The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-13

SPECIAL coTFesposdence Of de T. BE-.


Alter reading sandry criticisms ard exPia-
nations BY ne wspsper Correspondents. in rcf-
erence to that 'nysticregiOn called rlle front. :
Il would hardly hare the assurance to head
this standardization as above. were il not HAT
our csirnIaznd has last enjoyed the privilege Of
visiting die aforesaid locality, and have once
more beard tie familiar music or yankee bor1p-
sheils Indeed, our brigade. commanded by
Gen A. y, Stewart. has becu on what zee call
picker duty Tor he last four months. being
sonse uiise mics in advance ri our corps Al
Shesi'yviIlf; but sui we ar TOO .nodes. 70
call this position :. sie font.
Wen. having seen bat little or " YANKEE
friends since that pleasant interview we had
with them at AurireesbOro. our commanders
cOneluded few dayt ago. TO pay item a visit
to see what hey were doing this Enc weather.
Accordingly Gen. Ssewart's brigade. comuosd
Of tile 9Th and 9th. slsf, 3si. 24ts and ie.h
Tennessee Regiments, aud Capt. Stanford RI
As bAtter3 from Grenada. Miss. were ordered
out on the 81 inst, with two days cooked "a
Etons. to feel OF the enemy. We were sun
ported by Gen. AIaney's brigade also. Of Cheat,
hams division, the whole expedition beirk
Commanded by Gen. Stewart
1 " eanesdsy We marched some four miles
/ tfyppd Guys Gap. and carnped Tor Tie nigh.
HE Boys were all in iise spirits. md seemed
iuii Of enthusiasm at the idea Of once lnore
meeting the. enemy. On Thursday morning
tie Esh, we were on The Pike bright and ear.
y, ard resumed our ilsrc in the direction Of
Mnrheesboro. By lOc,6Iock we had passed
our aafanced PieketPest aud We're on what
has been tF i'en;ra ground between the outposts
Of eilhsr array fer some time past. aud halted
Tor ati1le near he spot where Cir. ya;Iahdis-
ham was lett 10y the yankees shcrt time
SING. MeaawhlIe. Gen. Martin Of the caval-
~ y no Was head Of Us. acconipaincd bv 4
section Of Wiggin's cavalry battery. waslskir-
tnisHng with the enemy who had falleniback
to.a strong position On a range Of Lillt FIVE
miles from Ainrfreesboro, where with two
p'etss Of artillery perfectly cornsnandinI. the
pike. aad his cavalry and infantry strongly
posted IN the cedar brakes, he could bid de
tlanee to cur advance. Geu. Cheaibaan rode
out from ShelbyviIIe in the morning to SEQ how.
things were working. bat wit,oht intsnding 10
re halted for several hours about hhfee
mics from the enemys lines. while Martin
with bis skirmishers. Virgins with has rife
piece were exchanging salntes with the yahks.
The obJeci on our part was not Il bring on a
l7-----a ~-s-o----~., ,s.s. ar ,s--s-
be tie strength Of the enemy in this quarter.
The view presented 10 us here was very beau
tiful. Having emerged from The dense Gods
behind US We came suddenly into an open
plain studded here aud there with skirts Of
timber, and waving whea;ielis on either side
| of the pike. This plain is gently andu;at.ug.
and on slight eminence some two miles
down the pike which here is perfectly
straight. could be seen occasionally ptf Of
smoke followed At an interval Of a few sec
onds by crashing sound. which told Us that
Virgins tiils piece was al wosk Little fur
tier on upon the hill could also be seen Tie
smoke, and heard the sound, Of the Yankee
guns in reply.
Tie scene was novel TO Us. although We
had been in three desperate battles befsre
The distance however between the Opposing
batteries was 50 great that there was no dan
ger of much damage being done by either
party. f
This skirrnisLing on tue part Of the caFalry
and artillery wan kept up pretty constantly
during the afternoon About ? p. n Col.
Richmond, Of Cef1 Folks staff, brought Ger.
St~art the intelligence that he had been pro-
NOTED to the rank of Major General. and or
dered TO report immediately 10 Gen. Hardee.
While his brigade regrets parting vita him,
yet we are glad Of his promotion. Tor we feel
that no officer in our knowledge. is nQre en-
titled to such distincsion enclose you
copy OF the General's farewell address, which
coming as it does fom him, We regard as one
lof the highest compliments that could be paid
to his old command In point Of diseipline,
noIaI de pertinent. aud al the qualities tia;
make up the patriot soldier, we believe with
jus; pride that our brigade is unsurpassed by
any command in the service. 1t is true thai
lTennesseeaus and Miss;ssippiaas have said
some hard things CT each other, but could you
see the harmony inat exists between our bril-
Igade and IFS battery. and note the confdeuce
that each feels in he fighting qualities OF the
other, you would never suppose for a moment
that any i'll viii bad ever arisen between the
patriotic defenders Of sister States, striving
alike for the same priceless boon Of Liberty,
and independence
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