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monts scarce ever fail, and when they do; i
| Is with undiminishcd honor.
rUBcH1N s ATTACK. 80:
! A heavy strip of timber runs along TIL
lower portion Of the cast slope Of Rock.
Face. Through this Tnrchin mud his. meff
steadily advanced, the General in the front
son the fire Of the rebel skirmiahers. Form,
ing his line of battle along The slope Of ths
mountain, Just opposite to and facing the
lill which he was to carry, he gaze the ordci
to adyancc. Immediately tie whole vale,
resounded with terrible roar Of musketry,
and the encmy's cannon, replied to By ou1
own 4th regular battery, added to the awful
din. The rebels were swept awsy from the
foot Of the hill. Half way up they endeavor.
ed to mike stand, but: our boys, charg1n.
forward with loud shouts, drove them across
the summit
GROUND LOST.
The victory seemed gained, and the brig.
| aje ruahed to the top of the hill to secuFc
| what it had won. But the enemy had raj
lied half way down, supported b. fresh
force ontnnmbe1ing .Turch1u's two to one,
! No sooner Ind our boys reached the summit
than a T1thering storm Of bullets swept up
the hill. Bravcly they T.. replied M for time,
lis
| CALLING fro could not long be borne. It
would be madness to charge down the hill
! into the midst of twice or thrice their mum.
bers. Hence, they withdrew slowly aud re-
luctantly to their former position along the
slope OF Rocky Face. The rebels did not at;
with repossessing the hill. .-7s' Il: =: J;
f. THE CAMPAIGN CLOSES. :. ;
| This was the b1oodfest, as It might be
called tho closing, conflict Of this interesting
campaign. a brisk cannonade aud fierce
and determined skirMfshing werp kept mp
| until uightfau; but no advance Was made
upon either side. ALL the remainder Of the
afternoon the two armies stood: confronting
each other, So close together that the skir-
rear lines Of the other. A number Of, Incl.
dents, at once singular; and interesting, fell
under my OWN observation, but shall only
mention this one. -,
Gen. Palmcrwos standing near our skir.
mfshers, when bullet fired BY one Of the op.
posing rebels, passed through both the skirta
Of his coat and both legs Of bis pants, With
out even grazipg the skin! Probably there
is not similar case on record. :
.: : - " apECTACLE. !:
When night came On spectacle met our
eyes, at once brilliant, beautiful and sublime.
During the course Of the conflict, the leaves,
rendered infammable by several weeks dry
weather, had taken fire; and NOW long lines
where running up and down the mountains,
twisting and Writhfng and Kissing like mon.
strous serpents Of living fire. The fine twigs
and c0nes, Of which vast quantities lay npou
the ground. added to the hageness Of he con-
dagration; In some places the progress Of our
withdrawing troops was seriously impedcd
BY the smoke and heat; and ut 10 P. M, 1t
really seemed, to q spectator, gazing from
TuAnel Hill, as If the whole State Of Georgia
was On fire. and 1er eternal mountains were
melting beneath the flames. -.
It was utter night when the troops began
to retire; and ere they closed their eyes In
e!amber that night. they were on the west
side Of the Tunnel Hill range.
about three h the afternoon, General Da-
Tis, who with Morgan's and McCopk's brig
ndes, supported by Gen. Johnson's command,
1yas holding the mouth Of, the gorge on the
and feel tic enemy. fha iattcr s manifested naaHs
the utmost sens1tiyencss, and raking the
gorge with his cannon, inflicted upon Gen,
Morgan considerable loss. After night, thfa
force retired to Tunnel Hill, which we con-
time to hold.
RESULTS.
This ended this highly Important expedi-
tiop: It has ugnin, u TINT Wele needed, dem.
o1strated the fighting qualities Of our own
troops. It has famfliariEed us with section
Of country comparatively unknown before.
1t has shown the tremendous strength Of the
encmy's position ut Dalton. It has forever
set at rest the SILLY stories Of Johnston's army
having gone to Mobile and other points; md
above al, It has prevented that army, or any
considerable part Of it, from being SO sent
away.
It was we'll ascertained that ueburna's d.
vision did not start away until the evening
Of tho a1st, and at least one brigade Of It hnd
returned by the 25tl. Stcvenson'a, Stuart's,
and loripg's divisions, one brigade Of Gle
burre's, one Of another division whose COM
mander could not be ascertafncd, md Wheel
er's caTalay, were all known to have been In
the fight Of Thursday. Although this CORES
pondent wonld be very glad to have Joe
Johnston eracnate Dalton, he cannot but feel
proud Of this triumphant yfndicatt on of the
statement be made weeks ago, and has since
had occasion several times to repeat con-
cern1ng the presence and strength Of the
rebel army at Dalton.
Casualties OF the'25th OF February.
W19. Memphi11, I'd Ind, slightly wounded.
1: Ieconsn, ssa Ind, sushtly HSounaed. '
Gaet w. ma9q s5a ga 113s;1 !Ra ;shty xapnae
serst. ]. D. Wilson, aed Ind, slightly wounded.
9. y: Thompson, asd Ind, slightly wounded.
b7e Resvss Sfd ia5 5nS sb'|3 sb'|Sh,y y9gn1s wSaded
sergt. 4. r. 3. AIiegs, sd Ind, slightly wounded.
II. Timer, SD Ind, severely wounded.
Adam Corpenberer, sd Ind, severely wounded.
E. Black, s6th H., slightly wounded
J. u. Jordan, Goth H.. slightly wounded.
Nnn. Fields, 18th Ind severely wounded.
Wm. Hemph11l, SD Ind. e1lsht1y wounded.
Capt. Il. Fee, sd Ind. slightly wounded.
sefgt. y. r. Bull. sd Ind.7 slightly wounded.
9. ". Aoreland, ed Ind, severely wounded.
Corp. E. 3. Bishop, SD Ind, severely wounded.
J. Ii. Eayes. 6GtA H., seyerely woundctl.
Buford Giddls, Goth H., sl1shtly wounded.
! j. A. Furguson, 10th Mich, slightly wounded.
Se1gt. John En1y, 60th H., severely wounded.
D. ". Smith, 18th H., severely wounded.
James Penscr, 18th H., slightly wounded.
John Jones, 86th Ind. seycte1y wounded.
Sergt. B. F. B11ckord 9sth H., severely wounded.
j. H. Packer, 10th Ind, severely wounded.
". H. Palmer, sid Ind. eeycrc1y. wounded.
]. Kankins, 84th ILL.,, slightly wounded.
EXECUTION Of sTREETER TINE ME-