, 1864-07-01


lad they been compelled to retreat that =
few killed and wounded were left on the
1tld to fall into the enemy's hands. As soon
n .the regiment Was In, the IRE from the
works and few vigorous rounds from the
18th Ohio battery brought the rebels to a
with loss.
The ratt1ing fire Of muskctry, and the whIs-
Ting OF the enemJ's bullets nbout them, pro-
drded disEraceful stampede among certain
fragments Of regiments not yet tally formed
~ line, and collected about house from an
got his men wei In hand aud formed il four
! l1nes, ready for the worst, should It come
Gems. Hooker and Schode1d were at tue house
when the firing opened, and both rode away,
Cen sclo1ela to hurry up the Sd division On
| the right, to meet my possible attempt to
turn that wing, while Gen. Hooker hastened
| back along his line to learn the import OF q
very heavy artillery hring whlcbthad been
heard for several minutes. He soon returned,
Reporting that the rebels had made an nd
vence 10 heavy maeseB upon the 1st division,
(Gen- WlliamsD which occupied the right Of
the corps, and had been driven back by the
dre OF artillery alone, without the employ
1st New York had secured positions which
gave them cross-are on the rebels, rs they
advanced across an open field, aud it proved
entirely too hot for them. Again, about six
O'clock, they made the came attempt, and
were driven back still mora rapidly, by a
winch must, from the onenness Of fbe oronn3'
have proved very destructive. Our losses were
slight They did not probably exceed two
hundred killed and wounded during the day,
and one quarter OF this loss Was suffered II,
the 18th Kentucky.
tnE cES1Hs, JUNE -
1he operations on tue center to day, were
characterized by nothing worthy OF special
note.: Ailer lour Gays OF assaults aud heavy
sklrmish1ng with the 4th and 18th Corps, In
s.a "msa ~, "9s l13'v1I1aolS 3' eanly Wofsted, the
im1nediatelv fnnei IA atta01;o6 :" anatha. Iun
Dart Of he line. tic W 1eft oT schnfe1d "i and
Hooker. npon which he. fo.aav mada a Ies.
nerate nss5n1f. ' ~ ~"'' N1''AN = "~''
TuE nEBE1, Anr1rrFRv
n oover th,o oeaor1+ r1oa naoh 49,,
the en..11 .r1n ,ana5 upun 5 aooaes, ~ ~ Il
hse ~ upon our e eenteE WIN hls artillery, placed
from Bip md T;tt1e Ki3esnw IN .gnd RaiG Gan anu
mi artifcrv 4etnrned ther s.intat,ana gaR,
rrant r;ro. ,,a rrao;a;n.e ~ ~
81 49, ,;ns aII ti,a saba1s a'1ts oassnage
n;ne, r. sar d;-ao+1e,, - 20 eeSu ~.
IRE Of our cannonetTs. The enemy's rnns
mounted on KIncsaw, were 90-po1nit Par
rotte. CAPABLE of yrry lonr rnnvn Their f1re
was princIpally directed on Witt ,kes,s hi.
nade, which still held the h1lla taken from
tho enemy the other night. The shots. how
ever, did little or no damage. as nearly ali Of
them werc deposited. ~ - ~ u
" The artillery duel continued nearly the
whole afternoon, with tri1ling loss to onr
troops. Never has artillery achieved greater
lausels II. than to, day.; Nearly nll our shots
to..e,;e. la. lnto tns eneuy ilne anu nls
aud inaccurafe was the ire of the anemv that ,st
to-6av the rcor WINS n mnch 1noSa nniny,tinr tnut
location for omf,atanta than nnnn IKE +hes
skirmjsh line. >N'1 Nt'eAA 'D'
r,,r s.-,,,,,s,,,~, ~, ,., -
M ~ 'n1A'niN1 ea. -. y" aAh oESIER.
~. ~ ine u1nt o, Inc atn ana l4ta Corps
was e1tfemely slght-so little firing, indeed,
Has neard that one almost Was constrained