, 1864-06-27

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:. Yesterday morning eaSly, rnmon Of : nat:
lie ii 'front.' wsrs current On. .tha STREETS; md,
i thsy did: not :tAks-4he form hsualiy u;
suusd: :by E1ape.rlus' rnmois, Einm msdiataly
commenced tracing tho1nl ont. This mas /
dlmeult matter, and + might haya tIted In.
min to obtain the desIsed information, had
not luckily fallen upon an old friend. an
Eastern correspondent, who -left the front,
carly on7E5day morning; with his account OF
the, battle, which took -place' on Thursdsy,
18th inst. ,-..,., : z..., ~. -~.--;
~--- TuH RHuKL POSITION. =
Tho rebel lines extend from Lost Noun.
tain to \ place mile aud a, half OF two niles
east Of the railroad,' sud arc poated On tha
summit Of 4 line OF hills, which embrace
Lost and Kenesaw Mountains, beside num-.
ber-of other "btlla" Of less Importance, aud
which are not to be found on any of the maps
yet. published. Lost Mountain, on which
1heir left reste, il decidedly their tstrongest
position; and while they hold 1t, a move
ment to flank them, can be performed only
by difficult and dangerous maneuvres, which
might lead to disaster 10 our forces.
ton Is the town OF Marietta, and a. level,
comparatively open country. 1t being Gov
cred with large cotton plautations, for which
Central Georgia fB 80 famous. Tbs ground
In front Of the rebels il exceedingly uu-
even, the ascent Of the hills steep, and the
briera and underbruhh dit6cnlt to penetrate,
and Us TO the summlts Of the hills, they arc
uneven: every foot OF the country between
our forces and those Of the rebels can BE-
awept by cannon,. with which Johnson's
army appears to be abuudantly supplied -
suRRAAN's POSITION. ii, -, :
shsrman's line fronts that of Johnston; his
breaatwofks, by which he ID strongly ,toru-
fed, occupying ridge Of highlands Of eon-
siderable elevation, bnt not near so high as
the mountains occupied BY the enemy. To
his front Is valley, 90 thst to attempt a d.
ret assault be must descend several hundred
feet and then ascend quarter Of ,1aile or
more, meeting nearly dozen lines Of rifle
pits on his way, all strongly guarded by
br1gades and divisions o{ the enemy: who
could fight In comparative safety till driven
@ baaaGsa ,.4as and dns .ts e9as anotSsl
stand behind yet stronger intranchments,
- this line is more formidable than the ona
directly In 'front.' :..':
WHAT Is TO Bn poaBs =. -
. appears to have been subject which agita-
ted Gen. Aherman's mind considerably /; and
an surprised after bis splendid successes
IN f1anking, that he did not attempt It again !;
but presume he had his reasoua for doing
otherwise; or possibly flank movement be-
Ing fmpracticable, while the rebels held Lost
Mountain. But without attempting to dis
cuss the Generals reasons for the course he
finally adopted, will proceed to nsrrats, ~
nearly as possible, what was actually done.
= N'PuERso.'s orBRArIosa.'
AcPheraon'a army holds the LEFT, and On
Wednesday afternoon (the 15th) 1t made a
number Of demonstrations, without direct
attack, which, to all appearances, complete
" deceived the rebel General, who believed,
now that Blair had Joined him, that it was
the Intention to attempt to turn his {John.
ston's) right, and get between him and At
lanta- During the day, both the center and
left Of the rebel army Was materially weak
ened to meet the anticipated assault from
McPhersou, as could not only be seen ffom
Sher1nan's headquarters, but as was read by
ou- signal officers, who have managed to de-
cipher the rebel efgrals; and accordingly
early on Thursday Schodr1d aud Hooker, to
whom the real fighting was assigned, com.
menced their work.
PINE AND LOST Aoun7Ams.
Lost Mountain is adetaehed knob, lost from
the rest OF the range, and hence Its name
while Pine Mountain is the nAmc Of much
smaller peak, in the midst' OF ridge, and
the ascent up 1t presents comparatively few
obstacles.s Tho summits OF both Of these
are strongly fortified, aud crowned with ar
tillery, chiefly however, 9 and l2-pouudcrs-
brass pieces. To capture Pine Mountain
WAS the task assigned to,
GEN. scHof1xLD,
who commanded the Esd corps. He ad
vanced boldly to the work, and biz gallant
ried line alter lins Of the rebel rifle pits, TIL
1t reached the Last on the summit OF the
mountain. The rebels at this point did moi
fight With their usual vIgor; indeed they
abandoned formidable intrenchments almost
without struggle; and many, say 800, ware
captured-the most Of them willing prisoners
Having reached the top, from which the
except one or two disabled guns, scho1eid
rested his troops for several hours; but final
ly fell back to the frat or second l{ue OF reb
el intrcnchments; to escape CALLING fire;
GENERAL HOOKER, 81
who met with terribly stubborn resist
ance, failed to dislodge the rebels from Lost
Mountain. He managed his: corps admira
bly,, and the men fought with all the hero
Ism and endurance which characterizes the
brush: Jet strong lines soflptrenchments,a ably
f-3afArdod.- -@nrnhtnA.a. .ta-r-~~--k-sun.- gallant
assa!laI II from getting absolute possession
Of all the cnemJ's wosks- At some point.
two and ut others three OF their lines Of in.
tsxnchments wera carried, and night CLOSED
In on the bloody field leaving our boys mas.
ters Of half the Mountain, With tirm deter.
mination never to yield the struggle until
the Stars and Stripes waved In triumph over
tie last stronghold OH the summit
Our loss IN the 2ad corps is not large; but
Hooker suffered severelr, losing at least
/ 500 tn killed and wounded. How many
rtbela bit tho dust cannot, estimate; but
the number was by no means small; and
hundreds fell nom bayonet wounds.
CATUREs.
poetdea +ha n.1+r.Ae -, :. A. h,- p,h,ao1a ~
which / have already spoken, Hooker sent
to the rear shout $50 prisoners, 1856 of whom
have reached this city, including two OF
three Colonels and fnnumerab1e lire officers,
The 31et and 40th Alabama and 18th Tenues.
see regiments were captured almost In 8
body. We likewise took from eight to
twelve cannon, which were left behind In
the rapid light which the rebels were com.
PEELED to make.
LATzR.-A gentlernan who lcft, Big shanty
oR Friday eyenIng states that Ill day heavy
firing Nhs going on, both with large and
small arms, on our right, aud that hundreds
! Of wounded were arriving at Big shanty.
that the cannonading gradually grew more
| distsnt, from which be inferred that the cue.
| my were being driven BY Hooker aud Scho
| field. He was eutler, and confess I put
] little confidence in what he says, because
| aistrust bis Judgment. It was the t7st bat.
magnify the Losses. The battle was renewed
on Friday, however, believe, and Of thu
result there Is little room to doubt I viii
writo as eoon as further intelligence reaches
this place. BLAKE.
The following are additional tacta relative
to Hooker's victory at Lost Meuntain:
oUR LOSS.
| FAsuv11LE, June 2L-lt must not be con
tectured that ons loss was t1itlng; on ths
otter band, not less than ], 200 Of the corps
were either killed or wounded. Mono Of onI
men were captured.
| RKBEL Loss.
We captured 1 600 prisoners, chiefly from
Alabrma Teg1ments,' and twelve cannon
numbe-say 2.Oo0--of small arms. Abonl
eco Of the prisoners hare already arrived al
Nashville. and with one or TWO h&d brte
conversation. They declared that Johnston
never intended to abandon his present posi-
ton, rnless driven from 1t, as he is well
aWare that It is the key 10 Atlantis Let him
fall back two miles, and he viii oe compelled
to continue hls retreat to the Gulf Of Mexico
If Sherman eeea 1T to follow him that dis
tance- Therefore he will fight where he is
AZ long as his men will hold out. The pris
oners predict that the rebels have at lengtt
found the "last ditch" and that, II beaten
they viii be compelled to yield ss gracefully
as possible. They are all discouraged At tht
azpect Ct afiairb, and think that Johnston
when be abandoned Retaca, gave up his mos
eligible place for making successful stand
4 REBEL OFFICERS HERE.
The onion E1fru, Issued yesterday evening
contains complete list of the capturec
rebel oihcert, who cr1ived here with the tlrsl
batch Of Hooke5's prisoners. There i ous
Colonel among them, two Captains, eighteen
! Ifcrtepanfs nnd tvo Char ina