Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-09
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unfinished battle of the ohieauanga viii
soon be renewed Large reinf0roements.
are now undoubtedly on the way to Rose
Grams. On Mcnday on last week Gen. Lee
autographed to JEFF. Davis that the elev-.
enth and twelfth corps of the army of the
Potomac had been sent to reinforce Rose
Grams, and We suspect he was pretty accu-
rately informed. The Washington cores
pondent Of the Portland Pses1 disclosed
the fact some days ago. An indianapolis
letter of Tuesday last mentioned the ar
rival Of twenty thousand troops from the
East on the way to Roseerans, doubtless a
portion of the troOpS mentioned. The re-
port at Indianapolis was that Gen. Hooker
would command them. a letter from
Memphis of the 9th uIt. stated that Gen.
Sherman with large force was on his way
/ up the river, and his advance disembarked
l at Memphis at that date. Twas suppos
ed they would 60. by rail to Decatur, Ala,
and thence march across the county,
which will be d long, hazardous and Diff
cult journey, and it will be some days yet
before they can reach Chattanooga Bat
it Is satisfactory 70 be assured that REIN
agreements are on the way to Rosecrans,
and that retreat to Nashville is not in
tended, and will not probably be necessary,
though the rebel chiefs at Richmond have
determined to compel it if they can.
lis evident that although the rebels
move on interior lines. the government can
send men to Tennessee quite as fast as
they can. The Washington correspondent
of the New York Tribune learns from gem
tlemen just from Richmond that the peo-
pie there are ina state of wild excitement
aud confident enthusiasm over Bragg's
victory. Faith in the invincibiIity of the
confederate armies once more fills the hearts
of the southerRers. Invading the North,
recuperating the West, driving the Yankees
into the Mississippi, are the common ex-
pressions one hears from everybody's lips
there. He says that but $4,000 men were
sent to Bragg from Virginia, and it took
three weeks to get them 10 Dalton, Ga, on
account of the crippled condition of the
railroads. These l5, 900 aud 10000 Geor-
gia militia were all the reinforcements
Bragg had. When Bragg left Chattanooga,
on the 9th of September, his army, weak
ened by constant assertions, did not reach
40, 600 men, and this included Buckner's,
Johnston's and Forests reintorcements.-
After the battles, when it was ascertained
that Bragg was in no position to resume
operations with his own forces, the people
turned their eyes in the direction of Gen.
Lee, in the hope that he was in readiness
TO send the reinforCements necessary to a
renewal Of the struggle in Georgia. Atew.
companies then in Richmond were imme-
diately forwarded to Bragg, and the tele-
graph was put in motion to demand.from
Gen. Lee another division. But General
Meade having meanwhile made movement
Threatening the enemy's line, the rebel,
general answered that it was impossible
for him to spare any more men for the
present. Consequently, Bragg was unable
to renew the fight. ,i.f .7rita,arl'i 81 10 si.
The following paragraph from the Rich
mond Examiner gives reasonably correct
estimate of the result of the late battles
and of the present situations, 5a.4.fs 20
"No doubt eau be entertained that every
available man will be rapidly concentrated
i at Chattanooga, and that the second act
of the saugufnary drama of Tennessee and
Georgia is yet to be seen. The battle Fof
the Chickamauga is finished. 1t was an
unquestiouable victory for the Confeder-
ates Yet there is little rejoicing over it.
What are the results, the people ask, ex-
l. -, Aar n hos Of .
There are Others First of all, the great
est design of the war has been defeated;
the confederncy is not cleft lin twain (;
Georgia and Alabama are saved for the
time at least. The Becoud and chief gain
is purely moral, but ii is immense. Il has
! satisfied Europe that the eonfederacy did
not die at Gettysburg, and was not buried
in the Mississippi; 1t has proven to the
North that the southern cause hes not coll
lapsed that no disabling wound has been
inflicted on our organisation, and that our
} armies are still fighting machines of tire.
mendous power. So far, so good. But it
cannot be denied that the results are not
all we had reason to anticipate from the
success in the field. The enemy hold
Chattanooga and East Tennessee, which
Iwere the prizes of the battle. II is true
that he cannot remain long in Ghattanoo-
ga, The possession of Lookout, mountain
! is the essential possession of Chattanooga,
. and Gen. Bragg doubtless expects to con-
clude the campaign by. receiving a caPitu-
latiou which will .surpass that of Ulm.-
But another battle must be fought and an-
other victory must be gained before that
Z conclusion can be reached. If Rosecrans
can only maintain himself in the town till
his reinforcements reach him, he will en-
deavor to redeem his fortunes by an effort
of the first magnitude. But then he must
f besIhs attacking party, aud the choice OF
position will rest with his adversary" % 2
II is true that Rosecrans was defeated
aud the purpose of his campaign delayed