NEWS FROM THE SOUTH: Rebel Accounts of the Military Situation; FEARS FOR LONGSTREET’S SAFETY (12/6/1863)

Copies of the Richmond Enquirer of Dec. 2 and 3 have been received. The following extracts are taken there from:

BRAGG's headquarters are at Ringgold. The enemy seem disposed to push; they have gained energetically. The battle will be resumed in a day or two between Ringgold and Dalton. The enemy gained what they fought for. Many field and regimental officers are arriving wounded. Great fears are entertained for the safety of Gen. LONGSTREET. Three thousand of the enemy are advancing toward Knoxville.

There is a fight going on at Kingston. Last week WHEELER was ordered there. Firing was heard at London.

A train arrived from Dalton this evening, bringing wounded troops. Our forces are still falling back slowly, followed by the enemy.

Our artillery opened on the enemy yesterday quite spiritedly. The enemy responded briskly. The artillery duel was kept up all day. The enemy have thrown up fortifications along their front. Last night they built heavy fires in front, and moved more to our right. One hundred and twenty-seven prisoners were sent to Richmond to-day. Capt. PAINE, of the Lynchburgh artillery, was killed.

The Yankees to-day fired twenty-two mortar shells at Sumter. One man was killed.

The Yankees fired thirteen shells at the city last night. Three buildings were struck. The enemy reconnoitered through Pocotaligo, carrying off 27 negroes.

The enemy fired sixteen shells into the city this afternoon. Several buildings were struck. One woman was severely wounded.

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News from the South: Rebel Accounts of the Military Situation – 2
Rebels Across the Rapidan: A Light Division Crossing Above Raccoon Ford – 2
Quantrell’s Guerrillas Again: Raid into the Cherokee Country – 2
The Raid in North Carolina: Complimentary Order – 2
The War in East Tennessee: Gen. Foster Drives the Rebels from Clinch River – 2-3
The War in the Southwest: Rebel Raid on Saulsbury – 3
Advices from Chattanooga: Everything Quiet Along Our Lines – 3
The Thirty-Eighth Congress: Names of Senators, Representatives and Delegates – 3-4
The National Cemetery at Gettysburgh-Characteristic Ribaldry – 4
The Battle of Chattanooga: Interesting Incidents of the Struggle – 4-5
An Incident of the Capture of Lookout Mountain – 5
Particulars of Morgan’s Escape – 5
A Curious Revelation of the War: An Autograph Letter of Robert E. Lee – 5-6
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 6
The Speakership of the Houe of Representatives: Nomination of Mr. Colfax – 6
Quarrels of Corps Commanders – 6
Editorial: Women and their Employers – 6-7
Two Days Later from Europe: The Question of a European Congress Still Unsettled – 7
A Rebel Ambassador on His Travels: More of the Intercepted Correspondence – 7
Comfort for the Rebels: a Kanuck’s View of the Battle at Chattanooga – 7
Capture of the Ship Living Age by the Tuscarora – 7
Arrivals at Fortress Monroe – 7
The Pennsylvania Coal Region-Arrest of Sixty of the Rioters – 7

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