The New York herald., 1863-10-05
rhe strength and Position of the hsmssn
Of BrsGg ana Lee.

w0DlsUros oct 4 Isea
The lates, southern ni,bgeoo through private
sources which are bel eyed 10 be fotabo
The important. IN relates 10 tba
Of bragg and &c. According 10 The boz, authority from
the south Bragg original army oonss.d q ,~o oorp~
under Gen D. H. Hii ibo other rndcr GcIorai Icon,
d,s Polk There we're three divisions onrI~ snd
threo batteries in each division Braag hsf IA addition
division Of cavalry under Gen wheeler, emtrsctna
tho brgades Of Forrest, Poeram Wharton, Martin and
oddy His whole force amounted 10 about forty iboo-aDd
Draggs relnfro@inonts CO.'S sted O. ioor dvwcns
from Gen Joe Johpstoe's cou.mapd from MAts-pp sxd
Alabama, the latter having been wiharawn from hct.hs
divtson from chafiestoa under nd a zen joe
jenkins and Gen Backpers DIVISION Fact rsassssse-
ionsstreet reioforc ccd Bragg With two o bic d'vt
sons fr,m lees army Hoods snd Mola~'s
Gov. Brown, 81 Georgia strengthened Brsgs With
iwslvo State regiments, assembled al Rome con
ycnieut distance from Kingston, Ca hfis"n tbcasasd
s,s,e militia. Breckinridse reinforced Bragg with ssn
thousand msn.
Con. Joe. Johnston held al Einssto,
nfteen miles 10 the rear oi the battle ground tbrty
thousand disciplined iroot~ together with eve tbossssd
cavalry, under Command OF General ri@s and The m
teen ihoossni Georgia militia to be brought nio The bed
IN Burnside shosld form junction with itos~essbs,
up with heavy remit s,ocD,s aud ressre The pfes
uge OF victory ~ the A e tho can,bcriAnd. Not .
gun was fred by Iohn.t osc.ave.
ms suggested that elaepoe Of the Sa,y 70.
serve force o. the hslou, Gef.fai ko~~csHns
hld better look ~e' Gsss. .sd that the pa,nsa q
General Borasd' eiviile ~ somcvhst cntcai. ssses
rcbcl column iSve upon him 'fom he cnee'ss u
AeiOsdoa. Va another 'rom to- a'ree'sn Of nai-
ton, Ga
General ices army estimated Ai rin.ty thousand
strong the Old regiments having been fHcs 1p " tbe
mssinpm by The coosefpt,on. aid ,ausst - three d.
visi,ns o. fscls oors usder Heth roasu ana soass-
sou A.P. Hll's orpire corp ombfAc.sg Iumbhs, Ma
hoa's Rsu@oin's and rcnder's I'D dvtsu aud Lns.
slfert remainug divsioo oomm.ndsd ~ Gotus jsbss
4. Eriy, oceupyms ,Bo hsehu q ffedsrcssba's. .
nfieon thousand oAysfy under GeusfA J.rfy ".
stsar aud three sgudfsd aud t~stty psc. ~ az
irloy
Ies has aso about t.olve ihogsaBd nsn % a.
nichniobd commanded by na)or General EiSy a. May
land Beside. this there eight lbga.Asd isiaaUy
10 the vieinhy ~ AbBgIon Va. ho.disg ue
nss ~ the VfsiBi and tennessee fnafaaf soder ths
c"tpsod n Va Gener. t1r@- hundfcd oassi-
~ usder Brgsa.r Gcnsrsl inboasn Abastsn thousand
islaoify, oatary and ar,.ery chsfaiesvii. unaes
command oi nngaaief General Gafiaai. svea iLoosaSa
o. guarding ttc r.afosd bstso.t rstsfstsrs and
weaon four lbous,bd a, rsvannat. 80 uoussEd ~ M
sho. c,gh,soa u.osana ch,rcst,n i~erry hvs hun
cred At Porard As sasrdns TIE a}asoills' iron rea
ssoo .. t~eay nvs tsadfei DO rstsspl s.oss HA,sss
ard forins
IN the Tr4as1fi.sssgpi r,psrtusni ihs aoBssaSa. q
Gepsrsl' rrcs % uH.-aass Fssef. csrei' iioiass..
strby smith. H,Frsssf pics Ttyiaf std utoo 30
~isctise lOrca q sb11l tty fss fh1gstrf n.ss
ms rsnre snisl " 10 bs sarrsci rHabefs Ara r-i
of ihs r,l,i amy and ibe it'urnlatoh qs',s
inp1usst o. rc .anFs-y 40, ritas ~Lc toat ~ 'oaa
Bg tbr hsaaip