The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-09-14
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interest," and S5 form r0zanrRseie ceaPteT IN the
history Of this eTeutfui campaign.
On tas 1aosniBTof tAe- 9Th os-Ang~st, it vvss
discovered sass ths snsay had abandoned during
The night about four Essss Of their lns of WOFsss
IN Esssa e 4alaars aRAaizazsAiaaslB eszatpntis
thsss sishtssEg AZ e@asPzzaEFe This gars riss y
Va1lSas sOB il regard 70 ihe state VI affairs
The aaaguns oGas tAoggHt.<f wits the Hrit step 90
words ne srasF r6sssSe 50 long talked abOut, ana
with great reeieing, they bcissved that few days
would see sksrEB,a flying IN eenfGssen back'to ais
northern koBas. These scw days were anxieas mo-
Aenss To $40 weary sOldiers and patriots of the
Array Of Tens@see. Bat 4 6aly repaired a few
daye Is asEslep is 7lAee bsyoaa controversy, that
Hss=wsa sszs1Esszssesssshg: asRascsssver that he
s,ls. shszSfSs uESh gsGat lhiIItafy petition
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Heahandsssdf hsas hHpe 81 tlls Raiiroad bridge
over he attaksoehes--estAhlished q new line of
cbntEs sc4SiOn lINeg Gown The Ssirer at slndtoWp,
Isensalgxg~agpHii to Maristta, and with one Army
oarpa lsfe en- tho banks Of the ChatssaOoohee.in
ftont Of Aslanta. % 3 corps Of menace sud Obser-
ration be took die rsznaiiaer Of his aFpy, cOznPr
sing SIX corps. ala sis, tWenis days provisions in
his wagons. conInSnceA his sSapd strategy for the
pessessson Of Atlanta. f
For soms days II vas diaisuIt to determine his
position and movements, IS he ksPt heavy fringe
OF cavalry he4nesn rs 10 seFsaa his fOresS frOaob-
,sergasisa, Esd had tie aaRRaises, too, Of having
strcsE Of water on his Esak he WA moving
down on the west bank Of Flint river. This ona-
blcd him 60 collect large force in the vicinity OF
Joncssoso tweny shilss telow atlanta, before his
plans ssess fully developed. We had Jonesbnro'
on the Enornng ef the Soih Of August, only Lewis'
KentacEy SsiRsle. and Reynolds Arkansas bri-
gase, RAish had been sent dOws u few days pre-
vious to gsnrTd TIE road ArNlnse raid, and this
snIlI feTps Rss the nnceas around wbch:our other
fVssos Rereiioon 10 assemble.
The enemy crossed Flint river opposite Jones'
boro late IN the afternoon of the 30th usimo with
sefsFai pos1.ss Gid made = lofEnenk On The banks
.of'ske fsvsF aeAsGE tAreateuihg The teSRn. Our
commanding General determined a. once 10 stake
this force, and far this purpoSe detached Hardees
and Lees corps To make the attack, while ne re-
manned in Atlanta, with Stewards corps and the
militia, TO guard the place. The troops made
night march, but did BOT reach the ground in time
to get in poiton before the afternoon Of the 3fst
This enabled the suerny to fortify themselves, and
with sapSaier torre In an estreuchcd position, it
was nos dirulf to oresee TIE result OF en- assault
wFsls inferior niarabsfs. Snebufne, commanding
Hardee's corps, occupied the ieit, and Lees corps
the fight of the line of battle At three clock in
obedience to Orders from General Hood, the
mand was given, by General Hardee.t to advance,
and IN few moments the peals OF artillery, and
the rear of maskesFy, announced that the troops
were moving, &ad the contest begun.
Cleburne swept round upoR the extreme left
driving everything before him, and occupied the
ersny outer sE0rks, and capturing several pieces
of artillery but the assault on the centre and
right, ground occupied con!ointly by the forces
OF Lee and Cleburne. proved upspccessful, and af-
ter two hours Of hard 6ghairg with men reel
ing and bleeding before the strong breastworks of
the enemy, the contest was abandoned. Our sue
ssssss on the eiEtrene left could not be followed
up, owing to the heavy repulsa which hind been
sustained elsewhere, and in ceasing the conflict
VIC merely held orr ground without molestaton
from the enemy. About the time this battle
raging information received that two corps
had struck the railroad at Rough and Ready sta.
ton, eight miles above JOnesbsro, and this made
it still more necessary that should cease the ut
tack aud throw ourselves upon the defensive
Our loss in thia sDgagss1@aA~s-~-sS0Sfs TWO Shon
sand killed and wounded, including Major General
Patton Anderson snd Brieadier General Cum
ming, both seysraly wounded %hile most calamity
leading their men. d..
The condition Of, the Array S Tennessee at this
juncture was psTiloGs in tho extreme. Our forces
my were In u Measure concentrated, and ready to
mass themselves either upon the detachment T.!
Jonesboro, or 10 invest Hood m Atlanta. What
made the eondi;isa Ill Tno.o perlOus WIS, that dur
ing the night smnc from Lees corps to
move back to ATT .this1eft Hardee's corps
/ the next day, ilstssd aisssslone confronting IN
overwhelming issce-o Of the eaeny. The two corps
which were At Rough and Ready station tho day
before, now arScd down The railroad, and formed
4 junction with the other four, making in all SIX
federal corps which" by this time in font Of
! Jonesboro'.
As soon IS Lee left HaT,lec obliged to stretch
out his eGrps IN single rank 20 cover the ground oo-
eupisd the day previous by the two corps. Thu
| left he command without any reserves, and with
this Inadequate farOe in A-thia. attenuated line
| General Hardee had TO prepare for tho gathering
storrH' which Sras soon to burst upon his devoted
band wiAh the odds of six TO ono. This gallant
Scorps which had braved the storm, and swept it:
victorious path on Eaaay - hard fought field, va:
now in . most critical situation, and was upon the
brink of being sacrificed It cpRldn not retreat-i
must fight and hold its ground for the safety Of
Hoods army ia Atlanta. depended upon resistance
and resistance to the death, and with these terrible
odds IL prepared for the cSnsest-
The enemy ysss discovered by two o'clock ii
the afternoon, opposed to our whole front in tbs
threatening attitude oGattrk, and at tho same tins
stretching far nrOnd TO right, for the PurrosS
Of turuing position, We hfi to meet the move,
meut as best We could by extension Of our lines
and tho throwing az eff such temporary breast,
wosks Of logs and rails, az the brief time allowed
would permit.
. The yGhkss we're commanded by Sherman II
, person, and that sagacious soldier believing h'
would ohly have two e,rpD to Eight, thought al
doubt, he woIld hava IN easy time In utterly ds'
molishingth section Of Hoods army, and then b,
turning On tie others, crash tARm in deta an-
thus destroy the last hope OF tho rbs in the West
It was csrtaihly brilsi and prontsing picture t.
, aattoC tho ambition of tic f&.srsl heio, and tn
ehaases df saecess vastly in his fvOr especially