New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-13

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| M'COOK UNRrADY.
Gen. A.cCook expected TO be attacked. Il accorded
with the general plan OF bstl Iut. ana ely,
a decisive portion Of be lre We nnready whtg me
awful assault cane. UuGef cover Of might, aoslsted
! ov dense f,g. the eneuy hid MISSED t1e tuik OF
ltieir fcr,es IL columns ot divisions eix hnes deep
uron toe heels oi their picket hEe.At t1o-Arat
! pep If day tney swept down into the valley. teck'
les. Of our pixies carried Item away a. ch"i 0e'
fore a tosrlGo, ald ~ drr'y bdrst u. on the Who'll
me OF the night. Gen. Johpeon's baiteries--1jood-
letec,'s and Ed arton' utterly pared, were
swallowed up wiihout firing g1n. The horses o.
| Edgartons battery were al xater Efsafton nm
sell Yves wounded and captured. HIS First Lieu
teupnt Dorsey escaped and retired fr6iG battle to
Nashville. 10 lie disgrsced by dismissal fox deGortop.
CATAsrEOPuIs on THE RiGHT-TrG DEApHI
OF siLL--MlsThBEs on ALL SIDES,
Johnscn's unhappy eommand tanned, aud ever
wlieimed BIZ tie eneDy, made out jc Jle RESISTANCE
TIE line crualled OF like the banks Of river ana
wac swallowed up or recedcd ioto tho forest ne
siagch division oi Davis oseIpOwIre1 by ~el-L'
81 numbers aud n.ouen.um, aere Obliged 10 4ifb
way o. he captured. Bag. Gen. xxx was wounded.
ana Gen. Which captured. Mhon snch Regiments
es lie III Iuoiuna yield 1t IS iEd.puaoie laas tNe
power which oouquers them IL resiatees SnerCai
held Ito lets OF Ills iSe, protecting ,lS nhh O. ING
center under Negloy. Big Gen. Sill commanded
tue rIgLt brigade, Col. SlaCler Of tie "a fliss9ni
tho ceutcr and eslaut Gel. Roberts Of the 4-d Hi
nos toe ien. sil was thoroughly prepared, and las
| lq,laut brigade met the shock dauntIessly. The
ercny was hgItd back b. a n leadiG charge, ane
refined to th,ir Entertainments, where they reformed
aud moved to "A ewed attack Shaelcr aud Rob
erts alec prepared, and they 100, urlef ste@y
Sheridan, drove back he FOE SIerldlGS ist5 nov
occupied sharp srgo formed by tie oppo'in|
Ices. Tie conflict VAS Ditiesest there Doc.es-
/ il was tue kew 10 Ne-ley's posiiioa. lie
la.ier annoyed Item soIc.y with nis artillery,
and he Mas pressing IN uron tlen. l-e eaeh>
cgue tack again upon Sill. az Ill h. met thon 8'l-
a Is and Iepused enI. Sill charged oi ~ ~. %
fulioasIyi but alas, a.l ball pence ate Ais ne al
ana be ,e. The loss u. sueh iead~r " ~ Gsp.1i
any trools His brigade. pTGssel trout, flank and
rear, was Obliged 10 give ssonad 20 escape annfiia-
1 LltL. Tie misfortune VAS pgecpI.al.d by uh'aBes
i. retiring * rks Gnd Wulic's bng des. INSTEAD OF
al4iog DGek tcgsther, tley retired III oppoaie diiec'
lions, aud opened wide gap through which tlc
easIuy dow - Ike Il IL sAet. aud surg upon aIi
nah tLcy 1nyclOpcd Il, aud forced il to rccede.
Saae:.ers brigade was obliged to reccde. Robrrts
sl iousAt stuUboniyi bu., ~ ih', lac 700 ;eb on
ousiyi aud gallant SHERIDAN gh.Aeeu his oule1er
column lid carried it, with bu. one biiade con-
mauder IN close column TO tie Inc horses OF
Ho4ihp Battery kllcc IN this light, and The
Ga,tery WIS lost Snorldans losses we.e awiu ina,
day. The O.i,iai report says ,1J6 killed, woncec
aud Iliasng; Ot " pom three brigade ooumailOefs,
one ,olouel, and % other oiicere, we've kiea or
wounded, AID go men were missing.
NEW LINE OF BATTLE FORMED
Thus the enemy bud con oiled va 10 change front
20 rear in their faces under their murderods ire.
Under such circumstances military men regaru 'he
g.lrstion of new line OF battle Is 40 extraordinary
achievement. 1t was done by she MaJoF-Genesai
commanding.
NrGIvY's DiyIsioS-Ius UNSUPPORTED FIGHT.
st4lWait Negey'a magnificent diyisiOn-wbich Il
now glorious 40 the OF tbs Army--was ieit alone
agaiast IN awful force. lie WIS tacp IN he FoOda
,oliug - earnessiy that lie could no, know the
extent Of tho dsaater on his rgbt. Msjor-ticI
Ihosss cool and impsriurt .hie, WA IA Dis rear
Y ~ close 20 him, ruperyisHg. The on had sk1r
ru shed aud cannon AIDED III the previous Gay. All
ths di.y nuCe O'Clock thoy bad been hBltiLE d
~ sst Daltie without yieiDg IL iL~a. iAey had, III
c. driven Ire enemy an0 were ad ncns wien The
.,e burst upon ttcul tushod win buccess Stanley
/ II thc 1874 OhIo, and Miller of the 9Th Indiana,
commanded his bT.qtes. Ills Cool s!s were: Seoi'
lgih H.; Moody. 14tl Casselly 6Jtui Milling, 2lst
OHIO: -toag.tOn vi tho lJth 9iCaIgap, Huil Ci the
/ .!,b Indiana and two wi S. names | czug1s &c a
-beado io'r it'tsrios wLcll did fplsndd cxecu-
li0a Wkilc Neeley ~as nyhting forward, an AID
cisrOyertl IT, e.,ay in The Tc-l-tHeh.HtlA msiion
S-g'er h9d " o.. extent ~ e dl"otsr on - ri h
/ lli- lrigaGes we're then IN ecnelon ADVANCING
vopCrD 10 RrTiRE--A PARTHIAN RETREAT
Reluctantly giving orders 20 retire. he directed his
two columns u cot their way ont y necessary. The
I iJ,h Illinois Gnd ilth Michigan had inst made
~ re r.h drove back the ersmy. when The order
10 retire received, the former aud thV Dist ONO
,,llh m tleci which relieved ne Nhpio division OF
,criors eu.barrar.molt. Bpt il fc.ced its Way ont
s,eaoiv GnA carried All t. batteries sa.eiy rcDi The
'front.'. casseily Lad been wolnd.d eitly bot blI,t-
Nv. and left 10 Ged Moody's clothing had been
,itdlsd By Ais and his rigig lex and breast we've
bleeding win wouuts bui tc committed TO tght
vaEntiy. Col Miller received p ehci in tie neck.
but bleeding aud fuartng as 70 was, he remained
II bic rost. Sco.,, gallant fellow, was Lsdy Lnc,
AMI HUI too Stanley T. h., though in lhe thick
60 q f~. 4 f.fI n 4
unhirt The division LORI heavily The regiments
con posing +, clothed Themselves with honor. when
Nepley came out he enemy followed him iieroely,
iut lie TUNED at bay and, tcg-ftcr wish Roussell q,
gave them q brer Iet ulSe. ILis was The moot ire.
MEMOIRS conflict OF the day, although v hero the
whole field Das 80 stubborn y and desperately con-
Seste 1t 10 bard 70 determine which Was the Bi0et
I appalling conflict.
A LULL-ATrACK on TIE LRPT--A BATTLE
SCENE.
! There WINS now Il conn aratiye cessation Of Gripg
during IN hour. TIE unsieadiness oil the night
l which had Lot yet recovered from Us shock, PIE
cluded the idea of taking The initiative IL was
correctly Inferred that the enemy we're preparing
smother blow a. tho rigat There werc indications
thai they had stretched out toward Nashville, de-
signing 70 get In Our rear, lot uEpreparet Tor II.
Bn. before that shock came, strong d, monstr alton
was made Cd our oft Cnttenden met il gailGu,ly.
Palmer, Wood and Van Glove, with HAGEN, Usscali,
Harksr Wagner GIose and Fyiie's brigRdes Ie-
pulsed the enemy Handsomely. heavy effort was
finally made al tie right, aud we were compelled TO
Tecode slightly, but NcCook dissatlsaed with the
mornings effort, made stubborn light, and the
enemy, sstisded with pounding AZ that wing
deslsiod from further efforts. This attack. however,
wa much lees formidable than tho preceding, indI-
eating that tie enemy had either exhausted himself
for Ito day, or conLemplat renewal OF hs
he his object, and the General correctly
ldiyilsd 1t; Cr'ttenden had prepared for it, Now