Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-12-10

age Of the Rebels--0ur Boys Beat
them sBack-The Rebels Repulsed
with 1000 Loss--0ur Loss Less
than so.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 3, 1868.
Captain w. Anderson, Assistant Aliu-
futsut General, Department Of the Ohio.
has received the following official dis
patch: 'eIft'e a3 b1a '.i.n'
er1 ni KSoxyuLE, Nov. 30th,l
VIA CUMBERLAND GAI. Dec. ID.
The enemy attacked US early this morn
ing in force but we repulsed them with
considerable loss. All is WE'LL
GSigned A., E. BrRSsIBE,
| - - Major General.
| aat -tlaag KNOXVILLE, Nov.b30.i
The greed rebel blow anxiousIy antici-
pated so long was struck yesterday morn
ing. Reinforced by the troops of Sam
jones. jackson and Williams. I.ongstreet
sought to annihilate the Army of the Ohio
by coup de gue,re. He selected seven
picked regiments Skirmishng commen-
ced on Sunday night at ten o'clock. and
continued sharply until near daylight of
Monday, on our lett front before Fort
Saunders. commanded by Gen. Fcrrero aud
defended by the 10Th New York. Bcnja-
Minis 81 U. s. Artillery, and Buckley's
Rhode Island battery. g !; eg ct
| Our pickets we've driver in, and the enc
my had possessed themselves OF some rifle.
pits but the Massachusetts, boys drove
them back, when suddenly the rebel storm.
ing party. led by the 18th and 18th Geor-
gia and 18th Mississippi. under cover of
our own retreating men came TO the as
sault. ...ts ..s.a.-. s.s s--..s..,., 7e.it
They approached to within one hundred
yards OF The fort. unharmed. Then. com
menced series Of desperate and daring at
taeks, stubborn resistance, death, carnage
and horror. scarcely equallcd during >the
war. These men were the veterans of the
Potomac-,he flower of Longstreet's ar
my. and. confident of promised victory,
j planged into a boiling hell of lead. ~
= Wires had been stretched from stump
TO stump in front OF the works, by Capt.
Poe. Over theses the advancing enemy
4 fell in confused heaps, with the killed and
4 wounded around them. .# s'is.I.ss
1 Our artillery men hurled shell by hand;
forward, over the impediments, came the
doomed rebelst Hot, and hotter, became
The battle. until the ground over which
they passed.was carpeted with the slain.--
The ditch was piled with dead. wounded
and dying. yt. -.,s5 .d,,,.,
Not one on stheir sile faltered-not a
score Of the gallant stormers escaped
lf'rhe sun, rising. looked down through the
cold mist and chill frost of that Novem-
Der morning upon the remains Of an army
One thousand, killed, wounded and p-is
oners, was the cost Of the assault of Fort
Saunders. Nobly has it sustained the rep-
ntation of its namesake and revenged his
falll Among tho killed is Col. Grarde,
of, the 18th Mass. Lieut Col O'Brien,
the brother of Mrs. Brownlow, is a prison
err.
Gen. Burnside offered them an nrmistice
from 10 a. m. to p. m, to remove their
wounded and bury their dead. 1t was ac-
cepted. The rebel officers and prisoners
express astonishment at the strength of
Iour works and the valor Of our men,
Our loss will not reach eighty, all told.
4 Over fifty of these are the men of the 27th
Kentucky. captured on the south of the
: river. ee# -f>siil
Whether Longstreet is satisfied with the
impregnability OF Knoxville. we know not,
1 hut await his next movement, with conf
Besides $50 prisoners we have three
battle hogs. One OF them was planted on
our works Mt one time.
| LATER.
The twelve days of Longs,reet before
Knoxville, threatening assault and siege.
had caused scarcity Of forage, gave us
considerable labor to fortify our position.
AMI temporarily suspended our communi-
cations and destroyed much property,
chiefly rebel. There has been some loss
of men by the casualties Of war. but no
i panic, retreat, starvation or actual invest
ment has occurred thus far. The siege is
another rebel failHre. 90 -.1i- ai * .ils
The mettlc. of the men of both sides has
been tested, and onr boys found TO have
no awe Of Eongstreet's veterans.
/ Daily skirmishng has been spirited. and
on several occasions very severe, with live
!. tly Smelling on both sides. ls'asasol
Our troops have behaved isPlendidly
throughout. Our loss will not exceed 300
in al, many Of whom are slightly wound
led aud are returning to duty. s-sd al
Il We can i'll afford the loss of the gallant
Saunders who is universally regretted.
i Our principal fear now is that the reb-
3 els will escape without punishment for
their impudence. Our army is in excel
lent spirits and improved health. as,r.1
Knoxville occupies broken and billy
site on the north bank of the Tennessee
, River The town plat il divided bya small
creek, into East and West Knoxville. and
extends along the river bank nearly one
mile The banks Of the river are steep and
PERCEPTIONS. Opposite the town is = high
emineuce strongly fortified to resist the ex-
pected rebel approach from the southerly
Z. direction, and it was at the outpasts on
) this side that the affair occnrred in which
General Sanders was killed. The enemy
, crossed the river at Lordon. thirty miles