The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-30

took position, ana the right Of the4th Nchol
deld) had moved on parallel and encoun.
tered but slight opposition. His left Is
night, rested near Decatur.
On Tuesday Howard sent out . recon-
noitering party on the various road2 IN hi4
front compr6ing the 18th ulinoiA CQl04e9
Bassett; and tho 9th Indiana, from Stan.
ley's division, with Gro.1 bri4.ds Il sup.
4lth Whconsin, Ind details from ~ r.
imsnts Of NeMfon'sr and the seth Ohio anA
18th Indiana, from Woods division. 4nD
reconnoisanceg were pu1hed to reecH ~
creek three miles this hide Of Atlanta
Wood found tho easmy Sutrouched pretty
stronsly their works On the sout6 side
broad and six deep. y
Newton met with lttle opposition 70 bic
advance. while Stanley, who struck Tho
river further mp. 1aW no forCe In his mons.
Hooker also made reconnaissance to .
point further down the creek, and found
over and enemy's cazalrysswho Ned on bis
At noon Wood received an order to ad-
vance on the stream. and effect Q crossing.
taelecting Beatty,s brigade. under the das6s
ing Col. Knew1elsf, he deployed 10 tho
right, where tho crsek' taxes . winding
course through ravine on plantation, %
that the rebel works were in full view,-
Deploying the 10th Indians and 9th Ken-
lucky AZ administers, Knewfeler moved
cautiously down under cover to the creek,
which was lined with q growth Of bushsss
A few swam the stream, threw down
stringers, and The lskifmihhsrs ~ they
| No onA r3nnHlAOemM< - t1sns R3mtAt
left, advanced "a the rebel works. Many
Of Knewfeler's command, finding the pro-
cess Of crossing tedious, threw down their
guns and SWAN the stream IN time to carry
the rebel works. under m annoying arttl-
lery fire from rebel battery, and particle
pated In tho eapeu1e Of thirtSor bsty ptia.
Gibbons brigade sndeauossd 10 cross In
trent bat the position was % placed that =
waited. Skirmishing continued till thO
evening betweeA KneWteler's and the rebel
infantry under Bates; but the latter, con.
ttnu.lly Lost ground. Our troops never.
getting into Atlanta seemed to spur 3hsm
on to dare anything. During the evening
the bridge WI rebuilt by Ha1en, and th0
division passed over. &. t7aa7a.
On Wednesday morning Gen. Sherman
ordered Gen. Howard TO move by the loCs
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No~to ce Aipsd = On ~ ssyaous Gey ano
ny forward g the direct rcd e Atlant..
Atlanta via. schoneld's right and paSeod
s ...; muc1 vPRC9isCUn, - sIG 9Imeo :
y1uctao ,.. wltI SSno9esu - e z clocks nO0ns
branch Of Peach Tree creek. 3 sf6ISs9iA
6chofeld had the day previous Termed =
junction with 4cPheFson # Deoatur.-
N0sO1n8 nOt0lu& O1t y CUT, 1dCFno90o0s
on on .u1 =. me ,.h Mo. 4sy . sne ~
stream, aiter having torn uP four NILE. IS
Aountain and pec:tsr. Z. ~, IT,.
WMn - - q ~ 80! ~ 8 vaus
hcnonetd advanced On = !oad running ~
fecs % the city. ana when Within threo
mnes, encounsered the sEifmnnet1 q ~
skirmishem and batteries ~ sdsvelepe1
the strength Of the enemy, who, with In
Hntiy, na9 taEen strone Po9uon. HOW
etd unnecessary edvenced Newtons dfvt-
son upon me reDeL wcrka. ar0seea ~ theeae
Ne, tney 40 g9sn :. 0f1vS1 nom To C1eo8
by Knewielef ana Gibson. -.
about 2 O'Clock and taking . lumblR q
prisoner. d.
J, 0kMnl1nI18 cOnunueo 0long tn0 wn0I0
me oA eve0angs Wltn 9 toes OF tWo0tyoc
tolrty men, ana tne gaming o. nu11eCou1
aovAntagess et-y tfas. .Sa.s9r4 j
vn t1e 1o!n, der. 6fae8 ana Je0. Dayte
na9 .arrlveo q Jonnssons headgveftess
and q the 18TH 2 protSacted eounca! Of w0e
was neio between Seas- Dav!ss J0onetoub ~
Bragg, GOV: nroyn ana Hood. What the
result Of their deliberations were -. Of
course, unknown, Dueon the llth Johnston
iss1eo nls tateTeA eooreee % nlS atmy.
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.ook tneir aepartare lor tscnmono, ana
1mmeoisteiy loii0Weo the ADDRESS Of G9Ql
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