The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-11-24
From East Tennessee.
Five Days. Battle Between lLongstree
~ and Burnstde.
From the New York Herald.


General Longstreet, in Virginia three
months ago, at Chattanooga in September
now suddenly turns up in East Tennessee,
as if be were the trump card that the South
ern Government always plays when it is IN
doubt. And with this ubiquitous hero
Bragg hopes, by a maneuvrs foreseen four
months ago, to strike and destroy Burnside
before Grant can interfere, and then return
to Bragg before Grant can strike that testy
gentleman.
Very little has been publicly known OF
the distribution or position Of Gen. Burn
sides corps, for an obvious reason; and hence
the announcement of the recent fights,
though we had slight premonition OF it
two or three days since, has come somewhat
suddenly. Moreover, that announcements
should come at one and the same time of
battles on tour successive days is crcum-
stance calculated to excite the suspicion
that matters are not exactly as the Govern
ment would wish them to be. Yet the re-
port of the battles from our correspondent
90 not indicate that there is any element
of news that the Government especially
wish to suppress, unless, indeed, it be the
general fact that this manoeuvre-the pos
sibility of which was 30 clearly acknowledg.
ed by General Halleck in August-should
have found our force in Eastern Tennessee
rather inadequate to meet it. For the con-
duct of General Burnside and his army
has been certainly all that the country
could desire. Five battles in four days,
from an army in retreat before superior
force, speak all the praise that could possibly
be given to commander or his men. Long
street, itappears, threw force, on Saturday,
Nov. IA, over the river near Loudon, which
the dispatches call the Tennessee, though that
name is apt to mislead in respect to the
geography. Above its confluence with the
Clinch the stream should be known as the
Hoiston river, and that name would conse.
queutly apply to it near LoudOn. General
Burnside Immediately gave battle to this
force, and drove it to the river, where it
was doubtless covered by artillery on the
other side. Burnside appears to have been
successful, and to have done all that could
have been done in his first battle; but, as
Longstleet was able to cross larger force
at night, Burnside retired 10 Lenoir. AT
that place, on Sunday, the 18th, the second
battle was fought. This time Longstreet
had the offensive, and was repulsed. Burn.
side, outnumbsred, but certainly not out,
fought, continued his retirement, but, as
the pursuit was hot, he fought third, and
apparently severe, battle on Monday at
Campbell Station. Unable to maintain his
position, he again retired, and fought his
fourth battle a short distance in rear of the
field upon which the second was fought
On Monday night he again withdrew, on
Tuesday fought fifth battle near Knox
Vile, and expected another on Wednesday,
the 9Th instant. Such is the brilliant re
cord of the courage and endurance Of Burn
sides army and of the tenaeity of that
General. An army not greatly superior in
number could not have kept tho impetns of
it's advance against such persistency as
Longstreet's did; nor could an army not of
the first order in its morale, or not aonira'
bly handled, have marched and fought as
Burnsides did.
But we suspect that the harm has been
taken out of Longstreet by this time
Several days ago it was reported from
Washington that Generel Grant was per-
fectly well satisfied with the position i'll
East Tennessee of General Burnside's for
ces; aud, as this implies that communica-
ton between Generals Burnside and Grant
was purfect, then it is only reasonable to
suppose that ere this considerable force
from the Army of the Cumberland has
found Longstreet's rear. Or, if that be not
80. inasmuch as the Withdrawal of the force
under Longstreet must have greatly weak
ensd Bragg, we ought to expect good news
from Chattanooga very soon.