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strength upon the centre. now again cOfnfn&ndet
BY Thomas. Our troops hal constructei along
the line barriers Of logs and fence rail-, and
thus comparatively sheltered, they kept con-
tinuOus musketrT FIRE upon the enemy. Our
artillery was planted upon higher ground. and
fired over the infantry. Destructive as our IRE
was, it did not stay the advance of the rebels.
With frantic yells Longstreet's and Hili's corp
both came rolling steadily on in columns by bat
taliors Our centre, weakened 10 the extent Of
almost one third, vas not strong enough for SUE
cess in this unequal contest. The hostile mas.
at last forced Brannan's division to yield rs 20.
siiion
/ In the meantime, S. Gen. Reynolds was severe
7 ly pressed, Gen. Wood was ordered to march in
stantly to his relief As the occasion was ur-
gent, Cen Wood drew in his skirmishers with
considerable haste, and the rebels. for the second
time, mistaking a withdrawal for fight, pres
sed forward and poured musketry, canister and
grape into the flank Of the division, moving
upon the double quick. The men eudeavOred
for while to keep their files IN order, but as
the storm Of lead and iron continued to be hurled
against them, the regiments began to be opened
out like a fan, until finally they were tom 90
splinters. Parker's brigade alone passed 90 iis
destination comparatively intact.
Tue battle now entered upon its moat Sr.--.L
phase The breaks temporarily caused by le
shiftngs Of the divisions from one point OF the
line 10 another were 81 promptly perceived and
tumcl TO advantage By the enemy that they
proved fatal and cost the loss Of the day. l'-
yis's division coming up to take Woods position
ou the extreme le!t vas taken with great sudle-.-
ness and fury by the leit flank and pushel @.
the right in utter disorder simultaneously tle
weak remnants Of Van Cleve's and Palmer
divisions. e1posei by the withdrawal Of Davis,
.F. - tT.
and fore el hack in confusion. The r0ut ,f the
left and right wing was now complete, and even
the csertious % Gen. Rosecrans and his staff,
who with drawn swords attempted 70 restore er-
der. was without avail.
~;rciG.- OF jem0Ial-ei, ul,ol'ro.llole iaru
fleeing toward the rear were All that roma. l..i-.
a large portion o. the army SITTER tIt r.t.'
breaa our line ol battle was not a-alu T,.ra.t
during the day The army was iu fic, .., a
two. NcCook. with Davis Sheridan ami E.ll-
rr, were thrown oh TO the right Crt,en 'eu
except one brigade Of Wood were broken u.
pieces. and Thomas, with his intermiuat'e corps.
and Iohnson's brigade " NcCo.a's division re-
manned alone on the left.
Thomas's Ji,ision,-Negley Bs4.Aol e. aui
Bairl's- had been ieartully shaken and much
scattered 'y the fight over the log works, anI
Reynolds, was the only cue tuat retired il to-
cradle 0rler.
Retreat was now the only e>0rt left. ami t'-
whole di-1r-lu'zel mas Of our troops tell back
over the ROAD tI Hossylile Crowds OF srIa--
glers in mob-.ike disorder, made COOL speed Coz
wlrl chattanooga, with the exception OF Sieri-
dan, DAVIS and Wilier'- divisions, who, cut oi
from the centre, still struggled Us best t-cs
could On the right the divisions of Biirl.
Reynolds. Negev and Brannon and Harser's
hrigaies OF Woois division, alone retained coke
siyeuess ami took position along the hse 90
Missionary Mountains whore the Bossyi.e. road
debouche- from them, for another fight The line
wa, iormel that the LETT rested upon tAe L.-
f,ye,te road, and the right NJ the gap represent
eli an are # 70 circle, and southeast h.l. about
IT, centre, formed a key TO the position.
Between = and 9 O'Clock, the enemy lpp-lr-i
on the lafayette road. and moving hy The l.1
flank. -oou formed for another attaca- AZ first
they directed heavy hre Of muskc,ry and a.-
ullcry upon purpostou, as though maucuvr.a-
o. ii-pE.t ts defenders before coming to au a--
sau't
But the ll.OJJ or l200J men that confronted
them fit that the fate Of tho Army of the Cum
terilui, and. ia great measure, that Of tie
Union. depended upon tie repulze tthe enemy.
and when the rebel lines finally came repeatedly
o. the attack, they advanced but 10 rec5l with
severe loss Our troops were formed in lines
upon tine crest, AMI iuius one after the other,
~ = o.. az - n ,,'.
1-e 80 " "a t''
g''.i ~ - mo 80
toI.> oi the line followed ana took several hun
drcl prisoner. Towards sunset the enemy were
ing ont If the r..f,Ictte r5.l l-ni aiaui5ael de
co9t.a,
~, 5'' ,;a. I;', rho - vi \, ,I.dl -.' ,t,-i
they would again have 20 su,cumJ TO superior
Inv tba ADVENT ON ne -.-b- NJ NIifcbrI1-. ami
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,,r,r,.,d ~ Cen G.,,i.n C;-,r.ar f;,-...-f
Wei tii. .'....s..-, d. ..-r.--i .,,- -f.r--, p.
Soon after Gen, Granger hiI reported to Cen
Ioad unicr command Of G.a S-eajm,-. b. r.- l,-
take an ammunition train th,t hal a-.lea into
me, ins a'l1, nus, ~ 'as enemy Ia,y came 1n il
drove them away.
Nhl.e Gen Thomas was making his -4.-ant
much .nt NM N w, ,rar ,er , n The r.ssyiI.
road with the remainder of their divisions. aud
four miles from Chattancosa. afer bringing
away all the wounded, transportation and other
-sS,'i, T'. ,-T'. T;'..'.i ,td 80 ',, o..
arawn battle. that ct sunday resulted iu dis
as'rouS defeat
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tRoSr.-lLe hrst frost worth mentioning,
Of the season. whitened the ground this
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