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, 1863. On evacuating Chattanooga the enemy retired to Lafayette and massed a force at that place, taking possession of the gaps of Pigeon Mountain directly in front of General Thomas's column. The rebel force had been made formidable by new additions from Johnston, Hindman, Buckner, and Maury. Deserters report the enemy now superior in numbers to the army they had at the battle of Murfreesboro'. Among the divisions are Cheatham's, Deyes's, Claiborne's, Buckner's Stuart's, Hindman's, Slaughter's, and detached brigades of Jackson and Anderson — in all thirty-five brigades of infantry, not less than sixty-five thousand men. Thus formidable in numbers and position, Rosecrans was compelled to concentrate his forces, necessarily much scattered in crossing the Lookout Mountains. The lines of the opposing armies may now be represented as a crescent, shaped by the Pigeon Mountains, which extend like the are of a circle around Lafayette. The rebels hold the interior and we the ext
ought to this city from rebeldom. Among them are Major H. Borland, of the Confederate States army, son of the late Senator Borland, of Arkansas, recently of General Slaughter's staff, of Mobile; Surgeon T. T. Pratt, Confederate States army, and Carlo Patti, of the Confederate States army, also of Gen. Slaughter's staff. PattGen. Slaughter's staff. Patti is own brother of Adelina Patti, and made most anxious inquiries after his family whom he has not heard from for a long time. Our reporter had an interview with the prisoners, and Patti stated to him that he had been in eight different battles, including the first Bull Run fight, and had served principally in the signal corps. es of the South. Below is a complete list of their names. Maj. H. Borland, C. S. A., Serg't Carlo Patti, C. S. A; Surgeon T. T. Pratt, C. S. A., (all of Gen'l Slaughter's Staff;) Geo A. Preston, C. S. A., (Gen K. Smith's Staff;) T. B. McDonough, H. Forrest, M. B. Moses, S. Fernandez, Wm. Eaton, Richard Farrel, Thomas Murray,