American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-10-03

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O'Clock mo rI. 500. apH..H increasingly.
10 NntI aa1l. r.wrr. ubrn fOr rH.HT III
back if1W 'Huf rifle pro. fbs rs1.r H1sH
. another stand about "a BALI mI.r '0 fhe raai
. Ehile ths iEo wings continued 20 BE- force
, back
Affairs continued la. Ibis coalition uBtI
about O'Clock, when a desperate charge VA
! made upon thsconier. and 10 gave way. ihony
. without panic and in good order. recoyprinl
itsrif when % had reached a point on "a li1
with the i've wings.
Continued and heavy firing vas kept ~ al
along ihe lines al short range, smith late b.
The evpinR, when the infantry rested upot
their arms. and the artillery kept up heavl
FIRE upon The position Of The enemy an night
10 prevent Them from throwing up new lines
Of civilizations
10 The morning IL was found that the enemy
bad reireaied during the night. and although
pursuit was commenced at very early hour
It was found that they we're too nimble Of foot
to be caught Late Monday evening heavy
firing vas heard ne stated above, between
hcFTlands Springs and Chattanooga and ii
was supposed that LOngstreet and Breckin-
ridge, who were in the front, bad caught up
with their rear certainly, it is thought, not
more than mile or mile aud half from Chat
tanOOga.
Yesterday evening orders were given to
! bring forward the commissary trains to Nc
farlands Springs, and this morning all the
wagon trains started forward from this point.
The reported death of Brigader General
Woford is entirely discredted here, as it is
said he had not been engaged at the time he
is reported to have been killed.
About 4 o'clock on Sunday the Smelling of
the enemy set the woods on fire on our left,
and the fire is said to have extended over
large portion of the ground that had been
Travelled by the conteuding armies, and large
numbers OF the enemys wounded, who were
last to be removed from the field, suffered
the tortures Of that element which they nave
USED WIN such devastating effect against us.
Gen Helms, of Kentucky, is reported
among the killed.
Col. Richardson, of Folks staff was killed
on Sunday evening, and when his body was
found on Monday morning, all of his clothes
had Teen stripped from his body.
Col FeatherSton, of Liddell division, was
Killed on Sunday morning, and the Colouel
or the 22d Alabama, olSo reported among the
killed
Gen. Hlndman was slightly wounded in the
neck on sunday evening, from u shell.
gentleman, whom have every reason to |
believe, tells me that late on Sunday evening |
he heard conversation between several gen
craI officers, concerning the amount of our |
loss IN the battle of Chickamauga, foughton ?
Saturday and Sunday, and it seemed to be .
the general opinion that in killed and woun-
ded IT would not fall below ten Thousand, or
80 higher than twelve thousand. Of these
1t IS thought that six out of seven are wOun-
ded, and very large proportion only slight
~ Thenumber Of Slightly wounded is saa
70 DC unprecedently large The Yankee loss
Is thought to exceed ours by at least one
third.
On last Wednesday, rs the Yankees nd.
'ahced TO the ChiCkamauga river, Mr.. Lee.
me senior partner of the firm of Lee 4 Cor
ION, VINO owned the mill on the Chckamau-
"a, close TO which the battle was fought, deS-
royed ms milI-dam, in order TO keep the
ahKeeS from using the mill For this Of I
rnSe against Abraham t., he was hanged by
us m'hlons on last Thursday, on a tree in
ront of his own door.
Inc number Of our prisoners, IN TO Mon
lay morning will reach at least seven thous- I
nd, ana some reports say twelve thousand.
me amount of artillery taken, up to Mon :;
Jay morning, is now stated to be sixty eight
hcces, ana in small arms, ! am assured that
nongh mas been collected from the field 70 !
~ tue depot Mt this place. In the item Of ,
lahNetS, knapsacks, canteens, etc, a very ,
'rge accession has been made to our quar- ,
stores from the spolS of the field.
The country will be delighted to know |
hat the reported death of Gen. Hood, from |
.onnus and amputation Of leg, is untrue {
apt. hubbard, provost marshal at this place /
ms IN ,the front to-day, saw the general as {
G was being removed on litter, and says :.
nat ne is IN the best Of spirits, with every !,
respect of living long to wear his weight of I
ouors. :
capt Angeyine, of the 9th Mississippi, is n
nong the seriously wounded in WalthalVs n
rlgaae being wounded in the right side.
me reported death Of Gen. Walthall have
he pest OF reasons to believe an error. saw .
private of the 10th Mississipni to-day. who fl
II the held hospital Of that brigade ycser- q
~ at noon, and he says that up to that time n
, report had been received there of Gen. :,
althalI being even wounded. "
ahkee prisoners report Rosecrans wound "
|, out | am inclined to doubt anything that h
'meS from so questionable an authority. Il
Inc quartermaster at this post received d
spatch from Gen, Bragg this evening at 5 n
CLOCK, TO send an engine to Chattanooga ::
way OF Cleveland, bridges on this road Il
tween here and Chattanooga having been P
lrned; This looks like Chattanooga was S,
rtainy in our possession. q,
am now positively informed, from a 4
URGE mat deem unqueStionable, that Rose '
ans force has crossed the Tennessee. "
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