, 1864-06-14

the, LEFT apd extending throng ghouE Thus
vas doubtless with the purpo49 of ascertaix-
'iDgH, We were In the6 foat JET, and how
strong. Early IN the morning the rasling< OF
and steadily It rolled along past The, center,
: and finally Waa lost In. the- distance far away
to the right. Al this tide-wa1e Of rebel attack
passed By each regiment o. htisade;S and M,
dashf back whence It f4ns; t. sw4s fblioTe8
almost invariably by i hearty yolley Of cheers
from o9f- brave boys, who Thus showed tho
an9nislIne Ieos, IN more ways than ons, that
stttckltnd:s brigade, the 50th' Ohio, Lieut..
7Col helson in command, while de-
ploy Ing as Ekfrmiehers, were asaaiied by
large body CT xebe1s, whlch' they estimate 1t
two brigades, and which the5 gallantly re-
Lu1sed--Ihe regiment had the advantage Of
slight works, built Of old logs and stones,
along sufficiently to present . 'front.' for the
superior numbers Of the enemy. The rebels
asis -fhefr wont, rushed fmpetuously up. to
the very muzzles Of theo guns, and one Of
them threw down LIS piece. and leaped over
as q voluntary prisoner: Despite their aud-
acity and superiority in numbers, they were
beaten back and severely punished. They
are thought TO haye lost thirty or forty kill
ed Ten bodies we're carried within the lines
and others were left. The regiment lost,
Killed and wounded, twenty. four ont Of four
hundred men, In Towards corps, also, tha
ltth Kentucky, under Major Claggett, had
i've companies engaged with the enemy, who
charged npon n Them twice IN heavy force, and
us Of only five men.
Having satisfied themselves that our m en-
were Jet IN their places, and had their faces
still set stead adfastly toward Atlantis. they
were content to lie quiet the remainder of
the day.
On The 1st Of June, preparations were
again made for msesing the army on the left,
and at the same time shortening up the
front; which, it will be remembered, was to
have been done day or two before, and was
not done Accordingly ito state nothing
contrnband), the cavalry force on the left
morning Of the Cd Of june, supported by
infantry at the proper distance In the rear
This PLACES the left Of our army little in
advance Of the reminder, !. C., in advance
Of northeast and southwest line, and to-
day we hear the heavy guns of that part Of
rently almost In the rear Of the rebels. The
latter. however, still consider themselves
safe from flank, It would seem, since
they still return our akfrInish firing along
the line. Still this may Be nothing but
o shell, covering an empty rear and left to
deceive Us and gain time The trouble is
h n hess srs nasa endless woods ed 90 h s in
than speculate, and 1t is sonree Of profound
wonder that any men are hit at all. The
amount Of ammunition expended hereabouts
Is great, with small results, and the number
of men who are Jared and stunned by fall
ing limbs is quite large. The rebels seem to
understand this, aud are accordingly very
chary Of their firing till our men are so un-
fortunate as to get Into open ground.
This much is certain, that Hardce's corps,
which fought Mcpherson on the right, has
been transferred to the left, thus following
up our general movement. Also, that the
Georgia militia have been called out to the
number Of 10000 or 5000; so prisoners
SOY.
Gen. Howard this morning made felnt
along the greater part OF his line, with the
object Of drawing the enemy out They
gave DO response. They are confident Of
their position, evidently, and bide their
time. Q,PF