The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-11-19

after them but neither side received any dam
age The. whole matter grew out Of few
cavalry out-posts which Gen. Hood had sta
! toned here to watch these roads. and VIII.
decamped the moment they discovered ou
| approach. In stead Of there being 50 or l,t
there probably were not over half dozen
! After 1t became apparant to Gen. Davis th,,
one brigade was insufficient to cap.urn h.,
/ dozen gueriiias, we were ordered iuto c;.mn
| II was now some time after dark. and As ,b.r,
had been frequent showers duriag the Latte
part OF the day We were all wet again. Enr
tunately we had plenty Of wood aud the mri
. soon had large fires going, at vii ell the,
dried themselves before living down. ". E,
canped about mi es from kenasaw Noun:
tain and from Marietta.
net. JM.-As though we had not been suf
iiccntiy bedevied during the two precrdin.
, DAYS and nights, were torneu;eI all last
night with foolish orders. At II O'Clock
orders came round 10 notify the companies to
be- ready at II 10 either fight or :..arch. 4,
| II o'clock We were called up - draw two day S
r.,tionS; q. one O'Clock. were ordered 10 have
reveile at ,, and br aklst 4. IN the morn.
ine. At ) thc revelle blew, and at fur we
had breakfast. The result of all this was
simply to deprive OF rest which we nov
needed very much. Alter breakfast, we Law
around camp awaiting orders either to fight
! or march, until half past one III wien
orders came to march" We moved out in
direction Of Lost Mpuntain some or ) miles
then turned back towards Mlriett. and q:
) o clock brought up in field where we rest
ed Ill Sundown. After dark we were marched
Il within few miles OF kcnasaw Mountain :
a distance OF :.t least miles. 1t was exceed
iI"ls dark and muddy. and We were again
1 =
water were scarce. Few Of the men got sup
nc'-si were So eXhau ted tAa; they jus;
rr"w themselves on the ground and weut L.
: e"r IN the midst oi very heavy rainst0rsn.
: c. continued nearly all mIght. Durin-
t..c a'icr part of the march the men had be-
crIae almost furious. aGd ,hcs ssDrc ,.vriD. :
a. Tie ihhumal treatment they wcrc =, .
cc:viuy.
M. o'a.-This morning We rcr: called I'D
al | Cock rain continued .;.iIuy Ia Perfect
turrr,.t-. Al ~crr wet through anu cold.
rr" g"t u-cahia5i, bat coH;elird them ,elvr.
"ih ,s..,."ing hard tAc> tad ran bacon IN
hops ;'iit tt.e RAJ: M 1t g, I'D All 81 T. r.
,.,.i.E bc afforded - 70, ,ol.-. .J. ,oii.e Adj
:. ~ lrn dinner. After ,i"nuIas in tn. r.1i
twp or three hours, We were iiusitS pat III
motion. The rams dLrinu the iii4it had
swollen tine small creeks 50 much that We had
- wade most OF .hcln ;iud the III ID WAS dread
N. Cur march - day WIS Cvyr the kcna-
SAN Mountain !;t,t.c :i-i!. Ne trcJucutlv
paT>ci u t,.-e =. survey ot the ground over
which - had -. zee. with the enemy du-
rlug tie o.J, - ~. ch had ben ,.;..;-
el arVi.i" 90 ..s1, .t.::l iHp months before.
In" ei.eri, >. tie '.t.,'y DESPERATE cnL,!' >
were p.;.Ia!y .i~rDv every where; the timber
which had J"c.. a:.':tt,r r.: sut torn bg The g.
i:l!ery an. iII.:5~etrJ 49, r!ther!u, aud iyi"E
and hh; ihe APP stc..:,o" - though Il E=d been
S,uTchcd ny IKE. -lj,"t 10 clock It c.c,.ri
o.t and We w,r. b.oyynI IL Il halt IA 4 dense
iJre,t. =! miles iron Il .,h...ty: here We
rested until )! IN. lac rIru got 4 chance
10 dry the!r c!"thrs and ;;oI good dinner and
some sweet sleep. Ia th" evening our brig
idc was sent out abO.t miles 10 guard the
D;:l..s road We WEI. st..iiu.e,. GA Il hi..i
knoll tTo:.. which we could watch the country
To- i.li.es N all directions. he enemy MAS
stalu' ed i'll our lro,t In tho morning. .orm
IN Il Inc OF pIcke,s from near DIs :onanjv to
Lost Mountain but we approached liz.
gradually withdrew. showing no d psi ID n
t, contest oar approach. BY misA; ir.e. !...
gradually ieit TN, vicinity Oar c.,v..iry Eaa
mad q !Iiuc >ki-InIshiny with theirs a4i ne
a few prisoners. On reaching The
~ta!i.s road We threw Up come ha.;y WORKS
's!lid - the sly VIZ, once III r. Cic... "r ia!u
Town a:d had a good ri"h',s ry>;-rlc !I.-t
siucc leaving ! Atlanta. .iu rry,i, have Iu.4
aP az! dc>iToye,! aboG; EII'cs ui the ...s.
ry..si RON 49,, oLalty i.ogt!i~ar. Oar p.i--
o'!vrS are h.sy 10 ""ra repairing D.. aud II J.
calculated Il a. IL !,.s i!.:..i - G..- :; vii Ev
IN ruaiiig order AGAIN =. 80 AZ. ~.
hc~n and scait. ret ,l.l- {. ...-.. 3. a..ie.-
patton Of al engagement ...- Ian. !
Large amount 0. Ir1n - ..- ... ...-.... ..I
Atlanta. Hai 1t not ..-. #. ... ,tna,
burned al the sure d.r -. :, Dat, he
damage donc rs bs lIJy.s ~; ,u..i,. nave
been q.Itc i.:cO"-i..eraL.e il NOW ;lI,i-..r,
the RESISTANCE m..'i uy the garrison ~ big
>uauiy wa, Iau;ii more siuJour tI..n ~ iirs.
rerIrtCi. AMI that lie, uii ivt surrender Gn
Il. completely overppwcrcd. GcA. sherman
is entirely satisfied with tii" cO;:,iact ri the
comniaud;.mt oi the post ILe rebels lost
heavily in their attack bat thcy crushed The
garrison By All overwhelming force.
OcL 1M.-Thc 18th. and I'D corp. moved
ont Yesterday in drecii' Il CT Lost Mountain.
and 10 day had a slight brush with The enc
my'S rear guard. Occasional canuoaating
could he heard III that direction all dar. The
4th corps occupied The lett side OF the railroad
between here and Ac~0rih. and the 9TH corps
the right side of the road, while the lith corps
covered the rear. To-day WAS warm and ex'
crcdingly pleasant aud We remained III cams;
all dav. \ detachment WAS se UuI Oh the
dallas road 10 make Reconnaissance and ;-iter
r.l;lsac king the whole Country for or miles
On either side ti,e road retur ed just at sUl,-
down withou, discovering any ,ig!., al tne
cn"nlyS pre- cnce. They have evidently III:
for parts further north.
O,'. M -..bout midnight the wind com
mcHced blowing perfect hurricane from !t.c
nor.h and became exceedingly co!'i. " {
r. Obliged 10 get up and mire iirca 10 ~e,i.
warm, and construct rrctk wcitEecs u. hr.---s
- shelter from the IuCluinccy ~. Inc ".!..
An ambulance was yesterday captured co..-
tanning rrl. Brig. GcII. l oui.g anu I. Colonel
o. a Mississippi regiment. Both were wou"d'
-d at \ liatDiI.i. winch place vas attacked by
the rebels vest r,.:.y WITH great vio!cAce. be
garrison, however. winch had been reinforced
y G..:s. Cu-.>,. from Rome, GA. rcs.s'ed ihc
attack handsomely. and iinrily rvpI's sed the
enemy with great s.a ghter and carture, quite
a mum Der OF prisoners. The enemy i'it theli
dead and MANY wUuadcd on the field. Oul
Ios- was about I0J, that OF the enemy oveI
iOGG Ai!atoua is Il general depot OF supplle'
for t,.'. railroad garrlsonS. 1t was to capture
these ,urIIies that Hood attacked the pi;:ce
/; j. .r.s- AZ tie strongest points. by nature
! j.. al. ,.si;;isesi anG. win the i2rtIEcaIi"h'
ar,d..n ); :, almost imprcgnaDle. i-opd ha'
Sncr a..:,,i tIc town with - i"ast lO,GJO me'
bIg wa sill uI.a |. t. reduce i, our !or,'
: within .he ..,rhs was 1879. The loss on ou
! side vs. much owing to = scarcity Of artller,
| aanmunitinn. Most o. the fighting had TO b'
d ,ue b, the IL aItry. We continued in CAM
OIL the Dallas roa,i untii } o'clock p NJ, thcr
| retur ed 10 the place We rested on the 1T
inst, here We had supper and rested until
o'clock p. III. and thea took up the march TO
Acwortb, $ miles distant. We encanpe,
about ! O'Clock IN ;, ! ] miles from Acworth
in 4 beautiful forest. 1t was quite cold ali,