The New York herald., 1863-09-29

"hs s proposed oy some, has the objection that the
mills are pers'.ols and tho location be eventually
Host Rossvle has lao more claim 90 Do iDmort1lizet
because TIE battle In th vicinity and tscause Gar
Hold dated his dispatches from point thsr wsieo
was ontco 10 che honor O giving TO the srug-
giles on Mons st Jean because Wellington daA his
dispatches, or Rothschilds agents put their
pigeons 20 flight from Waterloo. The battle will 10
eventually known n history that OF Chattanooga is
city was the prize for which conendng Tough,
so persstently; Its defence and capture tho of
the ma auvres and che contest. 10 us il was all.
important. and in retaining It are In
repaid for the awful losses OF the b,,te In holding
We hold great salient pof> OF our great line investing
the southern con ederacy fort. and renquisning
u We would DO virtually raisng the soge for months 70
eome PeaccabIy obtaining It, we should hsye been
eosteotod until IL could have seen fortified But we
were not. We pushed baisle rorght--,nd tho
consequence Is that we have only the position with
much smaller force TO hold IT, BUT Rosecrans can hold H
as long as Bragg dares to make direct advances upon
In the aim Of taking the pace Bragg failed and we can
thus fv claim to be victorious The bateo. Chattanooga
will be perhaps, the most appropriate after al
rAvis' BRAGG.
All ths rebels captured by unite IN saying that
Braggs primary and oct W get p,sses.
sion Of Chattanooga He had bsen forced by rapty
Of Rosecrans movements TO evacuate Cn ,ttanoog, n
order to make tho junction with hts expected ren'orce
enabled Rosecrans to get batweenthe two forces Hw
ing objected the junction. Bragg halted and Davis nevng
impered hts capital to enable him hold Caatt ,nooya
now ordered him TO ret Ike H. sacrifice his army tho
attempt. Tho aitempt was made and has f,iied. Io
has lost nearly fifteen Thousand in tho attempt and
though he has done injury. and h.s grand tro
phics Of sriet TO cry victory over he Is far ~
ever from his object.
THE STRENGTH
Tho legends OF the camD have OF course pIyen
Bragg army largely superior that Of Rosecrans.
Each and every man whom hears tell the story OF his
regiment is ready that 1t fought whole of
Longsreets corps, and grows indignant n he Is told
be whipped by the "demoralized corps' OF Hin and
Poksupposed TO have been almost entirely depopuaod
by desertnns They talk, also. of Hil's corps from
the Virginia army; but Hill had md of aardees old
corps There remains, hswever, longer doubt that
the odds were largely IN the enemy favor Tie truth
revealed by the engagement-and all battles necessarily
give US Wow OF the enemys organza onthat Bragg
chief In command; that he had nve corps
under Lieutenant Generals Iongstreet and Hill and
Mrjor Generals Dabney. Maury and Burkncr We know
that Longsreet had two not threo divisions and that
tho others had These consisted Of four brit
gades each making forty forty four brgades
These, At the low OF fifteen hundred bi
gade Of Ave regiments and battery. would give
total OF sixty six thousand Opposed ths Rose
Grams md force OF thirty two hrrades. On the
basis this would gvc force Of forty eight thousand men.
think, however, tho basis for the calculation both
instances Is low, and that the force reached
nearer seventy nvc thousand than sixty six thou.
sand and that n the Asd saturday morning osecrans
mustered nty nve or sixty thousand men.
nogr
One Of the causes and principal ono, OF our dssas
was the ax discipline Of tbs army. rho campaign had
hses long and arduous. and 10 NATURAL tho officers
we're not etrcs in she enforcement Of she severe rules
.d tie army. Dress paradss onsirsy dispensed
VIII: rcg,menial drills had scsdon, and bril-
gale division ana e,rps nos as all This
mistaken kndsess 70 ths foilowsd BY tho par
tia obstruction Is tho control and commaod held by tho
csers over ths men, - sbe sstsr hst lost the habit
| Of obcying-and with volunteers obedience Is simply
habit wh'cb they recoxune necessary 10 thcs
ccss and beside two Of the corps engaged there did
no, exis, that bout q mon
which eDgsudersA from the perfect confidence u the
AcosrRumxsvx viww or rHx oAxrAsus.
The campaign " Chattanooga aants,cr of the msuy
examples wc have had In this which show how really
brilliant SUCCESSES sf the military turned "a
great disasters by she III interference OF pocu
generals and lawyers The operations Of Rosccruns w,icb
resulted In the Occupation Of Chauanoosa
upon his plans and with in the isass
bit the movements a0d the engagements subsequent q
that time were made by him against his judgmens,
! and under POSITIVE orders from. Washington Taa
strategic Operations resulting In tho capture os
Chattanooga werc planned by Rssccrans, aud he
Is responsible for them and deserves tho credits ths
They show him 10 b by'far aimrs b,e sraie
gst OF the The subsequent movements is not ~
sponsible for. Tho people should respos sbay
Of the disaster whsrs belongs. Tire grand osorasn.
OF Rosccrans who absorbing attention Of military
students, wi aN<i the of the hou oyer the
disasters OF the tntlies winch followed then, se,sss
p, th kDowledJe OF the pub ic In Of pas
sion, where the heart and the mind judges rs
lc led to sureiting by the haty and nae.u
rate reports OF by eng has had eorsaoh
ruined and few readers Il the diIy bucns of war
stop TO study admire the grand operations whlon Geo
cede bloody balsbs the strategy which avoids and
| renders them unnecessary. General Grant won
reputation by,tho capture OF vicksbrgn unavoid,bs
result s'ter the ins~stment but what prase has
given him. ousss OF Presidents sensible oogrstua~
tory letter. forths hcn tsai In
vcsmentS General Rsecras has be'n aaplaudsd
skies for snscessr victory from Stone rvosI
but much rs-ed of the praiso him has b-en
given for tho bstsliant oper tios which, resasai the
occnIat AZ Inshoma and sr r.gg's
across thoTesEssseo river fbe orrnior OF vCksbsrs
ad the bassts ~ ssiieat po in the
history ear and lclt aud understooa
them Bua TIN campaign o, rr labpma aud tao opers.
~ ms roeultnR IN tne occn tiot,o Cbataec ~
salient pp.rts such BATH airss ami cisa
popular atens,on. Up to toe OF that zoe fal,,a 10
was swsat, psA booi, which asi been eyG,pded ns
public, wts juire Of camp,g- by their b-iy resss,
10 shai. There st,- XII le., ~
| worndsds ssrh armies Tn ssprrs auo sfy, vict.pe
brisf glance at the s,xn wiI sls,w .w hat rod
n dss sess..i scrsns - where .r.s. -,r,.iify
| oeds, and aAas Of the War sss
The canasssixp o. Chaitat b.ssn H.
gust. effas ru@homa esn.~irn -a,.i-e-s B,-,ss
drivenss,on the Tenn s-ss river. ssssa. Hssocs.rs
had ,sslbs~bed . line "a wmcl,~ set Mssinn,iiIe
Tvna ne enemy held tDs fron s.fg~yr s,ats ,rr,
son, Nfh . centre Va, ~ p'int sss1sy ass.asd by
| art, md nature Chssansva rrsm. ls~vcf,ls
| pos.oa there routes ..e, at so. xo.,ny
our. nossA Of thc reae~s-c ri'sr. opea 40 range
| Il mN~ntains bot .sE es, Hn.xs ks,s 60 ara-
i aLR surnbcr o. rsiNsorccmen from AR ota ana