The New York herald., 1864-05-26

bows poured the eaen hail them aud they turned and
fed IN oanfnsioa before the wrathful storm Our men
were NJ permitted 10 pursue fhe time has not como
for that
SPIRIT or oua raoors.
Whenever the Yankees advanced 70 tho charge our
boys would breast works and sing Fx bayonets
when oiangar oil metal would which omnIous
Of death The wounded veterans who have reached A.
ana state that their comrades Ia front the finest
feather, and full OF pluck They say the Yam
KEGS may come In swsras and they will moet every
charge the point OF the bayonet and the club OF
their H. fields There is disposition to fan back and
thai effect from General Johus,on whom
they all revere, would be obey cd reluctantly.
The enemy, towards evening saturday attempted 10
turn right but instead OF accomplishing ihs found
their left turned by General Hood. who charged and
drove them back three quarters a mile and stil
s.iy@s them wheo night closed the operations Of the
day.
OF Bates division pointing the insecure bresstwee
and tho word was caught UP all along tne 'he Accord
1sy 1 ans ss sS s a aside I ss
ly strengthened before ss ssbbah sun had ushered in
another Gay Of battle s"'"
rosIrJc,.s OF THE LINES.
a, W .us .1e'D line, McPharson ana EooKe' ara on
tneir lgn' ~ but We could not learn who mmanded
;es~ ''. Up 70 Friday evening sherman be danarters
sucs 70 eld heada1ar.ers On our 80 o nGssu coS
mand os the c wing, Hrdee 10 no centre and Hood
the right, Walkers division M our extreme left
Saturday evening, 10 ina direction Of Cainoun. We
understood that lorngs and Freuchs divisions at
Rome On Friday the cnemy's lines extended from the
short DISTANCE Q, the railroad, tho si.ion they bad
held for thre9 Gays previous One OF correspondents
at tho front went with scouting party along the whole
trout OF tho enemy but could nothing definite to
his cIce They, however, report themselves from
''' PRELIMINARY MOVES.
| Somo OF dismcanted scouts sent 70 the cnemy's
right and rear on Friday reported column o. twenty
i've thousand strong moving slowly towards ResSaeca
through Snake Creek Gap iortifyDg they come. Col
onei Grigsby charged regiment, capturing sixty ana
would have captured the horses OF the entire command
but from the tear OF being DanAed and surrounded.
Saturday afternoon our line was formed in the shape OF
tnrar artadA fha MD teit a
ieadng the direction Of Calhoun and right beyond
Ressacca Bates division and the Kentucky brigade were
the OF tho A. and Of their part In The action We
BArrIR FIELD, May l4-9P.M.
The enemy masscd thei strength in front OF the portion
Of works manned by Hi1dman's and Bates divisions
and commenced the assault by direct charge this
approach within short gunshot range before firing,
poured murderous, withering fire into their deep ranks
| and they broke ana lied like towards
Three successive times fycsh lines were put In, and
they attempted with heavy battaons to carry works
ously sen. r.eliDg back, their men ngug their guns
away In their flight Two Yankee flags lay within
every % eSort to get them. We will send for them TO-
night have heard the casualties elsewhere than
The orphan boys Of Kentucky led by General Lewis and
Tylers brigade. led By Colonel Tom smith (of the Twen
fought os w1 the sar anS
their bats in tempest OF bullets, and cheering their
can row only recall among the wounded Captain
| Pickett, Engineer corps; Captain Blanchard, Thirty
| seventh Georgia regiment, and Lieutenant Rawey
| Twentieth tennessee regiment.
| NEAR REssAccA Ca, May a. 1884
Yesterday the most exciting day that We have had
since the enemy advanced upon our psition Al fifteen
minutes past eight O'Clock A. NJ the 18th, the enemy
entered Daon, cavalry. nnder General Whsser,
trng sociy and suenly before his masses Of infantry
General Wheeler formed his line Of cavalry three miles
this side OF nalton in ridge uRcn the Ressacca road
and gave them very severe CHECK evidently naicsng
clnm he stii pressed and rs fell back dgcsn 10 take
| ac,o po;sf,n
to Ressacca IL reached there Just time to receive
furious sbeng from tho Yankees, who made the air
made ter time through to1on than mcds
,ors late Yesterday noon We had another severe en-.
acere entirely aroand US at one finss
orR POSITION SUNDAY
Our usually wei posted correspondent Paxton writes
sunday morning from LETT wing
enemy rests this place while the right extends TO
the river reconnoering force crossed the river Mon
afternoon, but at great sacrifice They recrosssd IL
groundboth Johnston and the enemy occupy their
The same corrsspondens oss thus far
comparatively small. y is reported that the epemy's
loss is very heavy 10 ked-but few were taken prison
n Jchnston succeeds turnino their left Uing H.
viii bag he uhole Of 1em, they viii then be complete
~ hemmed n by the river on one flank and Johnston on
| the other"
THE FrGHrING SUNDAY
general along The lines all day, though IT could be
scarcely considered general battle in which the results
could have been decisive. Our engaged re-
ibe exception Of ull about nine O'Clock on Sunday
morning (occasioned, il believed, by the fog and
smokel, there running fire from sunrise until dark
Bates and Chca,ham's divisions were under heavy hre
during the day
OUR POSITION ON TUESDAY.
Our lines Tuesday according 10 the most accurate in
formation We can gather extend nearly parallel with
the railroad, and our troops both sides Of the
oostenaula, the railroad bridge which Is st in
possession, not repeated Efforts OF the
10 take IT, The enemy have also made frequent al
tempts 10 the Oostenaua az ford, in ordc' 10
reach rear, by Calhoun but have every time been
Iepuised
We believe the enemy may attempt the passage OF this
river at the old Indian ford about FIVE miles below Cal
houn, and that they will their forces in sprngtown
They have constantly attempted 10 flrk, and
saatly leaving their own faux exposed.
very similar that shiloh-a broad level cut up
into Tavines and thirkly wooded Al various points
The Last Fight Before nessacca.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
fFrom the Atlanta Appeal
90 Thursday evening. May IL, the enemy began 10
out OF Dalton towards Res3acca During the previ
night and throughout the morning OF that day The
enemy had transferred his entire line the exception
OF two dvs ions, which remained front OF the gaps
the right, making rendezvous OF Snakeree Gap, and
massing 10 Sugar valley General Johnston held his
ston until Il became evident that Fight be oh.
the iet 10 order 70 face the columns OF Sherman wnicn
already pouring into the village Of Ressacca and
| tifying tho hills OF Dicks Ridge.
Al sundown on Thursday the troops were 10 motion
They passed through Dalton with banners waving and
bands playing AZ each brigade moved by the headquar