The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-10

.io, # Tunnel Hill. With the exception OF
this last position. the whole OF Mission hl"se
was now in our hands
IN Union TRIUMPHANT-UNIYERsAL hNih0"-
As@.
Tho ronorts from the different portions
49, came in, it is impossible 10 con-
u +%o low that filled the hearts OF all
go ansvered shout from every hull top
e"- acboed cheer; until at last, the whole
In 49, &c Chattanooga, with the surrounding
~nntains seemed filled with one mighty
tbrob of exultation; and the sun went oo"n'
a;1dino with his last beams, the scene o. %o
9rand a triumph as had ever yet OleS'0U
Union arms.
EVENTS nj THURSDAY, NOV. 26Id-
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE.
CHATTANOOGA, Nov. II.
r,oxsrRAr1oxs OF THE SOLDIERS ovER H
CAPTURED ARTILLERY.
IN the summit of the ridge the captured
artillery was huddled together in groups, and
here. in spite Of all my stoicism, | saw anoth-
or snectacle, of a different nature, which af-
facted me to tears. Numbers of soldiers were
standing around the pieces, peering into their
huoe threats wi tn intense curiosity, passing
their hands over every portion even Of the car
rage wheels, patting the guns as a child pats
the head of a dog, and smiling IN each others
faces! AS l gazed upon those men 1t SEEM
ed to me as if [ were carried back to another
aoe. and saw before me the sacrifices, the
strength, the spirit and the glories OF the
American Revolution. God bless the soldiers
whose deepest and most solemn joy springs
from the overthrow Of their country's enc
mics!
WHAT RECT FIRST PLACE ITS FLAG on TIN
RIDGE,
endeavored, with all my power, to aScer-
tain what regiment had first planted it's flag
on the crest of the ridge. 1t was impossible
to do so, and | predict now that it never will
be known. But whatever difference of opin,
ion there may be with regard to the p%articu
lar regiment to which this honor should be
assigned, the illustrious rivals can well afford
to be trends to each other, for all agree
that five minutes did not elapse from the time
our first soldiers stood upon the top Of the
ridge, until a line Of Union hanners was float
ing all along the crest.
OUR LET WING BLAMELEss.
Gen. Sherman's men did not make quite
the same progress on the left, as the other
portions af the army, but let no one decide
on that account that they did not Fl ght al
bravely. Their bold attack upon Tune
Hill drew upon them the concentrated might
of half the rebel army, and, although some Of
them gave way in confusion, it was simply
because they were assailed by overwhelming
numbers. This was particularly the case with
Gen. John L. Smiths division.
But they need not even this explanation a.
my hands. That the courage of the men auc
the ability of the officers who bore the Amer
lean flags in triumph at Raymond, at Jackson,
at Champion Hill and at Vicksburg, is no lon
ger a matter of question.
RETREAT OF H ENEMY IN THURSDAY.
Tunnel Hill has been abandoned by the
rebels In the night and when | left the sum-
NIT of the Ridge, about noon, the right and
left wings Of our army were advancing, while
the center still held its position. No enemy
was visible: but columns ofsmoke Tisingfrom
various points told that the enemy were burn
ing the bridges over the Chickamauga, and
such of his stores as he could not carry away.
Sherman was throwing a shell occasionally
into some old rebel camps, which came in
sight as he advanced. 'tNo use beating those
bushes, y said old Which, after closely inspect
ing those camps through his feld-glass, ''the
bird has flown"