Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-10-06
THE LATHE uF CnlCAIAUGA.

The Baltimore D." Gazette in Al lcnS article
On the battle Of Chicamauga, says:
Mrsyrc rs the details are Of the two great
battles which were fought On Saturday and
Sunday in the extreme northwest corner, Of
Georgia, they yet furnish liz. i'll fiagmentary
sort Of way, with information Sufficient to en-
able us to comprehend. in some measure, the
severity of tie conflict, ltnd the extent Of the
reverse sustained by tie Federal arms. At
the risk .rt repetition, we have put together
the account ui the battle on Saturday, as pre-
v;ouSIy published lfom the Cincinnati Com
.,nnreial" ;.nt the atcr narrative "f tho more
ssB ~ Larry struggle 90 Sunday which resulted
in forcing General Rhsccraus to retreat upon
Chattanooga with such Of lis troops rs still
maintained their frmness and discipline. =
The lacte so far as they have reached us from
Tic sources already newfoundland vie draw
from th"sc alone without yenturing in the
eighties, r:cgrcc into the field Of speculation
appear to J." a follows:
On Saturday morning. abSus an hour
before noGm the battle opened, and
soon became general. Early in the ac-
ton the CGrtcderates made an impctu--
ous dash at tie Locmis' battery, and captured
Captain Van Peit, the officer in command, to-
gciIe: with five Of the six pieces Of which the
battery was composed. At two o'clock in the
! afternoon the contest is described ns having
become ''prricc;ly terrific" Forty minutes
later !hn ceEtrr comp, ,scd uf Van C.cvc's and
C.,it"r'> divisions, MAS broken and retrcated
il. disorder. TIE enemy pressed Immediately
forward in pursuit of the :ctrcatng columns.
but were checked hy Il hattcry commanded by
| al rt u ,lrir Ian, 4,
ever lie zane ground. Tie Federal division
= n.manjci by Gen. Davis WAS ErXt attacked
and compelled to fall hack, with the loss Of the
battery al the Sth Indiana regiment /: but the
troops were rallied and the battery .re:akcn-
Reynolls lost heavily. Palmer was over
whcmel. and lost two Of his guns Van
Clevc's division. being overroweret, gave way
cnt!re!y. and never succeeded in rrsaining It's
position. Being thus pressed severely at al!
points, the whole Fedcrml linn wavered and
a. i, did 81. the ConiedcratcS cheerc,l and ad-
vlucrd, moving stcatily in the direction of
The headquarters Of General RoSccrons. The
latter brought forward fresh forces tn attempt
the recovery 81 The ground that h;ui nccn lusr,
and from that time and until dark the battle
race: with the greatest fury. The narrative
o! ia" first days fight cl.sas abruptly 1T this
point; hut wc are told that "the battle thus
far l.a4 been Il bloody one" and the Federal
l"Ss very heavy" That !oss, which the
correspondent OF the "CommcrciaW calls
very heavy, was subsequently, estimated at
but six hundred killed, ard two hundred
wounded. We learn further that several hun
dred Confc crate prisoners were taken, and
tha, "wc took ten guns and lu!t seen" So
ended the battle Of Saturday. The Federal
centre is said To have been broken atI scatter
cd, and does not appear to have been rallied
during the day, but the results were indecisive
The account which we have of the blo0dier
engagement uf Sunday comes to us from Chat
tan"osa and is stated by latertelcgram m from
Washington, TO be confirmed in all its princi-
pal points by the official dispatches Of Cen
R2srcrans. Will, its cssenti correctness thus
vouched for, we proceed: The Federal forces
having, in the meantime, been cCncentrated
Genera! Rnsccrans formed his line anew; his
right resting on ridge Of hills and his left
protected by rude work of logs thrown up
during the night.
-ttninc o'clock in the morning the engage
mcut WAS resumed by the enemy, who at
iackeL the left and front Of the Federal line,
c"nsistitg If the army corps commanded by
General Thomas After terrific conflict
which lasted for an hour and 4 half and in
""''h I"ey were SEVERAL linrS FehuiSeu VIII
'e",S w. "hcS coi''i''c,iceu HitnK move
'''''' Sl''i i"tt',r ~, |" 'lc ic't' ln's was
P'',ir'!. N.Y. " i",''nS' "n' "fucr'u oFah-
i ,".' WI .t .ii''. 'tn!I ~ reserve, 10 ehT
,'i u t''' il: |" P,oteet '',c ,,,''A ~ "ehcF"i
i'o>e ,'h5. WHILE ilviS ana van |ieve were
brouy yht frcm the right aud centre to hold the
~,ad 10 Ro>eylle and protect the right flank
81 inomas. hiter tne "ithcrawal OF Inc
SKlrnilsllerS from the front ri the divisions OF
Van Cirve ard Davis, AM whilst the letter
were moving IRON the right and centre, the
encnf mad" a rrlonS dash on that part OF the
l;ne. pierced '',cut IT IN two and drove the CEN
,r: Ins' 'hc mountains both right and centre
'e'hs 'n"en Sri'','''!' Gut %''"ou1 Snhering
my 'y very Sef'',''s i"i' III Ai'ico ana mo"rueu.
.i.i -" ?i2ht ana centre gone Tic 1eft' under
i"o''aS' was c'lt'tc'! iS'n'r'. be:nS thus
exp sea TO t'Tr'ht haIK a'fark' THOMAS
sMu'S r'u'1I lI'I risnt "'''s' t"gelner WIN lts
sgr"''' ,r. .lI,'cr c,i nr',Ia, ana heyholuSIhis
ehIe'l,t ie.' "lilng y! 'u'a soon alIerTarhs' "
S'ss ",sta,c5 @ ,h Tue hosev1!le VIZ roaa. Portions
e, 81 Inc """lr he!"hgios 70 inc centre were raj,
liI' ~, a''u' Inns ',nG anu reported I" ueheral
'h|ii'a'' VINO iG1' back iight'ng' making sew
~
m"h'a'n Il f"s'Iion uhtii ueheral Granger ar
rived With one DIVISION ot reserves The lat:
ter was ar once thrown into the centre, and
a't"r hgnt oi an hnur ana hall, drove the
enemy, with EeTern loss, from the high ridge
Federal loss is represcnted to have been but
slight.
During the next three hours the battle
!Irt q "a IN n nl,IlTtN HI
ry their superior knowledge OF the country.
81, succeeded IN gctt,"s ro"hd :, On the flank OF
th'u.as' uIoh Mh!ch they lei! SO vigorously
n tna' .ne nsnt En'.h ensuru ~ EMU 10 nave
H.u ,'o p,Ifa'iei III tnc eA,,eFicnceol tne army
r, vi .he GGnipeLia'u. I'm na,I Up 10 nEe oelocH
. ho''ias sun heiu' On MS !cit %lnE' the posi-
t'o. ta 9GeIfieh ny MN IN lne molnlns
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