New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-06
Farther Particulars OF the Battle Of the
Chicnmauaa-Thc Terrible Fighting oil
Suntay-Thc Cause. OF our Oisasfer or
shc Rcconnois-ance-Rcbcls NJ
Lockout rfountnin-Present situation.

SuuHay-Thc Cause. Of our Disasfcr or
thc Neutrality-suspicious. nj
Lockout acknowledgements situation.
From Oar Special Correspondent.
CHATTANOOGA Tenn. Sept &c. 1853
The smoke Of the great battle Of Chicamauga
ls cleared away and We tie enabled 20 more clear
Il .le results Of that teyrihe conflict No doubt car
now exist tina. in tie obsunGcy and persistence viii
hch each party coutended for tic mastery. it has not
teon equ,led in the present We have too. every
reason 70 believe that the Rebels lost fearuiy The
report Of Bragg is 80 moderate and the admissions 50
flank that with other evidence we seem warranted IN
concluding that they have seldom sustained such losses
Reports say that they los, thirteen general officers.
an inclined to think that their loss was moi less than
- GO men.
]; row appears that Rosecrans on Saturday and Sun
Iay foucht fcasir odds Bragg 10 doubt, had been re-
enforced rom every east OF the Mississippi that
could spare a rlan Tie object one worthy their
attention. The destruction Of ,h!s army would have
Jsotracted the clrnos Indefinitely. Tennessee and
Kentucky would have been lost TO The Mississippi
River would IN al probability have been again DISTRICT
ed our cause -red materially q, home and almost IA
tally abroad while Disappointment and encouragement
would have settled down upon the minds Of the friends
of the Government as they remembered that we would
have TO begin back year eighteo1 months and pass
again over the tedious grounds The force Of Tie
Rebels is estimated ly as high rs 10000 THIS u
probably an extravacari estimate Eighty thousand.
imagine would be nearer the truth Longs'feei and
Ewel both are said 10 have been there. SIN doubt
whether both their commands were IN The fight. AT
sly rate tOops poured into tie lap OF Bfags Win
YIoflson that sufficient index of tie Importance
g. tie movement. This army had taken Chattanooga
d.. e IL g. fa-.av ruu 4
be DESTROYED if the Rebels lad the power TO 90 IL
HAT they have not done sufficient evidence that
they were unable to perform the task with all the men
they could bring against tAe Hyincibe Army Oh the
Cumberland. Bgaggs superiority Of numbers vas BIS
reliance lie had long since learned that the Noiih'
Western boys acknowledged no superiors lie expect
ed 20 overcome our gallant army 10, by superior bravery
Int by tie number q lis battlNonf These were thrown
first against one pcint then another. and another
10 break the line Of gltiering steel that everywhere
confronted him Then. when this would fail the whole
line would be attacked at once hoping 70 find some
weak SPOT which pierced would enable them 70 dsperse
tieenire army aud destroy ii. VIII troops 10 contend
against less reliable commanders less persistent OF
able they would have succeeded But the troops com
IIising this command are 10 ordinary material when
men are determined TO stand there nothing but over
whclning force that them. Then. Eosecrans
viii not listen 70 failure. He says hefe i viii take my
stand and maintain 1t. There was scarcely com
mander IN our army that would not have fallen back To
Nashville after tho Of Stone RIVER But Rose
Grams looked only before him. the obstacles ahead only
aroused him to labor the more assicuously
The engagement Of Saturday asevcre one lasting
.ron II I'LL Then followed lgll Of perhaps an hour
when il was resumed with renewed fury On our righi
i wss particularly severe. The Rebels seemed deter
mined TO crnst us there possible ba. the determined
resistance Of oEr troops prevented 1t wac long after
dak before the iing ceased The Rebels Lad attacked
~ parts Of our line IL hope Of finding some vulnerable
point but they failed far as permanent s-ocest was
concerned II is true tic tide swept back ara FORM
Ground lost and geipeQ DattaqPni taken eha re-.
taken. Thousands LAY down n CORY beds The enemy
with desperate determination but at the close
OF Saturdays fight they had gained nothing. De
ia might be recitcd the particular pats performed by
each Of the divisions or bgadcs yet the Interest ols
,ering about srndaye feA. far exceeds tie ore 81
re Gay preceding. at all cyc3 termed u that d.
:cejoa. Fc- after ALL although the fight Of Saturday
vas enc OF the most severe u tie war. yet Sunday was
tie great ssle, tie tIrn1s pont, the one upon which
more was at ztaAc than any other The general dispo
,tou OF tie forces remained tie same Baird iozood
tie extreme ieft then followed Johnfon Pahrer, Roy
.o.ts y-annan, Negley ShcridhD, ana Dan" iAc
last two each Lad their right considerably refused tt
o. the latter resting the Widow Gicnls where ieD
Roses.anz had made his headquarters the day before
Wood and vsa Cleye we're both held as reserves Tic
main body Of onr forces occupied grounds east Of tie
rosd leading from Chattanooga 70 Lafayette ana De
tween Tee road and the West Branch oil the Cmcamaug"
River This was the situation carly III The morn
Dg. During the night and morning GENERA
Thomas Lad erected bsrrcades Of Ios aud trces aong
almost Lis entire line. thus much strengthening his
position About o'clock Negey was ordered 10 report
10 Gen. Thomas and at came time Wood was ordered
spto GU Lis place in the line he having had assigned to
Tin Barness Brigade Of Van Cevcs Division The AT
.ack began on the center and eft about O'Clock In
lalfhOlr there was heavy canonadng with brisk
seiry fire. The increased til about I0l O'Clock when
woO1 wss ordered 10 tie support Of Reynolds who was
was said sorely pressed Sheridan and Davis
10 at once close up BrannaDs right and occupy
DC former position Of Wood. This movement was be
,un Wood withdrew his skirInisheTs AID moved by
be left flank am explicit here for !: seemsto have
Tsn We tuning pant u TIC action, eng sdpgsh 10.