FROM ROSECRANS' ARMY.; THE ADVANCE ON TULLAHOMA.Published: July 1, 1863
FROM ROSECRANS' ARMY.; THE ADVANCE ON TULLAHOMA. Details of the Movement from Our Special Correspondent. Headquarters Established at Manchester on Sunday Last. Shelbyville Occupied by Gen. Granger. Demonstrations of Welcome by the Citizens. The Engagements at Hoover's Gap and Other Points. HEAVY LOSSES OF THE ENEMY The Probabilities of a Battle at Tullahoma. Bragg Attempting to Retreat on Chattanooga. FURTHER DETAILS OF THE MOVEMENT. REBEL ACCOUNTS.
Special Dispatch of the New-York Times.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND, MANCHESTER, Tenn., Sunday, June 28.
The advance of the Army of the Cumberland has, up to the present time, been attended with entire success, although the heavy rain that has fallen ever since we started has retarded movements somewhat. The Third corps, forming the centre and wing of the army, have for three days been marching southward, driving the enemy out of his strongholds before them. MCCOOK's corps, forming the right wing, has moved on the Murfreesboro and Shelbyville pike. THOMAS' corps, forming the centre, has taken the Murfreesboro and Manchester road, running to the east of the other. CRITTENDEN's corps, forming the left wing, made [
] detour still more to the east, by the Bradysville road, with the cavalry force on our wings. We have covered a front of 25 miles, and within the past three days have swept the rebels southward before [] whipping them in a series of skirmishes. Having uncovered the mountain through which the different volume had to debouch, a movement of concentration took place on Beech Grove, at which point MCCOOK's corps, moving across from Liberty Gap, made a function with the centre corps yesterday morning.
The centre moved to Shelbyville, as BRAGG was there concentrating to meet our supposed inarch on that place. WILDER then pushed on to within a couple of miles of Tullohoma, cutting up the railroad track by the way, and then came back. In the meantime the divisions of THOMAS' corps were moving on to this point, REYNOLDS having the advance. They reached Manchester during the afternoon and evening.
ROSECRANS also moved his headquarters yesterday to this point. The corps of MCCOOK and CRITTENDEN are within supporting distance, and the cavalry is at work, and will be heard from in time.
A glance at the map will show that Manchester is on the Duck River, twelve miles due east of Shelbyville. You will also see that Tullahoma is eighteen miles east by south of Shelbyville, on the Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad. If the whole army should be pushed forward rapidly to that point, it would make a turning movement of the enemy's right flank, grasping his communication in the rear. The present probability is that a battle will be fought at or near Tullahoma. BRAGG is hurrying down his troops and his trains from Shelbyville to that point, and a great conflict is hourly imminent.
The result of this rapid and brilliant march is that we have turned the rebels in two strong lines -- first, the line of mountains through Liberty and Hoover Gaps, and, second, the line of the Duck. The powerful position of Shelbyville is outflanked, and BRAGG compelled to change front and either fight a battle near Tullohoma, at a disadvantage, or retreat to the line of the Tennessee River, The General and the army are in the best of spiri.s.
SUNDAY -- 9 1/2 A.M.
Since writing the above a dispatch has been received from Major-Gen. GRANGER, announcing the oapture at Shelbyville, at 6 P.M. last night, of three pieces of artillery and 300 prisoners, among them a score of officers. The Stars and Stripes floated from many windows and housetops. We saved the bridge over Duck River. BRAGG had about 30,000 men at Shelbyville. He has gone to Tullohama.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE CUMBEHLAND MANCHESTER, Monday, June 29 -- 10 A.M.
Headquarters remained at Manchester during yesterday, waiting till the corps of MCCOOK and CRITTENDEN should come up. Meanwhile two divisions o THOMAS' corps were sent out to within five miles of Tullahoma, as a corps of observation, to watch the enemy. WILDER's brigade of mounted infantry was thrown out on the flank and rear of Tullahoma, and last evening found the whole of WILKENS' division eight miles south of Tullahoma at Estelle Springs, guarding the retreat of the rebel wagon trains over the Elk River at that point. It is feared, therefore, that BRAGG's army is withdrawing from Tullahoma to Chattanooga, and that we shall not be able to get the fight out of him which the men and officers have been so eagerly expecting. He will be prompt to do so from the fact that our movement to the present point has really outflanked Tullahoma. The defences of Tullahoma are only calculates to meet an attack in front[] and from the Shelbyville vide. On the front they have a regular bastion work for eight batteries, and on the west side rifle pits.
see pages 2 & 3
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FROM ROSECRANS' ARMY.; THE ADVANCE ON TULLAHOMA. Details of the Movement from Our Special Correspondent. Headquarters Established at Manchester on Sunday Last. Shelbyville Occupied by Gen. Granger. Demonstrations of Welcome by the Citizens. The Engagements at Hoover's Gap and Other Points. HEAVY LOSSES OF THE ENEMY The Probabilities of a Battle at Tullahoma. Bragg Attempting to Retreat on Chattanooga. FURTHER DETAILS OF THE MOVEMENT. REBEL ACCOUNTS.
Special Dispatch of the New-York Times.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND, MANCHESTER, Tenn., Sunday, June 28.
The advance of the Army of the Cumberland has, up to the present time, been attended with entire success, although the heavy rain that has fallen ever since we started has retarded movements somewhat. The Third corps, forming the centre and wing of the army, have for three days been marching southward, driving the enemy out of his strongholds before them. MCCOOK's corps, forming the right wing, has moved on the Murfreesboro and Shelbyville pike. THOMAS' corps, forming the centre, has taken the Murfreesboro and Manchester road, running to the east of the other. CRITTENDEN's corps, forming the left wing, made [
] detour still more to the east, by the Bradysville road, with the cavalry force on our wings. We have covered a front of 25 miles, and within the past three days have swept the rebels southward before [] whipping them in a series of skirmishes. Having uncovered the mountain through which the different volume had to debouch, a movement of concentration took place on Beech Grove, at which point MCCOOK's corps, moving across from Liberty Gap, made a function with the centre corps yesterday morning. The centre moved to Shelbyville, as BRAGG was there concentrating to meet our supposed inarch on that place. WILDER then pushed on to within a couple of miles of Tullohoma, cutting up the railroad track by the way, and then came back. In the meantime the divisions of THOMAS' corps were moving on to this point, REYNOLDS having the advance. They reached Manchester during the afternoon and evening.
ROSECRANS also moved his headquarters yesterday to this point. The corps of MCCOOK and CRITTENDEN are within supporting distance, and the cavalry is at work, and will be heard from in time.
A glance at the map will show that Manchester is on the Duck River, twelve miles due east of Shelbyville. You will also see that Tullahoma is eighteen miles east by south of Shelbyville, on the Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad. If the whole army should be pushed forward rapidly to that point, it would make a turning movement of the enemy's right flank, grasping his communication in the rear. The present probability is that a battle will be fought at or near Tullahoma. BRAGG is hurrying down his troops and his trains from Shelbyville to that point, and a great conflict is hourly imminent.
The result of this rapid and brilliant march is that we have turned the rebels in two strong lines -- first, the line of mountains through Liberty and Hoover Gaps, and, second, the line of the Duck. The powerful position of Shelbyville is outflanked, and BRAGG compelled to change front and either fight a battle near Tullohoma, at a disadvantage, or retreat to the line of the Tennessee River, The General and the army are in the best of spiri.s.
SUNDAY -- 9 1/2 A.M.
Since writing the above a dispatch has been received from Major-Gen. GRANGER, announcing the oapture at Shelbyville, at 6 P.M. last night, of three pieces of artillery and 300 prisoners, among them a score of officers. The Stars and Stripes floated from many windows and housetops. We saved the bridge over Duck River. BRAGG had about 30,000 men at Shelbyville. He has gone to Tullohama.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE CUMBEHLAND MANCHESTER, Monday, June 29 -- 10 A.M.
Headquarters remained at Manchester during yesterday, waiting till the corps of MCCOOK and CRITTENDEN should come up. Meanwhile two divisions o THOMAS' corps were sent out to within five miles of Tullahoma, as a corps of observation, to watch the enemy. WILDER's brigade of mounted infantry was thrown out on the flank and rear of Tullahoma, and last evening found the whole of WILKENS' division eight miles south of Tullahoma at Estelle Springs, guarding the retreat of the rebel wagon trains over the Elk River at that point. It is feared, therefore, that BRAGG's army is withdrawing from Tullahoma to Chattanooga, and that we shall not be able to get the fight out of him which the men and officers have been so eagerly expecting. He will be prompt to do so from the fact that our movement to the present point has really outflanked Tullahoma. The defences of Tullahoma are only calculates to meet an attack in front[
] and from the Shelbyville vide. On the front they have a regular bastion work for eight batteries, and on the west side rifle pits. see pages 2 & 3
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