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VOL. I.
The Battle of Ringgold.
November 27th, 1863.
One of the gamest tights of the en
tire war was that which ensued between
General Pat. Cleburne, who was called
the “Stonewall Jackson” of the Con
federate Army of Tennessee, and I
“Fighting Joe Hooker,” of Grant’s!
army, just a couple of days after the I
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battle of Missonary Ridge, in which
the Confederates suffered a terrible de
feat.
As it will probably be interesting to
our readers to vary the style of these
battle descriptions, we herewith fur
nish verbatim that of the “ Battle of
THE BATTLE OF RINGGOLD NUMBER.
Ringgold,” which was in the Atlanta
[ Daily Intelligencer of December 25th,
1863.
While this description shows only
the Confederate side, yet our examin
ation of both the official Federal and
Confederate reports, indicates that this
1 is a pretty correct description in the
■ main.
“We are enabled this morning to
lay before our readers the lull partic
ulars and incidents of the Battle of
Ringgold, from the pen of our distin
guished correspondent, ‘290,’ which
has been delayed by uncontrollable
circumstances from earlier publication.
ATLANTA, CA., MARCH, 1886.
BATTLE OF RINGGOLD, NOV. 27th., 1863.
On Wednesday the 25th of Novem
her, the enemy had been signally re
pulsed four times on our light wing
and had abandoned all f urther attempt
to turn it, when at 4 p. m. they suc
ceeded in flanking our left by the gap
near Rossville, which was only defend
ed bv two regiment-, when gain
ing our rear, at this point, our right
center was penetrated at the same time,
and which compelled our troops to fall
back or suffer capture. By throwing
the troops on the Ridge across the left
of the right wing, Gen. Hardee nobly
saved his wing of the army, which, by
dark, prepared to retreat in perfect or-
' der, and which was covered by Gen.
! Cleburne’s division.
By 9 o’clock, p. m., everything was
. across the Chickamauga except the
dead, and a few stragglers here and
there. The glorious band of Texas
■ heroes now took up their march on the
1 retreat, leaving the Ridge thev had so
I oravelv defended, with sad but cour
v
i ageous hearts, and followed the army
across the Chickamauga. At 10 o’clock
on the night of the 26th, they reached
the west bank of the Chickamauga.
At this point the troops had to ford
the river, which was nearly waist deep,
but the. night being freezing cold, it
was deferred until next morning, and
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