St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-23

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bafef, p .yop win SEA by iths beading u
thhi!A. thi!. letter, kttE, Ry aiaes.ssb ssetase uiili
taasy, engineering sIs s Gen, .Reseases, forced
The rebel army p,yxlp pndcrI Bragg to- evaoaate
PESTS Post SSbseelbyville with its sstreeg, iue ot
works, and and then es Tlllalhon., capturing II
L! tEhe l.tt ll+ttter PLACE the esenys ssise qsd1s
G Gen, 3. + Roseerans' Plan nas, BY arspid Aask
movement, mr'o9, 1o'e, TO compel the, enemy, to fall
back thm 1hrom their ssrons NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
in What r,t4 j. j. known as :llnver's, sad Libefty
Cans, and to eut effths enesy'ss hneo
retreat t|9 from fry Ialahen>, ' shere
siye him battle FMS The frs. portioa,@ tie
plan worked vel, .bat So outtexly,G ,Gmpassi-
bic wcze w9z2e. the roads, roads and seuiseesasa. the
rains i re ,for several days that the enemy Had
tuR tine zig to retreat byway 81, Wischestserl,'
his l' r'eqr !,na guard being severely, pressed this
far, where !We Wee'are are modifying to slloysthe
TRANSPORTATION 81 TO set up aqdtt0 repair tbt
lbrrid bridge over Elk river, drst,eyed aly oatfi oo;ti
cavalry qPder Mitch 81 and ,Staqly beto4e
the evacuation Of Tullaahomp. .TherRail:
road j is il rr,l working order to Elk River. 'H
The rebs g were consplctely: -saaerahcd
an and they acknowledge itb Itis Quite c's'ii:'
dent dent ften4 the preparations in ne Nay oof
rlae-ppits ppits and earth works that Bragg sup
posed Gen. Rosecrans would move his col!
umns forward on the Columl,ia Ind Nash
vile pike, riaa rgiaII Franklin, hycxa9 Of Til
une and Shelbyyille, over ,lwbicho routes
We should hlays. had good ;pikeds roads and
sood d. bridges. and the dispesition e ourrr
forces = sines ny the he al battle "a Stoac River
would Indicate Il IS much but, BY. :axeI
arranged system Of feints along: the thos.
oughfarcs above named, McC>p4.s corps
doing this part of the work. Bragg was
completely fooled, While, the different
divisions Of our corps pressed the. enemy
so as to bring on heavy skirmishinz, es:
pecially in .Hoover's aud Liberty: Gaps.
with Mitchell's and Stanley's divisions on
our extreme right, Thomas and: .Critten!.
dens' corps were pressing rapidly forward
with but little resistance and by noon on
the second day out, had completely flank
ed Columbia, Esgleville, ,Shclbyyille, Mart
race: and Bell Buckle, up to which time
they had made stout resistance on the sup.
posed line Of advance. :
Our cavalry. is securing the country
some miles from here, and from all IScan
learn there can be no doubt that Bragg
is falling back to the Tennessee River
The citizens :irc very abusive of Bragg.
They say he promised them that Rose
! Grams should never get from INurfrccsboro
and that if they would put inn as much
crop as possible: he, would help them t.
reap it-hc only partially kept his word.
Just as the crops were we'll harvested. we
came along and are making. use ,of them.
much to the .chagrin of the people. Our
advent was so rapid the people were COM
pletely bewildered. The. inhabitants arc
heartily tired Of the war and long for
peace, but there are many WHO cling to the
delusion that peace with a. divided Uaion
may be q foregonc conclusion. They have
high hope Of Vicksburs being able to hold
out, and admit that with, Rosccrans threat
cning Chattanooga the fall Of Nicksburg
would be a staggering ;afblow; and there
are those who think that Yicksbnrs aud
Chattanooga will decide the erwar.:J .'...~,
| Our brigade under Gen., Carlip, j and
Johhosop's h Prs division, warmly engaged the
enemy under Claiborne and Little in Lib
erty Gap. The 3Sth Regt,s Ills: Vols,
drove, the ;2d Arkansas Regt.: from the
crest of hill, capturing their collars; !; Eve
col color; bearers in SUCCESSION having been
shot down. y.xro.. 7o ,nra5r.
l enclose you a copy Of the Richmond
Sentinel aud Winchester D sutch, more
as rcurtoeitlsIin the nexspaPef EGoc than
for any news they contain, "a,
Tile ID Regiment is back in its old place
under Gen: Thomas, and did good service
as skirmishers during the advance Nj Js2'5" ;'5e
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