The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-11-23
FA0n CHATTANOOGA.
trRox OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. /
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The whole army was aroused q dayhreak this
merSias by heavy cannonade aa our extreme
nsht. The enemy had posted foscc on ,he otl,o
site side Of the river some two OF three miles above
Chattanooga, for the purpose doubtless Of prevent
tug surprise ta that quarter and 10 keep US iron,
crossing the fiver Il had mlmd tn attempt sus b
a thinG. This force had pitched their tents and
erected cabins, as II they Intended To spend III
winter In that locality. But II appears there was
some objection to this arsangemen nj on the part o,
Gen. hragg, who ordered Major Holiamquist, chic,
Of artillery, 10 she'll the enemy's camp daybTe ak
this morning Accordingly ten gu,ss were sent Gp
last night and put In position witlAa easy range,
and As soon as there light emoagh this mor,..
ing enable the ariilerists to sight their pieces
they opened upon the sleeping foe with a treMend-
outs brOadside. II would nave amused you 10 have
witnessed the effect Of our shot, The whole en-
campment was thrown Into the utmost confusion
The men poured out Of their ieMfs and cabins like
bees out OF bee gum, 10 which 6Fa had been ap-
piled. They did not wait 10 pr, on their shoes or
even thu ir clothing, hut wildly hilher and thit
er, and finally disappeared through the woods bare
headed. barriooted and barfeggcd, each man car
Tying tn his rear white flag fuiieTing franticay
In the morning breeze. In the meantime the horse.
were stampeded by our fire and rushed down the
liver and over the hills, II ten tlsousand Indians
were after them. No resistance was offered by the
enemv beyond QUO OF two sfots fred ~ ene ofth-ii
batteries.
Havnx called up both armies from theiI blank
cts, aud knocked the enemy's camp To pieces, our
afiiierisis returned 20 their former position, eav
ing the Fsderais to regain their position and their
brceches as II they could.
Onr latest official intelligence from East Ten
Is up Friday last, the 18th inst. On thai
day our forces crossed the Tennessee at LOudOil.
and moved forward Immediately In the direction
Of Knoxville, 10 which point II Is supposed Burn
side had retired. We have Geographic conmnni
cation with LOudOn, but the country along the
route abOunds I'm tories, and the enemy may get
possession of our dispatches, AMI hence but few
messages of importance are put upon the wircs
and this may account for the failure 10 receive
further intelligence. Burnside will find II difficult
ii not impossible, to maintain himself In knOA
vile, even behind barricades and earthwOrks, on
account of supplies; for our cavalry will cut OF
his fUraging parties and all trains that may attempt
to cross the mountains to his relief He is already
suffering severely from our guerillas. He must
either fight and whip US, therefore, or retreat into
Kentucky.
1t Is now believed that Sherman will reach
bridgeport by the end of the present week, with
30 900 men, having been Joined by another division
before he crossed the Tennessee. He did not cross
the river at Florence, as was stated In recent
letter. but at Eastport, near Iuka. His advance
guard had reached Tnscumbia, but the opposition
II encountered from our cavalry was such as tn
compel HIM to abandon the idea of repairing the
railroad as lie moved and 10 return To Eas'pOrt.
FrWn the latter point ne marched up tile hOf!n
bank of the river To iogersviiie, but being unable
to cross Elk river, on account of the prevailing
freshct ne turned the head of his column up that
stream TO Fayetteville, and from thence he would
proceed to take the cars on the Winchester br3nclI
railroad To Decherd, and thence tn Bridgeport
Sherman commands the Army of the Tennessee,
Grants old army, and so called after the Tenncs
river, up which IL moved last year to ShiiOr--
He does not rank Thomas, the commander Of the
Army of the Cumberland, IA some writer's have
stated n0x burnside, who commands the Army of
the Ohio, nor Hooker, who brought out two (not
ihree) COPS ddmee from the Army of the Po
tomac. ijooker's reinforcefhents will not
cecd twelve tlOnsand men. which, added
to ShermaHs COluID,l OF O,OO0, mikes The
total sent 10 Thomas y 900 fighting
men, Estimating 1hOmas's army AT 5o;00D, Cea.
Grant, the Commander in Chief af all these forces,
will have an army for the invasion of Georgia OF
&, 900 men, exclusiYe Of cavalry. burnside will
not be permitted 10 j"in this formidable force: at
least for The present.
The enemy has not yet rebuilt The railway
bridge over the Tennessce at Bridgeport, nor tie
bridge over Running Wafer Creek, between She'll
mo,nd and Brown s, ferry. This latter bridge Is
100 feet high, and Is representedto 10 he mere diff
cult WORK thai the former. AS soon as these re
pats shalt have been made, ana Sherman shall
have cos.e mp, the Federal army will be cnncem
tratpd and GtaGt will show his hand. Whether
hr will attack us here, M seek todislodse Us from
Lookout Mountain, or will tepaaf the movement
of RosecIans upon left flank, CT ~ .GIo winter
quarters, win probably he known In the heKi H.,
or fitiaen DAYS. Ills army II now well supplied
from Bridgeplrt by Lookout Valley and the river;
for YOU must know that we SeH two steamers al
Chattanooga, which the enemy Is now using in
the transportation of supplies ir0m Bridegroom
The cavalry, who brought up the iras> - zen we
retired irDin Chattanooga, were ordered to desi'ns
these boats aIa our pontoon bridges, but they did
neither. sALLu-T.