, 1864-01-14
HDNRKID TREATMENT OF
QUE SLAEE EY CHICK
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One ne'ThouxnndHodicH Of Federal Sold
teFs lett DRbur1ed for tsro months
Tkc Civilization OF our S*S0u&A-
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From the Mobile Advertiser, Nov. Tth, 1861
MISSIONARY RIDGE, NEAR CuA7r4soooA,t
Sunday Night, Oct. 25, 1867. {

tfIONl 11E MQOliG AufEft1sct1 SOTs t1M% lGSi1.j
MISSIONARY R.peE, ,sEAR CCn!A7aT:4S;eososeA't Ca! !: ;oss't
have Just returned from ride to the bat
1--WE weeks today since the battle, and your
readers may wish to know how the field looks
now. The aspects OF tie field have greatly
clangcd. Where it was dry and dusty, now
it is wet and boggy. The changing season
hns changed the aspect Of the woods, but
these are the slightest changes The plongh-
non, tic piles Of ammunition, the guns and
accortremente, and clothing, and most OF the
dead, have Ill disappeared The only memo
r;als left to mark thr scene ofmortal strife arc
the hasty entertainments Of logs and rocks;
tie torn, scared and riven trees, bear
The marks which Il century will notsefface
clothing, broken and perforated tins, few
shells and rouEd shot; the graves Of onr Con-
feGeratee, and most revolving Of I'LL, the heaps
olyct unbur1ed Yankee dead. All Of our dcad,
except two, were buried. These were over
looked BY our. burning parties or mistaken
on the hill, where Gracie's brigade fought
late on Sunday evening, was very handsome
II dressed in fine blue pants and dark grey
cashmere Jacket He was tall, and appa-
rcntly young man. Ills hand seemed q
euall and handsome ono, but'hc Tas almost
known lin. The entire field isyet numbered
With heaps of dead and unburiel Yankees.
In most cases the flesh had fallen from the
bones. aud the mere skeleton remained The
lcg-boncs, from hip to foot, held together,
Gt.d Eo of the upper bones OF the body. but
lit leckbones generally were disjolnted from
the hips. In come cases tue flesh had shTunk
rather tEan decomposed, and the muscles
of the lcg were still distinct. In many cases
ihc skin = as still whole and preserved, and
Farts OF The body had much flesh on them.
The heads were sometimes ouly build skulls,
in others skin Jet covered them and few
kairs zea,aincd. Here md there some cruel
and set the head n:on i stump,
whence 1t "grinned horribly o gmlstly
emile" Some Of the leads contained fine,
beautiful teeth, and my unsentimental coin
pauion remarked that dentist could make
fortune by getting those teeth. Years hence,
children EoW unborn, in their sports upon
this field will find skull, or bone, OF these
1oor victims, and wonder and ask what 1t is
and then some grandfather will tell them OF
1..r grtat battle OF ChickamauSa.
Cur oTn dead dfe buried upon the very
81 Il where they fell. In most CASTS their
!: mes, company aud regiment are written In
r.ncil upon headboard. Thus is shown the
Il cnts fought. Heavy details were made to
L1ry the Yankee dead, but 1t was only par.
TALLY Done 1suppo6c our men grew tired OF
iLc offensive and seemingly endless task. -,
/ hlar that Hills corps alone buried ], ,lVu
LEkecs, but vnst nu1nbcrs yet Lie unbnt1ed.
Tic Yankees who were buried were buried in
Shallow graves, and their graves are thus dis.
tireujshed from ours. Those who were
unbu1ied we're generally past the otienslyc
| stege Of decomposition, and VIC could ride
| among and over them, with little or no pain
to our olfactories. But those buried In graves
| s1Eel;ed horribly. Flies svaEmed around
| these graves, bloated and fattened upon the
/ foul 6dors tint reeked from the corpses
| through The vet earth that thinly covered
them. It was very sickening. My stomach
TIES stirred with qualm, and my head grew
| dizzy and painful in sympathy with 1t. My
companion had insisted upon taking lunch
with ue, but on the field, in the midst O
sucl, scenes, hungry though was, could
| not have eaten the most delicate morsel from
an epicurc's table>
| Flom what saw today, am convinced
HAT The Ynnkcc loss in killed and Wonndec
| wns over 10000. Our own details buriec
/ 2sGo dead OH tie field, and more than ,oW
| yet lie unburied. This includes only those
that were killed outright, and died instantly
The badly wounded In most cases were take1
of, and many Of these died, swelling tht
dead to 5000. The proportion Of wounded
to killed was unusually large, about eight x
| one. 4 lnrEe number struggled on ana ue
serted. Tic aggregate loss Of the Yankees
in Tic Lattle from all causes, must have e1
ccedcd 10000. / do not believe that our los
exceeds II COO, certainly not more than Ii, 600