The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-23

ID from. Richmond that Bragg Engaged
Rossclsns On Sturdy I'D gskdSy, cap
Euring twenty phee1s As,151g ND 500
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Tha. Star and. National Republioaa in
their late editions this p. n. have -.
counts, evidently derived from Official
lpurces. The longer ons, from the Eveh
ing Sns, 10 ss follows ~ 81 : A q n z
& On Saturday, the 18th, demonstrh >
ton was made by the rebels in strong
force, which appears to have bsen ~
pulsed By the force Of Gen. Thomas, with
the advantage on the Federal side. go :.
, On Sunday an engagement commenced
late in the forenoon. The first gun was
fred at 8 .. m, but no considerable firing
took place till | o'clock. Previous to 10
Gclock Gen. Rosecrsns rode the whole
length of our line. Soon. after the battle
com menced Gen, Thomas, who held, the
left, began to call for reinforcements. F
About II o'clock word came that he hsd
been forced to retire. The second line
of reinforcements were then sent to hi1h,
and McOook's whole force, which IVES on
the right, and ! reserve on the centre,
was sent to him. Gen. Wood, Of Crit
tenden's corps, and Van Cleve, who held
the front centre, wefe also ordered to the
left whore the fury Of the ca1inonsde
showed that the enemy 3 force was massed
Theif places were filled BY Davis and
Sheridan Of Gen. McCook's corps, but
hardly had these divisions taken their
places in the line when the rebel FIRE,
which hid slackened. burst out in i'm
mense .volleys on the ceptre, Thia lasted
about twenty minutes. and thssl YAM
Cleve, on Thomas right. was seen to give
way, but in tolcrahle order, soon sftsr
which tho lines Of Reynolds and Dsvis
broke in disorder, borne DOM 6y the el-
emy's columns, which are said to have
consisted Of Folks corps. These twp
divisions we're The oaly onsa throws. into
much disorder. Those Of NeEley aud
VanCleve were thrown into confusion,
but soon rallied and held their places y
the 6rst on the left. and the second on
the right Of Thomas' corps. Davis and
Sheridan late In the day succeeded in
turning about 5000 Of their forces, and
joined Thomas.
Gen. Thomas, finding himself cut o6
from the right, brought his division into
position for Independent fighting, his line
assuming the form Of horoscope along
the crest of wooded ridge. He was soon
joined by Gen. Granger from Roseville
with division Of Gen. McCook and Gen
Steadman's division, and with these for.
ces formally maintained the fight until at
ter dark.
Our troops were - immovable as the
rocks they stood upon. The enemy re-
peatedly hurled against them the dense
columns which had routed Davis and
Sheridan in the forenoon, but every on.
set was repulsed with dreadful slaughter
Failing frat on one, and then on the othel
point of our line, the rebels for hour
vainly sought to break them.
Gen. Thomas seemed to have filed ev
cry soldier With his own uncopquenbl,
frmness, and Gen. Granger, his hat tori
by bullets, rode, like lion, wherever th,
comba. was thickest. Every division
commander bore himself gloriously, ant
among them, Gems. Turchin, Hazen ant
Parker, especially distinguished them
selves.
.Turchin charged through the rebe.
lines with the bayonet, and being sur
rounded, forced his way back again.
Parker had two horses shot under hin
Saturday, and forming his men in on,
line, made them lie down until the enem,
was close upon them, when suddenly the
rose and delivered their fire with such eff
feet that the assaulting column fell bael
in confusion, leaving the ground eoveret
with killed.
At night this body of heroes stood OF
the same ground ouccupied by them il
the morning, and their spirits being I'm
broken. Their losses are not estimable
Gen. Thomas telegraphs, Monday fore
noon, that the troops are in fine spirits
He brought of all of his wounded, inclu
ding the main hospitals.
The number Of prisoners taken by tn
enemy will hardly surpass 1900, beside
the wounded, of whom not more thai
1000 could have fallen into their hands
Of rebel prisoners we have sent 300 t,
Nashville. Most of our losses in artiller,
we're occasioned by the killing of oil tn
horses. ga -
Gen. Thomas retired to Rossville o,
Sunday night after tho battle had closed
Gen. Rosecrans had issued orders TO
all his troops 70 be concentrated with thu
forces at Chattanooga. In the last two
assaults our troops fought with the bayo
net, their ammunition being exhausted
The latest information that has reached
the city is from Chattanooga last night
and WIS to the effect that GEN Rosec raul
would concentrate in Chattanooga las
night.
Thomas had been engaged with tn,
enemy prior to 6 p. N. yesterday, and i
was therefore questionable whether h,
would be able to. reach Chattanooga las
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