The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1863-10-08
The BattleFieid of Chiokamaneca..::

Ane o8ttie'tl leu OF Chlckamaugo.. .
| We"take the following sfntcres,iae
extract from, late letter'of P. W. A. 10
the Savannah Republican,: .{j'ts {,zsS $
! The battlefield hes on The Wes, bank
Of West Chickamauga, and is aboat
eight miles from lRinggold, Ga. and
about the same distance from Chst,aS
nooga, Tenn, icing nearly due " vst
from the fet,Ber, aud nearly due South
from the laiter. sItSi Is some fopfs hn,ilcs
'btlow Che Tsonessse, Hne, and is bound
ed on the Wet ky: Missionary : FYd.e,
IA continuation Of Waiden's Ridge. In
f-Isnnesee.) and on sihe Eas, ;by. tho
Chickamauga, Or" River of f4ood !" nv
The Indian name implies ,Roses;iie,
the FORMER home Of John Ross, the ccl-
cbratsd Chief Of the Cherokees, IS two
miles- North from tie ba,l!e field, nnd
situated at the foot Of pass. Mission.
airy Ridge. Il Was in Ills loveis valley
OF tho Cbickamauga, and along these
mountain passes. That the hostile tribes
were wont 10 meet in battle a. raw and,
settle their disputes Ii, WAS here thu,
the dusky maiden was wooed and won
by her fprest born lover, apd questions
Of boupdarr.and dominion, and revenge
found their bloody solution. This wa.
IN the years that are gone, when the
untutored Indian held undisputed. sway
in these wild glens and. coves; and,
among. 1hese rocky faaaesses. And
yet, how faithfully. does the civilized
white man Of this day repeat The his
tory, of the savage red man of that J.
The same. pass,ops animate his heart,
the same polieies engage his councils,
and The same field new drinks up his.
bic cd: The River Of Blood, if this wss
an appropriate naue for the crooked.
gl'ding. selpent-sBared river1a Ike lays
OF the Indian, recent evehts have .pieea
10 Il n yet stronger claim 10 that sans
culinary title,
The, ground nron Which. tho battle
'was fonght is slightly uadulntiup, ex2
ccpt where aprroa,he, the iItoantain
spurs nird ridges on the sApts,. and is
covered wEh heavy timber, with coca
sional patches of cienfad land here and
there. 1Ibe timber Is NOT So ,tick .as-
that aroun4 ChanctllDrsviIle. wh ere The
nn,lefgton,h Is almost ciirpene,rubte.;
hut rese,n bles more the woods aBeut
Shiloh, where HE. troops Mere iinarosss 4
rrcd with comparative ea,o. Tlm. ar.
tlierv. cn1d take lm an incousidcral>le
part IN tlir battle. in. consequence Of ,hs
imbes ah,l the level character .tf The
ground. On :he lcfi, next TO Missionary.
Ridge, the ground is lnoken into. hills
and vale =, hut the primeval forest still.
rems'hs .and consequently the most
,k'iiful af'ilciist could accomplish, but
little. : g..
II is snsa that Gen. Drngg's plan Of
attack w;.s de>iGnedto hs the same "a
'lHt ef Gen. Lee ON The CLickahominy.
viz: a movement down the left bank Af
the ChiekamnuSa by column which
WAS to take. ;hc enemy in flank, and
dri,eShim down ihe.-riier. u the -nrxl
ford or crossing below, wherc q second
column was TO cross over and unite with
ii'e HHrrS 80 ET-th;,'e fhe enemy sti.l;fsr-
lher down HE Eyer until all the bridges
an'l for'is had been uncovered and our
entire army passed over irkis IIay
was frustrated, according 10 rcport. bS
counter movement which is explain.
ed in the following order of the Federal
Gen. Thomas. This order wa. found
upon the person Of htljt. Geds Muhle-
man, Of Gen. Pslmer's staff Sho suB.
seqaently fta into our hands
HEADQUARTERS l4rn hRMr CoRPs,
Near McDaniel's House.
September 10, 1863 % A. NJ.
MAJ. GEN. PALMER The rebels arc
reported in eti,e a heavy force between
yoa klexander's Mill. If YOU nd
vance "a soon rs possible on them in
front, while attack them in flank,
think we can usethem up. Respectful
ly, your obedrnt servant.
~ GEO. Ii. THOMAS,
Major. General Junior comrn'd'g. =
This was Saturday morning. The
counter attack upon the font and flank
OF onE- Aankipg column was made with
vigor sooR after y crossed the river, I'd
in accordance with the plan suggested
by'Gen. Thomas and. if rot entirely
successful, 1t was sufficiently so to dis
arrange orr plans and delay cur move
ments. "a .-,
The. inquiry may arise in the mind
Of the, readetS Why Ges! Bragg did not
postpone The attack until all his tsin.
forcsmen's could ger up' 1t is said,
but with what Truth i caunot deter,
mine, that bs acted under The belief !.
that only three Federal corps had ad.
-vanced ap the vslley Of the Chicka.
mauga, and tha, the remainder Of
.Rossncranz'. army was- still on the
north side of the Tennessee near Chat
tapooga, and that Burnside .hyti not yet
formed,s Junction. with ths main-body.
IL such ~ss his bclief,, he vac deceived,
except ~ ia Burnside, AZ Gen Lee was
at Gettysburg, when he $ snppossd, on
the nosping ofthe ed of July, thai tlts,
whole Of Meads's forces had not then 1
ss.issd. Aud yst.it mns. be. admitted
fDat Gensrat elssagg scsed% wisely IN.
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