Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-11-27
CHATTANOOGA. Nov. 25-7 p.

CnATTAxoooA, Nov. 25-7 p. n.
We are completely victorious. The cue.
my is totally rout ed and driven from every
position. Our loss 10 small. The enemy's
ioss 10 heavy 10 prisoners. Finding Hooker
90 successful 10 his movement agsinst Look
out Mountain the enemy evacuated that
position during the night. Hooker took
possession early this morning and moved
south. and got on Missionary ridge some-
where near the battlefield Of Chicka@augs.
lie 10 expected to intercept the flying enc
my. Gen. Hooker IL said to have captured
not less than 1000 prisoners in his magni6.
cent assault Of Lookout Mountain. Gen.
Sherman being oil prepared began an assault
It s .. IN. TO day upon the strong position
Of the enemy as the north end Of Mission
sry ridge. He had the day before taken .
bill near the position Of tho enemy, but
commanded by their artillery. He had to
make q descent into . valley aud then
made another ascent to the position held
by the rebels. Two unsuccessful assaults
we're made by Sherman, but with the CO.
operation Of the centre be ultimately &C.
cured tho position and completed the VIC
tory. The brigade of Gen. Coarse, with .
portion Of Gen. L'ghthead's brigade, COM
posed the storming party in the first as
sault. They were repulsed with quite .
heavy loss, after an attack persisted In for
an hour, but being reinforced were enabled
to hold part VI the hill. In this attack
Gen. Coarse was wounded quite severely IN
the thigh.
The 37th Ohio, 9th Iowa and l53d lille
nois we're in the attack. A second assault
ID Ian ;u suh ich M~fhiNa
Looms aud Raums' brigade we're engaged.
The force reached within twenty ysris Il
the summit OF the hill and the works 81
the enemy, when they we're fanked and
broken, retiring to the reserves. In this
assault Gen. Matthias was wounded and
Col. Putnam of the 03d Ohio, killed.
Their persistent efforts compelled the
enemy to mass heavily on the right, in or
der to hold tho position Of 30 much impor.
lance to them. About 3 o'clock Grant
started two columns against the weakened
centre, and in IN hours desperate fighting,
succeeded In breaking the centre and gain.
ing possession Of the ridge on which the
enemy was posted.
Tho main force was driven northwsrd
toward Sherman, who opened on them, and
they were forced to break and seek safety,
in : disordered fight down the west slope
Of the ridge aud across the Ohickamauga.
We have taken not less than 5000 pris-
oners, and perhaps % many % 10000.
Gen. Hooker will probably intercept the
flying enemy in tho vicinity Of Rossville
and the region east Of it.
There are reports that We have taken a
whole corps.
Among the casualties arc 1t. COL Espy,
66th Indiana. Maj. McCauley, 10th Iowa,
Col. Omars, 9th Illinois, 1t. Col. Stuart,
9th Illinois, Major Walker, 10th Missouri,
Msjor Wslcb, Seth Illinois, Major james,
9Th Iowa, wounded; Major Irwin, 9th Iowa
killed. Full reports. Of the killed aud
wounded cannot be obtained, as most Of
the killed were in Shermsn's corps, and
remained ct dark In the hands Of the enc.
my. The list will be telegraphed to-mor
row. Prisoners say that Bragg was st
the ridge just before they were taken.
The successful storming parties consisted
Of Woods and Birds divisions on tho lett
and centre, aud Johnson's aud Sheridan's
on the right.
Some Of our wounded were left in The
hsnds Of the enemy, after Gen. Sherman's
unsuccessful assault, but ultimately recov
cred