The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-14
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Of TIE tfNleHly--f oStS"'' " i'uOIDI'
Mortntni,-- Plan and Disposition Of the
Eaemys Forces %
All interest centers now on Tennessee
Indications are that We may, expect >
renewal Of the cOnilict thefe az any
moment. The enemy has given signs Of
new life, and the movements show that
he contemplates assuming the offensive,
The struggle for the possession Of Mount
Lookout and the Nashville and Chatta-
nooga Railroad has commenced, Tho
enemy has taken possession Of and for-
tilted, Raccoon Mountain-an elevation
parallel to that held by our forces, and
which commands portion of the valley
between il and the Lookout Range. The
Columbus Georgia Sun thus describes
the relative position of these two points !;
"lf we recollect properly, RaccOOn
Mountain has a greater elevation in its
range sOuthwestward than does Mount
F., Lockout, and commando the latter some
ten ori6fteen miles south of the FLYER,
though not go high by seyeral hundred
feet at the point near the river 30 I
The enemy's batteries on Moccasin
Point are some fifteen hundred feet low
er than ours ON. Lookout Point, and all
approaches to our position, except by.
flank movement on the Raccoon Noun
tain, and an advance on our rear, seem
impossible. Our lines of defense on
Mount Lookout, form V, the apex of
which rests on the south bank of the
river, some 200 feet above the water;
the line forming the eastern side, Eek
tending back four or five miles, and
forming junction with the line on Mis-
sion Ridge, our guns on the two eleya-
tons commanding the Chattanooga VAL
ley below; the line forming the western
side extends southwest beyond the point
opposite the junction of the eastern line
with that on Mission Ridge. The aban-
donment of Mount Lookout by our for
ces would not, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
abandonment of our position on Mission
Ridge, but it would enable the enemy to
open railroad. Communication with Mid
die Tennessee and give HIM the quiet
and undisputed possession of bis present
pOsition'ih Chattanooga, which is proba-
bly, all be designs for The presspty Even
the possession of RAccoon Mountain
will enable him 10 resume communica-
ton by railroad from that point to
Bridgeport, and thus enable him to es-
tablish depot of supplies some ten or
twelve miles from Chattanooga; but in
attempting to move supplies from this
new depot by wagon trains, he would
have 10 cross the river twice-hrst at
RAccoon Mountain, then at Chattanooga"
The correspondent of the Savannah
Republican, writinglOf the situation in
Tennessee, says: ~
I'VE have, the 'enepy's foycescin this
quarter distributed as follows: The
main army at Chattanooga, under Thorn
as, exclusive Of cavalry, $1,000 men; the
left wing al Rockville And vicinity, under
Burnside, 1900; the right wing, con-
sisting of reinforcements sent from the
Potomac, under Hooker, II 600; other re-
Inducements from Grants army advance
ing from the west, under Sherman, TO
form a junction with the right wing, 49,
700. Total, $4,000. Add to this $4,000
cavalry, and we have an army gathering
for the invasion of Georgia, under the
supreme guidance of Grants 10000
men,
ITO meet this army, to.dsfeAt and over
whelm il, will require the best skill, the
highest and the lamost persevering and
united efforts of the Confederstes.t u
1.-THE rein forcements--twcc corps d'aymee
sent out from MeAde's army under
Hooker, are at Bridgeport. They num-
Der about twelve thuusand men. One
corps lie commanded by Slocum, the 9TH
or by Williams. The river at Bridge
port is divided by an island of consider
able length. Two pontoon bridges have
been thrown across the north bank of
the island, and at last accounts prepare
tons were being made to lay a third
bridge from the island 70 the south bank.
This latter work has probably been COM
pleted by this time. HOoker's piokets
cover Sand Mountain TO the distance of
eight or ten miles this- side of Bridge
port
"Sherman, with other reinforcements,
supposed TO be fifteen thousand in num-
Der, is advancing along the Memphis and
charleston Railroad from the west, re-
building the bridges and repairing the
track az be comes. AT the last Advices
he was at TuscumbiA. Johnson's oavAl-
~ ia in his front tearing up the road,
heating and bending the iron rails, and
4 destroying the bridges. Al this rate, il
is not probable that he will reach
bridgeport before the LIST of February.
1t will require several weeks TO replace
the bridge across the Tennessee at Deoa-
iur.
Meanwhile, Burnside holds Knoxville
with force of $1,000 men. II Is be-
lieved that he, too, is engaged in repair
ing the railroad bridges in East Tennes-
see with a view of opening communica-
ions with the main srmy at Ohallanoo-
ga
The question OF supplies Is giving the
Federal commander much trouble, Gen.
Thomas issued an order, a few days ago,
Ia which he declares that all peisons
guilty of pillaging will be severely pun
shed, unless il is shown that they are
feceiying less than half rations. This
significant Some Of his picksts have
offered 70 exchange an overooat or . pair
OF shoes with our picke,s for a gallon Of
meal. AT other points on the line, how
ever, they say they have sufficient sup
plies.
ITO day Mai. Il p. Alexander moved
'our Of his splendid twenty four FOUNDER
nue guns TO Lookout Point, and put them
10 position to return the fire Of the Moe
VHln batteries, Tomorrow we shall
Probably enjoy a novel, il not prohta-
S'e, spectacle that Of . grand but
harmless artillery duel, between hostile
batteries, situated On opposite sides OF q