, 1864-07-06
FROM SHERMAh's ARMY,
LATEST FROM THE OPERATIONS m
GEORGIA.
Incidents and Details to Wed.
uesdAy. Goth.

HEADQUARTERS 3D DRY. corn Con1s.
NEAR MARIETTA, Ga, Wednesday, June -.
The usual ripple Of musketry broke upon cur
ears On the morning Of the esth but the breeze Of
battle did not fairly epHng up until the afternoon,
when the big waves swelled along the whoIe line.
except In onr immediate front. The guns on our
right sounded Mt such d;etance as to preclude the
idea Of their being Schodeld's- The only infer
ence drawn was. tkat they were the strong rein
fotrenents expected, and most probably the two
corpE-13th and 10Th spoken Of in my Last letter
a. being on the way. This cannouading snd ekir-
nish,rs did not p.odace any sppssent results. It
oroere Eere iesued for IN advance Of
the trko'e the, except Hooker's corps, which was
already caoee against the ene1ny'B works, and was
instructed to be IN readiness and witt further
orders.
the morning Of the 9Th dawned clear and
opss!eo- 8ootnl Boom Bang, Bang cracE,
cTnck, crack, went the artillery near and remote.
Tch-es-se flew the rifle halls through the air and
tree tops. The courEe Of the flying shells could b
distinctly traced IN the Imagination from The deaf
cntng noite Of the discharge to the distant eound
Though The Goth corps we're not engaged, the
batteries under the directlon Of Capt Gea1y being
IN NE commanding position occurred b. our ad-
But what Is that peculiar bans-ba1g, bang,
eng eGngx IN IaPd s succession, whteh ocea5s oesa.
ssns fer 70 le cycu
some point OF observation. aud now came the rat
Iling pcals from our front. Again is heard the
and away goes the battery at short range into tho
CDGmy's works.
Palmer and Howard row opened vigorously and
test day OF the campaign but the eth was, poa-
s1ble, hotter. AT Z o clock It was hot ali around.
The sun was very fierce. Our nelghbors Of the
and matters became very Lively. Everything was
rot ready to move ut a moments notice, and every
body was On the alert. Al length ali Fandemo-
e ans ha n1 se.essq eaam haase s@
ot Primers artillery WAS be.rd In the dis
tancc in regular succeseiou. wnite o1rs cracked
1e1d's and those Of zone more distant command,
diDned away on our right This horrible hodge:
1odge Of sound was duly streaked with the spitefuI
of murkctrr which occasionally performed a disa-
greeable solo. We-non-combaIan1-s -squatted BE-
hind trees until discretion was deemed the better
valley for greater safc'y. 4 ehe1l, however, found
ue there, bat did no htury.
The heat oi the enlargement died away abont
The usual everlasting picket firing. The whole
movement WIS a reconnaissance IN force to 1sCer-
tain the e1aet locality and condition ofthc enem5s
seye1al hundred yards and held the position clo8c
to h; ths ,r5s ,en5tmys wo5kf. H9wa1as eosos mating
ber OF rebel prisoners were taken.
Nc found That the rebels were well fortified,
being Eehtcd breastwor9s and intrenchments four
to five fret in height, and aix feet 1h1ck. strongly
R@Se9 and 1asn trees co W sls 1o@
as coee to tho enemy 8 FORKS as We can go with
get over ne Notwithstanding Or danking. The
latter will be adopted.
during the engagement Brig: Gen. AcCook COM
corpe. was wounded seriously. Brig. Gen. Harke1,
Cd IN the afm., Big: Cen J. 6. Davis, eom@snd.
Dc enemy works near tho mountain. Gen. Dodge,
somnan9lns The 18th corps, drove, the rebels
into their . fert3hcattons. op one side Of Ken
tion not being ordered to bring on an
tSe s1se,aR Smi9s y sS, il Ms5sa Sadez sSs
tefnelds div,zion, made i its u:nal % ne praesiee
with TIC three inch 1ided guns and dislodged the
1e5sls s,ta f@5 % tine :fom their rne pits TIE new
came target teE the cnenys sharpshoote1s. ana
c1qsea caS tae Change Of base" before spoken o.
TEL Il no place entize1y safe. bali going with
hend While M+3f,nn p' o'er your correspondents
or iias ! % nov :: straight as the ,nden..t,ous
permit. advantage being taken of Timber she1.
te1f, and commanding eminencet sEhrrnrer
are built our fortitlcations and b1esstwosls. T6esc
my'e Inarksmen, who are Continually poppins at
us. !" from early dawn to dewy, eve" Or lines
extend mainly IN soHihweet direction from Ken
Preparations are being made for IN Immediate
march Of the right wing Of the army, consis,toe
OF the s0th corps and several othera, fnciudin.
most probably, the new and mysterious 1t.
rivals. Ten days 10tlons will Be carried
aloDG-1ve in haressacks and ire in wag-
onr The DIRECTION Tifl u1ddo1o'say 9ds Be-
the chat1ahochec near 6andown, twelve miles
weet Of Atlanta, or to make flank attack on the
IaDroad still nearer.
The sing Of ride halls is painfully distinct while
/ write. They are striking al around. They
eonnd sometime like the hum Of muEqulto, only
great deal larger. They also cauae moro appre-
or lbe asth the rebels nade severl attacks on
nus nnef @eess,1fnlne Some ye1y sharp ssmish
whst vel had been sup II" the dsy previous, and
and out II We had made any change OF os!kior.
Or weakened our lines The loss or both DAYS on
1af SIDE was slight; that Q! the enemy probably
corps exchanged many sollles With he au enemy ~
Inc tHo Aentucky regiments which came in COLI
zion lev days ago were the eOth Kentucky. witch
the 9Th rebel. A'' A1"
The rebels felt OF our lines again last night and
made sharp attack on d portion Of the s9d md
:oth corps. About two-thrds Of Gen, Wards
brigade cd dlvision) and two hricades Of Gen Has
Calls command were engaged. During the scrim.
mage ball nearly spent pcrtnrnted The can |
The d division loses eight or ten Killed and |
wounded every day On the picket or skismish liue
Picket firing this evening along the line as usual
and canIona1fng in the direction OF Ee lesaw.
0nr mail now ttarts from Big shanty, several |
miles nearer: than AckTonh.
cloudy and threatening rain. Il the hot weather !
1etuEnR we shall hare TO march during the nights
The rebel Generals were making speeches to
their 1nen Last evening.