Winchester daily bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn) 1863-1863, 1863-06-09

guns mounted upon traverses, while to
the right and left were works, build
ings and other objects, behind which
rebel sharpshooters could find protec.
ton and pour u destructive fire upon
an enemy, after rs well as before they
had gained the interior Of their main
works.
The 18th infantry, 4th Virginia, 47th
Ohio, l21th Illinois, 9Th and 9th Mis-.
souri,, and possibly one or two other
regiments gained the ditch. The con
tict was "short AMI decisive. In 20
minutes the brigades had assembled the
hill, and returned minus eight huRdred
men. The rebels moved our gallant
fellows down with grape, canister and
muskctry.
The writer then details some Of the
gallant" officers who fell beneath the
"murderous" fire Of the rebels, aud
passes on TO the second assault, which
he says was far more disastrous to his
gallant" fellows. AS there have been
5evea desperate assaults which were re.
pulsed, we leave our readers TO c%onjec.
ture the Yankee loss in the five last at.
tompts to capture Pemberton's "demor-
allied garrison. We think our peo-
pie have abundant room to believe 1t.
General Pemberton has not been idle
or wanting in skill, and that Vie sburg
does not offer much advantage in it's
rear to the Yankees.
Here follows the correspondents &C.
count Of the second assault;
Wednesday and Thursday were given
up to the artillery, and to getting our
men ready for another attack, which
took place at 4 A. NJ, OF Friday.
1t is needless TO give particulars-it
was in Abe main like the other, only
on a larger scale, and met with a re-
pulse as decided as did that Of Tues
day. The usual character Of assaults
prevailed in this-some gallant he
roes went up the Hill into the very
bitches, others failed when half way
up, others novcr started, but sought
safety from the deadly storm behind
logs and trees, many started and went
forward bravely, but never returned.
Steele was repulsed, Blair was rcpuls.
ed, Ransom, Logan, McCIernard, every
body-we gained nothing Of ground,
we lost in killed and wounded in loss
than half az hour twenty-five hundred
mon.
1t was everywhere the same, down II
broken hill, under showers of grape,
canister, fragments Of shells, and mus.
kct balls up a long ascent, covered
with almost im~penctrablc a%pattis,
broken into hollows nearly inacccssi.
bic to a pedestrian in the most peace.
able times, and searched in every
corner by the deadly messengers from
the crest. Once up there, u wide
ditch the opposite, rising nearly per.
pendicularIy twelve feet, then a high
~stockado, from whose double loop holes
death was flashing forth increasingly ;
upon heights beyond, a fort mounted
with heavy guns, upon tho right and
left works, with cannon pouring a
murderous en6Iading fire along the
very ditch into which our advance
were orowding, vainly looking for some
place in front Of them accessible. 1t
was in vain-thcy could not get over,
if there was no enemy beyond, unless
they should fall into the ditch, batter
down the stonSades, or mount them
with long ladders. And so the gallant
men who had gained the direct line,
regaincd tho hill beyond, and the
second assault was ended.
Gen. Carr is reported MORALLY
wounded. Col. DolIings is killed
Col. Stone, of Iowa has an arm shot
off. Lieut.. Coils, Capts. and Lieuts.
without number have gone down,
killed or wounded, in this charge,
which General Sherman pronounced