The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-09
CHICK AMAUGA.
TERRIBLE SCENES OF THE BATTLE
FIELD

The following will interest Minnesotians
for its notice of the gallantry of BRANNoNs
division, and VANDEvERE's brigade, which
embraces our Second Regiment
From the Correspondence ofthe Nashville Union.
The rebel General Cheatham suffered
most severely in this engagement; his
loss will not fall short of 1900, killed and
wounded. Our loss during the day was
500 killed and 400 wounded with scarcely
any missing. The fight lasted from A.
NJ. till P. M. The scene of action was
mostly in the woods, with the Chickamau-
ga Creek between the armies. In an open
field Of corn, say about two acres, the bat
tie ragged most furiously, and the ground
was covered with the dead, wounded and
dying. There must have been at least
two miles OF dead, strewn thickly, mixed
with fire arms, abandoned artillery,
dead horses, and the paraphenalia of
battle field. The Confederates and our
gallant fellows were prOmiscuously min
gled; sometimes graphing in the fierce
death throe; sometimes facing each other
as they gave and received the fatal shot
and thrust; sometimes huddled in gro
tesque shapes and again heaped in piles of
six, seven and ten. Many of the bodies
were fearfully and dreadfully mangled.
never witnessed anything more terri
bic and heartrending than the silent indi-
cations OF agony that marked the corpses
which lay at almost every step. General
Maney's brigade, which, l understand, is
mostly composed of Nashville boys, suffer-
ed most terribly, there being scarcely any
of them left. They were all day in the
thickest and hottest of the fight. At about
p. NJ. the gallant General Turchin enter
ed the list with his dashing brigade-hOw
he met Cheatham with his division lying
in the underbrush, and when within few
yards of the willy foe received most gall
ing fire from the whole division; Turchin,
nothing daunted, brought up his men in
splendid style, and opened such terrific
fire on the enemy that they wavered, fell
back, and ran like wild turkeys In this
dash of General Turchin the gallant Col.
Will Jones, of the Seth OhiQ, was mortal
ly wounded, and has since died, and the
dashing little COL Fearons, of the 92d
Ohio, was wounded in the leg. Turchin
followed the running remnant of Cheat
hams division, and poured into them VOL
ley after volley, until they reached thick
skirt of wood and underbrush. Here
they were reinforced by Ceburn's d.
vision, and made stand. Colonel
Gross, of Palmer's division, was at this
time on the right of Turchin's, and opened
!, halifax Tlohucr Tb.c
altogether unexpected, and both armies
broke and ran across the woods, helter-
SHELTER, for about half mile, when they
were again rallied by Gen. Joe Johnston
with his entire corps. { It was at this point
that Johnston was MORALLY wounded !
Our forces were here reinforced by Gen.
Brannan's division, which did fearful exc
cution to the rebels-not, however, before
he lost 1900 killed and wounded of his
own command. Col. Vandever, COM
handing the Sd brigade of this division, did
admirably. Longstreet's entire corps here
Joined Johnston, and made most terrible
charge, with cheers and yells, on the gal
liant little band, and succeeded in captur-
ing the 9th Regular Battery. The daring
and chivalrous Brannan, seeing one of his
batteries taken, ordered the brigade to
charge, which they did, headed by the vete-
rams of the 9th Ohio. and succeeded in re-
taking the battery, killing and wounding
800 of the rebels.
Vandever is entitled to the gratitude of
the country for this act of noble daring.
His own regiment, the 35th Ohio, suffered
fearfully in this engagement A short time
before this, Col. Gross brigade had to fall
back from the corn-feld, and the enemy
from the woods poured into their
ranks grape, canister and MIME balls with
such terrible effect that sixty of the 9th
Ohio were killed and 1875 wounded.
Colonel Anderson, the youthful but
brave commander of the Sixth, was shot
in the arm, but not dangerously hurt
Six of the officers were also wounded. A
list of the casualties will try and send