Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-12-08
The Fight at Franklin.

The Fight at Franklin.
NASHVILLE, Dec. FL have received full
accounts of the battle of Franklin and its
antecedents, which must be chronicled as
one of the most brilliant in its general re- |
suits For three days sharp skirmshing
was kept up, during the retirement Of our
army to Duck River which time multitude |
of exploits and successes resulted to the ma |
tional arms.
General Cox conducted the rear guard, |
and on the 10Th ult. achieved splendid |
victory over the rebels at. Spring Hill
General Wilson's cavalry gained series of
important successes over Forrest advance,
and Spring Hill
! During the afternoon of the Both ult., the
rebel army severely pressed us under Hood
who had Cheatham and Stewards corps,
and portion of Dick Taylors command,
numbering in all, over %, 600 men.
Owing to General Cox's gallant check at
Spring Hill, portion of the 4th and Odd
corps were enabled to gain Franklin early in
the day, where they threw up line of
works, extending from one end to the other
OF the curves in the rives, behind which our
entire infantry command took position. -
At precisely o clock in the afternoon the
entire rebel force made a charge, and sue
ceeded in making temporary break in our
centre, which was commanded by Wagner
With the characteristic impetuosity of the
: soldiers composing Cheatham corps, they
dashed Into the brcastworks, and co-operat-
ing with the attacking party on our left, at
tempted to envelope and destroy cur troops
on the right. In the nick of time the
) troops of Wagner were rallied, and throwing
their whole force upon the rebel column,
drove back the storming party in great dis
order, capturing several hundred prisoners.
Four times afterwards the rebels charged
, these lines, but were repused as often with
great slaughter. The rebels numbered at
least two to our one Nearly half OF the
4th and 23d corps were in reserve. Our
: breastworks were not over knee high. The
rebel loss in killed is three times our own
while their wounded were six times more
than ours Most of our men were wounded
in the head, arms and body.
The artillery fire of the enemy made
C with great accuracy, but their ammunition
n consisted chiefly Of shot and shell, while foi
=, two hours immense quantities of more mur
&c into the rebel lines
fl All attempts of the rebels to gain per
mancnt advance were frustrated, and a
~ dark the Federal position was unchanged
v while the rebels retired to Il cover of woods
e south of the Columbia pike.
IS The rebel loss as ketore stated, is 5000
"a including over 200 prisoners, an unusua
=, number ofwhom are officers. Our reached
!, total of about 1000
d An artillery duel was kept up till nearly
midnight when our troops commenced eros
i. sing llarpeth River, bringing all our trains
u, and paraphcrnaia over in safety before day
!, light. The army then retired to within fou
II miles of this city, at which point our from
is line conironts the enemy.
10 The falling back of the army is in accord
> ance with the programme. And the BATH
L at Franklin, though of the most brilian
:. form, was an inoportune affair. and wa
brought about by the necessity of checking
. the rebel advance and to secure the saf
: crossing of the river by our trains.
nc Additional reports received from the lat
rs victory at Franklin says 80 stand Of color
n. were captured by Gen. Stanley's corps an
,o Riley's old brigade
'' Gen Stanley, commanding the lth corps
had very narrow escape, having had h
nl horse shot from under him, and was shot
ro the right shoulder, the ball trayersing h
~ back and going out at his left shoulder
w. lie is now in this city, and though sufcril
in considerably, he is still attending to dut!
1t is confirmed that Gen. Pat. Claiborn,
II of Tennessee, is killed,
r Gen. kclbourn, commanding the I'd d
L. vision of Stanley scorps, in the heat of til
nd battle passed u rebel Major General, VIII
's, told him that he was wounded.
er 1t is believed that Hoods army is threa
" ening Murfrresboro,
FORESTS cavalry is demonstrating on OF
mt front and right flank.
y Commodore Fitch has arrived with h
IL. fleet of iron clads.
Sufficient forces have arrived to ensul
not only the salty of Nashville, but anotht
ed victory in case of battle, under any circun
he stances.
rc Military men all unite in the opinion th'
Gems Stanley and Scho6eld conducted Il
I" retirement from Pulaski with admirable skill
Us crowning all with Il magnificent Union vi
,c- tory at Franklin.
LOUISVILLE Dec. 2.-This morning
Journal says:
a., General Thomas has abandoned his stror
- position at Franklin and formed his line
battle within three miles of Nashville.
on Yesterday evening the two hostile armi
g were engaged in skermishing and the ratt
to of musketry could be plainly heard in Il
". streets of Nashville. A battle, terrible
er, fury, is imminent We do not believe Ge
ild Thomas has any fears for the result. 1
at is not weak as he would make the rebe
to believe he is. lie can offer battle to bett
use advantage to himself in front OF Nashvil
'cn than at any other point.
wo His left wing rests on Murireesboro al
dy when strengthened by the forces at Chatt
el- nooga, il will be strong enough to close u
to on Hood rear and cut off his retreat
ler The rebel General is pressing blindly fc
an. ward,