The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-06-30
Iatest fr0nl Een ShFrmanS OperatiOns.

Latest from GEN. M8rman'S Operations.
NEW YokK, Sunday, June 26.-The Her
glds Nashville letter Of the 2lst says that
Colonel Gage, of the 29th, who was wound !
ed at the recent assault on henesaW noun |
tain. passed through here tonight en- route
for St. Louis On the 18th three companies
of the 54th rebel infantry came into our lines
on the Chattahoochee, took the oath Of ale
e,iance and were employed as teamsters and !
iaborers. a camp Of rebel conscrlpts on
the Heudersonville road, six miles from At |
lanta, Friday, broke for our lines They
numbered eight hundred, six hundred of
whom were recaptured by the rebels.
Ira p. Tattlc, chief Of scouts OF the army
of the Cumberland, on the nth instant with
four men made daring decent on forage
post, fourteen miles Southeast OF Atlanta,
and captured rebel Lieut.. Col, Captain |
and three issuing Sergeants burning store
house containing fully thousand busheiS
Of corn and large lot Of bacon,
On the 18th, j. Ii. Mashton OF IND, one
ofour scouts, was captured at kingston, Ia
and hung as Federal spy.
a gentleman from Atlanta says the cltl-
zens are removing their Yaluables further
south. and that if Johnston is driven from
tJnatC9ll(JOClltC
stand at Cedar Bluffs river, nine miles South
of Atlanta He reports that the Governor
of Georgia had issued a proclamation warn
ing the confederate forces not to destroy
Atlanta nor the railroads contiguous there
to, as they are the property OF the State,
and that if necessary he will call out the
Georgia militia and withdraw the Georgia
troops from the confederacy to carry out the
purposes Of les proclamation.
Cedar Dluffs have been thoroughly fortl-
fed by the rebels, and by them considered
impregnable.
Mobile is garrisoned by two small bri-
gades Of rebel troops, the remainder having
been sent to reinforce Johnston's left, and
are massed at the Williams House this
morning.
NASHVILLE, June "a, 1864.
General Sherman evidently did not desire
to drive the rebels from their position, by
direct assault on their works but his army
was in such a position that he could not
make a successful flank movement, until
first getting possession Of the strong positions
on the rebel right or left; and as an assault
on either, separately, would indicate to the
enemy the character ofhis tactics, and reveal
his designs he ordered that both wings Of
Johuston's army be pressed closely, and if
possible, turned after which he could choose
the direction in which to move to the TANKS
The right having experienced the most
stubborn resistance on the 10th, and being
the most fatigued, the left was ordered to
open upon the enemy as soon as daylight
would admit and the order was faithfully
obeyed. Dodge made direct assault upon
the line Of hills directly connected with the
Kenesaw Mountain, while Logan attacked
Black Jack Knob and Blair moved around
to the rebel flank, and though he did little
fighting, he kept the enemy in an uneasy
position, occupying the attention OF a whole
division, which was thus diverted from the
corps that were assaulting Ill front
1t is indeed useless to pronounce any EN-
comium upon either Dodge or Logan, or
their veteran and noble commands; to say
no fire vas sufficiently terrific TO cause the
advancing columns to waive, is but doing
feeble Justice to the heroes of a series Of the
bIoodiest battles Of the war.
Our columns were closed in mass, and
moved forward with rapidity, and carried
two or three Of the rebel lines, and also pos
sessed, after bloody struggle, Black Jack
Knob. together with five guns and 500 priS
ouers besids some 300 OF the rebel wound
ed, and nearly, or quite all Of their dead
Not q man OF ours-noU even a skirmisher-
is captured The battle lasted till late in
the afternoan when the firing ceased on the
left, and the two armies, by mutual consent,
but without any formal agreement, ceased
firing and commenced taxing their evening
repast.
Our loss on the left did not exceed 300
men, In killed and wounded; and as there
were but few straggIers, and no prisoners,
the missing viii not reach a score.
The 18th and 4th Corps pressed heavily
upon the center keeping skirnishers constau-
tly employed and occasionally brigades came
into collision, but no general battle inSuci
and our loss is small-say $780, all told.
Soon atetr the left had become fairly en-
gagged, 10 oker and SchofeId renewed the
battle 50 gIorousy begun on the previous
day. They fought with their usual valor, and
succeeded in gaining much ground, bat at
the sacrifice of many valuable lives. Two
or three more OF the rebel lines were cap
tured, together with 500 or more prisoners,
but the rebels succeeded in getting away all
their guns except one which was disabled.
The loss in killed and wounded in the re-
treating army was equal to, as supposed by
us, perhaps 200 i'll all; but the prisoners
taken were all in our favor, and many Of the
enemys wounded fell into our hands, most
of whom are now at Chattanooga,
The night was stormy and dark, aud the
rebel General took advantage Of it fully to
exercise a little in his favorite tactics-that
Of drawing on" Sherman, and must say
that he succeeded most admirably, for he
did draw nearly his whole army to the Chat
tahooche by the night Of Saturday.
At the present Gen. Sherman has his head
quarters at Marietta, while the main pars Of
his army were at or near Chattahooche, rea-
dy to again advance when the order, is given
but that will hardly be till railroad commu-
nication IS perfect to Marietta.
Wheeler has succeeded in burning one or
two trains, recently, in the vicinity Of Re
SAGA, but no damage has been done to the
railroad, as his visits are necessarily very
brief have little fear for our communica
tions, even if Forrest, with his $4,000 men
and he has no more,--is enabled to join |
Johnston
Guerillas are active in the vicinity Of Deca |
tur, Alabama, but have no fears of raid. !
Gen Rousseau is at present in the vicinity |
experimenting matters circumstance in |
itself sufficient to alay any fears.
Secretary Stanton.
The New York Times says:
Secretary Stanton has been the best abused
man of the war. Many of the disasters have,