The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-10
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, June 10. 1868.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10. 1863.
Interesting se.a,,. NJ Che Yankee OP~,su,ns
4s In thr Res Of vtek"burg.
Pfrss srpsssi1.-sorscsponaeaoe Of the New
York TGes frtiq Grn. GIapt's .arrsy. we make
the following INTERESTING o*tracis. re'at r.
shat the yankees fonpd VIXEN ihey acrierd.
aud the manner anal results IL tn fics. Two
vssaa'fa lnade Apon. oor wosks The account
besics with Tussday, asy 20:
Cur troops kasisg aH taken up their re-.
spectise pos,fsoDs dee ajght before, IT vas tie
t.rriined by Gen. Grant 10 arsefrpt to force
ias eaemy's l.ne before they fully recovered
ironi the demorxiization consequent upou tho r
many aut raI.id snc csssive defeats acrosH b g
Black fiver. The pan hxsd upon was ths. &;
general ass anlt steg the entire lesgth Q. toe
rebel works, at III o'clock in the morning
The order. was. ho owever. eorn,sfmardrd, ir
consequence. II is asefred sf warst OF re..di
meas ~ the part OF Major Gee. A;cCieruand
aid o'cs6' K, was i,.yei upun 81 the hour 10
, carry out tlIs same iateatian. The reason Of
;his delay oss tile part If Gen. McCiernanh is
not generally Kuowu; do nci know even uow
thai he lis RESP oIa. bIe for the delay oL n,t
troops, bu. do know that Il is very general
ly sad among big officers and men .lat he
puPoeeiy reiueed 70 Ioove mp his comU, md
not ollly al 10 eict:k in the mfri irg. hut at
2 o'clock in tho afternoon, AID did so icr rc..
uonsG Gf the most contemplate character. VIZ:
jealouey of Gen. Grant. This may or may
ot,be srue--it is. however. conroon report
Generally, the country ia uneven, ant grad
nally;aaceudiDg antil within mile or 90 o.
the town. Aif'rg the termination Of this
cent the Con.edErate., have thrown IN their
Embellishments. rpon al she heights avail
able and uea; the rebel sAic our troops plan.
ed batteries which. early tuesday inurning
set vigorously at work Tho difficult nature
OF the wpf ks, as ons Of the attack. Ray ba in
feHed ron the fact that enc half of the artil.
iei belonging tc Snerman was parked in the
rear OF our position, there being 10 point
ayaslab,s as which it conld be made Of use.
Al precisely clock the various re Siments
-rose 10 their feet. k.nnd with . tremendous g. eer
started at double cuick over the hills
PassiDg over tine cTts. of the fra, ilitl, i,r-
hind which they lay. the charging column saw
III font of them mother hill ubout 5O1 yar,.s
distant. To reach ths. il was necessary to
descend slope for about 25o yards. the .ur.
face of which was broken with deep "a. les
aud covered with aen timber. Down this
our men rushed st doubie-1 uick took "a mo-
rnents rest al the bottom, ssnd then commerce.
ed the steep descent bryund This slope w,a
covered with an abafts of heavy timber he.
you'd which lie high rail fence. then ditch
ten feet IN depth. heh q nearly perpendicu lar
ascent some tweive feet in height. aud then a
parapet and rifle pit. protected Ivy a strong
stocsade ten feet in hcishg.
The bitches aroasd lhc ~orka we're c,rn.
manded by an "ufiadipg kre lrrstn gums rio.at-
ed upca 'rav.rscs ~iI'ie 10 the r,e nt aud lett
were works end buildings and other ohi.cts
belnnd which rebel sharp.hodters coaid find
protection aud poTI- a des,ructive fire upon an
enemy, after. az we'll as before theY had gain
ed The interior of their a,sin worla
The 3th iAf.ntry <rth Virginia, 41lh ONO.
l2itu liilno's. 9th and sih Missouri. and pos.
s;bIy on" or tso-otheF re.y'manis gaiued the
ditch Ti'e conn,c. w.rp "shert sDd riecis,; G. .
In {" "nty minute iic hrizads,s had ss.end eI
the hiH returning Hlirtus s1u,A ei eht ls,iYltreJ
men. The sebeis no~cH our gallant iellbva
down with grape. cAnistet and riusketry: thoy
were prOtectsd, " O. han lrpflinx 10 shicld us
trum the deadiy SOMA
The bib Infantry lost So ni.n killed and
.ounded out OF 2o4, among whom WA lis
gaiiaus criuhspt-r. Caos,su WASHINGTON
wounded aid taken .prisn,raT; Capts 'i'a;es
ani Ewing. I.ienus How, Latte. Ba;e. and
otber otficsrr severely ~prtsded. Every brig
ade iu tho cha &c hSi from t'.rce to five color
b'arers shot do~a. Will advancing upon abe
rebel ~asrks Ahrcs nnsn OF fl,. |; I'D. teguin-e
were killed white carrying sts .colors. Capt
Yates theE scized them, and wia III tie act OF
planting them ID he ditch y nen he was shot
III tour pisces. Ee habdsd thrrn tel s.erx sa,,,
VINO was struck yiown by aacsnnst sact, when
they were taken bv Capt Ewipx, who. sfibo'
wounded IN tn" act, carried raeih, sateiy from
the field. - e
The next TWO days. "Wednesday aed Thurs
'iay, we're il ne naih auists ~11oeRs in the
gues. of e'a-- varying from wI 10 thirty
rotiuGefs, Wura tspuntea in the rear of fhe
city at sh.ri d'siances from tife enemyIs
works, ard these frota daylight till dark. AMI
many. of them iro n dark till daylights Keep NO
acease ldss ''poar deripg" against the fe bel de
fences, On ,he river side the gam and mortar
hoa,s 3rre also brSy. thus isirly seneirclinv
Ine rebels v IN ih'hier aud Gre i hus they
soeri"i to cdre very htris f,r il, rarely feplv.
ins % "or tre. and seemn'giy paying ns no
nther attention. sita, keeping vlgiIant watch
upon DE movements of out iniaatry.
"Wednesday and fitnr#isy were given up
II Ihs ssilierv,and 70 getfing our men ready
for anather at,ahk vhich took place at4A
al Rrhisy.
H. te heedtees to give particaIars--it was 10
iIs main ike the ot9far Slig on u parg-r scale.
and ~ met with repnfselax decided 50 did
that of Tuesday. ffs usual character pf as-
Eault prevailed IA. this-ss'rs gsssnt hsro.e
went mp the h ii into the ,ers bitches, niher,
iEl'ed when half way mp. others never started.
but sought safety hon the deadly stjrm be-
bird .,gs asi irees, nany started and went
''rward hraFeiy. but never returned. Steele
vas repuisea. RlAis was repulsed, Ransom
Logan, Ncciernand. every body--we gained
rethioi, o, ground, We lost in killed and