The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-07-02
GRIFFIN. Ga.
MORNING EDITION.
mterestIng Loo nom the Front.

AuNgIHHNAuk AfClNCI lIuHA Aut NAVhNe
friend has kindly permitted us to print the fol-
lowing very interesting extracts Of letter received
from distinguished gentleman at tho front
At MARIgrrA,
29th June r, n.
wrote you last night some hurried lines touch
ing tho affair Of the 27th inst. 1 believe stated
Cheathams casualties to DO two killed and seven
tsen wounded Upon further inquiry l find the
number Of his killed and wounded will reach thirty
In number.
At General Hardoes Headquarters this morning
the official lists show but about one hundred lost
In the antirs corpS. A very marvellous result in
view of the aercsness and duration Of the assault
The heaviest lssses fell upon those noble fellows
from Missouri, who are among the bgayest and best
of our troops, and, I believe, are principally in
Pronch's Division. The result of the whole affair
h very satisfactory, indeed, TO our army. ----.
II is said this morning, that the encmys line
which confronted our extreme right in uncomforta-
bic proximity yesterday disappeared last night,
and some Of our cavalry secuted mile or two be-
yond their position of yesterday, and bring no
account of their whereabouts. What they at,
is of course, matter Of anxious conjecture. Some
say they are retiring and tearing up the railroad
track but this cannot be so as the status along the
rest of line is unchanged, so far as l am informed.
All last night matters were profoundly quiet Be
ing profoundly quiet myself, of course, could not
hear anything, but am assured by persons whose
" suricuars" were wide awake, that the night pass
cd quietly away. To-day there has been compare,
tive quiet, save little Smelling along the noun
tain, and a moderate skrmsh about o'clock on
the left.
The quiet Of the night seemed to excite the APP
prehonsions Of tho quid nmc' and conjecturcs to
Its meaning were rife, some coujocuring that shor-
man was about attempting another flank movement,
is about to give it up and rotire-as it is known
that Harvey with Eighty men had gotten into his
rear destroying some inconsidorable bridge and
capturing and burning three trains ofupplios. But
nothing as yet indicates his purposes 1t is most
likely that his ohastisement Of day before yesterday
has temporarily checked his madness. The afore-
said Harvey is again upon the war path this morn
ing.
nmy rambles this morning went
ApOu Auo uhkNlo-utlu VI kut @ilut i ne scene WAS
horrible, The Yankee dead lay thick along our
fronts "eayes in Vallambrosa" Il ask pard on of
the leaves and Of VallambroW also) Some of them
we're in ten feet Of our entertainments. The fstid
state Of the atmosphere rendered it most Disagree
able place. You know the odor Of deflnct Yam
kss differs from cologne in several essential psrtic-
ulars. Fortunately for the ofactories of our gal
liant boys they we're about to bury the dead under
flag Of truce. Humanity would seem to have de-
manded this long ago for these unhappy wretchee,
though dying the victims of an insane fanatiesm.
The Federali had entrenched themselves within
sixty yards -four lines and had full view of
them and Of the 0trspt rs A., "gtrpe and the stan"
which all Of us once loved "not wisely Dut uUv-
we'll"
must relate one incident of the battle of the
97th as it illustrates aliks-the ohivalry of Ten
nossosan and the perfdiy of tho Yankees. After
the terrible repuse of .he six lines Of batte-and
while the surviving Federals of the assautng party
we're orouching under cover Of the hill which slopes
down from that part Of Cheathams front-the
ground being strewn with Federal dead and woun-
ded--one who was badly mutated cried out to our
boys in great agony, "For Gods sake boys, bring
me drink Of water. I would 90 to you if l could,
but am disabled in Gods namo bring mo a drink
of water"
A noble youth Of our State, plying the misera-
bic wretch mounted the breaStwOrks and shouted
to the Federals, who were in full hearing; 81 am
going to take one Of your wounded men a drink Of
water, don't shoot at me-" Whereupon be took the
dying Federal the canteen, allowed him to drink, and
in retiring was cred at by dozen yankees, and in
stantly killed. Our boys witnessed the act instant
ly and without orders, fired at tho squad before
they could conceal themselves aud it is said killed
every one Of them. So much for the retributiye
justice of God. Gen. Cheatham was telling me
tbiImorning that nothing could surpas5 the dash
ing gallantry Of his men in the late fight
Gen. Johnston in riding along tho lines asked,
how is it that so many dead Fedorals lie so close
to your breast-Works? He was told that Cheatham
had ordered his to reserve their fire, until the
enemy almost touched the muzzle3 Of their
guns. "Ah," said old Joe, ~ understand It now"
The truth is however, as l was told by the soldiers
this morning, those who fell so near our works were
endsavorng to got in and surrender themselves but
the eIigOncy would not allow Of discrimination.
Some who did got in said to our boys, "therc is
thousand men there wish to come in and surrender
IL you will let them" It is due to these people,
however, to say that, as general thing, their
charge was bold steady and crcditable. The as
sailing Regiments wore from Ohio, Indiana Illinois
and Kentucky, as the register of prisoners shows.