The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-08
THE FIGHTING IN GEORGIA.

THE FIGHTING IN GEORGIA.
The latest newspaper accounts from Georgia tthe
mails having been much interrupted by the raidsl
bring us accounts of the fighting of the 22d ultimo
but later 1t will be recolected that the enemy
assaulted our works and General Hood repused and
charged them in turn. 'sPersonne," the CORES
pondent Of the Savannah Republican, writing on the
23d, says:
1t is vet too early to send you a reliable estimate
of either our losses or those of the enemy in the
battle of yesterday. only state, on the author
ty of Of the corps medical directors, that hasty
reckoning of the casualties shows less than 4,00e
and probably not many more than 5000, killed,
wounded and missing on our side. On the part OF
the Fedcrals 1000 prisoners are reported on our
books to begin with while all accounts from officers
and men engaged concur i'll revealing great de-
struction of life and limb.
On certain portions OF Hardee's front they made
most desperate resistance at close quarters, and they
ran and were shot down in the act, surrendered
Surprised by the sddenness of the onset they were
put partially prepared with heavy breastworks to
meet it-although breastworks were i'll course Of
construction-yet with that bravery which chai iac-
terizes the Western troops they manfuy stood their
ground until forced to succumb to the energy ann
| enthusiasm of our attack. The Yankees engaged on
this portion OF the line were the corps of Dodge,
Blair and Logan, with renforcements from Scho
| field, who held a position along our centre. The
| whole were under command of General Mcpherson.
of numbers between the antagonists may be readily
| observed. 1t doubtless 'dash'' which gave
the victory, for had the Federas been apprsed Ct
our approach IN time they would have so fortified
their left to have utterly defeated the bold move
mant Of the day BY this hour the entro position Of
| the enemy is, beyond peradyenture, impregnable.
| The daring attacks of Wednesday and Friday
have. taught sherman that p General Hood he has
an adversary fruitful in resources as he Is auda-
i cious i'll execution and hence the Yankee conf
mander has anticipated the necessity OF acting here
i aftav9 Tnli( on We
The pride and recklessneSS with which he has thus
far advanced have been measurabiy checked by the
| rough handling he has unexpectedly received, and
may looa for an exercise by MIN OF degree OF
tenderness and caution that has marked hs career
| from Dalton
| The contest in front of the corps of General
Cheatham was not less desperate Than that of Hariee.
| The enemy here III position. They had not
| only their complete breastwoihs, with powerful
| abattis, bat those built by our troops; and when
pressed held their g1ound and delivered their lire
with steadineSS that could not have been withstood
| but for the cooperation OF our thanking column.
| Here, ALSO occurred hand-to-hand encounters, III
| which we've bayOnctted, knocked down with
dubbed guns and otherwise killed at arms length,
while the capture iiag atests the ever
| pressing, vigorous advance OF our troops.
The only misfortune OF the day was It's worst ono,
| and lost us al we had gained. Had single b,i-
gade remained firm, there is no one III tins army
who does not believe that, domoTaiized the enemy
| were the close of the afternoon they would not
| now have been the other side OF the river oT
| ruined. The plan was complete AMI, with the eA-
ception to- the execution was perfect The br;iVes'
| veterans however, are liable to become panic
| stricken, and | would not utter word of eensure
much less reveal the name OF the command, which,
| believe, is vet destined to gaiantly wipe out the
memory Of an incident which, however 1ghtfuly OF
wrongfully it may do so, nevertheless STAINS its th
erto unsullied escutcheon. Compelled by this deec
ton fall back for the purpose OF preserving thu
integrity of lines, our army, with the exception
O. Haldee, who is still the enemy left, but II
| connection with right, has resumed its t0Ime
| position. The question may he asked at home
, | what, then, have We gained What have thes'
| three thol saId Southern men, who a e to-da!
torn aud blOodyi won BY their saellice! The an
l SIer il in nutshell.
| We had to fight or evacuate Atlanta-the battl,
s has saved the city. The Fedoraa steadily
pushing around right, and after destroying tw'
lines OF railway communication, approaching
the third. That danger 40 longer exists IN the sam
0 | degree Us before. With Hardee on his left, Sher
| man is efectually chcckmated III that direction
With others Of our troops III his front, he dare no
attack hreastworlis in heavy force and with GU
| left protected III d manner that sherman Will lin
c out when he demonstrates i'll that direction,
| portant movement can take place without prove
| ing battle, the successful Issue OF which 10 one
| this army entertains a doubt. In the language
Y an eminent officer, the situation may be cOndense
e in single statement 'If either Amy attacks ii
other in its present entertainments, 1t Is destined
, be repulscd." Both are too strong to permit ope
and direct aggression on the font Sherman, there
l. fore, OILY advance by the flank, the difficulty
i | which process he has yet to learn.
Il You win judge from these facts that We are a
has revived even III the hearts OF the demoiaiiGe
citizens and but for the danger OF remaining with
e the limits of town, every foot OF Wheh Is 1nds
| the guns of the enemy hundreds Would douDties
| return to their homes and await the end.
E OF the strength Of the army here, can only sa
that its numbers are greatly over-estimated by Gu
| people in the rear, and much more has been ex
| pected from it than could be performed Notwith
standing recent losses We are better of to-day be
:! hind our Notifications than when in the field; an
u since Governor Brown has begun his energetic woi
Ioft q II
not revealing too much to remark that our conditio
= viii soon be such TO enable the commanding ger
e era to put the safety OF Atlanta beyond peradyer
ture, and possibly include in his programme the d'
feat withdrawal of his antagonist.
General Bragg is now at headquarters His mi
ct sion is generally unknown, but it is strongly su
D pected that he has returned with plan perfeete
for the cooperation OF troops In another quarter
IS General Johnston is at Macon with his fami
ie having there rented house ana entered upon pc
A. Leutenan. General Stephen d. Lee is on his wa
K here to assume command OF the corps vacated
4 | General Hood.
| loved the privilege for the first time, ON syst
matte scale of studying the science of ferragino'
-. | c5nchology The enemy have three batteries
is | play, and the PARROT shells intrude everywhere
"a | mother and child have been killed, few perso
~ | and mules wounded, and number OF houses dan
Ae aged One three-inch visitor entered bag of col
VI while being carried the back of u man, and thu
exploded scattering the contents In every direetio
81 | The porter only slightly injured
y The express office, which Was removed on Thur
" iay has been ordered back. The pts-- office ID
| non est. Correspondence is therefore interrupt
81 I and uncertain. Public stores and machinery a
., gone and the fatons Of the army are now bfoug
- from the rear,
=. Little or 40 apprehension is felt :ernng II
- Our cavalry, under Wheeler, are even now on I
u war trail and we are promised good news during
= | week Communication with Montgomery Is mai
IA tanned by stages Thirty miles of the road were
stroye,l before the Yankees turned back. The qu,
2 ton OF supplies gives the army no concern a. y
and General Hood, Judging from his admirable
ginning rs likely 10 prove as good proyider as
IS madagascar Ii ii a fayolite remark among
| men when YOU ask them how they regard
'n' chan-s. in commanders 81 Hood il splendid figt
he er. but for a comInssary general give old ]
| Johnston"
-Four hundred factory girls, working in the colt
factory at Roswell, Georgia, were arrested by or,
re- of Sherman the unfeeling beast and sent north
int the Ohio river, peniess and frendless, 20 seei
Tx, livelihood among strange and hostile people.
he's large number of prisoners continue to arrive
int nearly every tram from the Georgia front. We
| tieed quite q crowd yesterday, whose personal
,hs pcarance was anything bat inviting. They W
ae- captured ON Monday Huroa Confederate.
no a letter from member OF the Savannah Re
=. 70 Committee says tSo thousand Yankee prisoners
- - Atlanta for Macon, ofoot, ON the 2ath instant.
IN .na II OST WATCH.-Two Hundred Dolls
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