Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-10-13

en- nov be found Il Is very moeh, 90 1oSeSa,
e~er the Tbole fed. From tbb I'm 'We BOZ down
over corn field, and through tie WOODS -Shsre
our right wing came on like . hpuleaee.
FROM ibis point We travelled SortbeAst ana E.Hs [
to1rrds RinzgoId and GrsysJille. Passing oTG
- 80 az siiSstiy rolling ground, bstSee8 S0Od-
erass boGe sed Kelly farm, the goods are hIeIss,
N torn into Shreds- Horses a1d dad ianies -
fling uromiscoousIy aboat The conflict Al a'oas
the rad passing bJ Kelly's house and nan "a nne
90 either side, Is more terrible IN sP2e.T1noe .c-
INV Other part Of de Geld The woods sIs nc .
and the is6d nearly leSei, Shieh exPlans ne NJ
Ter eSsry sbot on Snch ground shOFlng more pam
= iran ON omen ground We found Mr.. Kelly
.taeking up his household goods Numerous oe1n
V.nkaex and horses are scattered about hD mouse
One man had . leg anputated add apparently d'eo
under the operation The leg vas throEn across
his body, and there be lay, most dngosneG JS
extraordinary sight Passing up me Tood oar
Chattanooga the eVideoees Of the fight present Dor
rers upon borTors- The ground IS Deariy level ana
The road rery broad, with occasionally neid Is
E,r a. che eve en- see on either side, and ~ some
places . mile IA width the conflict W2s eiose, Al
most haad 10 hand All the destruction Ehiea ean
be imagined a. attending the terrible earnAge Of
battle field, is here in Al It's horror. The dust
thicker than we ever saw il any where and all oSer
the woods for miles in length and width, there 3
cast = mantle Of impalp1ble dust which MAKES me
gray forest more sad and melancholy In the long
slanting rays Of the setting sun. We leave the
Chattanooga road and turn 70 the right An oPe5,
narrow space in the woods, which seems to have
been cut out for an old rad, and may hare ben
been made pasture field attracts our atte-tion.
We ride along tbe avenue and every SIDE thick
~ strewn are the marks Of the sharp shooters skh
and the terrible effects Of shell and grape from the
masked battery. The loss was not alone, however,
with u.s. bat the foe met his fate. He has left the
dreadful evidences IN many dead bodies In the
l. a. r -
one Of The blue habi.ed dead sitting with his back
against log. his arms on his knees, and his fingers
dOTe-tailed together Apparently he bad sat down
deliberately TO die The worms were Fasting on
him His Jaw vas hanging down; his black and
gi.stening body, which had swollen until II burst on
his clothing, one Of the most horrible and dis
Agreeable sights We eTef witnessed Close by, an
other had cIaEed upon log. and placing his back
against bnsh and resting bis head on his hand,
the elbow bent the body IN reclining position,
be had pulled his cap over his eyes, and given up
his spirit from the battle field We crossed Kel-
ley's farm passing from the house back across the
fed A series Of breastEorks rAngei in line on
various parts Of the field, but they seem TO have
been Of but little service At the back part Of the
field, sweeping eastward and south Of go, was
large and destructive battery. The worn places
where each gun was placed indicate that tenoE more
guns were in battery there The dead horses and
Yankees lying about tell how Tengefal the assault
was, and hoE successful Bot from the hill where
this battery cast its storm and rain Of shot and
shell, aud canister and grape, the eTi3e1oes Of .
terrific IRE here are more apparent here than any
where else on the field The woods are very thick
10 trees and bushes and the limbs. trunks, and
branches, they lie cut Of ard torn in all direc
tons, made an abz;tis through which our forces
rushed and charged to silence the loud throated
voices Of those death dealing engines. We pass
through the path Of the artillery storm. and here
and there are the graves Of our fierce soldiers On
the second hill with trees and limbs lying thick
about evidences Of the terrible passion Of man the
graves Of many brave Texans 24ih ard Others
rest calmly marked BY the careful hands Of friends
back Of these are 4 number Of GeOrgians Thence
We turn TO the left and follow the Savannah road
At intervals the open woods show Signs Of the con-
f4ct being more severe than in the thickly wooded
spots Il IS along here, re are tod, Gen. Hood
and MS men made such terrible onset and slaugh-
ter. They and that portion Of our army which ad-
vAnced from the Red House, and along the road TO
the right Of the saw mill, did execution Ehieh IS
perfectly fearful The carnage was AEful-eTery
avenue has been swept As By . broad bosom Of de-
struction 10 the hands Of Heate Battery paths
are innunerable. Here they fought-there they
retreated-leaTing dead horses, men, broken caiS-
sons piles Of ammunition rent clothes and destruc-
ton generally. On one point on the rise Of bill
We saw the body Of an immense Newfoundland dog
lie eTidentiy vas the pc: Of some battery, and was
shot while folloTiagit up. Close BY him We count
ed thirty eight dead Yankees, nearly thirty dead
hoTseS--s1w more than ton Of she'll sho. and
canister, and all the broken and abandoned para
phernalia Of strong battery, all within the space
OF eighty feet square The trees and bushes and
underground every where eyince the furious en-
counter and desperate struggle which had trans
pred The paths where our batteries followed up
and At various points were placed in position, are
numerous, and show they were worked rapidly,
doing fearful execution Over this part Of the field
about mile from the saw MIL there are evidences
OF most desperate and long eoatoued fighting -
The ground is slightly rolling ard rocky, and the
chances for open, fair lighting about equal The
left wing Of the enemy INSISTED onset there and
suilenly, but certainly, they gave way until they
were doubled on their centre and on Sunday night
retreated back from Snodgrass' house toward Chat
taloogA The evidences Of the conflict are more
apparent and numerous on the entire field than on
any battle field We visited All over it breadth
and length, the same terrible marks of desolation
are visible The fell spirit Of destruction seems to
have rioted in uncontrolled madness-farms are de-
strOyed-houses are deSeTted-felds are laid waste
no beasts, no birds, not even buzzard, can be
seen any where The only signs Of life are the
visiting, aud Occas tonal buryiDg parties
The whole country Tor many miles about Is com
pletely deserted Their fields of corn have been
destroyed and the people obliged to leave to get
subsistence The entire field Of nearly eight miles
in length and from three to five miles in width, has
been stripped Of everything that our army needed
or required, as trophies Of war. Thousands of
visitors have CLEANED and picked until there are only
found few torn and broken articles of no value
except as S0urenirS Over all the extent of the ED
the marks Of shot are visible on every tree We
certain that not q single tree has escaped All
are SCARED with from one to hundreds Of marks,
mimic schrapnel, grape canister, bombs solid shot
grenades and all the rest of the Internal appliances
of war have clipped cut Scared, blasted scathed,
torn and broken the forest
We expended over one and half millions Of am
munition, and nearly nine thousands heavy ord
nance on the field. The enemy must have expended
a much greater quantity they having the advantage
Of fixed positions during the action, and the only
wonder with is that where not even . single tree
nr hnSh a., nd hnur nrrr man uan.a rauad