Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-09-25
FAVORABLE NEWS FROM NORTH
r7- ERN GEORGIA.
Detailed Account Of the Recent
Engagement.
Our Forces Rallied and Driving
the Enemy Back.
The Situation on the Rapidan.
More Substitute DeSerterS Shot.

andra, and captured large quantities Of
stores cattle and mules.
A special to the Commercial gives the fol,
lowing account of Saturdays fighting:
The battle opened at IL o'clock, in the vi
general. The enemy maneuvering their
troops early in the action, the rebels made an
mpetuous charge on the famous LOOMS bat
iery. Five of the six Parrot guns were cap
tured Capt VanPel', commanding the bat
terry, was taken prisoner.
The contest was terrific. The roll of mus
kerry was far more continuous and deafening
than at Stone River. A division in the cen
ter was hard pushed and broken, retreating
in disorder. Col. Barnett planted battery
which soon checked the pursuing enemy, who
in turn were driven in disorder over the same
ground.
Davis division was driven back with heavy
loss. Every gun of the S,h Indiana battery
was captured, when his forces rallied, pushed
the enemy back and re-took the guns.
Reynolds lost heavily but stubbocnly held
his position, driving the enemy, but never
leaving his line.
Palmer, who was overwhelmed, failed to
get off his whole battery, and two guns were
lost. Van Cleve, fighting CALAMITY, lost
ground and overpowered, ia led to regain his
position. Our line was pressed severely by
the rebels, who. exulting over their apparent
success, made the air resound with cheers
They advanced along the whole line, when a
whitening fire of musketry rolled from right
to left, and until. five o'clock the fighting was
terrific.
The General grew anxious. The wounded
pour in and the rebels steadily move up
near his headquarters. New forces were op
posed to them, and from this till dark the
battle ragged with destructive fury. At dusk,
firing having almost ceased, the enemy threw
forward fresh troops and again engaged our
right. The action then became general, and
until long after dark ragged with fury.
The battle thus far has been bloody one.
Our loss is very heavy, and prisoners say
some of their regiments are almost annihi-
lated. Both armies occupy the same ground
as when the action began.
We have captured several hundred prison
ers, many of whom are from the east. We
took ten guns and lost seven.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 81.
+ The National Republican says the enemy
attacked Rosecrars again on Sunday forenoon
at nine o'clock, with overwhelming numbers.
The battle ragged fierce,y all day. According
to the latest accounts, received up to two
o'clock this afternoon, which left Chattanooga
last night, two and only two of Rosecrans'
divisions gave way in utter panic and confu-
sion, but from 5000 to 10000 of these had
been rallied and got back to their places,
xr1,ilo tba ind &c tha bod
given way or retreated, and at the last mo-
ment was driving the advance of the rebel
army back. This we know is the latest news
here. The number of killed and wounded
on both sides will probably not fall short Of
10000.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept 21-1:3O A. NJ.
The battle on the 10th resulted well for US,
having held our own as established on the
left, and contracted our forces during the day
In the morning we held handsome line, the
right on a ridge of hills and the left protect
ed by rude log works thrown up during the
night. The left rested on the east side of the
Roseville and Lafayette road.
In the fight of the 10th we had lost about
600 killed, 1000 prisoners and were ahead
three pieces of artillery. The men are in
splendid spirits In the engagement at A.
NJ. on the Goth the attempt of the rebels to
storm Thomas left and front was re.
pulsed with heavy loss to them, and very
little to u.s. This fight las ed an hour and a
half and was one of the most terrific of the
war, continuous fire of muskctry and artil.
lery being kept up to deadly daring. The
right and center were engaged skirmishing
keeping up calling fire for time.
The enemy finding their assaults vain,
Unanswered to the left, with the intention to
throw their force on the Roseville road and
attacking Thomas on the left flank At this
juncture Thomas ordered Brannan who had
one brigade in reserve, and two with Rey-
nolds. holding the key Of the position, which
was Thomas right, to move to the left in
line to protect the flank. Gen. Rosecrans at
the same time sent Davis and Van Cleve
from right to center to support Brannan in
his effort to hold the line to Rosevile and
protect Thomas left flank.
On perceiving the withdrawal of the Skin
mishers in front of the division moving from
right to center, the enemy made a vigorous
attack on that part of the line, piercing the
center, cutting off Davis and Sheridan from
| the left and driving the center into the noun
tains, both right and center being much scat
tered without very serious loss IN killed and
wounded. a. g. - =
The right and center gone, Thomas r'gh,
became exposed to terrific attack, and Rey
nolds and Brannan and the right of Thorn
as line was swung around, his extreme left
being as the first. This also fell back .
short distance on the Roseville road. Parts
of center were gathered up and reported tc
Thomas, who made several stands, but was
unable to check the rabel advance until after
| the arrival of reinforcements. q
At one o'clock G IN. Granger with one divi
sion of reserves came up, and were at once
thrown into the center, driving the enemy
handsomely from his position in Strong
Ridge, and with a heavy loss, the fire frou
Granger's batteries moving them down.
This fight only lasted half an hour or so with
slight loss to US.
We regret to say that Captain Russell
Changers Adjutant, was killed before he hac
been in the fight ten minutes. ~ 80
After this bloody repulse, the enemy re-
manned quiet until about o'clock, persisting
however, in maneuvering on both tanks
the full information regarding this country
enabling them to do so with great facility
Having gotten again on our TANKS, the enemy
made vigorous attack, and fight ensued
which is said to have no parallel in the histo
ry of this army. 81 III -. "
Col Harker's brigade and Woods division
and Gen. Garfeld's, were present, and the
remnant of Johnston's division, holding the
left, covered themselves with glory and or
the right and centre, Brannan, Reynolds and
Palmer, with parts of their divisions, fought
most CALAMITY: while Steadman and Granger
with the reserve, drove the enemy at every
point. When they went in, at 5 O'Clock
Thomas was still triumphant on the left, and
held his line Of the morning, but with the
right Of the enemy nearly at right angle
with that of the morning. Two lines of re-
r-oro orao 20 hin, Cha IN o,,c