, 1863-09-23
From Our Special Correspondent
TRENTON, Georgia, Sept. Q, 1aGs.

= corpora1's guard Of the rebels we're In sight,
DUB TROOPS N POSSESSION OF TIE PLACE.
1t an early hour this morning wobrigades
Of our troops, Wilder's and Wagners, cross.
ed the river and marched into the town. Col.
Wilder's brigade WAS the first tp march
through the enemy's works. Later in the
day portion Of Gen. Crittenden's corps was
ordered forward to occupy: and hold the
place.
AGEsERAL srA,tpapE. >:
The citizens Of Chattanooga state that
Bragg's army we're, for the last twenty-fou
hours Of th cir stay there, greatly excited, and
were In momentazy expectation Of the ap-
pearance OF Gen. Rosecrans' army In their
rear aza flank During the night much con
futlon excited among the troops. some reei-
ments becoming completely unmanageahIe.
and croWdlng along the roads mora like a
hock Of sheep than body Of soldiers before
leaving. Gen. Bragg promised to make q
milee south Of Chattanooga. In leaving. he be
marched in the direction Of Atlanta. f3n.
Whether he will halt this side Of Rome. Or
cro6s there, Is doubtful.
ORDERS 70 HoyH.
AIS p. m. to-day, orders were sent ftom
Department Headquarters, to the comman-
ders Of different divisions Of the army, to
prepare to move at daylight Tomorrow
morning. In which direction the different
divisions and corps are to move, /
am not at liberty to mention, but this much,
may say. we ale not going North, The en-.
tire army is kupp,ied with suf11ciencY Of "a.
tions, for the balaIce Of this month.
FROM OUR RAIDERS.
It feens that our cavalry, who have for the
past week or ten days, been engaged in IN ex-
tensise raid, have penetrated 10 the very heart
ofDi1ie, and q rebel prisoner, brought In to.
week In the Confede1acy, there wifi not be q
mile Of railroad fit for SERVICE" General
Mitchell is evidently the man for that kind OF
strYice.
A NEW sTTLE or WARFARE.
a few weeks tince, when General Gilmore
thew a few OF his Greek fire shells into the
city ef Charleston, the rebels became highly
indignant, ,at rhat ehey declared to he m in
are By no means choice, OF the weapons used used
Afew days before the Evacuation of Shell
Mound By their troops, quite number OF
men, suffering from that most horrible dis.
ease, the smallpox, we're sent forward from
Chattanooga to that place. and quartered In
throughout our Union army. And before
evscuating Chattanooga, they resorted to he
same expedient, in one or two cascs II have
heard OF, they actually mored their patients
from one building to another, in order to in
allowing the bed clothing used By fhe suffer.
err, to be removed after being placed conye.
nient]y TOR the uEe Of the Federal spIdiers
when they should make their appearance.
Can anything more tiendish be conceived Of
Let them ne1er more denounce "Greek dre''
as barbarous, though think he'll lre would
ia $a1- arffn fntsf IA &hn1-
The number Of deterters from BrsgK's army
Is daily on the Increase, not only are Tenues.
Reeans and Kentuckians leaving him, hut even
his old stand bJes, the Mlss1saippians, are
coming in by ecores- G.
Our troops are moving in the direction Of
Lafaye cite. email town distant about twenty
miles from Trenton. and about thirty miles
kouthHest Of Chattanooga. II Bragg pushes
On towards Atlantis, as he probably viii, our
troops will hardly stop short Of Kingston,
which Is quite an Important point, at the
junction Of the Chattanooga and Kingston
and Geotgia Central Railroads..
UEApQuAnIERs 14rH Anxx ConPa,
sTuL on THE Now, Sept. u, 1868.
Tie Army Of the Cumberland Is still IN mo.
ton. To day Gen. Reynolds and Bannon's
divisions crossed the mountains, reaching
this point pigeon Valley about noon, where
ne found Gen. Negley's force encamped, his
picket8 constantly engaged in skirmishee
with the enemy's cavalry. Day before yes
terday, Gen. Negley moved bis command for
ward TO what IL known N Pigeon Gap, about
four miles from the place where he threw up
slight works, intending to hold the place.
During the afternoon heavy force of rebels
attacked him On the front, while anothe.
body could be plainly seen moving round to
his light. The force ia front were Eepulsed, and
the Genesal fearing for the safety Of his trains,
which we're considerable distance In the
I rear fell back once more to this place. Dur
| Ing the fight, which lasted some two hours,
We lost about ten Or twelve killed, and prob.
ably twice as many wounded. One l2-po1nder
from the enemy's guns pierced the breast.
No1ka, killing four men Of tho 21st Ohio.
The e2d Illinois lost one or two men killed,
and three or four wounded. Our troops all
behaved we'll, but the Illinois troops deserve
espt cfal credit for their coolness aud energy.
4 portion Of Reynolds division had slight
ek11mish With body Of rebel cavalry, yester.
This morning Brannon's troops have started
On q Reconnaissance in the direction Of Pigeon
Gap. They have been out some three hours,
and a. yet We hear no firing, the enemy hag.
irg probably disappeared. They cannot Get
far, however, "ithouta fight, d. Gen. Nc
Iectly in their rear, The greater portion Of
The rehel army haze pushed forward to Rome,
Ga, where they now are, and where thev
| again promise to fight US. The force opposed
to heg'er Tas Buckner's, who is IN command
Of their rear guard. Citizens and desertera
cay our army Is crowding them closely, aud h
We Will only Keep on q day or two longer, we
| mutt capture some of their heaVicst trsfns.
It ts 1umored that McP Pherson's corps Is NTH.
IN three days march Of us, and II SO, what q
grand old army We shan have here In abort
time, with Burnslde on the left, RosecranB in
the centre, and Mcpherson On the right.
Verify, the "Anaconda" Is tightening his folds
upon the Confederacy with vengeance
Since the evacuation Of Cinttauooga by the
rebels, desertions from their army afe grow.
ing ttin more numerous than before, though
1t IS safd that Bragg has ordered still more
stringent measures than have heretofore beer
adopted, to be used Ia preventing them. But
| few Tenne5seeans are allowed to stand picke1
on their front, and the number Of officers OF
guard has been more than doubled, as the1
dare not trust their private soldiers on posts
unless themselves ttrict1y guarded.
| MARCHING.
Gen. Thomas corps moves ont tomorrow
Whittier they ore bound cannot say, but tht
| general direction is towards Rome. The,
move out with three days cooked ratious, anl
their doiDgs and movements az they proceed
| G.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.
| CAxr n P1GxoN VALLEY
Sept. IL, 1869.
| ARMY OF TIE CUMBERLAND.
Tie Army Of the Cumberland is still lyfnt
north Of Lafayette, which place is NOW i,
possession Of and strongly fortified by III
enemy, Hho, It is reported, are working nigh
and day putting 1t in q most complete stat,
Of defense. Many Of the rebel troops, whe1
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