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The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1863., [Electronic resource], The shelling of Chattanooga. (search)
elligence that the enemy was occupying the heights beyond the river, overlooking the town. Upon making an effort to reach my quarters, on a height near the river — the old quarters of Gen. Johnston--with a lady, we were met by an officer and turned back, saying that a shell had exploded, killing one man and wounding another. The shelling now became more rapid. Soon our guns were in position, and responded energetically. Shells exploded among the hospital buildings, and very near Lieutenant-General Polk's quarters. It partially subsided from 1 o'clock, but the firing was still heard at 5, when the train left. Having a lady under my protection, I was compelled to leave.--There were the usual evidences of surprise — men and women, officers and soldiers, and wagons, running hither and thither in apparently the wildest confusion. All the sick were sent from the hospitals on the train last evening, and the commissary and quartermaster's stores were being run over in great haste. The