Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-01-09
THk BATTLE AT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TENNESSEE.

THE BATTLE At MURFREEsEORO
TENNESSEE.
Private advices state that Rosecrans il CO,
2 tainly IN Possession of Murf eesboro.
BATrLsF FIELD Stones RIVER, !
Tennessee, January 2.
Is The terrific battle of Stones river il nc
! yet decided. 1t has continued three DAYS
!, with intermssion yesterday and to day.
Old soldiers pronounce it the greatest confc
r. ever fought on this continent
al After the great battle of "Wednesday, tn,
., enemy persisted in moving upon our right
to cut us off from Nashville. Our right wal
THROWN out to Osternan's Creek but OF
Thursday, finding our right too strong, the,
- suddenly rushed upon our centre, but wer,
bitterly repulsed by the left Of the CORPS
re IS commanded by Thomas and the right o
sCrittenden's c,,rps.
aa Later in the day they fcrcely assailed tho
III right centre and were again repulsed.
, s123 Both sides spent the remainder of the day
~ in sharp skirmishng and maneuyering for
p POSITION 'ai'' ss2
osT ~ During that night the enemy appeared 10
be concentrating again upon our right
~ Their commands were distinctly heard in
81 ~ our camps but, suspecting ruse, General
!. y dKosccrnns threw Bentley's brigade of Van
w iCeve's division across the river on our left,
m with supports, where they rested.
deti, Atasout ten o'clock this morning the en-.
envy made another formidable dash at our
~ centre, but were handsomely repulsed
''O5o" At bct-een three and four o. clock this af
Sc tcrnoon, a tremendous mass Of the enemy
en-. was suddenly precipitated upon Bent!ey's
brigade, and drove it, after gallant struggle
co clear back across the river. Negley's SUI
ISL pcrb division which had already immortal.
~" lied itself and its heroic commander, and
&c &c the faithful division Of JEFF, c. Davis, were
!. a. thrown in successfully. The most desperate
w contest Of the battle ensued. Both sides
. seemed furiously determined to win victory.
es and both threw in their artillery until nearly
all the batteries of both armies were at work.
y, 70 The uproar of musketry and artillery was of
~ the most furious description. The whole
=" fteid-was soon shrouded in a pail of smoke.
"a Our brave fellows were sadly cut up, but
1e' they marched to the assault with ur1inch-
10 ing determination. #" . -..
eT III Neglcy, at last ordered his division to
II charge. The men pushed forward without
!" lettering, and the enemy sullenly gave way
;. The gallant 38th PENNSYLVANIA charged
w home on the Goth Tennessee and captured
AZ its colers, Another rushed upon a battery
l'e drove away the gunners and sezed it for
~ their trophy A great shout Of victory roar.
~. ell along the whole line, and was carried in
." magnificent volume from left to right, through
the forests and back again.
,HoeGen, fRosccrans, in the midst of fire and
carnage, ordered an advance of the whole
ne line, and Mt dark the dense forest blazed
IN with fires Of fierce intensity our line sweep.
We ing forward with wild enthusiasm; but
~ darkness made it impossible to press our
en- advantage to a conclusion Nevertheless
So the left was fairly established, on the east
is bank Of the river: the centre advanced to
ep the position heretofore held by the enemy
eI and the right again advanced almost to the
J line from which it was driven on Wcdnes-
ar day. fags f.-a a@ ~s
"a Thus, you perceive the decisive advantage
%. IS with us. 10. morrow Saturday morning
however, the battle will be resumed. We
Al now feel confident of ultimate victory.
% Our losses, however have been serious.
v Since Wednesday morning they amount to
w about 4, 900 killed and wounded, of whom
!. : 500 are killed. Our loss of prisoners is sew
rs cral thousand '"
= = The enemy on the first day captured about
rs twcnty-six guns and disabled six. We cap.
81 8. tured four from them on Wednesday.
III The rebel loss, as estimated by themselves.
. In between 1000 and 5000 killed and
z wounded, Including Brig Gen Rains killed.
y Altogether we have captured about 900
prisoners, from all the Southern States.
y <icn. Cheatham's Adjutant-G General and sun.
as dry field officers were captured
~. The daring valor and self possession of
ie Gen. Rosecrans, under the most trying cir
'el talmStances, eXcitcs the widest enthusiasm
10 in the army. ~ $50 aa..