Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-07


Correspondence OF the Savannah RspuaIican.l
ABsr 81 TENNESSEE Z
Chattanooga Valley November 2. )
The sihastion remains the same as st the date
Of NY last letter. The enemy still holds Look
cut valley, Browns ferry, Raeeoen mountain,
aud the raiiFoad from Bridgeport to E point
within ore nile Of Lookout point No further
effort has been made 50 disiodge him since the
unsuccessful attempt Of 9ensrsi jenkins. Had
the attack basa mads 10 suficient foTes the day
after the FedsTals got possession Of the ferry and
threw . budgs ovsT the river, whan it ia reported
General Bragg ordered it 70 be made, on even
on the succeeding day, which was Wednesday.
Is is possible we might still have remsinsd mas
tsTs Of the situation. Bot shs assault was post
PsRed until Wednesday night, and WAS then
made By 8 single brigade. In the meantime con
siderable Tsinl0rcsnents had arrived (Wednes-
day eYeninE) from Bridgeport, and Il was
against thosa rsiBf0rcsmens, and not the force
a the ferry, thst Jenkins attack was directed.
As was stated il > Teeeus letter. the snsny
now holds Lockout valley lying between the
mountsin Of thst name and Racco0n mountain,
and the entire ins Of the Nashville and Chasfa-
nocEa railroad tom Nashville 20 a point distsn.
nom Browns ferry not more thar 0Oe nile. He
holds also the Tsnnesaes river from the ferry
down 70 Bridgeport Since getting Possession
Of the valley, be has fortified his position, and It
Is already almost, If not cutie, as strong as that
At Chattanooga. In his 'front.' IS he faces toward
lookout m~ountsin, is Lookout creek, which is
too near his works for rs to httsspt 70 bridge It,
snd IN his rear and on bis asnks are the river
and Kaces0n msuntsia. This is Hot all If at
sscksd in the valley, be can BE- reinforced from
Chattanooga, BY means Of bis pCnteon bridges
and aer0ss Moecasin bend, more rapidly and
satisfy han We could reinforce cur column Of
-aE-L. L. --s-E--.----a ---nl H.. q,
pass around the north end Of Lookout meuu-
.sfR, where they would Be exposed to the ere Of
The @ceeasin batteries and the works in that
vicinity Of the ferry. 50 also, IF an attack were
made upon Chattanooga, the enemy could re-
esiYs Teiuforcemenis from the valley and ferry
mora ezpediti0usly than we could send troops
rom Cur Jeff 90 the csuter, OF iron the esnieF 70
the left snd this because the enemy wouid move
upon q right line, wkile we moved upon the arc
Of = circle.
From Browns ferry to shs earthast point On
the e1emy's lines in 'front.' Of Chattanooga, TIE
Hsseccs does not exceed tao miles and 4 halti
and from he ferry to the nearest point on the
failrosd It 10 OF mors thsD ore nile. II not mo-
lsstsd, Of course the enemy viii extend she rail-
road up to the ferry, where theirs is rasgs Of
bills behind which be can erect bis depot BALD
ings aud DTotact bis teams from the fire Of our
batteries on Lockout. When the rsiIOad shall
have been thus extended, and the line from
BHlgsport put in RI ming ogdsr, the distance
re viii have b. haBl his supplies viii Bs rsdUced
fr0Ea forty TO sixty miles down 10 = mile and =
half ard two miles.
This new move upon the military chess-bosFd,
By whicA the enemy got possession Of Lookout
valley and the railway 70 Bridgeport, Was e
mastsdysttoks. The conception was q brilliant
one, sud the execution OF it admirable snd
.~sUlliess All the combinations, from the build
ing Of the poEtcOn boats and floating them down
she river e. night, to the Une8peois3 arrival Of
me forces tEem Bndgsport, were perfect. 1E-
deed the river and the railroad from Lookout
mountain to Bridgeport, ana the vslsy sad
Racco0n H-ountain slipped ron cur hands so
easily, or rather were tsksa fTon Us 50 aSroitly,
that We hardy knew when It was done. The
operation, however, has changed the whole
aspect Of affairs here The question Of sGbsist-
log the Federal army in Chattanooga this winter
IS solved, and there is 20 longer any doutt
ABOUT the ability Of It's commander 70 obtain ell
Bes3ful supplies, uuless We disPossss5 him Of
tbs railroad. To do tails we shall have to hght
another battle, ard oTeFe0Es physical di&cUl.
ties Of q serious character. Ths tTuGh Is, LJok-
ont mountain Is very much IL cur way. If We
make Lockout vsliey the battle-ground, We
iuJergO5a tu5 mountEiH between Us aHi ouf base
Of supplies, and expose eur flank and rear 20 q
movement aIther from Chattanooga or Bridge
port; and if We DO not 20 into the valley we
cazuoz disl0dgs the enemy. Way, then, should
we remain longer IN 5hs mud and wafer in Chat
tauooga valley P. W. A