The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-25

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ranks as I hey dashed forward In pursuit !.
The writer heard General Stewart say
that the scene at this moment Was ne !,
most brilliant and exciting he witnessed
durli1g the war" The inpetuous charge,
the rush and yell OF the columns as tney
swept out of the woods Into the held, INC
artillery. and men on horseback, dnshinS
onward with the recklessness OF despera-
ton, the dust and smoke. the bursting
OF shells, the swish OF grape-shot. al
combined to make a battle scene or ~, I'M
surpassed grandeur. The Widest enthus-
Hindtnaf1's Division dashed forward ana
carried the .enerny's- works With: an iin-
petuosity never surpassed. The Yankees n 3
were staggered on every hand, and ran
III great disorder, leaving guns In position
and thousands OF tiead and wounded on
the field. General Hindman In his report
pays the h CHEST compliment to Mani.
gault and his brigude also to Deos ana
Anuerson.
Lorgstreet's wing OF the army was now
fully enga Eed and was handled with Akill
and Judgment, throwing tho fun force OF
his troops In concert while the fight or
the right had been made in brteades ana
divisions. 5l u. s.s.s ..s
About 10 O'Clock one Of FORESTS scciits
reported that a column Of infantry was
advancing from the d rection OF ROSS.
willie. With that foresight and pron1pt-i
ness which always clinrnctertzed For.
rest, he dashed away with 4 Armstrong;
Brigade to meet this new enemy.
Granger. with 5000 FRESH troops aMd ti,res
batteries, was pushing on TO- reaeve
Thomas. Forrest, with his smell force.
became quickly engaged, and forced
Granger to halt, and, although TOO weak
to long stay vs. advance, compclled
Granger to deflect some distance from
the main direction. Thomas las boon ac-
credited with great stubbolnness and te-
racity in holding his positions, but whenl
NC took into the facts we are competent
10 find that his ability to do $50 was due
more to the lnnction OF the Confederate
troops on the right than to any special
credit due Thomas. 1t Ia a fact that our
entire right wing. for two hours or more,
stood motionless on the field, while. ehe
left wing had driven tho enemy rom
every position on that part Of the field.
General D. II. Hi states thai IL was
half-past 3 when the order was given to
advance. General ClebGrno also made
the same statement. 1t was, therefore,,
I o'clock, when the line again advanced
against Thomas, who had now strength
encd his command until he mustered over
5000 muskets. Finally breckenridge, on
the right. then Llddcll, while Cleburne'
pressed forward III the center. and Cheat
ham on the left, moved forward Ike q
mighty torrent against the strongly posted
forces Of Thomas, Wen sheltered IS. by
breastwo rks. I'll Il, III &. . 1890 I, IS lf,sf I'LL
The gallant mon fought their way. to
Thomas's lines. but, confrontedE by over
2wleiln.ng ouus. they could not hold Their
advantage, and the ght began to give
way. Forrest, who had been guarding
the extreme flank seeing the disorder
hurried to the rescue, and, placing himself
among the infantry called on them 70
stand. Els presence was SO grand, so
lofty and SO inspiring that the men rail-
lied and removed the attack. Forward
and yelling, the men rushed headlong
into Thomass works, surmounting them
al every point, and tho Yankees went
pell-mell through the swamp into ate
woods and up% the raw mes In GsWar'ns and
broken masses. It was one Of the grand
est moments In all the world 8 history
The Confederates had swept everything
before them, and were complete masters
of the field while the Yankees were
routed, ana LEFT the field covered with cam
non and small arms, besides several
thousand prisoners and sixteen thousand
dead and wounded. 55 81 III
The loss on the Confederate side was
also very heapy--some twelve Thousand
killed and wounded. s5;s s4 .
The Battle Of Chickamauga was one OF
the blopdiest Of the war--or, in fact. Of
any war. s-
Inc sDTlllldnC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
federates should have insured adhesive
operation, and 1t Is more than probable
that, If a rapid advance had been made
that night the Federal Army would have
been destroyed. Even thd following day
the Federals wero huddled In Chntta-
nooga In great disorder. Forrest urged
an advance. and. because of the failure
to take advantage of the great oppor-
tunity he sent to General Bragg ms
resignation, VIII eli, however, MIR. Davis
would not accept. ",
The Battlesif Chiekamauga was waged
with energy by the troops wherever they
were sent In, and the fight was made
under peculiar conditions, upon theatre
peculiar in its character We, therefore,
feel that a review OF the facts and events
should be touched upon, but the paper
Is already too long, and, even II We9i.un-
dertook to discuss the oversight land
ON ssions; at would be difficult to do 50
without bringing out matters it were bet
ter to leave unsaId. And yet It requires
no clearer demonstration than the facts
already stated to show that indeclsion,
as we'll as inaction, on that field CRUST ed
the hopes OF our people. Fl q
1t can be trutl1fully said that the Con-
federate soldier has fixed the record Of
the world In the field OF war. He has
item an epic BY his achievements
whose grandeur and simplicity no genius
Of song can further brighten OF ennoble.
1T stands on tho pages of history match
less and irnpcrIshable, and 1t was the sol
dlers OF the rank who did this. ISL s5Es
IT. ds no detractiou from Tho fame OF
Lee, Jackson, Forest and the HIS, or
Gordon, and the other lenders. TO say
that the men who followed them TO battle
were cast N the same heroic mold and
that the ragged private was the tnstru-
ment by which their achievements were
made possible.
when the last impartial monument shall
be erected to the heroes OF the South
and the last impartial eptaph shall be
Inscribed upon it. 1t will rob the great
names OF Southern h story OF mono OF
their glory that tho monument Is sur
mounted by the marble eftigy OF the com
mon soldier and the lnsc1tptio q testi-,
nonial to his sublime courage and pre-
eminent services to the South
The loyalty of his life, the tirmness Of
his principles, and the serenity OF his
bunrlng make him more magnificent than
all tic arguments Of century.
A Correction Corrected.
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