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The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], The flag of truce. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], Bragg and Rosecrans — the expected fight. (search)
Bragg and Rosecrans — the expected fight.
The reports from East Tennessee are very vague.
But one fact seems to be certain, and that is that Bragg has fallen back to Chattanooga, thus uncovering Middle Tennessee and North Alabama to the incursionists.
His head quarters are at Bridgeport, and the Tennessee river is his line of defence.
Rosecrans is supposed to have 56,000 men. The left wing of the Confederate army extends to within a short distance of Tullahoma.
The Chattanooga Rebel, the army, and of all who know anything about the nature of that region of country.
Our first and last duty is to whip Rosecrans.
That the mind of Gen. Bragg has this intent, no more, seems clear, and whether the thrashing comes at Tullahoma or so from that section yesterday, states that there is not a Yankee between Dechard and Manchester, and it was believed that Rosecrans, discovering that his flank movement had been anticipated, had fallen back.
Our cavalry were skirmishing with the