The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-09-20
A GREAT BATTLE ANTICIPATED.
THE NEW REBEL LINE or DEFENCE.
Large Numbers Of Rebel Deserters
Coming into the Union Lines.
Gil aTTAN00GA AND ITS ENVlR0yS,
As.s Rec As,
MIR. w. r. q. sha ks Dcspa tcles.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Sept Q, 1888.

positively occupied, e headquarters Al Trenton and
with several Of the more inqusve Of General Rosecrans
staff officers arrived hero this afternoon, aud have yet
only gained few facts for a desultory letter.
The Ninety Ohio OF waggoners brigade, Woods
division this morning sent few OF Its numbers across
4 Tho river BY swimming, stole which to carry
their coIors. rowed again, and minutes past
eleven planted their banner the ramparts battery
OF thirty-two Founders Bell Mountain At the came
hour, Woods division having driven Preston Smihs In.
fantry from Lookout Point pushed aud entered
che city AS the troops entered Wood head
OF the column proposed three victory The
mon gave them VITA lusty viii, AT the time
mndng the General that he had kept his promise refer
ring to order In which Wood had congratulated his
division their excellent march across m,untaius
Il and which had concluded with tho expression, .Ch,t
tanoosa shall DO ours The pronoun had reorcncs
tho in general; but his chose apply so.ey
10 his division Such has proved literally the case: for
from both sides OF tho river bgades OF Woods division
entered tho city simultaneously. General waggoner who
had been forth OF tho river and whose troops planted the
rst Hag the ramparts also belongs to Woods division
II GENERAL wACGosERs OPERATIONS.
The history Of General waggoncrs ought to
form separate volume OF the MANY which could be writ
ten upon this campaign. On the August he wa.
detached from his division 10 tho Sequatche valley and
pushed waidcns ridge to the froat or Ch tia
nooga- About the time General Hagen OF palmcr's
division, thrown TO what Is called Poes tavern
Wilder 10 waggoncrs support, and Colonel Minty's cava
ny 70 Smiths crossroads These forces numbered four
thousand cavalry and three shorsaod infantry. wagso
per, a. the senior officer, psceI 10 pand. The
force was intended TO be nero ysdemonstrative, aud
Wagsopers duty 70 the believe that tn
army was seeking 10 tho above ttanooga
He had limo Of seventy mos along river to watch
and Is said that he has kept tho rebels 10 hiyh state
fever for three weeks He began by bre king their
great fort tho 2lst az August, BY nibarument 4
the city and he has kept up occasionally -twsty
days. Having the mounted infantry command he
has been enabled 70 appear At widely separate poinp
along the river almost msdc great
show OF examining lords, throwing polt s Ia the water
ana drawing them out until ihe rebels teen made
70 believe that the whole army te bank OF
RIVER trying its best n gst In the Rose
Grams Inns crossed where be wished unoup SOL and
night beyond Lookout NoGntsDs and into IN. be- ut
full valley In which Atlanta are sta.ed Way
goners TENT, an glad to saw, emuepv suc
ccssful He has sbsed CITY every day FOR the
asttwenty days The edsc OF his shots e,ey here L.
be seen. Unfortunately he has killed woman ~oauded
another taken the leg or iii, gr named Roche ana
yesterday killed boy about thirteen ycars old. rhis
matter that only DO regretted sseen and
unavoidable.
SMELLING CHATTANOOGA
Ia On receiving tho fret she' IN city frage d-red
ali the ctzens remove once began the removal
OF al hi, expose The city Anne, divestcs
Of furniture ana there few citlzsns rev
or no stores have been captured Bragg Cd thsm
10 the and out Of dnnscr but It Is believe that
shall capture considerable stores 10 the reyion o.
Rossvic, in tho Wa have secured III twe
Steamboats, lately mentioned In tins correspond
being moored st the wharf. Tn Sc In
good work. ing oroer, and ggoucr enabled
his briaade upon of them In hours. one Is =
ahorse ferry" The rebels obliging ugh .,
leave horse; wsEgoacr put tho nrst which
TO work In tho and had The ferry
In good running order wissoner has shown tn he
paddle his Ne also succeeded n c,psuri
about half OF the ats ~ tho poutoon bridge ahch has
been lying here mocrcd to the southern shore II the
river During tho bombardmcnt ten locomotives have
been disabled ard destroyed. The remains OF o.
these are 70 be seeu standing on the track.
Arox cnr.
The rebels began to evscuse the City Monday night
che 7th II appears that up that mc they bad
altogether unsuspicoas u the fact that Roaecrua in
force was trying 70 their communicattns with
Rome aud Atlanta wAwooer on the north and Wood IN
the side Of the had madc them believe that
our main force h their Immediate front But the
Appearance q ths hssvy columns o. McCook and Thomas
on tbs summit 81 LEX convinced them Of their mh
will b rsmsabsred that The evening
OF the TIN, Negiey, d Thomas corps, pushed
through Stevens esp the mountain 10 lafayette
cad that McCooks advance began 10 descend the noun
tain little south Lafsyess Ths coincidsocs q time
will show couclusvsy thAs this movement only unde
csvsd tho rcbes, and that 10 Consequence Of thai
movement that they evacuated the position. grand
tribute the skin Of him who commands this army that
he crossed thrss ranges mountains and river. has
taken rebel zhoid nos loss mpregpsbe than vcks
burg and which, had The rebels remained TO defend H.
would have cnss ss9o long and tedious that q
vioksbug) with the sss q Two men ~ sunsiroke, two
men By drowning and ess kisd Monday; and all the
movement uAds vishsss che knowledge q the rebels
Well may thsy ell him "wIiy Rosscsans" Certainly
dscesvs md ss sucssuai ssssAsgy has nos bscn
oorrosuoH ov nm xDu Amr.
TIE rebel foess which vsrs here coosistsd, -
eucleu. Of Brssss OF army Il rullaho@a, Chsaahans
end whs' divisions q roks corps and Clsburns's and
Bsswartv a Hni's CORP. Bat around thsrs had been
sAthsred rsinforosmsnts tvo divisions OF Johaston
army, under command Of Bsscxhrsdss ssd Claiborne,
Duckncrs divisioa. drawn In from ROCKVILLE waiksr's
brigade from Mobile, and Jsckuaa brigade. watch hss
ossa os time The sarrkos q The city. hsss nrc
composed the army wheh under Brssgs comnand
Jonnssou never having been here. TINS force y sssi
mated a from forty ave thsossnd 70 hfty thcnsapd msn
and n Il uos probabs that tbs report eEaessrsAsA
Brsckinrsdgs rssurssa 70 this army osy lest eunday,
Ssc significant oovrebosavs 81 ~ statement hsvs
sds that the rsbeh entirely deceived By the shsw
sds IN their frons Breckinridge arrived By railroad
o. Sunday night, ssA I'm on loot On Monday pishs.
The guard afansry consisted y smiths brAds
of Chs~shAmS 1vlpa, and Pesrau's horss fes1e1 ~
cavalry guard fnsss sress slowly retired rsD ~
u ~ osook ~ morning. ssviss NJ cisy = our
ssads
hsvs before rspsrssa hrss scrcs o. ossvrs ssass
TROOPS here. In shh w. nissaksa. n nov sssasl
beyond doubt hat ~ ossga troops (m,) hsrs sssa
concsosrsssd - Rome Co. ss1 shas they number about
10000. Gsssvai vorsss, csanasahg . cavalry corp,
left for Rome ssh OF ~ days 49, al hs snow upon
our 1Ank al thAa plAcs.
rns main columns q the rebels rssrsssed Il a said.
upon the Dalton rod, with another upca she rAfayesss
road Roms. Bsgg bcasssd Wien leaving That n go
Solng IN search q Rosscrans whom he believes 10 b
moving upon Ro1ps. should not be surprised n hear
aa, sbs rsesl right bad been struck 10 sask osy End