The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-01-15

march of fate. and Davis and Hascsll follow
close behind him. In vain the enemy seize
upon every clump of bushes or cluster of trees.
as q point of defense. They are still rolled
backward, until the batteries are reached sit
uated at the edge of the rebel cornfeIds.
charge is made upon these, and the fearless
bows of the 18th III inois capture thee of the
guns. Col. Miller command pushes forward
and takes another. Away 60 the rebels over
the cornfelds, followed by such deadly tenn
pest of balls that, if all who fell were allowed
TO lie there, they would enrich the ground with
their carcasses. Our troops advance half way
across the fields but it is already night, and
Ncgley deems it inexpedient to enter, at that
time, the vast forest beyond.
Our batteries from every portion of the
field. had been all the while, laundering way
upon the enemy, and the angry leaplng of the
fame from the mouth of the cannon contin-
ued until it was quite dark. Before the troops
of Neqley had charged upon the fourteen reb-
ell guns at the edge of the cornfeld, Capt.
Bradley, with the Sixth Ohio Battery, had ma
terially injured them by an sntilading fir
from the centre of our lines.
The Carnage.
rode over the field that night, and again
the next morning. From the bank ofthe riv-
er to the last woods in front ofMurfreesboro.
of terrible carnage were everywhere visible
On both sides of the fence along the slope of
the low HILL on the sides and bottom of the ra>
vine, and especially in the level cornfieId,
scores of rebels lay in every form of ghasIy
death.
At night, Immediately after the battle, the
whole field, from one end to the other, reseun-
ded with the shrieks and groans and broken
prayers of the disabled rebels. The contrast
between the patient endurance Of our own woun
ded and the restless, agitsted, and almost un-
manly bearing of the rebels in similar con-
dition, is always most remarkable: One of
them will make a greater outcry than al of half
dozen disabled Union soldiers.
| was much struck with the insure of the
prayers which some of them in dying cnu5i-
ton were uttering. disquieting doubt SEEM
ed TO rest upon their minds as to the whether
they were engaged in q righteous cause, and
with ono or sWo exceptions the entire burden
Of the prayer was petition to Almighty God
fer forgiveness in case they had done wrong in
taking part in the war These were some of
the deceived and bretrayed men of the south.
whose blood vii rest heavy upon the souls of
the rebel leaders
Cheers Of VictOry
This brilliant affair was the hinge upon
which the course of affairs about Murffeesboy
turned The morale of the Union army was en-
tirely restored from that hour, and when one
of Gen. Rousseaus aida ga,loped over the field
to communicate the victory to the other divis>
ions, followed by member of Gen. Negley's
staff with captured rebel banner, there was
burst Of such tremendous cheering as had
not been heard since the army left Nashville
cheering which must have sent thrill of ter
ror through the rebel lsgions around Murfrees-
boro.
Again had Negley shown his gallantry
again had Colonel T r. Stanley exhibited that
earnest courage which deserves and insures
success and Col. J. B Scott, seriously and
painfully wounded had proved himself wor~
thy leader of his regiment,
The loss of the enemy was more than $500
in killed, wounded and prisoners, while our
own did not exceed 500. The rebel General
Hanson was killed, and Gen. Rains mortal ly
wounded
Saturday,
The morning of Saturday was sigma lied by
fierce onset of the enemy upon the Forty Sec
cond Indiana regiment, Lieutenant Colonel
Shanklin commanding, which was out on pick
ct duty. The men behaved we'll, but suffered
terrib!p.
All day the rain continues to pour down.
rode along our lines from one extremity to the
cry quarter excited in my mind the loftiest adj
miration for the genius of the commanding
General. Every point was guarded with the
most scrupulOuS care; the works though slight
would protect men long time from the effect
of musketry discharges; a score of battalIions
could be massed at any moment at threatened
point ; and felt fully convinced that the po,
sition could not be taken by hundred thous.
and men.
The rain continued, and we began to advance
slowly towards the enemy by means of Sc.
ries of rife pits. His sharpshooters occasion.
ally annoyed us from behind the walls of the
brick house which was burned on Mondav. -
Rousseau soon removed that annoyance by hav.
ing these walls battered down.
In field near this house the rebels had cons
structed some rifle pits, and from these they
kept up vexatious firing at our front lines and
pickets. 1t was determined at all hazards to
drive them out and take POSSESSION of the works;
and Colonel John Beatty, whose conduct all
through this trying crisis, had attracted the at
tention of the army, was selected TO lead the
storming party. Taking with him his own reg~
iment, the Third Ohio, and the Eighty>eighth
Indanna, Colonel Humphreys, he advanced
with the utmost intrepidity, drove out the rebA
els at the poin: of the bayonet, and triumph
antly held the outworks. Thus was smother
laurel added to those already acquired by sol.
der who viii make his mark III history.
The men snpt peacefully enough on Satur-
day night, and awoke to fad themselves and
the ground covered wife snow This soon dis
appeared, and the day remained cloudy and
cold. The mud on the field had become we'll
nigh uncomfortable; and it was q glad moment
for the army when the announcement was made
that the rebels had hastily rstreAted from Muir
frees boro, end that the Union column would
march forward into the the town. Sunday, the
4th of January whom Rosecrsns entered Mur>
freesboro, will be a conspicuous day in our
country's annals.
To-day the main body of the army is restin 8
from it's IsboTsl while the cavalry is ha-rassing
the reac Suard of the enemy, who are rapidly
retreating in the direction of Tullahoma.
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