, 1864-07-31
FROM SNERMAN's ARMY.
HHrvinE she DeAd-The Battle Field
1nctdcnts-Tie Situation on tho 25tn.
Iron our Special Correspondent

ualties, and to the necessary rest aud
Strengthening up after such severe engage
nent, Upwards Of one hundred dead rebels
werc found outside of General Wards lines
lfter they had been carrying away ait night
and one hundred and ninctS-8ye were buried
In front Of tie Sd Division, Of the Goth Corps
inside the lines. The slaughter opposite the
9TH Corps WAS equally great In proportion to
the length Of frort The rest of Hooker's
comfnund, under Gcary and Williams, fought
the enemy with their accustomed bravery
and the whole line of the Army of the Cum,
berlaud was in manner b1ockaded With
corpses--- Long trenches werc dug BY oul
troops, In which were placed together ON
GERS and men promiscuously, one
head bcnd serving for each trench,
on which :. WIS inscribed mere.
y'tbe number of contepts In ofHcera
and men and the nanss Of their regiments.
W1rro thej could be asccrtaiucd. They wer,,
chiefly from Mississippi. Alabama and Loni-
buried on the 22l, was horribly disgusting.
They were not discovered until our next ai-
vance on that day.
An Atlanta paper, of the 10Th Inst, found
IN the pocket ofa dead rebel officer. states
thst The men were alsplrttcd and demorali-
to break mp into guerilla bands. Kood,
however, told them that their oppo.
ncnts were only few t'hnndred
d1y men," and that they would have ao EASY
victory. The reeult soon sho red what 4
mistake 1 they had made; and one of them
star menl''
The rebels ueea no artillery On the aotb in
front Of Thomas' line; reserving It, las al.
ter~ards appeared, for the defense ct Atiau.
IA at closer quarters on the 22d. They came
us on open, but very rolling and Uneven.
ground, on the south bauk OF Peach Tree
Creek. It Is DO more than Justice to saw that
wards (late ButterGeid's) Division never
nlsched-each brigade being handled, and
the mep, (many Of whom had ucver seen the
enemy bef9re} fighting like veterans.
General Ward received the special thanks
Of Major General Hooker, for his excellent
conduct and management OF bis comuoud.
But" said the General, "you omitted one
thing" "Wha. WAS that?n said General
Ward: "You did not take The t,eny's bat
ierses" WeD," said the brave old Ken.
tuck1au, =" should have done 1t II there had
"F,gh Ing Joe" rode away Laughing and
eomp!imentlng the division. Tne 28th
Wisconsin, Colonel Wluckler. captured The
battle fig of the $50 Mississippi regiment.
Tbis Ia the second flag captured -by tie 2Gth
wisconsin during the present campaign
9ne having been taken by 1t on the 18th
JnEe, during Hooker's attack at Pine Noun.
tain The Tag then captured was a yery
eplcndtd one, and would have been sent to
Wisconsin, had 1t rot been in cottrayention
Of IN order Of the General commandiog.
The 129th Illinois captured two flags; but
Col. Case handed one Of them to mau from
~ tle lsolh New York, thinking he was from
mn hn tA
and gave 1t to bis own Colonel (Coionel
Fculkner) The 1e9th Illinois thero-
fore Justly claims two flsgs. This resimeat-
being on the left Of: the first brigade aud next
to the second, (uuder Col. Cob1rn) when the
Last named command, owing to the nature
81 tbe ground, was somewhat behind and re.
tired from the front, and the eoenY were
c1oWdiDg. in the vacant space and tlauktug
Col. Hasrison's brigade on the left-with dre
companies-the extreme left being company
3, Capt: Walklcy-suddenly changed direc.
tlon and confronted the enemy on thctr flank
until Coburn's brigade got into line; aud
fnls n;n had % never tseed an enemy be-
them. The Josh Illinois, Coiopoi
Dnstin's regiment, also captured a 1ae,
The latest Atlanta papers claim that they
Qhc bele,) had driven US accrpss Peach
Tree Greek, aod gained a complete victory
Al the came time they admit a loss of si1
eANAcoA4A AA@A h4AACA3 WOAuuGu AuQ mlSSlEV.
III the engagement Of the Goth.
Tec total kil1ed, wounded aud missing in
Hooker's Corps is 1851 Lieut. Thompson.
an active aide, and excellent Proyost-Mur.
ehaa on Gen. Wards staff, sent 103 rebel prts-
oners 70 the Corps headq uarters, in addition
to to dnz a54 h.en;9d,. wonndtd who were taken
prisoners, bat noEe from Wards Division.
The orders from Sherman were that We
should advance steadily but not rash1g. We
were TO storm Qualifications aed accent bat
tie on anything like iair terms. The troops
e,s,td Of Walkers division Of Hasd.e's III
Corps, and Lortng's division Of Stuart,s
ooEpr, bcing chiefly from Mississippi and
Alabama- Some l.rieoncrs and fsgs taken
were from the SD and 3lst Mississippi and
18th Louisiana.
Prisoners report that everything OF any
ralur has been removed out oi Atlanta The
best families have left and the soldiers
were dividing their ratlons with the poor
ptnpIe who had not the means to get awny
AccUTdipg to sherman's vie VS., thesa fanii-
lies Will have to be sent North, where they
can .arn the1r own support-thlt Is, afler
tb, ; fail into our hands.
Thnnas' command made onother ad.
vance enrly on the morning of the
ed. and constructed long lines of
1reastworks the same cTening, on chain
OF mills and hollows on the north
k4s
At the same time 6ctoteld and Mcpherson
were closing In from the northeast and cast,
: the right wing st,li resting On the river, coy-
eripg our communications at the raiIro I'd
and other crossings, aud Occupying hoth
; sides oftbe Atlanta and Chattanooga R. r.
! all the way down.
The left wing held possession of Decatur
ard eDcloeed the ra1lroed RAINING cast from
At1anta. The city Is thus invested two.
thirds Of thu way round.
Major General Rousseau, ,Iwith 100 cayalry.
armed with The seven shooting Spencer rIl-.
after destroying the Talladvga Iron Works, In
: Central Georgia, proceeded to the soush OF
runniue from that city towards West Point
! This y as tone on the 19fh lie has doubt
lese eipce thst time made an effective dispo.
sfttop OF his furces to cooperate in the in
'v-stnent-
f., Yesterday heavy eklrmfehsrg and cannon
fnreee; bnt hey yond the sad loss of Gen. NJ
Ph.son nothing serious resulted on either
eide. The usual ekirmfsh or picket f3rtur
wta continued 11Et nlpht and this morninF.
Heavy volleys Of musketry were heard on
the left last hight, and the rebels made sovc-
ra1 charges.
Tie r bel 1ires confront ours on every side
OF the city and their shells occasionally rrael,
somebody's headquarters. Captain Smith
''of the 1st Michigan Artillers, Battery L
whuse little ri6ed PARROTS arc placed on q
,,hiRh ridge, tried the range Yesterday, BY
firing th, Il at the city. 1t struck In thu
'suburbs. All the trof ps are el.,se mp to tee
'atnt Of Investment, and the hesdqu 1rt-rs ot
the vartt'us conm1nus are uear hy. The
Trims md a1nbulances( are dlsposrd out ut
lnmediR.e dsDeef in the sandy bottoms,
;Whtre the bra1 ches of thn Peach Tres aud
so'her Creeks flow IN md ou> >of the scattering
bushes at tho foot OF the nunSerous pine-clad
hills.
! The 18th corps, which Joined Hooker On the
right, was also attacked By the enemy; hut
made determined resistance and fought
With their wellknoWn gallautry. portion
Of tbis corps n inforced Newton's division,
and supported the borrowed batteries from
Wards command, who WAS thus lett without
:attiIlery.
active In carry Ing orders and directing m NE,
ncnts-esch officer considering htmeelf an
,a1d-dc-caspp for the time. and riding abous
|: In the tb1ckest OF tho fight Gait Sp.ed,
Gen. Wards accomplished A. A. g., had
his horse shot ubder him 1T the last battle
before Marietta He showed equal gallantry
on this occasion.
have just learned from the ordnance Of
flesr that this division had 500 stand Of cap.
Anthe wounded OF the 14th corps were
we'll attended to affcr the engaxrmeot. and
Immediately sent to the rear acrU-s the liver
The reduction OF Atlanta Is merely oues
tion Of time The present force OF the enemy
cannot exceed CO. They are confesSedl1
deficient In artillery ammunition We an
before this REACHES you the telegraph MAJ
bave informed you OF our occupation Of the
city,.
The men are In the hest spirits and every