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

desired effect. compelling the enemy to
open bis artillery and expose the pesit-
ion Of his batteries. From Eve until
after dark heavy Ere was kept up, and
when it ceased Ssanley vas far in advance
Of Davis's position Of the morAsng, and
extended his line some distance up the
slope of Rocky Face, supported By Gen
eral Wood division. With the excep
ton Of Davis's the 18th corps was not en-
gagged.
General Scho6eld, with his corps, sue
ceeded about o'clock, in getting up and
and confronting the enemy's foFti6ea-
ton on the left Of Dalton Brisk firing
was heard ia the directioniofhis position,
and / learn tonight that be holds, like
the centre and right wings Of the army.
every foot gained during the day.
Our C1sualities
/ have Just learn that Colonel Mel
vane, of the 64 h Ohio, and Lieater-
ant Ehler, same regiment, killed; Colon. l
Buekner, 10Th Illinois, wounded in the
body; the gallant Major BOYD, S4th Ind /.
Shot through both thighs; Captain Cham
berlin and Lieutenant Hall, 9th Ohio,
slightly; and Lieutenant-C Colonel Bulliti,
Sd Kentucky, slightly. Tha6Ath was in
the hottest Of the desperate conflict for
the possession of Rocky Face Ridge, and
led by the daunsless McIlvane, il won
the encomiums of all who Witnessed lis
daring and intrepidity The Sd Ken
tueky, one Of the crack regiments Of
HArker's brigade, suffered severely and
fought gallantly. The many friends os
Col Bullitt will rejoice 10 hear that his
recovery is beyond fhe possibility of
doubt Our losses compared with that
Of the enemy, is rather heavy. owing to
our exposed position. However, the to-
tai loss in the 4th and l4th corps viii
not now exceed 400 chiefly in wounded.
DIR. Mcmahon, Medical Inspector Of the
corps, informs me that = very large
percentage of the wounded are in the
hands and feet, while nearly all the rest
are shot through the body, aud are,
therefore, very severe. In the l4th corps
Col. Hambright, 79th Pennsylvania, wss
shot in the head, being The only officer
wounded
Tuesday, Nay loth
The weather was exceedingly unpropisi-
ons for active operations Heavy show
ers Of rain fell during the entire day,
With short intermissious. A iull occurred
in movements to-day, artillery ERE only
taking place.
Wednesday broke damp and chilly.
bot the rain cleared of before it had
Delayed the roads sufficiently TO retArd
Operations The army was now in po-
siiion--,has is, in its FIRST position Il
coiled around the ChatiAgoota orBgZ-
gard Roost mountains ike a huge snake,
aud was pushed so close to the enemys
intrenehmeuss that few yards, more or
less, became matter &C infinite inpor-
tance 10 life and limb. Wherever was
a gap, our forces bad penetrated il. and
every gorge vas felt, as a phrenologist
feels the knolls Of sense and sensibility
We had found more than one bump Of
combntiveness and had reached the point
wheFe the rambling aud inductiye philos-
uphy of accommodating must bsAbandoa.
edfor the terse and clearly cur aposbS-
gems Of assault
SAermans rAoie army saoves 70 fGak
Johnson
No movement up 70 dark had been
made By the troops. The campfres
shons brightly--nothing 10 the enemys
range of vision had been moved. The
night was dark, and ty the time it bad
fairly 0vsrspread nature q sudden,
stealthy life was infused into The hiiher.
to recumbent troops Hooker moved
bis corps to the right, and being near at
band, reports before daylight to MePter-
son Scho6eid comes drifting in the
same direction from bis fruitless position
east Of Rocky Face Other corps fol-
low Perhaps, when daylight comes, the
enemy will discover that be has permis-
sion. IL be chooses, to mass oa the divis-
ion or two 10 his frcnt, which being done,
and their lines broken, he may pass
through TO Chsttanooga-al this Il he
pleaSes. But there is an ominous drift
toward Resscs. The price Of his look
ing at Chattanooga woelds be Atlanta
and liberty. Sherman, az last, has indi-
Gated ths point where he intends to
thrust, aud il Dalton is not in our pos
session by the day after tomorrow
morning, there are no warnings in his
tory for rebel generalship.
The Strength Of Johnson's Army
Is estimated by the best Judges With
whom / have convsrsed, 70 be about
sc, 900. exclusive Of Georgia militia, Of
whom probably Is, 900 are bearing arms
and distributed st Rome and Ressea
Their journals estimate the strength of
of our army at sixty thousand. They
will be astouished after they annihilaie
that number Of Shermans Yankees 10
find their work signally incomplete.