, 1863-01-05
Latest from Rosecrans' Army.
THREE DAYS. TERRIFIC
FIGHTING,
No Definite Details of the Result.
IMMENSE LOSSES ON BOTH
SIDES.
Daring and Noble Gallantry Of Our
LIST OF KILLED AND 1VGNNOEn
Is FAR is RECEIVED,

LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED
rs FAR is RECEIVED.
BATTLE FIELD OF SToSE's RIVER, Tenn
Jan. @,-TIc terrific battle Of Stones River !
not yet decided. It has continued three dars
with intermissions yesterday and to-day. o.,
soldiers pronounce it the ganest conflict ere
fought on this continent.
| A1ter tic great battle Of Wednesday, tn
enemy persisted in moving upon our right
to cut us off from Nashville. Our right wn
thrown out to 0stcrman's Greek; but o,
1hnrsday, finding our right too strong, the,
| suddenly rushed upon our centre, but wcr,
bitterly repulsed by the left of the eoros com
1nanded By Thomas and tho right of Crittcn
denis corps.
Later in the day they tlercely assai1ed til,
r'ght centre, aud were again repulscd.
10th sides spent the remainder of the da,
In sharp Ekirmishing and maneuycrinr 70,
position.
During the night the enemy appeared TO bt
concentrating again upon our right, Tlci,
commands were distinctly heard in our camps
but, suspecting ruse, Gen. Rosecans threw
bentley's brigade Of Van Clere's division
across the river on our left, with supports
where they rested.
Al about 10 o'clock this morning the en-.
elmy made another formidable dash # IN,
CENTRE but were handsomely rcpulscd.
AT between and o'clock this afternoo,
tremendous mass Of the enemy was suddenly
preeipitated upon Bentley's brigade, and
dfoVc 1t, after gallant struggle, clear back
across the river. Negley's superb division.
winch had already immortalized itself and It's
heroic commander, and the faithful division
OF JeL G. Davis, were thrown in successiyelv
The most desperate contest Of the battle en-.
sued. Both sides seemed furious1r f1etrr.
mined to win victory, and both threw in
their artillery until nearly Ill the batteries of
both armies were at work. The uproar of
musketry and artillery was Of the most furious
description. The Whole field was soon
shroudcd Inn pail Of smoke. Our brave fel-
lows we're sadly cut up, but they marched to
tue assault with ppfinching determination.
Neg1ey, ut last ordered his division to
charge. The men pushed on without falter-
Ing, and the enemy eullenly gave way. The
gallant 3sth Pennsylvania charged home on
the 26th Tennessee and captured Its colors.
Another rushed upon battery, drove away
the gunncrs, aud seized it for their trophy.
A great shout Of victory roarcd along the
whole line, and was carried In magnificent
volume from left to right, through the forests
aud back again. !:
Gen. Rosecrans, In the midst of fire md
carnage, ordered IN advance Of the whole
line, and at dark the dense forest blazed with
gres Of fierce intensity, our line sweeping for
ward with wild enthusiasm; but darkness
made 1t impossible TO press our advantage to
a conclusion. Nevertheless, the left was
fair1y established on the cast bank Of the
river; the centre advanced to the position
heretofore held by the enemy; and the right
again advanced almost to the line from which
it was driven on Wednesday.
Thus, Jon perceive, the decisive advantage
Is with us. Tomorrow morning, however.
the battle will be resumed. We now feel con-
tldcnt Of ultimate victory.
Our loss, however, hare been serious. Since
Wednesday morning they amount to about
i 900 killed and wounded, Of whom GOO arc
killed. Our loss Of prisoners is several thou
sand.
The enemy, on the first day, captured about
twcnty-sfS guns and disabled SIX We cap
turcd four from them on Wednesday.
The rebel loss, lis estimated by themselves,
is between 4, 900 and s 600 killed aud wound
ed, Including Brig. Gen. Raius, KILLED.
Altogether We have captured about LOCO
prisoners, from all the Southern States. Gen,
Cheatham's Adjutant General and suudry on.
GERS were captured. :.
The wounded and captured are being moved
to Nashville
The daring yalor and sclfpossessiono Of Gen
Rosccrans, under the most trying circum-
stances, excitcs the widest enthusiasm in the
army.
The field hospitals are admirably conducted
By Medical Director Swift and staff.
Among the. hundreds who have conspicu-
ous1y distinguished themselves are Gen.
Negley; Gen. Stanley; Col. Walters, S4th
ILL.,; Capts. Shrenston and Fisher Of Nc
Cooks staff; Capt. Otis, athR Regular Cavalry.
and Col. Van Schroeder.
The 101st Ohio lost 125 men, aud the S3th
Indiana about the same number. The total
Of our killed and wounded is estimated at
500. The rebel loss exceeds ours.
The rebel General J. E. Rains is killed. The
rebel General Cheatham is wounded and taken
prisoner.
The brave General Sill, one Of our best Off
GERS, was killed; General Kirk, severely
wounded, and General W1llich killed OF mis-
sing, besides other valuable officers.
The 2lst, 25th, and 35th Illinois lost two-
thirds, and the 18th and 3Stli Ohio one-half
their number.
NASHVILLE, Jan. 1.-Onc Of the greatest
battles Of, the war is now raging near Mur-
frccsboro. The armies of Rosecrans and
Bragg are holly engaged.
There was heavy skirnlishing on Monday,
and battle in earnest on Tuesday and We'd
ucsday, to be continued today.
On Tuesday the rebels attacked McCook,
the right wing, and drove him in confusion
two miles. During that day the whole army
lost some ground. There was awful fighting
done
On Wednesday morning Rosecrans attacked
and drove them some distance with great car
mage. The movements were in charges upon
batteries and infantry columns.
Yesterday "wednesday forenoon Rosecrans
,naesed his batteries into park Of nearly one
hundred cannon, and let them into the enc
1ny's center. The latter tried to charge and
take them, and such slaughter as then took
place Of rebels Is unknown in history. They