The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-09-25

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BATrLE FIELD ZoGLscOErxR.
Sunday, Sept 3otA-
IhiB morning ne are CD the vsi essx. Scoafs
bro0gAt In infoguntiOn that the enemy had
fallen hack fsum Bristol 10 Blouutsyillc. We
also haye intelligence from Carriers Depot,
(sea- Wlls1ms1 headQu1rtcss, that he enc
my are Aking 4dem0uetxzfinn in his ftonf
About A n. courier came in and reportes]
ihaa our cavalry, 10th Georgia battalion, ol
Brig. Gen A K Jacksou's command. eurar
ed the enemy just this side cf Blouufsyille
and alter diminishing fell back in cnod order
with no CASUALTIES of consequence except Ii
ssll!ins, OF CO. F, 10th Ga battalion. Abou;
A. M the enemy advanced. four regiments
sirong, both cavalry and infantry, FROM the
direction Of Brownsville, making demon
sirasaon on our front aud centre About this
time our artillery opened hriskly on them,
which checked their advance. Pretty soon
the enemy opened with three pieces OF axtjI
lcry about 100 yards distant, sheliing and
throwing grape in the woods all around our
infantry supports at this point at rapid rate.
Our boys stood To their guns manfuily, and,
after 45 minutes fighting, small infantry
force was thrown around to our right, who
kept up continual fire on our advance skir-
mishers, while their main body moved around
TO our iefs, apparently with the intention OF
aanking Our batteries; force however had
been thrown in line oi battle in that direct
ion, since which tut little firing took place Oh
the left From to 10 o'clock our artillery
only opened about once ia 10 minutes OF
thea, while quite brisk infantry fire was
kept up, moving gradually around 10 our
right At 10 O'Clock the firing became warm.
and one OF our pieces Of artillery on the ex-
treme right opened ON them. causing them
10 sketiaddle in double quick time The 45sL
Va regiment, uf the "a brigade, came up
from Cartcr's Depot, 8 miles distant, and
were thrown ont 10 our extreme left about
i0 A. NJ, aflcr (which some little picket firing
occurred in that direction. The enemy dur.
ing the engagement used or 5 pieces OF ar
fillery, which seldom iired more than or 4
rounds before they wereforced to change Do
sition. About IL NJ the firing ceased and the
enemy were signally repulsed. Our total loss
duiiDg the engagement rs far as known unto
this time is killed and II wounded. In the
10th Ga battalion LIST Lit. Andrew Stallins was
badly wounded through the hips but not dan
gerously, also private VIM. I. Stevens.
Company G.-Lieut. William Potts. RICH,
breast, seriously. Capt. A. H Brown. OF
Nashville, independent fighter, in right arm.
Corse's Brigade, 10Th Virginia Regiment.
Company T, w. j. Marsh commanding
Killed: Elkanah Ayres and Crockett Johns
ton. Wounded: +. F. Ward, hips, flesh
wound, not dangerous; Madison McGee.
shot through both thighs, severe, but not
dangerous; Granville Ayres, right forctinger
badly shattered, since anputated below first
Joint in the hand; Geo. Coble, flesh wound.
arm; Anderson McGee, in hand. Company
<, Capt. E. Brewster commanding.-Robt.
Mitchell, slightly wounded in the ARM
Company ID, Capt. W. K. Wcrrell command
ing-H. Deal, in the arm slightly.
vi the loss OF the enemy We cannot speak
with accuracy; but it certainly was muc.,
greater than ours, - our mtn We're pro
tected by tie woods. and We had greatly the
advantage of them il artillery, they having a
greater number of pieces engage i than We did,
tut not As long range as ours. Five of their
men were killed outright, and n large num-
Der by one shell from one of our pieces,
which fell among them while they were get
ting ready to fire on Us. A number of in
teresting incidents might be related, but
will cite only one. While portion of the
10Th Georgia was engaging the enemy, and
Just after Lieut.. staliins was wounded, aud
while the enemy We're firing at the company,
one of his men raised his white handkerchief
Oh his gun, indicating that lie would surren-
der. A youth in the 18th Virginia regiment,
}idn. }K5n SSs 4aE III. fh.p p tiu skfimits!ia fnslI
his gun ard told him if he didn't put up
that id old white rag that he would shoot
him. The fellow pretty soon put his hand
kerchiei in his pocket, while his companions
cheered the brave boy. / regret that have
failed to get his name. With this exception
all of our boys behaved calamity. The main
attack was directed on the centre, where
three pieces of Dickcrson's Virginia artil-
lery were planted, and supported by Corse's
brigade. The firing ceased at half-past II
O'Clock, our boys maintaining their ground
throughout the entire engagement. The
greatest desire seemed to prevail among
Cosse's brigade to charge the enemy. Dick
erson S battery behaved nobly, and to them,
TO Corse's brig gade, and the 10th Georgia bat
TALON Of cavalry is due the credit Of having
icpulsed the enemy at the battle of Zollicof-
fer.
9P.M.
Since the above, our forces have returned
from the pursuit, falling to overtake the FAST
fleeing enemy. They were asked by 4 eiii
zen whether they would soon thrash out the
rebels. Without stopping, they said. "D-n
il; they couldn't fight the whole OF Pickett's
division" From the best Information We
could get, their attacking force was between
1 900 and 5000, being portion of those who
went TO Bristol. 4 prisoner who was taken
states that he belonged to the 9Th Indiana
cavalry, and that there were four regiments
in bis brigade, composed of the above, 1ith
Illinois, Sth Tennessee, and G5th mounted
infantry, with three mountain howitzers and
seven steel pieces.
Communication has been cut Of for sew
eIal days. Ii is supposed that the party
who attacked us to-day is only the advance
guard, and that they have fallen back on
their reserve, and the battle will come OF in
a few days. u. n.
ZoLLICoFFER, Tenn,
Sept 5lst, IL N. !
have just seen the Knoxville Ballaias, OF
the 18th inst. 1t is published 10y j. b. u.
kinsloe, Brownlow's old foreman. 1t con-
taius no news, but l make up some items
which may be interesting, from advertising
and editorial columns. His terms of sub
scription is 81 per month, 30 cents per week,
and 5 cents per single copy. No subscriptions
taken for a longer period tisdn os.e month
From the military directory take the fol-
lowing:
s.HEApo'Rs SD ARMY CORES,
Late residence of Col. w. III. Sneaa,
Maj Gen. Hartsuii, Cong:
"General S. 7. Carter is Provost Marshal
General of East Tennessee, aud Capt. A. ).
Rakney Provost Marshal Of Knoxville"