Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-12-08

commencing about 4 o'clock 10 the after
noon and lasting until after dark, and wa
rspulses at all points with very heavy loss
| probably fve or six thousand men. Gu
loss il probably net more than one-tenth o
that number. We captured about ob,
Thousand men, including enc Brigadie
General lsiguedl SoHoyIELp.
NASHVILLE, TENN,
Thursday, Dec. l-94 A. M
About noon on Wednesday eur main army
reached Franklin, when Gen. Schefeld pre-
pared to give tbs enemy battle. There wa,
very little skirmishing as Hood object wa,
to attack US before we had time to throw ur
defensive works.
About 4 O'Clock the enemy commenced
advancing on eur lines, when the ball was
opened by eur batteries shslling their ad
vance, and seon after regular cannonadins
opened along the whole line.
The Rebels, who had been protected by
woods, now emerged FROM cover, and open
ed With . fierce volley of musketry aloul
the lines, and then charged. For momsnl
part Of our line waversd, and fell back be-
fore the desperate charge of the enemy
Generals Ruger and Cox, however, rallied
their men and charged the enemy, who hat
crossed over our abandoned line Of works
The Rebels were now fighting with thu
desperation Of demons, charging our lin.
furiousy, some leaping our works and fight
ing hard.
Now was the critical moment and our
Generals, rallying their troops, swung on
the Rebel flank, doubling them in the cen.
tire, where our artillery and musketry now
ed them down by hundreds.
The tide was nov turned. Our men, in.
spired with success, gave wild huzza and
swept back on the Rebel line like an ava
lanehs, hurling the enemy back in tho Wild
est disorder and confusion.
Night was now setting in, yet We followed
up our advantage What once threatened
to be disastrous defeat was turned into q
glorious victory. The courage of our Off
GERS and the desperate bravery of our men
was unsxamp!ea.
Our loss is but seven hundred killed and
wounded. We captured over one Thousand
prisoners and eight battle fags. Two
Rebel Brigadier Generals are in our hands.
A Rebel Division General was left on the
Geld mortally.weundsd. The Rebel loss in
ki!led..andwousded is estimated at 3, 900.
The Rebel Generals Chsstham aad Lse'l
Corps were engaged. The brunt of the bat.
tie on our hide fell on the Second Division
of the Fourth Corps
Capt. Coughlin, of Gen. Cox's staff. was
killed, and several regimental commanders
and officers we're killed and wounded. whose
names have not been ascsrtainsd. General
Stanley was slightly wounded in the neck,
but did not leave the fold.
Gen. Cox states one oosld walk fifty yards
on dead Rebels 10 his front.
The eIcitsnent is allayed here BY the
knowledge of the above facts
Our troops have taken position in line
Of werks between Nashville and Franklin.
NAsHvlLLK, Thursday, |
Dec. l, lS64-ll P. NJ
Hood's infantry force crossed the Har-
peth River this morning, and he has not
advanced that portion of his forco sincs. =
His cavalry crossed Harpsth River on the
fords above Franklin this morning at day
break, closely following Gen. Wilson, who
retired in this direction. Skirmishing with
the advance has occurred all day. General
Wilson occupies q strong position q few
miles South Of Nashville, and 10 able to re-
sist any force the Rebels may bring against
him.
The Rebel General captured yesterday
was Col. Gordon of the 11th Tennessee,
Brsvet Brigadisr. General.
An officer who Witnessed tho fight yester-
day describes the battle as one Of the most
sanguinary OF the war The determined
bravery of the Rebels exceeded anything
before seen. Although slaughtered by hun
dreds, they still advanced against eur bat
tsries Within five hours, eleven distinct
assaults were made-each failure.
The battle being ended, our forces quietly
withdrew from the town.
Among the casualties is Mai General
Stanley, wounded by shot in the neck
The Rebel General Cheatham is reported
wounded. Capt Bissell, Of the 18th Indi-
ana, and Capt. Stalsy, l24th Indiana, were
killed Capt. Hinton, T24th Indiana, NOR
tally wounded ( Col. Lowrey, l07th Illinois
killed Capt. Coughlin, Of Gen. Cox 5 staff,
killed Capt. Dowling, lllsh Ohio, woun-
ded; Col. Walters, Sd Brigade lst Division,
was wounded in the shoulder; Col. Conrad,
who commanded brigade in the Second
Division, was wounded. -
The following are Rebel Casualties Brig.
Geh. Adams, killed Brig General Scott,
wounded The enemy's total killed, woun-
ded, and prisoners are estimated at 1000,
1900 being either killed or wounded. The
Onion loss in killed and wounded was 7O0.
The loss in prisoners is trifling, :.
Gen. Bradley 10 wounded and in the city.
as(,ol. Stockton and Major James, of the
T2d Illinois, are also wounded gr
It is rumorsd this evening that Hood is
moving Eastward toward Murfreesbsro.
-FOUR MILES SouTa OF NAsEvrrLE,
Thursday, Dec /, 1864.
Gen. Schs6eld yesterday fought one of
the Iorsthest fights Of tbs war, resulting
most disastrously to the Rebels, with little
loss to ourselves. Altar three days skir-
mishink, the Rebels crowded eur first line Of
work. yesterday afternoon, and At Ar. N,
made most desperate attack on our right
and center, tsrcine our lines TO our breast
works. which were thrown up from river to
river 10 an spSa field on the Cumberland
Pike, which ran throssh the center Of tho
field. "A .,.t... y..l..o.-.. ,.u .r
AT least half the Rebel fsrcs engaged en-
deayorsd to pierce eur center. and come
dswA vigorously on w Wagner's Division which.
after desperate fghting. fell bsck, and
Many Rebel Division, ,of Frank ChsAtham's
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