, 1863-12-02

of no little difficulty. Two regiments were
nois. When they advanced, they were sharp
y received, md the bullets whisiied me1rily.
No one was hurt, however, and onr boys
soon nade the attempt to fire on theu-a
dangerous underteking-and the rcbel pick
cts Were forced to fill behind the rnllroad en-
bankments, whence, with impunity for time,
they poured their leAdeu missiles among the
brave uliuoisans.
By this time three batteries had been placed
upon as many hills overlooking the valley, and
soon these opened upon the rebel shar rps1oot-
CTS terrible, direct and cnf11ading fire, which
in the course Of half an hour caused them to
abandon their rife pits and seek the coYer Of
along the road they had constructed a line Of
pits and carthworlzs. Meantime along the
centre, the firing and skirm1shing Tns rapid
II increasing, ond vollies were given and re-
ceiyed. All this time It was Comparatively
quiet at Wanhatchie. We ccnld hear oeca-
ing On in our front: Few knew what was
being done there. We looked. There were
Eingnlar dirk lines just this side Of d elump
Of cedars; with the naked ere We could not
tell If they we're fences or soldiers. MesWcpt
the glass, and there VIC saw the solid com
cvergreens. Can it bepossiblc that Geary and
Whitaker are sweeping the slope Of the
mountain We looked again and doubt was
removed. There was line clean up to the
bottom Of the rocky coro1et-anotler Just
behind and little lover, and still another,
and another, and another, until the: last line
Of blue rested On the creek.
They advance, gradually, and 1t appears
painfully, over the rocky steep, now crawling
over some projecting boulder, aud then pull
ing themselves up By some hangins shrub
and bush. We can see the lines q gfay, and
VIC wait in brcatlless expectation for the
crack Of deadly rifles. We wait. not long.
Of blnc smoke, and then report comes 1oar-
ing back. This is followed BY nnother, and
then tho whole line blazes and roara and rat
ties like echoiug thunder. Another line fol-
lows and Joins in the attack. and then
nnother. The rebels reply and fall back.
from the indescribablc yell n hfch comes back
to Us above the roar and t1mult Of battle,
that 1t has been successful We can see that
We hare taken their camp. We drive them
through 1t-tley Tnllying moment in their
T1e-pits beyond the timber, hut only mo-
the struggling lines Of greybaeks cross the
cagerness to escape, They leap over the
caTthworks On the profile Of the mountain,
and disappeared. "HuErah! there goes the
STRIDES and STARS anu there's AuQThGf.' lEQ
rccImcnts I,cadcd by thc honored emblem are
r1fsl,{ner for the Ionor of first enterin,r the
1ebcl Works
and It in Of M consconcnce-i is On tie nan
nxf-the3Gaer is nIanteI-we see a blue-coated
3rivate lean nnon lie eunhanln,ent aud 1faTc
Eis hat. H. Is calling for tbrce checrs. Let
"a Tel1> l,in, 0Nin.hfr-hurTah.n Ne svins
onr bafs. ana are ready to laueh or cry iof
inc Thc prn11onf INV IN the 1nnunfa1n firopa.
sG,,c hos+1fa 1,n13ct Haz ~ ei"in I'm '''N ~
~oAA'~ A'''@Ae D4-s. -.-~r -.'.s '.-'- ~ a .
TILE hattie ~ o'Eh.
The western slope q dreaded, grfm 9id q
Lookout .s ours, and with 1t the "out cnd'
towards Chattanooga
In the excitement o. cond1ct We 90 mol
think OF tie dead and the dying, but When we