Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-08-06
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AN Saturday, July 20.

AT TnENR0Hf NKAR ATLANTA, VA
fh Saturday, July 20. )
Ny Dear Telegraph Here lam con
fronting grim vissged war with sll bis ar
NOR on. Yesterday morning as we we're
preparing TO leave Marietta for the front,
a Telegram was brought into the Office OF
the Quarter.mas,er saying that Gen Shcr-
mans headquarters we're established 10 At
lan,a. GlOf course this news sent our hats
whirliug through the air. and threw every
face into a broad grin. The officer whose
business Il is to look after machinery Of ev
cry sort 10 the places captured by our for
ces, Immediately dispatched one Of bis al
tendants TO take charge Of and preserve
whatever machinery might be found in At
lanta This gentleman made one Of our
company; aud we oil set oat with the ex
pectation Of riding into Atlanta that eve
uirg. About half way between Marietta
and this place we stopped for water, and
were Informed by young native TO the
manor boru,' that the news which had
reached Us before starting was true; for be
assured US in the purest Georgian dialect
'you'Ds has got Atlanta But this bright
anticipation was soon dispel!ed. For we
soon came within the sound of booming
cannon, and on reaching the 6eld Hosp
tai Of the Cd division Of the 4ih corps we
learned that a fierce aud bloody fight had
just closed, and that our army were yet
two miles from the City.
The truth was, the Rebel Gen Hood
had repeated bis effort OF Wednesday to
break our line and drive our army back to
the Chataboocbe river. The better to Sc
cure this object. he withdrew bis men from
our front during Thursday night, and then
sent q colored man to our lines to report
that the rebels had evacuated Atlanta
This report of the colored man being con-
frmed by the disappearance of the enemy
from the front bad the desired effect. Our
army was ordered to advance, aud when
out Of our breas: works and ia motion, the
enemy suddenly struck our left where the
the line was weakest But he paid dearly
for his deception. He lost in killed wound.
ed, and prisoners, not less than ten thou
sand men. The two days, Wednesday and
Thursday. cost lhe enemy twenty thousand
men, or about one third Of his best troops.
Our boys are in the best possible spirits,
and ask for nothing better than ttat Hood
will continue this kind of fighting a week
or two longer.
Our l03 Regt, Col Casemen', occupy
the ground held by the rebels on Friday,
aud whore Gen. Mcpherson was killed
That par. of the army is two from the miles
City. and no part is more than two and
half miles. Gen. Sherman is sure to have
IL. But as heretofore, SO COW be prefers
to take more time 10 secure his ends and
thus save the lives of his noble men. They
have unbounded confidence in him.
Here at the front, as everywhere else,
we find the Sanitary Commission is busy
ministering to the wounded & needy o.
Wednesday the battle had hardly begun
and not two men had BEEN brought to the
rear before the Sanitary agent was present
with bis load of supplies. After wba,
have seen and heard of its work of love,
my whole heart and head approve it, while
my prayer is, God bless the Sanitary Com
mission and give it all the means il needs,
that it may continue its good work. p.