The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-05
CniTrAyoooAi Vct 20 I905'

Frorn the Front.
Cnt4rAyoooA, oct %, 1868.
All quiet here at present we nave a,r ,',s
so% lg og p,y spont two days on Missionary Ridge
He was 70 have rem aimed thefe Two WeeNs, D"t ~
Isivsd a.dispatoh from Richmond calling MN BACK
immedi,tely: hence bis precipitale retreat. lie was
accompanied by Gen. Buckner.
Tina whole Of Longsreeps corps are reported hs
marchlng towards Richmond, owing 10 an expected
btttle The tr0ops were al clothed before startiug
ms caused considera e Wheeling among TIE other
troops aud had It not been for the presence OF Je"
a regular rumpas would have taken place.
Deserters are coming 10 daily from Brags'a army
and report the men as IN deporable condition, nav
tsg pethE shoes nor bats and but mseraoy tat,efel
clothng They say that Bragg 10 taxing everything
be cah lay hands on, irrespective OF party. Union
aud secesh arc All treated alike, and Braggs army
draw 90 900 ratiOns daily.
days 10 the neighborhood Of Sell Mound and wis
Valley. IL Is thought that Hooker Is playing good
game there; and indeed ~ is currently reporter and
believed here that he has captured ii guns AMI 1OO
prisoners. II this be true--and Rave every reason
% bsieye that n--Mr Bragg will again be on The
skeedaddle.
Iuet In IA very respectable gentleman yesterday
who had iual arrived from Atlanta. Ho represents
the citizens in starving condition, having Sc Vtey
my thing 70 ehf All their means bay ng been Free
i1y taken fion them TO support the army Moreover,
he says that the most respectable and Influential
families Ia the South are living 10 box.cars, their
homes having been laid waste, patty BY the army
foo IN III country but they have wagons 10 haul
u, and therairOads will not transport it fJr them.
such are the fruits OF secession The very men who
end Hsed, nptrot ed, aided and Abetted the cursed
thing, are now having their share OF is evils. He
also corroboraes the statements which have been
going the rounds OF the press-the hunting Of COZ
scripts, deserers and Union men with blood hOund'.
lie says that the Union men Of Georgia alone are not
the only that are suing ana praying for peace
the wealthy aud indpential men, with but Few ex-
cepti0nai pray iDg for IL daily. They are wiling
ID m
under the ''brayo old dag"
foe weather for the last few day has been exceed
ingly pleas mt. The sun shines brightly and tue
roads are becoming dry and good.
Our soldiers In excellent condition, aud anxious
for another battle With Bragg
General Grant aud General Meigs are herc, and
visited the fJrhcations and the different camps yes.
terday. They expressed themselves hiihly peased
AZ the condition and discipline Of the army, as well
AZ the imprrgnabihty Of our pesitian
General Thomas, who now commands the Depart.
ment, is as well liked by the cheers and men as Roses
Grams ever was. They have the greatest confidence
in his ability 70 lead thom to glory ami to victory
There 10 no gew Rw, humbuggery or show about him:
ne IL stern, solid, steady firm, fearless, uni nching
officer When he means thing, he Is sure TO see II
through HIS Chief OF stan, aiajor-Genesai Reynolds,
Is Also OF tho same oallore
Yesterday visited the plceets, where had a very
line view OF the rebel camps They extend along
from the bank Of the Teuness River across Mission
Mdso to stevens Cove, and from thence W LooAOut
Mountain. Bragg's boadqIarteIs can be distinctly
seon from fcrt Wood without the aid of giusses.
day, saw their wagon train cross the mountain, ana
hoard their bugle calls.
me sdcseriers. complain loudly Of Bragg, and say
that tbs men have 10 drill daily bareiOOted, the
rocks cutting fearful gashes ia their eet. Don't you
tninNt they are getting their TightsY
since writing the above, our guns have opened on
rectiQD. Even Brugg's headquarters have disappear
ed II u 60 be hoped his ine nal body has been shat
icr0dg al all events, Il 1t has not, he has made
excelleut start 10 save It.
hp ar Lane Ia faU mi md I uct
close.
Tomorrow may bring on a general engagement.
We are prepared viii write tomorrow. OHIO.
10 CEuOA c917T,,oco, oe, ., ,soa
At about daylight this morning a small portion Of
our force started across the river laboats the
purpose Of drfvug the rebels fom the opposite bank
Of the river, where they had been committing all
manner % depredatiOns on our trains, the
battle Of Chickamauga, and right well did they Ier-
form the task allotted them. The movement was
kept entirely score and few II any knew anything
aD0dt Il until the wholO lob was finished The rebels
notwithstanding Their vigilance, we're taken by
surprise and never dFeamt Of the "Yanks" until they
ponhced upon them.
suffered erey In xii cd ana wounGed, besides losiug
a great many prisoners Oar loss as far known Is
Two killed and twenty five wounded, and none MISS
ing Most of the prisoners captured belonged to
Hoods Division OF I.ongsireets corps This shows
plainly that Longatfeet has not Withdrawn his 10 ce
and gone 10 Richmond, heretofore published IL is
plain W the most soepLic that the Oonfederates viii
bnng every available force TO bear forth ON this
point, because 1t is of the most vital Importance TO
them by losing this place they lose two thirds OF
their bogus COnlederaoy. At ali events, our army is
ready ~ meet them and cont st every inch Of ground
from here 70 the Gulf. AT half past 40 O'Clock r. NJ,
to-day, ABORTION Of our troops drove off aud 0Couoed
n large portion Of the north side Of Lookout Noun.
tain Capt. Naglor's Stu Ind. battery did excellent
exeucti0na an the retreating line OF rebels and
usual cheatham's Division suffered the most II
would seem asa Bragg was anxious to get rid Of the
Tennenaeans, ~ haying them killed on by YanKee
bullets, for not nght has yet tak0n place but some
Of Chea,ham's aud Maney's regiments have been
repres, MED, and always IN 'front.' DescrtoIs to the
number Of hfiy came In to-day, not day hardly
passes by bat we receive from twenty i've 10 hIy
General Hooker and General Palmer have succeeded
ia driving The rebels from shehnound, and Trenton,
tue exactnumbor or persons aud guns ca tured ani
unable 10 assertan our loss ~ both places Is triung
would have sent you tue list of tue wounded during
this day engagement, but dad not sgccce la pdng
tue Medical DfectOr. There Is but very little sick
uess IN this Department az present. Yesterday
visited the Hospital nuder the charge Of Dr. j. NJ
Todd and found ninety patients Well if not better
cRreA Tor than tt at home DR.. Todd beat0Ns ali tl
Attention that ho possibly can on his patients aud
seldom II ever found outside the building Would "a
tod could say as much OF Otbers similarly situated
The United Statea sanitary COrnmiss on one OF the
very best Institutions IA the country, has done vast
amount " good in this section Of the coualy. They
hve tho prayers and blessings of many siek
wounded and dying soldier, their sympathy Is moi
connoed 10 States, but ndividuals know net whai
sick soldiera would do, especially In this part
branch here. The agent al thus point, whose namo
ave not ascertaned Is one OF tie most jealous and
indoiatg aDe workers IN tho country. Joseph Is
Mccullough, ESQ.,, better known as 'sMackn Of IN,
Cincinnati Commercial, has been ordered outside The
tues % day for publishing what the authorize 90 con
sldered oontrabaDd. Mack Is a Vigorous writer an,
mRdeA host OF miends during hrs short soiourn a
this place, and leaves regretted by all with wnom h,
came in contact, bat suppose IL was a " Mnitar,
necessity" that lac should yamose the ranch" AMI
ho did. -.s .
October Is.
To-day the enemy opened three 32-pounders from
the very top of Looktnt Mountain, on our battni,,
Ia the valley. They kept at Il all day aud did no
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