Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-10-01

tanned certainly much injury 40 he Inflicted and about
sI o'clock drew of entirely leaving the day clearly our
own.
NEW LINE OF BATTLE.
During the night of Saturday some change made 10
the disposition of forces, and the line was far with
drawn that it rested along running northeast
and southwest and connecting the Rossyo with the La
ayette road BY this arrangement extreme right
made to rest Mission Ridge il should probably have
done in the first place The new line thus formed
mile shorter than that day before Gen. Rosecrans
headquarters removed from the house belonging
the Widow Glenn the right of the line to poiot
somewhat the Lafayette road and In view of the
centre, and every preparation made that genius
science and patriotism could make to beat back the ava
anches of the enemy should they venture upon attack
the next day. t $500
The changes 10 the order of the different divisions made
the line stand thus One brigade Of Negeys division
the extreme right; then came johnson, then
Baird, then Palmer, then Reynolds, then Braunan then
then Sheridan Wilder and Mmty, with their mounted
force held the extreme right have given only the gene
raj order of our ine-Brannan and Van Glove really
held somewhat in The other dvisi0ns had
detailed from their own regiments brigudes
If any one wishes to get general but at the same
time clear idea of the nature Of the battle field If Sun
day let him imagine two roads the Rossve and Lafayette
gradually approaching each other they northward
the average distance between them the space where
battle fought being about two miles As look south
ward the low wooded range Of hills called Mission Ridge,
10 upon right aud away to the left flows the ChicE
manga Between the ridge and the creek and especially
between the roads, the country is mostly level and is
vered with dense forests m oak and pine nterspesed here
and there with small cornfeds This is the general idea
of battle field destined to be immortal the records of
the historian. ~e1-
That was indeed night of awful suspense which settled
around after the last gun had been fred Saturday
1t very chilly and cold and much suffering amongst
the wounded was occasioned thereby. Those who
still alive and we'll although they too we're exposed to the
numbDg cold thought but little of their physical condition
True fires kept the influence Of the frost from
their limbs fires strictly forbidden No blazing light
helped to cheer their minds and dspel gloomy images
theeform. But STILL thcy sank down in the darkness
upon the hard cold ground they entirely forgot their bodily
deprvatons they strove to imagine what might be the
result to Themselves the country and the of the
gigantic struggle which might ensue on the morrow.
THE BATTLE OF SUNDAY
The morrow came. No sound Of cracking musketry or
roaring bursting shell disturbed the peaceful
ness OF that Sabbath morning. The Sabbath YES it
the blessed day of resres given in mercy by kind hea
to ungratefu Will the battle be renewed to-day
If it will be by the action of the enemy for Gen Rose
Grams does not willingly fight on the Sabbath.
The first hour after sunrise passed. Surely" said
officers and soldiers, there will be sht for if the
enemy had intended to attack he would following his
usual tactics have fallen upon us daybreak Two hours
had gore by and some dropping muskety began to
be heard along the various parts of line Finally at
about 10 o'clock there several fierce voeys aud the
loud booming Of half dozen pieces of artillery announced
that the enemy had again, the day before assaulted
our left.
And that the battle has begun let us glance one
moment at the contendng forces On side is old
III Dy Two QlVlB
ions (Brannan's and Reynods) of Thomass corps and
brigade of Bards DIVISION But counter
balancing these to some extent Posts brigade of DaVss
division and Wagner's of Woods were both absent We
might might not also rely for ass lance upon Steadman
division of Gen. Changers corps.
Opposed to these was the old Army of the Tennessee
which Bragg had so long commanded Longstreets for
mdabe corps from Virginia. onehalf Of Johnstons army
from mississippi Buckpers division from Tennessee
Dabney Maury's division from Mobile; Brig Gen Lees
command from Atlanta, and from twelve to fifteen thou
in all amounting t, at least seventy five thousand men,
The Union army confronting them certainly more
than ffty-fve thousand strong.
The firing which had begun upon left swelled al
most Immediately into dreadful roar, which filed even
the souls of the brayest with awe Nothing that have
yet listened tn since the breaking the war
it 10 continuity and volume of sound. 1t was not tumu
which now RACES and now subsidies but which Cor two
long hours rolled necessarily all along lines of Thomas
seemingly devoted corps So loud the crash of mus
kerry that the repeated discharges Of cannon following
each other IN quick succession could with difficulty be
and seemed only like more emphatic pas
in the grand dapason of hunderous harmony which
burst from the vast clouds Of smoke and dust enveopng
the con ending hosts. s.,E
The fight upon the extreme left commenced by dsspe-
rate assault of the enemy upon Cen John Beatys brig
ade OF Negrys division This brigade az well its IA
NOUS leader stood their ground nobly but being
what isolated from the remainder of the line finally retr
ed IL will be remembered that the other brigades Of
Negeys division posted much further to the right
desire to reunite the two portions of his command in
Negeys place in line until the latter should effect the re-
union of his brigades. Wood proceeded Immediately to
execute the order, filing up the gap as Negey retired
The rebels understanding this Of Negeys to be
retreat Immediately advanced their not only
here, but all along the left and the fighting at once be-
came terrific, as have described The rebels however,
soon ceased to attack Gen Woods front, and for time
appeared to devote their entire attention to Gen. Thomas
went down to the extreme left Of Gen Woods posi-
ton about this time and looking thence into corn
heds could the desperate efforts Of the enemy to
break the lines OF Brannan and Reynolds The soldiers
OF these two noble divisions lying behind rude
breastworks Of logs and rails constructed the before
their artillery ia the fired their heads; and it
really seemed if that long line of defences wa, some
immense serpent, instinct with hideous fe and breath
ing continually from his huge rough sides volumes of
smoke and flame. Col Vanderveer, 18th Ohio, OF Bran
mans division, fighting here with brigade second to
but few the service The Colonel himself tue hero
and the command and commander are worthy of each
other Here aIso was the brave and able Turchn with
brigade composed principally of Ohio troops, who won
Tor themselves and the State that sent them forth mmo
tai honor during the conflicts of that day. Again and
again the rebel Ines advancing from the cover Of the
woods into the open fields, charged with mpetuous
fury and terrific yes toward the breatorks of logs and
rails but each time the fiery blasts from batteries aad
battaons swept and around Them and their ranks
crumbled and swept away bank Of loose clay washed
by rushing food t4a
But fast line fell off another appeared rushing
sterny the dead and bleeding bodies OF fallen
comrades. Longstreets corps seeking to regain its
lost aures Of yesterday b. IL. HILL ut the head Of Har-
dees old corps lending them the assistance of dv
slon and Buckners troops throwing their weight
Saturday, weakened by Saturdays heavy losses 1t was
an unequal contest and pang Of agony shot through my
heart a. l exhausted veterans begin 10 wayer
10 wayer in the face OF the charging shouting laundering