Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-05

NASHVILLE, Jan. IL. hnvejnst arrived
from terrific battle on Ston's River, in
'front.' et Murfreesboro, on the west side of
mat town. 1t has ragged with unremittiug
Jury TWO days, and at last report was not
YET pecideal Itiis one ofIIhe most ferocious
OF modern times, sustained by both sides
spteudtd differentiation.
GeneIal ROsecrans marched from Nash.
H.Ile last Friday, with about 40, 600 eTect-
we men and Zoe pieces of artillery, aud
sSlEuaIsn all the way to the battle .Geld,
tne =, enemy resisting bitterly. The whole
G ~ i!p1estday wns spent in accommodating. H
me ne enemy was found strongly posted,
vi, win artllieSy, ina bend Of Stones River,
H.s nsnks resting on, the west side of Nur-
The centre also had the advantage of
nieG ground, with dense growth Of cedar.
masking them completely. Their position
gave them the advantage OF a cross Gre.
a avg zen; AcCook's corps closed in on their
, ISIs on Wilkerson's Greek NeRIey, of
Ln0nas corps, worked with great difficnlty,
70 the front of the rebel centre. Ropsseau's
division wasin reserve Critteuden's cOrps
was posted on comparatively clear g,ronu5,I,
on their len PalmeFB and Van Cleye's .,
divisions 10 front Ia the woods. and held
n,rescrF a ohGtle was expected all daYt
Tuesday, but tide enemy merely skirmished
ana ana tnrew a lew shells, one of which killed
Orderly Mcdonald, OF the 4th United Ststss
CaValry,S'not ten feet from General Rf65sas
Grams. That afternoon the a n ferrssio5n 'iSST,
sylvnniA Cavalry, Oh McCook's flank Tss
drawn into an ambdsEade, and its two
Malors, Rosengarten and Ward, gerekiIled.
Grlttendeu's corps lost four killed and
TWO wounded that day, including Adm.
tant Elliott, Of the 57th Indiana seyerIv
wounded. McUook's loss was about fiftG
me same day the rebel cavalry made a
dash GU our rear at Lavergn, burned a few
wagons and captured thirty FIVE prisoners
That night dispositions were made 10 at.
tack the enemy in the morning Afterdsrk
the enemy we're reported massinp mon
McCoOk, obviously to strike our right wing.
rms corresponded with the wishes OF Gen.
hosecrans, who instructed Gen. McCook to
Mold him In check stubbornlv. white the
ieIt wing should be thrown into MurErees
boro behind the enemy. En- faT7i s7iS
AT daybreak of tho last day NJ D,.a,,,s
Der, everything appeared WORKING Wsll
Battle had opened on our right. ana orr
left was on hand at seven O'Clock Orin-
Gus sounds Indicated that the Are wis an.
proceeding on the right Aides were dis-
patched for Information, aud found The
forests tull OF flying negroes, with some
struggling soldiers, who reported whoIc
regiments falling back rapidly r. -7'a
nag Medntime one of McG0ok's aids annoInc
ed 10 General Rosecrans that Gen. JOHN
son bad permitted the three batteries III his.
division 20 be captured by a sudden attack.
OF the enemy, and that that IN ct had some
what demoralized the troops. This was
The,6raYe General Sill, one of our best
ohoers, was killed. GEM Kirk seyersIy
goup4ed, and Gen. Which killed, or mis-.
sing, besides other valuable officers. iJi,i
Gen 5!. Rosiefcrans sent word pressing Gen.
help him. II would all work rigbs.r \ He
now gallepped TO the trout of -Crittsnaen's
LEFT, with. bis staff, to order the line Of bat
tle,s Nhe93 the snemy opened full battery
anu empNed two saddles. of the, escort
W. tsl-T.-'- lt-totVIT-W was sent 70 the right,
Colonel BeHity's brigade In front. cThe
hre Continued to approach on our right
with alarming MISUNDERSTANDING to the
centre, and 1t was clear thaLithei right was
doubling upon the leftsq The enomyz had
compelled as TO make complete change
Of front on that wing, and were pressing
the centre. Nd a-,.f ans Ilisl .,lr5 on. 2
Gen, Rosecraus. with splendid daring.
dashed into the fire and sent his staff along
IL
Ward-some six batteries opened and sus
tanning a magnificent fre--directlya a, ire
mendous shout was raised along the whole.
line. The enemy began to fall buck rapidly.
The General himself urged the troops for
ward The rebels thoroughly punished
were driven back fully mile. The same
splendid bravery was displayed in the
cepfe,T and the whole line advanced
aesname the enemy. made formidable de-
nominations, ION our left, while they pre-
pared for another onslaught on outright.
Meantime orders had been issued to move,
our left upon the enemy. Before thew had
time to execute it they burst upon our CEN
ire with awful fury, and it began to break.
Rousteaus divisions were carried into the
breach magni6ceutly by their glorious
leader, and the enemy gainretEeated has 4
thy into the dense cedar thiGkets. Again
they essayed our right, and ngain we were
driven back, This time the Number Of. our
stragglere,wns.f formidable, and til g prosnect
was discouraRing, but there was no panic.
The General, confident of success, oou-.
tinued to visit every part of the field, and
with the aid of ThomIs, McCeok, Critten-
den, Rousseau, Eegleyand| Wood, the tide
of battle was again turned. G9D I
Early in the day, we were seriously en-
barrassed by the enterprise of rebel caval-
ry, who made Some serious dashes upon 4
some of AcCook ammunition and subsis.
ttenee trainss capturing number of WaC.
onsi and artillery ammunition was alarm.
ingly scarce. At one time 1t was announced
that not single wagon 'loadjof it conIa bs
found. Some.of ouFIbatteries8 were 0ufet
on that account, This misfortune was
caused by the capture Of MeCooks- trains,
About'two O'Clock the battle had shifted
sgain from tight to left the enemy discov-
ering the .impossibility of isuceeedine5 in
their main design, had suddenly 1iiussed bih
forces On the Ell crossing 3fhe river OF
moving under coyerlofhigh bluffs from his
right, and for about Two hours the light
ragged with unrsmitltpg fury. The aaySh!
tage was with the enemy for considerable
length of time, VIXEN they were checked h1