The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-07-09


Corps an d Division commanders for
consultation.
The T1ctory Getting Brighter and Bright
er-Lee Trying to Escape.
BALTIMORE, July 5.-News has been
received from Meades army up to II
O'Clock today. The victory gets
brighter and brighter.
The enemy was in fall retreat toward
Chambersburg and Green Castle. 1t
| is thought Lee will strain every nerve
to reach Hagerstown, as it is thought
his aim is to reach Williamsport, and
thence escape into Virginia.
Intercepted dispatches give informa-
ton that Beauregard is in Richmond,
and perhaps on his way to Culpcpper.
Meade is harrassing Lee with caval
ry and following in persuit. ODD
.Lec'sRom Utter and Complcte-2O, 900
Prisoners Captured and our Prisoners
Recaptured.
PHILADELPHIA, July 5.-The Jour
nal publishes the following in an extra:
BALTIMORE, July 5-11;30 A. NJ.
The reporter Of the Journal has just
arrived from Yesterdays battlefield
lie states the rout of Lee was thorough
and complete. Gen Meade has not on
ly captured 10000 prisoners but re-
captured all our own troops who were
previously in the hands of the rebels
The Pursuit of Bragd's A,my-1he Reb-
els Driren ont of Tennessee. . .
TULLAnoMA, July IL have had no
opportunity since the occupation of
this place to telegraph you. The wires
are now up to this point and send you
the summary Of the movements of the
last three days.
Further developments proved that
the rebels retreat from this place had
not been so clean as my first dispatch
indicated. Haste to record this event
induced me to give but Il superficial
examination of the works, which are
much stronger than supposed. Fort
Raines, a large bastion sin the center
of semi-circle of strong outer works,
bearing upon every road and impOr-
tant point in the vicinity north of the
town. The real weakness of Bragg
was in not holding Manchester. AS
soon as Rosecrans took Manchester and
advanced toward Winchester, he flank.
ed an equeal or inferior force at Tulla-
homa As soon as the head Of his col
umn got south of Tullahoma Bragg e.
: vacuated. r
Instead of one, we have four seige
!, guns; instead of no stores, we have q
large amount of corn-mcal and other
, provisions. '''l '1' . '''.".,'
After finding, on the 1st inst, that
|, TulIahoma was evacuated, Rosecrans
threw forward his forces in rapid pur-
suit, Thomas moving on the Manches
ter Road, from Manchester, andMcCooli
, on the one from Tullahoma. Thomas
, moved rapidly, in hopes of overtaltine
t the enemy moving nearly due east OF
the Mill Road, built by Bragg, parallel
: with and five miles east of the railroad
| This Thomas failed to do, until the en-
> emy was well beyond the angle, anC
: when he was crossing Elk River.
The division of Gen. Neglcy cncoun
{ tered the rear of IIardee at a point a
: bout four miles north of Elk River, anC
r skirmished withit all day, losing touI
= or five men killed and wounded. "A
{ mong the prisoners was Lieut. Platt
: of the l1th Michigan d.'.'>
: The cnemy's rear gparl, unde
e Wheeler made stubborn resistance
: delaying Gen. Ncglcy so that the reb
: el trains got beyond the river tile nigh
!, of the 1st. The same process on tn
I part Of the rebels undcr Gen, Bucllnel
d enabled Bragg, with the reserve artil
: lcry, twenty-siX pieces, to cross Ell
River at Estill Springs, on the night 9
:, the 1st, and to reach the mountains,
e The enemy on both roads burne
4 the bridges, and the rear guard too
), up positions in hastily built works o
= the opposite side of the river. 1t wa
It readily understood that this was 70
+ the purpose of delaying our crossin
IS as long as possible, in order to cnabl
t, their infantry and trains to get int
II the mountains. To aid them in thi
d very heavy rains came up, and the riv
= er rose very high. The natives sa
q they never saw the river so high as F;
d present.
e Tho situation on the night of the Il
! was: McCook at Estill Springs, an
y Buckner opposite the forks; Thomas {
~ a point, two miles up the river, wit
l. the enemy on the opposite side. I'll
I" main rebel army was in the vicinity
Winchester andDecherd, in camp, read
he to move on the ID, into the mour
y tains The Department Headquarte'
is were the same night established at Tu
J. lahoma, .,... ......... .
IN Crittenden with u full corps, WI
'k sent by rapid march TO take posse
sion of the road leading from Dechcl
" ria Tracy City to Chattanooga. Th
TT was successful, and forced the enem
ht to take roads across the mountains
If On the morning of the 25th, McCoc
~ crossed at the mouth of Rock Cree
as below the enemy's position in front
n. our right, and thus hanked the enem
o. who withdrew to Winchester and Il
he mountains, At theupper bridge, whel
he Negley was, similar maneuver w
made with little better success. Rou
he sean and Brannon We're sent to the u
n per crossing to come down in the re
ed ofthe enemy, whom Negley was to d
to;n uot dr;va IT, was thOu0ht tn