Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-10
THE WARLN TENNESSEE.

1t has already been announced that the
enemy has crossed over to the South side OF
the Tennessee river and occupied Raccoon
mountain. 4 correspondent of the Memphis
"AiTcal" gives the following account of the
| movement:
Dari,c Monday nigh: the enemy crossed
| the Ten,.rs sec in rear N Chattanooga, passed
| over the nnrro;- neck known as lie M0ccasin,
| O. ,air crossed the riTeT, and entrenched them
selves OF the heights Which align Its margin.
! The movement Was designed to Pave the way
! rnr the advance OF /! column from bridgeport
| UP s.lc valley towards, ard, if necessary, into
Chattanooga. T..c latter must ma c commenced
nearly simultaneously wish tue one first
| mentioned: for on the night ~ IMr=GaY our
commanders learned Of ~ approach in ths
| direction. During Wednesday morning tie
h,ah OF tie column was Ciplgt in the distance
| .roTl Lookout peak. ami By dust ii had etfcct-
| eli Il junction with the !o-,:rs in the Ee'gh3oT-
| haoi of Browns ferry. Subsequent develop
| ncnl: showed :hat the Eleventh aid Twelfth
corps or Meade's aruy-;hn former under
command Of Howard, aid the latter under
command Of Slorum, ard tic whole under
Joe IN5ker-hal taken this method OF reach
i
An attempt or our part To check this move
meat wou!d have been impracticaGle, without
bringing On general battle, since on interpo-
sition OF our forces across the valley would
have necessitated fight i'll both front and
rear-and'on both sides the enemy had the
advantage of TANKS projected. The first corps
having passed up, and n portion OF 1t gone INTO
camp there was still visible below c0nsidc>
allie number Of wagons, guarded, apparently,
by an escort of from fifteen hundred to two
thousand mon. Hcp!n; to capture these, Ga':.
Largstvcct determined, during the niGht, 70
make an attack Gnc: accordingly ordered Gen.
Jenkins, Commanding HONS ii is;oD, consist
ing Of Lgwa' Aiaban!ians, Behring'S Geor.
giaHs, RObor;s0a's Texans and jenkins South
Carolin.arja, iie l;.ttsr under command cttol.
Brat;on, o: the Sixth reslD!ent,} to take PEST
tim for the Purpose.
ewing - the rugged nature Of the roads
he :T0jlS could not hc marched to t!!nir re-
-pect;vc places until Il late hour in the night.
probably between a:i :! O'ciock. when
;,oro tie Situation was - f'i.ows The crc-
M &C .up:ei line u hills parallel with the
river in thu nci.hhochool Of Browns Ferry;
Law md Robertson TIE sa"Gc line Of hills.
iu, nearer ~ LouGous Mountain, 70 prevent
IN attack on Bra'tpn'a r3aT. and BenRnSa
p1si'irn on he lcit Of the two lat n"med, brs
M intended ~ g support TO Cr!. BrG;tca -
T he: !h:cc hr;gaics. ~ IL were. covered tic
ir;i."s a:"s. i.oa,sa.;t Crcri;. over ;YhIc!!
;bcy ha,: marched an. Threatened the Inc al
n" enemy IL Browns Ferry. Col. Era:t"E,
w,t!r jenkins brigade, r0w :no,ed Owe? :" ;hc
LEI, 8 nile c. more no TIC ral!@y 10 attack the
! suppose! rca- guard and cav:ure the wagon
train.
Skir.lishcrs being thrown out. tho Frdsra'
nickets we're soon encountered These falling
in X. To cueniv were found in Inc Of battle,
anil. in*:,:ih oi Lcag surprised, received our
t-oans With heavy yrIicy. /. w. ~, lon@
before it was discovered that, instead ii nal
;Yy ho!v nf iacn WHO would yield rs saOa rs
,li<ao-cr21, W. were iightinc whole division,
bciopsir" to the Twelfth Corps, Gen S!ocum,
who had closely followed in tho rear of The
preceding column an! 2:iaamned after night
Nnrhiug was TO be done hut 20 fi::!s; it boldly
au:, ard make up IN pluck cHd chstinaci
::;a. was lao&inS i'll Humhcrs. On our part
'wr had hnS six rcc.nrnts--the First Colonel
Fitzpatrick: S2c,nG Rifles, Col. Thon!son; Fifth,
Gil. Coward: Sixth, Col. BruttNn; Palmrtt"
Shareholders. G4l. Walker, and Hampton lie.
Sioa, Col. Cory. Steadily, as on parade,
thaSo flcl into position, ana, in q few mo
msr.5', artillery and maskctry were play'nG
viii. terrible c,i,t tl.r ugh ranks. Fully
three f!!hs Of iGG brigade, however, had bccrr
wounded in previous battles, and all had been
tried by Ire and rot found wanting; so tina:
tho ordeal fearful as it appeared, was cncoun'
tered by lncn who feared not the aacrtire
demanded at their hands. The advance by
ni.ht res necessarily slow, bu! once fairly nj
work tie p:c--nrn uprr the cnemT'5 lines wis
Irresistible. 2ha blood Of Ike troop acw fairly
arou ed there was 10 though. save that OF
victory. Even the wounded, as they laT upon
the ground. Wa d call On. - thoi: coin"alc2.
whose ammunition VAS exhausted, "licr".
take !mtnc" or, crawling II their slies. w'''i'"
bite tic onis uf the cartridges, thAtHr tilnf
might 10 lost tinn never stood up to the work
of death II re nn5ly, and none Earo died Cur
ing the war more laaicTtcl than some o. TIL
splcnIid spirits who fell here.
Col. u. ". Cay, Of the HAMPTON Legion.
h2ins ordered 10 g in on the right of Colonel
Coward saaing ~ opportunity If turning the
c7eni-'s lc:t, assumed the responsibility OF
making flank, or Jackson increment" aS It
is very appropriately called by tie men. the
rp,ulc % which was TO break tho Federal line.
P;:Tsuirg his advantage Gary nov swept rap
IDLY on. iear;n, wagons ana prisoners in his
rear, until brought 70 bay ny q battery. Here
l he rested fer Il momantto reform his. line
Col. Wulle. Of the Si:r1s;ln9tnrs, Es"anwhIIc
pressing on the RICH, nan5of the enemy. f.
short, tho Federal Inc was shattered, their
troops damoralizcd The turning noin7 Of tic
hattie was at hand, AMI victory seemed about
to perch upon our bGnner.
Tho enemy 10 Ito r@i .iiborhoo! Of Browns
rer7v. discovering q battle in progress, had
already thrown forward tw> column, orc Ui
which airaaccl to attack tho linc occupied
BIZ Generals Law end Robertson. while til"
other. Inccc! steadily rasr that front and
| ,;nei to penetrate the long Interval between
Drat-an ar;i Eanning: in Other words, tc
c,t Jenkins hrigaic { & from the bridges oyer
| Lookout creek. The first column met With
li:tlc success, being checked by the sharp fire
81 The Ala5aTnians and Texans: but the
sec0Ed promised other rasuits. The si'na-
| ton wa q critical ono, but General .!cliina,
quickly divining the object OF tue movement.
ne. The issue by ordering Brattoa to retarn
| 20 the bridges, and the remainder Of tho di
! veion TO hold It's position, at every hazard,
! r7tii the safety Of the f.rmer was assured
| Lieutenant, Colonel Logan, of the Hampton
| Legion, with fourteen companies whom he
! lad relieved frole picket. having reached the
field, was ordered to tho left OF Bcnning,
where occupying hill. he extended Cur
| limo, and naturally contributed TO TIE check
| of the enemy
Brattca now reluctantly abandoned his hard
earned advantages. which ten minutes more
would have combined 10 mako our victo?y
complete, IN! enable us to capture battsTy.
ard bring lvAy large nulabar Of we'll filed
wagons, now fell pack in rcriac. order and,
fortunately, reached the creek. There he
formed another line cf battle, Law, RobHrtsOrA
and Denning cautiously dropping back he
hind their ski-misliars, and recrOsseI the
bridges. The South Carolinians then follow