. Annals of the Army of the Cumberland: . effected. General Eous-seaus front, however, was still harassed by the sharpshootersoccupjnng the woods to the left of the Murfreesborough pikeand the Burnt House. A number of his men having beenkilled and wounded, General Thomas and himself obtained per-mission to dislodge them and their supports, they covering aford. A sharp fire from four batteries was opened for ten orfifteen minutes, when Eousseau at dark sent two of his regiments, BATTLE OF STONE RIVER. 407 wnich, with Spears Tenncsseeans and the 85th Illinois Volun-teers, who had come out with t
. Annals of the Army of the Cumberland: . effected. General Eous-seaus front, however, was still harassed by the sharpshootersoccupjnng the woods to the left of the Murfreesborough pikeand the Burnt House. A number of his men having beenkilled and wounded, General Thomas and himself obtained per-mission to dislodge them and their supports, they covering aford. A sharp fire from four batteries was opened for ten orfifteen minutes, when Eousseau at dark sent two of his regiments, BATTLE OF STONE RIVER. 407 wnich, with Spears Tenncsseeans and the 85th Illinois Volun-teers, who had come out with the wagon-train, charged uponthe enemy, and, after a sharp contest, cleared the woods anddrove him from his trenches, capturing from seventy to eightyprisoners. The following diagram illustrates this advance of Breckinridgeupon our left, his retreat, and the advance of our troops to anew position. The positions on our right were not changed bythis battle; and thus both armies rested when the rebels evacu-ated Murfreesborough. DIAGRAM Lines of Contending Forces on January 2, 1863. The next day being Sunday, it was probable that no offensivemovements would take place on General Eosecranss part. Thenight was no improvement on the previous one. It still rainedincessantly. Every thing possible was done for the wounded,who had suffered greatly from the inclemency of the midnight, signs of a freshet appearing in Stone Eiver,the left wing was withdrawn to the east side before dawned fair. Ere long news was brought that theenemy had fled 3 and the army rested, with the exception of theburial-parties and the cavalry, the latter following the enemy toreconnoitre. Early Monday morning, General Thomas advanced into 408 ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. Murfreesborough, driving the rear-guard of the ]-ebel cavalrybefore him six or seven miles towards Manchester. McCooksand Crittendens corps, following, took position in front of thetown, occupying Murfreesborough. It
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