Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-09-29
Account OF the Battles of the
18th and 2Ofh.

10Th and 10th.
Cincinnati, September "a.
Mr.. Shanks, correspondent of the New |
York Herald, has arrived here from the |
battle field of Chicamuca, where be wit
messed the two days fighting. He saws the |
official reports Of the battle from Washing.
ton are, in the main, totally false, and that
really the Army of the Cumberland has
met with defeat, which must put it upon
the defensive for some time to come.
Thomas corps was really the only one
which did any fighting. On the first day
it defeated LoDgstreet with horrible
slaughter, driving him in great confusion
for over mile, across the Chiesmauga
river. LOngstreet, 10 ten hours fight, lost
1000 men Killed, and double that wounded.
McCOok's and Crittenden's corps, the some
day, were both badly beaten, and the enc
my broke the centre, driving Crittrnden in
| every DIRECTION. The defeat of this part Of
! the line caused Thomas to abandon his
! field and fall back to protect his fang and
re-establish his line. At the same time,
| the enemy, not knowing what he had &C
cidentally accOmI lished. failed to pursue
his advantage, and Wood and Negley went
in on the centre and re established that
| part of the line. The day was ours, though
the enemy held the field. We had taken
three pieces of artillery more than We bad
lost. 7a.a ..- -
On the first day, Thomas had defeated
Longstreet. On the second, he saved the
army OF Roscrans from annihi!ation. From
10 to IL on Sunday he fought the enemy,
and re2ulsed him in three charges, when
finding an assault vain, the enemy pushed
toward on the right and centre, and at the
first charge, broke Crittenden's and Nc
Cooks lines and routed their commands,
driving them in disgrsceful panic into
Rossville and Chattanooga.
!. Thomas. with his corps, still contested
the day, and was enabled, by the timely
reinforcement of Granger, to bold his po-
sition until nightfall covered his retreat to
Rossville.
Mr.. Shanks left the field at D. 10. on
Sunday night and Chattanooga at noon on
Monday. Rosecraus was falling back on
Chattanooga, where he was perfectly safe
from all Bragg could do. His lines oil
communication were perfectly safe, and hi
had plenty of ammunition aud provisions
In Chattanooga to stand a months siege.
The result is virtually defeat to us, al
we have lost tremendously in material, no
less that fifty pieces of artillery falling il
, to the bands of the enemy. th ough Bragg
, only receipts for twenty. The rebel Ioss
in killed and wounded, will exceed ours
In killed he has lost double our number
R0secrans is in no danger, but at the tim
Mr.. ). left Chattanooga, the danger &
Burnside was very imminent
: Washington, Sept. %.
? The intelligence from Roseerans to da,
: is brief No battle has been fought sine
Monday, AID be was abundantly able +
D hold his present position in and near Chat
= tanoogs.-
= AdSices received by governm ent 10 ds,
from the headquarters of the Army O
] Cumberland are to tie effect thatour wouu
: ded in the late three days battle hay
8 been Conveyed to hospitals at Steven son anC
r Bridgeport. Ala, and are thence taken Il
j Nashville as last ss they are PHYSICAL,
able to be re moved. The number of woun
:, ded recovered from the field is not oficjsI
1 ly stated, nor whether any are now 10 tn,
hands OF the enemy The wounded ar
= provided with every comfort they desire.
: The rebel papers give US names of thir.
!. teen of their Generals killed or wounds
d IN the late battle against RosecTans. Fou
: OF them belong to Lee army, their name
being as follows: Majors Cen. Hocd, an
Brig. Gems. WOodford, Gregg and Bennine
s Hood commanded the Sd division of Long
streets corps; Woodford the 5th brigad
d of McLaw's division of Lsrue's CORPSE
/ Gregg the All brigade of the 81 division O
y Eweli's corps; and BenniDg the Sd brigad
under Hood.
n There is positive information of th
s presence 10 Northern Georgia of a yer-
! considerable portion of Lees army. Tw,
j | Divisions Of Longstreet's corps we're en-
gagged, representing ~ regiments out Of 10
that Is. Ii the entire corps were not pres
ent. The Sd division of Ewell's corn
? numbered % regiments. To that we hav
positive information of 81 regiments alb
stracted from Lees army to reinforce Gen
; Bragg.