Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-30


heavy, but the list of killed will be surptis-
ingly light and In the two DAYS engagement
We have not suffered more in men than the
enemy.
In the charge by Thomas on the first day,
the enemy lost rs many in killed as we did
during the whole day. What the losses in
prisoners and material are. we cannot now
say. Our killed will reach 1000, and our
wounded will amount TO 7,000-most of them
Sigh: wounds. Among the general officers
killed are Gen. I.ytle, Col. Key and Col
King, commanding brigades, and Col Bartle-
ton, lOlst Illinois.
We have captured Gen. Adams, of Texas,
and thirteen hundred of his men.
WASHINGTON, Sept. p.
The Star and National Republican, in their
late editorials this p. NJ, have accounts, evil
IDENTIFY derived from official sources, of the
late battle in Georgia. The longer one from
the Evening Star, is as follows:
con Saturday, the 10th, a demonstration
made by the rebels in strong force, which
appears to have been repealed by the force of
Gen. Thomas, with the advantage on the Fed
eral side.
''On Sunday, an engagement commenced
late in the morning The first gun was fired
at A. NJ, but no considerable firing took
place till l O'clock Previous to 10 o'clock
Gen. Rosecrans rode the whole length Of our
line.
Soon after the battle commenced Gen
Thomas, who held the left began 10 cell for
reinforeements. About u O'clock word
came that he had been forced To retire. The
second line of reintorecments was then sent
to him, and McCook's whole corps, which was
on the right as a reserve in the center, was
sent TO him. Gen. Wood, Of Crittenden's
corps and Van Cleve, who held the front
center were also ordered to the left, where
the fury of the cannOnade showed that the
enemvs force was massed Their places were
| filed by Davis and Sheridan Of Gen. Ne
Cooks corps, but hardly had these divisions
| taken their place IN the line when the rebel
fire, which had slaekened, burst out in I'M
mense volies on the center.
"This lasted about 20 minutes and then
Van Cleye, on Thomas right was seen to
give way, but in tolerable order, soon after
which the lines of Reynolds and Davis broke
in disorder borne down by the euemy'S col
umns, which are said TO have consisted Of
Folks corps. These two divisions were the
only ones thrown into much disorder Those
of Negley and Van Cleve were thrown into
confusion but soon rallied and held their
places, the first on the left and the second
on the right of Thomas corps"
Davis and Sheridan late in the dav, sue
ceeded in rallying about 5000 of their forces
and Joined Thomas Gen. Thomas, finding
himself cut off from the right, brought his
division into position for independent fight
ing, his line assuming the form Of horseshoe
along the crest Of a wooded ridge. lie was
soon Joined by Granger from Rossville, and
by Gen Steadman's division of Gen. McCook's
corps, and with these forces firmly maintained
the fight until after dark"
''Our troops were rs immovablc as the
rocks they stood upon. The rebels repeatedly
hurled against them the dense columns which
had routed Davis and Sheridan in the morn
ing, but every onset was repulsed with dread
full slaughter. Failing first in one onset, then
on another point of our line, the rebels for
hours vainly sought to break them. General
Thomas seemed to have filled every soldier
with his OWN unconquerable hrmness, and
General Granger, his hat torn by bullets, rode
like lion wherever the combat was thickest.
Every Division commander bore himself
glOTiOusly, and among them Generals Turchin,
Hazen, and Parker especially distinguished
themselves. Gen. Turchin charged through
| the rebel lines with the bayonet, and, being
surrounded, forced his way back again
| Gen. Parker, who had two horses shot under
| him on Saturday, formed his men III one line,
and made them lie down until the enemy was
| close upon them, when suddenly they rose
| and delivered their fire with such effect that
| the assailing column fell back in confusion,
| leaving the ground covered with killed.
"Whcn night fell this body Of heroes stood
on the same ground occupied by them in the
| morning, their spirits being unbroken. Their
| losses are not estimated. Gen. Thomas tele-
| graphcd Monday forenoon that the troops are
in high spirits lie brought off all his
wounded.
Of the sick and wounded at Crawfish
! Spring, including our main hospital, nearly all
had been brought away. The number of
prisoners taken by the enemy viii hardly sur
pass 1000 besides the wounded, of whom not
more than LOCO could have fallen into their
hands. OF rebel prisoners we have sent L.,
500 to Nashville.n
Most Of our losses in artillery were occa-
stoned by the killing of all the horses.
g Gen. Thomas retired to RossviIle, on
Sunday night after the battle had closed.
Gen. Rosecrans had issued orders for all his
troops to be concentrated with the forces at
Chattanooga.
" In the last two assaults our troops fought
with the bayonot, their ammunition being OK
hausted.