The New York Herald Newspaper, September 29, 1863, Page 2

2 CHATTANOOGA. THE FIELD OF BATTLE. THE LATEST DETAILS. Additiona) Particulars from Our Special Correspondent. Rosecrans’ Impregna- ble Position. INTERESTING DETAILS. Gallantry of Our Officers and Men. THEIR HEROISM AND COURAGE, Seo &e., &e. Mr. W. F. G. Shanks’ Despatch. (CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 21, 1863. T have evdeavored in my already forwarded account of the two days’ battles in this vicinity to avoid as far as possible tho fault of being too minute, reserving for the present and future letters the task of giving the Incidents and details which have come under my observation, One's personal experience must enter so largely into any account of a general engagement as witnessed, that I fear I shall como under tho charge of egotism for the language of much of my first letters, and I shall therefore avoid as much a8 possible any relation to myself. You will find this letter desultory enough. 1 give the dotails without Tegard to the order of their occurrence, and, like the groups of soldiers around the camp fires, run riot in de veriptions, without regard to time, place or unity. AT THR “*WIDOW GLENN’S.”? It was about ten o’clock—a reference to my notedook hows it to have been at a quarter- past ten o’clock—on Sat- odae Horning when Lieutenant Caso, of Captain Mer- s signal corps, brought Bragg’s orderiy, John Huff. ‘, to General Rosecrans at Crawfish Springs, It was ow et half an hour aftorwards that General Rosecrans and “staff alighted at the house of a widow Glenn, afterwards she centre of the battle field. Here he determined to es- tablish headquarters, and in a few moments a most inte- resting scone was visible. The General adjusting his Glagves, paced up and down 1n front of the house, looking ever and anou at the denso cloud of dust which was ris ing evidently beyoud the creek. Genera! Garfield and ‘General Morton took forcible possession of a large tndle which stood im the porch at the rear of Widow Glena’s house, aud, while the former wrote despatches at Geaeral Rosecrans’ dictation, the latter, ad- osting bie maps and compass, attempted to locate the now brisk and lively fre which was going on towards the left. Resecrans was anxious—painfully ao. He had been, and at this time was, seriously ill—fur too fll to beon she fleid, end only a man of his nerve and and: batinacy would have been there, He looked no longer like Rose. Crans tome, but appearedige be years older than he had Wooked a tew duys before. I did not know then, as Ido now, what fears ani anxieties Resacrans had for the result of a battle which he was “ghting agalast his.betier Judgment and by others’ orders, The interesting contre as NEW YORK FRosecrans’ HERALD, UESDAY, SEPTEMNER 29, 1863—TRIPLK SHEET nN it [| BE Ul 7; OFFICE HOSPITAL ROLLING y2400° FEET HIGH va ONS AW ASONS FERR Yam ‘ \ NY BEASO!I a_i Nh fee) End PORK, ‘HOUSE: Ss SERA TT AI Ooo GA. Im pregnable Position. my nel Ve SS / : f xv a \Y \ mn ff H if 5 BUZZARD MitLy, i] MRocst Aw Xv * ~ ~ w~ ® — nm l2 OFFICERS a HOSPITAL SCALE OF MILEDF Joeror 4 GEORGIA Ss A Ti > Erin CHF IELD <—_—Ww TERS. A a] A ROSECRAL} NEW FOSTERS O'DONNELL @ SRAGGS OLD LINE OF DEFENCA a a near the rogular brigade of General John H. of this picture had interesting surroundings, Major Bond | King, which, as usual, suffered most terribly At one snd Captains Thomas avd Drouilliard, sie, I:ke the General, were busy with paper and pencil. McKibbon, minus an orderly captured and a horao shot, dashed up to say that all went well witb Wood in bis stronchold at Gordon's Mills. Ducat came up in haste from No; ey, totell bow that usually ploasant soldier was s ending bis wrath on the rebels, “Negley’s wrath’? becaine a standard phruse that day at Glenn's, Tho Witow, time the regulars, bard pressed, bad the misfortune to sepacated. A battalion of the Sixteenth infantry was cut off and nearly all captured. Major Cooledgo was killed, Dawson and Miller, Clark, Mills, Cro‘ton, Adair and Mergdith wounded; Birnam dead, and the men and horses of bis battery lying in hoaps around him, with hts lieutenants too badly wounded to command, the. brigade broken, badly repulsed, leaving the now im- with her children gathered around her, nxt us aud | movable battery inthe hands of tho rebels, The Ninth nervous, asked when she and her ehitdren ought to | Ohio, thoso, broad-shouldered athictes, who. had been leave; and pleasant and tender Garfivid, with ail the | Cincinnati Turners, and the tall, spare aud thin, but big kindness of his great naturo, stopped his momentous | hearted Minnesotans, whom Van Cievo had enlisted two work to assure the old lady. Hotchkias, with his bat- tery, wus, under Rosecrans’ personal supervision, tuking position on the hil and in the yard where the house ateod; and most fortimate aud time'y was this precau- tlopary measure. Van Dusen and Holdridge were putting up the teiograph line. and in an hour more from these quarters I sead you the first announcement? the bittle. Reyna lds, with bis division, iay just below the house. but @0on moved forward to the flokt. The ecene was very busy and interesting, and will long remain in the memory of those who there heard the opening roar of the great baitle. Captain Kellogg, of General Tomas’ staff, rode up to this point during the first haif hour we were there, and after delivering nis messuge stated the fow particulars of the fight, and added that all was zing well on the tort “Of course itis,” said Rosecrass, not with an air of exuitation, but very. very sady. ‘+1 expect every- thing to go well with al Thomas ** The empbasis on the Dime was not muificient to sugzest the comparison which will now strike the reader, bat it revealed to me at that moment the unbounded couddence which Rosecrans bad np bis avorie lientemant, THE RATTLE ON THE LEST There are a thousand and one incidents connected with ‘Ae battle on the left whieh only time can develop. Tn the confusion of the day they are lost; but restored contidence, fost and leisure, witl bring then to tight around th cap fires, and history's best aithority—the private rol ier who has fought—will resurrect these now nearly loet legends. CRMPRAL PRANNAN In the first deeperate hour o the fight with Genera! Longstreet, the whole Bransan, Bard Johrs'on and Reynolds woe enous a. Mhese divisions, pitted against those of Hoot et ‘folLaws und Maory~ largor by two brigades than Thome’ four divisions — kept ap during that hour a jnost territle anit destrociive fire The ground war fought over net lows t four tines, the Yast ending tue rot at Long General arnan, vet the Heit, and brought ve the was moat forribiy beset. bat etowd te ot t nobly Bie me) foneht most gallart {netense! evutitence in the Any disposition te stony abe y of the divis oo cum man observation wen\— nan brought hi- and under betior refer again im thes ' Aeintorestet dew two brigades 41 . foveor a aliowed te remurr a 8 Kre command of Ger Sy two of Prom an'e bee oy eomyeto on owin « 1 today they have t wilt say, with any ott | ne tiv t ‘ that cht be h w or | “as toGen, Reynolds’ co mt ' tho key 0 the pomition, oramion reefent ond . his divicin to another oot 1 ogere y Croxton and Vand dangorcus, and Mrannin with Reyok while be lett or threntor ed flank, There ar i omaorry to in the Army of the Curmber! in ave the same interesied devotion ty the ¢ the country that would prompt them to mich . tray nothing of bis Wravery of « liantry—er havo those qualities pat t sellieh and anjeaious nat re 18 docs remain anretem bere to the reward and promotion In Branuan's divisor thers monts of which the Hie 0 | ybort h. Me ook and General Van Cleve wor erly colonels the intl Oblo and the Sond Wooo i, This was ther S08 fight since Mill Spring. They be! aniseed Shiloh and Bione fiver, avd they now yt to win giory @moegh for both those lot ves They er te wap posed Jo Cof Arannan'e ae 4 KO aurecorded, if 14 who should loow on. 2 Old famous rex ona, wero fends a of 1k werane, Thomas, Rovssean, Crittenden, | Me owk nt od Metebel failed to obtain from the | Preside Fb not enough for those who b eed and suffer to | vintbie t atiude, Tt is not the ‘qaines, stamp oo Uwee ambitions, hard laboring, hort Ayo vt, It ts the xubstantial recog: nition by prow Sow, (let Cella posterity they ree by mori. san tesa to thelr ebtidren, 1 began « caption Sot | cid pot remain fo.’! There is no man im the Atm be Cumberland today more worthy of suet recogurt . + Hetle Beri.” yers before, sprang from their position in reserve, and, with loud yells, as if the sight had infuriated them, rushed forward with fixod bayonets. and drove the enemy trem the guns before they could be turnea nus They drew the guns off and banded them over to the regulars, assuming an air of triumph, as much as to suay—with a little pardonable pride—"We are volunteers,” And the regutars, now reformed and pushing forward again, looked at their volunteor friends, ‘as {i to say—"Thank you. Wheo you are as hard pressed we'll d» the samo ‘or you.”” The Tenth Koutucky, Tenth Indiana and Thirty-first Objo also belong to Brannan’s division, and in this en- gaxement Look two picces from the enemy and helped to recover the captured battery of Captain Bush, Fourth Indiana, GRNBRAL BAIRD'S DIVISION was originally commanded by General U. M. Mitchel, and subsequently {mmortaiized itself at Perryville and Stone river og + Rousse It is composed of the brigades of Starkweather, Scriboer aud King—the Jatter the regu- lar brigade of which T ha already epoken. Ip thig battle the brigade suffered terrfbly, losing a large number of men in the first day's fight with Lanestreet, Major Cooledge, who formerly” com- man Jed the br gate, bat in this fight led bis own battalion of the Sixt enth infantry, was killed on the first day. His body was fou rd on the following day; but the rebels hed strived tt of all valuables and clothing, only ® pock-tovak of memorandums remaiaing. This pocket- bool nd papers, with a photograph or two, were taken posession of by Adjutant Jobn D, Simpson, of the Tenth infin etry. e Commandin, the First brigade of Baird's, or rather Rouse Givi-ton ts a colonel named Scribner, bis regi- men: being the J orty-et¢hth Indiana, In three tmport- ant Duties thi (of has distinguished bimsei highly, At Perryville by ca from Roaseoan, the aero that day, the proud title of “xallant little Sorib,” and it bas clung te him to thie day, At Stone river, with the same officer, he akted to «tom and stop the current that swept McCook to the pear, On the Chickamauga, with bis same bri fade, he has fought through two daya with three the firet, and has clung woudl fe ved on Ur'the eld from the beginning. Devoted heart and soul to the eonetry, ts services and wounds should gain bim that rewurd of prenotion which the combined recom einers to the r (ativeof the country should give him w vy COOUHEY recognizes tte (me Loe BATTERY 4 brigade, was the fomous Looms’ ' sot centleman no loover fo command Put be aod, though he battery no Pnge against us, Loomis may foot pron cored in bluze of glory. force." The men, too, loved the guns, and many sealed, their devotion on that day with their blood; and principal among thom was Van Pelt. With his horses killed, his mon dead, and his supports overwhelmed and driven back, the enemy rushed upon his battery, Van Polt, as the Inst act of his young life, drew his sword and sprang to the front of bis pieces. With that inexplicable frenzy which inspires with strength as with courage, ho cried (so his men say), with a voice of thunder, ‘Don’t dare to touch ’em.’” And the inexorable wave of glistening bayonets surged over and past him, burying him under his lost guns. ‘The Seventy-ninth Indiana, Colonel KneMer, took two guns from the enemy on Saturday; but on the subsequent chargo of the rebels on Van Cleve I think these same guns wero retaken, When the line was giving back at this point, Lieutenant Starkweather, of eral Reynolds’ staff, and your correspondent induced a number of strag- glers, composed principally of negroes, to try and haul one of these pieces farther tothe rear; but, one of the men ‘being killed while doing 80, our improvised artilierists broke and fled, in what I remember to have thought at the time a good example ot ‘utter confusion ;”’ for no two ran in the same direction, save the general course known as the rear, BATTERY M, YIFTH ARTILLERY. Among other batteries lost like Loomis’ was the famous battery ‘«H," of tho Fifth artery. At Shiloh it figured ag ‘Terrill's,”’ that officer then commanding, ebristening iton that momorable day when it and others saved the day. AtStoneriver it was destined to again come to the rescue, this time of MoCook, and under Lieut Guenther it was now baptized with bis name, Asbort time ago Gucn- ‘ther went to the Potomac, and Lieot. Howard M. Burnham came into command; and again, for the third time, under @ third gallant commander, Battery H came to the rescue. I knew Burnhom, and Fessenden and Ludlow well. Their quarters lay on my road to headquarters, and I pever passed them without a pleasant greeting and a cheerful word, They were each mon of unasual worth. Burnham is killed, and the others wounded and captured All have fallen nobly, and though the battery ceases to exist the story of their worth and their heroism will pot perish. “Though the field be lost, all is nos lost,’ when the smoke of battio dissolves to reveal the tablean of three young men perishing over their guns. CRNERAL JOUNSTON'S DIVISION. Tam sorry to say that! saw but litte and have few or vo notes of the agtion of General Johnston's division; but in tho engagement it bas played a most noble part. Generai Richard H. Johaston’s division ts the Second of the Twentieth army corps (McCook's) Among its brigades is that of General Aaguat Willich, who fought nobly on both days, And indeed no division in the army fought more nobly than did that of Johnston. I know not if the remark is pardovable—because of the reflection on General McCook—if Tsay that botn Johnston aod big division did betier for being with General Thomas; but, whether pardonablo or not, 1 am frmiy convinced that it Is trae, The men had great confidence in Thomas. He who has lived with the army two years, as I bave, and who does not know that ‘Thomas stands higher in the love, admiration and coal- dence of the ‘than any corps commander under Rose- crans, has lived there to but little use. Under this new Jeadereh|p these men did well—fought as well as any men on the Geld, and, pext to Mrannan, Joboston remained at the end of the fight nearest intact and whole. 1 am glad to occasion to say this of one whose reputation bas somewhat suffered in other battles, His ability and courage cap no longer be doubted GENERAL T. 4. WOOD. General Wood, of Crittenden’s corps, was detached from that command, as Johuston bad beeo from McUook's; but Wood bad not been attached to Thomas, being left in A strong position at Gordon's Mill, This position was at ove time tho left of the line; but during Saturday if was tbe oxtremo right, Wood hed remained io {t while the entire amy moved behind bim from right to loft, and the enemy in mov. Lert } command of the battery, in dying am the bistory of the war an inet dot * ° ts beighrest paces, Men grow to 8 Fr « atural result of that a « © ee the maxim ‘ma a pre C \ battery. Van Pett wae ‘ y ha! crows Uo be a terror to thecvomy. They) © (he ur ae the origina. po . pame sense thot ganboats " pe bots $ of Loomia’ be © Seanea for pon 5 mingeiee 4y (oreo whom git by patie wel pak onvs log north was compelled to pasa by Wood's pon tion, He was therefore contioually engaged with the fankers of the evemy, aod by bis grewt vigilanor and care in bot remaining of his guard a single moment deterred them trom making any attempt against bim, He bas behaved most gallantly in thie battie, remaining upon the field to the Jast bour with one of his brigades, ‘and Sehaving Most gallantly ju the last fight on Sunday. The long and valuable services of General Wood deserve recognition end if bis gallant brigade sommander , Colonel Harker, © fot promoted simaltansously, the adminis- country ts much indebted for the safety 2€ one of its Greatest armies. SCENES ALONG THE LINE OF REYREAT. When I loft the battle field after the last struggle on Sunday evening, | attempted to take the road direct to Rossville, the same that Granger's corps had taken whea coming to Thomas’ relief; but the recollection of General Garfleld’s troubles on the same rond deterred mo, and 1 took to the mountains. 1 bad little foar of rebel cavalry, fan the latest news from General Mitchell, who was com" manding Stanley's cavalry corps in the absence of that officer, who was very ill, had showed that he was ocoupy- ‘mg the attention of the rebel horsemen. Pursuing this mountainous ronte for some distance northwést, 1 at last emerged from the mountains to fod myeelf in tbe vai- ley wost of Missionary Ridge—the valley of Chatta- neoga creek—and before mo iay the pisin road to the town, with the lofty peak of Lookout Point as & guide to that place of refuge. The road was obstructed from beginning to end with wagons, ambulances, the retreating and tho prisoners, all going—tho latter under gvard—to Chattanooga. As I reached this road I met Lieutenant Colonel Gates Thruston, General McCook's aa- sistant adjutant general, with a smal! portion of the Gene ral's escort, going towards the field. He had once before visited General Thoraas after the retreat of McCook, and had explained to that officer the disastrous result on the right and cextre, He had then gone tothe rear, aud had endeavored to reorganize Davis’ and Sheridan's divisions; but this task had been too great even for the unusual en- orgy and ability of this young man, who, on this doy, added new laureis to those he had won at Stone river, in the official reports of which he figures so honorably, In the reports of this battle Colonel Thruston cannot bat be honorably spokeo of Several times [ had seen -him durihg the two days and the intervening night of labor anxious and unending, and each time be had been where both danger anc duty called. At this Bour he bad gathered together 4 small force upon whom be could depend, and now beld a gap road by which the enemy, should their left be thrown across Mi-sionary Ridge, might otherwise haye #lvauced wud captured many hundreds of our stragglers and wound ed. This foree remained im position all night, and this Precaution of Col, Theuston preserved to usa line of re treat which would otherwive have been lost, much to our disadvantage. As 1 got {hto the valley road, I found ths way much ob stractea by a large Dumber of ambalnuces, which wore retiring from the fiela overfreighted with agony. The ries of the wounded, who were most uncomfortably crowded together in these ambulances, were most pain. ful. Hundreds of the more slightly wounded, with arms in improvised sli: gs made from their baudkerchiefs, others with broken limbs upon horseback, the animals led by Joes seriously wounded comrades, wended their slow ‘way along the road, halting at times in their pein to rest by the side of the road, and cooling their feverish woued ed limbs in the dirty water which the horses refused to drink. And many a man, wounded and uowounded stooped that day to drink what antmals refused. 1 was pained to find in this valley road no obstructions of artillery. Had there been such there would have been something to rejoice over. for they would have thea been safe; but on inquiry I found that fow or none of McCook 's aod Crittenden’s guns bad gotten across tho ridge and foto this road, which was not more than three miles from the main field. Further down the valley | found a battery in good order posted acroes the valley, bat with. out infantry supports, and found it belonged to General Nexley's division, A few guvs bad reached a point nearer Rossville, where General Waggooer, whose bri gxdo was the garrison of Chattanooga during the aga, bad succeeded in stopping them and « few thoussad straggicrs. He had dolivered these pieces and men over © General Van Cleve, of Critenden's corps, who was pow busy in organizing them, as far as it was pos sible, into brigades and divisions, Tho task was a most difficalt one, as mang woo without arms, and all weary, bungry, thirsty and dispirited, They were men who were for the time lost to shame, The desire for revenge bad not yet mken hold of them. On this same road | passed a largforge af prisoners, around whom bad gathered almost theit ows sumber of our troops as guards As this foros moved Into Chattanvoga the force of the guards increased every moment by the addition straggiors, whe fell into the line as If they had been @e- tailed to guard the prisoners. By the time the, pri. foners romehed Van Cleve's ponition, pear Rosev tie, the company originally detailed as s guard had am reaned © 2 full sized brigeds. The surplus of straggions q@ore taken into band by Generel Van Ciera. and the prisoners and their original guard passed into Chattanooga. Among these prisoners was a brigadier general (D. W. Adams, of Texas), and bis brigade (ur- nished the principal force of the prisoners. Adams and bis brigade wore cut off from the main-rebel force by General Thomas, while falling back io his last sustained Position, aud were subsequently capsured by the regulars. Gonerm Adams’ wound was not very severe, and when sens to the rear was doing very well, under the attention giver him by our surgeons. ORDER OUT OF CHAOS—THR BURGROND! TARK. On reaching Chattanooga I found a very different state Of affairs existing. The “confusion: worse con‘ounded’’ which prevailed in the immediate roar of the ficld was Bet to betound ja the towu. Long trains-of ambulances Were wending their way to the field in perfes: order, but Great haste. Io the town the trains whieh bad becn saved were being carefully parked , and tae hospitals, brit liantly lighted, were in most excelient order, Too much praise canoot bo given to Surgeon Pern and bis chief assistants, Seys and Bache, for the untiring energy which thoy displayed in providing for the wounded. The task of the surgeons to our army has to bear with it itsown reward. There is no promotion, seldom any praise and by far too little recognition of the merits.of tee surgevus and the maguitude of their accomplishmeuts apd par ticularly do we fail to recognize the services of ibe sur goons attached to the army, who are apart Of n—s grew fous fautt, by tbe way, of the newspapers As soon as there is @ battle the authorities of each State @terested send to the field hundreds of volunteer surgeons and large amounts-of hospital stores. The Sanitary Commis. ston rushes forward with ali the convenicuces and stores it can find transportation for. This ts a-fact that is noto- rious, aod the newspapers herald it. But how seldom do we find any recognition of the devotion, and labor, and energy, of those surgeons of the army who remain undor fire im hospitals, who ave in the fleids io the immediate rear of the lime of battic engaged io bearing off the wounded, and in directing those who can walk to tho hospitals, and who, for monthe alter tho battle is over, remain in the field, often as prisovers, caring for their comrades. There is some recognition ane these men, | saw on the battle feild of Saturday two wounded surgeons, apdion Sunday met my old friend, Surgeon Gross, of Gen. Thomas’ staff, shot in the back of the head. Surgeon Portn, im anticipation of the battle, bad taken possession of all the houses in Chattanooga suitable for boxpitals, and accommodations for ton thousand wounded were ready by the time the battle bad begun. On Bell's Mountain a large number of Despitals built for Cheatham's dwision, aod called “Choatham’s hospitals,” were soon filled with private soldiers. On the opposite side of the town, Bragg's headquarters, © large brick, bullitimg, was tiken for ofieers; and here 1 found thie moruing about two hundeed. Rank in a hospital is indicated by the cbagaeter of the wound. I found Brigade Commander Colonel Bradiey, slightly wounded, lying on the foor, At the sidy of a splendid apring mattress bed, on whiahre.. lined uneasily a very pertourly wounded second heut eant My visit to this hospital was paiadul enough; for I found many old friends whom, I bad hoped to see doing betser, Among them was Col. Vangho, Seventecnth Kawtucky, who cn the battle field bad ealled me to hits, telling me tha’ his leg was bevken, amd asking for an ambulance. Trode off to get an.cmbulanow, bot when I regurned the. enemy held the fekdw bere } bad left him, andl supposed, him captured. In another reom | stooped dewn to ask the namo of a wounded man to add to my list, whea.ho. spoke up, saying “Oh, you kuow. my name.” 1 looked af. bis face, amd found him t be Licuteones Harrison Millard, of New York, of the Ninetoenta infama- TY, and on tbe staff of General Palmer, dut better known as the nutag cof “Vive la America,’’ Flag of tho Eyes,’ ko. 1 fowad on iequiry that bis wound was net sectous, Tam giad to ad@ that 9 steamer is now in ramping orders, and witl soon be engaged ir.conveying the wounded to Perxigeport. The vease! is the Dunbar, captured from the, webols op the evacuation of this piace, A NAME FOR UE RATER ‘Thave board here, among oMcers who are strangely ‘amusing themselves with very insignifcent matters, a | Wn ries of ‘Chatianonga, informed Genera: Ha lek o great doa! of idle and ensless discussion a to whet the battle nbould be called. The gouers) votes is for the uae of Chickamauga, «m t was upom that stream thay we. pattie began. It ls not inappropriate, inaemuct, an tine Indian ame of the stream signitey “ The, River of Death.” But as to ite being foaght on the s+ream , that ts a mistake, The heaviest struggle Of ("49 twe distin ( and separate ones that took lace duping the b+ ° Scene days’ gngazemont was Mught on top of Viksiog Ridge, and the bettie might be as appropriately Called that of Mimsi-n Ridge. The name of Gordon's Mil's, a8 proposed by sume, bas thé objection that the Pills are perist.le, end the location my be eventually Jos Rossville bas uo more claim to be immortalized because tie battle wos in that vicinity, and because Gar. flold dated hig despatches from that point, thaz Waterlo was outitled to ¢he honor of giving a name to the strug- gles on Mont St. Jean becuuse Wellington dated bis despatches, or Rothschilds’ agents put their carrier Pigeons to fight from Waterloo. The Wattle will do oveutually known d@ history aa thatof Chattanooga. Int city was tho prize for which the contending armies foughs 80 persistently; its defence and capture the aims of the ma quvres and the contest, To us it was all- important, and iu retainmg it we are in some measure Tepaid for the awful losser of the Bittle. In holding it we hold a greut salient pois of ont great line investing the Southern con‘ederacy asa fort, and in relinquishing it we would bo virtunily raiximg the etoye for months to come, Peacoably obtaining it, we should have been eomtentod untit it could have Seen fortified. But we were not, We pushed on—a batsle was forght—ind the cotsequence is that have only the position, witha muh smaller force to hold it, But Rosecrans can hold it as log a8 Bragg dares to make direvt advances upon it. Ip theaim of taking the placo Bragg fatied, and we can « thus f. claim to be victorious, Tho batsleof Chattanvoga will be, perhaps, the most approprinte name after all, JEFF, 1 AVIS" ORDER TO BRAGG, All tha rebels captured by us unite tw saying that Brage’s primary and ultimute object wis t® gat prxses- sion of Chattanooga, He had been forced by tho rapidity of Rosecrans’ movomenta to evacuate Chittanongs, to erderto muke the jumetion with his expected retn’orce- ments, and a few daya’ delay ou Bragg’s part would have @nabled Rosecrans to get betweemthe two forces Hay- ing ollected the junction, Bragg halted, and Davis, buving Amperilied hts capital to enabio him to hold Cuattsnvoga, now ordered him to ret ike it. or sacrifice his army in vhe attempt. Tho attempt was mite, and has failed. has lost nearly fifteen thousand men in tho attempt, and'; though he has done us much injury, and bis graad tro Phics of wm rt-riel to ory yictory over, be is as far ag ever from bis object. op . ‘THE STRENGTH OF THR ENEMY. The legends of the camp fires have of course given Bragg an army largely superior to that of Rosecrans. Fach and every man whom ove hears tell tno story of his Tegiment is ready to swear that It fought the whole of ‘Lougatreet’s corps, and grows indignant if ho is told thet be was whipped by the ‘-demoralizé corps’ of Hill and Poik—supposed to have been almowt entirely depopulated by desertions. They talk, aiso, of Hill's corps from the Virginia army; but Hill had comm ind of Hardee's old corps. There remains, hewever, no longer 4 doubt thit the odds were largely in the enemy's favor. The truth te reveated by the engagoment—and all battles ceceasarily Zive usa view of the enemy's organiza!ion—that Bragg was chief in command; that he bad five corps under Lieutenaat Generals Longstrect, Polk and Hill. and M»jor Generals Dabney, Maury and Buckner, Wo know that Longstreet bud two, if not threo, divisions, and thas tho others had twooucn. These all consisted of four bri- gades each, making a total of forty or torty-four brigades, These, at the low averago of fifteen hundred men to a bri+ gade of five regiments and a battery, would give a sum total of sixty six thousand men. * Opposed to this Rose- crans had a force of thirty-two brigades, On the same basis this would give a force of forty-cight thousand men, T think, however, tho basis for the calculation in both instances is too low, and that the rebel force reached mearer seventy-five thousand men than sixty-six thou- sand, and that in the fleld on Saturday morning Rosecrana mustered fity-five or sixty thousand men, CAUOE OF OUR PARTIAL ROUT. One of the causes, and a principal one, of our defeas was the jax @lacipline of the army. Tho campaign had dees. long 194 arduous.and, as ie natoral, the offiders Were wot as etrict ta the enforcement of the severe rules of (ke army. Dress parades were ontirely dispensed wit; regimental ¢ritls were bad too ecitom, and bri- gate. division and @rps maucuvres not at all. This mistaken Kindsess to the mon was followed by tho par- tia. destruction of the control and comment held by the officers over the mem, as if tho latter bed lost the nabit of obeying—and with volunteers obedience is simply e habit which they recoguwe as necessary te their suc- cess, and beside, im two of the corps engaged there did Bot exist that bom? of union between she officers and men which is engeudere@ from the perfect confidence of the latter in th@tormer. (4 COMPRIDTENSIVE VIEW OF THR CAMP ATEN. ‘The campaizo'of Chattanooga w aanther of the mauy examples wo have tad in this war which show how really brilliant succerves ef the military men are wroed te great disasters Uy theill-advised itertorence of polivieal generals and lawyers, The operatious of-Rosecruns which resulted in the ocoepation of Chavaacoga were prosecured upon his own plins,and not intorfered with in the least, bat the movements and! the engagements sudseauent te that time were made by bim against Hisowa judgmens, and under positive orders from. Washington. Tae tegic operations» resulting in’ the capture of Chattanooga wero planned by Héaécrans, aud he Ys responsible fur them, and deserves the eredis tor thom, They sbow Limtote by:far the most admirabe strae Gist of the war, ihe subsequent movements be isnot re sponsible for, The people should fix. the respormibauy Of the disaster where it belongs, The: grand o-crationr of Rosecrans, while absorbing the attention oft.) military students, will, amé! the excitement of the hour over the disasters of the Yatties which followed thers, alee e-c po th knowledge of the pub ic. In this-war of pas sion, where the-heart and not the mind judves, the pud Ne, fed to surfeiting by the haxty and weces-arily inaccu Fate reports of bluedy engaverments, bas bad its ¢torech tuined, and few readers of the duly. bulletins of the war stop to study oF admire the grand operations - which cee cede bloody baths or the strategy which avoids and renders them, “spnecessarv, General Grant won reputation bystho-eapture of Vicksburg—sn unayoidible result #/ter Che-ineesiment; but what praize has beso Given bim, outside Of the President's sensible congratular tory letier, forthe movements ~ bich resuited in toasin- | Vestment? General Nesecrans has hewn ayplauded to skica for snatenéa: victory from deiwat at Stone rit bat how much teced of the prawe due Lim, bas- berm given for the-Ustitiant aeinion whiew resulsedsin the occu pation.of Talixboma and (ir ugg’s dem oratinng.rotroak croxs tho.Teamessen river? fhe ourrendor of Viokabung ” aod the battle of Stone river were aatiout powmts im, thee bistory of the ear, and men saw amd felt avd undersiooa them Bos'theermpaian of Te daboma the operm, tps rébalting in the ven) ¢ tone). Chattarc a bave-oe aout ppdets, such a8 batt! , Crat ouce aicrags aint cbewm populir attension. Up to tne tame of that cow yabiom ie was Gweat, net bieo!, which Bek been creraded “he public, whe judge of campaices by their bundy renelte, jw nine ip-shat, Chere wera jong list ot Ki lpduw@ woundedial Buth acminies to CRm@pirH mod 27) victun® A Deiok ginnce at the car pug will Slevwewhatceodt {sda hemeal Ro ecrane, cad where ba sree wtestiliry ouds, awdideat of the War ( Sue en ® The cam@aigo of Chattat ya be, 10O- lomo ae [eUst. gThe Tullahoma campaiyn nocampiintens Bruge [driven tegond the Tenn awe river, Gamera lteourmue ‘had cetabiinbed & line frou Wincter eto Mastiuurtile, Tenm The enemy held v.tme from SriQeopemute Birr ‘pon, with & centre wal aed peint Funvagly Raced by art, ant nature at Chertanown (meer sue posiwon there were Lawroules Lino at, Uw eneiny— ou north of the Tussesso river, ovea uso range & mecotains . bet im let Powe Kee wy ap oeumber of reigfercemen’s [vom Atitata, and though it Revered direct cota ioawen wiih Mich mond, did not prevéng the ret: doropmeee of 1 ace fron y Tee's army vis Atlagta, [he CWROF roma uel ty the Se thy | of Chattanonga, oves thre: range ol vigy digh moult ng | nad acr ome the Tenagasee river. It premwhad tee iva Lagoa ef taking Bragg te pear, and (highs oRéimatety cod in Oe siege f ( hattancage and tae. captage of bis ermy. Lat ulno had the disadvan mges of tweeving route w Richmond via Spoxvilie cyan, i aus understood, gow ever, that Bucaside was moving apem the + on monveation, wd therefc @ the wine ay: most tempting te Avsecraun, who hae ow diay bitte for results pariequst ato big propamti He war, however not allemed Mug bo pe over he plans oy FO makwhle prayAOMeMs. AYout Ure 10Un of August General Reeecrams reetived from Geveral Hy lock, at Warbasgsy0, & MORE imperative under 0 cre the ‘nnesses, steer, The order tated thos important v torgsta in ofgay departments required tye movenemt o Rewecrann’: part. No otner requireinvats or ree:riction® gbackied Rosecrans in his plans. He decided te move o Big plane and receiving no positive deapprowal, Began the saaro as | have stated on the Lab of August As soon as he bad thrown his (orces across tho Camber land mountain, Genera! Reseorans detached from ti Jeft corpe a force as a felating ninma and pushed ji apon Chottanonge direst, commencing om August 23.8 bon. nardment which lanted for twenty days, thie fofo' va ywement wane ¥ earried vut by Geners! ©