The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-03
ARMY OF POTOMAC.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF
THE LATE REVERSE.
TIE MYTH CORPS.

THE NINTH CORPs.
NISH Army CORPS, BEFoRE PErERsHrRG,
| August !, A. M.-The only note worthy incident
which has trauspired since the late fight was
| flag Of truce when General Burnside sent 90 the
| n,my yesterday with II view 10 recovering tue
wuuuded and Ouryiug the dead lying between
the lines, and whom it had been impossible to
| spproach owing to the continued firing. VI jor
Lydig, Of the Generals staff, with Surgeon Il lgau
! Medical Director of the lst Division, aud Sur-
geon White, of the j7th Massachusetts, accom-
! panied the flag.
After some little signalling the Rebels acknow-
| LEGGED II and came forward 70 meet t. The
| Off eIs who met t wore she unifJrm-One ct u
| colonel, the o,htr Of captain Cncy refused,
! however, to give their names. The cOmmun a
| tioD received and forwarded by them TO the
authority with wuOn the power rests, but no
answer has as yet been received. Oar Otii5 rs
| sought permission TO sucCOur the wounded while
| wanting, and It was granted. Accordingly the
/ poor fellows, who had been lying on the ground
nearly twenty -four hOurs-a portion Of the time in
the blazing sun-were given each drink Of
brandy.
The crater of the miucd fort was plainly In
view; but the Rebels refused 10 allow any ap-
| proaCh to 10, and the wounded near IL were sup
| piled by the Rebels themselves. The agOnios OF
| the wounded were "A vtul. Unable - move, not
darn To make even signal, lest II would attract
| an uuiriendy bullet, they had lain twenty four
| hours without food or water. The two past days
| have been the waTmcst as yet, of this SUNNI r,
and they were SUBJECTED TO the mcrcCss rays Of
n scorChing sun. Tue dead prcsen,ed a sickcning
| sight There were both white men aud negroes;
but now IL Is difficult to distinguish them apart.
Their bodies were swollen and blOat5d, and
| their faces 6lrCkCnod by the sun. About twenty
! living and one hundred and fifty dead are lying
| between the lines. Up 10 the present time no
answer has been received. The signal agreed
! upon for the announcement of an answer by the
enemy was the display in the daytime Of Il white
flag, or az night the blast OF bugle in front Of
then works.
Our officers and those who received them con-
| versed for some together, and through this
means we learn that General Lrtlett is uuhurt,
but prisoner. His wooden foot was shattered
by ball, precluding the possibility of walking,
and when captured he had to be borne away on
| a stretcher. An incident is related of Kim while
wi h his brigade in the front. A Rebel Oil ,er,
who had boldly pushed forward TO the crater, at
tackled Major Gregg, Of the 4jth Pennsylvania,
and after short contest was run through by the
Major. who then found himself unable to dis
| engage his sword.
The General had been witness of the ren.
! COltre, and, now unhuckling his own sword
said Here, MAJOR, take my sword you know
how 10 use it,"
Colonel Marshall l4th New York, is also
prisoner, and unhurt.
OUR LOSS.
new estimate places our loss at not less than
three thousand, of whom one thousand three
| but drtd are prisoners. The Rebels claim to
| have captured fourteen flags. The 9th Mdssa-
chusctts Regiment suffered more than any other,
| anu is now under C cImmand of Lieutenant OOty,
| VINO four days ago was sergeant. lie Is now
the only commissioned officer with the com
mand. The 1th Rhode Island and 3lst and 39d
Maine were almost entirely captured. DR..
Vickcrs, assistant surgeon Of the 50th Pennsyl-
vania, was wounded severely in the leg.
BRIEF REVIEW OF RECENT OPERATIONS.
CRY PoINr August 1.-The result of recent
military operations here can be briefly recorded.
| We transferred Hancock's lnfanry and Sheri-
dams cavalry 10 the north bank Of the James
river few days ago, and captured four pieces of
artillery and few prisoners and stands of coloTs.
The enemy were deceived inso believing this
real attack upon Richmond, and sent fully twenty
Eve thousand men from Petersburg through
Richn ond TO that vicinity.
Hancock was withdrawn under cover of dark
ness on Friday night, aud his whole corps moved
b, forced march TO the Petersburg front, in
Burnsides rear, before daylight on Saturday
morning. At ten minutes before five the mine
exploded, blowing the Rebel fort to atoms aud
enRufug between one and two hundred of the
22d South Carolina Regiment, in its backened,
smoking, yawning debris. Buts'ew of this num-
Der ESCAPED. An assault was subsequently made,
which succeeded in carrying a light line OF
bieastwOrks in rear of the fort.
The assautiDg column attempted to storm the
only remaining line, on the crest of the hill,
few rods further on, and were blOodiY and terri
bly, repulsed. The negro regiments in front lite
rally ran over the white troops In their rear In
their frantic attempts TO escape. We occupy
to-day substan tally the same ground that we did
the fore part of last week.
Owing TO the Importance attached 20 the matter
by the press and people Of the North, justice re-
qnires the statement that no project ever pro-
missed more favorable resultss Every conceivable
precautionary measure was taken TO insure sue
cessand officers are alike surprised and mortified
at our failure to carry the enemy's entire line,
and possess ourselves of Petersburg
The moving OF Hancock and Sheridan TO Deep
Bottom was nothing but feint to deceive the
enemy and cover our real designs. For this pur-
pose both infantry aud cavalry were marched
across from Petersburg 70 Deep Bottom by dIy-
/ Re
covering the movement Nearly all the trans
portatiOn Of the army was called 10 requisitOn
for day or two, and miles on miles of siX-mule
teams and army wagons were marching in the
same direction, but AL unOaded.
IL succeeded 10 the extent of causing Lee TO
transfer a large number of trOOps-variOusly es
timated at from twenty 10 thirty thousand-from
Petersburg 20 Richmond, with the utmost hlste.
lie clearly believed u formidable attempt on Rich
mond was intended, from the north side. This
deusion was kept up until the last minute, and
on Friday night Hancock withdrew, and by
forced march placed himself within supporting
distance OF Burnside by daylight.
Thus far all the combinations proved iautless.
Our entire army was under arms, and m IjDrity
Of four corps we're in line of battle within a mile
fthe mine when It exploded. 1t was believed
then that the Rebel force in Petersburg was a
weak one. 1t is now known TO have numbered
only three divisions. The destruction of the
Rebel fort was completei the surprise OF the
Rebels perfect.
Why their frightened aud flying troops were
not vigorously pursued pressed, and routed
Immediately after the explosion of the mine, and
before they had time TO recover from the panic
and resist our onset, may well be asked, but is
not so easily answered. Many truths are not
easily deduclble; many others are very unpalata-
BILE. The affair in question furnishes many of
both classes, and the record Of this affair will
never be complete till the muzzle Of military
authority is removed from conscientious cores
pondents.-Neio York Herald
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