Daily national Republican., 1863-01-03
oRnAT BATTLE sSAR nrURTRnES-
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THINGS LOOK FAVOhAbE.
SNrIa MunrnursSoro, poccmbor. si.-our
entire line entered terribly thls morning.
-Four regiments 81 rogulhrs Lost half Of their
mon, and an Of their commanding oflcers.
The Anderson troop suffered severely Majors
tRosengarten and Ward were killed, and Gene
rails Stanley, Rosseau, and Palmer were
wounded.
Two O'Clock, D. m.--General Thomas breaks
the rebel centre, and drives the enemy the dis
tance Of a mile. F|t HI
We advance the entire line, which General
Rosencrana Ia personally superintepding. One
shot killed two OF his staf.
The fifteenth Wisconsin lost seven captains.
General Neglsy's artillery is still moving the
rebels in the centre.
BCrittenden's lefl wing has taken the entrench
ments at Murfreesboro'. ......... e..
The rebel guerlllas Cheatham and Rains were
killed.
The following has been received at the War
Department from the Government teiegraphic
superintendent, who Is now In the Westi
OLEvELAND, Ohio, Jan. 9, ls63--Hon. E. NJ
StdatOR, SscretdrYof War. The following ls Just
received from Cincinnati, dated Murfreesboro',
Jan. !, 1888 .
"Teuible battle fought yesterday
:" The latest from the field is up To- noon.
"The rebel centre had been broken, and
tnlngs looked fhNOfnDle.
"The losses reported are enormous. Gem
and the rebel Generals Chatham and Rains
killed" ANsoN sTAgEp.
NASHVILLE, Jan. "A terrible battle has en-.
sued at Murfreesboro'. The greatest carnage
of the war has occurred. f 4..a
The Federal forces encountered tho rebels on
the, 30th ult. Just near Stewards Creek. Heavy
sklfmishing resulted, aud the rebels were driy-
en- hack. We captured a hundred prisoners
and killed and wounded a largo number Our
loss was seventy killed and wounded.
At daybreak on the 3lst the lght was renewed
with great fury. . -..t. .n
Gen. McCook's corps was opposed to Hardee.
After desperate fighting, with heavy loss on
both sides, McCook retreated two miles. He
soon rallied, and was again driven hack, and
at night was four miles this side of the ground
occupied this morning. The fgh: continued
until ten O'Clock p. M, at which time We had
maintained our position.
The Federal loss is very heavy. The follow
ing are among the killed Brig. Gen. Sill, Lieut..
Col. oarcsche, chief Of Gen. Rosecrans' staff
Brig. Gen. Wlllich and Col. Kell, of the Second
Ohio; Col. shalfer, acting brigadler general,
Col. Farmer, Thirteenth Kentucky; Colonel
Jones, Twenty-fourth Ohio; Lieut.. Col Cotton,
| Sixth Kentucky; Lieutenant Colonel Jones
Thlrty-ninth Indlanaj Major Carpenter, Nine.
teenth rcgularsj Major Rosengarten, Of Phila-
delphla; CaptaiR Garrett, Nineteenth Illinois,
/ Colonel Carpenter, Eighteenth Wisconsin bat
| terry; and Lieutenant Colonel Mckee, Of the
/ Fifteenth Wisconsin.
| The following are wounded
Brigadier General +. NJ. Kirk, Illinois; Brig
adler General Wood, of Indiana; Brigadler
/ General Vancleye, Of Minnesota; Colonel Cas-
sale, of Ohio; Major General Rosseau, of Ken
tuckyi Lieutenant Colonel Berry, Fifth Ken
! anlrN
Major King, Fifteenth regulars; with many
others.
| The Twenty-lrst, Twcnty-afth, and Thlrtleth
| Illinois lost two thirds Of their men. The Fif-
teenth and Thirty-clghth Illinois lost one half
of their number.
The one-hundred-and-hrstO Ohio lost one hun.
dred and twenty-five men. The Thirty-eighth
Indiana about the same number. The total
amount Of killed is estimated at twenty-five
hundred.
The rebel loss exceeds onrs.
Gen. J. Z. Rains was killed. Gen. Cheatham
is wounded and prisoner. We have captured
! five hundred prisoners.
The fight was renewed renewed at 8 O'Clock
! a. M, on January lst. Cannonading was
. beard at Nashville at 10 a. m.
Hoods and Van Clevo'a divisions we're in
Mnrfreesboro' driving the enemy, who were in
| full retreat.
Three hundred prisoners have reached Nash
vile.
The following are among the rebel commits
stoned officers captured; Major ]. j. Franklin,
Thirtieth ArkAnsasi Capt. W. Z. johnson,
Second Arkansas, Capt. ]. p. Eagle, Second
Arkansas, and Capt. J. c. Stone, First Tennes.
sec cavalry.
Many buildings have been taken for hospital
purposes.
Great numbers Of wounded are being brought
in.
| New river is falling eighteen inches on the
| shoals.
The reports that fifteen Thousand rebels
crossed the Cumberland river last Monday and
were moving towards Louisyille is dscredlted
at headquarters.