, 1864-06-16

flour trc ops should succeed in carrying either
tie trst or e..conu they would be subjected to
terrible enf1ading Gre from the other. The
wood had been cleared OF the undsrgroWth
te1ies at three different angles. In their
frout-in the deEse forcst-Was the fourth
lipe-lhe first In our front-R well construct
ed ri1e-pit, with its ditch and d breastwork
of logs a. earth. In advuEce Of these wefo
excayutie rs and projections for pickets9:.l
should add that the three main lines were
crowned with logs, 50 placed upon supports
as to leave narrow space underneath them,
Just sufficient for line Of muskets- I have
eecn many rebel tntreuchments, but none
EXCEPT those at Vicksburg as we'll and clre-
fully constructed. Yon could readily under
Jolnston was anxious to be attacked IN his
position. If the right wing had carried the
rife-plt there WAS in Its front, as our troops
would have charged from the thick wood In
which it was buried, glacis swept By three
lines Of earthWorks, every yard en11laded BY
its salient angles, every loot alive and bust
Ing with death. It was position to be
fanked, not assaulted.
The 18th and left wing Of the 10th corps
were at once ordered to move eastward as
far as the - Burnt Church" Gen. Turchin's
brigade, Of the 18th corps, which had been
stationed at Burnt Hickory, covering the
right and rear and the trains Of the different
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thearmy, were all moved at the same time
eastward By different roads.
OPERATIONS ON TIE GTH.
On the 9th tho Army Of the Tennessee
marched at daylight to Ackworth. Thus
Johnston was agafn obliged by Gen. sher-
man's strategy to abandon strong position,
and move out of his carefully and thoroughly
prepared Notifications.
The rebels are believed to be across the
Chatahoochee river, although they still haye
troops in our front. Where or when they
will stand for the next battle, is only mat
ter Of conjecture. It must be where the ad-
vantages Of position are not Ill in their IA
Tor-, The fret general engagement, II 1t oc.
curs this side Of Atlanta, will be decisive.
WHAT THE ARMY uAs DONE,
The Army Of the Mississippi has made q
tonments on the first OF May, from quarters
scattered from Decatur to Knoxville; has
marched with only the necessities, and none
Of the comforts Of campaigning, over noun
tains, through gorges, and gaps, and ravines;
made bridges and fordea streams; used all
scaled precipices, and made roads for itself
In the Widest Of countries, land Of hills
and streams; has fought . large, well ap.
pointed well ofHcered army at Dalton, at
Resaca, at Dallas; received battle when
ever and wherever offered; pursued 1t
aled the enemy from every good position,
and is now good hundred miles, as the
crow flies, from Its original base Of supplies,
And but thirty 1--we from Atlanta. And that
army, as write yon, ie as strong in mum
bers, as sound in health, as confident In
heart, as the day it took the field.
TRAINs- 49,;
>, Trains now run On the railroad within
twelve miles Of this point. Before you re-
ceive this letter the Alatoopa bridge will
have been completed and the trains running
to Marietta.
THE WOUNDED.
The wounded Of orr recent battles are I'LL
at this place, except those slightly wounded,
who have been transported to Kingston.
Sanitary supplies have been received In some
quantities. Il Sanitary agents had the ablli-
ty OF Quartermastcrs, or even, Suffers, there
Wou1d have beef more. In ths hospital at
Resaca, erysipelas has appeared and increas-
ed the mnrfA1ify ,1ArE