, 1864-10-17


ComnoAdtn1.
Infantry tty................... u
Artillery 40
Casalf1.-....-.-.--...... .....-..........-........ o.
Total l....... ........................,sl ri, ,4e
AGEf. II
army Of tie Ohio. lfa3or General Schoae'd Com
monding.
Il tantfy-.. -
Anilltry.....-............ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 67
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ......1sss
= 11ne.. -..-.-%.-.-.........-....-
Grand aggregate number of troops, o., ,797
About these figures have been maintained
during the campaign, the number of mel
jo1llng from furlouEh and hospitals aoou
compepsatirg for the loss in battle and iron
sfc6ntss- These armies were grouped on th'
2 otntng Of May 9Th as 1ol1o Hs: That OF tn
Gun bcrla1 at and near Riuggo1d; that .
toe Tennessee at Gordon's Mills, on th'
Clay. on the Geor1ia lie, north Of Dalton
JonxsToS's FORCE UNDER uARpEE HOOD AM
POLK, SHERMAN ESTIMATES As, eco TO 50, 600.
Tie tlret point Of attack was Dalton, Will Il
could not be assaulted in front, as it was
covered II an inaccessible ridge, betreer
which and Dalton is the lannon's pass of Buz
za1d Koe est-baroW, we'll obstruct.d bJ
abattts and flooded BY Water from Mill Greek
Dalton, therefore, had to be turned. Gen
due south.
1t was on the 25th Of May, vhen Maj. Gen,
Thomas was moving bis troops from Burnt
Hickory to Dalton, With Zen Hooker in the
advance, that the gallant action OF New Rope
Church wee fought.
TIE BATTLE OF KEsEsAw MOUNTAIN.
By the 11th of June cur lines were close
nm ri q nj 20
1ires between Kenesaw and Pine Noun
tatrB. General Hooker Was on t8 right snd
front, General HoWard on Its left and front.
snd General Palmer between it aud the Rail-
road During q sharp cannonading from
General HoWara's right or General Hooksr's
LETT, General Polk WAS killed on the 14th, and
On the morning Of the 18th Pine Mouotata
Was found abandoned By lhe enemy. Gene
rsIs Thomas and Schofield advanced and
found him again strongly entrenched along
the line Of rugged hills connecting KenesaW
aud Lost Mountain. at the eans time Cen
e1a1 McPhelson advanced hts line, gaining
substantial Advantage On the Left Pushing
as the nature Of the ground would permit, +
bad again ordered an assault on the center,
when, on the 18th, the enemy abandoned
Lost Mountain, and the long line Of admira-
BILE b1eastWorks connecting 1t with the Ke-
nesaw- We continued to press at eli points,
sklmfshing IN dense forests Of timber and
across most difficult ravtues, until we found
him again strongly posted aid entrenched,
with kenesaw Is bis salient, his right wing
thrown back to cover Marietta, aud his Left
behind Noses creek. covering hIs railroad
back to Chattahoochee- This enabled him to
contract his lines and strengthen them ac-
ccrdlngly.
s'The failure Of two direct assaults to dis
lodge the enemy from the mountain is noted
on The eth Of June. On the 1st Of July
Gen. McPherscn was ordered te th1o = hiB
Whcle army by the right down to aud
through Nickaiack Creek and Turner's
Ferry, acroes Chattahoochee. Gen. Nc Pher-
BOD commenced his movement on the night
Of July I'd, ard the Effect was instantaneous.
The ne1t morning Kenesaw was abandoned,
and with the first dawn of day SAW our
ektrmIshess appear on the mountain top.
Gen. Ihonas' whole line YES then moved
forward to the railroad, aud turned south in
pursuit toward the Chattahoocsee. In per
Eon entered Marietta at $50 o'clock in the
morning.. just as the cnemy's cavalry had
vacated the place"
On the 9th Of July Sherman had secured
three good and Eafe points OF passage over
the Chattahooctee, above the fenemy, with
good roads leading to Atlanta, and the same
day Johnston abandoned his position on the
NJ disputfd master north and west Of the
Chat'ahoochee at daylight Of the 10th Of
July.
On the Goth all the armies had closed In.
conyergfnc toward Atlanta but az gap ex.
listed between Gems, schofield and TnoInas.
tso divisions Of Gea. 10 wards corps O;
Gen. Thomas army were moved to the left
to connect with Gen. schofleld, leaving Gen.
NeWton's liylsiou of the same CORDS on the
Ruckhead road. During the afternoon OF the
2Otb, about 1 D. M. the enemy aallied ram
his no. ks In forca and fell in linz Of hattie
against our right center. comnoapd of Gen
Newton'g diyisfon Of Gen Hnward's corns
nn tbe BncEhead rnod ~ Dan pooraEs,
corps next south. and Zen .,nhnson's d;v,s'
ion Of Cen. Paimerss cnrna The h1ow uvos
sudden anii eomewbat nnrTnecfetf, hnt Cen
Newfon had hasti]v cnverFd hie front hU a
line Of rail pfjfs. which enabled him IN meet
and repulee the attack on hfm, Cen. Hook.
er'e whole corce Was uncovered and md tn
tight On comparatively open gronnd. and It.
toe, alter yery severe batt1e' drove the en.
eny back to bis jntrenehments' and tho oc,
tlon in front Of Gen. Johneon was comn,ra-
ffyely linht. that dfrision heinr vii in.
treuched. The Cnemv 1eft m the f,eld orar
5c0 dead ahcnt ! mn wonndad asra~,11
ttanfs of cninrs and nonv nr;sonnr. It,
Ices con1d mt have ta1ie1 Eshnrt ~ M
whereas mrs WA covered hv soo t5,1e5'
wnnnded and MISSING Tha 1reater 1nss fe,i
m Cen HooleTa c%rns f-ern 10 arno.a3 "a
condition ~~-P8 AAoDA 4se eAp'ee1
~e....a.e- --...-..-. .
'oAss1oS AsLlEFko-HooD IN co3tNND-
TIE DEATH OF PnERsoS.
On the morning Of the 22d, somewhat to