The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-01-05
From tAs Louisville Journal ]
THE GREAT BATTLE AT
MURFREESBORE y.
The Most Sangninary Battle Of
the War.
THREE DAYS HARD FIGHTING.
THE FIGHT TO BE RENEWED.

About all the intelligence IN addltlOn
to that published elsewhere, in regard to
the great battle at Murfreesboro is con-
tanned in the following dispatch from
member of Gen. Rosecrans' staff, at
Nashville, to the Editors of the Journal.
The despatch is dated last evening, the
I'd inst, and is as follows:
The greatest battle of modern times is
now raging near Murfreesboro. The ar
mics of Rosecrans and Bragg are holly
engaged. There was heavy skirmishing
on Monday, and battle in earnest on
Tuesday and Wednesday, which is to be
continued and ended to-day.
On Tuesday the rebels attacked Nc
Cook right wing and drove him in some
confusion two miles During that day
our whole army lost some ground
There was awful fighting on Wednes-
day morning. Rosecrans attacked and
drove the rebels some distance with great
carnage. The movements were made in
charges upon batteries and infantry col
umns
Yesterday "wednesday forenoon Ro-
seerans massed his batteries into park
of nearly one hundred cannon, and open.
ed them upon the enemy's center The
latter tried to charge and take them, and
such rebel slaughter as there took place
/ is unknown in history They failed and
retreated yesterday noon, leaving the
g orious Union army and leaders in pos
session of the battle field No general
! fighting yesterday afternoon, Gen Rose
Grams keeping the woods and roads alive
with shells The supposition here is that
the enemy are posted for a final stand on
Stones river, near Murtreesboro, and
that the struggle will eliminate to-day
The three days fighting already done
is the most awful to be conceived Thou
sands of men are killed and desperately
wounded The woods and roads are
lined with exhausted and cowardly
stragglers of both armies. The forces of
each at the outset were estimated at
about seventy thousand all told Proba-
bly, Bragg had ten thousand, the most
consisting of cavalry and conscripts.
The Tennessee and Kentucky troops
fought like tigers. The Union army
were heroes almost to man. have a
list of over forty Union Generals, Co
lonels and Captains killed, and as many
: u.
perfect and send you in my next
In addition to the above, we find some
intelligence in reference to the battle in
the Nashville Union of the lst instant.
That paper says that a bloody and
stoutly-contested battle was fought at
Murfreesboro on Wednesday, The fight
commenced with skirmishing between
jeff c. Davis division and Gen. Har-
dee's on the evening previous, our troops
driving the rebels back, losing some sew
enty men in killed and wounded, cap
turing over hundred prisoners, and
killing and wounding many more. The
fight was renewed at daybreak Wednes-
day with great fury, the rebels at first
driving back our forces. Our reinforce
ments then came up, and the rebels were
driven back with great slaughter. On
our side we hear of the death Of Gems.
Sill and Kirk, and Col Carlin, though
these reports are not authenticated. at
noon on Wednesday our forces were
driving the rebels back, who were in full
retreat Undoubtedly it has been a
bloody, protracted, and fercely contest
ed battle.
1t will relieve the public mind to be
informed that Gen Rousseau wound is
but slight, assurances to that effect hay
ing been received last evening
The following is list of our officers
killed and wounded:
Killed - Brig. Gen Sill; Lieut. Col.
Garrasche, chief of Roseerans' staff;
Brig. Gen. Which, Of Indiana; Col.
Kell, I'd Ohio; Col Shaffer, Acting
Brigadier General; Col Farmer, 18th
Kentucky; Col Jones, 24th Ohio; Lieut..
Col Cotton, 9th Kentucky; Lieut. Col
Jones, goth Indiana; Ma ior Carpenter,
18th Regulars; Major Rosengarten, of
Philadelphia; Capt. Garrett, 18th Hi
nois; Col Carpenter, 18th Wisconsin
Battery; Lieut. Col. Mckee, of the 10Th
Wisconsin.
Wounded-Brig. Gems E. NJ Kirk, of
Illinois; Wood, Of Indiana; Van Cleve,
of Minnesota; Col. Cassidy, of Ohio;
Major Gen. Rousseau, of Kentucky;
Lieut. Col Berry, of 9th Kentucky;
Major Slemmer, of the 18th Regulars;
Ma jor King, of the 10th Regulars; and
many others
The 2Ist, 18th, and 3Sth Illinois lost
two-thirds of their number; the 18th and
3Sth Wisconsin, one-half The l0lst
Ohio lost l25 men; the 2Sth Indiana
about the same number. The total num-
Der of killed and wounded is estimated
at $500. The rebel loss exceeds ours.