The New York herald., 1863-11-21
Tennessee.
'REBEL ACCOUNTS or THE BATHS OF LOOKOUT

VALLEY.
correspondent Of tho Memphis 1preal gyes tho fol
lowing account Of the cmept:-
During Monday nigh, tc cnemy crossed the Tennessee
IN rear OF Chattanooga passed over the narrow neck
known as tho MoccasiD again crossed the river and
trcnched themselves the heights which align its
GIN The movement vac designed pave the way for
tho advance of Column from Bridgeport up the valley
towards and necessary, into Chatsnoogs Tns latter
must have commenced ne 'rly simultaneously with the
mnnders learned o s approach In this direction During
wednesday morning the head OF the column espcd ia
tho distance trcm Lookout Peak, and by dusk II had e
fecttd junction With The forces the Degbborhood
Browns fcrry. Subsequent Developments showed that
the Eleventh. aud Twelfth corps Of Neade's army--the
former under OF Howard and the latter under
cDmuard Of slocum ard tho whoo under Joc Hooker
had taken thb method Of reaching the Yankee army Of
have been impIscicah.c. without bringing general
battle, since an infsroston OF forces across the
valley would have necoses,cd fight in bJth frcnt
rear and both sides the enemy had the advantage OF
tanks protected The FIRST cnrps having passed r.
portion OF gone into camp. there WAS still. visible below
considerable number OF wagons au irdcd, appsI entity
by an escort OF from fifteen hundred 20 tao thousand
men. Hoping 10 capture these. General Iongstrect Dc
tsrminsd duri1g the night TO make attack. aud 40
cordincly ordered G-persl Jenkins commasdlng Hood
division, ccusisiins q Laws Aslamians, Jennings
pinsas the lter uoi.f coroanc Colonsl grafton of
The riNt regtmsni) 10 ,sss rosdud Tor tie purpose
OWING 20 the tnggHc nature Of thc road' To- lrocir
could not ne MAJ he'd % ,har re.pectiYs ptcuS Jut
lsis hor n The n'sh, prebsh'v Oetwesr sno Two
oci0k Nheo tone ths sislatos rss % ,ciovs --1bs
the negiluosaood " Browns Ferry sw aad Roncrlson
tho line of hills, but octou Naausiu 40
pf>tea! al atak On rstiGns rear and Henfiug n posi-
tiol os tue ieit Of Tho two last rsci. bong sondei
supIc., 10 cooosi B,s,'on Theso TIRES bsgdes
were covered The bridges acrcss lookout c'ees
which they had nArchcd ava threatened the l.no uie
enemy Al Browns Ferry. Cn one Hfatlon Win 1enk MS
brigade now moved over TO tHp !e; nile or more IN
the valley 10 attack tho supposed rear guard and capture
tho wagon train.
skrn shsrs being thrown nut tho federal prkcs we're
soon encountered. fhoso falling back, the enemy
found In line OF battle and ina sld OF being surprised
before u discovered that instead ~ p,try body OF
who would yicd 70 ~ discovered we were
hghtins whole dyis a. belonging u the Twelfth corps
General Sloc TN, who had closely followed IA the o.
the pteccdns column and encamped alter uighl. Moth
ing be done br, " hgh, boldly ont and mako
Ia pluck and obsiinary what lacking IN numbers On
rart ws hal but sN regimcnts-tbo First, Colone
Fitzpatrick Sec nd Rifles, Colonel Thompson Ffth Colo
mol coward Sixth Colonel Bration Palmetto Sharpshoo
egs Colonel Walker aud Hamp,ou faaion Colc,s Gary
steadily, as on parade these Gied position and In
few moments artillery aud muskotry were playing with
tcrrble elect through our ranks Fully three nitbs OF
tee, and az bad tiled by Are nnd 20, found wanting
hat tbs ordeal. ieafiul as II appeared, wss
enc luntefed By moH who FEARED not the sacri-
ncc demanded ri their hands. The advance by
wo;k the pressure upon the encmys lines was irrcsst
bio he bicOd W the troops fairly aroused, ths
vas no thought save that OF victory Even the wounded
es they lay upon the ground would ca, out 10 their
minc or crawling 10 tbor sides would bite tna ends Of
the cartridges that no time might be lost Men never
stood 10 the work OF dcath noby and have
died during the war more tamensd than s,me of the
Colonel " W. Cary, q tho Hampton Legion being or
dsrci 10 W 10 on The r(ht VI Cooas Coward seeus
opportsnly of tossag tho eosmy's sft assumed tbs
secnsbiii,v 9 making 0snt. or "Jsokson @oVcnsot'