The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-26

slsnsA Whioh ~ he dem0 n1{Fnfiun -
nse the ri AsDanlt the assanit uros
or right re9Qltsd il 1 loss 70 fho ene;nv
m Killed md wounded, of 1bcut thrss1
nurdrcd and about o'clock & becam.
/ evident that the enemy intended 70 r;y.
us battle upon our left flank. About
naE past 2 o'clock he attacked the r..
doubt upon our left flank with over.
wheluing numbers, and carried the re-
doubt, capturing about seventy Eve men
and four pieces Of artillery. He then
attacked the other redoubt, about three.
quarters OF q mile in tie rear Of the f,rst
attacking it front and flank. and carried
it, the men escaping to our line. The
enemy advanced about half mile TO.
wards the left wing of our infantry line !.
here We held them in check until nirht
closed in upon us and ended host;ljtics
Tor the day. General Hood immediately
withdrew everything from the right or
the franklin pike, nassed his whole
force on the lief, established his line And
constructed strong rifle pits in the course
Of the night, feeling assured hat tl,e
enemy did not outnumber us.
~ have never INDUCED rs high hopes
OF tue. results OF coming battle. because
was confident the Army Of Tennessee
had never had SO good an opportunity
Tor great victory. Ihad seen the Army
Of Tennessee encounter and whip the.
enemy with even greater disparity Of
numbers in the open field, and did not
believe it possible for three times our
numbers to attack us in front and drive
us from our Notifications.
"At halfafter o'clock in the morn-
ing the skirmishing commenced. and at
about 10 o'clock our line was vigorously
assaulted with two, and in some. places
three, lines Of battle. The enemy was
repulsed with great slaughter. About
II o'clock, we were assaulted again, and
again the enemy was driven back
About half after o'clock our whole line
was again assaulted, though not with the |
same yigor Of previous assaults; but,
unfortunately, eur left centre gave way, |
aud from that point division after divi- |
sion gave way in rapid succession to the |
extreme right, and the army left the field |
in confusion. If our lines had stood fif. |
teen minutes longer that day, the victory
would have been ours.
:" The ground was so marshy that our |
artillery upon the field was not brought |
OFT. We lost in the two days about fifty |
pieces, but our trains and reserve artil- |
lery had been sent back to Franklin. and |
was, therefore, safe. An ample sufficiency |
OF artillery is left in our hands for all |
field purposes. We have had no report |
of losses, in killed, wounded and prison
ers. am satisfied that we did not lose.
in killed and wounded, on the 18th and
10th, exceeding a thousand men, and a
very small number. of our men were
captured by the enemy, except stragglers
that he may have picked up on our re-
treat. How many of these he may have
gathered have no means of telling.
The army was rallied on the night of
The 10th and morning of the 18th, and
he retreat made leisurely ana in order.
bringing eft everything but few broken
1oHn wagons, and the army is now going
INTO camp at this place and the surround,
ng country. do not think that our |
osses in men will amount to any con-
siderable number. We found the people
II Tennessee delighted at our coming.
lad ready, able and more than willing
o furnish us with abundant supplies
md in tears at our departure. Would to
Iod 1t was in our power to relieve them
It once and forever from the terrible on
'ressions to which they have been sub
ected for the last three years. But most
# the disasters that our, armies have
Experienced are justly chargeable to the
act that our army at the front has been
90 small, while our army in the rear
las been entirely too large.
If one,half the men Of the Confede.
acy capable of bearing arms would cease
shirk their duty to themselves, their
antilles and the country, and take their
uns and come to the 'front.' we could
xpel the invaders from our soil within
TX weeks time. Will they do it. If1
1orlhy Of independence, they will and
ne future must determine that question. !
After three years of hard campaign
lg, We find the Army Of Tennessee back
} Corinth, from which place we moved
! 1862. It is true, the enemy has made
,me black marks through portions Of
ne country, and left MANY monuments.