Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-01-12
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correspondent Of the Chattanooga Rebel writing
quarters aesr ursesbOrO 3D. gives an interesting and
Impartial account Of the recent battle portion Of which
Joined rs
On "Wednesday morning past ak according to previous
arrangement brought vigorous
surprise TO the enemy, who eating Ls btesk
fast arms and, best ne could formed his
receive Under the circumstances he did Il we'll hut
with much precision aud CELEBRITY that he driven
MCovn Cissgrue wihers and Chez were bearing down
mpstuosiy AID power utterly rss'es BATTERY o-
THROUGH Red aud wood and isoes they swept With
rhe y Of Shw ind PAusing At usthn but overcoming
thing that ;hssvay With the most unyelns courage
required such heroic pluck Az IT,
and ron Toto our RANKS but az every stand and every yos
asfn compounded the interest ihe osn driving
them s and back By o'clock We had forced their
% wing back their centre and their centre back
the light extremity Of er lei doubling Asr lines upon them
selves and ia some measure masng them In nee position
1t must bereperAbeTed hat all hS sighting and evnE was
raj direction RON south to North the pathway Of the battle lay
the direction The enemy VAS therefore, not
bridgeport and Chattanooga st tits point time
taa Il To- uOsun shea the battle opened That say
wss not driven hack SestEardy upon Nashville We seemed to
upon ana By the sighting and driving, changed from north
aA south 70 nearly east aud west are ton The battle opened
this period had passed across the Tune road the Wilkinson
Melville Srapike and approached ne AAshvte turnpike and
pclt oar vssory Sas complete ana oysrEh-mas We hal
pronsrs uelaaug Generals thirty thirty,hve
pieces artillery, and inflicted los upon the enemy treble
own 20 say noLing q The small srs AID personal egpage
Here hoEeves the enemy rallied all his energies sTs d.spe
rate struggle Fortune favored hin, asd the wiz RoseoTans
ava ssf Of ne .vOr In front Of our ght centre say
e distant naked oral hill commanding in III directions
hh, bU exceedfng available Upon hs hill be placed
era q sss9y sSns more 2, s,S n@sa,sy snRRsrios
secondary support In addition 70 this he ranged oth bate
the opes the foot Of the hill taking the surrounding
pair adier General Chalmers supported b. Bgarr Gen
D1nsson va ordered 70 take the position lea can easily ma
gl the nn;y Danger Of The charge out yor can scarcely ina
Zine steady herOn with which these dTcted
~ h. an The which poured upon teui ineang
short range mtsse, Incredibly Csr shattered
mid l.nrnu hit
sE the batteries 1t is not for noe is say that Chalmers
broke mat Doneson stood fesressy mmoTaos The vhsle
FOR NJ purpose did admirably eu Breckindze Who held our
right north Of Stones RveT and Ehe had not beeu previously
xsarsd columns and skiing the hill The srgsdes Generals
Atsms and Jackson formed and sent forward They
forward sith the uOst slacriy and armpeis. They
eoe TssT ssa Talea aud ruinS win almost sapsrhTuat
dsyo'Sn completely enysopsd BY the tornado reached ~hiu
pehAps hundred Of the coveted object but again
reDussd batteries Cobb and Byrne believe, aided these
charges by energetic simultaneous Sombsrdmeht Of the
hill Night closing 10 and we're compelled TO relin
quh the attempt 70 take this stronghold and darkness closed
that day. aHd gazette history Of the oSodSst chapters Of the
such was " battle Of the triumph Of Conf-i
arms V'to glorious and complete Gar vert but
70 net sonsanuAs We thought a. Oae ume that The fAq
good roatsd but they not We
they Wsud skedadde that night but hey did But
they did one thing that night and that leave the Hill
which We had hard struggle retired
point half mile back. This fact suggest that really
on may suggest inquiry why this weak
ness discovered by rs: will not make the inquiry,
had formed his lines little south OF the Nashville Turnpike,
gradually dyergng from IT, SIN holding his right where n rested
Wednesday making nearly right angle He suen and
He asonay In the q artillery
prompngs nom In the evening the pckeis eXclau
"a compliments lie enches-the blue
They great trenches and great In orthcaons
suppose you have observed rs much.
Friday the Thursday, with exception Roserrars
his le Stones where t norhward.
In Afternoon say three o'clock General Breckenridge with
right Sdyzne also Till dark they fought with very great deS
pcranh sud close. exceedingly bloody We drove
the but encountered vast body securely
retired position again. Our loss for
oes engaged heavy 1t was here that Gen Hanson
| c~ivsd his almost fatal FOUND.
sine Wednesday ming tsySry under Generals Wheeler
Wharton, haze beeu active They have made
circuit Of the twice. capturing and Destroying
hundred loaded with muitons and supplies the
baYrrgnr and NOensya about thousand head Of
and nur,, be es killing number Of the YANKEES, Ia
Bcaer General, and taking several hundred prison
Wednesday they rendered service In picking aud
securing prs ard the captures of artillery &c then made
bravo Tor Wheeler Nni WhSon lnd thpr gallant cavaliers
They reported yesterday and M evening h1t tho movements 81
the eneny 10 hh lras 6c Indicative II speedy re-
but no Indications appear his ont lines On the
contrary his lnTencng and his advsnce the
liver to-day might be- construed into purpose 10 stay where be
until rested preparatory 70 continuing bis journey 20 Bridge
port and ChAlfanOAEa.