Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-10-13
tn. R.t,Ie Rield Of ChiekamaaEs.

The Battle FfeId Of Gb1ckAmhabo'
One Of the Editors of the Atlanta EHtslIigeHeer
gives the following account Of visit 10 the battle
Geld ten days after the battle This account is in
terestng and will give readers some idea Of the
horrors Of war:
We visited tia Rsld Of the great battle on yestsr-
day, commencing on the extreme LETT, crossing
and recrozsing over the entire ground The scenes
we witnessed are seldom exhibited on earth; We
will try 10 describe some Of them:
We entered the field at the Red House, where
lew dead horses only attest the evidence Of severe
skirmish The woods on the outskirts Of the held
did not exhibit much evidence Of battle until We
reached the steam saw mill on the road leading
from Ringgold, BY way Gi Reeds bridge, 70 Chatta-
nooga- At this paint several dead horses are de.
caying and Producing q most foul stencil Several
graves ale visible Along the road We saw numer-
Gus dead horses and Yankee bodies. All through
the woods there were evidences Of sharp skirnsh
ing where little artillery firing had been made To
the right Of the road about mile and close to the
old Savannah road, there are some old fields, in
which batteries were placed on the hi chest points.
Our forces charged up these small heights and left
the evidences Of their yalor the field, not alone
in their own tattered garments and equipments and
the graves Of our dead, but also in large number
Of dead and sinking Yankees Here we met burial
party who were really sick from their exposure TO
the unwholesome stencil Behind this hill we met
the first breastRorks. They are made Of logs and
stones, and situated to command the most probable
line of attack The debris Of the conflict shows how
saTageiy it was contested
Along the Chattanooga and lafayette road, some
what to the left Of Clouds farm, the s!gas Of deS
perate strife begin to indicate the battlefield The
country is well cleared from the lOElands up the
slopes Of the broken range Of hills and some four
or five farms seen in the clearing In the edge
Of the woods on the crest Of the hills, the enemy
4. L.fEn shosr
ton being about mile lonS aud bTisiiing with
cannon fronting two ways. Tue torn, pulTer,Led
earth, and ths mown weeds and corn in the path OF
their terrible sweeping Ere evnce the erceness OF
the conflict There is 8 very large corn field and
fields of sedgc the slope, and IL was over the eX
posed clear open place, with fence and guiley IN
tervening, that our men charged steadily and sue
cessfully. hundred dead horses, broken caissons,
dismounted cannon, broken ammunition, torn
clothes, broken knapsacks, empty hATerSac<s, bull
let-torn canteens, broken gunstocks, hundreds of
torn shoes and hats bloody bayonets, broken sabre
scabbards, torn cartridge boxes, dead Yankees In
piles of four five and dozen; . cord Of cannon
hammers, ropes, torn harness, numerous graves
everything which is ever seen upon fsrcey con-
tested and bloody field Of battle All over these
1900 acres of open land the conflict ragged With
6erceness of which the evidence will long be appa
rent Our forces carried the whole line of hills and
the enemy's defence- Numerous wagon ways for
their retreatng batteries seen, but it is evident
they fell into hands 70. the paths end a. short
distances in the woods, and only few battery
paths are seen on the rocky slope, over whose sur
face down into . rayne and along the slope Of the
hills behind, the Yankee dead still purifying in
the light Of bright September sun
Away far to the left OF tie opening the graves Of
our men become numerous. Tennessee has her
regiments marked on many, Oh il makes me sor-
row in my heart for my glorious friends and con-
panions who are placed there. 4 thousand YAM
kee dead, some buried, many still lying in their
bright blue uniforms, where rebel bullets
took them.
Going northward to the left of the roadway and
along the brow of the hill where the tremendous
battery had done such fearful execution, We see
where the enemy's right vas turned towards his
centre and through the deles and raynes the fight
ing must have been awful In one little dell at the
head of small ravine and directly opposite the old
house used by the Yankees hospital, situated at
the upper end of the opening there are large num-
Der OF our dead South Carolina here has represen-
tatlveS from several of her noble regiments A
number of graves Of Missssippians are marked at
various points in this vicinity The place is easily
found by noticing the accurate points am giving.
On both sides of the rayine evidences Of the ter
rible conflict which ragged. This was the front of
the enemy's centre. Hundred OF dead Yankees at
test the close character Of the combat and the in
Vncible efforts of our troops. Back Of this point is
the highest hill, on which the Yankee centre was
intrcnched on all sides They had large number
Of guns in battery the brow of the hill and down
its slope they showered the storm Of leaden and
iron hail which cut lanes through the woods as
though tornado had passed over it Trees two
feet thick are cut off; limbs hanging in all d.
rections; tons Of metal-balls, bombs, grape and
slugs-are lying thick over the whole wooded sur
face Thousands Of balls have SCARED every tree,
shrub and bush; stones are torn into fragments,
over nearly mile in length in front of the battery,
and all round it within range, every foot of the
ground has been torn and ploughed with shot and
she'll On the right hand northern slope of the hill
little farm was cleared and near the crest thick
peach orchard once stood; behind this is log house
the house Of the proprietor, Mr.. Snodgrass. This
Snodgrass hill was the proper centre of the enemys
line. At the foot Of the hill fronting toward the
Chattanooga road there is deep WELL and to the
right OF this are three rows of bre1stworkS made Of
rails, logs and stones. The enemy used the house
as hospital. Around it are the marks Of wars de-
struction. Death, in his most horrible mangng
and dshguring shape, was there on Sunday and
wagon loads OF buried arms and legs and dead attest
the fury and carnage Of tee demon Of destruction.
The hospital itself was untouched; its flag was re-
spected by our forces on the centre and right The
centre was charged several times. Finally, Brock
InrIdges troops assaulted across the point where the
wall Is seen, over the works, I'D the hill through
the orchard and amongst the trees to the top Of the
NIL, and here are the evidences Of their valor.-
Right where their noble and desperate courage car
| ried them they have erected monument 1t is
composed of Kentucky's dead Over the spot the
roar OF q hundred cannon dcafened the senses
The thin, pulverized earth and the beaten round
spots show the despair and obstinacy of the Yankee
eannonIers. 1t was from this point the Yankee
cenge broke and retreaedin CONSERVATION and PAN
&c, throwing away their guns, accoutrements-every
thing which might impede their progress and re-
treat Our troops did not pursue from this point
until Monday, from what we could learn. 4.
The evidences of their disorder and retreat are
SHOWN IN the beaten woods, 1t has the appearance
lor miles IS though thousands and thousands OF
cattle and horses had stampsdcd Along discourse
thousands Of guns and equipments were found. -
our cleaning parties and the visitors have cleared