The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-25

above the horizon before the battle began.
anf sn nr," sh ss% 4 "ss q .i S% srs to 'S pr,% n%" and nd
prepare To meet the enemy. General
Polk's corps had done the principal part
OF the nghetnR the week before and were
Soon the whole line was one blaze of
fire AS Tar rs the eye could see, and for
miles and sniles the firing roared and the
hattie ragged. So long was the line Of
battle that the firing ON the extreme left
hours the two lines stood face to face,
with scarcely n moments intermission Of
heavy Trim IL was a hard. rnugh-and-
gaiioping up to General Cheatham, and in
~ pleasant tone comma ntled: General.
move your and attack al once"
Almost as quick as the word was spoken
the whole Of Cheatham's division began
tn march i'm solid line. The enemy was
OF bushes and was soing some deadly
work. We were on the extreme right OF
the whole command. A portion Of Gem
eral FORESTS cavalry supported our
Slowly and deliberately we marched ON
toward the enemy without "a break i'm the
lines, save when one of our men would
fall wounded or killed. and then the gap
would be Immediately filled. LonRstrcet's
lately on our eh. General -Cheaiham,
shonted. Charge them and give them
General Cheatham says" One long shout
rose from the whole division, and the en-
tire line started in a rum. General Long.
the whole line followed. 1t was u fearful
shout tn the federals.. but IL was a
victorious one tn us. The whole world
seemed to viabrate and ring i'm a terrible
sound. Ii took hut n few steps to ptIt us
on top of their temporary breastworks,
range, we saw N solid mass of blue-a line
of fedcrals which looked like il was four
deep; Such : solid line we NEWER had al
gave them what General Cheatham had
commanded, and received about as m,lcl,
as we gave. 1t looked as IL both sides i'm
tended to hold their ground, neither
wavering. when suddenly we heard ap-
other victorious rcbcl shout right behind
us. General Breckenridge's division was
coming in full tilt upon u charge. They
had been sent to support us, and over we
went on the enemy like n tornado. and
BY this time Gen. Longstrtct had them
in full flight before him. Their whole
sme 'n.n e gave az Way. "n %nx It Mas T !" Too, race nee
holly pursuing. The day was ours. and
the whole federal line for the balance of
the day was IN fleeing. scattering staIn-
petle. For four miles we kept IA continual
fast march. driving them and pursuing so
closely they never got into line again.
We marched over dead and dying men
all the rest of the day, over the hills and
down the vallcye, pouring vollcy after vol.
atsem ma to raIiH. TTa% were f,c. % ,Dw"r.hi
out Mountain and Missionary Ridge
va ~ uttSS o testh tuPns ttstu
horses, wounded horses. dismountcd
cannon and broken wagons, all piled
together. Gem. FORESTS men had got
ten around on the lookout Mountain side
and was sending death into them, while
the artillery and infantry hurled hot shot,
bo'hbshells and bullets into them from
the Missionary Ridge side. They were i'm
full Hight, their wagons and artillery run
ming over and trampling the infantry:
of cattle. The Tennessee river i'm front
of them, X Mountain, with its lofty
summit and foot resting on the river and
running back. ON one side, and Mission
AIRY Ridge, with one end resting ON the
river aud running back, almost councct-
ing with Lockout Mountain, ON the other
side, the three forming "a val
ley. In coming down this valley they
were in a net, and our army, i'm full giee,
was following hard after them. Night
IL Joshua could ave then checked the
setting sun one hour longer, their whole
army would have been in the hands of the
Confctlerates. Prisoners small arms, ar
tillery, wagons and coinmissary stores of
every kind had fallen into our hands. The
dying and the dead were lying everywhere
some i'm heaps-shot i'm every conceiv-
able manner Dead and wounded horses
as horribly mangh as the men. This in
no imaginary picture. but a small part of
the scenes that the battlefield presented
that night, All night long, that cold Sep
shricks were heard through the darkness.
The night was spent caring for the
woundedm,the dead took care of them
serves. uty were newer IbtlrledI.
For years afterward the battle-ground of
old Chickatnauga slIonc like bright moon
light, even ON the darkest nights. The
bones rrsemhled piles uf osrhor,s or
fox fire, that lighted the dark woods. The
battle was over. The next day we took
our position on Missionary Ridge, and for
two months looked over into Chattanooga
AT the enemy recruiting and rebuilding
their broken army. This is one instance
that Gen. Bragg never rctreatcl, hut like
all others he fought, he never knew what
he had done. He certainly did not know
the spirit of his troops, nor their courage.
Not "a man i'm the line hut felt lik going
ON and was willing and begging to go on.
Had Gen. Forrest, or some man of his
character, been in command that day the
federal army would have been captured,
with hardly one left To tell the tale.
We had gained a great victory, hut they
had gained as much as We. They had
gained possession of Chattanooga "a good
point for them, but II great loss TAI us.
The New Member. sf Congress.
Washington CnrreSnnnlcnt Of the philalelnhian.