The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-05
""se was made on the 2al ina,., abou, II O'Clock
!" the morning. The report saws;


The rebels watched ,h. c~..-..
nom their picket tines and ,,a ,,. "n & ..vr1"rhs
submits of Mission Ridge so0 c.. s,' ,u "V" NV.
Thought IL was a review ant an, o"se w " US, o"a .
deibe,atety. 50 t.puta,,v 80 4. ~ ,P'"y ","
'in. advanced, preceded .v ss ,,,a,.n M ue' a. ."
O'Clock =. ~. reached my, ,.. an" al az
opened a tattline x,,,a, 49,. "",S' '"rs
replied and ran int, their adv,nc~a tna ,'s w,
pits. After them went our sktrrt.h. - -,
them, along he centre of the I;ns The os %n 80.
which Gen. Thomas had so amicsty d,,nI..sp
tntt we opened fire. prisoners a...,t fhsr ,L,',,,
the whole movement WA a rsvi.,. ~, ,
dttli, aud they say IL was loo ,a,r ,o scni ~
camps for renforcen,rn,s and ,ha, they ,verc ave,
"heimed by force OF numbers. II was surnris.
IN open daylight. Al 3 r. NJ the imnor,ant nd
Nanctd position Of Orchard knob ami rho tin.,
night and len, were I'm our nosse s.,nu a,d .,x.n.
m"nis were ordered for holding Them duriny Inc
night.
The next day, at daylight General Thomas had
"ooh men across the Tennessee and established ,,n
lis south bank and commenced t,. grons,,,,,i,,,.
al a pon'oon bridge about six mile, above Ch,,,'
no ,ga. Nv nirhialt Gen Thomas. had s,ix aa ,,o
extremity OF Mission Ridge neares, rbe ,tv., ana
WAS entrenchiug himself General Howard win
a brigade, opened commune at,un with hin, s,n,,
Chattanooga, on The south side of tt,. river
Skith:ishihR and clAnonasiinc continued all the
day on the left aud centre. Gen. Hooker sealed;
'h" slopes nf Lookout Mountain ftam the valley .t
l.ook"nt Creek drove the rebt Is around the pnu,
captured som. two thousand prisoners, aud e.lah,
i'Sh'd himself high up the mountain eide, IN iuli
This movement rdisei the Lnckade, and now
steamers We're ordered from Biide~po,t To Chat,a
n"oRa. Ta<y bad previously rssfs.&xiv TO x~iiy' /.
Ferry, whence. L.n miles OF hauling over ,nou
tain roads, aud twice across the Tennessee. rive
rn pnntoon bridges, brought us our suppIica All
night The point Of Mission Riics on the ps,reru,.
left and the side of Lookout Mountain ou he,
tftmr right tiyyrd with the can,u ti,es nf ~.
t,,,t ,,,,'n. ,rhp J.y b,d Roe, rna n,f IL, ,,i -,
al ,.t,. and ,nneh ~ i,nt,,, t,,,i ' c',, +,
at,.e Us cia,ri. which cnnc.oI.d hin, ,r.,n 6
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from Nondsss rcdnubt over IN. he,as nf ,:.,.r.,I
Grant and Thomas. and their .Iof- who wr,.
with us on this favorable position wt,te ti,, " hole
battle could be seen as in an amnhi,heairc me
hrodnpariers were under tir. ali DIV lnng can
SE.tt
sherman. and Gen Howard marched the Eleventh
CORPS to ioln him.
Gen Thomas sent ont skirmishers who drove tu
the rebel uickets and chased them into theit en-
trencIimen,s and Al The foot of the Mission Ridge
Gen Sherman made an assault against Brays's
,ioht eulrenched ON a high knob urxt TO tnat ON
which Cen sherman hin.eIt Law fortified 'Cb,.
assault was galIantly made reached the edge of
,h, crest ,uI held its a,nupt f,, il seemed IN m.
an bnur tm .oas o0liIy yfesfs.t by IN, enemy : re-
serves
,a,.,,i advance ,p,s no,v o,d.,ad ami n
s,tnnS line of sLi,u,.l.,s r,loyea nv n den,nyrd
lin. nf hat,l snmaIwo miles in lenoth n the sicuaI
.nf cannon shots from headnuarters. Orchard X nnl
,noved ranialv and orderly forw,rd. The rebel
sch,rprd their mn K rS a nd ran uu their
,i,ip nits nnr kimshpr followed ON the he, Is
The lin. of tat,lc was no, far behind and we saw
the rebels swarm OUT of their Ion. line of rife pts
in Numbers which SUI oriscd u. nna over IN. base
of the hill A few turned and fired their pieces
hut m, pr.ater number collected into The many
roads which cross obiaue,v up its steep face and
went on TO the top.
som. nf On, r,pimcets pr,ssed nn and s,,arn.t
an the s,.cp sides of the ri.c and here aud there
a color was advanced t.youJ The fines The at
tr,un, aou.ared To he most dangerous but the al
yanre WAS suppo,rd and the whole lin. was or
trr,d M Storm the heigbts uDon which no, less
,h,n C,,tv nirces nt artillery auI no one kD,w
hnw many mu,k.i, stood ready 10 slaughter me
assalisnts
Win cheers answering cheers the men syarmpa
unyards They gathered IN the points least dun
ouit ,f asc.ut aud the line MAS broken l.o;ur
after color was planted ON the summit while mis-
k,I. ana cannon ynmited their thunder upon them.
A veli-Ii,rcJed ,toI from Outatt Knob t1pintci
a rebel cais.on on lh. summit and the gun WAS
seen siiloplng To the right, the driver flashing his
horse. 4 marty of our soldiers iniprcepted ant
the gun was captured with cheers. A fierce mus
ketTy feh, broke on, to the left, where between
Gen Thomas and Gen. sherman mile or Two oi
the ridge was still occupied by the rebels.
Erapy left the house Ia which he had held his
hea,uuarters aud rode TO the rear, as our troops
crown ned the hin on either side of him.
Gen. Grant proceeded To the summit, and then
did we ouiy know lis height. Some of the captured
artillery was put into position and ariiliersts Were
for to work the guns whilst the raiSs"ns OF the
nv 'To'' '"s a,,., ait W ,h ,,, a,,t n.i
~ nna = ' e'' ~ ~ q ~ a,ia Vs., ,, aornss \,
" .r, ,L.r .suau,,s ly tbe rigbt of our centre
oaioad 1hc Summit and the rebels threw down
their arms and fled. G-n Hooker, coming in Il IA
volan'e s'o'i.i"", s"e ''s'' ~ Wv -'e WV"
R,aoa,s ,epaining troops left early In the night,
and ~ ham. nC Chattauoopa after three days OF
~ ',,,,.,in, anJ tigh,iug ,yas vnn and th.
,r.no,h of ,he reheII0u I'm It's centre wa, broken;
pnrnsid,. relieved from danger: East Tennessee
"a Z E.n,uckv rescued Georgia and the Southeast
,,..,a,,aJ II, ,ba roar and anoth.r victory added
-, 49,, h,n,.r nf s,ITucoudittoaal surrend.rn
c,,n,t
- n,ab, rho estimate of uur cap,ures f. several
thousand and thirty pieces OF artillery. cur loss