NOVEMBER 26th.\u2014The weather is clear and bright again; but, oh, how dark and somber the faces of the croakers!<\/p>\n
The following dispatches have been received :<\/p>\n
[BATTLE AT LOOKOUTMOUNTAIN.]
\n(OFFICIAL DISPATCH.)<\/p>\n
“MISSION RIDGE, Nov. 24th, 1863.<\/p>\n
“To GEN. S. COOPER.<\/p>\n
“We have had a prolonged struggle for LookoutMountain today, and sustained considerable loss in one division. Elsewhere the enemy has only man\u0153uvered for position.<\/p>\n
“[Signed]BRAXTON BRAGG, General<\/em>.”<\/p>\n The Latest\u2014Official.<\/em><\/p>\n “CHICKAMAUGA, Nov. 25th, 1863.<\/p>\n “GEN. S. COOPER, A. AND I. GENERAL.<\/p>\n “After several unsuccessful assaults on our lines to-day, the enemy carried the left center about four o’clock. The whole left soon gave way in considerable disorder. The right maintained its ground, repelling every assault. I am withdrawing all to this point.<\/p>\n “[Signed]BRAXTON BRAGG.<\/p>\n “Official\u2014JOHN WITHERS, A. A. G.”<\/p>\n All agree in the conviction that the enemy has been defeated\u2013perhaps badly beaten.<\/p>\n Hon. H. S. Foote, just arrived from the vicinity of the field, says Bragg has only some 20,000 or 30,000 men, while Grant has 90,000, and he infers that incalculable disaster will ensue.<\/p>\n And Meade is steadily advancing. Gen. Pickett, at Petersburg, has been ordered to send some of his troops north of Richmond, for the defense of the railroad in HanoverCounty.<\/p>\n Miss Stevenson, sister of Major-Gen. Stevenson, has written the President for employment in one of the departments. He referred it to Mr. Memminger, who indorsed on it, coldly, as usual, there were no vacancies, and a hundred applications. The President sent it to the Secretary of War. He will be more polite.<\/p>\n Another letter to-day from Mr. Memminger, requesting that a company, commanded by a son of his friend, Trenholm, of Charleston, be stationed at Ashville, where his family is staying.<\/p>\n Lieut.-Gen. D. H. Hill has applied for a copy of Gen. Bragg’s letter asking his removal from his army. The President sends a copy to the Secretary, who will probably comply, and there may be a personal affair, for Bragg’s strictures on Hill as a general were pretty severe.<\/p>\n There are rumors of a break in the cabinet, a majority, it is said, having been in favor of Bragg’s removal.<\/p>\n Bragg’s disaster so shocked my son Custis that, at dinner, when asked for rice, he poured water into his sister’s plate, the pitcher being near.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NOVEMBER 26th.\u2014The weather is clear and bright again; but, oh, how dark and somber the faces of the croakers! The following dispatches have been received : [BATTLE AT LOOKOUTMOUNTAIN.] (OFFICIAL DISPATCH.) “MISSION RIDGE, Nov. 24th, 1863. “To GEN. S. COOPER. “We have had a prolonged struggle for LookoutMountain today, and sustained considerable loss in one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":88021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-a-rebel-war-clerks-diary-at-the-confederate-states-capital-by-john-beauchamp-jones"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/John-Beauchamp-Jones.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}