Year: 1863




We have published the Federal account OF the earlier
days lighting Murfreesboro furnished by the
respondent Of the Cincinnati Ga.stts We find the fol-
lowing additional of the second and third days fight
ing in the same journal:


BATTLEFIELD OF STONE RIVER TENNEssEE. Z
January 3, 1868.


It rained hard ali this day Both armies suspended
bostilities skirmshiug This evening battered
down rebel house which concealed rebel shsrpshOoters
aud after short fighting drove the enemy cover
from which they damaged us


Unless the enemy attack Us Sunday viii, perhaps be


Up to this date our killed and wounded, includir &
diminishing amount to nearly FIVE thousand An I'M
usual proportion of the wounds are severe. The killed
are about one-ffth of the wounded.


The MurfreesborO Rebel Banner Of yesterday adm is


a loss Of fse thoussnd in Wednesdays battle They
have lost at least Two thousand since Prisoners state
that General Hardee and Hanson were killed


Saturdays Engagement.


BowLIHe GREEN, KY January Al returned last
night 10 Nashville, from the battlefield MHrfreesboro
and after tedious ride on the cars, during which
engaged in writing out these dispatches arrived late
this evening at his place. ssy left the field but not
thank God u1til was able to report glorious suceeJs
tor the of the Union The operations up to one
o'clock yesterday ha been conducted scale Of al
unparalleled grandeur, almost e4uaing the sub


mest military occurrences during the days of Napoleon
The battle of Wednesday displsyed in most striking
the vaor Of troops the earnesuegs Of our
officers, and the genins Of General RosecrauZ but the
result on the whole seemed to be against US and there
was general feeling Of dependency throughout
army.


o., Thursday the was little disposition manifested
either side to renew tie battle, and this feeling
tnued until after the caunOnade Friday morning the
result Of which did much to encourage and ms our
soldiers and make them ready for the great that
took place the afternoon Of that day General Van
Cleves div sion, belonging TO General Cenden corps
had been thrown across Stone river Thursday in
anticipation OF assault our left sinar that
upon our right Wednesday. for a purpose which,
perhaps it is not now prudent TO Intimate. It
posted upon low emineuee, almost overlooking Muir.
freISboro and in This situation formed, indeed it had
done Uefore, ths extreme left wing of army


It was about four o'clock in the evening. when
anticipated renewal OF The battle, that the rebels
ads aneed in overwhelming force under the command of
Breckurdge, who have beer all day in charge
of the right wing Of their army and threw themselves
with terrible impetuosty upon Van Cleve's division
This portion of our forces was command Of Colonel
Beatty Of the 18th Ohio General Vaaceve having been
wounded on Wednesday. The assault Of the enemy
speedily announced 10 the rest of the army by dread
fui of artillery and desfening of muskstry
Everybody ruSed instantly to arms, and ell seemed
anxious to engage the enemy at once


For half hOur the gallant of Van Cleve's divi
held their against five times their numbers but
finding impossible 20 Withstand one-third Of the entire
rebel army began to give ground Two brgades slowly
retired, the enemy following with great determination,
until at length our pushed ths river many
Of them dyeng the water with their blood The third
brigade stood its ground somewhat longer AID fought
possible, more obstinately; still they, just
on the point OF giving way when Negteys division,
which wsssHear the center when the battle began came
rushing Up the rescue. with loud cheers The soldiers
advanced river side delivered few terrible vol.
evs vghifg ally checked the bel onset and tha
plunged inothe Itself and waded across ali the
tine pouring their bullets into the face OF the zoe.
. An adjacent hill eoYsro1 with OOdE Just upon
the other side Of the river and upon ascending toer-
ably steep bank fence reached, which separated
the woods from the opeS ground through which The river
runs Hare the rebels attempted 10 make a stand, and
poured a eaden hail into ranks they clambered
up the bank but the soldiers OF the Union were no
oagsr 10 be checked They rushed mp the fence and
hurled the enemy away from it al the point Of the
bayonat The whole woods then resounded with the
roar Of battle continuing to drive the enemy
heFp GfonfnT nd
commanding origadeE, urged forward their men with
the woods and eornelds which lay just in
front of the last strip Of timber which separated
army from MuFfFeesboro These cornheids were liter
oily covered with the rebel dead and dying.


The enemy had now been driven a mile and half
and nothing but the coming Of night prevented the gal
liant Negley and his men from pushing into Harfrees
boro' rode the field at ten O'Clock that night


Our forces held Hndsputed possession OF the contested
ground The slaughter of the enemy was terrible to
contemplate The woods by the river corn cid re-
sounded with the groaRs Of the wounded Anddyng At
least two Thousand Of the enemy fell in the glorious
affair while own loss could not have exceeded Eve
hundred More than thousand prisoners we're lost in
our hands. Sexera rebel flags captured. and at
least one bstterFof artillery. When the victory
the rest of the srmy their cheers fairly rent
the air, and must have spread dismay and terror
amongst the rebel hosts


Up to one ococS yesterday the time left the fed
it had rsinad steadily all day, aud the battle had not
been resumed