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Cannon, Small Arms, Colors Pursuit and Rout of the The Rebels Retreating to Dalton, Ga., Burning and Camp Equipage Captured. Enemy. Bridges and Stores as They Retire, &e., &e., &e. Despatch from General Grant. Custraxooga, Nov. 25—7.:15 P.M. To Major General Haiteck:— A though the battle lasted from early dawn till dark this evening, I believe 1am act prematore in announcing & complete victory over Bragg. Lookout Mountain top, all the rife pits in Chattanooga Valley, and Missionary Ridge entire, have beea carried, and are now beid by us. U. 8. GRANT, Major General. Despatch from General Thomas. Cuatrasooga, Nov. 25—Midnight. ‘To Major General Hatrrck, General in-Chief — The operations of today bave been more successful than yesterday, having carried Missionary Ridge from pear Rorsyiile to the railroad tunnel, tively smal loss on our side, captaring about forty pieces Of artillery, a large quantity of emall arme, camp and Arriva equipage, bewkies the arts in the bands of with © compars prieoners We captored two thousand prisoners, of whom two hundred wore officers of all grader—(rom colonels down. We will parsue the enemy in tho morning. ‘The conduct of the officers and troops was everything tha Missionary Ridge wae carried Simultaneously at sit t could be expected. aifercot points. General Breck!or./ge'* son has jort been brongbt jn « CPORGE H. THOMAS, Mayor General. The Chattanooga Telegrams. Chart anon. Nov. 25, 1868. Prisoner Among our kilied aro (aptaio Barney, Lieatenaat Wise andColoeet Putnam. Among Our severely wounded are Captain Daniel O'Con- ber and (.1ptain Browne Among omy Wounded are Toeitenant Colonel Gilmore, Captain Davie) Adjasant Tucker, Lieutenast Colowel Hleatb, Major Job@..om and Adjutant fond & Nr camn fires Inet wight vere blazing along the crest valcey a Mi i) Wi Lata 2) Of the whole ridge, a distance of eight miles. Bragg was expected to withdraw under cover of night. At dark Bragg was in ling of battle to cover the Knoxville Rail- road, but it is believed he will not hazard another Dattio. Our army ts aglow with enthusiasm and eager is pursue, Prisoners report the rebel army torribly demoralized, and incapable of offering serious resistaure; and alsa that Bragg will fall back to Atlanta, General Brannan occupies; Twonel Hill, which com pletes our line along the weelo length of Missionary Ridge. ‘Cuatrawsxo0ga, Nov. 26, 1863. Generel Bragg’s retreat from his position of last night je represented am @ perfect rout. General Sher#dan reached Chickamauga Station at four o'clock this morning. They captured five hundred pris- overs, four guns ard a number of pontoons. The enemy attempted to burn the bridge behind bim ané partially succeeded. ‘The enemy ales burned the depot and stores at Chicka. mauga. General Sherman crosse@ the Chiekamanga this fore ‘Boon, Ceneral Hooker was reported at Ringgold at five o'clock this evening. The desortions and captures from the rebel army aro rapidly thinning it, The number of capnoe captured thus far is reported at fifty-two, including the celebrated Loomis battery, whic was lost by of at Chickamauga. ‘General Sherman's lows is much less than evtimated, and will probably not exceed 600. Nearly 6,000 prisoners have been reported ‘The son of General Rreckinridge, and Major Wileon, bie Chief of Staff, were brought in among the prisoners. General Breckinridge himself narrowly escaped. A strong column is in pursuit of the enemy, and it i* not Improbable another disastrous defeat will bo forced on him. The Washington Telegrams. Wasmmaton, Nov. 26, 1863 Bragg’ force ison the retreat, and our forces were pursoing his badly whipped and demoralized army thie morning. Wasrxatox, Nov. 2—Eveuing. The reports from Chattanonga received at tho War Department represent that three thousand prisovers were captured from the rebels yoaterday, with Mty two cannon, five thoussed stand of small arms and ten fings. ‘The rebel forces are utterly routed today, aod io full retreat towards Dalton, Georgia. They are vurning (he briages after them, to retard pursuit. They are hiso burning their depots and stores, and abandoning or 10 stroying everything that wii! embarrass their Might A large amount of cotton, amounting, it is believed, to nearly two million of bales, js reported to have been ac lated at Atlanta, Georgia, belomging both to tbe People and the rebel government. As it is expected that Ganerel Gramt intends making a rapid movement on that point, It will be difienlt to remove amy considerable por- Yo eterna age The Mountejn 1} Battle Fieids of | Totinessee. Review of Operas eens from the Ore tion of Chattanooga ¢ Lookout Mountain. At the very commencement of this rebellion the im fortance of Chattanooga as a grand strutapic position Was retognived, and owe Of the eurliest military move ents of the rebele wes to cceupy and fortivy it. Situatet of the borders of Tennessee and Georgia, two yours of war had rolled over before we were ins position to con teat ite oceopation. At last the Army of the Cumber land, under Major General Rosecrans, set ou! from Nasb ‘Ville on it campaign through Bowthern Tenncmee aod Georgia, and oo the Tih of September last that ormy head the eatiafaction of entering Chatianongs aimont without Cpponition. The rebels, onder General Pregy, were out MANOUYTOS, and found it neveReary Wo evacuate Une pines, HS OW <i v 2) Wy G ff "NY Z which they Bad bem secussoined to re as ante st all hostile " aanits. ChALtanoG "en vince remained in our banda; but our ability “rn Vp reemred doubtful and precarionn, and it WA8 OU 7 Iwo Pays wince that that question was defnitely ‘ated (n OW favor, After three days’ fighting—ono of few daye witnessing a battlejon a grand soale—the in ‘Vosting rebol army was utterly vanquished und routed by the forces under Major Genwral Grant, whe announces our success in these modest, laconic, but comprehensive phrases — Cuatranooaa, Nov. 25. ‘To Major General Hatuncn Although the battle lasted from hia evening, | beliews Iam not prew & com victory over Bragg To it Mountain top, all the rife gts in Valley, aad Missionary = entire, he 6PM. ly dawn till dark ANT, Major General. he importance of this «ac Cone, it in necessary to take & retrompective view of the Nistory of the carp: rince the day when Chattanooga Became the hewlquarters of the Army of the Camper tand. The rebel General Brag: was at frat ® ficised and censured by the Southern this s0 easy relinquishment of a po it verely ert ee and poopie for mn whieh had been fortified with eo mach iabor, and had been regarded at once 80 iinportent and so impregnable, and, on the other hand, the loyal people and prees of the North n as forward in commending the military skill of ¢ Rosecrans, who had accompli:ted no much with so | tile Joss Ik was not very long, however, before both Sections found a reason for changing their views. Bragg, having been largely rein’ from army gave battle 4) our legions the mountains that overlook Chattanooga. The took Place on Sanday, the 20th of September, taking ite name from the crook of Chickamauga, which rom through what was the battlegwound. That day way a terrible one to | both armies. We lost ink: led one thoveand eight bundred, io wounded nine thourand five bunds and in prisovers two thousand five hundred and ten—a total of thirteen thousand eight hundred men, ‘The tota! lows of the rebels was eatimated, though with « twenty thousand. Bragg claimed, In bis report of the ba ral roed Lee's advancing pretensione to accuracy, at to have captured seven thousand Union prisoners, twenty five colors and gnidone, thirty rix pieces of artillery, and | fifteen thousand stall arms. At ali events, the advantage | was admittedly on the of the rebels, and the battle was exulted in all over th th os being @ great and de cimive victory for the rebel arms. The rebel Prem fent, after @ visit which he made to Pragg army legions would be de to the Obio; and it did, in boasted that Rowrerans stroyed or driven for ret unwieldy deed, seem at one time boast wax not altogether | & vainglorious one, To General Thomas, who commanded the right wing of the Uolou army, the country is in- | debted for having on that day maved the army from | extiontia of 4 forre surrender As it war, the egemy gained little if any benefit by thelr vietory and it Rosecrans had only held 5 o mn Oo Looe 5 a our lose would only have been ta itv te the incidents Of the battle § Mot Rowecrane de d to withdraw hia for from Lookout Mount { eome Of bis most experienced off Geveral Mic is nai {0 have opposed the withdrawal, and that #0 #000 as it wax known at Was capitation of Rosecrans would te however, that that tad — ber bet the battle of Chickamauga ail events, Lookont Moonta which Chattanooga, was abandoned, and our forces drawe io to the intier piace. One of oor correspondents informe as that the very day after this (als war made P Peeognized the error he had committed. It ae te late to retrieve it. The enemy bod taken porseunon and pieced gums npom it. Rosecrans propoeed term it from the eastern valley, but wae over byt he GOpernle, who regarded the wtierpt a too desperate ‘The reait of the vebel ccoupation of I 7 wer thet it mw to m . ‘ munication, worth of the Tenner ", will Revdgeport, where the river i er t BONO Hue leowth Of the bine of . . ae Ae hiae 4 woothern side, and throngis pert tH impa tu ot 08 Lookout Poin! which in tw Deight commanted the Ch roe!, aod w mange Te was that whith tsde carious, Althongh the Were edie to throw sleiie Feparded ae harmiew pot th 6 Plies wes s serious maior aod bertn * dewpatebes ir mm ‘hat place Would oF world mot be ate t creed ' 7 tte Gey Rovecrams wae eepereeded wed ihe onmand 9 partments of the « ( Kentocky, « the & Ad the Cumberiand was given tw Geweral G “ ne FeroRBire! by tho whele uation Me gir ity sendrances of « ° jane Tcenad rere direct Gommasd of Way Arey y thy Gum ~~ DALTONS was followed or acer ture in annuuncing | hattanooga | been carried, hewiea | p i CRE. oouwaue t Fa teoo tt Maine, MR. JAMES F. LATHAM’S CONnES Hkavquanrans, Uxr Drow navies, On the morning of the 4th, Immediately afr ‘ase on Urazos Island, the Ninety foerth Timets, Ouenet Me Nolte, started forward. The Thirteenth Maine, Cote Iingrelt.ne, which was tho fient to raise the Bare aud Stripes on the island, bad previously marched scroes Braves and camped ov the Boos Chit, Cob get MeNulta soon came up, but without stopping comtinaed the marcel ville, followed «hortly afterwarda by the Thir 1his wae the Uret marching ever dowe by the Thirteenth, and cons quently they were unable to caichup with the veteran Noocty-fourth, The mare for Hr | wow (brough a berren country, and nothing traompired worthy of note. The few Mexicars met were (rhendly, Lut being unable to understaud Kuglien vo jnformation could be extracted (rom thom. Thig uncoast g monotony was Grally relieved by Urowneville, whieh was at length within ight It Wee now ascertained thit thy whole rebel force, fome wis hurdred, commanded by General Peo bad ake- de ddied, after blowing up thelr zine ava bernie ® porti n of their ke lo prevent the tbiewiug Meccans from pillaging the piace the citizens formed ths mclves into a citizens’ Ruird, wader the dirsetion of the Mexican General Cobos, On the «ppearancs of our ed by &@ sinall guard, camo vnelg Me ult over 10 He alng ex ned by Le our 6 upen thesveoe vg, Ube ¢ Rrown. we of fevers! (beusand (wits Mouiean appearnnca. 6 and market | syhe ot god Bite rted but the pe ¢ sontiment In f forces, General Cohor, atten tant Fremont inha © Halon a fue cathods a the | bera ermineut, 1h se 6b favor na the pb There oul of euch other and (he oid Mexican 0 ropning tantly oe atom ted lie wan, dard shot 4 bemoelf x a day or two st lod the pending of the Blovewth and Twellth corps, of the Army of the Potomac, under Major General Hooker, to reintores the Arupy of the Comberiand, while atthe same time another division of the army, called the Army of the Ohio, wan sent operate in Eastern Tennessee, seizing aud still | Belding the , important town of Knoxville, and | destroying the railroad — communication — between Tennesse and Virginia, Meoker's frst apperrance on this raountainous battle ground wax mignalized by « bight attack made upon him on the 28th of October, at Brown's Ferry, two miles south of Chattanoog ght miles by river. (no part of bin force along from Bridgeport, on the north ave of the while the remainder bad orvms | Tennesse river, non the ud moved toward t The attack was # drove the sed, ant on Mount and of the whole ception of t wkout y from the & ¢ im thy tate Reichs mond Enquires her 1 by the rebel thanks to the na the ah ville their present 1 the « remnants A correspondent of tue M the re Appeal thos soma up ary object of the They ba Aa auory to other o. Whatever ¢ the BeaoU lof Intiiary operations « Li The © aceon Mountain and Lookout ey woe the firet step toward smmuring the pecurity of ver of Chats The eat stop he proyremme rebeit of Lockiwt Mowgtain, w fight ay 234, 26th aoa 2h vamry Lidge, aod the}w hole 4, ebed wy % (te prepare’ ‘ o te t* ” ond going J be hyplbqe tages ate t arte ° Adadiatd oll | plop 0 ane wad Colewration of Grants Great Vietory. | wre, Mow, 2, 1a “oe owe 04 ody (uer revolusion in a day ure! a abort distance a rebel tr in of t £ boots, aby Qeiy bwathon and the 1° «thie it wil be woverely fort by tha rebe Wa von ‘ad Interesting trom Nashwil Namnyiiie 167, Robert B Mitebell, commanding the Forest cavalry divi sion, han been ordered to fr port to Adjutant Geonames Thomo, at Warbington, for duty ‘The river is rising The water foot deep. on the thal is five the Great Western Munttary Fate Aw elation, Crm pean, Mev. 2b, 18a. The Groat Western Sanitary Frc Avsoriatens ia Bow fully organized. 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