The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-12

i,xoa OUR owS CORRESPONDENT !
IooKoUT MOUNTAIN, Tenn,
October 9th. 1868,

looKoUr MOUNTAIN, Tenn,
October 9th, 1868.
Tn. anII monotohy which has prevailed in
- since our arrival in front Of Chatta-
,,1nra was relieved yesterday by u lombard
,,er, Of the enemy's works. Several OF our
,',..,es, range guns were placed in position
20 of them on the side OF Lookout Noun
..;,-.and i slow but regular Ere was kept
80, ,,o,n II o'clock IN the morning until 5 in
az a,Yernoca, This hie was maintained at
Intervals during last night The guns put
J., ,,nsi.iou on the side of the mountain were
.h. N, poun.ier Parrotts OF Col. r.. L. Alex
.naer Chief oi artillery In LoEgstreci's cor. 3.
RE enemy replied 10 our fire from three
ais oniy-tieir extreme left up the river,
he star fort in the centre, and the Inoccasin
.N~,. an their left These last works are
y, IN. north side and in bend OF the riy er
,rnosite our left, aud are SO designated be-
si,,ss the groand in the bend Of the river as
/ e.noes the shape OF an Indians motcasin.-
Ihcy arc in the lower part Of the which
s,y, .ns around towards our lines ut the foot
If Lockout, The ground in the moccasin is
elevated and irregular, and gives the enemy
q, .rtiiadin. fire upon column moving
.,r,,ss the pliin against their centre or right.
There are three casemated batteries of rifle
ans on the moccasin, and they are known
,.nrg The Confcdcrates rs the mocc;sin
batteries.
1be Star fort is situated about the centre
of the Federal lines, aud is an extensive and
formidable work. We have not yet been
allie to ascertain the number Of guns il
mounts. though we could see that four Of its
guns replied to our fire. None OF their guns,
however, were able to reach our batteries ON
tail IN n hnir ss1n
vaiion-
The distance was too far for our guns to
produce any particular effect. Several OF oul
shot were seen to explode above the Sta,
fort aud over the Federal lines but as far as
| could see, with the aid OF an cxcelen,
glass, no unusual commotion was created
thereby in the camps of the enemy. The
men moved In an orderly manner TO thcil
positions in the forts and behind the breast
works, aud stood firmly to their posts
throughout. the day. A few Of our l2-pountel
lowitzers We're placed within twelve hun
dI.d yards of the Federal lines, but the guns
chiefly relied upon were not nearer than two
aud two and a half miles.
Our casualties were few and slight, no,
exceeding five or six wounded from shells
The enemy doubtless suffered a heavier loss
inasmach rs his troops were more closely
massed in an open plain.
the late 70 hours rain, carried away the enc
my's lower bridge, night before last. This
WAS hastily constructed trestIc work, slight
and trail, the pOntoon bridge being higher
up the river, aud opposite the town. Seye-
raj parties were out yesterday in flats and
baitcaux trying to save the wreck of the
bridge, but they met with Indifferent success.
The enemy has secured 4 small steamboat
probably one that had been plying up the
4
| using US ferry boat.
A aeeerter who swan the river Yesterday
and delivered himself up to our pickets, says
/ that report prevailed in their camps that
/ our cavalry hid destroyed between four aud
five hundred Of their wagons with their con
| tents. lie says also that the Federals suffer
ed very much for food for a week after the
battle OF Chickamauga, but that they were
HOW receiving fui! rations, supply train
! having arrived.
With the exceptions noeed above, no change
has occurred since the date Of my last letter.
| IAerc Is still some doubt felt in regard TO the
achievements alleged to have been received
| by RoSocrans. Onc day We hear that the
forces lately in East Tennessee, under Burn
SIDE, have certainly arrived, and again that
| several trains loaded with troops have been
seen BY our pickets below to arrive at Ste
yeison; and on the next ii is affirmed most
/ IosllVeiy that no fciniofccments whatever
have come up, either from Burnside, Grant,
| or Meade. My own opinion is that addition
4 al lorces have been received, and that the
time has passed when We could hope to force
Rosecrnis out OF Chattanooga, except by Il
hihk movement upon Nashville, or the de-
/ s.ractlon OF his line of communications to
| The rear Twenty thousand men, ii properly
/ pioyisioned. can hold the place indefinitely.
Gcn. Forrest, unwilling it is said to report
totem. Wheeler, has been granted leave OF
ibseuce. Thereis but little harmony or unity
IN the arinyof Tennessee, whilst its organi
z,tion is less perfect and its discipline less
elective than that Of Gen. Lees army
SALLUST.