, 1863-12-01
CONDUCT OF THE TROOPS UNEX-
CELLED.
Our Gains and LOSSES.
p: Partial List Of the Casualties.

OF LOOKOUT h0nnf01n, IN ORDER to open rail-
road communication with Bridgeport. 4
sion In favor Of Con. Burnside, as By forcing
Bragg to raise the siege and retreat, Long
streets rear would be so seriously exposed
that be would have to abandon the siege OF
Knoxville. Other objects of minor impor-
tanee were promised by the successful issue
Of the proposed contest. These hare been
more than realized, since, not only have we
Burnside to such degree that he ia now al-
ready relieved, but We have captured at slight
cost Of life, large numbers Of prisoners and
material.
In the three days operaHons:::our loss In
Killed and wounded and prisoners is officially
reported ut not more than thirty-two hun
dred. In addition to our visible and material
gairs, the armies engaged have added much
70 their deserved rcnoWn, and thelr admlra.
bic discipline and es,I4-:s Il. oor,,s heen In,
creased By the success, which gives them, at
Themselves. ~:
TIE SITUATION BEFORE TIE BATTLE,
This las been so often and fully described
Of late, that,any lengthy description would be
thrown away upon the public at this time,
The euemy's line, 1t Is understood pretty ecn.
orally Was on the summit Of Mission Ridge,
with q eautehea, detached upon Lookout
Mountain. Mission Ridge Ii q low ronge Of
mountains, not unlike the hills Of the ken
tucky side Of the river, from our beautiful
"Queen City," save the burrows Of the field
and the vineyard hero assume the horrible
dimensions Of the rido-pit there. This range
commences on the north, at tho mouth Of
Chfc1iamauga Greek, in cluster, Of peaks,
rather isolated from each other, but Us they
ridge with but slight undulatious. The
first gap Of any importance Is at Rossyille.
The right Of the enemy's line proper rested
at the north end Of the connected ridge at
the month Of the creek, the isolated peaks
mentioned not being occupied. The enc
my had such long line to hold TINT he
did not think 1t advisable to attempt to con-
peaks. On the North end of the ridge and
the right Of his line, he had built a strong
bastlon fort. At point nearly due east Of
Chattanooga andRearly two miles south of
the fort mentioned, Wa another. These were
connected by strong rialo-pits, the outlines Of
which were plainly visible from Chattanooga;
but the naked eye could hardly distinguish
works. The feld-g1ass, however, would bring
into bold relief the logs, brush. and earth
which composed these rude but strong works.
From the fort In the center, south mile, ran
Tife-pits to another fort, which Was the left
Of the rebel line on the ridge. At the foot Of
ter tort, Bragg had constructed series Of
strong riae~ptts, which ran south ward, hug
ging the Mountains, bore to point about
due east from the base Of Lookout Mountain
to strong lunette fort called Fort Bragg.
Here the line changed direction and ran
aeross ne valley between Lookout and Mis-.
sion Ridge to small but deep stream called
Chattanooga creek. It then followed the
stream to the foot Of Lookout, but no iefcn-
scs appear to have been erected west of the
creek save upon the slope and summit of
Lookout Mountain
Gen Grants line was shorter-beinn the
Interior llne-7ery strongly defended il tie
center, and hence with re-enforcements ar-
riTing under Hooker and Sherman, he was
enabled, BY the time his plans matured, to
detach two large forces to attack the enemy's
right and left Hanks, In order to keep his line
extended and consequently weakened. while
At the same time be succeeded In strengthen
Ing the center, the old Army of the Cum
berland, BY Howard's corps. subsequently,
however, this corps Joined In the operations
on the right, while two brigades Of stanley's
ston's division, 18th corps, were sent to aId
Hooker who Tas assaufting Lookout with
Geary'a md 0sterhaus' division.
The operations were to hare begun on Sat-
urdny, Nov. 21st, but owing to the heavy
rains, and the partial destruction Of the pom
eouu ntMSS uPou WHICH 5HclulAn WAS 10 nave
crossed, the movement was delayed indefi-
nitcly. On Monday rumors began to prevail
that the enemy were retiring, and 1t was de-
termfned to reconnoitcr his position in order
to develop my retiring disposition on his
part. Brig. Gen. Woods division was select
ed by Gen. Thomas as the accommodating
force, and the whole army in Chattanooga
any emergency which might aris=, and also
to demonstrate in various directions, In order
to reveal the artillery Of the eneny.
GEN. wooD's BEcoNNo1;sANcE.
few minutes after one a. H., on Monday,
the troops al being In line O. battle, and the
enemy lining the crest o. the hill looking
upon the magnificent aErtv below, the heavy
siege guns Of Fort. Wod, under charge Of
Lieut.. Dunwoddy Of thi 18th Wisconsin bat
tery, opened fire, and = If It had been chosen
ion moved forward. At tho same time, tie
pickcts in his front began skfrmishing, and in
being reinforce< drove those Of the enemy in
to their rifle .lts, along creek, and at the
base Of ar 4ssolated knob, half way between
Clattap1oga and Mission Ridge. At the same
r. tI Ridge, revealing three batteries in the
centre Of their line, but none Of the guns Of |
!uff1cient calibFe to reach Fort Wood. 40 |
Zen. Wood advanced, however, he soon rot |
lnder the fire Of these guns, and suffered con-
tdeTably from them.
Wood moved With part Of Hazen's brigade
N the right, and Wilich's on the left; Gene |
al Sana. Beatty being in reserve. The 9th |
Kansas "a q.9 the skirmishing for the entire line,
md did 1t IN *he usual admirable etyle Of TINT |
Inc regiment: The enemy was Of course, en-
:ountered before the first hundred rods had |
oecn trasessed, aanathc whole Of Woods' front |
orwa1d rapidly, dri>tne lie enemy % before
hem into their rifle pxs and hposn IN fhe |
orest which enveloped tim % from Tiew M from nm
Fort Wood, very brisk ant rapid fire. The
:tlcct Of this soon became apPsrcnt bv The an
2ear9nce 81 Of numerous Wound>a from the
ance train just in the rear Of the division and
1nder cover Of the railroad, AID In twenty
minutes after being wounded. were in TIA |
hospital at Chattanooga, having heir wounds
lressed. The fight in the woods Wns Of but
hort duration, for General Wool finding the
'nemy safely uncovered behind The huge rife |
he two brigades Of Which and aazep. cbarr-
ng, with yell, went into the rebel works
Efthout falterlng, and az Wood lays, without
straggler. The enemy broke aad fed to his
econd line Of works at the foot of the noun
aims, losing In his disorder abou 200 prison
rs, representing mainly Hindmtu's division, 8
nd large portion belonging to the 28th A1a-
anna infantry. The enemy, dnling his line
'reaking In disorder, opened tire Of artillery
rom the ridge, to cover their retreat, and, for
few moments, this was yerT rirororslT
maintained. Little or no damage was done,
s our troops were now safely behind and on |.
couple Of hills, known on the map as Bad
Knobs. These were taken Possession Of by
scne1aI Hazen's brigade, and the rieht Of
'cne1a1 Willich, the 18th OIlio bcine the reg
ment which occupied the most Important
ill Of the two.
THE REcoSNo1ssAECE THUS ENDED. I
sen- wood reported, and received in reply /
hat he had met with such signal success, and
ad gained 50 important a point TINT it was
determined to hold it, and orders were given
i'm to intrench himself At the sans fine |
he division Of Gen. Sheridan was moved for
Sard on his right, to support him. while Gen.
d0Ward's corps moved on his left. in order to |
'rotect his funk. a small bnt deen: stream |
ny in Gen. Hownr1's front, and it Was deter |
1lned to obtain possession Of that as defile |
Q his position But the enemy had bu1It |
trong rife-pits on the east bank Of this |
tream. Though the force In Wood'e front |
lad been routed, there stiu remained a force |
I the works on his left flank, and these were
developed as soon as Gen. Howard moved |
or ward and attempted to take positfon on |
be creek-it is called Citico. He became en-
:nged in sharp ski1mish, the enemy persist
:ntly holding their own. Seeing this, Gen. |
jranger sent Gen. Samuel Beatty, hitherto in
'eserve, By a flank movement to the right Of
his position. Hc came upon the enemy's
eft fnnk k,ve1y Unexpectedly, and after few
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