The tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-01-06
Correspondence. from The Army OF
-T'it.':: Tennessee. -" ~
LINE OF BATTLE AROUND NASHVILLE, TENN.
T. ,.r.' -; -, Dec. ., 1854.

AycDsar Father: My last was written az Co!umpia,
Tenn which was rather hasty and imperfect, as my
Nhe was limited and The weather rainy. We met with
but little resistance at tllat poinstle Ranking process
was Tssored h Which was assrlccessful in making the
sucu,y leave as If we had driven him away by direct
assault. Tie morning we marched through Columbia,
wa had OUT battle order read which informed us thatwe
had the enemy M Et 6E from Nashville and in order TO
partieipafs il tie great battle ofthe campay sane
.rapd marching might be expected We eagerly pressed
and hoped to destroy and capture the most
Of the yqkss amy in one grand coup ds .eetn sas {
our R Rere taasted by .sobe dolly ss
part bebns ofoatr Major prettiest thing Of
the wsf 5vas thus permitted elude Dur Tbs
wass utmenf; but The hope Of reaching
hg sagsly s ia. Il n + s III sssna
wepushed him so close that he had hady time teget
to Ftaikfn and form his lnesf3 ere CHEATHAA ana
STEWART pouncea upon him. tt was tight race 70,
be sure and te Yanks burned and threw aside many
wugons and other planderto enable them to get ont
OF way The roadside oshed with them, and! this,
circumstance added fresh vi&oTte the pursuit. "A iox
not more exciting Every deserted wagon ea
elected whoop and yell and we ]ias'ncd on apace'
The s eleiby ibs We're N deorzed Enlightened, and we
must gh him before he recoyers from its effect our
Brigade wasin the geat and long Soro we got p iine
theibastfs Of rankin had commenced. Loud roared!
the railing usketry and louder the deep mouth.
ed cannon: ,CHEATqAM was engaged hot and hSaEy
Cheer after cheer upon the air. The flying innks
adleh theirrst line Of trenches and were struggling
ngonsing, 10 put themselves behind the second =
STEWART Tous tllem on tile left and JonSsoS's pisis-
ion Of LIES corps gallantly brings up the cepte with
like reetlts The first limo is carried all along, and
now desperate fight occurs for the possession Of tho
second Noby did our brave boys charge those works
andihriee uobly did they win ahem-Abut:at sacrifice
that vas appalling Nc charge f the war has; ever
e1celled apdi brasss5 mora daring deeds Of Yaor
were never won upon any ,fsd. We mourn the loss
of many valued officers. The bold impetuous Gee
nuRNE fell on the top Of the enemy's, works The
chiyaroas IsT, too, fen mangled corpse. GRAsnuRY
CARrE1Abxss and STRAIN, all fell on that CORY field
and several We're wounded whose names do not rec
ollecrs battle iG tllswar has ever been fought in
which so many general officers were killed and wound
ed Night put an end to the dreadful conHict-n truth
too fighting continued until long after dark Had two
more.h6ahEs 81 daylight been 1otielsafsds to u.s. few
veIy3eW ofihe dastard foe would have reached Nash
Vile. iis That hight the enemy silently got away from
Franldha aleayingtheir dead and wounded in: our
hands, 4,have not heard the full results Of The bate
Some 1900 prisoners were taken, and besides q town
f, Of ter, i wounded CDR loss was seYere-I have
noti,eard, any estimate Wemarehed 25 miles, fought
and won battle in one day.. HooDs SToNEwATL
JlcSsoss in, his way. We are now in the suburbs of
Nashville, xiIh aGpe of Yanks strongly fortified be.