The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1863-09-24

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Missing SstweSis the. opposing ARMIES.
Nott6 of fns, that hss been going on for
The last two weekss has At length result
ed ihsa general battle. Tie armies ON
both side. pndonbtediy exceed ID nuns.
bers those thatrh.vs yet been engaged
IN any of the battleSfeids Of The. wsst,
and, In, view Of the Importance Of the
result, which is fully appreciated By al, !
we may expect, when the exents are
fully known, 40 place upon reessa ne
history of one Of. the most desperate
struggles that has been Witnessed sdur>
ing The war. ...A.%-S. =, ..S:i,.2- =: -
Themaneuyreing that has bean 90.
lug on since the enemy crossed the riv-
er aud. our forces fell back from East
Tennessee and the river, in front of BAL
Con and Rome, aud extending West 10
the State line, resulted in forcing back
the cplatnns sent out by. .Rosencranz to-.
ward Dalton, Rome aud up. .Sins' yalS
ley, TO his main body, which. occupied
a line and some miles South of. tile river,
the left North of Ringgold. Gen. Bragg's
light was in HE vicinity of Ringgold,
under Longstreet. Gen. Hill command.
ed the centre; and Gen. Polk the left.
Gen. Bsckner's corps also formed part
Of the,left.. i, +. s.. -. ... =
/. Gen. Bragg determined TO bring on
"a general engagement, and this deter,
. t:iipation WAS announced 10 the army
in general. order, which was published
Don Saturday. His troops shared his
spirit TO the most ehtbnsias,ic degree;
and we are informed endured the fatigue
NECESSARY in tie most cheerful n, ann or. s
On Saturday morning, the left, under.
Gens. Polk and Backner, attacked tue
'enemys. 1ght, and drove lhem back.
same four miles, when evening" cameou
and; the pursuit was stopped. At the.
same time, Gen. Walkers division made
an attack on The euelnyiss right centre
and made some Impression. During
the day, Rosencrauzr held n position ON
Pea Vine Creek where he had a boun-
tiful supply of'water. and at 10 o'clock
at ishl our troops fiom the Ieh wee
concentrated upon the, left centre and a
charge made. This is sreported to have
been a Terrible struggle, but the enemy
finally gave way, when our forces ad :.
,rapcel, changing aeress The creek and
occupying the heights ohihe other side.
In this struggle, our loss WAS about
1900, and one # our general officers
informs us the ground over which our
troops passed in the pursuit was literal
ly covered with the Federal dead and
wounded. The position thus secured
is an important one, and SO appears to
have been understood by both sides
bence+ tie desperate character Of tho
struggle tint took, place. l. - - = ~.
: On Sunday, the fight was resumed
along the entire line, and was obstinate.
ly kept up during the day. only an
indefinite statement of the result has
reached the city, but enough is known
TO warrant us in saying the advantage
rested wilh our arms. On tho right
and the left. the enemy were driven
back some distance; his centre resisted
every attack II was understood, at
last, accounts, that "A concentration of
onr forces would be made en- This posi-.
ton this morning. !
The losses upon. both sides has been
very heavy. 1t isimpossible to get any
thing definite as 10 the totals, but ac-
counts represent them rs 'eaorInous.--.
Our loss, ub to last evening, has been
estimated by some gentlemen US high
as 5000 kilIed, and wounded, and all
concur in saying that Of the enemy Was
much larger. Some two thousand Fed,
eral prisoners were taken yesterday.-
Our loss Of officers is reported heavy
but We have been unable TO obtain par.
ticulars. The wounded are being
brought toahe hospitals in The rear rs
speedily as possible Some few have
reached tie city. -.
Oar loss in general officers, so far as
we~have been able 10 learn, is rs fol-
lows: Gen. Preston Smith, of TeBnes.
see, and Gen. Woford, OF Georgia, kill !
ed on Saturday. Gen. Wallhall, of
Mississippi, is reported killed, but tbis,
lacks eostirmatiou. Gen. Bennipg was
wounded in the breast; Gen. Vim.
Preston was also wounded, but -the ma.
ture Of his wound has not transpired
here. Gen. Gregg was woundedsin the
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