New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-20
some which were very large, numbering sixteen
r,m rn1;msnts. An Alabama Captain told the

I1'h sou ioir' ono air. iJlh, 4Uth, 5lst, 50th,
~ az d ~ J,di9na; 18th aud 2lst MichigaL;
7gh Ponpsylyanii; 3Gth, STD, 44th '9d ~ - ~
sSj and 5lst ILLINOIS, the 18th, Colonel Sco1:
RIOS, conspieuousy, ala Vie .. HhI io'u ~ Wnh
NE ost conspicuous batteries were LooinIss Mich
ne mos Rs,terv. Guenther's Parsons the Chicago
mn an of Trade Battery. Cox's, Busls, aud ali III
tDSooliey,s division. Every regiment III Negleyt
-st6i division won imperishable renown. Bat per-
ham. this il nvdiOus, where most oil the regiments
did 80 splendldly. .s,,
lows: Tne enemy il retrestiDg. AT lust reports ~
WAS near MaDches er, and 1t was asserted u woHd
retire to Chattanooga. Our own Is posted ABOUT
MurfreesboIo, awaiting supplies The eouh'ry De-
fore il is rude, and it's supplies are nearly eAn@uteu
A winter campaign through IL " amos' imPi"eUea
bic. We shah no. tarry here long.
Among officers who will be recommended for pro-
motion I may mention Brighton. Negley, Col
iIazen, Col. Harker, and ~. Clair Morton, tapah
and Cbief Engineer OF the Department. Ire iiltel
was conspicuous in battle for brilliant conduct
ana eourage and his skill aud service in bis own
Line of the profession were prominent No man
speaks Of him bu, with unbounded admiration ~
PoNTMERCY.
4 GInncc mt thc 3ituation-Thc Flight OF
tho Encny-Why We Did Not Pursue
"A GrcIH Army Massed on the Center
Appalling slaughter Of I;ebcis-Gen.
RosrcruHs's Address TO che soidierA-ise-
ward Of McriG-The Proclamation una
it's MediGeation-A Rondsinnn Eman-
cipnted.
From our Special Correspondent.
a MrRFREkspoEo. Tenn, Jan. u. 1858.
Since tie great conflicts on Stones River TIE
Army of the Cumberland has been roeuPeratiDs
around Murfreesboro and peparins for further oPer
atoos. great battle is always exhaustive, aud
the ncessent and harrassng operations OF this army
from the Goth Of Dec. 10 the ith Of Jan.-ten days
during which q considerable portion Of it was en-
gagged unrenittingly in combat, rendered rect i'm
peratiye.
Pursuit OF the enemy was vain. large and
powerful army cannot anywhere be pursued pro-
faby, much less in this rugged region without very
large numbers OF efficient cavalry. We were def
Gent in this ARM besides the enemy had the advan-
tage Of light in advance, and railway communica.
ton 10 promote their fight, beside rivers between
them and Us, with @ fortified line within two or
three days march,
Tie interruption of our communications with
Nashville and the difficulty Of accommodating sup
plies for fighting army, are sufficient explanation
Of our status cOtemnoraneous wfh the fiight OF ne
enemy. Besdes, II was vel understood then, and II
has since been confirmed that tie numerical force OF
the enemy really exceeded ours. They hurled eight
divisions upon u.s. and heirs 70 excessively ouinum-
bered our cavalry that pursuit woald not have re-
sui.ed in any advantage. Indeed II would nave
brought us Wis Wis with foe Of equal strength
upon tue rude banks Of Duck River, much further
away than Muffreesb0ro ffou our base Of supplies.
On Sunday morning, Jan. 4 when the fight Of
the enemy was announced, our army VIA impregnh'
bly posted and was ready 10 resume the offensive
on Monday morning. 1t was 30 nassed 10 columns,
by division upon the center, that IL was impregna-
4 I nj tN
a line OF iutrenchmonts which greatly increased our
effective offensive strength.
Old campaigners have remarked that tie DISPOSE
ton Of the army, after tine disaster OF Friday morn
ing gave them an idea OF nxslng forces which they
had never before comprehended. Aside from the TN
conquerGbeness Of the army thus concentrated there
was q magni1cence OF pageaniTy about il impossible
to describe. Tie ieious were folded up ia their
most compact shape and the army wssaD Instrument
devised with mastery kill for the sure accomplish
uient Of the most decisive results. You cav no eI-
tended tanks with feeble wings stretched far and
wide 10 tempt the enterprise oi viglaut foes but
solid and mobile mass, which could he info dcd al
tho will OF u master, and hurled az ft0ne from u
sling upon any given point The plau Of battle, 30
unhnppily paTred by accident or ~Orre, was strate-
gy, the matchless handling OF troops subsequently
was grand tactics the magnificent depoIment Of the
Commanding CeneTal throughout all that tumuliu-
Gus tornado of fire. death, and destruction, was hab'
lime heroism.
You know that our bivouacs " ere gloomy Wednef.
day night. The foe was f,rcely swarming around
u.s. evincing relentless determination 10 cut ns on
from Nashville and crush us. Many Generals ielt
despondent; favored retreat but the c0bbIlncy
OF Gen. KOsecraDs remained untouched. lie eat,
edly exclaimed: we shall defeat theml We VIII
show them a trick worth two OF theirs.' Bragg
knew that when the right OF the Union army was
once securely established, the left would eerainiy
crush him, and the singing disaster o. Breckenridge,
Friday evening, satffied han that rum oil his army
was impending, therefore he re'reated. =,
If the extent OF slaughter affected victory neither
army could boat greatly. Our mutual Losses were
awful. But the number Of slGin and mangled suS-
tains but comparatively trifiDg Relationship COM
pared with the moral and material results OF The
conflict. 1t substantially decisive victory lof
the Union arms. Regarding II negatively, 1t wa
one Of the most important til1mpbs q! the war. IDc
enemy had assumed the offensive. The President o.
the Southern Confederaey had proclaimed III TINS
very town that Nashville ehould coon be theirs
Had our army been defeated, The fate OF the var
would have been decided fayoraby to the Kobe lion
At this point beg TO submit suggeeton. WITH
such momeptous interegts hanging upon the success
or disaster of ths army 10 1t wise TO drive IL onward
into the mountains without doubling its numerical
strength. 1t seems to mo tue War Department
shoud thoroughly consider the situation IL lie now
fair TO presume that when Gen. Rosecrans moves
again, he will meet a Rebel army greatly strength
ened by recDi orcemcnts from Richmond.
Before we marched into MuTfreesboro We bad
been advised Of the terrible losses Of the enemy,
but the extent was not known until we entered the
town. Here we found almost every house a hospi
tai The Provost arshal General, Capt. Wies,
Immediately directed a visitation, that wounded
prisoners might be paroled, and three four thou
sand have been dlscovered besides, the dweilinRsn
the surrounding country are filled with them. Some
OF their officers were retcen bot others freely ad-
mitted their losses in killed ard wounded clone
would reach 1900. Thousands were moved from
II II r. l.,s l.. T.itI Y.
Among the MORALLY wounded were Col McGreggor
Of inc lat Arkansas (since dead, and Capt. Ben.