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

N''cInDcT -NsQ.- 10 .i''Hs u''H = me -
Every Indication f'vcsht!ows .Ie oj.H;1.
storm. Our piclcts are advanced untcl
cover OF night upon the cnemy's rifle p!':
| and obtain Possession nf th:u with ii iy,- I,
tho enemy III seventy iiTe prisoners. fhs
point Of attack Is IL strong woti o:i sur north
wcst angle Of the erc:uy's iiie. (.le sai.ai;i
angle northwest the immai;i:c pain: - lie
assailed.) The fort is On 2 hill Oi c9ne:ac!
able eminence lear tho kias':nn r5:.l. know
ts Fort Sanders II b.. Will CONSTRUCTED
"rile pits" in connection with j: on the Enct!.
nnd South faces fpr,:Iins ssr".:: c,fL.;as h.:
the work The ;lscaH; - it il r.. J"'2i rvt'
moro difficult tt:.n usuIl hy the grln. AID
slippery state Of the catliI in clnr,,,u.nsc ~:
recent rains. Our sharI-,! .aters are sd
vanoed in the darkness # lhc night sf;.i a'a:c'
to the fort, placing it within easy rils range.
Daring the night .hey dig I''r iheMsri:cS
"ril1e pits" to enablo them 70 keep tirc gnr-
my from showing their heads ah rae the ~ :
| pet of the fort, and also silence H." ar5.tec;,
by shooting Down ;i:c canuonccr- Though lie
emhrasures. Tire st)rming c4!uml consist: u.
two Mississippi r1g:mauIs " Hum Dhries
brigade, and the Ihird Ge,rg:a racin,,as ::
Bryan's brigade tho column being uadeS che
immediate command Of Brigali0r G,ne.3lI
80 ~ ~ hbHyiil :
brigade, under Colonel RuE, uf tie lS'h
G:orgia, nre to support the as<anltins c.
lumn; Anderson's brigade, Of jenkins di-
vision, ia to attack The rill, ire eishos o. cu:-
taina Of the fort u EnG NJea, aboas arc
hundred and fifty yards i:nn tnc s.f. Upan
ast-;king, however. if ne Il i1i- ;nat :he ilr: i
carried by lluLiphr;s7 l.e i. I. wing - he
left, and swccn down the cuc,mys linz. II.
on the Other hand, thc iort II sill in dispute.
lie Is TO direct his attack 10 ti!c ii IN, ami
unite with The other trvuns.
To divert the enemy AL Assist tho aeI2tiir
| Brigadier General Lev, viii tic hri:.dcs On
! the South side Of tho ityi5:"i.!, il - alta n
simultaneously Il p5slti"n held By !ha c!ui'y
in his font. The prcpar,'!50s ,:ra I'll ::ia(:"
and through til" n!lcnt '"a;':.nH Of ,iie n:s!t
all anz!''ual :. Jet eagerly .wait ne ,::."H!mG
day for the signal g"a which il ia inarai"I:r
the movement. The plan Of H.: / |
gathered icw days liter t:ic :. >;I,,it from
, various aJurcGs. /; NAY not ir entirely ro:
rect. bur, such % IL i, ave i::sertc! in nv
Journal as of the day o: !; orru'rcnce.
November - n - nc si.nsi gun ir:a,ss ~"
Elena" at the nigga. aadrr rlc iaY ;ia.i :'t:!g
dawred, the a,:.u.5iI: c"'im:. Vl: i"r u'':,c-
raj IIum!.hr,4, an: ~, *u1n = n.rinc ,','--
llLuf .ii~'ifJ .-t.l!li.N': ~ .-'
fire Of the sha-r- -.hoogcri VA 80 cra.;,yc.
that scarcely :. cnn w.:a iirqi 'r,;1 80 iHrt
before the eaiicnt va: reached: ~. ~" deer,
steep and slip?erF ditch rl.S imnassnaie; ttie
men crowded in, hnt Tor vac: Of l:.iia:i wa:.
unable to climb it's bnnl'.
Tho officer. used aim,.l p.rc?:u.1ar nr-
forts. By ruicu and example tncr ur..d their
followers On. Col. nEaGirov, ol d" l.rh Nil
s;s,inui and Co, Thomas. e n. It;,n Ga.r-
.ia. 18th f.,l ;n.r;,iIy ;g,rn,,al in $40 d;:.a.
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Jnniny tho as;anlr o!2rrr..i 80 a,,y ore. All
wny, in cynr,tu,i ion ~ to when. wI,nro an:
how the NEXT utt,mnt would Er ;Y.!c.
In ao hour altar IN, rrp,!go | wa SUI
nriecd to 500 ,rt;jI..v ,;agsna and loose
horses bi;n., .,rr;.,i t, the r,y:r the rna-
ICONS benr cut lo1sc anl i-;!tsI ao:7-. n.
U,l,tcin. the wounded bein. n,ye,i 70 Lou
doun, ard cvcrY thin. iru:icatin. The r.ain.
of the SIEGE. and - retreat .rrn, whence We
came. soon found that aiy:ces 'r.a i,a II
! receiyed from Richnn;.d of ,h, daica. 1t Mis-
sionary Ridge, and Eoa-l len. l.,ns-tr-rt
had been ordered to rron General H-a.g iy
way Of Loudon. Th!, moreman: wen. o.
until near night. The transportation: -:
gone back fifteen r,l"a % FoinI CO! -I
Campb"lFs Station, ~hen news was Te@H!"c.
from General Bragg that he ''2.i i.i'', Ia K
beyond Dalton, and tia: l.ong-trc"t eou:d ';"'
unite with him by tha+ roIt" IaG o:it''
were counera!andid tim: night. 'at 81 M
goth No"cnher nrery'h.ng w:s moving pax
towards Knoxville; the hlSIag2 'al aIl b a''
| cmptied at Loud"un Oil "'lc alIa"ce. III oE"o'
! that the transpc:tltinn, miserable W. i: w"s,
could be nsed lor hau!!nS ioraS.' coHi''': 's"'
stores ana ron."nh-' - l. /" ~ W.. W., '," ,rn
maze % See 'nr P'iltnuS g;ssN - = 4,n,.
,n,i.s Dr.0r i,oso a"r -nstari,,. ,,, ,hn w,~nn
,saro marn no., al c,,r,lnysj IN h.ui;n. Iaa-
"sr, n-.sn.rrc g.. ,r,-,.. r.. Tcuocaser
f.on, I,mSnn ,rboro s;,,., -. ,;c,o,t .t Mi.-
s;Hnarv ;Yr Iva i va, sutie.t nt aay my:nrnt To :.
I'd from thc enemy, With1u; IA, wer,rz t
,ras ;,nnos.;bie /, n1lIe,t ls. po,l.oans: with
omt mio ,bc nontonns .Sc Lal 70 : ..nr, i, case
the on cno,nv sh,nld a,nsar in .,.r rear. OF
roorc m ooa;n.t us rram Kirg..,n. a: w!iics.