The National tribune., 1885-09-03
orders to advance, but has moved of his own
GRANGER TO THE RESCUE.

GRANGER TO THE RESCUE.
Granger's muSkets flash in the faces of Long
streets advancing divisions. The front of
Hoods line melts away rs straw in candies
flame. Granger's action is like the shutting
of a gate in q sluice- way, rolling back the tide
The exutant yell born of slavery, which
moment ago was echoing over the wooded
knobs of Missionary Ridge, suddenly ceases.
Whole ranks of Confederates so down before
the awful fire flaming from Grangers' and
Thomas's lines. Gen. Garfield beholds the
scene 1t is the one supreme moment OF his
life. The battle is not lost after all
Never such sweet music to his ear as the an
swering roll aud roar from Thomass and
Grangers lines Again and again the Conted-
crate troops are driven back, and the sun goes
down behind Lookout leaving Thomas still
master of the situation. He holds the road to
Rossville-the one thing for which Bragg has
been fighting!
Rosecrans has reached Chattanooga and
has established a line behind which his
troops can rally. and which they can hold
against Bragg. He sends dispatch to Wash
ington, with the information that his right
wing has been driven. Abraham Lincoln reads
il with a sad heart Another defeat; thou
sands of lives sacrificed; the army III retreat;
to- morrow it will be across the Tennessee!
But the battle Is not lost. Longstreet has
been driving on his divisions one after another,
only to see them rolled back again by Granger
and Thomas. He has pushed RoSecrans's right
along the Dry Valley road, has captured cam
non, small-arms and prisoners: but Sheridan,
Davis and Wood still block his way, while
Granger is laundering upon him from the CEN
ter
An officer dashes into Chattanooga with a
dispatch from Garfield: "Thomas is holding
the right. Granger the left Soldiers are
ralying. Bragg cannot drive them from their
positions :" The news electriies the country.
rha hnb
Granger and Garfield in person directing
battery that defiantly hurlS shot and shells
into the ranks Of the Confederates. Two-ifths
of Braggs army have been killed or wounded
during the two days struggle. iBragg's Re-
port) He has lost his aggressive power; he
has not routed the Union army; he has only
pushed back its right wing; he has been fight
ing to gain possession of the Rossyille road, and
has been foiled in all his efforts.
Never again will the Stars and Bars be
planted on the banks of the Tennessee.
RosECRANs AT CHATTANOOGA.
It is o'clock III the afternoon when Rose
Grams reaches Chattanooga. He has been in
the saddle since a. m. Not mouthful OF
food has passed his lips. For week his active
brain has borne its highest tension. He has
seen the right wing of his army crushed. He
knows that the country between Chattanooga
ana the battlefield is filled with disorganized
battalions. lie dismOunts from his saddle,
crushed in spirit. MctoOk and Crittenden Join
him. A courier dashes up with dispatch from
Garfield. Rosecrans reads it, swings his hat,
and shouts:
Thank God the day is ours yet! Go to
your commands gentlemen.
Gen. Wagner. move out with your brigade;
stop ali stragglers.
Quartermaster, send rations and ammuni
tion to Thomas"
1t is the turning of the tide. Thomas did it
with his $4,000 men. For six hours he with
stood all the assaults upon his line. The future
historian of the war will make Thomas at
Chickamauga one of the grandest pictures OF
the four-ye struggle.
THE RESULT.
Rosecrans has had during the two days about
5000 men Oh the field. He has lost 1,6S7
killed, 1884 wounded 5,255 missng-in all,
If. 336
Bragg has had nearly 10000 troops. He has
lost 2,673 killed, 1924 wounded, 1000 missing
"a total loss of nearly 81 900. No full report
of his losses has ever been made, but the battle
to him has been as disastrous as Gettysburg to
Lee.
CONFEDERATE DUPLICITY.
1t is alleged nor has it ever been denied,
that nearly all the Confederate troops surren-
dered at Vicksburg and Port Hudson which
had never been exchanged, were in the Confed-
crate ranks at Chickamauga. The Confederate
DONeruIDenI SlOlateu ilS SOieiuu
pledges. Far better would it have been for
Gen. Grant at Vicksburg to have removed the
Confederate prisoners North than to have re-
leased them upon parole.
The Confederates claimed Chickamaugs as a
victory. 1t is true that Rosecrans fell back to
Chattanooga, but the movement had been made
to manuver Bragg out of Chattanooga. 1t was
successfully accomplished. Bragg had fought
great battle, but what had he gained? Moth
ing. His army was crippled, its aggressive
force lost. Another such victory would have
ruined him.
To be continued
Careless Letter. W riterS