, 1864-06-24


SATURDAY,
Splendid caIiantry Of Our
Troops.
fFrom the N. T. uera1dt
NINTH Army conrs, -
BsToRE PK7ERaRuKo, Va, June IA. Nj
rnH s7nCGaIB OK FRIDAY NIGHT.
bad hoped, when closed my dispatch Of
last evening, th4t mr narrative embraced all
the operatioas Of the day; but tha lighting
waa not 1T IN end with tha coming Of night
The deed. Of blood continued even in the
das1ness. The nusketr1 OF which T spoke !
in my brief note Of this tnorsirg MA In con- |
usetoH With rebel demonstration absut 10 !
p H., when desperate etfort, Partially sue
Ct tas1ul. Nns made to retrieve thcir disaster
Of the afternoon Sunset lett III In compar&- |
lively quiet possession Of tho works which |
the desperate salor Of 1edlle's diTisioa had |
carried
D1ePER1Tn NIGHT ATTACK OF TIrR REBELS. |
About the hour mentioned tho rebels form |
ed in line Of battie, with force Of two bri-
gadce, As far Is ne can Judge from the extent |
shooters, OF Wilcox's di.1sion, we're upon |
the extreme left, where rebel battery had
range OF ths. line Of pits. a company Of In !
dams attached to this regiment were dep1oy- |
ed upon the funk, and, By their sharp marks- |
u,aGsbip, prevented the rebels from working !
the guns, while the regiment threw up Al tn.
verse to protect the nauk. or course, the
ope1atton8 Of our riaemen were confined to
DAYLIGHT, but 1t dark the rebels kept up 4
ttfagg,ing shelling Of our lines. The rebels
moved upon our position In two columns,
ono attacking the regiment directly in .oPr
front. Whether this portion bfundered In
tbe movement, OF whether it Was their in
IN hrt c%r
lain it il that, when on coming ~ithin range
of our muskcts, they shouted ont "Surren-
der" and were made prisoners. Two hun
dred and forty thus fell into our h4uds and
were sent to the rear nuder guard. The
flank column In connection with this party
iment wa4 aware OF 1t were right un our
works, The rebel batteries. by a vlgorout
shelling, covered the movement aud drove
our mtn to the shelter Of the intrenchnents.
TIE rehels ccrtuinly deserve credit lor thdr
nerve In advancing under the artiller! h'e;
ovsr their heads, and hence deceived our
boys AZ to being attacked from that quaftcr.
ANOTHER s1vERn RAsD TO BAND PIGEr.
1t WAS not long, however, before the rebels
made their appearance. They spra'g oTeE
tho works, but met desperate resistance.
The Aichiganders fought them hand laad
Both sides had discharged their msAkets, and
| II = 4 u0H AC3hlCsL HlLA AAA 9tc~n'
About one hundred and twenu-a!s OF the
regiment wcrs captured in detsll. The rsss
escarcd in the daTkuess. The color sergeant
Uped hole In the tntreuconenI anu puf'
| led his tag, determined thsf It should not
| fall into the enemy's handa Ing rebels Kept
possession until two O'Clock tue morn!ug.
when they e.ucuated, falling back to thetr
| main line Several explosions we're Lizard,
| whence it waa coniectuFd that they destroy
| ed thtir caisaons aud ammunition. On re-
| Entering the works ths morning At d%Jnght
! the color sergeant dslnterTea h's nag, and
Captain Pines, commanding e.. WAS mertAl1y
| wounded during the rebel charge, together
with many OF fis men. What the occasion
| Of the rebel ret:eAt Was NC can only conjecfc
ure. The position thry carried MAS salient
| Of their lines, and It u to be supposed tnAs
| Of it when Daylight would bring our tlrs up
! on them VA. the cause Of their i. treat
TEE BA1r1z OF sA7uRDAT.
The army of lhe Potomac has been hotlJ
engaged with the enemy to-day. Tho hyht-
| isS has bren hard and the loss comp .r11iTely
heavy, particularly IN this I'd army corps;
| aad While l have no decisive victory to re-.
cord, neither hare lany defeat to chronic1e.
uAEcocK DISABLED BY u1s OLD WOUND AID
/ REL1AvED or MS COMMAND.
! Hancock himaelf did net command his
| corps, the condition Of his old wound disab-
| ling him from peraonAll3 conducting the op-
| erAtio1s Of. his troops upon the field. DE-.
Dougherty, the Medical Director Of the
corIB, has given written opinion to the ef-
| which piece OF bons camo out to-day, ren~
dered It necessary for tbs. General to tempo
ra1ily rellLquish the 1abors imposed upon
him by having command Of bis corps in the
field. Gen. Hancock is not less conscien-
tions man tlan i gallant soldier. He Is q
l az AAA 1nfi h<4 IA
given an important matter bis personal al
ftntion. THIS element Of strict fidelity to
| dntJ is one Of the qualities which have made
linn such & successful soldier. Believing that
he csu]d'aot do Justice to his corps out ot
the ssddle, be has .Mrltten letter to Gen;
Mezde, askinS to be temporarily relieved
from the command. Gen. Meade regretted
the necessity which ex1s ed tor that cour5e,
but promptly complied in that regard witt
Hancocl's wishes, and accordingly he has
issued N order temporarily relieving Han
ccck from command of tue I'd corps anG
plicipg it in charge OF Major Genere1 Birney
firney Ia cool, careful, valuable officer
nne who has slowly hut sur rely won his VA
TO the high position he has gained As relia
bic ard gallant soldier. 30 BirneJ had CON
ulnnd Of the I'd corps to-day. Gen. Hancock
IL expected to b1 able to resume commsn'
| withfn week.
| GENERAL. ADVANCE or Tua:sEconD CORPS
!
! | dered to take place at twelve O'clock Geu
Gibbon was directed TO move forward at tn
: | appojntel hour and make spirited assault
> | while at the same time Generals Mott an
/ Barlow Wonld throw ont double line t
: 'front.' Of the skirmishers Ia front Of their di
, visions to engage the enemy and endeAE9r t t
. attract attention AnAy from the attack b
: Ctbboh. At the same time 1t Was arrange
that II the nssxnlt should be successful, the
= shf other two divisions would move for"sr
q milne Of battle, and actively participate
1 the engagement.
asain pushed forward, and at the same mt
nent il Has auuounced that Wilcox's divtsio
/ ri lie 3tn CorEg, on the left OF the I'd, va
+ Inst then advancing. The right 0f our lin
3 nas protected By Nei1's division OF the 6tt
J. aId hartindale's, of the 18th Corps. Tt
0 1s:aultiDg force. nAder command OF Genef.
a G,bpou. consisted OF three brigades, namel.
4 the lst brigade Of the I'd division, the =
b brigade Of the Cd division. and the I'd brlsad
l. OF The Sd division, together with battAli0
4 Of heav, artillery. General Pierce comma'
< ded the left Of the front line Of attack, an
e Aiajor Hooper, OF the 18th MassAchnsett
% the right. Their troops were formoa ia t"
n heavy lines. The right OF the line Wus 1oru
c ed UNDER crest, which protected it from Il
. rebel breas.works they rere going to assau
+ near the line OF the City Point and Frede
e iclsburg Railroad; but the left WIS cor
1letclY exposed to most murderons tiro tt
[s u.o1r ent it WIS in sight.
r The line advanced, aud the soldiers rosht
over fence along the road With which tt
f. bre*etwork WAS nearly parallel they rushe
Y forward galEantly, but could not Witastar
the deadly fire Of musketrJ, grape and ca1
l.; lister that was poured upon them from th
j. stronghold CT The enemy. On the right
o. tie lire our men reached to within abo1
O, seventy fire yards Of the earthworke. 2na
p-- our left to within abont 200. But Il
8, fatal fire was too much for even such gala
,. fellows, many OF whom fell never to II
ewuIn. The lines were accordingly col
&c pglled to iall back slight dlstauco 10 !!
IS pYint from which they had advanced, 1eaFt!
. The dead and some of the wounded IN q
n: possession Of the enemy
- - GEN. PIERCE woUEpED-
- We lost several gallant men in that attac
,e General Pierce Was Slightly "ounneu ~
tn shoulder BY nueket ball ecafcsly nAt
1e | hour after he bad been sworn IN as ot15"o
Gere1al.
m ANOTHER ATTACK ORDERED.
IN another att.ck was ordered to take pla
=. at another point for the purpose, 1t possfo
y Of cuttinr through the rebel lines. This Il
I.' y. a regular stor1ning party, composed Of SET
-. raj hrfgades formed iu column OF regimen
y, ~ The troops were organized IN front OF
H. uosition occupied bT Gen. Mott, 10 wht
a. TN Hirnev rave command Of the assau
" To torm the storming column Geuera's u
81 bon and Barlow Temporarily oetag9eu =
- sent to Gen. Mott troops tne5 eoolo sa'
% erare from their 'front.'