Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-10-05

rifle roar of artillery never was exceed
ed. The fighting of our men on Sunday
evening in carrying the enemy's entrench- !.
ments was magnificent, grand and terri
BILE. They faced the whirlwind of lead
and iron with the steadiness and COM :
posture of a summers rain. Then cam
charge after charge, the frightful gaps in
our lines being Immediately closed up,
and with the yell of demons, our battle
cry arose above the roar and crash of
musketry and artillery. while the terror.
stricken foe fell back aghast as our
braves mounted and carried their en-
trenchments, line after line, over the
dead carcasses. of the Abolition foe, who
fell in heaps in the pits they had dug for
themselves.
The battlefield that night by moon
light-the glittering beams shining on.
the CHASTITY faces. of the dead. increased
in expression from the wounds of their
torn and mangled bodies, with heaps of
the wounded and dying, with scattered
arms stTewn everywhere, broken %artille-
ry carriages and c~aisons, and all that
makes up the debris of a bloody contes-
ted field-was terrible and appalling.
Gen. Polk fought his corps with great
! skill and ability, and with all the GOODNESS
that bravery can command, The noble
! divisions Of the heroic Breckenridge and
! chivairous Cheatham carried the last en-
, trenchments and they slept upon the
: field with the wreath of victory browning
their brows.. McNair's brigade attached
to Bushrod Johnson's division, was on
the left of Gen D. Fl. Hills corps, and
$ charged the entertainments Sunday with.
its famed and distinguished galfantry.
s taking IA. pieces of artillery. Gen. Nc
q Nair was wounded, and the noble Col. r.
w. Harper, commanding a brigade, was
killed. Col. Harper was a M%arylander.
d but a citizen of Arkansas, and had pre-.
q viously distinguished himself at Oak
Hills, Elk Horn and Murfreesboro. Gen.
Buckner and Hills corps also won i'm
p perishable renown Capt. Jas. Stone, of
y Buckner's escort, (who took Gen. Will.
Itch prisoner at Murfreesboro,) also added
le to his ~laurels.
On Monday, 21st, Gen. Forrest pursued
the enemy, capturing a squadron of Gen.
SANKEY'S Yankee cavalry, and general
le skirmishing taking place, the enemy re-
S, treating on Chattanooga. Gen. Wheeler
had also captured a large train of wagons,
y burning a large portion, and securing
IS over 200 prisoners.
Our latest is thatthe enemy occupied
le Chattanooga in force, and that another
fight was hourly expected. The FEEDER
ais were in possession at one o'clock, P.
J. M, yesterday.
t. Mr.. Rashton, agent of the East Ten
he nessee and Georgia railroad, endeaver-
ed to reach Chattanooga with an engine,
d. for the purpose of ascertalning the con-
4ditiUu of the track, VIA Cleveland. The
report made of this reconnaissance, at
Dalton, last evening, was that on reach
at ing a point within five miles of Chatta-
ID nooga, they met Pegram's cavalry, about
ar one o'clock yesterday, who ordered the
party back to Dalton, and informed them
at the Federals were still in the town. Pc,
Nv gram had received orders to fall back te
Chickamauga. When the engine pass
ed Cleveland on it's return, Birds brig
ade of Federal cavalry were reported
to within. six miles of the town. Our for.
X, ces stationed there being small in mum
l"t bers, were obliged to leave.
n 1t is evident we must have another
as struggle before Rosencrans is driver
is, across the river.
nd When it is taken into consideration
that our army had to travel and sleep il
thy dust over a wild, barren, broken country
tie without affording n subsistence, an,
nd our men on half r%ations, undergoing fore
ng ed marches and terrible suffsrings with
We out a murmur, and then TO contemplat
Irt, their heroism on.the field, which has wo
US so great and glorious a victory,
'ck cannot be doubted but that the God {
rye battles favored our arms. But for til
want of ~rations, Gen. Bragg would hav
m followed UP his victory the next day, BY
our troops were unable to move until OF
the supplies came up. In this great battl
'ow Gen. Bragg has exhibited a military So
ght gacity far overreaching Rosencrans, an
oga by his mastery maneuvres has handle
on his army with a skill and Judgment th
the only could have secured to us such a 81
tie rious victory.
ter, l close this letter by ~appending &c
ime Bragg's congratulatory. address to b
1t troops, which will be read with a thrill
ried ing glow of interest, and over which ev
nts, ry true heart will, with gratitude to Go
out devoutly rejoice. 300.
HEADQUARTERS Army OF Tenn,
and Field OF Chickamauga, Sept. %, 1863.
a; TT hos nIease6 ALMIGHTY God to rewa