The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-21

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g Twelve Guns Among the trophies.
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-ae We have just received information
81 that on the 10th, HooKrn attacked Lost
Mountain, and carried a portion Of the
sgasrebel works capturing over iio0o ptii
kOners, and Y cannon. About 400 Of
10 thu prisoners are here nov. and Others
ss.s expected s6cn gii.. sas &C.
I'D The position captured By HooKEE, and
he now holds il, Is Of the highest i'm
.aarfs.Ffl OH rIuff9fl .fi49 81 stfit.a4
+ dpQFtsnees ss i il on the extreme. left Of
the rsBels; ana opens the way for
hank movement, which, hitherto, has
81 been extremely difi5plt. If be sue
~ ceeds ia driving the rebels from their
nu.Sorks entirely, they can be asnked
=. with case, and compelled 70 eyacuats,
ln their present strong, and We may add,
last, position for they can. make no
Is successful stand south Of it. If they
cannot hold their present works, they
Of can have llitsle hope Of making stand
4, anyRnefe.i rafl4 sa
im1l Scbo6eld, At the same time, attacked
and captured Pine Hill, highland be-
10 tween the Lost and Kenesses Noun
tAins, from the top Of which Sherman
counted the houses in Marietta The
rebels were driven from their works at
I'd the point Of the bayonet and many
were captured This position Was sub
"a aaquently abandoned by our forces.
e.' The reason FOR the abandonment Of
.. the bill, was this: Until Lost Noun
tain was entirely in our possession, our
troops would be constantly exposed to
CALLING FIRE, both from the right and
the left, which could be no other than
very destructive It is, perhaps, the
weakest point in the rebel lines, and
viii fail into our hands without a stgug-
gle, when we get possession of Lost
Ars..a4.s lisf5 wool ~ taeHn Gs1
- $500 .s.F rEJ = bu l13issl
A large number Of small arms were
picked up on the field thrown down by
the retreating rebels. OF the number
we have no accurate information
A note stuck on bsyonet, found on
the field, bore the following inscrip-
ton TYOu d---d Yankee s---ns
of bA-hes have killed our old General
Polk IS
10 We have no estimate Of the killed
and wounded, onseither side. but pre-
sumo it was large The advantages
gained are substantial, and must lead
to others of still greater importance.
The rebel lines are very strong, ex-
tending from Lost Mountain 70 Black
Jack mountains thus covering both
Marietta and the railroad. There are 4
rumors of battle on the 18th, but we
have received no confirmation of it I
The following is a list the captured /
officers who have arrived
D R Hundley, Col slst Ala Infy
10 L. "! Wick, Capt a. a." e.
E Thompson, Capt %4 @.Hta"sI /
So GIN English, I'd Lieut. slst Ala Infy /
&c, league, 4"
Jno:T. Adams a"
c II Brown,
LIS. Bradford, a g. a.
J. A Wright
SIX Hodges,
VIVA Haynes, lst
A NJ Moore, Captain 10th Alabama
Infantry.
Hiram CAN'T captsin 40th Alabama |
Infantry.
R Z R. Heck, LIST Lieut. 10th Ala
banaa Infantry
W. 3. BinhAm list Lieut. 10th Ala
bama Infantry.
W. B. Shaver, let Lieut. doth Ala
baIna Infantry.
Jno. Moore, I'd Lieut. 10th Alabama |
Infantry.
Ell. Ward, ID Lieut. doth Ala Inf ty. |
p. b Sander,
W. n. Coin, jr g. -
Jno D. McGm, lstLt 4sth Tenn Infy.
sH Stewart, ID 1t. 18th Ala. nifty
Jno B. Davis 2dLt. 10th Miss nifty. |
LGrER--A gentleman who left the /
front on Friday evening arrived here |
yesterday, p N. Hereports heavy bat |
tie on our right on Friday, and that the |
IsSses on both sides were very great
Of the result be knew nothing. Large
numbers Of wounded were being /
brought back to Big shanty
LaTEsr.-Secretsry Stanton annOun-
oss that sherman telegraphs that John
SION retreated on Saturday night, and
that he pursued him to the chatta-