The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-30

advanced during the day about half a
mile, abandoning OfeOurse, the works
thrown up to meet any demonstration
on the part of the rebels, only TO con
struet new ones at night to be passed
by in like manner next daY. The reb-
els opposed to this forward movement
only a desultOry skiTmish FIRE, aided oc-
casionsliy by few shots from a battery
when our forces pressed too closely,
butwhich were invariably silenced by
a prompt reply from our guns The
losses Of the day may have amounted
70 fifty men put h0rS da combat in the
various commands. Among the wound
ed was Captain CourtOis, Of the SD
New Jersey, of GeaFys division, 20th
corps. He was IN command Of q de
tachment of skirmishers frora MS own
regiment and .he ll9th New York, and
was pressing hard upon the rebel line,
when he was struck by a musket ball
in the shoulder and severely wounded
The ground was open, and he was com
PEELED to crawl away to the rear, slow
ly and painfully, q distance Of halfs
mile. Occasionally he would rise and
attempt to 60 forward erect, when the
rebels would discharge a volley upon
him, and seeing him drop to avoid Ere,
would cheer Justify. He finally escap-
ed without further iniary.
A Brigade of General StOneman cay
elry, under command of Col Adams Of
the lst Kentucky cavalry, penetrated
to a point named on the maps as Pow
der Springs, finding there therebel out
posts, and q division of cavalry under
Armstrong. These retired before our
advance, without offering opposition,
and left the post in our possession. This
puts the cavalry forces about nino
miles west of Marietta and at least a
mile south of it. The right wing Of the
infantry is fully down to a line running
east and west through Marietta, and Is
continually swinging 50 a. to finally to
enclose it, unless a change is made in
the order Of march.
TOrCHNG INCIDENT
Although the campaign in this vicin-
ity has hitherto been lacking in great
battles, and those events which, from
their momentous importance and ira
gic interest claim notice from the his
torian and enlist the proieundest sym
pathies of a whole nation, still there is
occasionally one of those touching in
eideEts known, perhaps, only 10 the
circle of the regiment or brigade. in
which patriotism shines out as nOblv as
in the graYer annals of herOism. One
of these was narrated to me by par
ticipant in it, and give it to your
readers.
A small detachment Of the 10th n.
York were on the skirmish line on the
18th Of June, advanced close up 10 the
enemy-sO close that they had been
compelled to halt for the time and
throw up slight breastworks Of logs AS
a defence BY some untoward mistake
a party of twelve or fifteen mer were
ordered TO advance beyond these works
on picket duty. Though knowing that
it was almost certain death to show
their heads above the walls Of their
little fort still they Obeyed without
question or hesitation They had ad-
ganced scarcely more than a rod be-
yond their comrades, when a heavy
volley Of musketry prostrated to the
ground every man save two Two
were killed instantly, and the rest
wounded more or less severely. All of
the wounded, however, were able to
drag themselves back and escape, ex-
cept one poor fellow, Sergeant Guider
who was so badly wounded that ho
could not stir from his place. There
he lay almost within arms-length Of
mis- comrades, and yet they were pow
erless to rescue him OF give him aid,
so CALLING was the rebel fire. One
bOlder than the rest made the hazard
Gus attempt, but scarcely had he got
over the breastWOrks when he fell
severely wounded They endeaVored
to allay his raging thirst by throwing 70
him oanteens = or water, and even ono
of these was pierce d BY rebel bullet
Finally, as they could not 20 over thB
breastworks they dug a way under them
with no other implements than their
bayonets, and through it two men
erawled and succeeded in reaching
him unhurt Just e. they reached
him their comrades in the rear gave an
exultant cheer, which eiicited from the
rebels another yolley A fatal bali
pierced the poor fellows breast for a
second time and he had only time 70
murmur feebly to his rescuers, F." Now L
die content am in your hands, and
expired.