Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-09-23
TIE GREAT BATTLE!!
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Thomas Generalship.
HEROIsM OF WOODS DIVISION.
Little said About McC00k or Crit
tenden.

CHATTANOOGA, Sept 2l.-The battle on
the 10Th resulted well for US, having held
our own as established on the left and
concentrated forces during the day In
the morning we held handsome line,
with the right ON the ridge of high hill
and the left was protected by small works,
vile and Larayrtte-iros.tbe- night. The
south of Rossville.
In the fight of the 18th we had lost
goo killed, 1000 wounded, and we're
ahead pieces of artillery.
The men were in the best of spirits
The engagement was resumed at 9 O clock
a. m on the 10th, by an attempt of the
rebels to turn Thomas left. Several
times they were severely repulsed with
heavy loss to them, and very little to us
This fight lasted one hour and a half
and was one of the most terrific of the
war, a continuous fire of musketry and ar
tlllery being kept up with deadly effect
During this the right and centre were
not engaged
Skirmlshers were kept out, when the
enemy finding their assaults were in
vain, made an effort to throw a force ON
the Rossville road. At this iuncture Cen
Thomas ordered Brannon, who had one
brigade in reserve and two with Rev
nolds' holding the key of the position,
which was Thomas right, to move to the
left OF the line to protect the flank.
Gen. ROsecrans at the same time sent
Davis and VanCleve from the right to
the centre to support Brannon, in his eff.
fort to hold the line to Rossville, and
protect Thomas flank On perceiving the
withdrawal of skirmishers from his front
and divisions moving from his right and
center, the enemy made a vigorous at
tack on that part of the line, piercing the
ceuter and cutting off Davis and Sheri-
dan from the left and driving the center !
into the mountains. Both right and CEN |
ter were much scattered without very
serious loss in killed and wounded. The /
right and center gone, Thomas right be- |
came exposed to a most terrific flank at !
tack, and Reynolds and Brannon's RIGHT |
OF Thomas line was swung around, his
extreme left being as at first This also
fell back short distance on the Ross
vile road. Parts of the center were
gathered up and reported to Thomas.
who made several stands, but was unable |
to check the rebel advance until the ar.
rival of reinforcements.
AT one o'clock General Granger
with one Division of Reserves, came
up and were at once thrown into
the T. center e driving the enemy handsome
~ from his position on a strong ridge.
and with heavy loss The fire from one
OF Granger's batteries moved them down.
Inns night only lasted half an hour. with
slight loss to US.
= L regret to say that Capt Russell
Granger was killed when he had been
in the fight ten minutes. After this
bloody repuise, the enemy remained
quiet until about 4 o'clock, persistinp
however, in maintaining their position
on both tanks, correct information con-
corning this country enabling them to
do SO with great facility. Having gotten
again on our TANKS, the enemy made a
vigorous attack, and fight ensued
which has no parallel in the history of
his army. Col Harker's brigade and
Woods division-both Wood and Gar
held being present-with a remnant of
Johnsons division holding the left
covered themselves with GLORY i
and on the right and center Brannon
Baird, Reynolds and Palmer, with parts
'f their divisions, fought most gallantly:
while Steadman and Granger with their !
Reserves, drove the enemy at every point o
where they went in
At five o'clock Gen. Thomas was still c
triumphant, and on the left held his line 0
# the morning, but on the right the
nemy drove him back to line nearly
It right angles with that of the morn
n!g. Two lines of retreat were open to
i'm to Chattanooga, on one of which he .
ell back to Rossville during the night
Our losses have necessarily been heavy
ut the list of killed will be surprisingly
ght; and in the two days fighting we
ave not suffered more in men than the
nemy did in the charge by Thomas on i
ne first day. The enemy lost as many
4 killed on the first day as we did in
9th days. What our losses in prisoners
nd material are, we cannot now saw
ut our killed will reach 1000, and our Z
ounded 1000; most of the wounds are
light