The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-02
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Brilliant Story of Chiclsamauga, tho 1
er of Death.

AS one advances in the study of tund
battle Of Chickamauga lie must, .bou
every step, become mere and more llope
pressed with the mi he m IslhfSqec shSqge Of hi
Confederate fighting; g; ;rst The a |'
assertion that Chickfsasr, farm WIS 9lz
both sides the bloodtIc low rid9 IS
war, in proportion md md and the & &
the time of the cngasa, hat nositiont M
it far outranked in tn nf and rail4s
killed and wounded e t,es los in heigkkN
of modern Europe, tlsan o'clock
industrious searching CIV the Con e
of our own war and oons On thes IS IS
campaigns, to test the the ers, of @ IS
claims made for ChicRnt back {
the further the invest; ;nro. nieccs
ceeded, and it is now sr srnu- aaade }a
pleted to allow gener,0 M Ne salien4 81
stated with certainty, tor1y t., ed and 81
the truth Of the first ass s oean loss sd 81
made to appear. It nee noe throue &|
therefore, that the dist ne fbe the ri9 IS
past year, which have s3snel had 81 sI
SO many of misapprehl l,lch treme 81
clouded the public min Il to ing, al $|
| this battle, and dwarfed his. furthd
tory of the country, sht cre- eve been
ated such widespread It's Bu #
real history, and raised q to mary #
the very front rank Of tt uota- cd by @
BILE engagements Of the ~ street @
The maryle Of Germa ,c in upon 81
the great battle of Mars was Branl s.
performed by the Third ol;an after 81
regiment. It suffered the = s loss UniolH
in the German army duri Fnu- federf
co-Prussian war. It wen, ,a,tle positi|H 1
5000 strong, and its loss i oer Heinz
cent. There was nothing in mnaii- ing tlss
gns for which this formed witch iph into
exceeded these figures, az be- strikiE
came famous throughout tErnr,n had Y
army. And yetin our wal, we're nand
only sixty regiments whosts lx- ment4
ceeded this. Seventeen on lost
about go per cent and quitnmb,r /.
of them ranged from 10 toiIl.ue greto
were over a score of regimen each to I
side at Chickamauga whosss ez- theiI
ceeded that Of the Westpha req con
ment. hgE
But the object of this let's mo,s losa1
particularly to set forth the racte' meo
Of the splendid fighting perfsed b: diY
every portion Of Bragg's arnon tbs ga,
noted field in Georgia. ~ ing
The battle of Saturday :ohed ii Gr
front of Gen. Brannan, on.he e.- ed
treme Confederate right, anAere
brigrade of FORESTS cavalry, !smouil
ted, assisted almost immednely bl 70
Confederate infantry, assaued th) Il
Union lines. AS they wer, driven fl
back by an overwhelming fe the b
were continually reinforced 70 ncarl .
four hours. The battle was ,ontinus i
GUS and constantly at short ranrc. LII
fact, it was distinguished feature oA
the whole two days battle that most A
the fighting was at close range, mucIs
of it hand to hand, with the lbayone
and clubbed muskets. Forrei Us meli
in front of Brannan assaulted time andlF
again, marching up in the vefy faces a
Of the Union infantry, and IN their
final effort came on four LIMBS deep, p
with their hats drawn down ofer their II
faces, and blending forward against a
the storm of lead as men faces the ele- [
ments. !;
The rapid fire of long and well +
trained infantry seems to hafe no ef- !
feet upon veterans, and it waS not un +
til they had marched up into the line !
Of fire Of batteries, which, with doub- /
led shotted canister, enfiladed their i
rank at murderous range, that their c
advances was checked. E yen here
they stood and fought with desperation. is
Ector and Wilson's of Wake eP's divis. Fl
ion, and Walthall and Govah Of Lid.u
dell's, all marching to the assistance ofdi
those contending in this hell of battle, I'll
became, in turn, as hotly engagedm m
themselves in front of Baird and forso
hours on his portion Of thelfeld thers
scene just described on the extreme a
Confederate right was repeated for all c.
of these brigades. At the first onset \
Walthall and Govan drove their lines |,
over the flank of the regulaEsbisigade |;
and captured its battery, enly to be
themselves pushed back again almost
at the point Of the bayontt, and 50
shattered from their courag ageous ex-
posure at short range as tobe practi-
cally put out of the fight for several
hours. F
Nothing could exceed the valor Of
these troops. There was Rotling in
the way OF desperate fyhting g either Of
infantry or artillery which Ehcy were
not called upon to face. Az I'D they did !
face it with a courage scldo IN cqlalcd |
and which twas impossible to surpass.
Thus the lines of the tEo armies,
marching toward the sound Of the flu
rious battle, closed in toward the po-
sitions Of Brannan and drrcst, each
striking the other as they came into
position and within reach With as pon-
derous and murderous blows as arcl
ever delivered i'll var. Cheatham,
moving to the support Of Walker,
turned on johnson with irresistible
force aud drove him we backward
toward the Lafayette road when Pal
mar, arriving Oh JohnsonF right, these
two divisions, acting in cohcert, drove
Cheatham back u mile and badly shat
tered his entire command.
Next came Hood with Law and
Bushrod Johnson's divisions and one
brigade of Preston's and t hesc grapplcd
lines Of battle that at times were scarce
ly two muskct lengths, and thus till
sundown this contest ragged in the
thick woods between the Lafayette
road and the ChickamaYga, each line
bending backward as tllf other dcliv-
cred its hcavicst.blows, ahd, as if gath
cring strength by the rccoil, in almost
every instance, rushing forward again