The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-01
ADDITIONAL FROM The E0S!H.

LETTER tr"& engsNAE's Ashr TIE Usual Ssil4-
7l4T i.4s-l.uw asN rclh's EGirI VAS II CogEHxp
1hc Nrs yo,k Herald, cobia!ns a long isttrr
iron herman atmy, dated June l"l3, ia s.s..ch
at hi ,rpuiaes inseuiOH-ly COVERED up under
the n4usr u "iccoHuuiss6Eosa The cay SIli4
fed lorr "t lhr writer w.ll hardly deceive the
YlHtr,.s Duw. ia they have d"nhl,S4 heard ol the
htapdy r.pul,r OF I've 4ld. We copy aonlc per
iiou- al ti,e account
"rEn ,rf"Ns % Irz iJ1u n'rHAE2oN.
TIL morning OF :hs !, iagpncd amid IN iilrg-
uilr flT Ul artillery along lha line, and met h
= sponiioa nTc from the bauFTirs OF the rnr
mY - the ddy sdvan' cd tie hrf btclme more
Ec1Nf. tni muSkrlTy was used Ia itt. EI"a cts u
the t,., asIiiiss Gar lines It u6eG commenced
murins 'nto ncw aHd fn"re atvancrd p"ailioEz --
NICEh-fs ~, Who had The lett tni~ tnuGlInr. :nStt .i
"i hc rigat, As up0a the crossing u; the Etumli,,
r"u'ihtcd uli lie ltiI. though mdGiRs sHmc caLn
s'a in lie p iii0n at his corps.
When 'he n"vrmeLt "f the ainiY began the
an cn'p4, ciai!'s nom its i''1T" On the right "
Nrir"rs0H' = line, moved forward ob!iq lciGg tn
yard ,h, leii and the railroad. This corps soon
became cBga .cd with the enemy. "a a support 10
The an iIa. wv $ division o. the 18th vas Getaca
ti and placed upon the extreme left, While 6stcr-
hdus's ui the corps, followed ds Il reserve.
The oiilc, corps OF McPh tsans amy s~ung
around falling IL on ts rigat at the ilth, a1d par
tlCipllug the skirmisAins which waS going on
C"nlHlta .iy. ErloTe The movement commenced
Me PheTsoH's command ranged from the right Ia
the LEFT - iE, 10th, and 18Th corps Afterwards
this order WAS reversed, placing the '5th on The
right,
Ia il4 arrangement the n0ops advanced lhr
thtse cops engaging the enemy ~ 'front.' white
IlanoW. wiHi hi4 DIVISION wheeled - iha right
aIin93t iu = complete circle, agd found him
srii Il the rear of an outlying detachment II thc
rntaiY. consisting 81 t"': regiments, acung as a
support 10 h!P picket li4rt HarE0Q imMedi atei "
opened a. lisBj he upon the tra"P5 hs had 2ut IN
| aud s"nu Obliged lnrm i" surrender. lhRy were
In. -rrl- OH.
corps oi McFheison's army, while this was going
on upon the ieit sicS eeded Ia toictne the enemy
hack, t3sing small number OF prisoners. H1r-
| row, having advanced further lhan was intended
fell bats with hi7 prisoners and gave cur line the
| Intended ,irfc cjiGu. what p6riti1R McPtgtI son
| to"S after The suetrTt nj HE altetn"aIs wa h,
not Al III tity to star. Let II be Sufficient 81
pieseht ~ say that he l. i"fe distance from thc
! pusliCn he held on Tie l2D,
! u1ossR'a jpsE AT5oSs cE THr etAE pty--4Iso IHs
oTasE O. EPa.
| simultaneously vi Il the movement oi Acfhei
aon'1 l00ps tn Ic>t Of the 0rpg wefe advanced -
panel iiraciiB himself lows fds the snemy's po-
sttion on kencaaw Mountain, Howard n Pine
Moantain, the other corps filling up the gaps aud
pIrcipai ng H. the general action. Hacker during
the day made Of his in4Seiitcen assam ,s upon
the eHemy's works ~ the base Of Los. M0uhtain
He s,,,n carried their line OF rife piil and
charged .ith sucli imprtnosity that he was mol
long lii diving TIE enemy completely out Ut htA
FIRST iiHe oT iJfuicaiiGns, forcing him up The
81
Hooker maiuCt, and after little labor placed II
in safe condition of defence. The ene.ny made
some etio Is 10 -ccover the lost ground, ~ very
dptly, Lost aoan'i lin, but was unable being re-
pulsed each tinit he undertook IL.
Tur. GRaHlCAL
Tie nncA. ksd yrosrcg aud Invariably success ,ill
rscG3 noiSsauc$ vi SAermans army have At last al
most btnngat us ont of The mountainous region oi
Ge0i ia. Having practictd Tue popular tidnk
mo. ,Incnt upon Johnston at |, isnn, avoided the
hnt tsJ .t.f..ts At 'HstYI a npl
Mount aims, having forced the enemy, with hardly
a saismish, ont nj the Ailatoona Mountains, theie
remains hat ON. strong point ieit at which + make
4 guoi defence, and that Is the position he now
occupies. we had, indeed supposed that the Al
iatOoEa range was the last obstacle 10 debonch
apan the open cnna:ry of the CLatIahnncbrr val
ley; bat w. suddenly hnd ourselves opposed by
anGihe bHt smaler range of hills, though equally
rs formliahir The most rI0miHrnt ot which are
kenesaw, Pine and Lost Moan:aiDs IL IS here
the enemy has successfully stood Ter week, de-
fling the ability al our army 10 move him. The
operations On The lait, ho 1ever, lnausuraied the
movement which VIII soon put lis In possession oi
this ,mporta stronghold. Since 0Gr anis- j a,
ng S,tanty or army has ny no means been Idle.
Every day al &c have been ree0nuessaaces agd
obseIvaisas tending 10 the discovery cf the enc
my's weak peiais'
The map which accompanies this dispatch, aad
points out the pfDminent features Of interest IN
this section, Is tracing OF the military map Insde
At Chattanooga, and Is of great accuracy. Portions
of Il consist of pfotactUn ot the surveys OF the
Cherokee gohi nihe region, which was originally
laid out In steiiaus and thus sold. With these ia
eiii.iss Capt w Merrill, topographcai engineer
ot The Arul" I'll the Gamble land, waa enabled la
campie an eAeileEt sud Trustworthy map Of The
county thf0B.h which 0af armies have been aud
are now Opetaing. II will be seen from the map
that JohHsion's line now extends through f.pst,
Pine, aud X nesaw Mountains, extending in a
s6nthwsstefiy direction, or rather almost directly
from east 10 vest Ike mouatains alluded 10 aie
peaks In the range, and add vastly 10 ts sfepsivs
Tepgth and magnify the dific cal,ies IA the way
our army. tlior to the movement detailed In this
dispatch the eaemy held wosks ar the base ef the
rsage. The peraliona Of the i5lh aud 10Th resuit
ed In dfsiHs lhes. pasI4o0s ~ ano.hsI line ol