Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-12-09

, and endeavor to get possession of the
summit or capof the mountain that night
: Reforming his line, with Grove on the
left, and Woods brigade, Carlin on the
, center, then Whitaker with two regi
ments of Osterhaus' on the right. which
: still rested against the palisades he begar
again to advance. and succeeded in ar
hours fight in intrenching himself two
= hundred wards nearer the SummertOwT
! road. While engaged in throwing uI
that night work by which they strength
ened their position, the I'd Ohio, Col. An
son McCook, was furiously attacked by
the enemy's sharp-shoOters. A sharp fight
ensued The I'd Ohio boys were eager tc
be at the enemy. and could not be kept
under cover of their works. The fghi
} ended in repulse of the enemy. but with
8 loss of several officers wounded. and
four men killed Among the officer;
wounded were Capt. Warwick and Lieut.
Emery, Co. C. Color Corporals Jones and
Mills were also wounded in this short but
severe attack.
This position Gen. Hooker held during
the night. In the morning il was found
the enemy had evacuated their position
and Hooker took possession. Thus the
night of Tuesday left us in possession oi
two strong positions on the fanks of the
enemy; but Hooker's success enabled the
enemy TO concentrate his line. disad-
vantage which was far outweighed by the
advantage gained We took two pieces
OF field artillery. but the enemy succeed
ed in getting away his heavy guns on the
mountain.
THE THIRD DAYS OPERATIONS.
Immediately after taking possession of
the mountain, General Hook er moved his
column Southwark by the road on the
summit descending by Mackajack trace
| 1.-THE route taken by jackson in his cam
paign against the Cherokees), TO the val
ley East of the ridge, and made the as
cent of Mission Ridge at OF near the old
battle field of Chickamauga. He then
moved Northward on top of the ridge,
taking in Rossville, and gradually driving
in the rebel left. He also took possession
so rs 10 be upon the rear of the line at
! the enemy in the valley. Thes move
ments occupied him the greater part OF
the day
CEN. sHERNAS's ENGAGEMENI. q.
la the meantime Gen. Shermans 18th
coIps has heavily engaged in an attack
upon the rebel right. under the Kentucky
renegades, Buckner and Breckinridge.-
The hill which was being attacked by
Sherman, is the highest peak of Mission
Ridge, and though not as rough and rug
ged as Lookout Mountain, is neyerthe-
less very difficult of ascent The hill or
hills taken by Gen. Sherman on Tuesday,
did not command this (Tunnel) hill, but
from Sherman's position fine view could
be had of the rebel position half mile
distant. The fort built by the rebels
was plainly visible, the guns peering over
the ramparts with vicious looks The
hills upon which Gen. Sherman was post
ed, formed a semi-circle, and tapping
around as if 10 inclose the Tunnel Hill.
When on Sherman's right you were west
OF Tunnel Hill. When you were on Sher-
mans left, you were east of the hill. The
center was so thrown out and retired that
like the wings it remained at "A respect
ful distance from the enemy who formed
the center, while Sherman formed the
are of the circle. 1t will be readily un-
derstood from this that making separate
attacks from his right and left, General
Sherman approached the rebel position
on different sides of the hill So far sep-
Rrated were the two columns that the hill
prevented them from seeing each others
movements. They were hence unable to
act in concert-a fact which may have had
something to do with the result of the at
tacks.
The first attack WAS made by the brig |
AIDES OF Generals John W. Corse and Col |
onel Jones, 4th Virginia, from the left of
the line. The movement began at eleven |
o'clock IN the morning and the assault |
lasted only ten minutes. No sooner had |
our men appeared above the top of the |
hill than they were received with tre- |
mendous volley of musketry. But never
theless they advanced rapidly, charging
rifle pit of the enemy, and after hand
to hand conflict retired in some disorder,
leaving their dead and wounded inside |
the enemy's outer work But it must
not be supposed that our men fed TO the
foot of the hill. No sooner had they
reached the protecting slope of the hill
which hid them from the view of the enc
my than they reformed in good style and
laid down under the brow of the hill to
await an attack in return. But the enc
my did not dare to attack, but contented
himself with the repulse. he had succeed
ed IN at quite heavy cost to both parties.
The two brigades remained quiet for some
eAA-Cs ~ part II OCu. 0llcS
with his brigade, among which is the 57th
Ohio Infantry, went to the assistance of
General Corse, and after short delay,
the whole proceeded to make
A SECOND ATTACK.
This attack did not differ from the first
in movement or result, but it was more
desperate and was persisted in much
longer, the final retirement of our men
not taking place until half past twelve,
an hour having thus been consumed in
the assault. There have been few more
desperate encounters in the war, than was
this engagement of an hour, and it speaks
in praise of the men engaged,
that, at its end, though much broken,
hey rallied at the slope of the hill and
held the position gained. The rebel fire
was very heavy. They brought several
pieces of light artillery to bear on our
men, and poured in on them necessarily ,
/ stream of grape and canister that did
great execution. Generals Corse and Giles
smith were severely wounded in this
charge, and Colonel Walcot OF the 10th
Jhio, took command of the troops In
his assault the 37th Ohio and 9th Iowa
suffered very severely, losing many valu-
lble men and officers.
While this was going ON the left,
orce of one brigade from the right of
ien. Sherman's line advanced to the at
ack on the Western side of the hill
They met with some decided opposition
II the foot of the hill from force posted ,
behind the railroad bank, but dislodged !
hem by an admirably executed move
nent. They then began to ascend the
lill, and marched up, underheavy fire, to ,
! point over half way to the summit,
where an abrupt ledge OF rocks protected /
hem. Here they halted to rest, but they
we're not allowed much of this, as the reb
is began, not only to fire upon them, but
hiding the ledge of rocks too great pro {
ection, they threw huge stones down the !
lill, and thus upon the men.
About ten minutes past one second !
'rigade Matthias moved up the hill, and
ormed under heavy fire, in the rear and
IN tho laff IF the Fraf hrioada Hare !.