The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-01-10

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they exhibited every variety of fright and
CONSERVATION. Some crawled behind
huge trees, turning about them as the
rebels advanced, in vain effort to keep
their worthless 'carcasses concealed.
Some ran through the woods skirting-
that side of the river, as though all the
fiends from Pandemonium were in full
% pursuit Some took out dirty pocket
handkerchiefs and waved them at the
rebels in token of surrender, while others
plunged headlong into the river and
waded and padded rapidly across.
AN AyEYGER AT. HAND. 30 q
SO daring and insolent was this move
ment of the rebel horsemen, that our
troops. who witnessed it seemed, for a
time, almost paralyzed by their audacity
Not rifle was discharged at them, and
for several minutes not even she'll was
thrown among. them. But there was an
-avenger at hand The intrepid and un-.
firing Kenneth had heard of the affair,
. and at the head Of a squadron of the 4th
X regular cavalry, fell like a thunderbolt
upon the foe They had taken posses
sion of about forty wagons, andwere hur-
rying. them away, with large number of
prisoners, when the Pleasanton of the
West burst upon their rear. 1t was now
VI their turn to Ay; and no one could ac-
cuse them of tardinessin setting about it.
They at once took to their heels in an
apparently mad .endeavor to make better
time in running than even our +" sked-
daddlers did few minutes previous
ANOTHER REBEL REDUL-sH. L-
.-- 1t was nearly eleveno' clock when Har-
dee was repulsed, and all immediate dam.
ger in that quarter was over. de had
succeeded in defeating our right wing,
but he had not gained our rear, neither
did he obtain the baggage and ammu-
milton trains which he so much coveted.
One of his divisions had been less sue
cessful still. While the battle was rag
ing on the right, half dozen or more
i pieces of artillery belonging to Palmers
division, kept up continued fire upon
the rebel lines in the direction of MUIR
freesboro, in order to prevent an advance
from that quarter. The division of the
rebel General Withers happened to be
Just in range of their cannon Here he
had been stationed by Hardee, in readi-
ness to charge upon Palmers division,
when that part of our line should be suf-
fciently weakened by the withdrawal of
re-inforcements for McCook. The po-
sition was q most uncomfortable one, and
at every discharge of our artillery some
of Withers men bit the dust. Goaded
almost to madness by this slaughter, of
his helpless men, the rebel leader ordered
q charge. His men advanced with great
impetuosity, but their recklessness was
of no avail against the few proud regi-
ments that stood in their way. The sea
might sooner hope, by hurting its angry
pillows against them, to break in pieces
the solid rocks which con6ne it. The
desperate assailants withdrew at last
~. Their loss must have been fearful, as they
call it the bloodiest struggle of the day.
- LAST REBEL EFFORT.
There was now a lull in the storm; and
scarcely a volley of musketry or boom
of cannon, was heard for three-quarters
but the rebel leaders, disappointed by
their failure to penetrate to our camp by
way of the right wing, were preparing
for a blow at the center. ALI the re-
serves were attached to the center of
their army under Polk, and Bragg in
person placed himself at the head Of the
column. - .r..l 5...s
And now was presented an imposing
spectacle. The nature OF the ground in
their part of the field was such that every
movement of either army could be dis
tinctly seen. The open fields toward
Murfreesboro were smooth enough for a
holiday parade ground
-31 A fierce cannonade up the turnpike
announced the coming onset, and from
the very woods out of which had seen
the rebel cavalry issue on Monday even
ling, the FIRST line of battle now salIies
11forth. 1t came on in magnificent order;
and stretching away diagonally across a
great sloping field, of which l have so
frequently spoken, its length seemed in
terminable. At sufficient interval an
other line deployed into the open ground
parallel with the first; and ere the for
ward battalions were engaged a third line
of battle came forth from the same woods.
1t seemed that our feeble lines in that
direction must be crushed by the weight
of these immense masses of living and
moving men.
~ H25 RosEeRANs PREPARED.
But the ever watchful eye of Rosecrans
had detected the rebel design, even be-
fore their first line of battle emerged
from among the trees. The Union army
was like a set of chessmen in his hands,
aud its different brigades and divisions
were moved about with as much facility
as are pawns and nieA4eui w sks. ,ysest4I
game. Th9sa1lf were hurried forward on
lstt16uble quick to combat this new effort
of the enemy; and even from the extreme
left, where Van Cleve was posted a brig
ade was brought over to take part in the
defense. The same formidable array of
batteries and battalions again confronted
sbo Zoo hot ,trb1 cb 4ho i,io
of Hardee's corps had spent ITSELF and
similar results followed.
Almost simultaneously sheet of fire
leaped forth from each of the opposite
lines, and for few minutes both stood
like. walls of stone, discharging their
deadly muskets into each others bosoms
Then the rebels attempted to charge, but
a storm of lead and iron hail burst in
their faces and all around them, sweep
ing them down as the long lines of ira
ders who cross the Sahara are prostra-