St. Mary's gazette., 1863-12-10
6 ENERAL Il. r.. HILL AND THE
BATTLE OF CiICKAMAUGA.

colHpse'tty fXoneTatH!g MN .F"n any Trs-
ponsibility or the failure Of General
Bragg to reap the irrits Of the vicsnry al
Chickamaugs. Indeed. when We c"nsii-
er the n,s,.ii.s, Injustice d"n. General
Hill. we are surprisru. ~ we'll As piessud
at the ,enp-ratc rhar,ctcr af his vindica-
tinn Grn~ra. Hill la. made the rcputa
tion # hard lighter. nf waieh no inlns-
iiea can depriv. him. aud ~e. ia common
with our csunsryn"n- earnestly hope he
may be specaily r.ins'aied in the Arms
af the Army of the Teuness-e under Long
street. or Jrhnsna. or Lcc. sni thai Gen
eral Bragg ms, Dc permitted to rest for
sEaxEiL HrL's CARD
As several erronetr.s statements have
haen made in regard TO Hiy b.ing relieved
srum dGtY Will the Array OF Tennessee.
i. ranIc: t'e ilnpr"prr 10 give the facts ia
RI. Case WL.n the nr,irr relieving me
was r.eciy,.i called up"n General Bragg
aud asked the can.e Of it. lie said that
he had TO causs # c..s,p.aia, against me
!, up to the close nf The i'artie OF ,hr ..0.:,
Of September; sh", ,m' imputat!eus huG
been, or could be. a.ade acains, mv
! military character. ard that h: woal''
|! promptly r.EUkr sny nI,u maSing such III
his presence. then asked what could
sa The reason for bis ac.ios. He alleged
as the cause az expression of opinion or
tny part. inquired WY I alone was
held responsible for this u',erance. When
the oher thr-s corps cammauders Long
street, Buckn.r and thrathsnil had coa-
cured ia IL. II this w satisfactory sL-
/; swer vas g,rcn
! The ibsiuuati,n u,ale by some of the
aru.y correspondents. If my bring tar! y
in attacking ou the morning Of the 2Oih
September. 10 urjuss The fret intiiua,
ton that | rec ived stat We were TO De
! ,ha assailants was sn order to advance
FROM the wing cnm,nander General
/ Polk, received at twenty-five inmates
; past seven /. VI. .and the first heard
uf the contemplated at,sck at daylight was
/ fros. General Bragg himself s"snc half an
hour later. Tho four cssen,ial prspara-
tioms tr ha'rls had ha, hren made ~
.ieht A. NJ. and. is fact. could not DC
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marasr-in- Chief, who then appeared OH
thu Eeld.
j Lieutenant General Longstrcct has since
| lold NC that h. was Sd far froa, being
res,iy at daylight that he was no. even
ready when ! began ,h: attack. My i'm
PRECISION is tt.a, my earps Was engaged
more than IN hour before a trigger was
drawn by any other troops. To tho
tirrcen-.s OF the assault by this heroic
! corys The Yankees ascribe their mas>ing
on our right. II am not greatly mi>ia-
! lkea, We had gained the Chattanooga road
iturred the Yankee works, and nearly
/; reached The Kelly house before the left
/. wing came into action. THE Yankees
/: concentrated ,hrir forces .raridly to regain
the key poin, Of their position: Gener-
ais Heln and Dreher were killed, aud
General Adams was wounded and cap
tured ty the overwhelming masses thrown
against my single corps. General Adams
told me tina, the Yankees. in eonversa-
ton with bim. sscribed the lass Of the
battle TO their Withdrawing too MANY
troops from their right tn meet this
Wossibe nttaCA W. "a "Ss"sS '"ND vi" '"N ~
left. Il would seem that the delay in at
/ ,aeking sn eur !eft led them to believe
,ha, cur forces we're nsassed en Our right.
Ali the Yankee accounts of the battle
| agree in this view of our plan Of attack.
| heard 10 Gring Oh our lefs unsil after
the line TROOPS Of Walker aud Liddell had
come to our support
| The charge Of ,ari;sess being dispased
of. il may be well to quite to the sclf-con-
sti,u,ed critics The following extract frun,
the Letter Of the Adju,ant General 10 re
fusal Of my spp.ics,ion f,r cour, of IN
/ auiry: t.Indeed. with an officer ST vou,
past service and approved gallaniry. nili-
tarr tdelinquency is presumption no, .a
be iatiulgcd by any ors. and certainly nr'
in the .Lscnce 1T oil charge er complaint
ssuc,iOned ~ the Department
T. u. II HrA..
r I.iss,4,.nas,t fsensral