The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-10-13

0AA' ~ - eyhVAb NNo SAAAAA@AN PooN'
editor and correspondent of the Chicago
Journal gives many exquisitely drawn
sketches of the Battle of Chickamauga,
some of which we must make room for
in our columns.
ARRIVAL OF GENERAL aRANaER's RESERVE
CORPS.
The rebel hosts were closing in; il was
crash and roar and bursting shell. And
then, far TO the left, rose mighty vol
ume of dust that proved "tbe cloud by
day." TO our host in the wilderness.
Columns of ''true blue" moved on. An
guished hearts gave one great throb Of
hope; cheers burst along Thomas batter
ed line. AS they passed our hospitals,
that had been between two iires, rooted,
if may say so, with network done
of flying shells, and that, with our dead
and desperately wounded, subsequently
fell into the hands of the enemy, the poor
mutilated fellows, lifting them selves in
the straw and clapping their hands, rails
ed what feeble cheer the could. 1t was
Major General Gordon Granger, of the
Reserve corps, with the first division.
Gen.. Steadman, composed of thirteen
regiments, and among them, the 18th,
92d, 86th and 112th Illinois, 33d, 84th
and 85th Indiana, and 22d Wisconsin.
General Granger was Fastening at last
where his noble spirit had long chafed TO
be-moving at double quick into line of
battle, ana right calamity did he bear
himself that day. Ga he came at the
head of his skirmishers, as cool and calm
as if it were pleasure ride he was TAX
| ing, and in moment be had his wish !;
he was in the midst of the battle. Here
General SteedmAn, commanding the first
Division of the Reserve, displayed his
splendid qualities; here, his horse was
shot under him; here, his lion voice rang
amid the crash Of musketry and the 70 ar
of great guns here General Whitaker
comm anding brigade of his division,
was wounded; three of his staff officers
had just fallen around him, and rsmouut-
ing his horse he cried out, 81 will fight
them till 1 dieW
Under battery fre,under regimental fire,
they carried hill, and held it as if they
had grotOn there Again the rebels con
solidated and concentrated around our
devoted band. Every ravine and field
and skirt of woods was packed with the
converging foe. Garfield hadcome straight
from headquarters bringing heart with
him. Thomas and Granger and Stead.
man were there, Gen. Gran ger was eve
where, except in safe places. Now, you
might see HIM dismounted musket in
hand, showing regiment how to aim.
"Boys, fire low-the rebels are down
thereW Now, be was galloping over the
crest of the hill, leaving his staff behind,
right into the storm, watching the enemy,
waving up regiments, and all as coolly
as If he were directing the harvesters in
a field of grain. Once, when in advance
of his skirmishers a shell exploded in
the air above him, fragment cutting
off the rim of his hat. He put up his
hand as if to brush bee away, aud for
got ii In . second. All the terrors OF
the day were orowdei into those few
hours Of afternoon. To and fro in their
awful "beaP of death the pair Of Fed
eral lines kept marching; firing, falling
back, lying down, rising, advancing,
firing; and so it went, the rebels press
ing up the hill in lines of iron and not Of
flesh; the rebel guns playing on every
side but one.