November 26, 1863, The New York Herald
The news from Chattanooga is glorious. The fighting of three days has ended in the complete defeat of the enemy yesterday. Lookout Mountain was occupied by the troops of General Hooker, who took 2,000 prisoners, and the rebels fled from every position which they held. General Bragg has made a full retreat, leaving all the strong points for which we are contending in our possession. We have not yet received the list of casualties, but we are assured that they are not heavy, while those of the enemy are put down as much greater than ours. Our loss of field officers appears to be considerable. The fighting at the Ridge was very severe. Two desperate assaults were made, in the latter of which our troops broke the centre of the enemy’s line and drove them down the Western slope and across the ridge of the Chicamauga. It is probable that we have captured in all fully 5,000 prisoners or more. Gen. Hooker is expected to intercept the flying enemy in the vicinity of Rossville.
Official despatches from General Grant and General Thomas were received at the War Department yesterday containing an account of the successful progress of events up to a late hour on Tuesday, the final results of which we have given above. The receipt of these despatches created much satisfaction in Washington.
All intelligence from General Burnside represents his position at Knoxville as perfectly safe and his communications open, although the city is closely invested by rebel batteries and rifle pits, the latter being within a short distance of General Burnside’s works on the north side. The south side, however, remains open.
The contemplated advance of General Meade’s army has been indefinitely postponed, it is said, in consequence of the premature disclosure of the plan of action by a Washington newspaper (the Chronicle) to which, it would appear, some confidential statements were made by a high official of the government, greatly to the disgust and annoyance of General Meade.
Jefferson Davis was at Orange Court House on Saturday. He is temporarily the guest of General Lee.
The news from Charleston is not very interesting. The firing on Forts Sumter, Moultrie, Johnson and Simpkins on Monday (our latest accounts) was not very heavy. The shelling of the city was for the time suspended.