From Thomas A My

Ciiiciíinati, Deo. 19. The Gazrtte nnbües a vivid desscription of liit! lGib : The rliiy oponed cloudv, witt. indicirtion of rain. Tlieru ia m delire fug at mi early hour, but thi soon clearód ivay, rnd at eight, n'olrtf'-k we were ubie to determine uur enemy' s poaition. Doring tho night of the loih, ïlood withdrew both hu wings from the river, nnd Cöutructed bis iiucs everywhere, and wiis holding a strong position :i!ong Oraupy White II il Is, bis centre proteged by two lines cf iu'renchrnents. Our O'.vn troops wtre disposed of in thu toüo'.ving order : Witacm'a cavalry on tho extreme riht, Schofield's 3d cfirpf, oonsisling oí Couch's and GoxV riivisions at tirst held in reserve, but bafor tho maro bittK epened, had taken rn-iiion on thfi li-ft af tb citvalry. thus. forming the right. Oui infniitiy line, A. J. Smitb's 16th cors, eonsiBting of the divisions of MuArtliur, Gerrard, and Moore c;uno next; on tlie lef t ot Sraith'ö the mtgnificenl 4tti corps (T. J Wood,) consisting of the divisioiis of: Kimball, Elliott, and Snm Besitty, vWM formed in close order rtf bfltile. and partially massed ; Stead man with Crofóot's división and two bvi(rndfs df colored troops held the extreme left. Ov.r plan of battle was the continuntion ot that on the 15 h. In pressiufj; the advautage gfiined en the enemy's left, at ubont haif-past 8 o'elock, our bntterios opened from a bundred pieces 8Ímult!tneou8ly along the entire line, The rebel artillery replied feebly. Schofield, njarohing down Granny White pike, carefuliy coneealing his Rtrength plaoed bis corpa upon the enemy's left rlunk. Steadman at the same time worked hia way forwarci. The enemy in the menntima strengthened his advance line. Tbis determiaed Wood to carry this line without delay. In ppl-endid order Kirabnll's lst Ditísíoti ni'Ted forward to charge, firing Tolley after volley as they rushnd towards tho rebel works. A witbermjr fir ■ o', masketry and emnister msde them waver ra re thsn once, but thcy prensad on t l.ald pis 1 shot. when the ene my's tire beeante o tfèadiy, that our men in ordir to return it more efffectuully, enmre to n. half, longer pet'htipa than wny troop!) ever reinained ill nuch posïtion. They stoudand tired i'ast and furiously at the enemy, but tbcy conki not reniain there and live. A few gave way and rted ia disorder Tlie whole line tflfgefiéd, and, had the rebels done nptkiiig more than keep up their deadiv fivo, Ofhoüld bavebesn driven back, but they made a uiovement t) shift their rtillei'y, vvhi 'h our men received as an indio i í ion th:it. they vvero about to nbandon Mieir line and retire. Ratsing a ldiul shout the división with fixed bayoneta rirshed impetuous'y forwurd, and warming over the vork., captnred ciich of tbe rebels as had not fled. They had time to get away iwo gniig, but the rost f'eü into our bands. As soon as tbis prelimmory suecos was aeiiieved, General Tlurn-is, who wan seei rinrin thu day in ihe very front hne oí hattlo, ordered a charge along the ntirí lioc. TPri. !ctVofríM m.víed npnn the lei' flank (f the er:emy, an;t beforo his veterans the rebels gav;; way tike froai work. Tn.e nssailed fiante erumbled to pieces as Gen. Sehofiéld advanced, and was rolbd back npon thnt portinii of the line which just now was attacted by A. J. Smit li 's troop with a wuight and enrgv nothing oould ffilhstand. McMillan1 liri'gade, foremost in b;ittie, as on the previous d:iy, ru-hed r:zhf, np to tho very teeth of three powerf'il rebel baUeries and carned by the point of tho buyonet, the Balient ol the enciHy's wqrk". In si few niomen's their work.s everywhero wore curried, thoir fore everywhere roiitcd. t heit soldieri onptared iy thousjnds, and Tery pieco of thoir irtiHery in our hands. Sirch as escfiped death or cap turo tlfid towaids Franklin Pike, aud took refuta behrnd S. D. Lee's corps, whieh hi'ld the gap in the liills ; Wood and 8 eüdin n on tho left had now united and [repared for nn asanlt on tho rebol rig'it, whiuh was stil! nnbroken. under cover of a. tremendous tire fi'om onr guns. Co!. Ptist's bi-igado moved lorwnrd ; Stmight's brigado of Siim Beatty's división, föfmed on the right to üppori mrnediately on Post's left. TLompsOn's colort'd brigado was ërawn tip, and Morgan's colored brindc was next on the left. The enemy recoived their fire nntil P"8t's brigade cimmRrC'd to climb tho hil!, vvhen a perfect hurrieane of shot, sholl and canis'er tore througli his rank. In face o th's Qre onr men stendily advanced. The colorod troois vied with the white in the persistent enorgy with wbioh they forced thoir way up the hil!. Thomp on's men in endeavoring to passaround to the left met a terrible flank fire which èonFused th:ir ratik. The troops in the rijthf torn in piocen bv the terrible h'ie, puuned an instant, and at this jünctura the brave Col. Post wii.i mortally wonndcd. lu a :noinent all was lost, and our men, whose coi, duet imimirtahzed them, rtished bick confuMud and bleeding to the line from whare lliey 8 tart d, Wood soon re-formed his brpken battalionp, añd issned orders lor the ronewal of the asBanU. While Post's veteran's agairi nssaüed the hill directly, and Thomp bom' Af'ricans moved on the rebi'lH1 right, Elliot's and KiinbaH'H divisions wero htirled like a thunderbolt against the rebel left. Wood, himself, uoeom iHuied by all the staff; followed and directed tho charge, The rebels blazed forth anew, but our soldiers withsut hesitatio-n or panse, carried tho entiro works with all their gnns, and drove the robels in disrnay from the hil!. This waa tbe last stand the rebels made, and their vvhole anny wa.s now fleeing in rout and pnnio. Had not night intervnried the arnjy would have been destroyed. The appoarauce of the battlefield was horriole in tho extreme. It was raining rapidlv. Th-e ground waa thiekly strwed with dead and dying Uamp equipage torn and troddeu in mud was mingloé witb shattered artillery wheels aud fragtnonts of explodec caissons. The correspondpnt pnvs ; I pnsbefi forward 'o the Southern síope oí the ilt. It was nlm )f dark, and thfi rain as ponruig fltendiTy dowD, nnd mg ihere ainidrit do.id and d} ug, I c.aught the lae't gliinpso of our linea of butilo, and beard hu lust üiumnhant stiouta (f oui' büI diere, us oven tbrouh the darkness tliey pushcd aller tlie &,■- ing foe. The retiplt of ba'.tle 'i 5,000 pt-monars, 80 gun, and 1,700) 'iiu.li arma.