The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-28

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late hattie Of Chickamansa. Tia wfiser iahass
under The impression that the Csaleaesases were
commanded BY Gen. Johnston, lsstraa " Ces.
Bragg, who was In command:
think we ought 10 have Nd, and ~ have.
seventy -ive thousand asen An4 tvso hUN1so1 and
seven pieces Of artillery Ia aeafeu ~ 0so6day, hus
put the figures at the lowest pgpe1, na4S01 nay
Il SHY have sSa.1 ia sa'.ssssss ,e I'd
bis command, but do NOT tAtnk Ilr ebS ~ nod we
would have been driven Into the 1<Ansssee river,
10 poorly are7e 0sr fosces kandled YOu CASINOS lhil
10 notice the iimense amount of our artillery
VI this we lost between thirty and ifty pieces.
heard General Mitchell say he thought our loss
would not exceed thirty pieces, while some pat
L a. City pieces The medical hses say our loss In
killed and wounded h between II ,OGO and n, ,0OO;
while our loss In prisoners 10 between 5000 Ind
1000. .aH our severely wounded were ieft In the
enemy's hands, as well as the bodies of the slain
on the field, for we were forced hack distance
Of nine miles. And all this hor.id slaughter took
place, or nearly all, between IL O'Clock and
O'Clock on Sunday-twO short hours.
believe that the Rebelioss In killed and wound
cd 10 "a great, and perhaps greater than our own,
and We have soma 500 prisoners.
When Rosecrans commenced his movement on
Cha,'anoosa, Brass lay there with - shout . ,eou
against any force which might attack In front, ~
from the north side Of the Tennessee. Now
oil Rosecrans's plan was to send Crluenden's
corps down to attack Chattanooga In frans, (that
Il, from the north side Of the Tennessee fiveY.)
while he, with Thomas and McCook, shouId cross
Lookout MOunt.in, ana come In the Tear Of the
town, cutting off Bragg f.om all reinforcementx,
and making him either come out on the open field,
and risk all the fate Of a single battle, when he
had the choice Of the ground and vastly superior
army, else lie In his entertainments ~ Chat n
nooga and starvs TO death, a. Pembeyton did at
vicksburg.
Well, Just ~ Rosecrans had succeeded In max
ing the movement, Joe Johnston arrived with 9
few thousand men from Mobile and took command,
ordered the evacuation OF the town, and commenc-
ed making big show Of falling hack on Rome or
movement, and rushed with General Thomas
Of precious days In counting his heads. and saying
his pater nOstrrs with Catholic Archbishop.1
white he sent McCook's corps and the greater pari
OF the cavalry still further south to flank Rome, In
case Johnston shoutt attempt 10 stop there.
Instead OF this, as Is now evident, he should
have concentrated his forces, and beaten Johnst0n
before he received reinf0r :cmehis from Virginia.
Thus, you see, i" Old Rosy" spent week catch
Ing flies, when he ought 10 have been whaling
Johnston. That willy Rebel no sooner discOve ed
the movement Of McCOok than he set about 70
HgobbIe" " him, and threw a large portion OF his
forces, under Polk, Letween Thomas and McCo0k,
thus forcing him to retreat. Then occurred one OF
tho most terrific stampedes on record. Our bri-
gade was with McCOok, and brought up the rear,
50 happen to known all about il. We retreated
for forty eight hours, and scarcely storping 10 edt
sleeping was out Oi the question.