aptured, he attacked Beauregard, and was repulsed in every attempt.
With 100,000 men, and the most powerful fleet that had ever been seen upon any river in the world, he captured Vicksburg, after a trial of six months, solely through the incompetence of the commander, who had but 27,000 men, and divided them in such a way as to present on the battle-field but a fourth of fifth of the enemy's force, and who persistently disobeyed every order given him by his superior--Gen. Johnston.
At Missionary Ridge, he was enabled to fall on Gen. Bragg with an army three or four times as numerous as his own. Repulsed in the pursuit by General Cleburne, he never afterwards dared to make a movement in front, feeling himself as much overawed in the presence of Gen. Johnston as Anthony was in that of Cæsar.
Such is the man with whom Gen. Lee has to contend, and such his career.
His performances bear no comparison whatever to those of Gen. Lee.
He has hitherto succeeded by dint of brute force.
Later from the North. Orange C. H., April 18.
--Northern dates of the 14th and 15th have been received here.
On the 13th gold went up to 179 in New York, but on the receipt of intelligence that Chase had negotiated a loan of three hundred thousand pounds in London it fell to 175, but rallied again and closed at 177.
The capture of Fort Pillow seems to be confirmed; also the Shreveport news, to some extent.
Grant writes down the official loss at Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain at 600 killed, 4,000 wounded, and 700 missing.
les of Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge.
Headq'rs military division of the Mishe South Chickamauga and the north end of Missionary Ridge, so far as the same could be made from thga.
It also showed that the north end of Missionary Ridge was imperfectly guarded, and that the banossible against one given point — namely, Missionary Ridge, converging towards the north end of it —ade for attacking the enemy's position on Missionary Ridge by Saturday at daylight.
Not being provi advance well towards the northern end of Missionary Ridge, and moving as near, simultaneously with gh Chattanooga Valley to the north end of Missionary Ridge.
The second day's Contest.
On ths of Sherman, was weakening his centre on Missionary Ridge, determined me to order the advance at on— and carry the rifle pits at the foot of Missionary Ridge, and when carried to reform his line in tLookout Mountain, Chattanooga Valley, and Missionary Ridge, were in our possession, together with a [5 more...
's report.
We lay before our readers this morning Gen. Grant's report of his operations around Chattanooga, including the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.
It is a document of great historical interest, is correct in most of its statements, evinces unusual candor and modesty for a Yankee officer, and will do m"Sallust," the principal difference between the two relating to the partial suppression of the fact by Gen. Grant that his left wing was severely repulsed at Missionary Ridge by Hardee, and the claim set up that his pursuing column succeeded in dislodging the Confederates at Ringgold Gap the second day after the battle.
The truth is, as was stated by "Sallust," the left wings of both armies were beaten at Missionary Ridge, while the right wings of both were victorious.
Had Breckinridge maintained his ground on the left as Hardee did his on the right, the repulse of the enemy would have been complete.
In regard to the affair at Ringgold Gap, it is not qu
hia papers of the 18th, had sent gold down to 95½, but upon subsequent advices showing that the place was not captured, it rose to 96 ⅜. The following is a description of
The capture of Petersburg. Douthart Landing, Va, 1 P. M., June 16.
--After sending my dispatch of this morning from the heights southeast of Petersburg, I went over the conquered lines with General Grant and the engineer officers.
The works are of the very strongest kind, more difficult to take than was Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga.
The hardest fighting was done by the black troops.
The forts they stormed I think the worst of all.
After the affair was over, General Smith went to thanks them and tell them he was proud of their courage and dash.
He says they cannot be exceeded as soldiers, and that hereafter he will send them in a difficult place as readily as his best white troops.
They captured six out of the thirteen cannon which he took.
The prisoners he took were from Beaur
the enemy with their sabras.--Two of our officers, from the same pit, came in with bayonet wounds, while their clothes were perforated with bullets.
A sergeant in Jackson's brigade seized a shell while the fuse was lighted and threw it from the pit in which it had fallen.
He was promoted on the field by Gen Jackson to a lieutenancy, but the heroic fellow modestly declined it.
Sergeant W J Woliz, company I, 29th Tennessee regiment, Vaughan's brigade, leaped over the breastworks and seized a standard presented by Gen. Buford to the 27th Illinois regiment, and wrested it from its bearer, and brought it triumphantly to camp, for which daring act General Hardee Presented it to the gallant Sergeant.
It was inscribed Belmont, Union City, Stone River.
The enemy made a desperate attempt to take Kennesaw Mountain, and attacked our works in columns of picked troops, the heroes of Missionary Ridge, but Loring's corps drove them back with a loss estimated at twenty-five hundred.
when it is written truthfully the country will be appalled at the frightful sacrifice of life which they involved.
The Secretary of War, in his incoherent and ungrammatical "official bulletin" of Saturday morning last, in which he gravely announced the capture of Petersburg, (the capture of Petersburg by negro troops, too!,) describes "the conquered lines," as he calls them, on the authority of his official informant, as "of the very strongest kind, more so, indeed, that, the works on Missionary Ridge." He calls these works, too, "the principal line of the enemy's works" Now what will the intelligent people of the country think when they come to learn that the works thus described by Mr. Stanton constituted merely the outer line of the enemy's defences; that they were the weakest, and by far the weakest, of the works by which Petersburg is defended that "the principal line of the enemy's works" has not been even reached; and that all the really hard fighting in front of Petersburg to
nd the same distance from Red Mouse ford, and other points made historic by the events of last year.
Rossville is a little crossroad station in Lookout valley, five or six miles out of Chattanooga.
Sherman has fortified all the passes upon Missionary ridge; but if we can defeat and drive him before us, we may enter Chattanooga by that broad gap which is made by the extreme left of Missionary ridge and the base of Lookout mountain, which cannot be securely fastened against the entry of an enemyMissionary ridge and the base of Lookout mountain, which cannot be securely fastened against the entry of an enemy.
The Macon southern Confederacy has the following:
We are relieved of the fears entertained a few weeks ago that the army would not follow General Hood with that confidence so essential to victory and success; but, in spite of the efforts that have been made to impress upon the army that he was a reckless rattlebrain, "without name or prestige of success," his movements, which have been so brilliant and rapid for the past fortnight, have been executed by soldiers too intelligent not
ed to Illinois, and from thence to West Tennessee, where, at the outbreaking of the war, he was engaged in teaching a school.
At that time, and for some time previous, he was captain of a volunteer company.
This company (he still captain of it) attached itself to the Fourth Tennessee regiment at its organization at Germantown.
In the organization of that regiment (Fourth Tennessee) he was elected lieutenant-colonel, in which capacity he faithfully and gallantly served through General Polk's campaign in Kentucky, and commanded his regiment at the memorable battle of Shiloh.
"At the re-organization of the Army of the West at Corinth, he was chosen colonel of the regiment, which he successfully commanded at the battles of Perryville and Murfreesboro'. Receiving his commission as brigadier-general, which he won by hard fighting and meritorious conduct, he commanded his brigade at the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, in which latter engagement he was severely wounded."
r, impressed upon me the importance of soon commencing active operations against the enemy.
The relative forces, including the moral effect of the affair of Missionary ridge, condition of the artillery horses, and most of those of the cavalry, and want of field transportation, made it impracticable to effect the wishes of the Exen the retreat, except the four field pieces mentioned in the accompanying report of General Hood.
I commenced the campaign with General Bragg's army, of Missionary ridge, with one brigade added (Mercer's) and two taken away (Baldwin's and Quarles's). That opposed to us was Grant's army of Missionary ridge, then estimated at eMissionary ridge, then estimated at eighty thousand by our principal officers, increased, as I have stated, by two corps, a division and several thousand recruits — in all, at least thirty thousand men. The cavalry of that army was estimated by Major-General Wheeler at fifteen thousand.
The reinforcements which joined our army amounted to fifteen thousand infant
