The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-07
NO 50

. Under the fire of the Psrr,,,, rr,...-,
: brigade slowly but surely 60. = "aI'I
within nifty or sixty feet of tho frsr Gc,
b oil rihe pits, and lay upon their faces al,
, uay ana the succeeding night. Hon.
man battery occupies q Hill on onr OK
IRENE right, and renders efficient service
by keeping the rebels in their piis
whence they would like to issue bv tbe
TShsVerses and pick or our lads. The
cahnonading ceases at 3 o'clock IN m.
afternoon, ana both lines 90 10 yyort M
ting up masked batteries AZ Tho noints
supposed to be weakest P''''''
Inc center hammers away nj tlc cos,
mated forts, makes CHARGE or two n,
apparently weak places, bu, loses bIood
ana gains nothing except a little dear
bought knowledge. Tuttlc's division 10
IN reserve for the center, but is not called
into action, for indeed all the men th,t
can be used TO advantage are in posiiior
and can carry out the programme of the
day The firing ceases aItopetbor NJ
eight o'clock, but the echoes of Tho can.
nonade are kept awake all night by the
mortars In the lazoo river and the pro-
gress Of the l3.inch shell can be traced
over our heads into the city by the burn
ing fuse
AT ten o'clock the army will movc
upon the works of the enemy. No chance
has been made in the disposition or
troops McOlernand ia still ON tho Loft
MePherson in the center and Sherman
on the right but not even the eve of tho
Commanding General can take in tba
situation OF the divisions in these tbrrc
army corps. They are distributed ON
NIL sides, IN valleys, in gorges, in ,he
thlck woods and in the abandoned works
| OF the enemy. Their extent ia tr-
miles, and before intelligence can reach
! from one end of the line to the other
whole division may be cut TO pieces or
put to route, for that is not the least i'm
possible thing in the progress of a battle.
even with the prestige on the defeated
side
A heavy cannonade is opened bv our
entire line, and the oonvcrging fire blazea
from every hill top aud hold for tbrcn
hours. High above the tops of the
| trees, the smoke of the thousand puus Ia
seen. Shell is bursting over the CIV
in its streets, over the rebel battcri6s
over their rifle pits, and the thunder and ,
din are appalling. The farthest mart of
our lines is sought out by the IcbpIs'
shot and shell. All they know 10 n
dot where TO throw them, and no place
seems sale for the civilian or lonker-on.
THE TERRIBLE RESISTANCE OF THE REBELs.
They "roso fr0uI thoir pits and in
trenchments in thousands. and nonro5
steady and deliberate fire int, tho
breasts of our advancing columns They
hurled hand grenades by the score into
our ranks, aud poured grape, canister.
ana schrapnel upon us from batteriea
hitherto concealed from sight bv the
treacherOus brush and pnderoTovjtb
which entanglcd the feet Of our brave
lads and caused many Of them 10 fall an
easy prey to the deadly sharpshooter.
IN many instances regiments were within
llity yards of the rebel works. but the
ground was so steep that IL required
longer TO climb up than to double
quick" ten times the distance. Such
regiments as, for instance, the 9th and
3Oth Iowa, on the right of our confer.
that had but a short distance 10 charge.
were cut TO pieces. The former reports
sixty men and four noa-commissiopod
officers for duty now; but this is a very
extreme cases and the regiment only
numbered little over 800 men.
THE REBEL PLAN.
From captured mails and kilograms at
every point Of our occupation, we learned
the intents and purposes of the reb Is.
Vloksburg was TO be held al all hazards.
but general feeling of distrust was
manifested toward PembcrtOn, whom the
South now regards as n traitor 10 their
cause. Their most determined resist
ance was to have been made at Jaekeon
and Black River bridge, but the attitude
OF our army was iDeXpliCable To them.
and they were obliged TO scatter their
force to resist the many points threaten
ed. Prisoners, among whom are onioers.
admitted, nay, bitterly declared, tho
hopelessness Of their cause, and slated.
what we found a. every point except the
one now attacked, that the rebels were
utterly dcmoralized aud dispirited, that
Pemberton had sold them, and that il
was useless, madness even, 20 longer ou-
pose our arms.
Encouraged by these TO as additional
proofs Of tho easy task before us, we were
ill-prepared for the fierce resistance of
yesterday Now that we have been
taught lesson-now that we SEQ the
utter impos-ibility of tempting further
70 carry the Gibraltar Of America by as
sault--we can sit upon our arms, recruit
the army for couple Of weeks, IL nee
essary, aud await what cannot fail 20
come-the complete surrender Of Yicks-
burg.