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IsbyT-heleIVn*a!ilia-heetlO3 The following letter has been kindly fundedus. We think oar render* wtH find it interestingthough not written for publication :Camp ksar Cdattanoooa, Tm. Obt. 34, ’lt;13.Dear JTather .‘—I have anotiter opportunity of writing! you by Mr* W. Dorwin, who Is our courier to deliver letters from the ormy to Shreveport, I«t,I am, by the blessing of God, still alive aalt;l In good health* We have had another terrible battle, called the battle of Chiokamauga, of which you have, of course, heard, and which lasted two days, Oea. Bregv. this time, out generated Rnsecrahs, and gave him an unmerciful whipping: Oh f what horrors are to be seen and felt in this war I To pea the dying and wounded left on the fir id peiiahiag from thirst and suffering from their wounds. X am in the Pro-voit Guard, detailed to keep up straglers and guard prisoners, and to guard the dead and wounded on the battle field, and to stop pilfering the dead. We were left to do this duty after the deteat and flight of Rosecrana, and oh, what sights I witnessed. Rosecrans left hi* dead and wounded in our hands. Jtomeof his dead are yet lying where they were shot down. WeeoulcTndt bury Ihfursliy and had to Rave them as we found them. I saw some with their brains all scattered around them, still alive ; others with holes through them, so that ivseemed impossible for them to live, th ough they lived for days* Rosecraittwa*badly defeated; bis loss amounts to 20,000, our* 13,000. X will send you a paper, If I ran. The Northern papers are very mournful about the defeat of Roveorsns. We mi lying in linaio! battle opposite Obattsaooga, three miles from the enemy, behind breast works, down in the valley between two mountains They have strongly entrench ed themselves in and about Chattanooga, acting on the defensive. We are closely besieging them, and are anxiously awaiting their approach We can, by going upon the mountain, see their line or battle and their fortifications, very plainly. I go up and e J^iook aUh*m every day. Gannoo*ding has ceased to M be a novelty, as we hew USTviy my. 1^^., shelled the Yankees nearly all day, they, replying, Gen. Bragg bas one hundred guns planted bearing upon their fort and fortifications* We have right lively times here every day, and are getting Dffed to the horrors th.t wo used to have oi bomb shells bursting and the roar of large siege guns.liongitreet, Breckinridge and part of Gen. Joe Johnson’s commands are here with us. Our old Texts brigade, from Virginia, is also here with us, in Rongst reel's corps Gen. Hood lost his leg in thefight on hunday. The batUe of Ohlckamauga was fought on Saturday and Sunday, 10th and 20th. The loss in our regiment was light. Oapt. Proudfooi was wounded badly in the toot. Mordioa Bryan, son of Dr. Bryan of Houston, was killed. John Brioghurtt was wounded, but not dangerously. Our Brigade suffered severely. We lost our Brigadier, Gen. Deahler—the braverst man I ever raw. Our brigade was in the hottest of the fight—two other brigades bad to fall back from the position we had taken, and where we stood our ground. General Longstieet complemented us highly, and said It was due our trigad* the honor of that day’s fight, (Sunday), ia keeping our position so that he could flank them, hs we kept the enemy’s attention directed towards us Thanks be to God, Wesucceeded in main talnlng our gronn I and completely routing them on all sides It was a terrible fight, Ind. ed, and I dont ever wish to see suoh another.
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Galveston Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Sun, Nov 15, 1863
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