Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-13

THE LOSSES IN TIE BATTLE OF CHtCKAIArG..
lspeci. corresT ond.n:c Of tho New Yor Tr,l'unc.l
HEADQUARTERS ARMY or THE CrNGrRLA*D
CHATTANOOGA. Oct. Ill sul.io;na tabular
statement embodying the complete CIicial re-
turns of all the casualties il the infantry anI
artillery Of the army Of tie Cumberland ca-
jagged in the late battles on the IVES:
Chickamauga. Reports from the cavalry
corps have nctyes been received at tbs gene
raj headquarters, but its losses will not swcll
the aggregate figures below given over 4 few
hundred, although it took n much more active
part in the conflict than accounts heretofore
printed have led the public to suppose.
The grand total loss of the troops engage
it will be seen, is 1851. To it tae f5urtcenii
! corps, General Thomas',) has contributed
G.30l the twentieth. (McC0ok's. IBIS: tho
twenty-first, (Crittender's $500: and the two
brigadrs Of the reserve corps (Grargc r'sl cnsa.
ge1. 1872. There were siledupon the scene Of
actions l.fl4: wounded and brought in by
own troops, 1902. OF the 4,lsj missing,
about 2.5C) were wounded left on the iialI Of
whom about 100 were exchanged aid re
novel from the rebel. hospitals tn our own
few days since. The total of wounded will
thus not fall very shortsof 10000, giving IL
promotion to the killed as one to seven.
Of tho killed l3l, of the wounded about
$50. and of the missing as many more as will
make up the total Of 955, were oficers-:he
truly frightful proportion Of nearly one 20
every fifteen enlisted men. OF the killed
about IS were field officers. and among the
wounded the higher grades have also all uuu.
sually strong representation.
1t is hardly necessary to say TINT there is
not ut present Il supcrabundancc IF officers in
the Army of the Cumberland Msaculously.
only one genera! officer General L-tl"l wac
| killed; but nearly dozen Colonies. acting 81
brigade commanders, were killed and wound.
Cd. Oh artillery thrty-si1 pieces are ciicial-
" renorscd as lost. And beyond that figure
| claimed by the rebels must be their own guns
captured by us on the 10Th, bat abandoned on
the Goth. Abont 400 artillery horses vera
killed. and about one hundred of mounted
officers.
do not deem It prudent to give ~ present
the per centagc Of the force engaged repre-
scnted BIZ the abov" losses. Coad the rnsnec-
tive figures be published the desperate char,
actor of the struggle would become still more
evident. Some consolation in tie con;cmp!a-
ton. Of tho fearful loss of life and limb Gnu.
merated. is afforded by the fact that tho na,n.
Der Of the seriously wounded is relatively not
20 great as in the battle of Stone Rivcr-iha'
the mortality among them and the number Of
operations has hecn proportionately small,aad
that all are doing remarkably well. The
seeming Disparity in the losses Of Thongs
MeCook's and Crit.cndcn' $ corps is explained
by their relative numerical difference q
strength. Thomas hal four. those Of McCool;
and Crittenden only three divisions cach.-
Crittcndcn,s was weaker than McCsok's.
THE FEDERAL ARMIES TO ASSUME THE OFTEN
sIvE.
The New York "Tribune" Of yesterday.
speaking editoriaily, says:
There arc unmistakablo indications that our
armies are about to assume The offensive, and
2rcss vigorous prosecution Of the war. The
positions gained and now occupied by them
are such rs to afford the means iof striking
the most telling blows the rebellion has Yet
received.
The same paper, in its special kilograms
from Washington, has tie following:
There are various signs that orr armies,
which have been for some weeks upon the de-
! lC1SlFC. cEcFyNucTc, cSCtpU Npph AhC Dthcl
side of the Mississippi and at Charleston, are
about to assume the offensive along tic Who'll:
line; and there are good grounds Tor the hope
that the campaign soon to commence will not
close until large accessions have been made
to the territory under the national fac. Gen.
Grant has assumed personal command of the
veteran army at Chattanooga, and his charac.
te. leaves no doubt as to what he will de-
General Meade has been assured in un@i!staka
BIZ tones, that the army of the Potomac must
fnl fight, if not under his command, under
that of SOME other General. General Burnside
is in position in which he can assist either 4
these two great armies, and he las recently
shown how effectively. he can cooperate
General Foster is the man to make Richmond
tremhlc before rapid movement up TIE Pc.
ninsulu. Similar activity prevails al ali
roints where our forces arc stationed.
Army of The Cumberland.
A pEsERTER's sToRr-sPEECH Br JEFF. DAVIS
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