The New York herald., 1863-11-11

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street on me night 4 The ash, tho bsyo0s, charge
made up(the side of q steep and dincuh NH,
enemy s from bis on he ssa ss rspase
y hS troops under Genera,
feats of arrq "a Nh wnr Very respectfully. your obe
Major General United states Volunteers, oommaDdns.
H. ~ Pnxlss, Assistant Adjuiant General.
Mr. w. H. @. shanks' Despatch.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov. g. 1863
Ms snssE CHATTANOOGA.
Some months ago, writing you frcm Narfreesboro,
spoke Of the probability Of being engaged during the fai
months In describing siege Of Chattanooga This
n june last. before had moved from hurfreesboro.
and lttle dd then imagine that the Army OF the cum
berand would be the bescged astead of tho oeseging
Strange msat'ons Of var. How vain arc all human cal
cuations. What stratsgst would have planned euch
campaigns He would hAvssbsen called q msdmsn. and
yet that The campaign has been far completed,
nothing appears unnatural 10 tho process tho labor
| save ia strange result.
nnd that during my absence NJ 10 North the siege
has been wr,ton up by numbores correspondents who
arrived too late for tho fray Chattanooga and among
| others by my several colleagues with Hooker and
Thomas Bot do not remember 70 havo read IN any
correspondence from This poAt BRIEF coar and compre
hensve statement OF tho situation which tho reader who
runs land Ia these times all run they rcad) may IN
ders'and at a glance, t may be that tho danger OF
writing contraband Information has deferred those capa
bic AZ any rate have missed he cation which
gives such statement one has been written, and bore
by endeavor TO give yon clear idea OF tho situation
II is presumed that the public understand pretty
clearly the topography Of tho country appreciate
the important relations TO the whole by lookout
| Mountain. This peak commanded the river, ral and
| turnpike communications between Chattanooga and
Bridgeport and supposed that General RoeoorRns
intended yielding II without struggle Am told by one
OF his staff officers that, after retiring h tsoops from tho
mountain General Rosecrans Acknowledged it b. be
great mistake, aud ordered u 10 DO rotason by storm
Bcook and others demurred against a. ana Roseorsns
! looked around TO find a line OF communication
He opened the north Of tho river and came near
starving. A. THE time he removed, and General
Thomas took command His first effort directed to
| opening and shorter road. and .hc reeut
| Of his msn0nvres and Hooker's midnight nrht
hts present route by river from Bridgeport 60 Koy's
ferryo point few miles above Shell Mound ami within
eight miles by an air line OF Chattanooga Jns line is
out OF range OF lockout. II crosses the river lhreo
times but a. the boat lands ts freight the south aide
at Kcllys ferry only two ponoons Lcsv
| Ing KeHs ana moving due east The new line passes
through ookers TO- and inersects the again
elk mites from, kelys, at Browns ferry A. this point
four miles from Lookout, two from Chattanooga by
| land. and eight miles by river. ls a pon,oop.
Thence u an easy stride 10 the upper
ont s impotent and with the fords ab tho city
the present food for tho rest OF tho year winter
Efforts TO dsodge rs by threatening Hooker
AMI Thomas AZ viii he tbe side of the
river but seoaraled by Lookout aud sharp bend In the
stream Those barriers TO The junction or tho have
been overcome by bridging the river and all that might
be ecerous IN the situation " overcome In the complete
Bess OF the preparations to fuecor either wing
| moBts notice.
From the OF LOOKOUT all these preparation. are
| In fu view Our camps and our movements plainly
| visible. Brsgg has sngle gun the sunnu of tho
mouo,sin, OF large dimensions and with this he daily
throws few shells, first AZ chattanooga and then AZ
Hooker. Nothing has been be erected BY this
and II Bragg 20 conents himself during the winter he
WIZ baye at its cad expended large aroountof aDrnun
The rebel. have n regular detail of their force from
ssf Of fsc" ,meP. wsl"6 thew .sos during ,se
night IN tho hope of destroying poutoons Some
t'aes we catch these rats and use she wood for
I camp nret; but al other times when n fAu 10 too
| heavy 10. our fneaDs n tcwins sshore. the pom
tocnles throw open the bridge, and ,he raj. gidss
t,me that tte bridges may be tbvs obslructed large
,rrysoa~ c ply between shore and saor. under the
These boats are Durens and large enough c carry
nbont twenty horses az a trip.
have until this time only TO the latter point bu %
day Gen Mees ordered the stronger Of the boats the
Point Rock 10 como up ss lar ~ Browns ferry two pi 20
from here. The other will continue 70 carry freight
Kely = = no, being deemed strong enough TO pass the
supply Hooker and the other Granger and pnners corps
We call tho prcsen, operations Of Bragg tho siose c'
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vasmeni not Complete. ever likely 10 be. Brasns
line y ave resting upon Lookout Mountain on hs
let's d b risM on the river, about two miles above
Chat,." our own i'ne Ia irregular CONVEX,
closing and covering the city. and saoh rsnk resting
The river Hooker may be called defensive crotehet.
The ne ~ nsgg is of the circle which his line
would describe completely Investing the cy--not
ave In strong positions on Missionary Ridge, hat
h's left. beng msiny w the valley OF Chstts.
creek esst OF Lookout is by nesns strong
Gradual approaches made o. the efemy daily and
nightly hu, only artillery practice has been the result
thus fsr. We not likely TO be seriously moEied this
winter
The animals OF tho have tursred great ',s and
many have died. II no uncommon thing 20 - them
dying of sctnal starvntop. The most spirited animal In
camp does formerly avoid the dead bodies
with supes,tons fear They hsvn become familiar with
death The troos have enough ~ The rougber rspns;
but officers. who oEy get the same, complain in
good nsured way o the hardshps 10 which they
duesd. Corn bread aud moasses-,he Southern ne2ros
famous dcssertis popular meal with oherp because
"a tl. a..eure of ANYTHING betfer