New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-25
From Our Special ,orsspondsnt
SUNDAY Nav l5-EycElng.

From Our Special Consspondsnt
suNDAy May lj-Evcnlng.
The morning was smoky, and the diminishing
WAS DELAYED until about O'Clock When he opposing
lines began The days diversion. Hooker having moved
his whole corps To the left impression became gen
eral that the fight Of the day would be on that portion
OF the line The instincts Of the Amy seldom wrong
and IN this case they proved correct Tie sd Corp
was also early moved to the lcft 10 cooperate with
Hooker The enemy finding that we were massins on
the left also made evident preparations 10 meet ~,
though they bad their attention well oceuped on their
center and right.
Heavy skirmsling began about noon, Ger. Hutter
cds division being ~ ad, aud steady hoadway was
made IN q; Of tie enemys strongest positions
an earthwork OF triangular form. in which were four
guns well served. Fighting wac severe III TINS pGri OF
the encmy's front and many Of our men were wounded
Later IN the day successive attempts wee made {"
charge the works or men each time gaming some ne"
position Gen Gearys division was brought VI to tur
port Gen Buterfeld Wards brigade Of Indiana troops
being conspicuousy forward The struggle was severe
and bloody but the troops fought with the enscy I"
veterans. and finally succeeded IL geinlo !odginehi
under the very breastwcIk II the enemy. Here they
were sheltered from FIRE, while The right and len lenAs
Of the work were raked by our tEe, and the gum
senced the first line Of pits Lad been earned and
held No Rebel could show his head above the parapets
Of the fort and hive.
At night inirenehing tools were obtained TIE nuotic
was dug through and by the aid of ropes the guns
cured and hauled through tie opening They wer four
~ FOUNDER brass guns They also captured Two battle
flags the seth and seth Alabama. The Lieut.. Col. and
Captain Of the seth Alabama were among tie prison
ers Of whom about 100 were captured during Tie day
Gen Walthal q Rebel commander nss reported 10y the
Rebel prisoners 10 have been killed; also the Rehe!
Brigadier General Tucker They report, besides John
sion Lieut. Gen Hood and Bril- Gene Gibson. SLev
ard and Polk with Hardee among the commanders
They say the force IL about 1900 bn the better in
formed say 5000 which is in keeping with own re-
ports received from scouts
Our loss is estimated at betw cen 600 and 5000 of
whom more than the usual proportion arc slightly
wounded.
The contest Was closed by the darkness, with only
desultory firing from plckcts and skrnisher The
night was smoky
THE REBELS REFUSED ON The LhFr.
Abost o'clock p. M. after the enemy had been driy
en away from another position on the len, where n
gorge puts through the hills toward Resaca the enemy
made two successive efforts u a most determined char
aeter to retrieve his position hea, force hurled
forward at the center of Gen. Hoye,s vision Of new
Indiana troops. The men were a or nearly all, fresh
from their homes and many had never been under hrc.
The ground swsrDpy. ana everything conspred to
give at least temporary TO the Rebel charge.
They came on with whoop and yell as il they would
carry all before them. but the Indiana boys met them
more ilan half way charging upon tue doublequick
across the morass Col. Case Of the l2rh. promi
pen, leading Lis in the most gallant style. The
aa was literally swept hke hail and enfadnr batteries
rained shrapneu aud threw shell into their ranks The
Rebels staggered and gave way, falling back aster than
they came and leaving thor front covered with dead
aud wounded
Later In the afternoon the Rebe made u similar At
tempt with renewed yigor, but met with the same des
perate aud determined repnise The praise OF the In
diana troops s In every bodys mouth. Hoyey's Dkis
non Of Loyal Indianians," or "Hoosiers." AZ they
have been called has covered itself with glory. Many
Of ,hese troops arc mere youths who it would seem