Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-12

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!. lima troops who have always done well
q hereto fore ~ iiir = fa.; t.ss
And here let me add, AZ the risk Of be-
! coming tedious that SteYens0n'G division
composed Whelly OF "ViGksbuEg troops, ?
behaved with unsurpassed gallantEy.-
These troops are Tennessesans, Alabami-
4 ans and Ge0Fgiaps. General Cummings
GeOrRia brigade never. fought so WE'LL
The fact here stated should silence forever
the th0ughtIess tongues that 'haye been
Fidicnling aud maliguing the heroes who
ftOught o. YicksbpFg,,s = saeH fsltta
Amer night set in, the whole army WAS
WithdfaWn 70 The east side OF the Ohieka-
mauga. the trains having preceded ft the
.lhight before. TIE roads 4WeFe 10 q bad
lconditi0DT aud there were bRt three bridges
over which theltF00ps could retire. But
hb,enemy was too badly crippled 10 make.
pursuit. Only a small ldetaehmeHt ofeaF..
airy followed on the road TO- Bride Mills
1 At Ohickamanea Station, -FatiO1s Ofbafd
brbad and bacon were served out t0'themen
from the depot, aud the trains sent for
ward. Some of the stores were shipped on
by the railroad the remainder was de-
stroyed. The army Was put in motion by
two O'Clock at night, ON the road to Rings1
gold, and Gems. Bragg aud HaFdee left at
daylight next morning. The road was as
bad as it could be, aud, but for the friend.
ly light afforded by the moon on that and
the proceeding nightS the army could not
havese4Fected its seschpe.1 lttf1fli : cftt
THGasb34, .N6Ee1Abet 26. 4 iAtter i IA
tiguiug march, the army, with its long
trains, arrtved at Ripggold during the af-
ternoOh and night. The enemy had thrOWn
forward q mixed column Ofimouqted infant
ry, artillery, and cavalry, which was har-
RAISING our rear guard, under command OF
General Gist, considerably. AZ one time
General Bragg ordered the wagons toward
the rear TO be moved out Of ,the ROAD aud
parked, with o view, It Is said, Of having
them burned, rather than have them fall
Ipto the hands Of pltf enemies, Genetal
Gist MAS repeatedly pressed back against
the wagons, but he managed finally, with
the aid Of his brave command, (Walker's
diVisiOn,) to save them all. AT one time
the enemy got in between him aud the
main column, but he took . neighbofing
road and thus escaped destruction. Un-
fortunately FeFgusOu's battery OF four guns,
belonging TO Walkers division, Was eap-
tured. The horses were in very bad Goa.
dition- and unable 70 keep up with the col.
umu, and hence the disaster. The greater
part of the men and horses escaped. You
will DO astonished TO hear that the horses
Ia the aftllleFy seFvies-ths most imp portrait
in the whole army-are most neglected-a
fact, however, which Quartermasters, aud
even aFtillerists, seem incapable ofcompre-
heading. $. The loss of the battery occurred
soon after dark. and mot far from Ringg0ld.
The trains were brought out three miles
this side OF RtnRgOId, and the teams fed,
while the army OeeuE led the pass lust out
side the town. Three companies Of the
18th South CaTOlinar acting as special
guard to Ferguson's battery, were dispersed,
and many Of them taken prisoners. .
NoVBMBBB 27.-The trains were now put
In front and directed to take left hand
road 10 Dalton, passing. near Catoosa,
Springs. They moved at midnight, the
troops at daylight; following iu the direc-
tion of the railroad by Tunnel Hill, 80 as
to cover the trains. Roads very bad for
some miles, the teams pTeFWGTkedr Rpd
suffering Tor forage aud rest saw
mule lie down when the harness was re-
moved aud 60 as soundly 70 sleep In two
minutes as an infant, and that while hum
dreds of wagons aud thousands OF men
were marching by within few PAGES Of
where It rested
ClebuFns MAS now entrusted with the
command Of the rear guard to-day, Walk
ers division having been relieved. The
Federal pursuing column, numberingv 1t ts
estimated, about 10 900 men Of all arms,
assaulted him before be reached Tnnpel
Hill. This column consisted OF picked
troops, who moved rapidly and fought gal.
lantly; but Cleburne succeeded In restrain
ing them whenever he encountered them.
But they were becoming quite troublesomei
SO he ambuscaded tlem BY O0ncealing his
forces, including bis artillery, until the
enemy got within few PAGES Of his guns,
when they poured grape aud canister into
them with the most destructive eteSts-
The road was filed with their dead aud
wounded. Our iufautFy then spraqg tor-
ward from theie cover M either side OF the
road, aud literally moved them down by
their well directed shot The enemy ned
| in confusion, leaving 26O prisoners land
three flags (the latter taken by the artil-
Ieristsls in our hands, eud ffon1 IOO9 tn
/, 500 Elled and wounded in the road
The Fedefals kept &C Q respectful distance
from Pat OEeburne after that, and were I'VE
hours marching one mile on our track.
A prisoner, taken near Ringgoldy reports
that Osterhaus, Of SheFmau's eoFps, is in
command Of the puIslipg column, de
says that Ostefhaus crossed the OhiekA-
msuRa on . hastily constructed bridge,
tdnd that Grant was building wide, sub
stantiaI military bridge at Red HOuso ford,
/ by which to cross over his whole army,
and that he Intended To make q clean sweep
Of the Confederates. The last aehieye-
ment the beaten hero OF ohhon-Wlh nt9
more difieplt than heimagfnes.' - 4i..ffI
The trains had reached Dalton tq the
afternoon, and were ptfke aud the teams
fed. The troops arrived soon thereafter,
and went into camps. -It-wes Just At this
point when my frugal meal was being
prepared, and the first paragraph Of this
I rambling leftBf MAS being Indicted, that
| an order came for the trains to move on 70
Resaca. The roads TO this place are pretty
good, though simpassabie.in some.
t1laces. Several wagons were lost and .
good many mules killed on the way not
| BY the enemy, but by the great holes and
i gulfs aud quagmires on the road. saw
/ "a pioneer eorps with the train. The.