The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1863, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1863—TRIPLE SHEET. 3 ge", Height nine-tenths of an inch, embroidered tn Construetor.—Live oak sprig, spread of leat © quarter of an incb,embroiacred mn silver oe ne ail Other Ujicers.—Wresih oly; no deviee, iad, and defeated bim, taking abcat two hundred When questioned closely, he sakt the division of rebel ee CAvAITY Was on ie way W Dalton at the Lime # made (he attack, Scene of Grant’s Last Engagement with Bragg for the Possession of the Great Railroad | rem wed A Mo anm, wees tbat no a Dad pursed over the Dalton and Clevelar d Triangle of Tennessee and Georgia. Railroad since last Menday, which tends to show that our Cavalry Was eo cemful ww cultng Ubie railroad line somewhere in the Leigh! orhood of Cleveland, CAP, Sap t0 he af darks blue cloth, and of the following pro- na — Dea aaa Ee Of size number seven and eno-cighth—top to be eight pan. — yoo] ® bal’ inches wide; whole height three in) wether visor akiriiean riwo aud a half iuches wide; Ornaments to ve placed on band, GRANT’S ARMY. CUTTING Le xGoTRENT ovr. The object in destroying the ratiroad |ime at Red Clay was Lo prevent Longetreet from uring it to make ® unction with Bragg. Another point was, that # the cavalry failed of accomplishing itp object at Cleveland we would carry out tho design at Kod Cy OUR LosHRs, the strong positions wo have taken from the rebel le evon by direct axsault—our lose tas deen exceedingly emall. Perhape one of the main rea sons for Uhia is, that in advanciag up the plopes of the mountainoas- ike , the rebels misealoniated and, not unfrequently, Gred too high Lonme AT RINGCOLD, Our total lows io the engagement at Ringgold whl reach five hundred, rank aud file, killed and wounded, Geary 6 diyieon lost two handred and five, rank and fle. Of thie division the First brigade lost heavily, In t the Beventh Ohio, Sty elath Ohio, Tweoty-eighth Pennrylvania and (oo Hundred and Forty seventh Venneylvania are the greatest gufferers. In the #ecomd brigade the Twenty oth and Ove Hundred and Kleveoth Penney ivania regiments lot wlightly, Of thie latter re Kiment The Battle of Ring- | gold, Georgia. Considering FIVE HOURS HARD FIGHTING \ THE ENEMY AGAIN DEFEATED. More Prisoners and Ar- tillery Taken. CANTAIN: JOUINBON was wounded. In the Third brigade the Btxtieth New York, One Hundred and Second New York, One Hundred and Thirty eeventh New York aod Une Hundred and For ty buth New York lost some, but not a great many _ Additional Details of the Ope- rations of the 26th, : te 27th and 28th PRA WELIANes pata ely = Lieut. Davie, of the Sixty-eixth Ohio, killed Capt. Tavis, of the One Hundred and Forty-seven Peunsy!vaoia, kil'ed, ‘apt Metletian, of the Seventh Obie, severely wounded, ~Yy SeSLor FINALE OF THE CAMPAIGN. . == Licut Mekiay, Acting Amsintant Inepector General, of z CH. TA! ey y First uaa Geary : divans, wae Le in both a on ig \ege P Hy, — Kn] erent Sarl rene toe ty tho Twenty egbth Panhay!va- Tennesseo and Alabama Troops rete anacd nq isan ble, CHICAMAUGA Tae meer ® } f SS f wag one hucdred and seventy Opposed to Fighting Longer. 5é Pe Ehaacn yy Cape P81 Galt, of the Blateth Now Yor, wes a! AS} = dautoeears he ! First t ; ; rs a a Hlarper, of the some regiment, wae The Georgia Troops Increas- owe = ES = Meee og Catheter lc pee Hace am ftv L ninth New York, was weanded ta the b ing in Disaifection. (U “4ST 2 pt, HoT. May, On pase Arod sr teen ninth Now sal \ Bale . spo Fp ram, Ove Hundred and Forty- A Neutral Englishman a Con- 5 ae Seios ac nner, Petate tte. Raina vorely wovnded Capt, Win, A tractor with the Rebels, » Handred acd Klevemth Pennsylvania, w 4 otvimow, 4d, loot about (iree bunadred, ranks odor pome of the Officers Killed and Wounded, &e., &o, Ge, Mr. T. C. Wilson’s Despatch. ‘Mason Gevena, Hoowen’s Haapquanren’s, RuNnaao.n, Ga,, Nov, 28, 1863, } THR CAMPAIGN ADOUT ENDRD, ‘This campaign, which is pow about ended, has been fal to an almost extraordinary, and certainly to ‘unexpected degree, and has boen fruitful of results of most unqualifiedly gratifying character, Such ts the or belief of General Grant, as he expressed it today, > : arse Tak Wicemae o> Tum 28a Pro army was again put in motif; with @ view to ing up tho enemy to Ringgold, and doing bim as injury as possible in the shortost space of timo, Tho y moved in three main columns, Hooker’s belog on the t, Palmer’s in the centre, and Sherman’s on tho left. took the Rossville road direct to Ringgold, Palmer made a junction with Sherman at Greyaville, having moved up the left bank of the Chicka- st Moantaba Mts reported tty At Hines sour) tock @ rebel regh: mont that surreude CeXRUAL GHARY, jo the operstica of Lo. kovt Mountain, took abowt reventy role! officer The w war doforded by the three brigades of robe! Geo, Waker # diy son, besides two otber rebel trb ihe moverncot oo Ube mountain Cosry's division The Third brigade of thie diveion, roland, tomt considerably to making the charge that tork che enemy ® works, with two eon non and five battle tage. won mountain recured of not merely about 2.000. prt y's votrepebirg im a) @uipaEe, WE. On Lockout Mountela, the following ia an ADDITIONAL LINE OF OFFICER KN 4x0 WOUNDED IN GRARY'® piv avon Major Filott, cf the One Hundred and Second New York, kivet Lientenant Colonel Avery, of th GORDONS MILL. Oo) eter ‘SNOW HILL, ! =a, * 9 ® Orman novers, but $0,000 rations, the ¢ p ements, quartermaster # atores, ¢ me regiment, thigh All three of tho columns met at and pear ae 4, from which place they opened linea of oom- / \ Ww ODS STATION | yer halal; ota teehee ae ae = SMERMAN’S COLUMN. POND SPRING | wounded Davia’ division of the Fourteenth corps evacuated its ROCK SPRING 8 y Coicvel Haracr of the Coe Hundred aed Forty ninth on @ hill immodiately adjacent to Missionary yj f New York, w 1 in the arm at two o’clock on the moruing of the 26th, and ’ y ] Lieutenaot Owens » Oue Mandred and Thirty. to # point pear where the Chickamauga emptica js nth New Vora, & led ‘Waters into the Tennessee river. Here the division wh ONT RD rom P the Chickamauga ov a pontoon bridge, and eon- bs | Captaina Fileu, W f and Fe " orl Geary's ite march up the left baok of the Obickamaug: SS \ me fee minet + or rein rl ihe division was immoiliately followed by all the di er galla wming of Lovkout Sees. of the Eleventh corps, Be this igi by Ewing's \YV fi. (SCALE OF ji tain and the pubseque Utley in which (he div iniun wae of Sherman’s corps. Toward daylight the ex. jf ae — (2 eugnged BI IE treme head of the column had some brief skirmishes, the -decipensiiaeiibbneibibieatbinase Pi se Pe iliac sual cola 4 ta fobel videttes or scouts falling back after delivering tele | ie, ang without such maceuvring as pertaius to regular | artillery, sixty four prigoners, two calssons sud , ; “i Fe fre. = ume operations for battle, We mauned the works at ove, artillery horses, Yo subsequent movements Ger 1 ow , nen | i bciducienuas manila die clear and bright, aud the officers and men of the en- THE INHABITANTS ral Palmer Lo this artillery with bim to we ket are gat ; mo up the slope, | portunity to deliver bye with tellin be Ceneral is mark glenend command ta the beet of spirits, es well they might | We found im the place (which is but @ small one) were | it against tbo enemy. From the prisumers | on t ides of the ga: ‘had almost gale 1 the Tien veer « Ae le ees of 2 4 the spoke freely oo the g, for the eucossess of the previons day wero truly of | f¥- They were ro frightened at what had occurred that “9 hes earn that a General was in command | summit, when the enem sah t artrength by di Of thin regiment and 8 thie tin , iv ere " most iespiriting charactor. Our movement now was | ‘t Was some time before sohoeegg - probate iry sho A appa bp — nang ae : ng a terrific from th onan at re PH . | either k w 4 ‘ ‘ as bis boadquarters hare tw day get on the enemy's flank in the course of his retraat | Seot newers to our ea at ee tia or had a i sma ih gore me coed rept Repire s ' da ee - se taabeinedacocery acres onil (ae ee Lego | im ey nd strike a blow for the capture of hia trains, pick ap | Cbano® to get alittle quieted, all they ves _ : _ : icp jar Sey ) = Pn hb “5 eft of our | . teeter ground. well, | at H Gee ! ajurey or Nowera, Jers, give those willing to desert an opportunity to that on the night prev segue ldo jock’ , the pra cular taterest duriuz - ay & , tat ast bad to slowly re im comnequence of tbe} PEE og One : eb ‘ ‘ Adjutons Geneval, pak Qe 80, and do what other damage we could. commenced the movement of gre Blores—load ing ; : ae u ws he " er pers ” n » : The ¢ y a , ree : | * : or boreen Ww action, the borece During the morning of this dey, as General Sherman | **%™ and moving them off as fast as pos ry : seteaess thera a ect nding our men fa r é ‘ ae if: : ata | finally they set fire to what stores ould, when they 1 towards ¢ ng AN engager at was brieity ney, and att t , the fret « “ De ‘ z ¢ on opirita yes absont attending to the arrangement of movements Send tu and lett the pleceon 6 | terminated by our forces pressing forward and the enemy Fe eae. 5 iad i : megs eth Meewbero, Major General Howard assumed command of | found the Yankees pressing tiem, an he P Somers v ‘ y ‘by making a charge, b " vibeaspocidr ioe celpssanta | : rm ~ column and directed it@ movements, On the march | fl run. ciiesidn senbeth miuintiten re saaiiie easel men bravely 4 allie peer sarod a gel sgt was Goesded 00s to pornee the neuen ook some prisoners, ptcked up several deserters and Refore leaving the depot the retreating rebel forces do On Friday morning, at half-pact eight o'clock, Hooker's - ee ie . : ; 5 2 ' : gore small number of stragglers. The desortors repre | siroved two amall rallrond bridges (0 vicka- | eolamn moved up the Rossville roud towar Kgold a the Tw , o ‘ thin away with t * ° “ miritar ‘ttn “ what they bad seen of Bragg's retreat as being | vanes) near that place. When necemury, the bridges | became engaged. As we prewsed forward witt rapidity ( y at thie oa aaa ‘ tier i i have eennanae somes Reofused aot precipitate. can easily be rebuilt. and obstinucymOnterhaus’ division be a the ad anded at the time | woe ope sa had Ps Shigacierge ‘ fo Adout ton A. M. we reached the neighborhood of wR MOTE ON ven y stowly fell through the town of , phat noe : ome ee a CHRRAMAUES DEFOR. Pushing on past Chickamanga t, we drove the wT wards the gup, be lonely od loft, to advance up the Flops for ¢ ovnien \° ol ee a pe me bee ape ts After ® short engagement—more of a rkirmish than | eoomy to Pigeon Ridge, where Ht made a stand, this at In ordor that the reader may get wotae idea of the piace | the enemy's right. The ( were. pisait fe py hi ae racks : ee : ere nA 00d Gey thing clse—we drove the rebeis back from the depot. | « point near where we had © pass, Tho evemy opeved | god gap, aod the mauuver of the attack, | will bow de yed. The Brigade got » about: € y ' qhting Hardes's . ; prong Biv . ‘ if pry oo 4) 4 SCENE. on @a with artillery. Not knowing what force might be F + 4 : cas ae / mnernans Seeds SES eae ine We round tbo 4opot in flames, and two large piles of | on the ridge the whole column was placed int for THR TOWN OF RINGGOLD “fl 2 nore ol meal burning. Tho amount of commissary stores | pattie. We then advanced, The sight prosented was a | and the eituation aud character of the gs) “ certs ‘ i s shite ines hero was tolerably largo, By the burning alone | poautiful one. The far stretching lines, one after anothor | diate vicinity Pe sa P a saath da Po fo : “ Hint at Borse bathed rebela must have lost fifty thousand dollars worth. | emerging from the woods and advancing over oj en } Ri 4 ig A emall place, of about two thou i a oe ae, : a , " er y for a Oghk with the ade grew ‘We captured, ft for use, the following: — with colors flying, made up a scene of interesti J eand five hundred inhabitants, aud the county | si, tae g ‘Rage apt srieade et taaey aaah aia ie : ‘ Bera Ove pontoon train of fifteen boats. Marity. After a short engagement, in which we b peat of Catoosa count @ ctueel af | oS ssalty imgetetble for sophia ks aes ah i ® . nine taro, tednais, bol pail dail sixty-four pounder rifled siege guns. artillery to bear against that of the enemy, Morgan’s bri | the base of the W fidge, and 4) | oe iength of time w : eipertnrtendinderrrstor ida veheee ‘ a wad i a : ior ahd (otek Hee ity army wagons. gado, of Davin’ division, charged up the heights and took | rectly in front of Ringgo roundivg ecenery ct nae eek ee * paige mae ors recta : ; ma if om: enearemaranenal Sixty thousand rations of shelled corn. them without any matertal loss, the enemy precipitately | i# mountainous Like ail South | ora ( bens bret yi rine ddice teeta : peste ip oe p Y deoutns cae teeta ae ‘Fifvy thousand rations of corn meal, rettring on finding us determined to advance, This o- | erm towns, It presents adingy appearance, umd ebows eri Po ns hea ay tre eek otis y | or the driving of the enemy through eed f eer, | on ‘ y 0 come cor Wine, . Pour hundred geltous of molasses. curred at about half past twelve o'clock. nee of neglect or deeay. Among it buildings are rome | Nh | we eatablinhed our lines ia the neat valley The | the eperatiene of tho Seth end Stu: teal bod ‘Twe caiseous. ‘The column then rested for a abort time. beat cottage residences and a few mubetantial stractures ts thls advaiaie, th Soren a an ee ee enemy tell beck G Tunnel Gap, situs the testenting | ace; dss Peseer ‘Gude eantad as hata Bix forges. At thie juncture General Sherman arrived on the Gold | of brick. The line of the railroad frown Dalton to Chat | ae coming out uf the o¢ fhe sak cs | vas vo the While Oil ‘Taicty barrels of pork. and took direct command of the columa tanooge runs through the town, ‘The raliroad connects | [6m Mitt tins silk | raids ues | oh Gn (Owe thousand pounds of bacon. on RRM AN, with the railroad lines to Cleveland aod Atlanta. The in ere In the course of the “ f Sebeemns ate ps is i ound ae Some ordnance stores, artillery and emailarm ammu- | while at Chickamauga depot, and in common with some | bab/tents, beth io their language and manners, aod the The Colonel commanding qs wel Croight ‘ ai ‘ aia : se cheters ray Es or faition. other officers, aasisted in putting out a portion of the fro | ma a which they furnish their houses, show fome | was Kiied in | aren bat the ms 4 beers se ‘The carriages On Which the siege guns were mounted | around the railroad platform, thereby rendering service | considerable degree of taste and refinement, Many o' Lieutensnt Colonel Crane w y killed b } onnssinin oo mere ne We Gore sound in flames, sod became eventually totally | in saving some of the aband’ned stores from destruction | the bow to which I went were neatly and even O16 | giot inrongh the head ina ana 5. ener é S i seared ey! od. One of the guns was spiked with @ wrought | by the flames. | gantly ned. Tho 8, 100, looked pleasant and tha enetny iaeiien ‘ ate m ma IP i ea : Sara ‘This gun can be rendered fit for use again without On our march betng resumed, and as the colums ed | clean, This at firet somewhat sarprised me, as it waa | yas iery pennaylvenia b e sto pen “ 7 + ie s 6 p trouble, forward, we came upon wagoo#, caiesons and oid . Aeeen little else than log But | Goened a raph fire on the right and loft of the r et m ob . poral te that bad been abandoned by the enemy from time to | ® bew\ng women in the rural die Ab thie time, 400, the Be and 1 brigad ‘ike bates the coenr’e enaita * ve sere © curions sight. A burning railroad depot, | gine im the course of his retreat | tricta, when over the line and in Teunsesee Praesens heesenorelyn picabci cope reagan carpe en of burping corn meal, barrels and boxes scatteret No opposition worthy of mention attended our march | fe Gar ware entered @. 0 % " fa oid povuthar ws to the wildest confusion, piles of bacon lyingon the | forward until pear dark, when, as wo emerged out of va up the main street y me to the wiew of seeking talima tah eebneds Gite " : i coneneee wage, vad (rack, shelled corn seattered in piles around the | some low, swampy ground, the onemy ope | bt ohead, lending through Ringgold Gap. 1 Aaya 4 aes wed = e ‘ 7 ye orm Series failrood platform, two heavy guns pointed inthe direction | fre with musketry and artillery from a low | either side of i rises the mountainous The decisive moment um ‘ ae" ne . ’ ‘ . * 7) tot Nght longer bp @hich we advanced—their carriages in flames,a poo. | jy), Quite a lively musketry fro ensved ot f White Oak Ridge. This rf xtende along | movemnest wae me atv " . ' (hey Bare sermeetiy feon train, cew, and apparently nover used, massed nour | ing for about three-quarters of an beur, wl for a very considerable dietanse, forming © dad chowiy thd robe ret ‘ ayptd : i » ot avnag teow air fhe station; army wagons—some good and some broken | we drove the enemy from the field, leaving his 4 | mountaios. In fact, the whole of this rog | t mountain’ » t re ‘ . wothse by Uhetabbat ail Pewn—turned over, ob end, and everyway displayed in | wounded in out hande, In this fight Batey’s t 6, of | ie bute succension of ridg b narrow p a eteady fr t . ee ais “ , “ . “#8 <. tn the cenen Whetever direction the eye might turojsmall arme tying | payis’ division, wae the principal one engaged. Our lows | The common or ol that of (he enemy . « . ‘ ‘ > ® ‘ - cece, 0 eine Ground, some broken and some not; broken open boxes | wag quite emall, owing to the fact that the robela ehot | the a. Th , larly prove eptre, ooo brigade of : n i seuth Oarehana @ ammunition for smali arms thrown bere and thore, by | too pigh—in fact, remarkably so, ent rvigos that two or three taod . ted oo | and th ner 800 6 . ve a ‘ “ > cminn af Qe firo and away from it, a ¢ nou One wide, imber We then bivouscked for the night | a se ot artillery to nwoop the gap, | pationt effort we outfank ste te ‘ : ; @hest on the otver, half open, shells scattered undor pat * coLeme, } can an army in check ui sucl time a¢ preparation | lett of the hills, gained th o remaining P ‘ . ‘ ever mor aed lente ore fi, broken wheels, tongues of wagons, and other things Next morning we pressed on to Grayeviile, where ja made either to take the position by direct assa io | pebels from - pas . y iniog te army transportation, thrown to tho right | made finction with the forces wader command of Major | front or by a flank m gh olner gape in the wovements th fosted in the wwat 4 rag mS! left, far and near, on all frites, and to the most dis. | Gooeent Palmor | same ridge, and an oe t y beyond " ot thet O40 ih bee. 00 0 , s : * . within Ordered manner, showing that the enomy Jat with the | jrere we learned that the enemy who fought us on the | Ringgold Gap i a strong m for 6 The ciepes | took about three bundeed , “a Apraitiore ‘Scan GFentent precipitancy, and before be could complete the | previous afterncog bad retired to Graysville and wont | o the ridgon are Rloep, wooded an aeons As tad tne the enemy . - - ' Peta a ae ae Aeetrvotion of one-third of bis commissary, quartermaster | into camp near that piace, intending to move back to | TW BATTLE oF RENoo right Genk; bus etéit th a * . j Page P ioe : rier sin maton @ orduance storer Ringgold on the following morning, Searcely bad he got | A® stated above, so we became enyaget—the eaemy | ¢ erely = ens end pn - ret prcasrngcati : : ; : = oes a FEB PORTINICATIONS, into camp wheo be was surprised and attacked by | slowly retiring toward the ridge and gap nppraing the | Geual manner f milMary proceeding on bb ‘comma samne bal ; ps 4 whees, Foe pele OB An examination of the hills and fields around | stoughton’s brigade, of Palmer's corps, aud immediately | eoemy to be (n mall force, Oxterhaus 100 preened don nite Ge0w paste i pabiy ree Roeatny Cg a : s a po qe station we found dreasiworks and redouble. | pus to forward in iipe of battle with great gallactry. The ene | At the tiene when Cobwel Crehhion mate (be ° : ; 4 te . ne tered. Cee latter were woll constructed, and if properly manned WOLOmOTs FLIGHT. my opened & seatioring manketry fire from the top of the | with Geary’s Firet brigade the enemy dieplayel / une | Sth 0 Aivtes + sana aiaiees ends igen . : ¢ whet ond Gap Rot have been (akew Without considerable lone of | Je thie Surprise movement we gaytured three pieces of | ridge, aud also brows into section tour vieces of artillery, | crew of Lhe riige the colors akew (rom tbe Twenty | Umut Gavelty, under @ummand a Comwel Leng, es eve | They are eemerany comforiabuy Grewed, The matartagy OSS SSS STS TT TTT