Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-21

move along the right centre and c0ln.
pIete the line between Gen. Cuffs brig
sde Of Stanleys division and Gen. J6Gn-
son's division. His brigade vas 6 little
en- scheion, but when an advance Of the
whole line was ordered. be advanced rap
idly upon knob thiekly covered wiih
uaderbrush, and drove the enemy oT.
General Cruft held the right Of Sian
ley's line, and, when the forward move
mens was ordered, sent the 3lsl Indiana
out as skirmishers- They moved rapidly
aud in excellent order across the open
fields. the enemy retreating fr8m behind
their barricades at their approach, and
seeking safety in fight
4 Hating for = trief moment and seek
/ ing protection behind the rebel barri-
cade, the 3lst again moved forward, and
the whole line simultaneously pressed
forward, and at the close Of the ekiruE-
! ishing, at sandown, occupied a position
| about one mile ia the rear Of the gaps
/ in which Palmer fought the enemy so
stubbornly on the 26.h and 9th Of Feb
ruary
1 Brigadier General Woods skirmish-
ers were engaged dsriHg the day on the
left of Stanley. extending to the bsss Of
Rocky Face.
Assaulf By Geary.
The day has not brOughs on regular
engagement, though It has witnessed the
repulse Of gallant charge made by two
brigades of Geary's division Of Hooker 5
corps
As have already said, Schofeid's q
corps IS working east If the rebel posi-
I tions, while Hookers ',ears southwest
/ Of Dalton. aud Mcpherson, with q large
army, is aiming At ResaeA, ia the rear
| Of the re5el works at Dalton. Geary's
division is 10 front Of Dag Gap, in
I JOINS Mountain, whicb Is = prccipisous
/ elevation, four and half miles south
west Of Dalton, covered with forests,
some ueiergrowth, s1d loose with tum-
bling bowlders
About three o'clock this afternoon,
CoIouel Bashbeck's and Colonel Czndy's
brigades, the FIRST consisting Of the 10Th.
18th, i54th New York; 9th, T3i, l09sh
Pennsylvania, and 33d New JERSEY, and
the latter Of the 23gh Pennsylvania, aud
18th, 5th and 7th Ohio, we're marshaIed
for assault They advanced 10 the
mountain in splendid spirit. meeting
with little opposition until they toiled up
,ae crest, where they received wisher.
Jag and concentrated Ere, which, in
about twenty minutes, compelled them
70 fall back 70 plateau, on the noun
tain, not far from its base The rebels
we're commanded by General John Ill
Morgan, who is nos leading division
Of rebel infantry. Two Of o1r batteries
we're at she base Of the mountain. bat
they could not be sufficiently elevated 10
be effective Al the same time the reb-
els could not depress their guns to con
test our advance up the hillside They
were in heavy riHe-pits, and their con
csntrated IRE VAS not TO be borne by
mortal man.
Our troops held their ground for about
= hAlfbour at the frat assault A see
ond assault was made about six clock
by the 33d New Jersey, l34th New York,
and l2Tth Pennsylvania, led By Colonel
Minded. Of the forner, the object being
to flank the rebel right, on The crest
Like the hrst, il failed after q gallant
6gh.
Our troops wishdrew abost dark TO
their position occupied in the morning
The loss during both assaults will not ex.
ceed 250 killed and wounded. Colonel
Jones, Of the l54sh New York, confusion,
side. Capt Bartlett, 33d New Jersey,
killed; Lieut. Miller, do Capt Vedder,
do leg, anlr utAted. Lieut. Smith, do
Capt Edwin Forrest, l34th n. T., badly
wounded
Gen Schqfeifs CalumH
Gen. Schofeld, With his eofps, today
reached Newton's left, aud this afternoon
moved up Grow Valley, to the left Of
Rocky Face Ridge lie will positisly
strike the enemy on his right aank, SIM
ultaneously with an attack on his left
By column nov moving forward for
that purpose Shoald these flank move
ments succeed, johnson must Of neees-
sity vaeate bis almost impregnably posi-.
tion, and move back on Atlanta or Rome,
OF fght US this side al Resaca, IN less
strong position. ! shall not attempt to
speculate upon the probable work Of to-
morrow, but record the movements IS
they occur.
Monday, Nay O.
At ak o'clock Davis's division open
ed the ball on the right By throwing for
ward his whole line toward the base OF
Rocky Face Greek into the gaps, where
the engagement took place in FEBRUARY
last Much difficulty was experienced in
crossing the creek, which The rebels had
inundated since our last visit 70 Buzzard
Roost; yet the difficulty was overcome
BY wsdinz the stream, and sn attack was
at once made on the knolis and hills on
the left Of the railroad, which vas gal
lantly carried by our skirmishers, the
lI3th Ohio, Lieut. Colonel Warner, oe-
cupying the bill on the immediate left
Of the railroad. while Morgan's brigade,
which occupied the centre. carried the
hill to the left, or Immediately 10 the
right Of Rocky Face Ridge Mcrgau's
brigade vas Immediately thrown round
on the Left Of the hill, carried BY it, and
pushed rapidly forward through a gap
separating 1t from Rocky Face In bis
attack the FIRE was quiet brisk, and bis
/ loss in wounded was about thirty.
At six in the morning brisk skirmish
/ Ere was heard on Rocky Face, near the
I position held By Newton's division, the
4 balance Of which was thrown up at an
early hour. Musketry and artillery 6r-
I ing from Newton, was kept up for half
an hoar, when . wild cheer was heard,
and it was supposed that Newton had car
ried the fortified george which inpeded
Harker's advance yesterday. This, how
ever, proved unfounded, forto-night bis
/ line is bat few hundred yards in ad-
vance Of where II was last night During
the afternoon Wood and Slanley's di.
visions of the 9Th corps made an sssult
upon the base Of Rocky Face from the
valley, with the view of making demo-
stration in favor OF Newton. Very keavy
skirmishing eusued, in which the line
took part for = few moments, butts 50 rug-
ged was the slope that the jutting rocks
and steep gorges rendered an assault and
capture Of the ridge impossible In the
operations Of the day Wood lost about
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