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General Bragg's Victory

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
October
Year
1863
Copyright
Public Domain
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F rom the Ricliiiimul Whist, 23. Wesnppres exultution, at the though of what yet reinains to be done, ana the po.ssibility of loskig al) that ha.s been guined, by failiog to complete the work. Situated as liosecrans is the vietory tliat does not disperse 01 capture his whole army is a lost oppor tunity. If he is penr.itted to hok Chattanooga, thon our victory will be without pi-ofit, and we have onlv te raonrn that so many brave men have diedinvain; mi ehiefiy that tha a lant Uood has sealed his faith with his blood. Roseerans must not ouly be beaten in battle, but he must be de Btroyed or diiven from E:ist Tennes see ; otherwise, the battle had as wel not been iought. It this stronghold ;s not wrenuhed from him now, it wil hardly be herealter. If he holds it, he holds a point d'appui, fmm which he may at any moment strike at the very vitáis of' the Con federa oy. He holds a región pestilent with disagöctión that needs only the presence ol a Yankee army to ripen itinto f'iill-blown treason He holds the country that might supp!y neat for our army, niter tor our powder milis, and coal and iron lor manyofour inanufactnring establishments. The possession of that country is oí indispensable neuessity to us it is the piize for which Bragg is contending. Until he lias won it, we can bilt rcjoice with fear and trembling over what he lias done. Shoold he win, il will be the suporbest achievement of the war. All the ch urehes in Marietta have been taken by the medical department to be used as hoapilals.

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Old News
Michigan Argus