Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-06-10
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
From the I2Ist Regiment.
EEADCUARTERE l2lsT OP1o VOL. INF,
R,AE Ga, Nav 2lat. 1894. (

he oh government, ny compelling the rebel
, acknOwlt dye the National AuIInriiIes an,
Constitution, and respect that old flag, unde
VII Sc broad folds ont fUrelaIhtrs drove nu
he British Lien in the great rebellion, com
tllfd him to hunt his hole in the var of lSl .
and in 1916 msrchu TO The Halls of ill
Monte znmas, perhaps il would be interesting
OIi e readers Of The Gazette TO lealn what VI
are doing, aud how pruEpering.
The bays down here have come II the con
ciusiun tina: the ehd of this war is not far d s.
ant; that il is but question of time. Tn
Union army j. steadily adv .nciDg aud The
South reCeding. We are rapidly marchir g
into he Reml . country. We have bad 10 e.
'abli>b depo's of supplies. and keep our reas
| %tll guarded from rads and gueri,la-, hence
our slow progress onward heretofore; but now
naving forces 10 take charge Of our rear, VT
intend 10 move on rapidly and soon end the
strife.
Our army. consisting of the Isl, 4th, 18th,
| Is h, 18th, l7Ih Hrd 23d corps, concentrated
rear RinggOld the first of this month and were
'laced in the following order Our corps
| I4'k) in the center. or in front of the enemy,
! With The 4'h and 23 upon our left, and the
lsi, Is b. Is aud l7'h upon cur right. o.
he b, We advanced upon Tunnel HILL. where
the enemy were in force. Our Division in
the advance forced them from their position
Nth slight loss on either side. o. III. 8lh
We moved against them in front nf Buzz Ir,ls
itnOsf, "a gap in the Rocky Fuce RIDGE
Tht M 'urh Of the gap Was Charged v.,Iun,ari-
" by three companies from the lib hO. v
1 three from the 18th Iii. Vol. Iufaniry and
hIee from our regiment, under the command
II Col Banning, and supported by The re-
.nainder Of our brigade. I'Ley drove the en-
my and got p0sSt ssiOn Ct the mouth of the
gap With bnt slight loss TN our side having
| cut one killed aud number wounded. We
lnuLd it impossible to force our way through
ne gap with out grtat sacrifice of life an ,ur
pant. l. r it was very narrow aud the stream
Mil Creek) running through ii was damed
,nd hence lake of water laid between Us
rnd their forts. and left only the railroad to
iJasa through upon. Thi- they commanded with
neavy cannon. II was the best natural EUrti
tied position / have ever seen, and with their
,orliicatiUns around it made it useless for Us
20 attempt TO take it from the front. We
aid back three days and fought them with
IrIlllery, and let our shaTpshuUterS work upon
nm.
The morning of the l2th our army, except
he 4th corps, which remained to guard tie
gap and prevent them from passing out Ia
That direction, moved to the left under cover
u the hills nhd woods, aud forced our way
-he.pgh the Snake Gre, k Gap 10 the rear OF
Dalton. McPhersOn's cummand had a sharp
hight there. hey perceived Us hanking then.
and Withdrew their forces from the upper gap
and Dalton, aud tell back To Rtsaca. where
,hey wire well fortified The 4lh cnrps lOl-
loved them and jnined upon our lett. The
l4Ih aud 23d made an attack up, n heir front
Viii c The others swung around AID gave them
battle upon their faLks. Here they resist d
US slubbUTDly aid severe battle tnsued, aud
hey maintained their position until night
c.Cstd the days contest. Both sides lost se-
Neiely. Gen KIlpairitk was woundt d during
le day white attempting to cut tbp Railroad
10 Ihtir rear. Gu: forces threw up enIreGcl
~, Ills during II night and msde preparation,
Tor The nIurIOw's contest Q5.D Sunday We
laid III the euIreI, chuPntS aud let the sIurJ-
ho"ptrs and rtilltry play upon them. 1bey
made a fierce assault upon our left during The
night aud were handsomely rrpulsed. When
he morning fog had disappeared we found
that lhty had Withdrawn aud were retreating
In the direction Of Kingston and Rome. We
captured lumber. Of them, started them to
he ruar and We're soon in puIsuir. Our Di-
vision (D4vis) was ordered To advance agminsp
Rome viii G The main army moved on Kings.
ton. We reached Dry Ctptk Valley. Which
is lew miles ffOm II me, about IL O'Clock
ue l4'h, wiihGu 5, eing any signs of the enc
my, aud alter eating our dinner we marched
Un and when about one and half miles from
the city, They opened their artillery upon our
dvaHce. SkiImShers were soon thrcwu Tor
~nId aud the division formed for battle, our
b,igud. ON tue right of The road, he 81 upon
the Iel', and the lsl formed behind us a. u re-
Srrve. The batteries were pac,d upon each
dc Of I he road and were loaded with grape
aud canister. Our skirmShers then moved
forward and sharp fight ensued which listed
H6uul an hour, when all again qIiet. Our
reg i'm Mt supported the battery upon the right
and was very lucky, not having "A man III il
wOuEdrd. cLnnut give the numbtr of killed
aud wUundrd but suppose it IU be near one
nundted the m0steVI whom were ia the Sd
brigusie. "A potion OF our regiment was
ih.VWn out as ,kirrNishers, who at intervals
exchanged shots qnle freely with Them during
the evening, and wien daylight came again
pushed forward, driving the enemy back, aud
WeIe the first ins de their Qualifications. They
ell back Ucrns the OOstanaula river and
burned the bridges crossing it to impede ou,
progress. We fought them acrjss the river
during the foIepart Of the day, while u pnr-
riOn Of our command crossed the liver above
The place in canoes and came do Xn upon their
faux. A. soon as they percriv our forces
on that side they across the Z Owah river
alter having sacked the town of everything
they could get away. Before ,ht We had
pOnlOon bridge constructed and moved QUE
brigade iulU town. We found large amour,
Of stores which they we're compelled to leave.
lsdn'e is a fine town, located on ihe banks ui
the above named rivers, which unite here aud
fern the COOsa river, Everything is stirring
Gardens are looking we'll, Strawberries are
ripe and very p euly. We are running THEN
mills aud gIinding the grain which was cap
rurtd here. This WIS very important place
" them, aS il was Une of their manufacturing
towns. Kingston fell into our hands the da,
after We captured this place, aud you may
soon hear OF "ur marching on TO Atlanta, and
Il It's downfall, for Gen. Sherman will soon
have his = Ganks' moving ON.
Tie boys are in good cheer and ante
healthy, aud are talking of the eaoa time
c"nii WHEN lhis cruel war is over aad We.