The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-09-26

"A 1ERlIBLE BATTLE AT CHATTANOOGA!
The. ta.,le q the 10Th ;esulteS we'll for
d ws havinG held our owa as eshblihedl
o the left, asd contracted our lorcs8 dniing1
the day. In the morning We held hand
soue line with the right on ridge of hills,
and the left protected BY rude works Of
logs thrown up during the night. The iefs
rested on the east side Of the Rossville and
Lafayette roads, about four miles south of
Rossyihe. - = q
In the fight of the 10Th We lost about
600 killed and 1000 woanded, and were
ahead pieces Of artillery, The men we're
in splendid spirits. ai s
The engagement was resumed at 8 a. m,
on the 2lst, By an attempt Of the rebels to
storm Thomas left and front. Several
times they we're repulsed With heavy loss to
them and very little to Us. This fight
lasted an hour and half, and was one Of
the most terrific of the war, continuous
fire of muske.ry and infantry being kept up
with deadly effect. During this the right
and centre we're not engaged; skirmishers
kept up . hating FIRE for time. The
enemy finding the assault in vain, manoeuv-
cred to the left with the intention of throw
ing force on the Rossville road, and
attacking Thomas on the right flank. Al
this juncture Thomas ordered Brannou,
who had one brigade in reserve and two
with Reynolds, holding the key Of the posi-.
ton, which wa. Thomas right, to move to
the left of the line and protect the flank.
i Rosecrans at the same time sent Davis and
Ven Cleye from the right aud centre to
) support Brannon in the effort to hold the
. line to Rossville and protect Thomas left
flank. On perceiviog' the withdrawal Of
skirmishers from the front of the divisions,
and moving from right and centre, the
enemy made vigorous attack on that part
, of the line, piercing the Centre and cutting
of Davis and Sheridan from the Left, and
! driving the centre into the mountains both
Right and Centre being much scattered,
without much loss in killed and wounded
The right and centre gone, Thomas left
became exposed to . most terrific attack
and Reynolds and Brannan, and their righ
of Thomas line was swinging around hi'
e extreme left, bearing as at first This also
e fell back q short distance on the Rossvill'
. road. Parts of the centre we're gatheref
}, up asd reported to Thomas, who made sew
eral stands, but was unable to check th'
9 rebel advance until the arrival of reinforce
9 ments. aH@ .- sfi
}. AT one o'clock Gen. Granger, with on
- IS onA
once thrown into the centre, driving tn
r enemy handsomely from his position on
l. strong ridge, and with heavy loss, the fir
y from ono of Granger's batteries mowin
!, them down. This fight lasted half an hou
or so with slight loss to US. We regre
:. to say Captain Russell, Gen. Granger
Adjutant, was kille. ere he had been in th
- fight ten minutes. saf ssr. &
n After this bloody repulse the eneun
r. remained quiet until about four O'Clock
persisting, however, in mauoeuvering o
both Aauks. Their full and correct iufo
. =. nation regarding this country enabliu
" them to do so with great facility.
= Having gathered again on the fanks, IL
- enemy made vigorous attack, and figi
ef eusued which has no parallel in the histol
Of this army.
es Col Harker's brigade, Woods diVisio
ed both Wood and Harker and Gen. Carrie
se being present, and the remnant of job
h ston's disision holding the left, eover'
ut themselves with glory; and on the rig
and centre, Brannan, Baird, Reynolds al
80 Palmer, with parts of their division
Is Is fought most calamity, while Steadman al
M Granger with the reserves drove the eneu
=, at every point where they went. ata
of At FIVE o'clock Thomas was still triur
wv phaut, and on the left held his line of {
~. morning, but with the night fell back to
- line nearly at right angles with that Of t
:. morning. Two lines Of retreat we're op'
49, ~, to him to Chattanooga, on one of which
@@' 81 fell back 10 Rosssille' during the nigl
an an Our losses have necessarily been heavy, b
-. - our list of killed will be surprisingly .igt
La and in the two days engagement We hs
~ not sufficient more in men than the eneu
4. o In the charge by General Thomas on
: first day, the enemy lost a. many in kill
ore as We did in the whole day. What I
CHI loss in prisoners and material are Ne cant
the say. Our killed will reach 1,200 and Z
I'M M wounded will amount to 1000, most
TO them slightly. SOS 20 sd5s'ia j! 10 8
aof We have captured General AdanA
lme Texas, and 1900 of his men. 10 suod sd'
as.lsa. 80 81 Foreign Afairs., 10 so,-I
the The Paris correspondent of the n
tur. York Times, under~data- of Sept. 4th, 81
a most imDortant ohanOo has taken nlACe