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CHATTANOOGA. CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. pressing forward most persistently. Daring te first balf hour of thia “engagement it was confined to these divisions op our side, and with po flattering success % either combatant; but it became one of the hot. tet engagements in which they bad ever been Driven ‘win (be ground over which he bad fought, Croxton ral- et, cad wiih the ree: of Brannan’s drove the enemy ove in with (eerful toss; and, the other two divi- ‘S.0n8 © named joining im, the battle over this dis- puted ground became gonersl, Twice repulsed in their artug attack opoo the lo", with their dead strowing the Ge'd, the enemy bad the boldness to make # third charge, this time pushing forward a beavy force on the ontire front of Thomas and Crittenden, the live from Brannan to Van Clove going in with vigor. For nearly ao hour this engagement lasted, with success alternating between our Dacner aad theirs, The musketry (ring was very beavy, snd ty the donsely timbered plain in which the fight oo- curred the eonads and echoes were demoniac, mingled as ‘they wee with the cr'os of the infuriated combatants. It ts vain thet one attempts to give the various incidents of ubls magnificeut engagement of aa hour and « half. The ad ective I buve used to describe it as magnificeat és bal toy, Lusignificant, auless it be allewed to lodicate whet t @t once grand, terrible, revolting, fascinating, sublime, Men ceased to be men, and lost in the mad cage of contending pressions alt sense of fear aod ©. danger, Everywhere along the line ail was Boing vole at two P. M., except on Van Cleve's exposed fiavk tor McCook had pot yet got sufficiently well for- rd to go im with any chince of making the junction. n Clove, seeking for acd, mot Joe Reyaolds, who pushed in wilder om the exposed tank, and for a time stayed the rebel progrogs there. But this could not last long. The onemy ec ouraged by his success there, and infuriated ‘Dy Dis repested repulses on tho left, persisted in moving on the r) ht flank, astonished at finding no centre to oppose bin, aud was giviag Van Cleve much trouble, when avis camo up ani pushed rapidly into the gap Wilder hd made in withirawing. Sheridan also pushed fn up n the right of Davis, and the tide of battle was turned, aud the contre weil established on the Lafayette ‘cuad by a blvody re use of the enemy. CHARGY. OF THOMAS’ CORPS, Thair ieft thas repuised, by the timely arrival of their Tein‘orce-aents, the enemy tn front of Thomas’ four di- vruons (frannan, Baird, Johngton and Reynolds) be ‘cuir los» persistent in their efforta, and upon a charge being ordered by Thomas, they, the elite of Lee, broke. “Whesever Teburgod their flank, they broke,” sald Gene- cal [hen.s, in talking it over alterwards. Certainly, the ideu, as conveyed by the word “broke,” does not convey to any mind the reality which I beheld. The Gouersl 1s not giveu to exaggeration, aud I do not think tvesay-eratiom Inmeto say that their retreat at this time was «8 complete a rout as this battle, or any battle © the war, has witnessed. For the fourth time they were ‘riven over ground that they had thrice contested, at Trigbtiv) cost; but their fourth repulse appeared to me to cost them more than ail the rest. They fell at every step, Moerciiewty shot down, ag they fled like sheep, The glory and renown of Longstreet bad departed, Thomas put sued im for nearly a mile, driving him from every po- ition which he assumed west of the creek,sand forcing bim beyoud it tn such great disorder that he was unable ‘to recover from it dering the day. The charge of that cor. should go down to posterity in language that would Ansuve the immortality of the story, Moving with ad- mircbe precision, yet with great rapidity, tho line nover wavered, as the enemy, attempting to make a stand, would for a moment halt, and tura upon the terrible line of leaping fume which pursued him, Tho incidents of that courge cannot be told, A thousand are crowding the m 'edo kef my memory; but I dare not stop Low to tell ‘how nobe Dirvaud and Ludlow and Fessenden, with ‘tmrty men and fifty horses killed, fell over their captured B08, oor how their baitery was retaken, nor how the Sixteenth infantry throw itself away against tho wall of ‘ime tht heked it up till ouly one wounded captain aud twou y men remainet. I had sven two batteries fall into our honis and turned upon those who had abandoned how. helping to strew the plain with their bodies. I scankos now detail hew volunteers aad regulars vied with ‘ouch “ther for the honur of the day. God knows they “won glory enough to cover all. Whit else could they be Dut herves with such @ general as Thomas urging thom forward’ he whom nothing could cheer more than the ‘wiid, onset cry of “Charge them!” ringing along his en Rhusias'ic Hine and flung us a defance te the foe. On that Gord he at feast bad won victory; yet that day fame ony san the prelude tothe hymn of praise that was win. On Saturdsy Goverst Thomas stands forth the Rei 0 and (he vietor of the day, and, while defeat stared fat the broken right and centre, victory remained with She ange Ot bis blue baitie fing, On Sunday he is still ‘the creater victor: for, where be had on Saturday routed & singie cor os, he repulses and checks the entire rebel ey, and gaves the Army of the Cumberland from irre. Grievibie disho vor, and stavds between 4 and ruin, Had Thous) broke as McCook snd’ Crittendea bad done, ‘Beagg would have found no enemy betwoen him and Nasuville. [am aware this is wandering from the bis- tory; but one lingare over the story of his victory with ‘bin pen, rogretting to be compelled to dismiss it and pro- ‘coved to fell how the fruits of the victory gained were frittered away by the mistakes or imbecility of others. THR WRATH OF NRGLEY, | While the hard-fought battle on the joft was going on the enemy kept up a feint attack on Wood in hia strong. ‘wid and upon Negiey at Owen's ford, Three several dimes a «mall force of not more than two brigades of the bu my appeured at the ford, with the ovident design of ppushivg forward, if the resistance should be slight, lupon the highlands where Negley was posted. Neg Jey. who was sore over the Dug Gap affair, ‘wos [just sufllciealy gruff to give the enemy a good dr vbbotug, and, after letting him nearly completo his crossing, would hurl him vioently back again, He bad ‘Deen put ina bad humor by being deprived by chance of Deing with Thowss on the left, where Johnston, who had poem given to Thomas in Negley’s stead, was reaping giory ‘or bimself ani men; and many @ rebel who came © Uwon’s ford tuat day had reason to mourn that he had Fouud Nogley in a bad humor. ‘The attack on Wood at the MiMs was only a bit of rebel Dravado, which only amosed that general, and he coyuised (hom with the same ease and facility that Negloy ad driven the enemy from his front. ‘THe PRUE OF THOMAS’ VICTORY Lost. | have suid before that the fruits of Thomas’ victory ‘over Longstreet wore lost. It was in this wise. When "Thomas’ corps made the charge upon Longstreet, which drove lim such 4 distance tn disastrous rout, Crittenden # score fatied to push the rebel centre, but remained tn his original p sition, Crittenden thus allowed a great gap to Be mal between bim and Thomas, and permitted the latter's right tank to be mueh exposed. At the same Gime (he enemy was aKowed time together (resh strength w (rout of Me look and Crittenden, and at an opportune @ met be ma ie & vigorous attack upon that part of the Aiuto mpeaed of Pauaer on the left, Van Cleve and Davis (centre, «nd Sheridas forming the right. The aght was by no on ane Orilians oa on part. Van Cleve on being strock ‘Cromb'ed to pieces, and fled in a panic to the rear of the Dosyitals, bound the centre of the line. Palmer was 1» back with great violence to the left, barely keep. ay 108 regimental organizations, In the opposite di- jTeotion Lavin’ divivion pashed vigorously, but, neverthe Hess, mokiog @ handsome fight, disputing every foot of the pielt, was derven oearly half a mile, being able to make a ‘Bs! stand evar Romsorans’ headquarters, where he suc Seeded in evsbiishing © line with Sheridan to Wood at Goracae Mill, The onemy pursued the fying forces of Ve Clowe antil he had penetrated our centre, to the road rum ieon's to Kelly's, at the point where the hos. pital stu. Thus communicatioss with General jThomas were obstructed, and in hopes to re-establish the entre Woseerans called Wood aad Negley away from the pee 1 the creek where they bad already remained, Peri ses too long, aud threw them forward into the gap modo vy Ube rebel success, But, aa if unaware of th daninye be had done vs—anaware that Palmer was cut eT, Vou Cleve destroyed for the time, and Davie much pressed and weariod—the enemy had partially withdrawn, and the contre was re-established without any great effort, ‘Dut somewhat in the rear of the former line, Having in ‘the meantine Jearved of this new disaster on his right, mod arful of further exposure of bis right flank, General oma 4 reluctantly gave the order to fall back to the old positon, which the men did im the most excetieut order, ‘and wen, into the new line iuch encouraged by their wueoess In defenting the crack corps of the rebel army ‘Van (eve and Paimer, by the most strenuous exertions, (bad been enabled to cot their divisions together aguin, jane m -ved forward to the new line which Thomas estab. ‘twhod. Wood and Negley were given new dispositions, land ait things put In readiness for the next day's con. Blot. The tine remained undisturbed, save by s inte @invs oa Negley by Smith's brigade of Cocatham's NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SUEVMTEMEER 2 division—a most furious charge of five minutes? | durativa—waich Negiey repulved most baudsomely , «nd fn which Preston Smith paid (or bis rastnews the penalty of life, 1 was the last desporaie blow ef the digcom- fited. The day wus over, and we had tuem reason to feo! that it was ours. THE RESULTS OF BATCRDAT. And yet the resuits of the day’s contest bad besa any- thing but flattering on the right and centre, however much one may have felt disposed to glorify the aplen did achievement of the left wing. Everywhere but in tho front of that noble corps defeats had been our bitter lot; but then, rising to the occasion, and norving tiself for the task, tho old Fourteenth corps nad nobly dese more than tts duty, and crowued ks bard won honors of the past with an achievement mere glorious and more grand than all its past efforts had beea, We had lost not more in killed and wounded than tho enemy; for, though our losses in Thomas’ corps bad boon severe, we had terribly punished Longstreet while in rout, and I do not besitate to say that, had the rest of the enemy been suiliciently pushed to digtract bis attention from Thomas, Longstreet would have been totally and irretrievably routed. On tho field between Kelly's house and the creek there were not less than two thou- sand dead, wounded and dying rebeis; but mingled with them were many, but I do not think an equal number, of our poor fellows in biue. The gains in artillery on the left more than compensated for our losses on the right and centre, We wore three gums abead at nightfall. Wo had fallen back on the right about half a mile; but the left wing never budged, and on the casuing morning beld about the same general line, The mon of Thomas’ oom- mand were in fine spirits over their victory, and even Palmer and Davis, who had been much scattered, gather- @4 together mon who bad been overpowered, not de feated, and who atill were worthy to be called soldiers. And, though the men were in good spirits, yet many an anxious heart went to sleep that night haunted by the aad memory that the morning sun would rise upon thoa- sands of ghastly faces and stripped bodies; for the rebels had possession of the field of Chickamauga. Th 3 Saves the Army. ROSECRANS GLANORS AT THR LINE. On the morning of the 20th (Sunday) General Rose- crans, ata very early hour, accompanied by his staffand Generals Crittenden and McCook, rode along the line of those two corps as ro-ostablished during the night. Te rear ‘and to the left of headquarters he fonnd Davis’ division, the right posted upon the slope of one of the smaller ridgos of Missionary Mountains, one brigade of Sheridan's being ported in reserve and the other two pushed forward on Davis’ loft, Wo found the line stretched, in the fol- lowing order, from right to left, along the road from Gienn’s to Kelly’s house, the two dwellings being upon the right and left of the line:—Davis’ right, then Shert- dan, with one brigade in reserve; Wood, two brigades of Brannan, with the other and all of Van Cleve in reserv' Reynolds, Palmer, Baird, Johnston and Negley ont! extrome left, the latter three divisions furnishing their own reserves. Upon the right of Genoral Thomas’ line, as held by Reynolds’ and Brannan’s two brigudes, was @ slight rise in the plain, and from the top of this the whole field could be commanded. It was tho key of the posl- tion, and Reynolds had been impressed with its import- ance. ‘THOMAS’ RREASTWORES, Along Thomas’ front there had been built during the night a rude breastwork for the protection of tno men. I wish to make this statement most distinct, for it has been denied by goneral officers th at works of any kind existed. General Thomas had wisely taken the pre- cautions to make rude works about breast high along his whole front, ustng rails and logs for the purpose. The logs and rails ran at right angles to each other, the logs keeping parallel with the proposed line of battle and ly. ing upon the rails, until the proper height was reached. ‘The spaces between these logs wore filled with rails, which served to add to their security and strength. The spade bad not been used. These rude works wore only jo Thomas’front. I am positive as to their existence; for I watchedjthe fight for a time from General Thomas’ bead- quarters in their rear, and during the rest of the fight, up to thotime of the flank movement on Reynolds, I lay under the works where Croxton’s brigade of Brannan fought, and cannot have been mistaken. Generals Crit- tenden and McCook had not taken the same wise precau- tions, or the day might, perhaps, havo gone otherwise. ‘THR REREL LINE. During the night the rebels had established their line and got Longstreet’s corps well together again. Prison- ers state this to have been effected with great difficulty, the Virginians having Deen much scattered and demoral- ized, with s despondency that was natural undor the circumstances of their very great defeat of the day be- fore. Longstreet still held the right, D. H. Hill had the contre and Polk the left of the rebel line, now well ostab lished west of the Chickamauga creck. ‘THR FOG LIFTS. The fog on the morning of the 20th lifted slowly» ae on the Gay before, and gracofully glided away into clouds above the peaks of Mission Ridge, fost in our rear, But the lifting of the curtain did not bring om the drama immediately. The enemy appeared, from half-past eight until ten o'clock, to be readjusting bis lines, a if thoy had been badly dis- turbed the day before. There bad previously been proof positive of this in the statements of the captured and the witness of our own eyes. Longstreet had suffered terri- bly, and made his proparations on Sabbath morning with some little trepidation. He was unabdie to make the at- tack until nearly tan o’clock A. M., when the vattle opened with a furious assault on Thomas’ left. Battles have been compared to rain storms, and the comparison is not without its merit, This battle may be compared to the rain storm of the tropics, which partakes something of the nature of the hurricane. It opened with great fury, only @ few scattering sbots falling, like the first great drops of the rain storm, as @ herald of what was approaching and a werning to the men to feck the shelter of their works; au@ then the storm, im all ite fury, burst along the plain, enveloping the lines of Nogley, Johnston, Baird and Palmer—no farther—and to this part it was confined for nearly two hours. I despair of giving any correct idea of thia engage meot. It ts much easier to conceive in the imagination A pictare of that desperate encounter than {t is for one who writes of it to choose the right coloring of words. One graspe at adjectives sudh as ‘‘desperate,”’ bloody,’” “terrible,” and others not less expressive; bat to use these is but furnishing a fpignboard to direct the reader's imagination, The mind mast fill out the picture at last for hin who bas not seen it. In the centre of the picture there rises in graceful folds and forms a great dividing curtain, the white, misty smoke of masketry, lit up with occasional flashes of the red flame of the artillery, and hiding from the mere looker on the enemy who is beyond It. But beneath this constantly rising curtain the combatants ‘view each other and contest the field. He who stands io the rear sees but one side of this pictare—the jong line whose steadiness or whose fluctuations tall the story of what Is beyond. For two hours that line never wavered. Can you not guess the resnit on the other side? He who chooses to risk the danger and become part of this line that stande so steadily the feontinuous and flery sasauit can soe Doth sides of the picture, Making that venture, Isaw that morning both its sides, sad that portion of the picture beyond the cartaln where the robela struggled can never be obliterated from my miad, waich retains that magnificent scene m all ite graadeur aod terrible fascination. Along Genoral Reynolds’ lines all remained for the time quiet, and @ fall view of the battle on the loft could be distinctly had. The rebels bad made one charge ore | bad gained this position ou leaving the one T had occupied immediately in roar of the contending forces, and they were just moving up to & second charge when I fortunately located myself where I could soe all. ‘The assaulting force was exceedingly beavy, bat from my position I could not tell the forinstion of their line or count the depths; but it appeared to me to be simply three paraliel lines, accommodating themselves to our own defensive line, with afew pieces of artillery planted on eminences in the rear, The lines were not long, but convoyed rather the idea of compactness and depth. They came up to within reach of our musketry in most admirable order; but here the whole front line grew ap parently nervous, and aa it baited for moment there Went a thrill along it that botrayed the nervousness of these men. The other lines in rear were adjusted at proper distances, and ata given order all advanced. In ‘8 moment more, frow right to left, along the entire front of the enemy now visible, ran a sheet of flame, and again from the works of Thomas, on Reynolds’ left, went back the deafening reply of the eannon's roar and the musket's roll. The rebel second line laid down, bat the Orst omntinged to advapee, loading and fring with groat rapidity, and pasbing rapidiy to the front. We could see them dropping upon the fled by dosens—limping to the roar by hundreds; but stilt our line cout\aued merci lensly w pour among them the death miasiies of musiet and cannon, The fret line came to withia porbayes hundred yards, and were met with « terrible raking Ore, under which, beginning im the contre, ft began to crumble, wavered aod rallied for » mo ment, sod then, im & brokeo mass, in ae in stant, crumbling from ® fiatiy eoldiens tne THE BATTLES AY CHATTANOOGA. The Relative Position of the Union and Rebel Forces on the Second Day. CRAWEI3A SPRING, to @ sbapeless crowd of terror-strickon wretches, It turned and fled, and disappeared in the woods, and bo- hind the second line, which, seemingly unaffected by this result to the first, rose in perfect order, and wore soon under fire, advancing slowly and with groat gallantry, and fring voliey after volley upon our works, I bad no- ticed that the extreme right of the first rebel line had advanced farther and retired in much better order than bad its centre and loft, and Inow saw that the rebel right om the second line extended somewhat over fifty yards beyond our left, and that really thero was no force im its mmodiate front. The rebela were thus really upon that flank, fact which they immediately saw and took advantage of, and ere the second line had disappeared as the former had done arebel battery had been posted ‘upon our left, and was soon throwing shot and shell upon: ‘Us, effecting & cross fire that threatened to be dangerous Bat with the disappearance of the second line, more se verely punisbed than the first had been, the battery also retired and remained quiet. ‘The third line of tho rebels, rising up for a moment asa Great sbicld to the broken and demoralized mass which rushodpver it, did not immediately advance, but contented iteelf with driving back the victors who had tnvoluntarily rushed forward after the retreating columns, and then again laid down. There were new lines to form—defeat. d and broken columns to readjust. In the meantime our artillery continued without intermission to shell the woods where tho rebels wore just viaible,and a copious shower of lead from the long range muskets of our sharp shooters added to the difficulty of roforming them. ‘THOMAS LOOKS TO HI9 LEFT. Geo, Thomas had noticed that the rebels had thrown their line to bis left, and saw with, doubtless, some anxi- ety, that they persisted in this movement upon that flank. To lose control over the road to Rossville was not only to cut the army of from a proper line of retreat, and Joave it to cross the mountains by routes impassable for artillery, but also to cat it of from the support of Gran. ger’s reserve corps at Rossvilio. With aview to guard against a moro formidable flank movement, Gen. Thomas sont word to Brannan vo move his resorved brigade to the loft to tho support of Nogley’s brigade, and to hold it in readiness to take up,porition as @ dofeusive crotchet on the left faak. Brannan promptly obeyed, moving into position about the time the last attack began. Thomas had not been decoivod as to the intention of the rebels to got upon bis left; bat be underestimated the importance which the rebels gave the movement in their plans, and the strength of the force which they had dotermined to throw upon it. Tho third and last assault came, and the preasure upon the left became very terri blo indeed. In ten minutes after it had began, ana tho engagement bad become genoral all along Thomas’ line, to the left of Reynolds, the situation became precarious, and under a heavy cross fire of artillery and musketry our men suffered more in five minutes than they hai previously done during the hour anda half’s combat Soldiers have a holy horror of fank movements and Attacks, and not without good reason, The left wavered considerably, aod there was roason to fear that the line would be doubled up. General Thomas sent young Kel- Jogg, his aid—as gallant «man as braved the field that day—to Brannan, still in reserve. ‘‘General,” he ex claimed, “General Thomas directs that you go in |mmo- diately on the left.” «With my whole division?’ asked Rrannan tainly dose not wish me take away my two brigades from Reynolda.”” You muat go in at all Razarda. Of they galloped to Reynolds, and the order wa re peated and explained to him. Reynolds protested against it. “I have the key of the position here,” he salt, ‘and with troops Tean hold it; and for God’s sake leave me, Brannan. Tan bold this position till doomaday.’” ‘At this moment an aid rode up from General Rosecrans tomay that he had sent Davis and Van Cleve to tho as sistance of General Thomas. Captain Kellogg then de cided that the two brigades of Brannan had better remain with Reynolds, and dashed of to show Van Cleve and Davis where they were to enter the fight. Genora! Miran nan dashed of towards the loft, and ‘wont ju" at the head of bis brigade in timo to stem the curreot which bad sot io #o strongly against as on the left. THs CREWS OF THR HATTLR At this}time it was noon, and Thomas had pot bodged an toch from hi position. The right and copirs were now making changia ( sasist him and prevent the flanking of the position which be beid so tenacioorly and with such evident distress wo the enemy. Davis was wo move off from the right and Sheridan was to step \nto bis tracks. It woald take but & moment. Van Cleves, who was not in the front ling, aad only 1 move to the W(t and go in, The extreme right froot line would be weakened and the contre would be left without ita reserves, aod therefore weakened to that extent; but the right aot contre had not been engaged all the morning, ani it was evident the enemy was all 0 our left, The ™ good, but Heaven had ordered that it should prove abor- tive. “He car Tee SEY arteck Tee Gerren, Lying under Reynolds’ works at this hour, my attention was called to evideot movements in the thick woods in bis froat aod on right. The Cust reveatet “ny was there, and soon it was Known « lio that be was pushing forward te attack th figbt on the omtinued with great fury m wot Dut Brancan had arrived in time to save that flank. The danger was now in the front and right, The enemy issued from the woods in echelon of brigades— the formation plainly distinct, and- in @ moment more easily traceable by the line of flame which loaped along it. It advanced with great rapidity, and ina moment Reynolds, Brannan, Palmer, Wood and Sheridan wore hotly engaged. But the fight was of short duration. The right and centre—I will not attempt to explain how— gavo way in ten minutos after the fight began, and fled Tapidly across the Qeids towards the mountains. Davis, struck in flank, was cut off with Sheridan, while Palmer and Wood, making desperate offorta to repel the over- whelming assault of the rebels, made with an impetus which of jtaelf should have insured success, were forced back in the opposite direction. Van Clove, struck while on route to aid the loft, made no resistance deserving of the name, but was seen flying in mad retreat across an open fleld, where Rosecrans’ headquarters ;were. I can remomber seeing in the distance the vaio endeavorn of Rosecrans and bis staff to rally them. The rebels pushed on after the flying columns, tncroasing the wild panic which possessed them, and all the personal exertions of the chief and bis staff were in vain. The rout of Sheri- dan, Davis, Van € and the most of Wood and Palmer, was now complete, General Rosecrans, cut off with Sheri dan, Davis and Van Cleve, was forced, with McCook and Crittenden, far to the gight, and in three hours after, borne along by the current, and cut off from Thomas, all three were pushed by the flying columns into Rossville ‘and Chattanooga. ‘The day looked gloomy as i saw this from Thomas’ re- treating right. It had been gloomy enough at noon, and even Rosecrans began to despair, Lieutenant Moody, sont by Negley to say that be was hard pressed on the left, could not find Thomas, and reported to Rosecrans, Rosecrans had replied, tm the despair of his heart — “Tell General Negiey that I can’t help him.” The day was lost, and at last the invincible Army of the Cumbertand had been defeated. Not all Thomas still remained on the field, with remnante of his glorious old corps; and the man who had the day before, tm equal contest, defeated the boastful chivalry of Long Atreot, now bent al! his cnergies, with an unequal force, to cover the rotreat and eave the flying army from abso lute destruction Ho bad remaining to him Nogley—his brigade separat ed—Daird, Reynolds, Prannan—his brigade in two parte of the fieid—besides Johnston, of MeCook’s oorym, nearly intact: Palmer, of Crittenden's, reduced to almost nothing; and gallant little Wood, with gal lant little Harker'’s gallant litte brigade. But they were not in the position in which we left them. Joo Reynolis had gaid he could bold the key if only Brannan wore left hit, afd he had kept bia word and repulsed the enemy at the very moment when the right and centro broke. But this abandonment of the field by the centre and right enabled the enemy to do with Thomas’ right what be had signally failed, at frightful cot, to do with his Joft, and noon the rebels were pushing forward upon Wood and Paimer, doubling them up and pushing them back spon Branpan and Reynolds, at the sane time getting in across fire upon them, which forced them to abandon the field, and a retreat of Thomas’ right wing begun, which I shali pot attempt to describe in detail, It was not the wild panic of McCook and Crittenden. The right oll back disputing the ground, retaining their organiza tion in some tneasure, and making # #tand wherever the pportanity presented itelf But the lines of retroat wero indesoribably confused, and when Gen. Thomas succeeded in forming @ line at one o'clock he found that brigades which bad retreated from positions on the ieft wore now In the centre, that those which had been right the loft, and all very much mized. But the cew had thie relation to the former line of the rmy: the laft tmd fallen back two bundred yarda from ita first position, while the right had swang around no that the line between the two was divergent from the other at an angle of about sixty degreas, It was now not over one-third a8 long, and the foros holding it repre sented pot more than one-fourth of what the army had been, There were just three batteries in ths line, There were posted two on the right centre, with Reynolds and Brannan, while one thandered away on the loft with Johnston, a gallant soldier who waa doing sobiy, amd whe thin day, under Thomas’ leadership, regained all the laurels be may have lost ander another's, And thee three batteries, at the bour of one o'clock ail the artillery that remained on the field of the one hundred and ffiy guna of the old army. I nave, sino writing thix, looked over the Inet two paragraphs, and they read w maa if an age had been oe coupled (n retiring to thie position. And on the Seid dar tng the ragid retreat I remember (hat, getting pursed ww the wpngrapby, I thought the time occupied ia Dringing (he enemy toa halt simont eodiens. But was, on the contrary, but an ineonaiderabie period of time. ‘The raid bad begun at twelve o'clock the mand o Thomas was made io helf ao hour, aad the repalse and check of the enemy bad bern efe tod tn & denperate on aremnent along the whole of Chie little fine of tot owne Sfices minutes’ doration Imagion this line—@ thread without evyporta—the whois (708 Wo the Froot linea Fyre not over 39,000. and no one whe saw (haut who wrilen of it wil ch sed you have mint ere Pot feat in you ” & bere cores ow saved the whole army And imogive the bhok fom of © were! enemy mou epee 1 Conk and fromt, aud all the time ponding Kovmaly ww frome and the dk. Aud (how imine a6 Row Vile bao cram corps OC BiraKglere—mow wn) lind bas ao bine in proooubing aad omablhing their chans @ tho title of cowards tdlet Uatether ta auriy crore vy the Dayowets of Waggunar—sod you will reexgaize how gto riows was tho victory of that Littl corps which, thus Dowel, waved the army amd itwolf, ik wor this fragment which had brought Wa staad the oniire army of whch only © portion bad dofe riot | we The pont too was & good one—ou 6 Hor roulur rhige, the key of whioh was on the loft comin and boll by Colonel Markers brigudo, ory, DOH OC Tun DETAR F Genoral Thomas, noar the contre oF the army, was oa aged, AOUL one o'ClUCK, KILLING OO Nis hotoe 1a the hollow © @ ridge in an open Neld bolind Harkors beigwle taay watching hoavy chord of dust in his roar, in such 4 dire Hion that it might be General Granzer with reia’orce ments, or It might be the enemy. It cast a o.oud over but Airis which was plainly visible to cue whe observed him, a*l oonfoms I did that Gay, with ever inceewing admiration, Tho trath is that Goveral Thomas ab one o'clock P, Mon the last day of this battle lad no dispo sition to Aght any more, and foared the result of the HORRY AND Pease! ext rebel attack, And so ho watched with oasural | kul, cumming Over aod capturing | anxiety the development of tho cloud of dust, which was then oo moro than a milo distant. If it dissolved to revoal friends, then they would be welcome; for at this hour fresh friends wore ali that was nooded, If it dis them. To be defeated there wae to be oul to pieces ar tured. Te ber » & fall back aoe Chatee DOK I dagrace, to be inominiouniy taken in Mrahb ‘There war oo holy We le oxpected save in the darkwess of th AY SPerewchang agin OG) MEO Were Rowe oO Kew Dilion, and bad fuera be ke what they bed sewn the heat eect. Yet, despite the precaution, all iva. cur wae @ eon (u tou fre ame Kept up. 140 mot eay bas mmuniiion was wasted fur we hat reason subsequently WO kuow (as ihe Ure bad bees markrd by grast deadly © OF, std Wat Gio lant ompuine of the battle wax ene of the mom blonty to the repels. Thore wore but twocbargos, But each so wiimirvily am tained by tho robeth Chek omy the lek ernte defeuor 6 our mea @uld have cop eieed then Onr line ome toe Aimple conven, with ow Heot, And extending a omwe Abts far beyond each fk «an the come ve lime tee rebels, comcemirali g thot apo Us «ia MewAL elect But (iis dinadva@tag 6m Factor of the ground wy oeeujied up ta the miperior ota Our lowes wero Lary but tho men did Het iaiter, bus, wiih all the energy a deayaie, fought oa, only toraiog they Cem from the (00 Wo lock With anxious eyse ab the decte jug oun. At the drat reprise of the euomy Seneral Pur chin, io the eontre, with that characterized him, advaverd hi). ingo (rom behind thelr fine of rail and loge and purcued Ue emuny down the fore part of 6 Br (ar in thin betty ont ws allows. baatie, Turchio te nd all believe ie «beh hus BisnIpHL rOyimeus, — Punting — ae Mant charge, which stands point in the bietory of the came envelped in the rebet tines closed the enemy, thea the day was lost, and it became | that he was captured. But Turchin bod gy intenlion of Uho duty of those who formed the ‘last square” on this battle fleld to throw into the tenth of the victortoms enemy ® defiance an grandiy contemptuous as that of surrendering. Botier for tiga (hot bie earn be loppet with the brown dust of death’ om (he Bell where miarp might be woe than wuler and die by the flow torteres Cambronne, and dio, Thero was no eucape if the troopa | of indignities heaped ujom Berm by br wou - Candee moving were, as it was foared, the cavalry of the enemy, “Take my glass, #omo one of you whose borse atands Qtoady. Toll me what you eeo.”” In the dust that emorged, thick as the clouds that .pre code tho storm, nothing could be distinguished but « moving mass of men, But it !waa seen that they wore infantry, This information made Thomas breathe more frooly. If infantry, it was much more likely to bo Gran- gor than thoenemy. At thia moment a tall oMfcor with the yellow straps of a captain of jufautry presented hin- wolf to Gonoral Thomas. «General, he naid, “Tam cat off from General Nogley, and cannot find him, duty, alr of any charactor."’ “Captain Jobnston,”? said tho Genoral to the speak. | body guard of its leader. or (Captain Jobnson, Second Indiana cavalry, Inepootor Genoral on General Nogloy’s staff) ‘‘ride over there, and | of Foport to me who and what that force t."") gut, In ap instant Johastoa was goud—gono pon a missiod | ketry destroyed the rest, aud roatel jt, which proved itself to be a more dangerous ono than any of us supposed. Ax he emorged slowly from a dense foliage of willows growing about a narrow stroam in the rear, wo heard the report of several rifles and saw bit halt for second, and thon, dashing spurs to his horse, disappear in a thick wood in the direction of the coming mass of troops still onveloped tn clouds of dust, In 8 fow minutes he again emerged from this timber, and fol- lowing biin camo tho red, white aud blue croscent-shaped battle flag of Gordon Granger, We had wished for night, and it was Blucher who had como to us, At ® quartor-past one, Steadman first, and Gordon Granger afterwards, had wrung the hand of the statue Thomas, who had gone all through the terrible scones of the last two dayn’ battle to bo melted and moved at this hour. As Grangor came up I folt that from the face of the hea- vena « great cloud had passed, and the sun was sbining once more upon us as with tho same benignant rays of formor victories. CORDON GRANGAR TAKES THE OFYRNSIYA. It was undoratood that the division ammunition train of General Baird was just beyond the centre of our lines jn a hollow between the two ridges occupied by the euemy and ourselves, and General Thomas, who now was pain fully short of ammunition, ordered Granger to push Mitchell and Whittakor, of Steadman’s division, forward on the centre, im the hopes of retaking !t. Granger, at the same time, suggested that a battery which he bad be placed to enfllade the line of the enomy, now plainly vist ble on a ridge on our front, This battery was brought up and placed on the left of Harker, with ordors to dislodge abattery which was throwing shell aud grape moat vi- clously. ‘The battery planted, Steadman in position, and the others notified a# to his purpose, Thomas, with all tho assurance of powor and strength, assumod the offensive, and, while the enemy were actually moving on bis flanks, intending to envelop him, positively made an attack and, ina fight of ten minute of desperate encounter, Knocked the centre out of their line and dislodged them from the position which they had held. This little fight tna glorious episode in the story of the bicody battle, and when time shail servo it will bes pleasing duty to detail it; but it ts probibited me to enter: upon It now. Steady Steadman, who dates from Mill Spring, through Shiloh, Corinth and Stone river, to the last glorious ho. of the sunset fight on the Chickamauga, will be better oon- tented to find that atory written at leisure by one who ia not forced to make bis knoo a desk and the last eighth of @ lead pencil his peo, It is enough for Grangor that I say he was thero wheo bis adjutant died, five minutes after his arrival, that he went about tho fleld with shell torn and tattered hat, and enough fer those who read to” know he was there to understand that he behaved gai lantiy. THE RNRMY ATILL PRRAWTS IY MO FLANKING DRWON, Driven from bis pressing position in the centro, the enemy did not fail to continue bis manouyres on our flanks, and at timos sucoseded in pushing them tn, giving the line more and more tho appear ance of a horseshoe, But a gonoral lull bad followed the fight I have last mentioned, and that lull lasted until about sunset, Thomas was not disposed to attack, and the enemy were contented to manwuvre upon the flanks, perfectly confident, as ho seemed, of surround ing our Littie force. ORM, GARFIELD ROMS TER GAUNTLET Tho lull was relleved by a single incident—the arrival of Brig. Gen. Garfield, chief of Gen, Rosecrans’ staff, who came in the footpriots of Granger, but no far bebind him am to be compelled to rua the gauntlet of Garheld the rebel rharpahooters. Acovmpanying Gen. was Capt. Gaw, Gen. Thomas’ chief wpog had acted as guide, and who had brought ¢ from Toasville, In passing by the rebel extreme right fiank, the party was fred at, and Garfeld and Gaw oarrowly escaped with their lives. Hoth their horses wore abet, and Gen, Garfield's orderly killet They, however, reached the centré tn rafety, aod Gen. Garheld s000 explained how General Roescraca had been forced to Rommville, He was soon given to understand the situation, and immediaualy began to indite « despaten to General Rosecrans, and before the last dewpateh was finwbed the rebels, aa if eager to coomummate the vietory ere the day should die oat, poxhed up for a last and over. whelming attack. It wis five o'clock when the Inst oom bat of the battle began, and Uke wan refused to look tte eod apoo Tu HORNEY HTRCOCLR ON FENDAT Men in battle are not ladividually courageous. Courage isan much derived from organization and discipline as from natare, To speak of the morale of an army i® but to epealt of Its courage—the terma are syponymour. Com rage ‘a derived from the electrical wach of shoaider to shoo ider, Disorganized MeCook's aed Crittenden'e men had fed like cowards (0 the rear Mtill #landing showlder tosh Thomas’ man, thrilled with the slerurieal Suid Of outage, Gefen an’ defeated to 8 two hours’ struggle the entire rebel army attacking It et once in front snd on bow fa ‘That force of eighiaen thousand oF twenty thos fand nen was ag one inan,and Thomas remained the re prowentative maa of that army Just benond Marker’s brigade, posted io the key of the | position, there was a slight bollow in large open fold, in | which were still stenting Shout © dona dead trees In Thomas, Gordon Granger, Garfield, Wort, Uiraenes, Mead | man, Whitteter and Onl, Harker, As the fight opened, Harker and Wood ran up (he bill to their brigede and 4) | gion, Down being the ona and the wane. Sheet an and Whittaker rote of Wo Join thelr comments, Gar. | Geld comtmand Wo indite hie deapeteh Granger and Thomag reenained, the latter om hie bores, hw arme fuldea, | lievening the ewful Gre that seen raged slong the line | with the coolness of aamured victory oF he calmmeas of | Qvepair, Tlie lipe were compressed, He eyes gianend from right to left ae the shell and canteler exploded about the Geld, and ones I sew him, just ae ibe fight opened, mot forionaly glance op et a large, beww tifol white pigeon of dove which slighted opus ‘eed tree above him and watched the bate (rom ber das ceoun ooet The Feprenmetative man of that lier to wofaitering Courage (Thomas), may be sine sald to have represented by hie thoughis ot thet moment the thonghes of all, Watching Bim, we omnld oo bie anally at the retecnon thet if th tee 44 wot stand cot he wt ted nel ed every man thers \ ee thal lie oat ey of Lyneneel om dot more, tee mere * ee this detection of the Geld, at ihe Cinna the inet fett of | Bunday began, there were gathered together Generals | Finding that aafety depeaded io casting bie way theone® again to our lines, Turchin about (nood bin mon, am under @ fre from all skies roturned Lu safely, but laretog Many & gallant follower dod eid vim, Tho wecund attack was not ions doaperste thas the frm Standing tn the rear of Ha ker’* beuade, my attention was attracted solely lo it, 1 tell the story a wt Dut to tolling that I toll the rtory of Ihe whole line, (be brigade wes (ear(ully reduced. The Thira Kentucky, « Colouel Dunlap, had gone inte (he Hyht with (hree ber drod and sixty moo, but at this hoor (here remaued b oighty. The largest company vumbered but toy et I beg leave to report to you for | was the representative brigade of the army ‘iat gathered about {te representative man, and it folt iteeit to be (be Harker wag attacks! iu ever wholming forcg, which punhed up until the fume the burning house im our front destroyer their line, while the terrible fire of our mue Mon ° uutle [a8 fol out wounded and dead “the dowd to be” rifled of thelr unapent cartridges by the living, +b might perbaps fall to be #0 rifled In their turn. Hurting the jest desperate charge thin lithe brigade Bred iwe rounda, the mon #0 wearled and sore that they (niriy rang gored as they rone to discharge their guna, It war by fer the most gallant defence of thy battle, and the (ereis cheer that wont along the line whan (he rebels abandon~ the assault ag @ vain effort was ihe most wehome soume we bad beard that day. Wheo the fight was over +? drow a long breath. Tho white pigeon which lad « mained above um during all the Are flew away to ie north aa the battle ended, an! the wun hastened to Bade his head bebind the lofty penks of Lookout Mountain The engagement wan ended. The battle was fought some distance from Chat «aoge but it will be known by that name in bictory, The eam of the enemy, persistently purnued from the beginning wan to got possession of Casttono ge. Iu that he war foiled, folled for the present ant te future; for tt ie new impossible to gain it, In hus vain edo ts for two diya oe had suffered severly, to the exteut «f mt least one thow sand five hundred men killed and ten thousand wounnes with no leas than two thousand five hundred primore He bad lost in Killed and wounded Aiteon of bie bee generals; but he bad gained a groat advantege in lores captures of material, Not loss than fifty pieces of lery fell into bis banda. By the unfortunately lame defence of Mo! ovk aod Cri tenden we had lot valuable mate: , but ther bree ow Killed and wounded were bat sight. I had myo meace Ascartaining their loages in prisoners, but, aa Gen. Mii 4 opt the rebel cavalry busy watching their own + and as no cavalry figured on the Gell, ter routed men geoerally pursued their way to Chis pooge undisturbed. In Thomas’ corpa, where the dof was £0 stubborn and obstinate, uur lone was beer killed and wounded; but, aa on the seoond day the cauthon bad beem taken to protect the line by brow works, 140 not think ‘Thomas could have lent more Killed in the two days than Longstreet cid in bia rep And rout on Saturday. All our dead nd severely #0 od were loft on the eld, and there the rvbels will @ ae prinonors, thas showing a large Sint of lomwem bs 1 ho eve that my Gret Ggures as telegr ple! you will © all losses—oainely, 1.200 Killed, 1,000 wounded ana upwoanded pravners During the night of Sund+y Geo, Thomas fell back " » Lis position on the field to Ros ville, were strong position in the gap of Mim iouary Kilge, In «bw tue town ls situated, The eoemy reeounottered thi # m= tom the neat day, but failed to atta kt cay the oorpa fell back to Chattanoogs and. with tme Army reorganized, asmumed a fortiied jue about «ile and a half in length, covering the pontoon, storer eu howpitala, and commanding all (he svuthoast ad earters approaches to the place, all of which lie through » valley which are commanded by Rosecrans’ ite Ile wae por fectly seoure in it from any direct altack whict Brace might make, and it # ooly by long and Winowe manae Vres and marches, threatening our ¢-tutnuulcatiows, tm raga can hope w dislodge bim THE CAS During (he ene ‘ ALTIES, Names of Union We GENERAL AND PTAPP OFFICHER. eka, frig. Gen. Ym. Tt. Lytle, of Ohio, commanding brigade Sheridan's division by Hog, #1 Wisconsin, commanding brigade, Dery rove, commenting brigade, Palmer's div int win, commanding trigade, Jubort oa @ di. imeow. ard’ A, King, commanding brigade, Keaymoee ~. Col. Wm. Jones, 26th Ob Lieut, Searles A. AG staff Gen. Starkweather, Capt, Wm Koenell, a AG. ata Gen Greneer Lieut. Otis Moody, A AWA. G, stall Col Bradieg Capt. A. HL Pareball, eta Col Vandeveer Major Wall, stad Gen fave. Cag, Mardock, stall Gea Van Cave. wor so Dig Gon. J C. Garkweacher, commanting brigade Haire a diviewn. Dirig Geo. Jotun H King, commanding regular brigade said» diviaion Col. 1. ¥. Seriouer, commanding regular brigade, Reatras iv inten Cronun, 4th Kentorty tefaniry, © mmanding br yannes's divine lirediey, omntantiog brigade, Bherites’s @ vision Lieat. Harrince Millard, staf Gen. Palmer sarge 8 ¥. HL Grows, etal Gen, Teomae Col T Manley, eotamand ing brigade Negiey's Giviawm Cayk Jaret A. Haw ing, all Gen. Hawley RO TMENT AL, OFFLCERA nue Capt, Wm. Kilmer, Co. F, 10% Hiroe, commanding hi eve ary Hh, th Coiied Maton Loew artery Linut. van felt, commenting Ratlery A, Let Mictugem arvoery Col. fertinte 2, @mmmanting 19! at Minole Mayr Peicey Looleige, Commanding 1th United Mates fanery Lieut Heck, Co K, ttet Mime. Liewt Simeone, Co. , biat Hiiorte. Liew’, Bradshaw, On. [4 Kemtucky oot Hedeon, Go HAM Keutacny. Cayr. Waryan,, On. 1, Tink Uitenne woe ee ot Rotman, Mattery t. 4th Ue 4. Fog. Maabary fy 6h elves 1 HW. Bigetrw, Leen ow te c a ot alee ertibery davon er uleny 1, Co, B, thet tedamne, Te es Aen ar wy ee es me omer oh. 6, Mata del, paths tinea Canae 0) eee. Oy O, 006 tmdiane, Creme, hyemnreng WA May Capracn Regen, On. 1, 4 Ow ONTINUED ON KIONTY, PAGR Lieut. Lace Let ha how Liewt Mekien