The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-03

We ~ befcsS COR readers this morning
Ca GIANTS rspost q hls operations around
CAasaanoagA Including the battles Of Look
out leosntsln md Missionary Ridge II Is
: doeuuasns q great historical interest, IS
eorrecs IA most Of Id statements. evinces
nnuaual eandor and modssty Tor Yankee
oDcsr. end win 40 much to clear up .ne
AoIhe sad uncertainty which certain ps''le'
Aevs saAsavossd 70 throw over the .. san
paam m North Georgia. 1t Will DC 'se"
TIA tAs report sustalns, In rcmAfk"o'e -.
~. sAe aceouns given as the time 70 TUG
49,, a he DipstsA BY our correspond
- .soanxstr The principal difference pc
twcan tAe two relating to the pstt.aa sup
n,sa1aon AZ the fact BY Gen. Grant tnat his
ia Wing ~ severely repulsed o. MISSION
az Rides b. Hardse, and the c'aim Gel up
.h.2 III prrsuins column succeeded IN dis
,ca.s.~ ths Confederstes ct Ringgoid Gap
~ secood Day sfssr the battle. The truth
:. = ~ Stated By ''eAllust," the LEFT wings
!. {. 10Th armiss were beaten Ut Missionary
Isidea. while the right wings Of both were
VIGOROUS. Had BreckinTidge maintained
h,s ground on the LEFT - Hsrdee did bis on
the risAt, the repulse Of the enemy would
have beea complete. In regard to the affair
Il Rsneeoad Gap, It b not quite correct to
say that the Cosfederates were dislodged.
Il vouA b nearer the truth to say that the
ensmys advance Vas beaten with heavy loss
by that modest and gallant soldier, Gen'
Cleburns, Of Hsrdees corps. after which the
Confederate rear guard retired to Dalton,
whittier the main army had already retreated'
Gen. 0TaAt must have been misled by his
snhosdiDatn In regard to the number o.
pr,seaAs taken. We learn from Official
sources that our entire loss including killed
wounded and prisoners, was not SO great as
he claims tho prisoners 70 have been.
But the most interesting part of the re-
port relates to the half-starved condition OF
the Yankee army when Grant arrived a.
Chattanooga, and the loss Of Lookout Val
ley and Browne Ferry BY the Confederatcs.
The confeasion Of Gen. Grant upon these
poants y remarkable, and shows that the
Taliey and ferry were the key to his whole
f,ssitioD, and that II we had held there, for
sne week longer, - Gen. Bragg believes VT
ssaght and could have done, the enemy would
lave been forced to evscuate Chattanooga
Ter want Of supplies. The reader will re-
-aember with what clearness oil these things
= ere pointed ont At the time by our cores
pondeat The report IL conclusiv. upon the
oct that Bragg displayed much foresight
when he invested the town, instead of at
teopting Aank movement across the river
and nountaips into Middle Tennessee.
Az 70 the movement of Longsireet upon
Knoxville, but little need be said. He was
sent against that town with the knowledge
aud consent Of the President, who was then
on visit to the army, and it was believed
ct the time that he would be able to effect
the reduction Of the place and return to
chattanooga before the arrival from Men,
phis of eherman's corps, Of the movements
Of which Bragg kept hims elf we'll informed
Whether the obstacles which Longstreet
eneount9ed were more formidable than lad
been anticipated, or whether he moved with
the npidlty which the occasion required, it
would be obvioualy improper for Us to un-
dertAks to cay, In the absence Of the of11cial
report. The only object in remaining in
front osChAttanooga after the loss OF Look
opB Valley and Browns Ferry was to give
Longstreet time to finish mp his expedition.