Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-10-01

writer to have been lost. Among these
were two guns, one hundred ambuances,
sixty beef cattle. and large number of
ammunition wagons and caissons. SINH
lar recoveriers were doubtless made by
other portions of The army. but the cores
pendent had HURRIED off to publish bis de-
scription of the fight. and knew nothing of
this rather important variation Of the state
of facts behind him. Our loss in prison
ers in both days. the Colonel says will not
exceed twenty-five hundred including the
wounded. In artillery it will be less than
COL Barnett supposed. as guns were recov-
cred and brought in of which he could
know nothing when he gave his estimate
to the correspondent. We captured about
1000 prisoners, of whom Wilder brought
1870 with him to Stevenson. The dis
lance of the battle field from Chattanooga
has not been fully understood. and the
supposition that Roseerans vas driven
back twenty or thirty miles has added a
gloomy shade even to the most cheering
aspect of the fight; but the distance was
small. our extreme right, which was far
thest away on Sunday. being less than
twelve miles off. and the left. after fal ling
back to Mission Ridge, being hardly more
than half OF it.
On Monday. Immediately after the re-
turn from the field, Wilder was sent off
up the Tennessee to guard fords and passes
for Burnside's benefit. and took with him
dispatches from Rosecrans with tull news
OF the situation" These dispatches were
safely delivered. as the courier taking them
got back just as Wilder started home
This assures the country that Burnside
will not be caught unprepared. When the
courier reached him he was moving to-
wards Chattanooga, at what point or with
what strength it would probably be i'm
proper to state, but we may state that by
this time he is past all danger Of being in
terceptcd by the rebels, and has force
enough to make good all Rosecrans has
lost, and something over. AT Stevenson
Wilder heard rnmor that Grierson's cav
airy from the Mississippi were within ten
miles, and that Sherman's whole corps
was within two days march, coming up
from Decatur. Alabama. but the rumors
were undoubtedly false, as Grierson was
in Springfield. ILL.,, on Friday, and Sher-
man could not have got to the point stated
from the Big Black, in the time that has
elapsed since the battle, and we know
that he had not started before
Among the incidents of the battle of
Saturday, Colonel Wilder described the
frightful slaughter OF Longstreet's men at
the time they were driven back by our
lett wing. This celebrated corps. as des-
perate soldiers as ever lived. attacking
two divisions, Van Cleve's and Davis's,
to the right aud little in from, Of Wilder,
separated them and pushed on through the
open space yelping-the rebel shout is a
yelp, instead OF civilized burrah-ana
confident of victory. A portion of them
had to cross small field behind which. in
the bordering woods Wilder lay, and
Through which ran a ditch i've or six feet
deep to carry off the water of an adjacent
stream or swamp. AS the rebels entered
this field. in heavy masses fully exposed,
the mounted infantry. with their seven
shooting rifles. kept up continuous blast
of fire npou them. while Lilly. with his In
diana Battery, hurled through them double
shotted canister from his ten FOUNDER RI
hes, at less than three hundred YARDS
The effect was awful. Every shot seemed
to tell. The head ofthe column. as il was
pushed on by those behind. appeared to
melt away or sink into the earth, for tho
continually moving it got no nearer. 1t
broke at last andfell back in great disor-
der. II was rallied and came on again.
and with desperate resolution pushed thro'
tho solid FIRE to the ditch. Here all who
could get in took shelter. Instantly Lilly
whirled two of his guns and poured right
down the whole lengh Of the ditch his
horrible double canister Hardly a man
got out of il alive. ''At this point" said
Wilder, (who has been seasoned to slaugh-
ter by being two hundred times unler fire,
at actually seemed pity to kill men So
/ They fell in heaps. and | hal it in my
heart to orcer the firing to cease to end
the awful sight" But the merciless seven
shooters and canister wonld not stop, and
again the boosted flower of Lees army
was crushed into a disorderly mob and
driven of. When the firing ceased one
could have walked for two hundred yards
down that ditch on dead rebels, without
touching the ground OF course Col.
Wilder doesn't claim that his brigade de-
feated Longstreet. His statement only
refers to that portion of the corps which
entered the field in his front. He thinks
that not less than 1000 rebels were killed
and wounded in this field. 1t was prob
ably the most disastrous fire Of the two
days fight on either side.
On Sunday Col Edward A. King Of our
6Sth Regiment, then commanding brig
ade. killed by rebel sharp shooter
concealed in a tree. The shot struck him
in the forehead. killing him Instantly
Col. Grose. reported killed. was not hurt.
In skirmish of Wilder's brigade with
Forrest. few miles from Dalton, Ca,
three days before the battle. Forrest was
so badly wounded that he was unable to
take his command during the battle. Gen
eral 10. Johnston accompanied Farrest's
brigade, and narrowly escaped being cap
tured. That same day Lee. Johnston.
Bragg. and other rebel generals were in
} Dalton in. consultation. Aae
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The Supreme Court Of the State OF New
> York have issued n perDetual Injunction