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,' rS ,-lP£flT ■ ysg'^^-jg<TOrj s> Bhb Jf, -. -'X,O> U -n » LU’ 1 .- V swSWwOw 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 f; ■■ " i; .' 2 • ‘ ;; '- ; ■'■ < ■/■ 2j|r '. : -■ ’ ?rf*- 2g:zg |ggggßS< ’ ' 21,. 2; r '2 22’— 2 ;2- --' :: 2 ? - ' 2f* 2 '<. 2\. '■■• ~. ■ -\..J 2' - 3 . _ 2,/ 'Ufe ■ ? -2’ \2. ;'■ ;p2}3y - * e ■ ~~22'- ~-~- a -r*m ' hbsrl W*-• ; .’^-jsfWMflHr^ te ' ™ %-~2- ~ ~- r ~ /v ■•■•*« ?SSRI ffiiwnflLfHhC' a . *w- if wWWlffHMg ‘'X... .. '■ »''• ;g|9 W 7 l^3H^oFTHWCas|F^yTw2. i:> i z \ O M wW. . —wyjßW g raby... W®S’” ■. sSlalKh. i • IfcA? ~.s raWwHKflfc.Ji i 1 •' -x: <»» -^4-"S -> - -,g^^ 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 NO. 3.