The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-10


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We Yesterday gavd - most interesting
news from our New York fiies of Monday
we gather some furthcs matters from them,
which WIN be 1onnd very readable
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MExT-THs FINAL AssApLT.
Inc correspondent ot tse New York TrtbuB,
writes THAI paper accos,at Of the siege OF Knnx
vile, ending with the 9ssh ais. We casaensc
such portions Of as are irtesessIns en The I4sh
!, was aseertained that LoaEssrect had crossssthe
river below Lo,hioa, aaa a the 5ih B.,rnsId. a
tucked him and was defsasak:
During the night the o14M was given IN now
10 the rear hf daysi3l1. A&ea. Whites Division
constantly sklsn,,shed wlgah enemy's ndyance
until our column reach n l,oudon. The y,,,,s
were now rendered imp4 pie hy Ycason Of Iht.
rams and fhe constant kt ling of the lieavy clay
py tne wbeeis OF our Ion ein and passing ami
mrs 70 continue 10 dE1 Pc wagons or artillery
ny means Of the useful s. Of horses wa, f,,u,if
impracticabe. The wa artillery must b..
ieit. Ten. Bufasfdc aces 1ngiy ordered the de
etfuction OF the uanspefia19pn wagons of General,
Whte DIVISION, anu the 1pfses 10 be used for
moving the artillery. Hys4hese meals the guns.
were moved with faciltfyN This wise measure.
sdnplrd only iInH ahtSiutEneeessfy, undo,,bte.i,y
saved the artillery which 4Eos in danger of k;.iue
sarfthccd. or ne vnaid hA1enad to Fight the enc
my upon aneFnai grouiA r. PEAT disadvantage.
Al CampbeIi's staiiouICa the 10th. they rer.
again attacked By Longs u, wao seems to have
pressed them heavily on hkole retreat. Here.
aecnfdlDg "a ths writes, - aaASs ass men. exc,u.
sive OF the eavalFy tosses, which had NOT been re-
ported. On the night Of the l.sh Rprnside reached
Knoxville, and atIl O'clock next morning Long
streets forces were dep'oyed on the Kingston road
aud dopenei fire. Desnfory artillery firing continued
until O'Clock in the day, when brigade of Con
fe'ieratrs advanced and drove the Federals from
Tape Hill. 1t was here that Gen. Sanders, the
Yankee commander, was killed. The Yankee loss
in that affair is put down at 200. That whole night
was spent by Burnside in cutting down trees, erect
Ing barrscades, digging rifle pits, and throwing up
breastworks, the city being but very slenderly for
tined when Longstrect appeared before II. ana
there only being barficade of rails .0n the Lou
don road. lie was not disturbed In his wo,k
Writing on the la'h, the cores 1ondent says:
The morning was smoky. SO that little could ke
al day ylight, hut at unrse line of ewrtl otks
was discovered aesoss pleWed field to the left OF
the Kingston road, within a thousand yards Of our
position. The enemy's skirmshers had crcpt up
10 wooded ravine running transversely across
western font, directly al The foot OF the long sope
at ts.s. top 0f which stand our entertainments
They also got possession of brick house, (Mr.
James Armsir0ngs,) from which they at,ac ked our
pickets shooting one OF our men from the scuitie
of the roof. Two or three well directed shells
ventilated the house and drove them cut
Within the last twenty four hours an almost In
credible amount OF labor has been Performed upon
the deteDces Of Knoxville Lines of rife pits
crown the whole range of hills around, and to the
right and leit Of the town. The position itself H.
AZ strong almost as natHfe could have made II for
sustaining an assault maintaining siege. The
entire font Of the right line Is protested by
cheeaus de frise Of pixies, the shafts of which are
strongly inserted in the Parapet Of an angle of for,
ty-hve degrees, end firmly secured by telegraph
wire. These pixies were found heie when we took
possession. Among many other articles Intended
for the defence Of the place from the Union army,
with strong traverses, cover our bat
teries al every important place, with magazines
we'll covered from the enemy guns.
There was very. little firing done by the Con
federates on the 19th the day being spent In Sc
eclng positions for their artillery.
On the morning OF the Goth the Confederates
burnt some houses near the town, and
retired:
A few minutes before the conaagration the enc
my opened battery near tn front of our centre,
and fired four or five shots into the town. They
were apparently aimed at the cO!t0n-hale battery
on Gay street. The missiles, as they came whi1-
ziOg into town, caused considerable panic, and
for few moments the impression prevailed a.noHg
The citizens that the grand sheilimy had begun.-
The Gay street battery, Us we'll as two others to
lfe right and left, replied rapidly, their reports
shaking the town. Spectators went sknifying for
shelter to the neighbofing building; teams ske-
tadtled up Gay street, and citizens took to their
cellars for protection. For some cause the rebel
batteries ceased firing, probably from a fear of
burting somebody IN the tOwn-oufs followed suit
and there was great calm. Meantime the
heavens were illuminated by the lurid flames of
he burning buildings, attracting crowd of the
more venturesOme to Summit Hill to witness the
scene.
There was very little change in the programme
aniil the morning of the 3ith, when
About g O'Clock a. NJ. Gen. Fcrrern, acting under
orders, sent forward the :,Gih Michigan to charge
lie enenly's life pits and drive them out. The
regiment was sustained by cur batteries as long as
il was safe to fire over the heads of the men. They
went down the long slope, over the fallen trees
AMI through The debris in front, upon the double
quick, attacking, driving out the rebels from their
pits, and occupying them for about half an hour
lighting hand 10 hand with the rebels over the i'm
placement. They met, however, whole brigade,
and, hcing overpoweied, sent lack for Ieinoyce
menis. Mtaaiime Adiniant N BILE and Lieut.. Gar
pin were killed, and Major BylngtOn badly wound
I'd, besides a large lumber OF men. The Malor
probably seeing that the effort hold the pIic t.
was ffuitless, ordered his inea 10 retire He was
made prisoner.
Our men then fell back, bringing Il portion OF the
off The field. Only those who wtre
badly hurt were made priscncrs Only so,ne thirty
were brought to the hospital, leaving twice that
number killed, wounded, or prisoners in the cne-
my's hands. The affair Is naturally discouraging
10 our men, and must be set down AS the most m
fortunate episode Of the siege. Our dead are still
lying within sight of our breastwoiks, but cannot
be recovered.
The final assault aud repulse took place on the
30ih, Longstreet having been reinforced, accord
Ing to the writer, by Gems Jones, Jackson, and
Williams. The letter says:
akiYmishing commenced on Sunday night at 10
o'clock, and continued sharp!y until near daylight
of Monday, on our left front before Fort Sanders,
by Gen. Ferero, and defended by the
18th New York, Benjamin's I'd U. =. artillery, aud
Buck!ey's Rhode Island battery. Our plckets
were driven in, and the enemy had possessed
Of some rife pits, but the Massachusetts,
boys drove them back, when suddenly the rebel
party, sed By the 10th and 18th Georgia
and 18th Mississippi, under cover Of our own re-
treating men, came to the assault.
They approached TO within one hundred yards
os the fort unharmed. Then commenced series
OF desperate aud daring attacks, stubborn resist
ance, death, carnagexand horror scarcely equalled
during the war. These men were the veterans OF
the POtomac--iha flower OF I.ongstrset's army
and, c"nfidea! of promised victory, plunged int"
boiling he'll Of lead.
Wires had been stretched from stump to stump
In front Of the works by Capt. Poe. Over these
the advancing enemy fell In confused heaps, with
the kiticd and wounded around them. tui artil-
lerympn hurled shell! by hand; forward over the
came the doomed rebeisl Hot aud
hotter became the battle, until the ground over
which they passed was carpeted with the sian.-
The ditch was piled with dead, wounded, end
dying.
Vi one on their side faitered not score Of the
gallant si0rmers escaped. The sun, rising, looked
down through the cold mist and chilli frost OF that
November morning upon the remains Of an army.
one Thousand killed, wounded, and prisoners, Wa.
the cnst of the assault nf Port Sanders. Nobiy has
il sustained the reputatlon Of Its namesake and
venged his fall. Among the killed Is Col. Girarde,
of the 18th Massachusetts. Lieut.-c0l. O'Brien,
the brother Of Mrs. Bfowniow, IL prisoner.
Gen. Burnside offered then, an arMistiee from 10
A. N. 10 S r. NJ, 10 remove their wounded and