, 1864-07-29

3saN!ond Wn" nessFoSs9~v 1.nsn
oscha1 pnnn,.N tfnftiDnui Inctdcats
~ s1e Rattle OF Fracfa Tree UreeK,
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From Our Special Corespondent.1
In TIE FIELD, 1urs East o, q AT14sEA, E1a,
At Roswell and Msrietta dispatched you
In rclatiou to tue movement Of the Army or
4ha Tanroesre fro,n The lon of +ha cba++..
,...., 49, ~. ~. ,o.t t.a,e.,. asss,
uooeuse LUZ W tus 1e.u ..s .r.1 t'ta ~ ~ eo.pa
crossed Inc f1Ses' ana 'ae 1Ha corps na'1hs
come up from the left. moved over.
At daylight of the 18th the Army Of tho
Tennessee moved fy the road towards Stone
1;onnts,, ~. - c,ya,r, dir,a,on too1. The
at"un'a1u. Ane ~ 20 ''oion 'ooA .ue
advance, iono"eo pS INC LON corps, anu "
by the 18th corps. At Providence Church, q
cross road seven miles from Roswell, the
18th corne 4oo1x +he Dccatnr rnad +he asd
1000 ,,,a.,. ro.d It'll e,,s.Sa. ~ -
Gn!tt ette o' - ~ .s,..ss @ a " ~
1len" Eas' .. A.1Anta ana oe1"eea II aoo
stone Mountain, Peacn Tree Creek runs IN
Northwesterly direction, emptying into the
Chnttahoochee. Along Peach Tree tho rebels
were believed tn have . line The Army Of
tus euoesianu' "r'eu ~" ne4o 1ue .1n'
O. our line, was IN 'front.' OF the creek Dur
}ng the operations Of the day, Gen. Thomas'
command remained substantially uuiet
Whatcv.r f,,inv took ,,sna a,ong hIs linz was
,ntansss - % so.h - p'aSe n'o =: .ho1. ao.I.
''1n. .u A.
structton Of the railroad running cast from
Ataanta, u some Polnt nea Stone
=! Monntain. 1t also NAG 1or seconaa1Y o2lect
tne securing T o. positlon npon sne cnemys
f1ent lhe gay Was e1ces61se1y mol, @ not Inc
men moved forward WITH a!acf1ty. Ihe cav
alry reached me rahroad without much OPP
posltlop, ana commencea us dcstfuctlon.
10 maze The "ork more ehecs9al ana thor
onEn, denefi Logan ofaefe9 Genefal Ll5ht-
BUN ,or~afa @ |lth t9e "a or1saoe o. INC o.
road, was deploytd along the tntck, ami
made an e3etAent lob OF oestfuclaon og
turnirg oyer tne tfaGS, burning tne tles, ana
benoths fhe rans. ine troops "lthofe" pg
eroSs roaa ann 'nH ;,1 ,1h'antrs went INTO camp
ne1a n asoaesnh ts @orning % tSe whole army wns
dered forward to carry the position at Deca-
tur. The army Of the Tennessee moved In
the following, order; 18th, 18th, and 18th IN
reserve; on Its right Was the army OF the
Ohio. Tie rebel cayalry was pursued and
driven easily back to Decatur. A. that place
rebel force OF brigade Of cayalry and Two
regiments OF Infantry Was disIodyed at once,
the advance Of the 18th and 23d corps reach"
Ing the village about ? P. a., nearly at the
same time N the evening the rebels ran up
battery Of Tided guns and opened upon our
cavalry in front Of the village, killing and
wonndlng severI st1e mules and horses ana ana
spcedi); dlslodged-
About o'clock yesterday morning tue
Whole ar1ny moved under orders to carrj or
invest Atlanta On the left the army OF the
Tennessee moved with the 10Th IN adSancc'
the l1th moving up On It's eit,on5s, ne l9th,
n reserve. Morgan L: smiths dlE1sion nad
the advance Of the 18th corps: Inc feoel
pfckets weIc found about mile west from
Decatur. The rebels were obstinate anu COZ
tested every avnilable position, DEL Tue ad.
! vance drove them 6teodi1y, Carrying seTera
strong fortifcatIors with great gailantry
| About O'Clock this afternoon the rebels made
stand y ith artillery aud infantry. The 15tf
corps was then some distance In advance O
Blair and schofield; Logan was therefore
| ordered to halt until the lines could be com
pleted by bringing up Blair on his left ant
| the rebels opened with artillery indtcliu!
ZONE injury. The I'd division Of the 15tl
| corps losing seven and the 18th twenty on
men; two men OF battery A-yeterans Of ba:
terry B-were hit, John Haddock, killed, AMI
]. Delevan, nortally wounded. Gen. Gre
| shorn rom fnnndfnr the 4fh dfyi6ton of tn
11th rorns was seTerely wounded In the leg
he1fere i'is i, = was ANIMATED. Cant HoG
rar of Ea1, I'n6s,n'a -" stltf had h,s hso1se shot
s9d 4 Adlcr @ entisr % at cor corps T heudouarte1s 3 M los
| r IT. Ill -%ry1v oc
na ~ n.a1 oeh t, Eunn .1'i niIa9etA nl1o"4s 81
eaRIu i. iue lIut s1 "a decentralization, of ~,
LIZ ultnsnS ~ ano 49, T1,a "i4 va os,.a
advanced across Peach Tree creek and With
short distance of Atlanta Briefly as 1 ca
state It that was the d,y'e work. There wa
han,.,- -,;aI-n& E-1an- al :,1bt ond a. urIfo a
4eay ~ <rhnia 1,na T. f,inr ~ me centar
! ~ ~ ,.t - s-.,1 -. 49, -, 1,.rn rnr,,ia
ene HI,ue 1ualeAtes "utA. c"ts ',sa 100. -,
| afl nlE1t ana every ltW minutes he 1cat IL
whistle Of their locomotives. Ine mOSemen
OF the Army OF the Tennessee completely dt
ceiyea them, Tbey supposed 1t to be ca,
| o1ry raid ard were enrnei.ed 10 find m arm
m she;r riuht nnS rcnr. Rrir. Gen Giles 4
Sst1s ~ aa+ W. tsr1 - ,,,o na.,,rnan5
oieenum6 DIVISION:
| much interesting matter, among other th!pt
l Jotpston>s order turutug over the army /
| nond
| saa ~, f,11on,;r
~ 1att A'1aota pup uuu Ivy !ol'on4 ~
= matters OF Interest: Inc 1onoHlnS Is
/ proclamation Issued By the rebel expatrta1
!. Iebam Grctu Hayrle, OF Tennessee, IN |
columns. 1t fs addressed IN the iolloNlf
st3le ana words: 70 Tue oneilus, Cot'
, ners and othtr civil officers OF the state
Lem ,isnntstee. . nnd TO tae ohcers IN co!nmana
11nn' raad at. satner 1at; or tn'$ n G G1 :;
t vacancy occas,oned hv the death Of O,
: navid II. Cnrrier IN ihe 1sth of Anrus
, Col. Sam Tate ~ Forrest,a rommaod. a1
Gait N u c1nsEey. of Cheatham's dtg]
b ION Announce themselves as caudidates.
"a hJph]r ,ntellicent officer with whom, ha