The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-28
The Ninth Corps.
Mr.. James c. FflzpatrIek's Despatch.

sTH Army t'oRPs, BEFoRE PErERsBuRG,
June q, 1864 +
Our troops have been in motion ali
night, and artillery placed in position
! to assert our right today 70 the posses
sion Of the city ] may not particular
lze these movements Suffice it 70 say
for the present that before the sun is
many hours high the assault will have
been made Naught bat O thin line
the last of its defences-interposes be
tween our skiFmish limo and the out
skirts of the city.
LIFE OS TIE FRONT.
LISA curious psychological feet how
Indifferent an old soldier becomes TO
danger An instance Of this was af
forded on our front to-day. A soldier,
while lying asleep in his shelter tent,
was disturbed BY the noise Of a passing
shell, and, looking up, discovered that
it had carried away the ridgepole Now
a shelter tent, though q frail structure,
occasions no little trouble in its cree
ton, and boughs have TO be cut and
shaFpened and adjusted to form its
skeleton. As the soldier viewed the
partial destruction Of his habitation, no
thought Of the danger he had escaped
passed through his mind no sense of
fear or thought Of the terrible result,
had the gunner who aimed the gun va
ried the elevation Of his piece BY the
slightest fraction Of an inch. The only
idea which seemed to engage his atten-
ton was that he had TO build bis house
over again, and he vented his anger BY
doing with the rebels what he would
do with a stream Of water If he wished
to render it available for mill purposes
Shells, however, are not frequent Wis
itors lust now, or at least have not been
within the past few days Our sllirrn-
ishers have crawled up within a few
hundred yards Of the rebel limo, and
their gunners find it q risky business
to undertake the working of their can
non. Their batteries may be said 10 be
silenced, in the daylight at least DC
casionally an attempt is made to work
one Of the guns, and perhaps a piece is
loaded and fred but such a shower Of
bullets whistles through the embrssures
that these attempts are rendered abor-
tive or seldom repeated
PROMOTION OF COLONEL BARTLETT.
Ilearn that Colonel ". F. Bartlett, Of
the Fifty-Seventh Massachusetts,, has
been promoted 10 a brigadier general
ship. Colonel Bartlett is one of the
most thorough soldiers in the army, in
proof Of which he can show a wooden
leg and the SCARS Of some half dozen
wounds. At the battle Of Balls Bluff
be was a captain at the siege Of Port
Hudson he commanded the Forty-nintn
Massachusetts, and led the famous
charge upon the rebel works Such
was his marked gallantry upon this
occasion that the rebel General Gard
/ er exclaimed TO his troops" Do not
fire at that man. Such brave man
deserves 10 live Notwithstanding, ne
received a wouud in the arm At the
Wilderness battle ne received 8 severe
scalp wound, from the effects Of which
he is just recovering
no ENGAGEMENT YESTERDAY
It was very quiet all day yesterday
In the night the pickets had a lively
skirmish, and kept blazing away 81
each other for several hours.
GENERAL FERarEos coLoRED TROOPS
The colored command Of General
FeTrero is in line on our front The
dusky braves are anxious to 20 into the
fight, emulOus of the example Of the
eOIored troops Of General Butler in this
vicinity. So far their laboFs have been
confined 70 bringing up the rear in
charge Of the wagon train, and Gen.
Meade has complimented General
Ferrero for the eminenuy successful
manner in which this has been accom-
plished; not q single wagon has been
captured or destroyed, though the rebel
cavalry have been continually watching
every opportunity.
UE10S REBEL
The above may sound like a paradox.
A prisoner recently captured belonging
to a North Carolina regiment in con-
versation with our men in camp, de-
clares his unconditional loyalty % the
Union. He says that he had to 60 into
the army or be hung, but protests, that
in every engagement he raised his gun
and fred over the Union troops lie
vas Unionist BY choice, but a rebel
by compulsion.
QUIET.
Yesterday was the euietestday which
have noticed in the present campaign. I
Even the p:ckets seemed disinchned -
pop at each other The rebel artillery
was silent forced TO be so BIZ the vigi-
lance Of our sharpshOoters. Our guns
fred brss few shots, and those for the
purpose o. testing or getting range.
PREsIDESS LISc0Ls's VISIT TO THE FIELD.
President Lincoln's yisitto tho camps
Is the occasion Of much enthusiasm