vas replied to. and untl dark from
our right wing and from the right OF our
centre Was poured into them heavy fire from
our guns. How much damage WIS done them
By our arti1leF lis not known, though 1t is
supposed to be considerable. But their
ha3rn< 1n1F nd
sheltered, their fire had but little effect upon
onr lines, doing no damage Whatever beyond
the woundfng slightly Of two Of our men who
foonshly exposed themselves, Soon after
dark the canuonading ceased, and both ar.
mics retired to rest so near each other their
camp fires were plainly to be seen from our
lines. 1t WAS confidently expected TINT the
morrow would bring with it a most terrible
conflict, and al night heavy details were hard
at work in still further strengthening onr
lines Of intrenchmentss By daylight their
labors were finished, and our army quietly
lay await pg an attack, themselves we'll shelf
cred from the enemy's missiles.
FROM GEN. M1TcuE1L's CAVALRY.
On Tuesday morning, Gen. B. B. Mitchell,
who at present commands the entire cayalr;
force Of the department, YVES ordered to more
from his position In Mctamore'a Cove, where
he vas then lying, guarding the gaps and
passes oEer Pigeon Mountains, and rejoin the
main body Of the army ut this point. Early
in the day he moved his command in this d.
,recflon, passing down Lookout Valley. The
movement was begun not q moment too soon,
us the rebels, having possession Of the ground
in his rear, had sent one brigade Of infantry,
tro o1{ Of s sssT and to 1s 6,ttf1ef ts9 . Of a5!
directly across his road in the valley, and as
there WAS no mems Of getting to Chattanooga
except By that road, he determined to cut his
way through them. At ga: M, he drove IN
their ptckets, and In few minutes Was hotly
It seemed impossible tor him to make his way
forward, but finally, By desperate charge,
himself md staff leading, be succeeded IN
breaking their lines, and driving them. He
followed some two miles, Furnishing them &C.
Tereiy, and then turned IN this direction, arri.
lost tEenty. three men Filled, and about forty
wounded, besldes having quite a number Of
horses disabled; bnt he succeeded In captur-
1ng thirty prisoners, and large number Of
horses.
REBEL GENERAL ADAMS PR1soSER. : :,
BHgadler General Adams, OF the rebel ar
my, was wounded on Sunday, and is now a
prisoner In our hands. His wounds are In
the left arm and side, and extremely painful.
Gen. Adams was made a BrIgadier ID tie rebel
army at an early period Of the war, ana has
since ee1ved in different departments Of the
Southwest. He Was last In Gen. Johnson's
amy, on the Mississippi. During the late
Sunday, was ordered to turn our LETT. It was
here that he received his wound, and ras
made 4 prisoner. He says the fire from cur
ranks was perfectly awful; much heavier; he
thinks, than at either Perryvilla or Stone
River. Other rebel prisoners brought in say
that their loss was much heavier than our
own. This was probably owing In great
measure to the manner In which their nrmY
was managed; they sometimes moving up IN
solid masses, slx, md eVen eight lines deep,
and our artillery moving them down bY hun
dreds.
On Wednesday morning the sd, the enemy
were still In plain sight aI distance Of about
one and half miles. They we're moving
around In all directions. az though preparing
for general attack. Their trains could be
teen moving amongst them as though distrlb-
ut1ng Eations OF ammunition to the different
troops during the entire day. Nothing WAS
done BY them In the way offghting. Our
guns however we're brought 70 bear upon
them, and an occasional eheu sent In that dl.
rection. but they made no reply. At the
usual time IN the evening, our army retired
to the trenches to sleep, and exceptan occa-
FfnnA] shCt from the ntrknfa they ware on.