St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-17
FROM THE ARMY OF THE CUMBER-
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, tio"s ,Jto& the 2ad 10 tie 27tAefx Fstrsary
.r-Coolaess Of Col. Me,yoa- Re'w,n to-; Me
< 2 de"mp--L)esert,rs-.4l eHsrs;f.p.a sko.ae
i Its <0<ets-4eetAlt. 81 l.;scoln's, ilroela
m"tio"-rtee'i"g in the @SoslA-Seoond
a.. M"nesota Battery. as;' .3aoy yfa,tnf al; =
la ,En1roR DEMocnAr..A long 'l,ll'
Which 'Ras* intcrvencd since, tile battle Of
Mission Ridge has vt las: been broken,
and once more We witness; the iuaug',.:
ration Of an -actiso' campaign. sSl'er-
mars successful advance neccssitated
i cooperating movement: h;edre 1t CHAT
taqoosa,. Accordingly e. 1 4 ,if, my
Corps, in CONJUNCTION with the Alb,
stationed at Chattanoogasand, along the
Knoxville q Road, q -moveds"out towards
Dalton, Georgia, on The morning Of ths
2sd If February for tho purpose Of de-
,velopa1nss re qsbel strength i our front
fNa s&iug ac,,aptage Of such MSu.able
opportunities as h,igl IL 6Hef tor the &C.
'darAtiun Of any important point with
n good supporting distance Of our base,
Chatta nooga.@ '2''. 49, = '.'..'>,.'
&, The nimbble, kilograms anticipate
much information we could give your
many readers. Yet, perhaps, diary
If events of this movement as written
during the march and IN the field, may
not prove uhinteresting. Being with
the I'd Division Of the, l4th corps we
can have little to do with: the opera
lions of other troops. 4. j 'o:' 2 -
>"''"T uEsDAr, Fen 2sd.-Nlarchcd in
light order from The camp Of the I'd
Division beyond. Rossville, with the
10th aud 60 Ills Veteran Regis, d.
recting the Sd brigade to move from
Chickumauga Station and join US on
the march. They joined us near Ring
gold: The I'd Brigade is also ordered
up and will join US tonight. The
weather was unusually warm and the
roads dry, hard and in excellent condi.
edge Of the town Of l'.j Rinegold in The Ii
house of Mr.. Ballou.
"FEB. 24th.-Left Headquarters af:
ter daylight and marched slowly in the
direction Of Tunnel Hill where we en-.
countered the enemy in considerable
force, consisting mostly Of cavalry and
artillery. They: had strong position
south Of the town, Tunnel Hill, and
inflicted some, injury on, our cavalry
who we're attempting to dislodg &c them.
Gen. Davis, commanding Cd Division,
however, soon ousted them by planting
the I'd Minnesota Battery properly sup.
ported. on their right flank, and moving
on their left with heavy body Of in.
fantry. .."T We occupied Tunnel Till
about 8 P: NJ, and pressing the enemy
vigorously gained possession Of a gap
in the mountains southeast. Of Tunnel
Hill where headquarters were estab.
lished at the house previously occupied
by Gen. Cleburnc,, who commanded
the rebels III Our Immediate 'front.':
The cut through he mountain, is dess.
iss,naated "Buzzard's Roost. Gap.'' The
nature Of the country is peculiarly
mountainous and abounds, in short ran.
ges Of hills or RIDGES admirably 'aadapt.
ed for defense ana exceedingly, dificu,,
f"r az stacking torce to operate in
The ambulance train left with the
wounded for Chattanooga The troops
bivouaced in:positiouy'"' ad' 10 snoji",l
""FnB. 25th.- THIS ', no, hing III, for
was g dense den, that operations were ,, nee:
essarily delayed .,-- The administers
however, kept popping away all the
morning keeping usaH on the qui uive
In the afternoon Gen: Davis rode 'te
the front, examined the positions d
Gen 4 Morgan and = co Me :' Bri
!g,ade commanders, and ordered them e
advance w They did, but developed
the enemy in strong force ard in Al
almost ! impregnahle" position naGen
-Morgan's Brigade moving in line d
battle 81 portion! of the rebel work,
suddenly entered q an A.: open space which
was under the, direct. fire of several reb
ell batteries. The FIRE of the batterie,
sustained by an overwhelming charge
Of the rebels, forced our, veterans bacl
through the gap to their original posi-
ton. The gallant Morgan was th.
last man, who came out 9as he rod.
from under the fire Of the rebel sharp
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