, 1863-01-07
BATTLE AT MuRFREESB0 ORC.
The Three Days Fight---Thurs-.
day, Friday and Saturday. :

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The Three Days Fight---T
day, Friday and Saturday.
GREAT BRAVERY OF OUR TROOPS.
Glorious Victory to the Federal
Arms.
From the Cincinnati Gazette, 5th-1
THURSDAYS BATTLE.
On Thuraday morning the sun rose through
mass Of thick mist and fog, and just us he
made his appearance the pickets of the enemy
orenea,a bTrisk iire upon Palmer's division,
Which constituted the right wing Of General
Crlttsnden's command. A feW Of our men
we're wounded, aud our .pickcts manifested
some disposition to giye way. Two batteries,
however, moved up to their support, and the
cannonadc WAS 50 brisk that the whole Of our
ate renewal Of the fight on grand scale; pnt
the rebels did not seem disposed to HaAe a tae
fight general; they brought ont batlety u
Shsh atempteddo t. ss1 IN ye Har sx
ninctes mIa "9io fro,n Ihe tic they Commenced to
~ Tbetr tickets were also driven back and
xcrcui prisoners taken. and the sound Of bat
f1e. except the occasional dropping Of mus
6th Indiana and the 8th indiana battery. con-.
manded By Lieut.. Estepp, Here mainly }nstru-
mental in repulsing this attack. From this
time till half past one p. M, there was no
fighting, with the exception Of occasional
ekirmishes between the plckets.
At the time last mentioned, an attack was
made upon our right, where Dan, McCook's
command had been mustered together after
the repulsc Of Wednesday. His men, anxious
to redeem their character, lay close behind
some Temporary breastworks Of stone and
logs, until the rebels were within a few hund-
red yards Of them. Then they opened, and
the huttcrnuts retired in confusion to the ce-
dar thickets in which they had been concealed
all the morning OF Thursday; leaving num-
Der Of their dead and wounded in an lnter7en-
ing field. On the centre Of our left, where
part Of Gen. Sheridan's division was posted,
brisk firing Was kept up between the pick
cts until near night, when the rebels becom-
ing bold, once more advanced In considerable
force into IN open field. This time our men
but charged upon the enemy and put them to
disgracefnl flight, single company Of the
9Th Illinois capturing $50 prisoners. 4 num-
Der Of shells from some Of our batteries
Qufeted the rebels for the remainder Of the
evening: The fighting On Thursday was at
little more than heavy skirmishing. Both
armies seemed inclined to rest after the dread
full contest of the day before, The weather
was cold aud clear part Of the day, but dur
ing the night there was an ugly, drilling
rain, from which our soldiers, without shelter
Of any kind, suffered severely.
FRIDAYS OPERATIONS.
There was nothing Of Importance occurring
Thursday night, scarcely shot from either
nine O'Clock, Then terr:',c cannonade COM
nenced and ragged for la;:. all hour all along
the center Of our line. The enemy's shot and
shell few thick and fast up the railroad and
turnpike. and all over the open ground occu-
pied oy The center Of our army. Ono Of our
nseSs ofe an h ssa hs to ed aG sat sna SID led
By the rebel fire; but 1t soon became evident
that the encmy's artillery was inferior to our
oTn and atfer Loomis Ind knocked to pieces
4 rebel battery Of large brass guns, which was
situated near the turnpike, directly in front Of
there was again a lull in the storm Our loss
in this artillery duel WAS about one hundred
killed and wounded. From the reports Of rebel
prisoners, am led to believe that the enemys
loss was very considerable. There Was moth
ing more than heavy skirmlshing from this
until o'clock p. III.
SATURDAYS ENGAGEMENT.
BOWLING GREEN, KY, Jan. 4.
] returned last night to Nashville, from the
battlefield at Murfreesboro, and, after tcdi-
ous ride on the cars, during which was en-
gagged in writing out these dispatches, I ar
rived late this evening at this place. say I
left tue field, but not, thank God, until was
able to report 4 glorious success for the arms
Of the Union. The operations up to one
o'clock yesterday had been conducted on
scale Of almost unparalleled grandeur, almost
during the days Of Napoleon. The battle Of
Wednesday displayed in most striking man
ner the yalor Of our troops, the earnestness Of
our officers, and the genius of Gen. Rosecrans;
but the result, on the whole, seemed to be
against us, aud there was general feeling of
dependency throughout our army. On Thurs
day there was little disposition manifested on
either side to renew the battle, and this feel
ing continued until after the cannonade Of
Friday morning, the result of which did
much to encourage and inspire our soldiers,
and mike them ready for the great event that
Van cleve's division, belonging to Gen. Crit
tcnden's corps, had been thrown across Stone.
Riser on Thursday, in anticipation Of m as
eault upon our left, similar to. that upon the
right on Wednesday, or for a purpose which
i is not now, perhaps, prudent to intimate.
overlooking Mnrfretsboro, and In this situa-
ton formed, as indeed it had done before, the
extreme LETT wing Of our army. It was about
! o'clock IN the evening, when no one an-
ticipatcd d renewuf Of the battle, that the rcb-
els advanced in overwhelming force, under
have been all day in charge ofthe right wing Of
their army, and threw themselves with terrible
impetuosity upon Van Cleve's division,
THIS portion Of our forces was in command Of
Colonel Beatty, Of the 10Th Ohio, Gen. Van
Glere having been wounded Oh Wednesday.
The assault Of the enemy was speedily an
announced to the rest Of the army by Il dread
full var Of artillery and deafening rattle Of
musketTy. Everybody rushed instantly to
arms, and al1 seemed anxious to engage the
enemy ut onccs. For half al hour the
gallant men Of Van Cleye's division held
but finding 1t impossible to withstand one.
third Of The entire rebel army began to give
ground. Two brigades slowly retired, the
enemy following with great determination,
untilour men e were pushed into the river,
Their blood. The third brigade stood It's It's
ground somewhat longer and fought, if possi-
nle, more obstinatcly still they were just on
division, which Was near the Center
when the battle began. came rushing
4p to the rescue, with loud cheers.
livered few terrible vol1eya, which cffsctual-
i checked the rebel onset, and then plunged
into the stream itself and waded across, all
the time pouring their bullets into the face of
the foe. An adjacent 1ill, covered with woods,
was 1ust upon the other side Of the river, and
was reached, which separated the woods from
the open ground through which the river runs.
Here the rebels attempted to make stand
and poured leaden hail into our ranks as
they clanbercd up the river bank; hut the
soldiers Of the Union were no longer to be
checked. They rushed up TO the fence, and
hurled the enemy away from it at the point Of
the bayonet. The whole woods then resound-