The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1865-01-03
The Battle in East Ten uessee.

The Battle In East Tennessee.
The hrst account OF ths battle ia Middle
Teunessse, giving details. we find in the
Reuei ofNes rrday morning, which jo"rnn!
derived it from aB officer VINO lett t,ooJ's
army on the LIST inst. 1t appears that tie
-nrIny after being driven out of Columbia,
.'ac"aied MuItrl esb"ro: AMI Uniligg !!
their fo.ees, loo up position on the high
cltis south Of Franklin. Gen. Hood par
sued them CLOSELY IN their retreat, aud
when they formed line OF battle on series
Of hills below Franklin, he Hanksd them
on, Of ,heir po>iiioa They ,hsn tell back
~ Their toriIticati"ns on the edge 81 the
| to~ D, where they formed slruty Giue 1t
battle. lmncdia,e dispositions were made
| to assault. theiF works when was done in
front. chiefly by Chea,nam's corps, with
spirit and vigor, the various commanders
Leading ths,r columns, the bands ,Iayjn
! AID the uiVn huzz.inG
| .StcWart's corps was on lhe right, mud
| Ch.s than, aided by some of Lees coos.
formed the centre and leh The remainder
Of Lees corp. had been detached ls cr.ale
| n diversion. FoTrcsts cavalry d-f.ud.d our
right and Jeff Il INKS. TIE enemy OPENED
very severe ana destructive lire upon our
| assaurhg line, and il WAS in this cimrg.
The heavy loss OF general officers occurred.
| The irresistible bravery Of our mrn carried
every t4ing before them. Tee lines wer.
occupied BY our troops, several of our
| genetals, among them lhe heroic Ciebarue,
| being slot OF The breas'W orks. THIS st.
! tack MAS made at live p IN. Despite the
| terrible losses, tho army snI-rea the eneiny's
anes :" The highest sp. .rIts with bands play.
| irg "nd hags waving. IL Was then discovered
timi the eneHy had second line, " her.
they had rallied. There they were quickly
assai.cn w Vur men, and u sese ~ and clos.
hight ensued wherein thr conbutant- were
separated Sy ditch and b,ea-t~orks.
| y soon Lscan'e q hand 10 hand fight which
Was continued iRto ihs nignt uatiI the enc.
my gave way snd retired to the ibird ins,
and kept up until about = o'clock ia The
monhg-when nm escaped prisoner in.
formed our eommanders that ine enerpy had
.-Nacuated hi, line aud retired 10 Nashville
Our army then occupied this line and ear.
| " the next day pushed on towards Nash
shie-snd on the hrst pf December. when
our informant icfi, the s-.f o"rps was nj
| Bsrntwood, eight miles IRON Nashville =
This woald bring our front 10 the foriifi
| cations OF Nashville.
The loss Of the enemy could Rot be as
cert"ined ss they had Tea,oved most OF their
dad. Dur loss was heavy between two
| and fonT thousand
Rrsruitsase joining Hoods amy in nun
be,s more than. snfiiri.nt to supply all the
l.losSrs, and the army il in high spiris -
General fillow arrived at his plantation in
ufis i"'captuTe large stores
The Clarion nI-o has private intelligence,
OF same character, anI says: A mag
nificeat victory VA won, bat great sacri.
fcs Our forc~s charged three lines OF
brrrstworks and drove .he enemy from
every position .they occupied and q, one
place they had TO cut down a hedge befor.
they could get At the en.my's works, being
at ,hs same time exposed to the fire Of the
batteries which were located behind H.. The
loss ia Stewart corps was large Gen.
i.oriny's division lost seven handred men
and 'ss 'Ss' Aissi,.ippi 'oss seventy .ni.e