The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-11


the last sacFAments Of the church in the
humble spirit Of the Christian hero.
Shortly before be died he req aested that
his mother might be told thas he died q
true soldier.
AS an officer, General Saunders was
brave 10 . fanls; nntiring in bis dsvo-
tlon to duty active and yigilsnt always
and of far more than average ability as
cavalry officer. as man, he was gen.
erOus, kind hearted, joVial, ready always
TO serve 8 fEieud at tne expense OF him
self.
FRIDAY, TIE 10Th
The greybacks on the opposite range
Of hills are a most procrastlnating set Of
fellows. They came dsshing up the
Lenoir Road four days ago breathing Ere
aud slaughter, and proposing to them
selves TO reVel in the spOils OF this army,
the principal item 10 them being Lincoln
erffse. As yet their reVeling don't
amount TO much, and their propsects are
growing DINNER
The veil is gradually lifting, and we
See events in a clearer light, and the mas.
ter-spirit Of that queer eyed man Of des-
tiny by the name Of Grant, IS apparsut
10 our movements The rebels have
made the same. mistake now that we
made at the time of the battle Of Chick
Amaugs, they have unnecessarily divided
their forces At the critical moment. As
| understand il, the orders of Grant to
Burnside were to draw Longstreet TO this
side of the river, and hold him here as
long as possible, aud must say that
General Burnside has most admirably
executed his instructions, If such they
we're. Promising that the detention of
LOngstrset was the desired object, l can
not see . singls mistake ia our move
ments.
For Longstreet to take this place by
assault is considered Tonight, by com
petent judges, TO be simply impossible.
lis force is not competent to completely
iavest US, and With even a small section
Of country 20 forsge on, actual suffering
will be s1ms time IN reaching us. The
longer, therefore, that be amases himself
by pretending TO besiege rs, the longer
are 10000 lrst-class fighting men kept
away from Bragg at the moment when, il
is possible, be can lily spare thfm.
The history Of oar front to-day will
not require 4 lengthy ehronicls. Under
the untiTing supervision Of Captain Poe,
we still dig and dam along our lines. A
deepening of trench here, > Widsning
there, = strengthening At another place,
are but putting the finishing strokes on
. work already coBsidefed completed.
The rebels during the day got a gan
in position 10 the nOrthwAFd of the town,
apparently 20 pOunder P&rrott. The
first she'll burst about over the csnter Of
the town; the second 1sw clear over and
fell into the river. Two more followed
in quick succession, and were both eqlsl-
ly good specimens Of fancy firing. Gen.
Burnside was a. the guns Of HenshaW's
battery, sighted the pieces himself, and
ordered them opened, which they did in
beautiful style. A half dozen shots were
sufB lent 70 silence tbs rsbsl gun.
About dark we fred three houses north
Of The town and to the left Of the railroad
depot, as they interlered with Que line Of
fire. They lit up the whole horizon, and
doubtless some people, SIX or seven miles
of, seeing the Light, have carried stories
North Of the conhagrstions By the rebsls,
all Of which viii be pure romance.
At eight o'clock this evening the-lTs b
Michigan made sortis from Fort Saua-
dsrs, as our work on Rebel Point was
well named, and, With hxe1 bsyonsts
and wills, charged down On the rebels,
who, doubtless, thought ths whole y Uli-
ted States was on them, and 1ed like
scared sheep. The object Of the l7tb
was 10 drive them from . brick hOus
they occupied, and 10 burn il. Oar b1ys
searched the house, removed some
wounded Who we're IN it. spTinkled it
With turpentlns. SCI a on Ere, and re-
tarned 10 Onr linea The r bsls opsned
with musketry - they were returning,
BY which we lost one man killed and
tour wounded. No sooner had tho gall
lant 17tb returned than they set 10 3
Wild huFFah Of defiance. The band
tbe 44lh 0kio, near by, struck % Yanks.
Doodle. Il vas more than rebel at0ici sn
ooald stand. They ang II opsI ed thsir
batteries and 'hfeW s0.sc t5irtv 'hslls -
uF, without doiag us any damage. b
I,t,ls episode had tWO good elects. 1hs
house WAS bursed entirely down, de-
stroying an admirable cover Cor the rebel
sharpshOotess, and the exsitemsnt atten-
ding was intensely agreeable altar the
stagnani dallness Of the day.
EoSDAT, The 23D.
Saturday was disnslly quiet day.
All the morning the rain poured dlwn in
torrents: but oar satisfa, tory reflection
that the rebels we're getting vet, was
dsmpsned By the thought thst our own
boys wsfs being soaked. The rain al
parentiy took the mettis out Of both
sides. There Was not > single artillery
shot during the day. The picket firing
was next % nothing. Our trenches flied
wish water, and had 70 be drained and
enc Of our dlairs gave wav, letuas Z
aood into ihs river and thersby impeFil-
ling our ponsoon. This oomprises he
history Of the day.
Sauday came, gloriously br glt--a
m9rning 81 May, By some chance, crow