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THURSDAY. JAN. 10, 1063
REPORT FROM THE COMFEPERACY:
Drawn Battle In Tennessee!
Heavy Losses Stop Federals
BY ROBERT STONEDALE
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee,
January 2, 1863. Two costly days
of brutal fighting in the vicinity
of this central Tennessee town
have ended with the Southern and
Northern armies stunned and
paralyzed by heavy losses. The
list of casualties approaches 25,-
000 men —a heartbreaking toll
that exceeds even that of Sharps
burg. Union General William
Rosecrans’ force has been so
badly crippled that it is unable to
continue its advance toward Chat-
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I tanooga while General Braxton
Braggs’ Confederate Army of
Tennessee is weakened to the
point where it cannot drive Rose
crans back toward Nashville.
All last week, cavalry forces
clashed all along the line of the
enemy advance from the Tennes
see capitol. Day before yesterday
44,000 Federals were drawn up
west of Murfreesboro facing
General Braggs’ 34,000 -man
Army of Tennessee which had
Stone’s River at its back. Bragg
deciding the odds could only be
come worse, chose to attack. He
concentrated the largest part of
his force at the left of his line
under Lt. General William J.
Hardee. Major General John
Breckenridge, the former vice
president of the United States,
was assigned to hold on the right,
Bragg ordered the attack at
dawn.
At the sound of the signal gun,
Hardee sent McCown’s and Cle
burne’s Divisions roaring against
the Federal left in the midst of
freezing rain. Rains’, Ector’s, and
McNair’s Brigades caught the
enemy by surprise and drove
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them from their camps in near
panic. The cold rain soaked the
battlefront as Hardee threw bri
gade after brigade into the de
veloping attack. While the guns
roared, three howling Confed
erate regiments enveloped a
Union brigade which suffered 500
casualties within minutes. As Mc-
Cown’s Division slammed against
the weakening Union line Brig.
General J. E. Rains was killed at
the head of his column. The en
emy was rapidly falling back
when Brig. Gen. John A. Wharton
led his whooping horsemen among
the Federal trains beyond the left
f lank, capturing ammunition
wagons and scattering the escort.
By 11 a. m., the Confederates
had succeeded in crumpling up
most of the Union right wing and
the routed enemy brigades were
falling back toward the Nashville
highway. But Johnsons’ and
Wood’s brigades were almost
wiped out in the assault and the
captured ground was littered with
grey-clad bodies.
Confederate flags were float
ing in victory over the entire po
sition at noon and the Union line
was thrown back in a narrow V.
The Federals finally dug in along
the highway while the scattered
Confederates reformed. The key
to the position was a four-acre
grove of oaks which the troops
have since dubbed Hell’s Half-
Acre.
For 48 hours before the battle,
Chalmer’s Brigade of Mississip
pians had been huddled, half
frozen, in shallow trenches. Now
they were started across the
fields toward the bristling enemy
position. The storm of rifle fire
and the thunder of shells were
deafening and some of Chalmer’s
men pulled cottonbolls from the
rows and stuffed them in their
ears as they advanced. General
Chalmers was severely wounded
and the Brigade was cut to pieces
by the rain of projectiles before
it reached the oaks. No sooner
had Chalmers’ remnants returned,
when Donelson’s Brigade was or
dered forward.
Ripped and torn, Donelson’s
men smashed against the position
and fought their way into the
Federal line just west of Hell’s
Half Acre. Colonel Moore of the
Eighth Tennessee went down to
gether with 306 of his 425 men
as enraged soldiers fought furi
ously for the position. One-half
of the entire Sixteenth Tennessee
was lost and Donelson was forced
back by enfilading artillery fire.
But his powderburnt Tennesseans
brought back 1,000 prisoners and
eleven captured guns.
At nightfall, the enemy finally
retired from the position and
erected almost impregnable earth
works behind the roadbed of the
Nashville and Chattanooga rail
road. The freezing rain was still
falling while the litter bearers
struggled to help the groaning
wounded throughout the night.
All day yesterday, both armies
held their positions; small, prob
ing attacks bringing on no gen
eral engagement. It is reported
that General Bragg expected the
enemy to withdraw after being
forced from so large a part of
the field and was hopeful that
he could avoid new losses.
But early this morning it was
learned that enemy reenforce
ments were aproaching from
Nashville and Lebanon. General
At The Hospital
Patients at Sylvan Grove Hos
pital during the week of January
2-9.
Mrs. J. D. Jones Sr., Mrs. H.
B. Rosser, Mrs. Clyde Thaxton,
Mrs. Bobbie Nelle Crumbley, Mrs.
Marion Faye Cameron and Mrs.
Ethel H. Ham.
Colored patients were Mary
Elizabeth Jenkins and baby girl,
Teresa Yvonne, and Ellena Tay
lor.
PINS FOR THE MARCH OF
DIMES BE SOLD JAN. 12
Don Crump, chairman of the
March of Dimes campaign in
Butts County, revealed this week
that the Jackson Tri-Hi-Y Club
will sell Microscope lapel pins in
downtown Jackson on Saturday,
January 12th. All proceeds will
go toward the 1963 March of
Dimes.
BALL GAME TONIGHT
BEGINS AT 7:30
The basketball game between
the Hi-Y and the Faculty will
begin at 7:30 o’clock tonight at
the Jackson High Gym. Admission
will be 50 cents for adults and
25 cents for students and chil
dren. Popcorn and Coca-Colas
will be sold.
Bragg determined to strike the
other end of the Union line be
fore they could arrive. General
Breckenridge was ordered to lead
the assault across over 500 yards
of open ground.
As soon as Breckenridge’s
column formed, the powerful
Union batteries began to scour
the earth with merciless rain of
explosive. As the assaulting
troops fixed bayonets and pre
pared to charge, rabbits were
seen scurrying from the field,
dodging in frenzy.
“Go tot it, cottontail!” one of
Breckenridge’s men called out
grimly. “I’d run, too, if I hadn’t
a reputation.”
Forty-five hundred men moved
forward and immediately began
to fall in appalling numbers as
they struggled toward the high
ground covering the end of the
Union line. The Federal infantry
was driven from the eminence as
Ereckenridge’s column swarmed
over it. As they pursued the flee
ing enemy down the forward
slope, they were struck by the
massed fire of 58 guns placed
across the river. The attack was
smashed in a welter of blood and
Breckenridge brought the rem
nant of his division back to his
lines, leaving 1800 casualties be
hind. The battle is over.
Federal losses are known to ex
ceed 13,000 men: General Bragg
reports losses of almost 12,000.
The total comprise almost a
fourth of both armies. About 4,-
000 of the enemy have been cap
tured, together with 37 pieces of
artillery, 6,000 stand of small
arms and a large number of wa
gons and ambulances. Three
pieces of Confederate artillery
were lost.
With the arrival of enemy re
enforcements, General Bragg had
concluded it will be impossible to
drive the enemy from the vicinity
of Murfreesboro. His decimated
army is being withdrawn to Tull
ahoma where it effectively blocks
any further advance on Chatta
nooga.
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Mrs. H. B. Rosser
Passes Monday;
Bethany Burial
Mrs. Mattie Ophelia Rawls Ros
ser, 79, widely known Pepperton
resident, died Monday afternoon
at Sylvan Grove Hospital follow
ing a short illness. She was the
widow of Mr. Henry Beecher Ros-
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Born February 5, 1883 in Hen
ry County, she was the daughter
of Mr. Henry Rawls and Mrs.
Eliza Bowden Rawls. She moved
to Butts County at an early age
and had spent most of her life in
Pepperton. She was a member of
the Bethany Baptist Church in
Henry County and has a wide
circle of friends and relatives who
are saddened to learn of her
death.
Funeral services were conduc
ted Wednesday afternoon at
three o’clock from the Pepperton
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Wiley Cameron, pastor, and the
Rev. Robert L. Franklin officia
ting. Interment was in the Beth
any Church Cemetery in Henry
County with Haisten Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include five daugh
ters, Mrs. Mattie Lou Grant, Mc-
Donough; Mrs. Oree Chany, of
Athens; Mrs. Flora Byrd, Dunn,
N. C.; Mrs. Myrtice Evans and
Mrs. Jeanette Bedsole, both of
Jackson; four sons, Frank Rosser
and Eulee Rosser, both of Jack-
son; Sam Rosser, Marietta; L. P.
Rosser, East Point; four sisters,
Mrs. Ran Hoard, Mrs. Dewey
Wise, and Miss Dora Rawls, all of
Jackson; Mrs. Allie McGanty of
Mableton; one brother, Lonnie B.
Rawls, Jackson; 24 grandchildren,
13 great-grandchildren; several
nieces and nephews.
Nephews served as pallbearers.
The body was taken Tuesday
morning from Haisten’s Funeral
Home to the home of Mrs. Bed
sole in Pepperton.
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
Troop 197 met Thursday, Jan
uary 3, at 5 o’clock in the Meth
odist Church. The group talked
about badges and New Year
resolutions.
Patrol three was split to make
two patrols. Patrol two is having
a play in two weeks on the sub
ject of bees. Patrol one is sleep
ing in their Patrol House Friday
night and cooking out. So long
for now.—Reporters, The Coonie
Patrol.
IN APPRECIATION
Words fail to express the grat
itude and thankfulness in our
hearts for the many kindnesses
shown us during our recent sor
row and death of our dear Moth
er. Especially do we appreciate
the many cards and notes of sym
pathy, the beautiful floral offer
ings, food brought to our home,
and each sympathetic hand clasp.
May the Healer of all our sorrows
richly bless and abide with each
of you is our prayer.—The family
of Mrs. T. M. (Bub) Ridgway.
PERSONAL
Friends of Mrs. J. D. Jones Sr.
regret to learn that she is a pa
tient at Sylvan Grove Hospital,
being admitted Wednesday of
last week.
Barry Jones of Atlanta visited
in Jackson on Friday.
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