Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-09-26
Especial TO Tribune

CTNCIsNA1I, Sept. %.
In the course of the day 1.-THE l7'h)
unmist r. a''le Signs ind cat that the
enemy mad discover ed the weak points
Of our posi- n, AID wee massing their
forces IN the fir ut OF our left aud centre,
for the man fist purpo>c Of crush ng
these points of ur ] mes, or getting be-
t.eea hem and Chaa~no ga.
On the u"rning of the IS portion
ii he expected endorsements, consist
ing If two br gadc- Of the Res rye G =, y
respec,iv " comm ''dcd by Col. McCook
and Mitchell, made their appearance
near Oh tsno "a, and were i,nn ediate-
ly orIe ed t" mike reconnaissance to-
wards Rngg'id and dcvclope the en-
tr-ne Of the enemy from that quarter.
In no vening they came upon the ad :
van If Longstrrets ccrrs, pushed it
beck 'or som" distance, to k a number
cfpris 'ners from it, and fab e>t,' shed
the antc pa,ed concrntr alton Of the enc.
my in front Of our left.
900 "o~asrv .o,~r1uY
our front sk,rmishei with differ, nj ma
ties oi the enem,.
On the same day B.andon ard Baird,
together with Johns,n, OF McCook's
corps, moved f ON tt e rear 10 tn left Of
Cr'teoden's corps. They we've in the r
new posi- ions At uayb,eak.
The ,wo other divisions If McCook' )
corps (navls's and She id ,u',) came to
move int the Position abandoned by
Th,ma 3 corp,, bu' had Tot time to as
sumo it fully bcfo the commeuc ,ment
of be action.
The next day tho early part of the
forenoon PISSED away without ,orc warn.
ing the approaching confli t; but sh r,ly
be ore IL o'clock, the storm that hal
been brewing al the morning on the
rebel side, burst forth 10 the ex, ected d.
lection.
At that time long m s. of rebel in
fantry Was seen advancing upon Bran
don's division on the extreme LETT. Il
first came upon the second brigade, Col.
Groxton commanding, aud so n drove it
back IN despite Of lis determined resis-
t.nce.
The two other brigad.s Of tho div,
sioo at once came 10 its .ssista ce. and
succeeded N checking the p,oyre.s of
the 'ebel, aud driving them back; tut
their colnwn being in tu.n heavily rein
forced, they advanced again with wild
yel,s.
So powerful was this assault that they
pushed Brandon tack 1" aud beyond h,
postum in line, aad thus reno. ed the
lett II Baird's division.
Maxim. prompt use OF their ADVANTAGE.
they changed their ,urse to be lett an,
speedily enveloped Sc ibuer's and Ujprs'
brlgaies.
The liter were regulars, and were al
mo-. surrounded but managed 10 d,sen-
tsgle themselves aft fearful loss.
Tue re ei masses next c Inc upon
job sous d,vis on aud rolled il mo-,
Reynolds, which also became speedily
enseloped IN tue struggle. lhe resistanc.
OF these divisions and the swe.pl fir.
OF some batteries, posted uuder the per-
soma s"pe vision Of Rosecrans. a,res,cd
ct last their advance.
The divisions . b andon and Baird
having bee" rallied, Gen. thomas order.
ed general advance Of the right, aud
soon the tide If battle decidedly turned
In oar favor. With cheers our hne a.
va"ced, hrlt ng only at tunes to shattcr
sne enemy with mu. kerry. Several times
tue eOemy's retresting lines >, opped and
W nly attempted to retain their @ ouna
Inc corps ot Polk Ito. merly la dee'sl
made most des-rmlned and we'll e,ecnt.
Cd stsAct upon Palmer and Van C,sve'.
divisions. 10 the centre. Is oLirr, W..
obviously to rel eve The de .,i.d ~.
right. Palmer AID Van Give COZ found
themselves ovsrpow,reI aud he ! d va
10 sg'v'ng way. At this moue It Day :,
division came to tn. il supper, on Van
Clsvss right. This timsiy ~ nforcemeo, |
q drst had tie eff ct OF checking he
sos@y aud resting ,ar line, Int the reb.
- s"oa returned to. the a,tsck v .,h 2 eat.
e. uumbsts, and the centre ~, sp,in
esapsllsd 10 yield, Davis be. nv 10 ced TO
the Ugh. and Van Cleve 10 The m. and
the enemy ,dva"ced ID ougn The oo.n. |
ne il our In, thinking - TAX ths cs..
~ ed ~ By their tanks, 4 thew h.a
dos QA,pAs Affs A. this c,i.ic.l iunc
~ oSseAaaS divis.ea sppsas.d al