The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1864-12-17

NEw sYoRx, Dec 16,>-&The following
official report Of the battle before NASH
Vile has been received from General
ThOnias:5!s ie!GJ - lisA- l ss@F-J
To General Dix Aeu York; |.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, 9PM NJ, Dec. 10.
We attacked -fhe enemy's left this
morning and drove il from the river be-
low tie cift very nearly to Franklin
pike, distance, of about eight miles We
have captured Chalmers headquarters
and train, and a second train Of about
twenty wagons, with between gu and
/ 900 prisoners and;sixteen pieces of ar
tillery Our troops behaved splendidlys
all taking their share IN, .assalltmg and
chars the eiienlS aIsllsH attack the
enemy again tomorrow If he stands To
fight, and difhe retreats d,tfng the night
L will pnIsue him, throwing heavy cav
airy force on his rea1 to destroy his trains
if possible. e ~Syi..5 !
-tSigned] - q. n. THOMAS,
f5S,iOl ssn az Major Generpl.
No intelligence has been received trnln
sherman later thallithe published dis
hbdmiraf bdlpif iD5ahIe4sE5s 4lTIihT
80 TgTyRT1zRRESM.CS CSIyNIoyY
':JNA sHyIgE, DecAOm line adyan&d'
and engaged the rebel line at 9 -o'rlpck
this morning. The line was formed thus
Stea adnlaIs on the left j. y Woods lthl
corps next and Al Smith next, with
Cox in reserve ana tue cavalry UNDER
Wilson Nghtmg disi6ounfedy oecurresii
on the extreme right, aided by gnnboatsl
on the river. Artillery practice has been
.
continuous, and heavy and sharp, and
though the. icasualtieshave, been great, !,
the results are very taff.Zg The left oeeu-
pied the same ground g IN the morning,
but the right has advanced five miles,
driving the enemy from the river from
his intrenchments, G6ia the range of
hills on whicfl his left ifstea, and forced
it back on his right snd centre. His
centre was pushed back from one to
three miles, with a loss in all of seven
teen guns and about Fifteen hundred
prisoners and his whole line of earth
works, except about mile on his eX-
treme right where no serious attempt
was made to dislodge him. The whole
of Hoods army is here except his cayal-
Nv and one division which has been de-
tailed tol work on Mu1fesf fboro. Y The
whole action Of to-day was splendid
success The divisions was commanded
by General Kimball, of the 4th corps,
General Galrard, of the command under
General A. j. Smith and the cavalry un-
der General Keape, was under my OBJ
seryatiOn, and have never seen better
work. General KimbalPs division carried
two fortified positions by assault with
very slight loss, capturing at one point
four hundred prisoners ana six gains. No
doubt other parts Of the kpe did ~ we'll,
| only speak OF what saw
The Richmond Dispatch OF to-day, AT
ter confirming previous reports OF the
capture of Bristol states that the enemy
advanced mp the railroad towards Abing-
ton, which we presume fell into their
hands, though We have no information
Of the fact The next We hear from
them, tltey had, at o'clock Yesterday
morning. pounced down on Glade :
Spring Depot, thirteen miles this side of
Abingdon, taking one there by
surprise, and capturing all the railroad
employees except one.
At last accounts the enemy were push
ing the railroad in the direction OF Mar
vim, which is q miles this side of Abing
ton, in Brerkinridge's rear. The raiders,
leaving his forces somewhat iii the neigh
bnrh0Od of Knoxville, came up the north
side of Holston river, and crossed over To
Bristol, 1t is probable the, raiders will
separate one party proceeding to Bris
tol and the other to Abingdon. If not
checked, it is likely they will soon strike
the railroad at Salem and then escape to
Kanawha blythe route followed by Hun
ter last summer 1t is unknown who is
in command of this expedition, but it
looks very much like some of Stoneman's
work Nt tf 70 1850
None of the dispatches say anything
about Saltville If it is unprotected il
has doubtless been visited by this even
ing.
Hoods official report of the battle OF
Franklin has been received itS0lItTms
the report of the killing and W0unding
of many general officers. He says he
drove the enemy into an inner line OF
works, which they evacuated at night
leaving their dead and wounded i'll ON
hands We captured several stands OF
colors and 1000 prisoners.
t E.o,,, HeheI Neusuauers.