Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-27
SaiIg GeresI.
Terrible HTuhtlnE- "Details of she n aae
HusEte Ht Chattanooga.


Terrible EIEhtIaE "Details OF she Laae
HHSIte az Chattanooga.
From he RegisisEl
The morning Of the a5,h Cana very Thick and
fCggy During the night oar forces bs3 svsc-
ualst Lsokeut mountain, snd Withdrawn 70 the
right 9. Chattanooga creek Abou. eight o'clock
A. 81 the fog cleared and revealed an iBfnsnse
iofco Of Yankees along the base Of Mission sYy
ridge. GsueTel Bragg had vacated his qusy.sTs
during ths night, hence when the enemy spsEsd
their terrific cAnnonading on that point, they
found no5gSne.
TIE felt continued furiously during several
hours, wAen comparative quiet rsignsl. We
could not perceive ths result, but from ths fact
thst thst-point is only four and hs.f milsz from
ChickansUga station, snd that the enemy had
not made any demonstration en tLst place hey
could not have gained much advanisgs over or
leh
Al aiae o'clock heavy capnonadiuR was heard
ca our extreme right Seen he bEttis ragged fu-
riously General Clsburne had taken position
during the night On the eIHsms right Of Mis-
sioasTy ridge and masgsd tLe gIssser portion OF
his fo-ces near the lanaoL A. ahis point SBols'S
battery waa posted sud duTiEg the entire day it
kent up .ts continuous music.
The Yankees msrshsIed thsir forces in long
and b.oad columns from Chattanooga, snd the
varieus positions along tho C5aco Geek gdyEnc-
ins Ike me cloud on the unAinehing heroes Of
Csbngre's sn3 ChesthaD's comm8uds. Sher-
mans corps, supposed 70 number 30 600 msE,
advanced 90 tbo assault, and made ssssult after
assault sga.nst the impregnsbe pesitou
Daring Ire hours between II A. X tC p. A.,
The firing Of unsEe-yy and cannon was incesazt
We have naFeT heard il eqUsled on any fcld On
which il has been our lot 10 De bsstls Bat
their charges were unavailinc. TisT were beat
On back time and s2sn Al one time lhsy came
within Ei.aes feet Of sweti's battery, when ths
5.h Arkansas, with d yell AID volley that
echoed tigh above ihe din Of war drsVs lhsm
back. Eumbsrs ef The men fading. their gEBs
30 f1ui8d IS TO be useless, esst Them away and
threw rccks-i1t5 tie faces Of tine ice.
One Irishman Bhos0 left hand Was 80 shat
tsged be couli not h5ld his gun, threw stsnes
uuil be was exhausted 8ud csus back swearing
LAT rhils Oald Pa. was there the boys eeu.s
whip all the ID Yankees they eeuld bring
sgausi tie-n
The 3 Tennessee also Wss supporting this
battery. ard ioI iaferaal stub5eTn fghiiHg it hss
never been surpassed
O-s ucre furious assault al P. n and SheT-
mans coTpB received a terrible pguiskEent that
made them tuTn and sy down the hHl and coon
they were lost TO view IA the sinking mUTEy
,sIor6s OF war. Oar forces pursued them rap
idly. sui Sc isst seeCunt We had from TIE foe
was ihat they had crossed tae IeaEeasee ana
we had destroyed bis Pontoons o. the mouth Of
the CHickamsuEa.
AZ bnfrsst four P, n. an attack Fss H2ss
scnas dislsnee down the ridge, toward our centeT,
and Judging from the terrible sDd rapid firing
If rsusketry, uuv i1Teeg were slowly retiring
ovs, tba cssst Of The ridge The continuous and
heavy firing wa beard at hall past P. NJ when
the tram leh
We ear fofa no estimate Of cur loss, thosgh
we knew q large number Of wounded were Is-
ceivsd st the 6eld su1 general hospitals. But
the Yankees turned their pale aud bloody faces
to tire setting sun or the westaIn slope OF tue
ridge By GO many huL dgsds, tast We srs EFusded
that bell had enc Of its grEudes juoilees oyer its
sccsssi0Hs from ,hsiT ranks. Tho slsugbteE IN
he path OF cur batteries WIS awful and iEl-
neuse, Sst not one aFssult on Us proved sue
cessIUl.