The New York herald., 1863-12-14
Iho Rebel E0yccS Tha; Attacked ibe
Works and Their Comma nders.
TIE Fighting on tho Right and Over
the S5olston River.
KILLED AND WOUNDED,
ksss BE-, Ss.
BI. Jnsa.s a. EfsapatrIcs-s Dcspntch.s.
TIM tiFdt Cf kRoxyiLLE 1H1RrkEETu DAY
NOVEMBER 20
hsoAsniE, tonn Nov 90 EyeGing.
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.bo thirteenth day of the soge 81 Knoxville has been
narkcd by me most important cngag gemcnt sinco tho
enemy hrst invested he CITY. Tue attack, 40 ioug sx
pcc,ei has been iouPlh made and sleud dy epused
n ognt which, Tho comparison o tho los' thcr
tidc dois parallel opy General Jackson nai.o of
View OreJBs.
ugmnnV,ry NV.
me movements 81 ihc dlrng the fortyo.glt
hours prev tho attack wsuo calculated nduoo
ono Of two npposhons pariethor tha, they had
raised ibe siege ard c,aCoatng mo place, that
hey we're massing their forces our efi with yes
10 make aPsau from that direction. No doubt they
ntcnded ~ to entertain The belief bat Gonctal
Burnside proved himself equai tho eInergercy and
vh 10 not deceived ~ their wss prepared To-
a0y s,safagon.
ANohrIr.Acr soSo lir I1yEs
Between eleven and twelve O'Clock last ngLt "a general
a:.acK made upon whole no, from our position
tho extreme EFF south ot right OF our
IRON. nor,h Of tho railroad The moon was shiung
brightly a. no and betrayed ;he rebols N strong
line OF battle Heavy skrmlrhing ongnc1, iasting
until near daylight, and resulting IN tho falling back
Of our piohets. oar batteries opened upon tho
rebels, and doeuItory oaBnouads kept np through.
out the night, the nTe Of guns being directed by
the nah,s oi tbor Bos and tho line of Their blv0uac
hros In tho rear lnal tho long looked for attack
coming ~as evident but from what particular point
matter of doubt Ihe general advance uron our gtir
mish line, though Intended TO dHconcori our plans Of
defence ana dsact attention, had the o7c-t OF putting
every at hs post, eagerly watching Tor the point
from which the enemy would come
RHnas.
The long, anxious watch, rendered d0uby revere ~
the crisp, froety sphere termination Win
daylight and the Of mo too AZ night Wiod
her curtain IRON the landscape and IN hc dun dawn ~
tho morning ,hoy were soon advancing three lines o
towards fost Sanders Quickly ~ hie plare sfrang
every m'n IN ho wors aud IN ,hs time than 3, requires
10 icl oar artillery h1d opened them With she
and canister ~ the sane tno battery which tie ret.
ella had constructed uuoD high b th. river uas
suddenly unnassed, and opened GanGng IRE upon tho
rife pits and upon the tort. wbic, however amply
protected by dense wings OF earth aud bales ~ cotton
Tow Of their shclls burst IN the and II gu
hfe, but beyond tbs w0undng Ot fbog did no
Surtbor damage lEeir batteries N front and no
other Hank Of the or also took part n tho oanBobaCe
bat With the same insr.ct iaIlty 1Le baiis-for Il
could now be called became deafeu M IN. rom Of
the artillery on all sdas, the bursting of the shells
The rattle of mnsketry were gandy cofnmisgcd nespo
The storm o canister whichhow led
the rebel host with brigade front slowly pouring over
the railroad cut. and anon qnickening motion tho
ground pre,en'eh less obstruction un at last, emerging
from tho rearest thinner they broke iuto
Acros. the open space sa ,n,erTe epea e, cen the
timber and the fort, and which crossed with ioga
and tho stumps OF ieIled trees they npctn
most OF tho column stumbled over line of telcgrspb
wire which had hecn stretched through tho low bru sb
and cocd from stump to stump out OF ordinary view
Az iboy halted here momentsriiy, falling an
other, until the cause u the ob8uoti0n Was discovered
our batteries In tbo fort had full play aud Eeulamin
Buckley and Hoaner poured in their rounds duick And
fast while the infantry Of lsnefo sopt up galng nre
with mussetry The ebrsgufes o the fort whoe
line n tho psrapct baycd AZ with the discharge,
san the rebels pressed their battle flags of red With
cross ~ blue, foAng deaanty above Their haada over
the ,erried line Of bayonets Rsybg o,cr The enprs,v
obstruction. leappg tho stump@ and lOgs and push ng
through the brush hey wor. wiihin pistol shot tho
f. Our men, during the ls, few minutes had received
ers to thcif FIRE n each could ,nsis out h
target st cose rinso. while Rcn amin trebo shosd MS
suns and Buckley loaded win bs terrible canister
rnr t'ftpt, ROtT AsD HEfu,r
And nov togslher AL launched forth fhe eject W.,
ierrinc broken ~ their line few ~ the de.ps.
rate Of the rebels swAus iuto the ditch, carbored up
the snos nnd almost SIDE by eide with ". Tag ~ tho
mon, planted tho banner OF ures0on Bui c0nfusci
panic strckeu Tho rear Of the column gave way and
treated down tie Hill Others sgan AFRAID 10 advance Jf
retire the face ~ hs, caraiu death sud arnaef
by tbe hears ~ sinin which svesei tho field threw
down their srms and surrendered fhe rnoft dssr.rate
and gallant band they vere-fems ne,i fa.i by ihsir
on'cf who vaisniy kept the lead 20 the very seg
and following them - hey iunpsd into ths diloh a,
tempted 20 scale the gscls each receive his death
wound az hts head appeared above no paranot cap
tail IN soTds which would sound oddly to thrilling
nsnded the surrender u tho garrison a. he pushed hs
boiy through one Of tie bfafes aud fare VERY
nuzylo u tho cannon ils srsr"r vaF ths cgchags y
ihs pece ~hon rnut limb from LIMB ne rnanfled cnfp,o
~ what lo ~ lI, hurried outward tto the ar
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bonselyes uDsuppoftsd - the rest u n. chsrsns
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,nd lying
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