The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-10

" ltoues' division. Dropping It's living an
y; dead oilal on aid sides Wnder we'll direc
Di Cd hire Of rifle and gun itstill kept on i
=, way and by the heavy pressure from /
rt rear, burst living torrent over Il
n works held By Dole. b airing, like
I mlshty rive, everything before it,
y swept surgng to the rear Of the CenGe,
crate position for several hundred yard
4 when it struck, with u heavy recol th
e reckli$ze solidity Of Gordon's front. ii
: had sust come up from the left; ant
P cheering as he went, hurled back th
y heavy masses in a terror as great as il tn
g Hash OF his bsyonets were tho deadl
, light oi the Gorgon's eye. Ills fire rt
/, served until the enemy broke, he poul
ediho hin, as Ae Red, relley after yo
ley, with an aim and rspidjty truly na9s
] deroiis. twenty minutes having fnishe,
tliis Stern wstk, and reslofed tfi@ ifnc I,
its9riginal position, that valuable office
y retired from the immediate trout to hi
, position in reserve.
The movements upon Fields line du
ring the morning Of the 10Th, were de
signed, doubtless, to. employ our atten
ton during the operations against his
rear. The 70 follows = course generally
parallel with the line taken up during
me nlghtcf the 9th, by the division un-
der Malone. Sweeping bacl, however,
around that flank, at q sl1ort distance
below his left, it exposed him from that
! part OF the opposite bank, to the fire OF
some guns, taking him even somewhat in
reverse. Crossing the sorks they had
| thrown up daring The night to protect
their front, his troops sought shelter
/ Nt tt,at H.
crouclilng on the oUter slope Under
cover OF tle csnnonade, The enemy, not
during an attempt to force the bridge,
crossed the river lower down, in full ex
posure to well directed fire frsm some
deh pieces that had been planted ON the
Confederate left, Having driven il the
skrmishers of Wlight's brigade Of Geor.
eians, the Federal column began to form
IN line, ON this side; and, Tor the moment,
war reeemcd about to subject 10 another
fiery trial The well proved metal Of An
derson'S Division.
General Early had, in the meantime,
crossed the Po at a bridge lower down
than that in front the Division Of Ander.
son. With Heih's Division and Mahones
superb Brigade, be continued his march |
on the opposite bank upstrcana. until,
striking the flank Of the Federal flankers,
he drove them before iiin without en- |
countering any resistance The thunder |
ing Of his guns, the shouting in wild |
trump OF his troops, came near and still /
nearer to Anderson's fellows, as they
stood ready for mortal struggle; and
hose welcome sounds, as they swelied up
ron the woods, heraldel the arrival Of I
itatf officers, who. having dashed into the
'treani, rode up in full speed, his horses
ia,ksstill dripping with water to an.
ioance TO Malone that the enemy was
from the bridgein rullretlc At.
The Federal masses we're seen by Ma
ionc's artillerists moving across the open
round of heights on the other side of
he Pu Shot and shell were hurled i'm.
acdiately into them as they rushed back
from Early's crashing advance
he division moved down al oiicc TO the
ridge; and, having crossed, formed on
he opposite side in line Of battle, parallel
rith the road by which the enemy had I,
eine-that from Shady Grove. Wright's !
eorgians, drawn up on FIELDS left,
rsted their right on the river; Perrin's
llabamians came next; chen .Perry's |
loiiians, Harris Mis,iSsippians, and >
Iahone's Virginians. Heth's men, as |
ley came Up with Early, took position
Il the left. The enemy hak formed in {
ne of battle halt mile OF His front, |
)vered by breastworls, was further pro y
,cted by four imprtyised redoubts. The =
,sses OF his .htrried retreat had been :.
,rious and would probably have been :,
Yen much more so had he not embar
ssed the pursuit by setting fire behind 1
~ ~ nF,y L.. t,Iti inI, l.a haf
ropped the dead and wounded of his y
gl,t. The two arrays lay on the ground =
ley had lust taken, and continued to Z
ok at each other during what yet re- u
aimed of the day, without demonstra- :"
IN or attack, save only TO the extent Of =: -
casional shelting. ~ ~
Fooled by Early in ilanking the right Of !, u
II position, Grant attempted to break it ,,
direct attack. Night had almost set y
when the heavy column that had ~
reatened the left so often during the y
y burst upon it, AT last, in terrible !"
lmesincss. Covering The whole front .
the division, that tremendous attack "a "a
me under the fire Of the brigade on the 10
/ Of McIaw Woflord's Gcorgians. ~ ~
neral G.. T. Andersot's brigade re- VI u
yed the shock in terrible force; but ~ ~
aid lie seen from the position of Major S1 .l'
neral r. II. Anderson aud Major Gen ~ ~
il Field, TO hold its ground as steadily ~ ~
il it were on n dress parade. Rapidly ~ "
4 regularly it threw up cloud ar,r Iil' rp
ud Of spoke and the fash OF its fire y. r.
rst along its font every few minutes ui
thread like flashes. W.
10 angle in the line Of the Confrde- w
G array--a Salient, as it is termed by ho
gineors-presented The weak point of o.,
rnce. The breadth OF its fire neccs. IN,
lily contracted, and its sides exposed to stt
ilade. that part of the Coniedtrale line on
, held by Gregg's brigade of Texans. Wi
covered by traverses, bis men, after tb,
attacking column had swept up with tln
. short distance OF the works, encoun- IN
ed a fire from both front and flank beI
|, finally, as the wave Of the onslaught M
ged over headlong into their defences, six
'e forced 20 fall back before its resist ,a;
weight That they did not yield in mn,
leeblences Of spirit was attested as 81,
Y retired, with their faces TO elie foe, Fyr
several OF their comrades WHO lay IN
trenches, dead or dying under Ihrusis
the stern bayoDet. SIung with hu s
iaiion by their repulse, the gallant .Jol
ows paused in their retrogression I; and AN,
nging furiously forward drove the On
my Just as he began 10 quail before ,va,
III. 81. alop, csl..r