The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-07-27


wsss .hrestsnsa snlt by ths broasa psrss Of ID
li.e ubieh had srssbsa fhs isssn.s; 7hsy raturns.
to their sHtrsas hsssuSa dsh sskaksf fell Win
saeerins Is nas oass9a, bis esh,r4ss ksil bael
and Bate stsss su siaas4 withess aarfpst on hi
right, fell hself'lo nfI. Esss ais iinss wer
rs-sosnsd. The saany made no sfort to drive hin
from shs field.
| Brig. Gin. Mercer, lsho succeeded to the com
msnd Of Walker Division, ,seoa succeeded in rally
ing II. Hss mes Ssls The loss of Stevens wounded
perhaps uort.iiy, on Wednesday. single Divi.
sion, within thrss days kas hardly iost Two suef
men as Walker ina St6vans. Gis. vas also wound
ed aud hslcs perhaps the astion Of this Division
was not az comuendab.s ~ that Of C'eburne, nvr
as daring rs thai o. cbsasham led by Brig. Gen.
Nancy. Thus unsupported, Hates Division,
en6laded and prssed by sspercr force Of the enc
my Withdrew frota the eseny,s earshuorks. 1t re-
tanned its positon in fraps sf the eneny's works,
brought Of les killed aads vsanded and held
the enemy engaged 20 AZ 90 prevent q concen-
tration or forces in front ef Nancy, cieburae
and Walker. The two former eolnmsndsss pressed
over the enemy earth Rorks, esplssea many field
pieces, eight Of which wsre hsoasht on the Geld,
eight stands Of coors, With twelve hundred pria0n
ers. <-ss'-sa- =
We eucampsd that night ON the battlefield. &C.
/ cupying tile ensrenchments Of the enemy,
The battle opened few minuses besore o'clock;
at which time the artillery Of ofche-snan,'s AaneyD
Division opened. Picket 6r.ag began at fifteen
minutes before ono aloag our whole, Zine. We had
four Divisions ene.ged ard fought two corps
| Of the enesny in .aeir own ertrenchments. Tho
spirit and vs,,r Of our we're never severe
ly tested AMI greater success could not have been
anticipated We had marched nearly tho whole of
tss pressing night. slept three hours, without q
meal for 6ftecnihSsrs and thep marched about three
miles at midday the roughest hills ,lnd through
dense thickets to charge the enemy in n fortified
position.
Let no enc hereafter doubt the confidence of the
Army of Tennessee in Its rev In chief
question its ultimate success. Whilo these
events wers, transpiring the left Sank Of Sher-
mans army, not far from Iecatur, south east from
Atlanta, Stewart, co,amar ding Folks corps and
Cheathau that of Hood, afsailed the encmy on the
north of the city. They drove the Fsderaii before
them with almost anvarring suecsss. At many
points a1ong the line troops passed over their
eaTthwerks. Many guns and nos less than ono
thousand prisoners were captured. Confidence wan
restored throughout army; the removal of
Johnston no longer questioned q measure of |
public necessity; tho spirit Of soldiers was
invigorated!
cannot recount the events Of the day Shich |
transrired ON Friday along Stewards and Cheat
hams linea. With Hsrdee's corps, I only |
cognizant of its action, and then only of move !
ments the right ofhis lines and before was i
conscious OF the difficulty incident to the compre-
henson of the movements Of armies on the battle
field. No newspaper correspondent, without access
to information derived from field officers, can give
clear and comprehensive account of movements so
involved that even general officers do not pretend
to comprehend their purpose. If to-day have |
done injustice 10 any, where all acted 80 well and |
gallantiy, tomorrow the wrong shall be
10 i5raldesf result, the chief subject of self
graduation found in this events of the past two |
weeks, consists In the restoration Of confidence |
which nov pervedes our army. There Is not SOL |
who does not dasm his own corps, even his own
division, nvinnibss. There is no toll or fatigue
which they do not undergo sifh - aegroo OF endu-
rance ar ..ser1arnsss which ALMOST passes eompre-
ension .ndl credulity. They dig trenches and
throw UP hreastworks in the morning, miles in
length, only to abandon them in the evening. Be-
fore the rises they again entrenehed. may
state, pansaas. while Gen. Hood deems the cap
of gun, and coiors the sole evidences of vic,o
~, that on Friday VIC captured more spades than
we're ever seen In the Confederate States. IF our
army would dig its Way to Dalton as Sherman has
perforated the country to Atlanta, the means Arc
now in our hands On tho Same day Friday, Gen
wheslelcA Itrred three hundred wagons a. Decatur
On Saturday, 24th, everything was quiet. Oar
stragglers gathered in, own and the fallen
yankees were buried and ths'spoils collected from
the batflefslds, which seven eight miles
apart Tho cnemy ssill threw shells into the city,
most of them falling in the vicinity Of the railway
station Daysand night the eannonading continued
There cessation on Sunday. teamstsr and
IN aged woman, too poor to escape from The be-
eaguretl city, have been killed, and child had
its leg shattered. shell has penetrated the roof
Of DIR. Quiutards church, another each Of tho drug
stores nearnst the railway, bat material injury
has been d,no.
ryEszxr CONDITION OF ArrAIes.
Decatur is now In our possession. Near that vii
gage, the enemy's esrthwortks begin and extend
around the city on the north and west. On, Sunday
night they made vigorous effort 70 q strong
hold lines tbs wcst Of ths eits, but were
foiled by ti,e gallant Texans Sherman was NOV
ing south, dowd the Chastahoochss with the pur-
pose of cutting the railway at East Point, or In the
vicinfts Of tsas psaes, ak miles saatAwest Of At
lnntn. Gen. Hoed had made dafpositiens OF his
troops TO prevent such result. Let Sherman con-
tinue extend the perimoter OF hs vast circle with
which he would enclose Atlsnta, Hood win diseov-
er a weak place In his extended lises. Tbs day Of
CUE retreats has ended and that of assanits on
Rsaeral earthwofls has dxwnsd. Our soldiers say
that ths must end even here. The Immediate
prize nv which thsy .struggie Is Atlantag bat they
look bsyofd to political and personsl results whi.h
must adecs them aad their posserity fossver with
them ii is iresdon OF death. They hare sorgottsn
the issue made up BY politicians. The ghost Of
the negro is exercised and Aamnon il NO longer
deemed tho god of the tenpls Of freedom. They
sght simply Tor personal aas State Independence,
for their homes, their wives sad shi,dron.
1t would not bo pzsaeats 70 paAlssh the present
position Of the seveesl army corps. need ouly
assure yas that Atlantis Is rapidly hsssuisg ander
ths direction of Gen. Hood tss inprssaabls ssssag
hold which l. stoule have bsan made sin ueath.