, 1864-09-16

cretk. Gen Kilpetrick dianonnted t1s 93d
Illinois, and it, with tue 54th OaIo, Gu Urged
the rshel haIriesde and drove them ont and
over the hull After thsa treatment. Ar9-
et1ong made but feeble resistance, Logau's
column noveo rapidly forgard, until she
1tbsIs halted again rear Flint river: From
this POSITION the 22d 1llino1s {Mou0ted in-
t.ntr1) drove them, charging In splendid
style. Armstrong fell back ncro.s the river.
Logan's coJnma followed. and 1t eaek The
Oh tue east side OF Flint river. The corps
1oet, duritg the days work, "a men killed
aud Vounota. The 1Gth Corps, which w4s
moving en- the right ct. the 18th.
was lot able to keep the heal Of
of roads. II did not meet With as much op
rButop, but its cavalry auVaoce vas en-
goged in the'aff4'r Lear sShoel Crees-tao I'd
Iowa cavalry loosiDg its MsjJr shot through
the }ungs, and about 20 men. killed aud
wounded. The 14th Corps which moved on
the left of The road met with 70 oppos1tish.
at any rate heard DO firing. I,s asvance
did not reach tho river thGt day The dis.
taace narchsd d oS the right wing was ABOUT
Is mills Iii q hot day. LIS advance was cen.
tinuaIly engaged With the rebels
Tic 18th Corps and q ciTistoA Of the 10th
Corpe, went into position after dark and
iGtrehched 1t Is well rs they coald.
In the morning of the J1st the lines were
adjusted, the works strengthened. and the
batteries put in position. On tue lett Of the
line Of The 18th Corps there was discovered
hill which was military position OF great
importance. In fact tho railroad beipg our
preeent objective point 1t WIS the most im-
| purtant In the held. Gen. HAzcl ut an early
hs.us moved III. Division, the Second, ny to and
| occupied the hill without opposition. and at
I otce employed bis whole available fsrce In
ip,1ebcbing it.
When the army of the Tennessee pushed
it's advance scross Flint River, taere xsre Ut
| Jepesboro but q diVislnn of Hardee'a Corps
and Brteads Of cavalry Two heurs more
OF daylight would have been entirely sufl-
| caeIt to have thrown tho advance across the
railroad. DaIipg the night and mornisS the
remainder Of Hafdee's anu Leafs Corps came
down. Hardee moved to our right aad Lee
remained about Joaeebore, occupying and
Strengthening the works In the front Of the
18th Corps That the atfxir OF the afternoon
may be better understood, I will recnpltuato
our position. The 18th Corps sccn pfcd high
grounds, partly ope1 but generally wooded;
near the crest on its right was the srst di.is-
ion, Gen: 0sterhaas; IN the center tho 4th
division, Ge::. Harrow; snd On the left the I'd
division, Gen. Hszcn- The line was long and
thin, and with small reserves. On the right
Of the Corps Gen. RaBsom had division of.
the 10th Corps, the upc refused towards the
river.
About noon the 18th Corps was massed II
reserve on tic opposite side OF the river.
General Hazen discovered that the enemy
was moving towards bis left aud massing In
his frvnt. lie at once reported these mora
ments to Genersl Lsggan wno ohtained from
Division Of the l7th Corps. These troops,
With the 2G,b Iowa and 10th OHIO, Of Oater.
haus' Disitiou, wc1e at oEca moved to the
lift, ard IN support Of HEzen 4 Brigade Of
the 18th Corps y Us moved into tho rear, and
In support OF the 1st Division. Duriu. tbs
morning, and middle Of the day, there was
trrtty heavy muekttry firing along the lines,
ard st times heavy cannonkding. The skir-
mishers were re]l advanced, md the ca-
Qualities, for that kind Of warfare, pretty So
we're
About three In the afternoon, the rebels
opened furious caunonado along the whole
front. Up to this time they had not opened
single piece Of artillery. Bnt now they
made up well for their lost time ShsIl flew
from all directions and making, in the pecu-
along Flint river fairly alive With the noises
Of cannon and exploding shell, the sounds
mlngliuE and roaring up aud down tue
stream, until one almest forgot the direction
whcnfe they came or the eTrand they were
On. Recollect our line Was the froat Of
Corps. with the right and left sharply re-
fueet-a horse shse In shspe-the rebel line
conforming to it in direction.
Logan had twenty-five pieces in position,
Kausom two batteries and Bryant Slx guns.
Into the tete du pont, which they covered,
the rebel artillery threw their missiles. Tho
guns OF the Army of thu Tennessee added
thtlr voices to the wild music Of tue rebel
batteries. Shell fell in the hospital 1t the
toet OF the hill, killing and Nounling those
on outy at it. Logan's headquarters, near
the bridge, received Like visitation. Both
Institutions were ehelled out.
Under this fire Lee formed and moved fof-
ward bis corps to assault our position. Tue
assault Was. made In three lines, the first led
by Gen. Anderson in pfrson. Tue troops
moved up IN splendid order aud made tbs
minaslan. In the front Of Onterhaus' d.
vition the assault was made in solid columns
Before they had time to dcp1oy, the batteries
Of the LIST Division struck them such felrful
blo"a tnat the heads Of the columns were
broken, and the whole columns thro wn into
disordtr. In the front Of Harrow and
Hszen's dicieions, on account of the shape
! Of the ground and the thick woods, they had
formed lines Of battle- At the first 3ell Of
the rebels our 6kIrmlshers fell back 10 thelf
Ho1ls. as the retels reached our skirmish
lire, everything, artillery and Infantry open
ed; the rebel line 7TaTcred, and under the
whitening tire some sought cover, others re-
treated, and ua9y fell. Tlr7uxh several
times the rebel officers reformed their lines
aid Ieturned to the asaautr, each time they
met the same determ: ned m1rderous tire and
were checked. The usttle ray-d along the
front Of the 18th corps upwards of an hour,
when the enemy left the ncld. 1t was aflerce,
hot 1t]d-ofhcers and men did all they cou1d
and With great loss They Withdrew IN CON
wounded upon the field.
The loEs OF the 18th corps in this assault
attributable to the fact that our line was well
eI1reucted ntnr}y tho whole length.
T. Near tht lett Of the let Division there was
an interval across the depression In tie side
Of tie hill which eas not covered bT works.
T becoming Necessary to occupy this space,
OF tie 9th 1o"a into 1t. They held 1t With
cut airy cover under q severe fire.
On the extreme left Of the line, the left Of
the 2d Division, the 127th 1llioois was forced
to Eo!d:a Eosttion without any works. Hasti-
4 plling up heaps Of Pine brush, to conceal
loee ~as htven killed nno wounded.
The Goth Illinois (the ''Father Uunne Regi.
ment') was tn thr sktrtnish line and behaved
gailantly, losing Killed aud Ii wounded
ment which exhibited the GOODNESS .oi the
men. While the fire WAS hot and rapid. Gen.
Logan rode eloDg the line. The IoWnns saw
him and actuaily faced-bopt and gave Logan
three rousiDg cAeers. Incredible as the CIR
cumFtance Iray appear, there is abundance Of
metal are equal to the emergencies Of any
fel6.
When the assault commenced, Osterhaus
had section Ut Napoleons out some dts.
txnce In front Of his line Tor the purpose Of
firing upon tfain of cars which was NOV
ing al-ug his jsGnt- The attack WAS 80 sui
oen that the guEB were nearly cap turcd.
Otterbaus stasd with his guns until BY great
e1e1tioEs and IN gre ut danger they were
brought of on the run.
Ae to the rtbellOEs, our.meaEe of Informs
tton are, Of course, imperfect. We captured |
19! prisoners, Including Il commissioned |
into Iher hospitals 93 wounded, incluring
Col Mofs, Of the2d kentucky, two Lieutea-
art Colorela, and two other commissioned |
ouicere. During the attack the rebet Anbu-
1anccE rau up and were very buSiIy engaged |
In removing their dead and wounded. In |
the eTeniLg flag of truce Was seat to Gen. |
Hazen asking him permission to remove the |
dead bodies ofsomc officers. 1t Was dark when |
the tlog reached cur pickets, and the oti1ces. |
WAS direc ed to return 1p the morning, and |
the bodies would be given to them. From |
this Tag We learned that Major General |
PAtttn Anderson, commanding the old |
the bowels. Two Of his staH were killed.
Prieonere state that Gem Corning MAS NOR
tally wounded. In the front Of the I'd divI~
sion two Coionels-o1e OF them Col Will
liau1e. 4lst Mississippi, and three Lieutenant
Co1onels were found dead on the field the
next day. In THO front Of the I'd division
200 dead were counted; In the front Of tho
18th division 81. After the rebel retreat III
graves were found in front Of the I'd diYi-
sion near, the rebel akirmish line, completely
covered with brush. At the Burnt House,
In front Of the right Of Hazen and left Of
Herron's, 76 dead were found aud buried.