Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-16

Before them our soldiers turned and fed.
1t was wholesale panic; vain were all
attempts to rally them. They retreated
directly acrossStwo lines of considerable
ridges running parallel 10 our line of bat
tie, and then most Of them made their way
10 Missionary Ridge, and are now coming
here by the Chattanooga Valley road. Our
wagon trains have mostly got here already
and .he road is full OF a disordered gang Of
fugitives. McCook, with the right of his
corps and Wilder's mounted infantry, at
tempted TO recover the day, but it was
useless. Davis and Sheridan are said to
be coming off at the head of a eouple of
regiments III order, and Wilder's brigade
marches out unbroken Thomas, too. is
reported as coming down the Rossyille
road with an organized command. but all
the rest is confusion All our wounded
are left behind, some 5000 in number.
We have lost heavily TODAY in killed.
The total of our killed, wounded am
prisoners can hardly be less than 10000,
and may be much more. How much artil-
lery we lose cannot say, nor do | know
what officers have been lost. Lyle is said
to be killed. Roseerans escaped by the
Rossyille road. Enemy not yet arrived
before Chattanooga. Preparations making
to resist his entrance for time.
TOO DARK A VIEW.
" P. M am happy to report that nv
dispatch Of P. NJ. to-day proves to have
given too dark view of our disaster.
Having been myself swept bodily off the
battlefield by the panie-struck rabble into
which the divisions of Davis and Sheridan
were temporarily converted, my own i'm
pressions were naturally eolored by the
aspect of that pant of the field. 1t ap-
pears, however, that only those two diyi-
sions were actually routed, and that
Thomas, with the remainder of the army.
still holds his part in the field. Besides
the two divisions of Davis and Sheridan.
those of Negley and Van Cleve were
thrown into confusion, but were soon raj
lied, and held their places, the first on the
left and the second on the right of Thomas
lighting column. In addition to this, Da-
Wis and Sheridan have succeeded in rally-
ing some 5000 or 10000 of the fugitives,
and are also reported as having Joined
Thomas His command, consisting, after
all losses, of at least $4,000 men, has still
further been strengthened by the addition
of that portion Of the reserve lately sta
TONED at RosSyllle under Granger. 1t has
changed its front from the nearly north
and south line of this morning, and faces
the enemy in an east and west line. 1t
will at once fall back to the strongest line
of defense for the purpose of defeating the
enemy's design of regaining Chattanooga
and the Tennessee. The latest report from
Thomas is that he was driving back the
advance of the rebels. In addition to these
forces we have the cavalry and mounted
infantry, not less than 10000 in number.
who are perfectly intact; and with this
army it is not difficult to make good our
lines until re-enforcements can arrive.
The cavalry at our last adyices had their
headquarters at Crawfish Spring, where
they will perhaps be able to protect our
main hospital until the wounded can be
brought here by the Chattanooga valley
road, which still is free from rebels.