The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-11-25

reg ments and battery - six rsrrcu guns, TN '-r
cut. Patterson. encamped o. plsce c,llcd Pan
Tiers trcch, near horristown, ~ miles east II
hno tviu.. IT. exact number Of men unoer Gil
Iem was less than s,lH, hut as he bad sent TO
Knoxville FOR e-enforcemcnts On the 10Th, he fi1v
expected assistance before morning On sunday
night ~ midn sht crash took pl.ce, and q, one
,eil s~cop Gillem's command was sttackei upon
oosn ranks aud his centre pierced and broken.
According W dispatches received in this city by
,hc Governor, tjuisnt-Gencr and my sslL giving
iul details OF the terrible attack the scene which
,m'neda'ely eusled tesgars dcscr1ption. Dukes
urissdc sdvsnced in front, and tired . volley into
we rsnks Of the Eighth Tennessee, nearly all mo
horses 4 which were new, producing the widest
panic imsyinsble. simultaneously portions Of
,Alshn's brigade msde desperate sitscks upon
We right and left. and for mcre than an hour
jubilee OF death and fury rcigned eu-
Irtme despite the Efforts Of Colonels Myer,on
snh Miller to SECURE It's abatement Al this iln,-
'nre slmost We entire command was surrounded.
ana Ntcr scrcs OF hand-tp-hand encounters the
'etes had succeeded in capturing our entire srtil-
lery. Nov, tho excitement and disorder was q, its
height The E,,hth Tennessee had broken, and
what VIA new and unnanAgcal le horses and
rhhic c-Ffrcten riders might not be expcctci
They dashed into the ranks ~ the Thirteenth Ten.
nessee which up ~ the present time had withs I'D
.hc shock With heroic unAninity hut now tho
lnirtecn'h gave ~sy, and 10th rcgim snts fed IN
great eonusion dirsemin ng Their contas ous in
huences arlonsss the men of the NJ nth Tcnnessse,
Nhv Joined IN tue carnival of disorder. General
uiIemt presence was of no avail and all ef'orts Of
himself snI aids 60 check the caamitous disorder
we're ifuucss. During tis tragic scepe the Light
iHi moon tccaine ohsurcd. tie heavens were
enveIopci in clouds Of inky darkness and
he nisht b~cane ss r tchv black - tho
lnnertpost rccesses OF the monster hole NJ Keu-
lucky, and, worse tl an this an indescribable mass
oi soldiers and tcsmsters were rlding and driving
for dear lives towards Knoxville, vtguroualy pui.
sued and hsrraslod by an elAted and victori ous
army OF three rBes its own number. Aud thus IL
Continued, until our trJops ere pursued - miles
most Of whom arrived at strawberry Plains ID
miles east Of Knoxville. the next morning, In .
state Of utter Disqualification. The enemy kept up
bis chase until after be passed New Market when
the pursuit. was abandoned, no doubt FROM sheer
exhaustion aud To obtain time " gather up tho
iruin OF his victory. Gen. Gillcn, In his dispatch
20 the GovsrnuienI states thst the stampede wss
the most fright!u exhibition ~ panic stricken sol
diers be had ever seen. 7, 100 cavalry, . bat
terry OF art llery, wagon trains and num-
Der OF hundred head Of cattle and mules were
one ineStricAblc mass with the enemy pour
ing down ell sides. The description
Of such sght cannot urge the Imagination 70 tho
slightest conception of tbe terror OF such scene.
Al ofhcisl dispatch from Gen. Gileui. which have
Just seen, datei today suns up the results Of tho
disaster Of which the following may 10 considered
the tenor: The loss In men, thanks To the dark
meas that came on, 10 smal-two hundred and
twenty covering the total la killoi, wounded and
missing The enemy's loss In this particular, o
course is ANAL. Our loss In artillery and small
arms Is large We lost full battery 81 P-rrotts
and half the men threw away their Arms aud 81
most ything lse liable TO discommode thom II
their endoavors " escspe. Our entire trains IN
and the whole parspternahs Of the army fell lt
TIE hands OF the enemy. In addition. . lArs
! amount Of territory is lost, and again faithfu
people nre left 70 the mercilcss considerations G
tneir implAcablc foe. G!llcu's command Ia now Ii
camp on the fair grounds, three miles from Knox
willie.