The New York herald., 1864-12-22

Hh hank Vas exposed. He saw his error when
sa Altar the nrss days rspsss ~ contracted hin line
v shs shelter the h called back bs cavalry, bus 10
parsske ~ the general ruin
the night Of saturday. well 20 could asc ertsin,
the rebel loss In killed and wounded numbered about
two Thousand and about thousand prisoners, with
ton battle nsgs several small banners and guidons aud
arlerynrst day sixteen pieces, second day twenty
nve third day sigbs-tota forty pne Hood is said TO
to have had only about eighty pieces in ALL So the
most OF his artillery Is In hands, besides regular
arsenal OF small arms
We also to bear in mind that the pursuit u still
going on
0uxB0AD COMO THs TENH@sn.
heard from good authority-sImost efhciai-that Q
fotila Of gunbosts moving up the Tennessee river
to Florence TO destroy the bridge there they arrive
In time nothing Hood from total desruoton;
for the Cumberland and Tennessee flooded by the
late rains that nothing could ford them. Besides from
The way wo picked up straggiers oil sides, Il evil
dent that they were trying 10 break homo In al drec
tions. They merely following Jen Davis instruc-
tions and going home. When left the army Satur
day night the Fourth corps had crossed the Harpeh
river II expected that the cavalry would de-
tain Hood that infantry would force him TO light or
surrender.
OF tho forty FIVE thousand troops Hood supposed TO
have bis vain glorious march into Tennessee, fear
lcssly state that he has not half OF them to-day.
When Franklin went into the shouse where Pat
Cleburnes body laid after the battle. His hearts
blood yet stained the noor said 70 rebel colonel in
our hands,
"Colonel, how has your army faredS"
"Oh % be exclaimed, at is disastrous battle to u.s."
Such were the sentiments Of all the prisoners.
WOUNDED
should have stated that a the cavalry swept by
| the hospitals, rushed from the b uses
OH luottlv Eor n plaac
| sight TO sec our brave wounded, pale and emaci
ated, some half dressed, with crutches,
others leaning support, but all sending
loud hearty round Of cheers for II any Of our men
halted to look after them sheir cry was, go on, boys
| 20 in; we al right"
Indeed fighting was entirely confined to the
cavalry. Our Infantry only partially engaged and
then but skrmshng In front Of the dashng -Four
| which was not OF much importance.
With sherman's army Elorously victorious, and the
great rebel Army Of Tennessee scattered into guerilla
bands and broken. ought We that
beginning Of the end and give glory to God for thus
| saving the nation under such fiery ordeall
YIELD.
battle field ia sad and sickeniDg sight Tho dread
contest Of the day s robbed Of all Its glory and
chvary. The marching hosts in hostile array-tne
wild tunult Of batte-the din and Of musketry and
artillery have died away. It's pomp and strange attrac
| now
puchre leaving nothing behind but its shasty harvest
| Of dead and MANNED fellow creatures.
1t was just night, tho rain pouring down, and the
din and OF battle had ceased Still In the dis
tancs the cheer and shout Of ~ they dashed
after the retreatng foe mingled with the deep boom Of
guns which still sending parting shot alter the
| enemy.
| standing on the hill upon which enacted
the bloodest drama OF the fsAt. 1t was tho hill
strewn around In all conceivable shapes. In
piled together the bodies Of soldiers and
three colored They have cung together for shell
| TOR, and were moved down together.
Black and white lay side by side just under tho rebel
works; there distinction now-bro,hers in the
fiery storm OF battle, they slept together in death
The hill presented ghasty picture Of the wreck and
| debris Of battle.
Bent and broken muskes piled beside the dead bodies
| Of those who had them-pigments OF shell and
round shot scattered every direction with broken
tisry and exploded caissonsthe ground furrowed and
pouehsd and scattered with Iopped branches OF
trees OF the realities that made up the ghast
~ pictures add to this the piercing Of the wound
Cd, whose mapged bodies writhed torturiDg agony
and yeu have idea Of the horrors Of battle field
when stripped Of all ts pomp and tinse Behind tho
trsnchmsnts lay the rebel dead and wounded. some
crushed and in the most unsighty manner BY our
that shot tore e the heads 0 with The top
| the parspss
was attending ous poor fellow whose had been
dreadfully shattered giving MIN drink OF wbskey and
of morphine, when Surgeon A. E Jenser, Fifth Ohio
came to dress his wound. "Ah, gentlemsn,r - OK.
claimed the poor fellow, II have wife and ave children
Georgia, whom had to leave helpless when was con.
| scripted Save my arm for their sake"
Dr. Jenser could hold hopes him. but though ht
ne could save his life.
REMARKED the kind doctors Christian attention to the
unfortunste rebel wounded. But doctors mske
distinction between friend and foe when they are
stricken down. Near him lay officer WITH a leg shat
tersd and his arm torn on from the shoulder.
| Though We made bed with blankets for him he was
rather sullen. and would not allow him
the trench where he lay doubled up mattered rtte
for lew houN terminated his earthly pain. As rode
away from this hill, which the eharne smell
OF death already breathing saw huge Kentuckian
weeping bitterly over . dead rcbel.
"Sirl" exclaimed "ook your dead comrades lying
all around"
"True " he said, he wiped his eyes pointed to
dead Union officer ''there my brother shot by this
man. shot him In return.s He is my cousin and BOY
hood compsniou. weep for my brother aud bosom
friend" This but OF the many affecting
\ have Witnessed the battle field.
row rEr coLoRED rRoors YorsBT
Thonb afflicted with disease called "Nigger on
the brain," nor Horace Greeley Harriet Beecbcr
Stowe advocate OF msoesenaton must IA justice state
that the two brssdes OF coored troops under cooncs
Jshn Morgan and Thompson, did we'll II 10 true they
broke, but until their piled bodies lying beside their
ofrcers--who most oil killed wopndsd-attesed
how we'll they fought and bled. They entertain KIND
OF reverenta devotion for General steedmau. now
They'll fight for massa general wherever he'll GO!
rRovipESriAL scArr
Il Ia strange the hairbreadth escapes one win nave
on tho hattie field. have often rolled over.
their clothes perforated. and Jet not hurt Among the
many escapes Of the nsht must that of
PArHER P. r. cooSEY.