The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-01-15

whence the sound proceeded, and began to
move away through the woods. l was astonish>
ed at the suddenness with which they came in
sight From behind rocks, trees, stumps,
where had not before suspected the presence
OF any one, they jumped up as the thunder oil
the artillery reached them some with ana some
without guns, and walked Oft, deliberately
abandoning their comrades, who they kne"
were about to re-commence deadly struggle
with the foes of the nation and mankind. On
It was shameful sight and for such recreani
wretches no punishment can be too severe.
The felt like hut on Tuesday.
The artillery battle over, there WAS hardy q
ciscums iance which after the previous days
remendeous scenes, would be noted by any
pne and the day passed like Tuesday, i'll a Sc
ries of interminabie ski'mishes, with a constant
prolonged and most exhausting expectation OF
The instant renewal of the battle. Only once
did the repeated and dropping discharges Of
+ musketry swell into a roar; and that was be-
tween one and two o'clock when the enemys
advanced upon the right, and opened up brisk
fire upon JOh1son's and Davis's men. The
latter, however, anxious for any opportunity
10 retrieve the reputation lost the day before
returned With interest the saucy salute of the
rebels, and sent them back into their cedar
thickets, minus score or two of their NUNS
ber-
LOOmis' Parrots.
Late in the afternoon body of rebel cav
airy appeared on the summit of the slope, in the
neighborhood of the brick house which was
burned Monday. It was sight worth witness
ing when Loomis turned couple ofhis famous
Parrots" in that direction, and threw some
| shells at the mounted rascals. Had the Col.
carried them all the way in his hands and
dropped them down, he could not apparently
nave deposited them more accurately i'll the ex
act spot he wanted them, than his long range
cannon did. Their course through the air and
| their fill in the midst of the rebel Squadrcns,
resembled nothing so much as the flight of a
bird trained to wing its way in a special-direc .
| tion, and light npon a particular spot The
| stampede and dispersion of the rebels .
sequene upon this splendid artillery practice
was witnessed with great satisfaction By e
troop of officers, and Gen. Palmer highly COM
plimented the Colonel aud the battery upon
| the spot.
The events of the day were now over, and
he army Except the wounded passed as I'M
| comfortable and cheerless a night as that
| which preceded it.
Fridays fight
MURFREESBoRo, Jan. l.
At precisely the same hour on Friday morn.
ing as on the day before, the thunder of artill>
| Try called gil the troops to arms This time it
| was the rebel batteries that commenced the
| fight but our artillerists were not slow in re-
plying to them, and for about twenty minutes
Ehe country for miles around resounded with
a continual roar. Then the firing ceased as
ii by mutual consent, ard both parties hauled
'of to repair damages; although during the
| G0nrsp of ha affair a ahal0 "A
and the battery TO which it belonged, silenced.
The army in better Spirits.
| The army felt in somewhat better spirits
shs morning, as it was evident from the events
Of the last twenty-four hours that the rebel
| eaders vera exceedingly diffident about re-
newing the battle, even with the advantage Of
the twenty guns which they ca ptured from
ns on Wednesday. The news had also spread
through the camp of VanCleve's division, hav-
ing been sent across the river the evening be-
| fore, aud this convinced the men that they were
not 50 completely surrounded as they had im>
| agined.
There were three things, however, which
still depressed their spirits-t the actual scarcity
| OF food, the prospect that communication with
Nashville would be cut off entirely, and lie
which the rebel prisoners began to circulate
by instructions from their leaders, namely::fhat
Bragg had received large reinforcemeuts from
Richmond Notwiths standing these drawbacks
The tone of the army rose every honr, as the
men marked the Discrimination of the rebels to
renew the fight, and comprehended how com
pletely the master mind Of Rosecrans hell all
his forces under controe Re>aw4kened CO.
tdence begst fresh courag, and | felt sure that
any engagement with the foe that day, would
result in a signal triumph for our arms.
Rebels Feel our Position
Hour after hour the enemy kept feeling
around our lines; if he were trying to DIS
cover a weak and unsupported place, upon
which he might fall and break through. Much
apprehension was felt lest:he should again as
sail the right,snd gain, whot so long had seems
ed to be one of bis objects, possession of the
Murfresboro Road in our rear. Those, howey-
err, who knew the situation of Van Cleve's diA
vision upon the other side of the rive felt GER
tain that when the assault did come, it won Id
fall upon the extreme left.
Topography.
IL was about o'clock when fierce cannon.
ade, which had been going on for some time
upon the left, was succeeded by a deafenin9
crash of musketry: and the whole army at once
comprehended that the battle was renewed in
earnest.
The ground on the west side of the river is
much more irregular that upon the east To-
from the river The level ground above, was
the scene of the rebel cavalry charge on Wed
nesday. Going towards the town you ascend
a wooded hill, and find upon the other side q
patch of low clear ground. You cross this and
come 20 part of the stream where the bank
is eight or ten feet high. A narrow strip OF
ground upon which there are trees, bufno un-
derbrush, intervenes between the river al j a
rail fence. Upon tho other side of the latter il
do -, 4.
lance of half a mile going from the river, you
seem TO be gently ascending low wooded hill
A deep rsviDe runs down the side of it. in a d.
rection nearly parallel with tn course of the
river. When the summit of the rise is reached
there are a couple OF level corn6elda, and then
another strip of dense woods, Immediately be-
hind which lies Murfreesboro 1t was in the
cornfelds last named, and in the woods behind
them, that Van Cleve's division, now comman-
ded by Col Beatty, of the 10Th Ohio was pos
ted on Thu rsduy evening-rwo of the brigades
mostly in the open space, while the third was in
a more covered position, und was protected by
some slight notifications of dirt and logs
The Rebel attack.
The enemy pursuing his usual tactics, massed
three of his divisions, Rains's, Anderson's and
| breckenridge 8, the whole under command of the
| latter, and hurled them against Van Cleve He
evidently intended to crush the latter at blow
but probably had. no further design at this time,
than the destruction Of this DIVISION and the oc-
cupafion of the ground on which it had been
stationed. 1t does not seem probable that the
reoeis intended to begin general engagement
at that hour
| Van CIeve's men did not yield at once to the
rebsl onset. They struggled for time with
great bravery against the tremendous odds. Blu,
at length, being literally overwhelmed by SUI.
Perior numbers, two Of the brigades were bro
ken 10 pieces. The other continued for some
minutes longer to maintain its ground, until the
prospect of being surrounded threw it into
panic Then it broke, mingled with tn e others
aud the whole We're pushed back, to, into and
across the river.
NegLey Meets Them.
TIE rebels, rendered sudacious by their sue