Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-16

rosnlt of sending back .lo, 900 pounds Of f1"l
to Chickamsuga after the increment of Long
stree.'i fo-c35't Swcc.wGscr w:s commenced
Had al effort been made to aEarre the c@,n
mand, it ,ui NOT have been more sucoussfu
ly carried out.
November l4.h, Loudon.-The pontoo
bridge was commenced last night a2d tnishe
to day Our troops a-c crossing. Jenkins div
sion QateIlood's) crHsse' in advance McLaw
will follow. Tterc il great anxiety in camp
| the Federals aro said tD be in force Oh the 9th
er side: many suppose they outnumheT us
tboy nre ~ llaaa!, well provided :ind in str1n
| position. Na'dr was IN attacking party " rs
| provided than ours but the work has to b
done; delay is inadmissahn Longstreet ha
crossed il person, and If b, led tho best ap
pointed army in the world he could not bea
a more seeming confidence. Night.-Ou
skirmishers ire engaging the enemy in thei
front; we arc all anxious for the morning t.
break that VIC may hear some news Of tn
movement.
Novembar l5sh.-At 6aY lis sat I crossed III
river; Jenkins, in commGnd cf Hood'5 Iivi
sion, had already pushed forward after tn
enemy, who mad retired towards Le
noirs Station, point about ton mile
! from where our troops landed on tht
cast side Of tho Tennessee rivcr McLlwl
following. After pressing the enemy a shtr
| distance the road diyerg05--0ne road going t
the right by Lenoir's Station aud another tt
| the left, both intersecting the main Knoxville
| road at point abou. fifteen miles from tho
paint of divergence, and abrut one mile bo-
| fore you rca:h u0int on the Knoxville road
known rs Campbcli's Station. At'the poir
| first indicated the cnom7 took the rOsd running
by Lc1Girs Station; our troops followed 81
| the rOud to the LEFT, runriIg nearly parallel
until they reached 3 point opposite Lenoir's
| Station, when we cnde;lv0red unsuceessfully
TO get on their rear and fink hyl cross rOid
Here smart skirmishins commenced witf
their piekets, and continued till night. Me-
| Laws was then sent with his division to CON.
tinuo on the road upon which he had started
30 as to come in where the roads interscct the
Knoxville road near. CampbelPs Station, ans
Jenkins held his position on the cross rJaj
ready to movo On the railroad by Lenoi!.
Station by dayhrcak At Lcnoir's Station
late in the day, he came up with the mai.
| body.
N,veGnbe: lG.b.-Tiis mnrnin. Jo"kins
! akirmisaers drove the enemy from L;aoir':
Station. They lelt ono hundred wagons and
some commissary and medical stores. u
| seems that in the might their main fore.
sues them with I0oHs Division. E1nc.ta-
tion is alive throughout the camp; the hopes
of all arc bu2rant McLsws will get to tic
| intersection Of ;hc roads and take them in
! the rcar-Jenkins in their front-and il
seems Impossible ;hat th"y can escape. The
! roads are deep aal heavy, the adhesive clay
! Of Tennessee making il! wes weather thc
| WORST roads Imaginable. Broken cassops
ammunition thrown away, everything ai0ls
! the road indicates rapid and disorderly re-
treat. Jenkins orertakes ;the.n a. Campbell
Station, bu. they had passed the point where
the road on which McLaws WAC moving inter-
sected the road OF which the enemy was re.
treating. Great disappointment is manifes:
ed. 1t will not do to condemn u-heard, but
it is certain thai if McLaws' Division had
been where il waa confidently expected il
would bc, the capture of the Yankee fore,
would hare been Il "foreGone conc!usion."--
A it is, we hare to fight them in strong pO.
sition We drnvc him from his position wit;
small loss 20 ourselves and 4 heavy loss 10 Tho
enemy, said to be from 500 70 100 II. re.
tired to {. still stronger position about one milt
East, and hsld it o5stinateiy until night coy
cred the contending forces.
Novomber l7th.---Thc enemy retired in the
| night. jenkins hiss been ordered to make q
flank mcvamen. on the encmy's left, the sue.
ccss Of which IS confidently expected. If il
succeeds. the enemy must be destroyed. The
anxiety for the result Of ;ha movement is in.
! tsnse. L. fails utterly; the bird has Gown
and again the question is, Who is to blame
Perhaps in both eases unavoidable creum
stances ntarp9sel to present the successful
execution of movements which promised ruclI
brilliant results.
November 18th drove tha enemy to.
day from his advanced lines, in front of Knox
/ vile, close unde. his work. This sortie wai
| the occasion o. one of those da4il;uS fea:s Of
individual gallantry which demands q passing
notice. a breastwork was charged by our in
fantry. They WINGED under the CALLING irt
! of the enemy and wavercd, when Captain
Stephen NoTthrop, an ErGlishrnan, formerly
Caprn of Her Britannia Majes:y's 22d foo, ,wht
| had Joined our ranks, and w2s on duty in Alex
auder's Artillery Battalion, stationed severa
| hundred yards from the sccno of conflict
mounted his horse and dashing across I'll,
p!ain-ihe only horstman in the malcc-rodi
in advance OF the wavcring lina up to the very
works of the enemy hundred rifles were
, lowered upon him, bu! he moved on-and ral
| lied the waversg line; the work was carried
and Northrop brrnc away, with 4 minnie bal
| through his shoulder. his sword scabbarG
broken by another, and the point Of bis sworG
cut off by yet another. His esca pc was mira
eulous, but he ia doing well, and will soOl
again report for duty.
November 18th to 25th.-The investment o
7 A.
less than tho besicgcd. We have no supplic
bat such as we gather in tho country. Every
| baggage wagon is cmntied, and devoted II
hauling forage, wheat, &c. The command ha!
| 10 be supplied T.. distances, varying from iiv,
to thirty-hve miles, and yet by diat of peFse.
vsranee we are beginning to be fully rasionad
nnd thanks to stores taken from the enemy
and corn and wheat accumulated by them ant
captured by us, We are accumulating q sur
plus, but our troops are INSULT .ient to circum
vallats the city. They have an outlct on th
South side OF the IIolstcin, and hold com
manding position there ; good pontoon con
meets there with Knoxville. We have ordereC
pOntoons to he brought in wagons from Lou
doun. In the meantime Laws Brigade .
! Hoods Division, was thrown across the lIol
stein by the slow process IF IL single ferr,
beat; and on the 9Th November position o
| considerable Importance tn rs vas successful,
| taken. Well done Alabama
N0vc:nbnr 25-oG.--Nothing interest ha
happened in the last two days. The troop
are still around Knoxville in the trenches =
Reports arc rifle ol rcinforcements Ercm Chick
amauga Bucknes's division. or rather tw
brigades,of it, Graae's aad Bashr6d John
sons, arc said to he AZ LoudHn Ransom, w|l
is known to be in the neighho.hood Of Briato
with. no enemy between him and Knoxville.
said to be coming to our assistance in th
rear Of Knoxville. If this is done, the il
vestmcnt will be complete. and our corca
strong enough to reiu>e the place, which
by the way, is one Of the strongest position
have seen, not even excepting the heights {
Gettysburg.
November 27.-The two brigads7 or Bucl
ner's division, under Bushrod Johnson, hay
arrived aud are in position; the ponnona. aft,
innumerablc difficulties. have arrived, b,