Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-04

tie army Of Tcnnessee may possess sufficient
insezest 20 the country 20 ask its publication:
Is may be remembered, that in consequence
/ Of Gdank movement on the right, and he threat
ened danger to its communications, toward the
last Of JuHe, the army of Tennessee was PIT in
TeiTeat from Shelhyville and T',1izhena on o. 70.
/ ward Chattanooga, The resrtss was effected with
| slight OF inconsideTable loss in men and trans
! poriation, and Chetlsnoogs was occupied during
/ The days Of The hIst week Of July. Polk's
/ ccrRs, except AndersOn's brigade, Of Withers'
division, which was ordered TO Bridgeport, where
the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad crosses
tho Tennessee river, for purposes of observation,
was retsined in and around Chattanooga and
l Hardee's corps wss distributed along the lina Of
1 tbe Kuozville railroad. with Tyner's station as
/ its eantsr, General Bragg establishing the srIny
4 headquarters st Chattanooga. The work Of Ter
/ flying was begun aud prosecuted for some
/ weeks, during which the army seemed 20 await
/ the development Of the epemy'g plaus, end st
I he end Of which we had i've guns in posi ion
BeyOad reeoun noissancesi in some force ct Bridge
/ port, snd st fbs mouth Of Battle creek, the en-
/ croy made no denomination until tho 2lst Of
I August, when he succeeded in covering the
town of Chattanooga with bis artillery from tie
! hiehts overlooking tho Tennessee river snd the
/ town This bomasrdment Of cur position, which
/ was intended as dealorEEzing eogp de Hais,
/ had the more pregnant significance OF an il
/ choate suuoureeulent that the eneny's plans
/ were comple.ed and were shout being pas IN
| active operation. Ths effect of the bomhard-
maut was the official evEcuation Of the place to
] points beyond range outside, and the withdrawal
\ Of stores 70 points Of couTenienee on She rail-
read to ihs rear, and the withdrawal Of AndeT-
ssn's brigade from Bridgeport
/ Ga ths 26th or 27jh of August, or soma five
or six days sfIer TIE surprise of Chattanooga,
| BUnsids's advance into East TenHesses was an
noBHced by The presence Of his cavalry ia the
! vicinity Of Knoxville, snd Hsjer-GeD. Bacl1neF
/ reeaive8 erdsTs 20 svseusts Knoxville and 0ccU-
by Laudon. Iu consequence of a dcmunstra-
doH, It is said, By poriien Of RoaecTans' eTmy
At Biytbe's ferry, On the IeDHessee river, oppo-
site the mouth Of the Hiwassee, he was ordered
to fal back from Loudon to Charleston, snd
seen after 70 the vicinity OF Chattanooga. Pend
/ ing thsEs movements above, ahich were to give
! East Tennessee to the FedeTals, uot only for &C
cUpation, bHt for cooperation with Bosecrsns
I in his designs upon Chattanooga and the army
I Of Tennessee, R0seerans wes net idle below
7 On Tuesday morning, September Ist, ciiZons
( living near Caperton's ferry reported that the
enemy was crossing the Tennegse river IN force
at that pCias (CapeTton's fsTry;) that on Sstur-
day the 295h August, three days before, Fed
eTsl cavalry force had iorded the riYsf at some
8hailoWs above % the south side, had proceeded
down the river to Csperton's, aud. in conjznc-
Jon with another fogco, appearing cotempo-
rBueoEsly On the opposite stOTs, had thTsHn
D0ntoon bri6gs across the river; and that the
enemy commenced immediately tG cross in force,
aud had been crossing fer three days. Saturday,
Sunday and Monday, and we're meviuE across
Saud mouItainin the direction Of Wills valley
and Trenton. This story, regarded at eTny
headquarters as incredible, was s0on after con
hrmaG by reports Of The occupation of Trenton
Wills valley rsi.Tosd, IN the direction of Chat
tsnoOga, as far IS Wahatchie, within seven
Hailes, as e covering force to the advance Of its
infantry columns On Trenton.
in o-dar to understand this movement oi
R1sec- ans, and subsCq quent operations, q t0po-
gGsphiesl corp d all Is necessary.
ChatlsHooEai5 si5uated On the Tennessee river,
at ihs mouth Of Chattanooga vsiley--a valley
following 5ho course Of the Chattanooga creek,
ard lsl med by Lookout mountain and Mission
sTy ridge. East ef Missionary ridge, and Iun-
nine paIsllsl with it, is another vslley-Chiek-
aIasugs Yailey-iollowing the course Of Chick,
amaugs creek, which, with the Chattanooga
creek, discharges It's wsteEs into the Tennessee
riVer-ths fret above, and the latter below the
town Of Chattanooga, and hss with il a common
source in RcIsemore's coYe-tha common head
ef bash valleys, aud formed by Lockout noun
tain on the west and Pigeon mountain On he
asst. Wills vsilsy is narrow valley lying 20
( the west Of Chattanooga, formed by Lookout
mountain aDd Sand mountain, and traversed by
5 railroad, which takes lis name from the valley,
/ and which. branching from the Nashville and
Chattanooga railroad where the latter crosses the
valley, has its present terminus at Trenton, and
/ iatars at Tuscaloosa, Ala. The distance of
/ Bridgeport from Chattanooga is twenty-eight
I miles, of CapeIton's ferry about forty, and Of
! Trenton something over twenty. Ringgo,d is
/ eighteen miles from ChattSnOogs, on the Geor-
zia State road, and Dalton some foTiy, at the
Z point where the GeoaygiR State road connects
! with the East Tennessee railroad. Rene is
/ 5iziy-6Ys miles southwest of Chattanooga on
the C5oss river. ct he poi8t of e9sfuenes of the
! Etowsh sBd Estonslah. The wagon road fFom
/ { Chattanooga to Rome, known AZ the Lafayette
/ road, crosses Missionary ridge into Chickamau-
I - valley Rt Is Rlssviiie, snd, proceeding in 8
J gonihwesterIy direction, crosses ChieEamauea
/ creek, eleven miles frcm ChRHan0oEg, at Lee
/ and Gordon's mills, and, passing to the east Of
/ Pigeon moaHtsin, goes through lafayette dis
| farce some tWenty-tWO miles from GhsttsHCOEs,
/ snd Sammerville within twenty-five mics Of
! Rome From Caperton's ferry there is road
! Ies3ing over Ssud mountain into Will8' vsllsy
I a. TrsatoD, and from Trenton 70 Lafayette aud
/ Dalton. ever Lookout mountain. through
/ Cooper's and Stevens gaps, into MeLem0ro's s
/ cove and over Pigeon mountain by Dug gap.
The road from Trenton following Wills valley,
EXPOSED, by easy counmucieat0ns, Rome, and
shrough il Western Georgia and Eastern Ala
I bass, wish easy ACCESS 30 the important central
ucsiiioas, Atiants aud Sslna
Ths general commanding, believing flank
ing movement TO be the purpose of iha enemy in
his movements on the LEFT, ordered Lieutenant
General Hill on Monday, September 7tb, e
move yrith bis corps 10 Lafayette, and Gen. PoiH
10 Lee g. aor2on's mills, and AaJ0T-deDeTa
Bpehrper. syish the army Of East IenDesSsee
snd Wsier-General Walker with his division
rom The army Of Mississippi, to concentrate ct
I,sfavefts, and Bfisadisr General Pegram 70
cover the railroad with bis cavalry. These dis
,os,t;aps hsviug been made Of the Confederate
jorcas. Efsjor. General Cristsnden, commanding
tbe lels wing of RosecTsns' srEny, which bad no.
roved with the right and center, but had beer
Iafs in the Ssquatchie valley, crossed the len
r,esssa river st the mouth Of Battle creek anl
noyea upon ChsstsgooBa. Maior-Genersl he
j Cook commanding the right wing, was thro N
forward to threaten Rogc, and The corps Q
: 1sior. General T'homss was pat N motion oye
] / Lookout mouhtsjn, IA the direction OF Ia
! fagette.
i will be peTceived FROM this distribution o
= the forces OF both armies, that Rosscrans eI
= posed himself IN the hands Of sn adversary 0
Z capacity and vigoT TO the hazard Of quick an
certain destruction. The eeater corps, unde
: Thomss, being in AcLsmoTe's cove, immf
. distsly opposite Lafayette as and near whic
: GEN BragE had all his forces concentrated, VS.
q completely at the mercy of the lstter, It wa
only necessary that Gen. Bragg should fall 400
q il with such 9 Insss as would have crushed ii
: fhea turned down Chattanooga valley, thTow
= himself in between the town and CristendeI
3 and crushed HIM then passed bSek betwee
i I,ookest mountain and the Tennessee river int
!, Wills valley, and cat ca meCook's retreat
: Bridgeport; thence moved along the Cumoe
4 land range into the rear Of Burnside, and dl
3 pesed CT him.
i This campaign, which was 50 obvious to pa
Hes engaged In the general movements, an
4 which vses So feasible, would have gone far t
I, yards ending the war, and have added iresh lu
!. ter 10 our arms. Bat it was not perceived aE
acted upon by the miad directing ihe army.
i t-ra that force was thrown forwsTd IL