The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-19
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One 6r the editors Of ths Atalanta CGa,l
Intelligehcss; Who visited the held d
ChIckamaugs In ddy5 altsr the battle,
writes to bis pGpSp iibteees1ing account
Of his observations; kbom which We taxa
the following extracts: ~; esT
1--WE lesye the ChattanooeA road and
turn to lEe rirht We Tide Sioae the ave
moe, and on every GSsdS, thiekiy stfeWn,
aTs'ths unaEkS - the shHFHsAootssf 6kill,
and the tsEVihss eject Of shslt end gtHPe
from the masked battery. The 1osS Was
not alone, however, with ~, bot the foe
also met his fate. He has fen the dread
,SES NAde1ee u mahy dad bOdies ID the
woods sear the uppeF end e. this opening
we saw one Of the blue habited dead, sit
ting with bis back against . log, bis arms
on bis knees, and his fingers dovetailed
together. Apparently be had sat down
deliberately TO die. ClOss BY, another
man had crawled upon log, and placing
his back against q bush, and resting his
head on his hand, the elbow bent, the
body in reclining position, he had pulled
his cap over his eyes and given up his
spirit from the battlefield. At the back
part of the field, sweeping eastward and
south Of east, was large and destructive
battery. The worn places where each gun
was placed, indicate that ten or more guns
were in battery there. The dead horses
and Yankees lying about tell how venge-
ful the assault was, and how successful,
But from the bill where this battery cast
its storm and rain of shot, and shell, ard
canister and grape, the evidences Of ter.
rible FIRE are more apparent here than any
where else on the field. The woods are
very thick. in trees and bushes, and the
limbs, trunks and branches, as they lie
cut off and torn 10 all directions, made an
abattis through which our forces rushed
and charged to silence the loud -throatsd
voices Of those death-dealing engines.
We pass through the path Of the artillery
storm, and here and there the graves Of
our soldierG On the second Bill, With
trees and limbs lying thick about evi.
dences oftthe terrible passion Of man, the
graves Of many brave Texans, the Twen.
ty-fourth and others, rest calmly, marked
by the careful hands Of friends; back Of
these are number Of Gsorgians. Thence
we turn to the left aud follow the Savan.
nah road. At intervals the open woods
show signs Of the conflict being more se.
we're than in the thickly wooded spots
1t is along here, We are told, Gen. Hood
ard his men made such terrible onset
and slaughter. They and that portion of
our army which advanced from the Red
House, and along the road to the right Of
the saw mill, did execution which is per.
fectly fearful. The carnage was awful
every avenue had been swept as by q
broad bosom Of destruction in the hands
OF Hecate. Battery paths are innumera.
BILE. Here they fought-there they re-
treated--leaving dead hOrses, men, broken
caissons, piles Of ammunition, rent clothes
and destruction generally. On one piece,
on the rise Of hill, we saw the body Of
an immense Newfoundland dog. He eVi.
IDENTIFY was the pet of some battery, and
was shot while following it up. Close BY.
him we counted thirty-eight dead Yam.
KEGS, nearly thirty dead horses-saw more
than ton Of she'll shot and canister, and
all the broken and abandoned parapher-
MALTA of strong battery, all within the.
space Of eighty feet square,"