The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-01

correspondent Of The Knoxville Reoiaey fur-
alshes the following particulars OF the late battle
nssf Chattanooga
The mornir: of the G3th came thick and fosuv.
Dating the night our forces had evacuated Look
ne; Meuntsin, and withdrawn to The righ, Of
Chattanooga creek. AboutS O'Clock a. NJ. The fog
cleared and revealed an immense force of Yankees
along the base OF Missionary Ridge. Gen. Bragg
had vacated his quarters during the night, hence
on that ,~ofiit they found no game.
Tha fight continued furously during several
h9ars. when comIsrIfivc quiet reignea. We
oud not perceive the result but from the fact that
jhal point is only four and half miles from Chick
assauga Station, and thai the enemy had not made
any demonstration on that place. they could not
have gained much advantage over OUT ieft.
ste O'Clock heavy csnnouadins was heard op
our extreme right. soon the battle ragged furious
Il. General Cieburne had taken position during
,ae night the extreme right Of Missionary RIDGE
sad mas.ed the greater portion Of his forces near
IBIS Tunnel. At thi. point Swett's battery was
rys.sd, and during The entlfe day 1t kept up its
ean,inueus music.
The Yankees marshailed their forces In long and
broad columns from Chattanooga aud the various
srasstlou. along .he Office Creek, advancing like
he cloud OH the unfiinchiEg heroes Of Cleburne'e
and Chsaiham's commands. Sherman's corps,
supposed to number 5000 men, advanced 10 the
assault, aud made assault: after assault against the
imrresnable position
Turing til. hours between Ii A. NJ. to P. N.
Inc iriHg OF mussetry and cannon was incessant.
vhich il has been our lot to do battle. But their
charges were unaeailing. They were beaten back
t.Me and again At ole time they cahic within
tfissn feet Of Swctl's battery, when the 5th Ar
saneas, with yell and yosiey that echoed high
abovt the din OF war. drnve them back Nun
h5rs of the men finding their guns iouled as to
a. Us less, caet them away and threw rocks into
the fIces Of the foe
One ir.hman. whose lea hand was so shattered
thai he could not hold his gun, threw stones until
L. vas exhausted, and came back swearing that
Ihe damned Yankees they could bring against
ihsm,
The Second Tennessee also was supporting this
ta:,st;. and for internal stubborn lighting II has
HsreF en- surpassed.
Uns more assault, at 4 p. NJ, and Sherman'>
>o.ps received a terrific punishment that made
,hem turn and fy dow the hill, and soon they were
losi 20 view in tbs sinking narky clouds of war.
out forces pursued them raridly, and the last ac-
cannt ne had from the foe was that they had cross
ed the Tennessee and we had destroyed their pom
teoas at the mouth of The Chickamauga.
AZ halfpas 4 P. NJ. an attack was made some
distance down the tidge towards our centre, aud
Judging from the terrible and rapid firing Of mus
setry our forces were slowly vetiring over the
Greet Of the ridge. The continuous and heavy
triny aae heard ar half past S L. NJ. when the train
left.
We can form estimate OF our loss, though we
AuDW a large number OF wounded were received
at the field and general hospitals. But the Van
ting on the western slope OF the Ridge by 80
many hundreds, that arc satisfied that hell had
une Of the grandest jubiees over it's accesstons
from their ranks. The slaughter In the path OF our
batteries was awful aud immense, but not one a5-
eauit thus proved successful