, 1864-05-22

Desperate! Fighting on Saturday
X = l.: -! and Sunday. F.;
GIoRI0u1& '.4S;vaCrOnY ny
-. sion.


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LI.t Of cnsua1tles Among wessern
Troops
The correspondent OF the Cincinnati Chm
msyessz writing from @Raiaos, gives. ths- fs,-<
lowing graphic details OF tho late battle At
that point:
-.~..s 5. yupAA's AxTAok. Anp H9ru1sn.
., General Judah -tult before noon received
and order from General Schofeld to open ths
aDy moment 10 s. turned, hs informed Gen:
e1al schoflela Of the fact aud At once moved
forward upon tho enemysz = 1Hrfnfsherx. The
boys moved rapidly through the yines and
shtubbary, through the yalleJ, drore tho an :
emy before them, and with : cheer croesed
thrown up strong breastWorks Commanding
tke valley. The enemy opened = very Dc.
st1uctiyo fire, and for half an hour the battle
WnR q bloody one, The main ltaoa being with
In few yards Of Of each Other. Thn enemy
srtlilery, which the brave division stood for
eono time, vainly striving by auperhunxn
efforts to carlT the .breastW orks. 1t was TO
Eulsedafte gallant effort, and rst1red into
The valley in disorder. Wehad not yet got
al hand. Nevertheless General judah rasosv-
cd not to- retire without one mora effort.
Collecting together tic fragments of his bro.
Zen tnt not discouraged regiments, nrw
line Tas hastily formed and the wbsld dlvl-
sion were Just IN the act OF advancing In a
Charge which all felt wonld hive put Tin pos
session Of the eneuy's line Of. works when
The division Nssx -,
RELIEVED ~ GENERAL MENTIONS DIVISION
Of the 11th corps In the meantime the gap
In the line Has filled, Cox took his position
. and for m hour the incessant roll OF the mus
ketty, ns volley after volleJ was poured Into
the ranks Of the enemy, and as vigorously
, returned, told that the conflict wa4 despel-
ate one. Artillery xarc WAS delivered Into the
enemy's ranks rapidly md with excellent CT
feet. Their nstiilery did not do muck injury,
as Palmer had silcnced eight guns with his
regiments, vito urder cover acted ;as sharp.
shooters and picked oil tho clunolfers as nt-
tcn as they advanced to work their pieces, No
!, better Evidence can be given Of the desperate
nature OF the conflict bctseen Judah'a divi-
sion and the enemy, than the loss In ar Lean'a
. brigade, which went into the fight with !, SSSS
men, and lost 595 In the short time It MA en-
gagged. Gen. NeTton's division pressed the
,ent my strongly, and inflicted serious injury
| upon him. About two o'clock the tlring on
the center in front Of Newton snbsidsd Into
u slight skirlnish FIRE.
GENEHAL cox's DIVISION.
The division Of General Cox, which f'nally
Turned up on Judah's LEFT, fought with greas
Pluck and obstinan>y, driving the skiraIish-
trs hack upon their main line and the line
into their breastworks. from which they
poured into the ranks an inccssant t1re Of aheIl
| and bali. Acrses ya}lsye, up bills, through
gorges and raytneB they were driven, uRul
| hey gnined their first line Of ritle pits. Cox
soon iislodgcd item and cent them bAck
hcw1lrg to thciF: more formidable breast
works. At this mnment Coz found that he
Nas out Of ammunition, aud by some stupid
/ 1F ~
were too lar in the rear from which to re-
| p1eaish his cartridge ooxes. Yet be was de.
1e1miued not to be foi1ed, and gathering to-
gethcr ill bis strength, he advanced. his line.
a cheer went up from his boys and resouud
cd through tic hills as his eerried liuc alyaa
ccd upon The cnelny's works, which they c.r
rled at the point OF the bayoaet in Rplenait
style; but not without tho loss Of many brays
men.
| WHAT rALKEn's 14TH CoRrS ACCOMPLISHED
The heaviest fighting Of the day Was on th,
center. ,Palmcr's corps, On the right o
Newton's division, ilau heavy skirmishfnG
along the whole line, lasting from halfpas
/ Johnaton's division, advanced down SLOPE
Of q hill, and drove the enemy into thet
breastv orks on the south side Of 8 hill, risins
ont OF the valley on the south. An assaul
on the breastworks was not ordered. Til
brigade at once sought coter In ditch
/
covered them, acted Us sharp-shooters uni
did good execution in silencing batteries
engaged in eniiaaing Judah and Newton
Mitchelfs brigade Of Davis division, got Int
similar position and picked OF every rebel
whose Lead protrudcd above the breastworks
| Tnrchin's brigade Of B.lrd's civision joine
Jucsh on tho left Of Palmers corps an
fought desperately, but we're compelled /
fall back with JndaA's division. The los
in the corps, outside OF Turchln's brigad
w'es light.
| woop's DIVISION, 4ru. .coRrs.
The 18th Corps, under command OF M4]o
Gtneral Howard, the "ono armed vsteran,
as hs IL st3 led In the corps, played avery coz
ep'cuous pxrt in the tragedy Of war enact.
to-day All the corps, with the exception c
Bea!ty's fighting brigade. Tor which rooe
could not be found, a the elre}s WAS grndr
ally coRptea4ed rs We advanced, was tr
guEcd and covered itself With 1mptrishabl
. glory. Woods division wa4 ordered into pt
! sltiou on The right OF General Stanl. just b
fore noon, ana was soon hotly engaged vii
,, Hnzcn's and Til1ich's prigat:es, driving tt
ertrny. For some time destructive tufautr
md .rtiilerr iire was Kept up, and ere Ion
his main line advanced IN oTerwhelnin
strength upon the enemy, who Ged, at his 81
preach, to his rite pits, from which the el
d ergetic Wood sod, di.lodged him, and cor
: PEELED hlui to seek shelter under cover
n their bresstvorks, but nothing In compal
:. tou with those In The a;;d, ,Corps, which, t
/ day, bore the bruut Of the battle.
!. After tlrcc o'clock the resistance offars
i By The enemy OH the center, through whie
If hc l,sa vainly s;ssven to lorcea passage, gre
= more lux and vtrs little frirs other than III
mlebing WAS heard.
g TIE EkEEY MAss1SG OK OUR LRrr
Toilcd ut every point in his efforts to hrea
our Walls Of iron that cnvironets him, job
Is sion early in the afternoon commenced mas
l. Ing henvii, on our left, whrze Stanley, vi
- sic of the Union, had bern ekirmishing a
y" feeling the enemy. wlie awaiting the dew
10 oplntnts of the cncuy's attempt to be
ID tic ccnttr. Generals Sherman aud Thom
1e werc not SLOW to detect the enemy's dcsiG
!. and ...x
y, FEu:rARA7toSs TO RESIST RI
=. were at once commenced. Joe Hooke
y gallant Potomac veterans wero selected
once, and iuu,coiatel= retired from th- II
and commenced moving to tho left Of St:
'r Icy. whcse flank was covered hy McCoo
1c cavalry. in front Of which johnston n
, n,aEsing Ills columns fnr the desperate eIo
n. Hooker arrived none too soon-
n A MOMENT or Tln1I1INo INTEREST.
&C. At seven o'clock, wheo quiet rcigned alo
X the whole line, with m occassousl inter-,
p tion 1rc1n sharpshco,cr's rifle, the expsc
i attack came. Down upon Stanley's expo:
&C flank came the enemy III oterNheim
81 nunbcrs Fur a few minutes the line no
resisted the terrific shock; but as it was
newed with ten-lolt} fury By the enemy, u
~ fought with 3 desperation equal to aus th
be ever performed BY our o*n soldicry, tue !
sr- w~vcred, and the regiments on the LEFT VI
v. giving back IN confusion and disorder, VII
=. above the roar Of TIC artillery and muske
,, that seemed 10 make the old hills trem
tst and quake, cheer, WIS heard, andtlnto
Dr.. deadly brpach, over the dead bodies Of
~ fallen, ca1re on the donble.quick Roblnso
,st brigage, who advanced to the assault y
desperate determination to dsive back
solid columns Of tue enemy, and save
~ army from disaster. Nobly they met
he 1;Ea ir1,nIe,, m., 4ho aIra .,r +ha n,,s,n<
=: broken and cent back, Bmnrtipg uuler
shock. The contest was OF short dasati
but, while It lasted, The roar Of artillery
the roll OF mueketry told that this was on
'rd the most critical momcnts of tho day
er- period when the heart of the listener see1
Is to stand still in suspense. The ASh Co
he will never forget Hooker and the noble
En gadc n HEB, Mt moment when the fat
to the army, and perhaps of the nation, b.
lev I upon slender thrtAd, which the enc
to 'wouad have severed, came up and turned
his tide Of battle. L nations thanks are
he Joe Hooker, and may It never forget Ro'
re- sons brave brigade, whose 0allantry toni
bat is on every tongue.
LAY T. SUNDAY.
"a Daring last night quiet reIgned along
ne. whole line, the enemy being very quiet,
not rarely firing shot. The falling of trees
u.s. tho sound ofa1men, however, convinced
W. commanders TINT the rebels were erec
LOT stronger Qualifications upon the innumer
zee. hills That rise ont Of the valley: At half