The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-24
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inc enemy's advance sklrmisbod with our rear
tHe neA' da!' and on The l0h several triainq en-
C'uH''IS 'o"h place along the road between
,,',,', ''o anu buAs Gap. On tho morning OF
1. '''u an Immense force dashed into our works
We zap ana attempted to carry the position
1yI'a' "' ue same time annoying US upon
.,..-,' Nt'i lWo hours lighting the enemy
assault aud retired in the dl,ecti5, A.. .s r'oo
This affair VIC lost eight kU,s5 ,., -. -u
wounded while Che cueny's loss va. r,,s
oyere. iu'eu more
On ihc next dav, Saturday. tbs i7u ,,.,,u.
the enemy appeared in great force ,Do,, LIN,
cA dank, evidently eudeayorirg ., 80, ,..--i
cur forces and their base. pe-coivi7. ,,.,.,
realizing the great disparity Of pur,hsrs ho,,-,..
his and the attacking army, Gilern ordc-.,, ~.
retreat to be conducted as rapidly A, doo -.
/ ton for safety anl discipline vyopld -
! While this retirement was being condoc,sd ,'.
enemy followed mp at respectable distance
occasionally firing few shots, bat otbsrwiss
/ aa'ing IN decidedly undemonstrs-ive manner
The next day, Sunday, the 18Th inst. a e,
more miles were made Knoxville ward ,bo
enemy, as heretofore, still acting slyly. On the
night Of the 18th our little army, cornposed of,bo
8 h, 9th, and 18th Tennessee Cavalry Regis,en,e
and battery Of siX Parrot guns. undsr Tien.
tenant Patterson, encamped at place called Pan.
theirs creek, near Morristown. forty.tvo mjlo.
east Of Knoxville. The exact number of mon
nnder GiIlem was less than two Thousand f,n-
hundred, but as he had sent To Knoxville for ro,0-
forccmcnis on the 10TH he fully expected ass;s,.
ance before morning
About 10 O'Clock Sunday night. GilIem bec,roo
aware that the picket line Of the enemy ,yas
heng urged forward, and he placed one-tb,rd os
has commaud-the Sth Tennessee C,o,o,oi p,,,o
L.In PGEel and ordered his artillery and frAins
10 NC lniiy prepared for motion Or action al q
moments notice. ~
AT precisely midnight a crash took n,acs ava
tt one iell swoOp Gillem's cammand was a.
Iached upon both flanks, and his centre pier,ed
ana D., az 1!ohen According to dispatches received
IN lnls city by he Governor Adiat,ut- Gensrsi
and myself giving full details Of the terribis
asta'k, , Ihe scene which immediately ensued ber
Dukes Brigade advanced IN front and srsd
Voley into the ranks Ofthe Sth Tennessee nasriv
al the horses Of which were new, producing tbe
widest panic imaginable. Simultaneously Dor
, Dns Vi auEnh brigade made desperate attacks
upon tue right and left, and for more than an
hoGra jubilee OF death and fury reigned sunrerns
9tsplte me efforts Of Colonels Myerton ana Nil
u,r lt[ 70 secure It's abatement. At this iuacture
HilhosI the entlre command was surrounded and
after series of hand 20 hand encounters the
artillery. N"i 'u'ie
Now, the excitement and disorder w,s =, a.
height. The Sth Tennessee had broken. ana wb,t
WIN new aud uumanageahle horses and nanic
stricken riders, might not be expected fTbsv
Dashed INTO the ranks of the 18Th Tennessee.
Whlch up to the present time had Withstand lhe
shock with heroic equanmity But now the 1Stb
gave way, and both regiments fed in great con-
lusoD, disseminating their contagious Influences
amongst the men of the Oh Tennessee who
loined IN the carnival of disorder
General Gillem's presence was of no avail and
~ en,ltS OF himself and aids to check the caami
lous @ disorder $50, were frntless: During this tragic
scene the light, full moon became obscured. the
heavens were enyeloped in clouds Of lnky dark
lesA' ana the night became rs ptchy black as the
nhermost Tecesses Of the monster hole of KEN
'uchy aLd worse than this, an iudeserihahIe
mass Of soldiers and teamsters were riIing ana
urNlng Tor dear lives towards Knoxville, Vigor
Ousiy pursued and harassed by an elated and
victorious army of three times It's own number
ANA thus It continued until our trooug ware
puItuea ;Wenty.four miles, most Of whom arrived
~ ~ ouHwDelTy plains, sixteen miles east ofKnOx-
n i' tmo neNt morning, in state of utter demor-
~ i.laIon' me enemy kept up the chase until
iter ne passed Newmarket when fbe nprs1i,
'As abandoned no doubt from sheer exbaus-
ION, ana to obtain tine to gather up the fruits of
General Gillem, in his despatch to the Goverp.
lent, states thar the stampede was the most
1ghtiul exhibition of panic stricken soldiers he
hu ever seen. TWenty-tOur hundred cavalry
eIery Hi 9iui!ery wagon raius, and a number
hunurtu mead OF cattle Rul mules were oua
leAtrica6ie mass, with the enemy pouring down
n all sides. The description OF such a sight cam
OF urge tho Imagination to Tie slightest concep-
on Of the terror Of such scene.
on 9LnGlal despatch from General Gillem
men have just seen, dated to-day, sums No th,
esulls Of The disaster, of which the follotyin
lay be considered the tenor The loss in me
lahks TO the darkness that came on is snaJ
20 hundred and twenty covering the totaI
hied, wounded, and missing. The enernys
thls particular, Of course, is small. O1r
dItllltIy ana small aims, Is large. we I
III battery Of PARROTS, and half the men
way Their rmsand almost everything else
"s"omnode them in their endeayoTst 10
rains and baggage, and
''tte, and the who
tO the hanC
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