The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-10
Further psrticussrs Of the battle
~ EF0nklin.

CINCINNATI, Dec. s.-Tbe Gdse.te's Nash.
vile correspondent gives some aGdislonal
particulars of the battle al FRANKLIN. The
plan Of battle was very simple. We had
no time to get up complete plan, ~ the
enemy pressed up and obliged us 70 fight
Of: hand. Originally the f,lsn was tc With
draw the forces Of Gen. Scbofeld until
meeting oar reinforcements, and give bat.
re in the vicinity Of Nashville, bet the
over SaIgu;na rebels pressed us too hard,
ard when Schoaeld perceived he could not
avoid the contest, drew up his little army
ia line OF battle from Franklin.
At half pas; 5 O'clock the essau'. com.
menced; Cheatham's corps on the right,
Stewards on the left, and s. q. Lees corps
IN reserve on the ceatre. Cceatcau threw
his whole corps Oh Wag4ner's division
with great impefucsiy, and after half an
-<r back Oh the second line, where they be.
came mingled y it'll Cox's and Rogers men
onr centre and left. The rebels sneonr.
aged by their success in driving Wagner
back, advanced with loud cheers On our
strong line. fThelN order Of advahce w6S
very peculiar: eemi.circle Of two regi.
ments extended all aror nd our lines, aud
behind each alternate regiment was placed
four others, SC that the assaulting columns
were six regiments deep. Eood appeared
about o clock p. M. seeoandr bis col ilynns
pointi@g towards our lines, s1aid: Break
those lines, boye, and you bave finished
the war in Tennessee. Break them. and
there is nothing 10 oppose your march
from Nashville 10 the Ofi0river." cheers
answered the rebel leader, and irnmedi>
ately the whole space III front Of our lines
was cyammed with advancing mUltitndee.
Capt. Lyman, commanding the artillery
brigade OF the 4:h corps, had placed his
batteries in mott formidable positions, and
from these streams Oi shot and she'll were
nnFlesl infn Tho ri n P0inO ranks with fh0
most reckless bravery the rrbels rushed
on, and when within . few hundred yards
of our works our boys opened upou them
with SO terrible a muskety fire that It
seemed as If nothing could i've before it
Out no wagering was perceived in ibess
advancing lines, as they came TusEiag up
10 the very parapet Of our works.. and
struck their bay yQnets under the logs On
our b.i:lements.s On the COiunhba Pike
the pressure WAs SO great tEht some of
cox's and Wageaer's men temporarily
gave way. s n#U e.l s
by the gallant Col. Opdy.ke of the l2;ith
Ohio, han heen held in reserve. Cal. Op-
iy Ike, by the orders of Gen. Stanley, rush
Ell fof ward, with his brigade 10 restore the
broken lire. The rebels who hao crawled
over our works had not time 10 re.uru, and
Cox's and Wagtner's men, broken but a
moment before, rallied and alta .ked. the
SESSSy - eA1~ AAAsANS WAAAV opNyf- tAlAhO
ged them in front. A desperate hand TO
hand fight ensutd with bayonets and olril
ends Of nnskets. The rebels weEs..Stao-.
tpxed here, and the line resiored.~F For two
hours and 4 hall the battle ragged all along
our lines: men Of the 4ih and ga corps ri
valFns ~k each other in braverys -~-'----s-- s-.
r-.liley = brigade OF sbe -Sd cor;'s covered
the ground in front 6f-git with tina rebel Z
deal. Gen. Ada,ns Was killed; he and lis
horse fell into thetditch together. In front
Of the l04th Ohfo. seventeen distinct ais
Jacks were repe.ied.
At dusk the rebels were repulsed at all
points, but. iripg did rot 0ep until nine
o'clock. sAs ie4st 5000 rebels were Killed,
wounded and saptureds while our loss
probably will sipS feacii 800. We have,
taken from the etemy Thirty flags; among !
them the 7o.h Chib taxing hail a dozen. -
: Gen. Schoaeld directed the battle from
.he fort on the aor,h bank of the str ea4ss,
where some heavy guns and batteries. ef
the. I'D corps We're placed, and which did
great service n damaging tho eneuy,s
right wing. -