Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-01

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ground as when It began.
II was just as Gen. Ward became con
WINGED that all was going well with New
ton and Geary. that his oEn line reached
the edge Of the kind of table line / have
described, only TO fed itself confronted
at distance of thirty PAGES, By the aow-
er Of the rebel armyl The fearful Gu
mult that at once burst forth was such
that no man could tell which portion Of
it was the roar of musketry, and which
the fierce, indignant, defiant yell that
each host hurled at the other. Both
were surprised. Our men scarcely knew
that The enemy had emerged from the
opposite woods. when they. found them
selves fall in their presence. The rebels,
disappointed elsewhere, supposed they
had certainly reached their long-looked-
for gap, but found instead line of bat
tie and a sheet Of yindietive 6re Both
lines instantly charged forward, pouring
the leaden hail full into each others bos-
SONS They stood in some places bat
fifteen feet apart, and still huEled death
10 each others faces They charged
again, and the men intermingled and
fought hand to hand Ia places the
lines crossed each other, and then wheel
ed around only to renew the combat
the rebels facing Atlanta, the soldiers Of
the Union, Peach Tree Creek
When the storm broke upon Geary,
Gen William division had advanced
upon the extreme right of Hooker $
corps, almost as far as Geary himself
The gallant old veteran was struggling
through dense forest, and striving to
form connection with Geary on his left
when suddenly the woods in front OF
him were filed with fierce yelis and
spurts of fire aud whizzing missiles, as if
each.tree had held
spirit prisousd IN its breast.
Which the fret atrsks Of esming strito
Had startled into hideous lie
But neither Williams nor his divisioa are
made of the materials which learns easily
to quail The savage yells Of the de-
mons of slavery we're answered by the
loud shouts Of fresmen battling for their
country and their God A bristling
line Of steel, glittering with fire, every
where met and checked the rebel ad-
vance A few rude and unfinished bull
warks Of rails, thrown together by the
men when they had last halted, fur
nished but little protection from the pit.
iless showers Of outlets flung from the
muskets Of the enemy but in spite Of
rebel daring, energy and hate, Williams
would not yield foot Of ground.
Let us now take rapid survey Of the
contest from left TO right, remembering
that although the wave Of rebel assault
may be represented generally as rolling
in this direction, Il finally involved our
whole line, from Newtons left to Col
Arson G McCook's right, so that most
of the events which we shall be com
PEELED ID mention IN succession, really
occurred simultaneously
Colonel Bradleys brigade Of Newton s
division, Ito the com mand OF which he
succeeded after The death Of the noble
Harker,) was formed in columns of regi-
ments along the road leading from Back
head 10. Atlanta, when the fight CON
menced Immediately after the rebel
assault began upon Newloas front, tine
Sixty-Fonrth Ohio aud Forty-seeond
Illinois wers sent TO support Col Blake,
while the Tweaty Seventh Illinois was
dispatched to the assistance Of General
kimbalI The remainder OF the brigade
was at first intended to 60 to Blake; bat
It's destination was changed, and II was
formed in order Of battle along the At
lanta road, where it succeeded in repel-
ing and capturing COLUMN Of the enc
my which had forced its way past Blake's
left flank aud actually gained our rear
This incident deserves to be further
noticed. So intense was the interest
among our men to repel The rebels in
their immediate front, that they did not
perceive a small column had passed
around entirely to the lefi Of Blake, and
penetrated the right OF that long line Of
skirmishers which have described as
alone holding the huge gap between
Newton and Wood, until they heard the
noise of conflict immediately in their
rear The rebels had reached the Buck
head & Atlanta road But there was
one man near by who saw these rebels
and marked them as doomed. General
Thomas was overlooking the progress OF
ihe 6ght in the rear Of Newton. The
moment be perceived the body Of rebels
have mentioned, be hastily got together
a force consisting Of the pioneers or
kimbalrs brigade, some Of the s;rag-
Cling skirmishers who had fed before
the first rebel onset and couple Of
pieces Of artillery. Taking immediate
personal command Of this novel battal-
ion, he assailed the astonished rebels,
and killed and captured The whole body
He may perform great achievements in
the fnture, as be has in the past, bat
venture to predict that he will think as
often Of this little affair as Of any militia
~ event of his life.
The 57th Indiana and 100th Illinois,
of Col Blake's brigade, which were ad-
vanced in the FIRST place as skirmishers,
were separated for some time from the
remainder OF the brigade by the rebel
column above mentioned
The right of Colonel Blake's brigade
rested on the Atlanta road, the left Of
General Kimballs upon the. same. -Four
guns of Godspeed's Ohio battery, under
command Of Lieutenant Scovill, we're
placed upon the Atlanta road, Just in
rear OF these two brigades, and during
the whole time the fight lasted did ter
rible execution upon the enemy. Once
the rebels came up g ravine just
to the left OF the road, in close column,
with "Brigadier-General Stephens at
their head, determined. if possible, to