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From The Daily Journal, Wilmington, N.C. - September 23, 1863The fighting in northwestern Georgia still continues, the tide of battle setting apparently towards the Alabama line, that is, assuming that Rosecranz is cut off from the route to Tennessee by our forces getting possession of, and holding, the road to Chattanooga. This is the report. If Rosecranz does not fall back towards Chattanooga, he will fall back towards Shell Mound or Bridgeport, lower down on the Tennessee. His line of retreat would be made much longer and more difficult, but running through a mountainous country it would afford any number of positions at which to make a stand. If our latest reports are true, the fighting must have been very desperate and the carnage awful, and the end is not yet. If we have really achieved any important success, we presume that it will be pushed to the utmost, so as to secure all the advantages that can possibly be derived from it. Yesterday it was expected that Longstreet would advance on the enemy's new position on Mission Ridge, which would appear to be eleven miles in the rear of his original position. The Atlanta papers of yesterday have nothing that tends to throw any additional light upon the position or situation. We know nothing certainly and can only hope that our loss is not so heavy as reported. The rumors of General Lee's presence in the west were evidently unfounded. His name is not mentioned in connection with recent battles. The reported death of General Hood is very much doubted in military circles, as the General was still suffering so much from the effects of a wound suffered at Gettysburg, that it is not believed he was in a condition to go on the field. It is remarked that General Bragg, in his despatches of the 21st makes no mention of any injury to General Hood, an omission which would hardly have occurred in regard to an officer of the rank and position of General Hood, had he indeed been mortally, or even seriously wounded. We shall soon learn definitely. For the Journal. HEADQ'RS 1st N.C. CAVALRY, Sept. 18, 1863 Messrs. Editors: I transmit a list of casualties in the 1st N.C. Cavalry in the fight of Culpeper on the 13th of September, for the information of the friends of the Regiment: Co. A - Killed - None. Wounded - 1st Lieut. J.L. Smith, seriously in the right arm; Missing - Privates J.D. Dixon and Thos. J. Laxton. Co. B: Killed - None; Wounded - Lieut J.W. Peele, severely in left thigh. Co. C: Killed - None. Wounded - Capt. M.D.L. McLeod in right arm; Lieut. R.H. Maxwell seriously in arm; Corp. J. Lewellen Co. D: Killed - None; Wounded: Bugler Smith P. Carroll severely in thigh and captured. Co. E: Killed - None; Wounded - Private Wm. Green slightly Co. F: Mortally Wounded - E.R. Sloan - since died; Missing - D. Harvey Purviance. Co. G: Killed - None; Wounded - None; Missing - Sgt. E.S. Patterson Co. H: Killed - None; Wounded - Privates W.H. Bailey and J.L. McKay, slightly; Missing - Lieut. Bryan Whitfield, Privates B.F. Whitfield, L. Gurley. Co. K: Killed - None; Wounded - T.W.P. Davis; Missing - Private John N. Arnold. State papers please copy. D.F. ARMFIELD Lieut. and Act. Adjt. Natchez is now completely under Federal rule and her citizens are experiencing that great love which Lincoln and his hordes have for those who reside in the South. The people are subjected to every species of indignity and annoyance that can be devised by their persecutors. One singular custom has been introduced that we suppose will be followed up elsewhere, that of compelling ladies who may wish to attend divine service upon the Sabbath day, to procure a Provost Marshal's pass, which must be presented to a pair of drunken Yankee bullies stationed at each door. The Selma Reporter comments thus on the matter: "Just think of it a moment, reader! Before our mothers, wives, sisters and daughters can have permission to worship Almighty God in the temples which have been dedicated to His name, they must pass the ordeal of insult at the hands of a dirty, thieving set of rapscallions, hardly fit to have their heads blown off and used as manure for the next cotton crop. And yet there are to be found men who occasionally hope that the glorious Union will once more be reconstructed. Could they be compelled to reside for a short time with their families within the corporate limits of Natchez, they would wish every puritanic knave who hails from Lincolndom plunged into a bath of boiling brimstone, with the privilege of knowing that their agonies were to prove eternal." The Bristol [Tenn.] Advocate contains some particulars of the surrender of the Confederate force at Cumberland Gap. It says: "It is with deep mortification that we announce the unconditional surrender of Cumberland Gap to the Federal forces on Wednesday, the 7th inst. According to the best information we can gather, there were 2,100 men in the garrison when it was surrendered. It is reported, however, that something near a thousand refused to comply with the surrender, and made their escape. Of those latter it is said that some two hundred belonged to Col. Slemp's (64th Va.) regiment-- Our loss in stores, arms and &c., must be considerable.-- Among them was Leyden's battery, of the 9th Georgia battalion--one of the most splendid batteries in the service. It was presented to the Confederacy by the merchants of Liverpool, and was stationed near this place for several weeks during this past summer. That splendid company, the Gilmer Grays , who were stationed here last winter, are said to be among the captured. But we will not persist in narrating the sickening details. We do not pretend to speak advisedly, but the thing is regarded in intelligent circles here as being one of the most disgraceful occurrences of the war. The garrison is said to be in command of General Frazier, of whom we know nothing. That noble regiment, the 1st Tenn., which had been recently placed on detached service in the vicinity of the gap, were ordered to this place, and took up their line of march hither on Sunday morning before the surrender, and reached here on last Sabbath. It is understood, since their arrival here, that the Yankees pursued them near Jonesville, Va. As to the probable result of this surrender of the gap, we will not speculate further than to say that we are fearful that the enemy will prosecute this journey to the Salt Works. There is a turnpike road from the gap to Estillville, thence there are two turnpike roads to Saltville--one by way of Lebanon and Haytor's Gap, the other through the Poor Valley and by way of Abingdon. It is certainly a matter of vital importance that our authorities and people will look to the protection of this interest. Nothing very important from the front since our last issue. In upper Tennessee Maj. General Jones is in command. There was brisk skirmishing on Monday, and on Tuesday evening two wounded Confederates, and four Yankee prisoners were brought up from below Jonesboro', where they were wounded and captured." From later intelligence, received by the Advocate, the following list of regiments at the Gap is obtained: "The garrison consisted of four regiments, viz; 55th Ga., 64th Va., 62d and 64th North Carolina, a portion of Leyden's artillery, Capt. Barnes company, of Ga., also Faines Tennessee battery, commanded by Lt. Connor. The enemy's force at the Gap was commanded by Gen. Burnside in person. He left the Gap on Friday with his and General Shackleford's brigade for Knoxville, leaving only two regiments to guard the Gap, the 104th and the 98th Ohio. Up to Saturday morning the enemy had made no move up the Virginia Valley outside of their picket lines. Only about 300 of our forces escaped, the larger portion of whom were of Col. Slemp's command." |
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