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orders from Gen. Lonysree,; aa1
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troops were -ii1ly cheering anc
ce-ir22s Ct being !e1 on.
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the ~r-ir-a;Ins foe farther north
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p@rlo- officers - aIlo~ the army
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Gran. had lsf. the fed II time q
get back 70 Chattanooga, Twelve
miles distant. az about the MD.
de .. the sttsrnooa AMI x4s CIV
ing orders and making preoara
ton for the evacuation Of the city
(s) That Gen. Reynolds a.
part 81 his division Of men on the
Union Jeff came nea- being sur.
rendered by that officer to the
Confederate right in the vicinity
OF Waltaall's brigade and no,
far from the extreme riga, o.c1-
pied ~ Gen. Forres-.
% That i. was no, al orderly
retreat. bu, a complete ci-a-,4r.
aud a flight which only needed :
Stonsssli Jackson. q For-s-. or
a Napoleon 70 have converted the
affair into complete annihila-
ton.
A LOST OPPORTUNITY.
Whether the faul; lay xi,h Gen.
Bragg exclusively, or whe:her
the conduct Of that unfortunate
commander De attributed 70 come
Of those under MIN IS not c!ea-.
Il vas, however, a os, opportu.
nisy. Gen. Bragg had shown
great strategy in evacuaany
Chattanooga, holding together
bis command and dividing the ar
my of Gen. Rosecrsns. Bragg
endeavo,ed TO bring on the \
gagemsnt a few miles below the
Chicamauga battle field a, La
Fayette, Ga, q few days before.
His plan was frustrated by
bfnsuon of circumstances over
which Bragg had no control by
means Of which he would have
beaten the enemy in detail. The
quick withdrawal Of Gen. Thom-
as extricated MS corps from the
perilous position away from the
main army Of Rosecrsns by a few
hours only.
Col. Oracle shows that Bragg
mad 5000 men, which included
Gen. Longstreet's reinforcements
from Virginia. This contingent
did not exceed 5000 men. Gen.
Rosecrans had 5000 men under
arms on the field. The Union
army yaa IzroeIv co---