Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-28
THE VICTORY Ar CHICKAMAUGAi

THE VICTORY Ar CHICKAMAUGAi
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLES
! WHAT TIE PRISONERS SAY-PROSPEOT5 OF
ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT-bI3T Of OFFICERS
KILLED AND WOUNDED, Fac.
Our Georgia exchanges furnish many iplert sting par.
icu.rs OF the great Confederate victory at Chicks-
marg. II cory ng extracts from them have neces
cessary to repea. various facts and reports already
published.
| BaILF RLsuME OF iHs BATTLE
The Rebel OF tuesday evening can giv' the follow
/ ing genertI outline Of tie bitle:
| TIE two hostile force, engaged were uger in num-
Der thaa any that have heretofore met IL the
West The battls fought in CatoOs4 County about
eight miles west Of RDggold and between
Vine Creek Ohckamauga.
| Our right III the direction Of Rir gyod, uIder
Lonrst et h in the centre aud Pclk srd Buckner on
tn left. .... '....- r...
On Friday the 18Th, at IL the artillery opened on
tie ell IRENE left end Patton Audersons division
engaged with the enemy ia series of skirmishcs der
lnl ON the lofL until evening. The cay Sltur
day, the l9'h the lighting commenced along the whOe
line al shout seven IN tho morning, aud gt I'll far
| INTO the hight. IL vas one iucessart roar Of ar
\ I'll cry aud ratl, Of small aims al day lorg-no
eos alton At five 2. NJ there vas temporary
I'll, tie firing ceased, and il vas believed ire days
with any d. cis suits either side
aud heavy list Of cusu ltiCs on botI In short time
| ster five Con Polk again ordered adysnce 20 i've
the enemy from a SUOMI 'siLioa lie had taken a. il
in tuis chag@ that Pr nit1 killed. Tur-
mere bAttcry fought p,nddly. THe artillery FIRE from
that battery is said TO have exc, IL any hrg of the
sort bf fore witnessed IN it terrible effect upon The
'nemy. Tue battery publl,, eohp'iIn,ntd by
Gen. CheAthRm after tho action Toe General and his
saf rode up AMI expressed the thaGks OF The whole
vision f. The vaultl; services they hai rendered.
On Sunday the irst gn opened AZ nine o'clock A. y.
IL vas intended to begin the fight at Dwight tut
through some mistake OF the the order not
received that early. The fighting so ncessanL
on Saurd,v, but quite desperae at time, AID the
enemy were driven hom every strong position.
aHs TfGHr ON sUSDAY-REIREGT OF IHE IEkMY
The Dalton correspondent Of he Appeal says that
the Sighting Saturday all on tlis SIDE Of Chcka-
manga river but in the evening the YANKEES reeated
across that streim burning the 'ne bridge" behind
them tho river dividing the two armies for the ght
His account proceeds;
Sunday morning, before day, Ito banks we're dug
down each lie Of the st lss below the point
where the brGg' had been burned UDd forced
the stream and drew upin lie Of battle and JmmC need
the advance about O'clock
Oae mile aud quarter from the stream, I'll enemv
found III renched behind rife pits and other tenn
porAry foriicato thai they hsd throHu during the
n Oh'. The eugig meet Opened all along the line about
O'Clock snd Kept up with increasing ierceucss
ii about H. when the enemy fell back from their M,
p = the tire III king anot g: stand about half me
% the rear whe the two wings continued to DO forced
back. 100
AlIrs continued ia til cond ton sill abou, o'clock
when des crate charge made upon the centre and
it gave way, though Sshout panic aud in sood order
rec ring itself mon ii had reached point on q line
with the tao wipgs.
Continued ami neayy firing was Kept up all along the
Ges at shOr. range unit late in the evening whom the
infantry retied upon their MS aud tn. artillery kept
up heavy fire upon the position Of Tie enemy all right
to prevent thea rom throwing up lnas Of fJri-
cations. .. 'aa1. M i.."l. 81 1873
In the mon ming it Was found llst The enemy had re-
tt, ated during the night and although pursuit
nenced at very early hour, 1t found that tLey
were nmbleAf foot u be caught
NIRLPIDITT oy BRECKENRIDGss DIVISION
The Atlanta COufederacy has III, following Paragraph
in regard to the band of heroes comr anded by Gen.
Breckenridge: '-.r'' 900
Ga Saturday morning Gen. Brock riiee'5 division
the left OF our line of battle Al d was
not extensively engaged. A. the day advanced the
bat lie grew hCicer the right and tins d vision WAS
ordsrtd 10 tie 'upPGrt Of tue rgat Wpg Saturday
evening On Sunday mcrnipg tue ga eel glgement
the ueuce! aGl the bat le ragged through Ihe
greater poraon f the day without decisive result
lu III evening three lines formed BrGckenridces
being in the The Il ct line advanced the ene-
NY pOTIiug desru tive fire tb lis rankI and VIII,
cir assault had accomplish all j; could those VINO
hal fallen lay down allow tie S. c)nd line TO ad-
vance which HkeW SO nade gallant charge But Il c
enemy contested the gsouad with powerful resisaucc
aud finally breckenridge line Odvu eel oUr tie bloody
ground and Chafg'd tie enemy Hi,h al mpeuOsity
VII oyeicame his stubborn rci antc and some iue
after dark sucereced III driving hia completely from
Tie field, and TIE diyi n s,y, mile oad tbs posi-
ton which the enemy bad he'd by Ile-uca desperate
dchtirg This most gt'sCt eharg C3u,tet the work
OF he daY, aud ths field AID the etbry ourp bua
the hiuned ranks Of to'e who fought, and the lOrg
OF hi led and wounded, espcci lily in BreckHridg 3
division, viii tell HoV dearly The oty was Obtsilcd.
The deeds Of Breckenridge A. Sh lob Bason Rluge,
AuifH esoO,O' and ChckanaUg4 sn If The. sane
character No more sp rae c.arg-s, deeds 0:
greater daring have been performed DIR the var,
GIN DRAGds coSGRATcLA oeY cRDrR
The following cHg'a.ulatory o':sr waS Issued b.
G. L. Bragg 20 his brave troops: .l.....aH
HRAIQCARTYRs AagY CT TEsSEssSE
Field IF Gu manga, sept - 1868 ~
IL has tleaSed Am g1y Godto reva tie valor and
endurance Of our rOops by giving arms atompete
Yciory Over the enemys superior numt ers Thanks
due and are rendered unto Hin who gYeth not the
b tile 10 the strong .-.-.-a-.z-s-a----.uz----a-
Sodiersi sfor ds:s pI.seyere battle, preceded by
heavy and mpor ant outpost affair." you have 81 o. med
the biicads ard br atworks Of the enemy aud drvi
him before you in cODiu ion, aud destroyed army
largely superior in nuWbers aud whose boast
your d-feat Your p4i cnduronoe under pri-
vatous, your forttuie, and yode yaOr Displayed all
Zines aud under all trials have bees nicely rewarded
YUur eoumaI dor Acknowledges his oShgarions and
promises to you in advance the county = altitude A
But cur task Is rot ended. We mus. drop n soldiers
tear upon the graves Of tho uobo meu who 4yc fden
by cur sidss aud IN forward. Mach has been ac-
compiished-mo remains TO be done before we can
joy the Lle.sibgs .! peace aud freedom. 900
(signed) BRAxToS BRAes.
IS .-.1q,ti WHAT THE PRISONERS SAY --ae-a .-a.i
The Appeal says Some Of the officers among the
r-i,nnara LIN nrriual 1T niS nasarted that Rnae