The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-09-21
REBEL VIEWS ON EAST TENNESSEE.

A DOleful Wan Over Rosecrnns' Cap.
aurc or East Tenmessee-The Fortttuslc
or ahc Nation Trisd-Bragg's General
ahpp-Painrui ssbJects for Rebel Re-
neetion-The Battle OF Limestone STA
tIon, DC.
THK RrcHMoND PRESS ON THE SITUATION N TENNIS
SIZE AND GEORGIA.
IFrom the Richmond Examiner, Sept. IA
Little doubt can be entertained that the enemy
have Chattanooga Thai strong and important position ~s
evacuafed pIhon bioW fros General bragg becduS Hu
sa Rosecrans had again fnnhed' Aa, and be was com.
pscd make further retreat into Georgia nght in
position when complete victory alone could his army
from destruction captivity.
The eeta eili be contemplated @ah nsin9ed >motions
The evacuation OF Chattanooga aud retreat into the Int
rior Of Georgia consistent the defensive pocy
and was possibly essential TO its final snccese. In all
countries especially in this Is necessary. should the
defensive system OF warfare be adopted TO abandon
many points appareDtly important, compelling tho enemy
oongate hs column and TO weaken II by that eionga
ton III ne can be fought Tar from MS resources and r.
adusSdry Ouh great adua~ta9s ~ n sho,'d ahemlx
xoo Se,w inc sr~ss Of Bsss ans s so
wards Charleston through upper Gcorga and the whole
Of sonth Carolina Even y be does not falnl tho com
pnsues the policy of Grant twho declined to follow John
ston further than Jackson AND then returned 70 oom
pele bis work the Mssssipp and without pursuing
Bragg, after establishing himself In Tennessee, turn 10
the attack Of Southwestern Virginia the retreat from
Chattanooga be fairly justified II Bragg was as u
IL said nanked by the enemy be would have been
shut tn that place, and not entirely successful IN
desperate battle would shortly been compelled 10
surrender. 10 risk that army would have besn
dangerous and objectionable error. Its loss would at
once lay Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina Mt the
mercy OF the invader During the American Revou
tion a parallel situation 10 the present was seen. The
Massachusetts General lincoln allowed the Army
up Charleston - Pemberton lately did another
vcksbarg. II was lost: Georgia and south Carolina
sk..~ M asanAN (urp Nina
ad General nearly lost that by rash engagement.
II nnaily placed IN the able hands Of Greene who
pursued the defensive system wisely aud finally won by
means OF a retreat less necessary, and much longer
that whch Rragg h,s becn compelled to make from
port from Bridgeport TO Chattanooga, and from Chata
10 Dalton Greenes retreat to the Ian saved his
army for the magnificent campaign by which he ruined
his enemy recovered the lost states Let hope that
Bragg y reproduction OF Greene but o. for hour of
Jackson o. for day q our dead Dundee
fdf,o, ol afdiyg, such an ne bLo,d in TENNESSEE and
Georgia this hard nal % the fortu~de Of
nation The tirnid and uDrenecting who have bitterly
opppsed oonsive warfare from beginning OF this
struggle aud who have their fellow citizens who
Advocated invason " the North ~ little better than
pcendlares are those prone be dsheartened by
these long retrcats these excavations OF cities and
nqn nshmeut II territory But there was but choice
between invading and being ourselves invaded Having
chosen the latter alternative the cip hope ~ SDccess ron
ss an admirHg e eneny, later. ino he hear,
Of ne land II he Ia defeated there be can be destroyed
while no he IL defeated this frontier
he again. and again aud again. until our re-.
sources exhausted aud the country entered when
The defensive system which mast cause iude
sCribabe misery TO the people even successful IN the
avoided, once could have been. But bayiug been
/ adopted, there no other chance bat 10 act with
consistency and nerve Is terrific hirg 70 zee ne mhoe
Sofs Of Tennssentsoiuely ts nhoieiR The hands ~ ne
enemy The south has sriven greatly for n and from
Doneon to Chattanooga every foot OF the ground might
bo the grave OF soldier. We hnre md inch of
2emeess Eren ne mo.sfan5 rhca are ne bafk door Of
PtrgiHtn IN The hands Of iis snepg thattauooga,
one 81 the strongest military positions. has gone without
q "
not yet believe that even Cumberland Gap has been
srreadered by those in charge Of il Th,se are prfI
can be regaincd and another ep @ Rosans May possibly
rcrfaee p na onfy n posron of uu NAT "a noo srrs
def, bai render osr< 70 eood for ne re Of Me
| rHE BATTLE OF LIAEsroSE srATloS-EvAcrArIoS
AND OCCUPATION " UPrga EAST rEssgssEE.
| lcorrespondenee Of the Richmond Enqairsr.l
.oSrSaoRo Te nn., S-pt. 10. 1893.
Before giving an account ot the nght Or the 9th viii
give some light 70 the state o affairs upper Fast
Tenpeseo il h well known 10 you that about The 2Tsh
OF August General Buekner with bs entire force with
from Knoxville leaving The country east along the
line the Fact Teancssoe and virginia Rarond1o Bristol
10 be- gardri and defended by General A. Jackson y
| brigade Aoghwths,anfng the evacuation or Rockville
tbo abandonment % the couary. excepLb by the small
force above alluded 70, the directory q the tths
Preaident Colonel Juo. Brarner being then Knoxville
conlinued 70 their trains into Knoxville for several
days although large force ~ the enemy Ia
be Within nftson twenty miles of the city and mar.
veous 70 say 10 ~ tho COMMON report a the country that
he President AID Directors resolved 20 The road de-.
clarng they we're only common carrier evidently indf
eren whether the rolling stock fell into the hands o the
enemy Tna they must have known would have bcen tho
case So snra ru0uzh, Tuesday -, they dashed into
knoxville aud captured their best passenger and
three locomotves On the same day our LITTLE force At
the Plains was withdrawn By railroad 70 Bristol IN tho
morning th the enony puzzled % 10 Messy Creek
csptred and then run into Jonesooro one nun
dred miles dlsian. from Knoxville with four hundred
mon, and there togs another
small company o. cavalry under CAPTAIN Jones at
this latter place after hring voiey into the enemy
| made Their esospe. Two females wounded by the
Yankees IN the encounter.
| Tue enemy then pushed on to Cartcrs bridge whefe
n ant ~
ertlery Under the accomplished Captain NcClung and
semanded surrender when upon refusal they retreat.
eli to~ard knox xvill..
Having learned tho above facts General Jackson who
BristoI With the principal body o bis forces With
. regiment ~ Kentucky cavalry and other forces
that had recently yoined hiu, made forced march cor
Jopesboro at which place he arrived on the mornlng o,
The Sh Here he learned tina, tho enemy was retarnlns
m m by railway ~ he promptly threw forward
baual,0n cavalry Colonel GiltDers reglrnen) sec
| tan OF sriicrv aud detachment OF Infantry A feS
m~s befw I-pcshofo' tbey found Ave sx hundred a
tho and train NJ cars, unable ~ proceed o ae
coral ~ tho aeslci 1 small bfid.e, effected by our