Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-08-25
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
THE WAR IN GEORGIA.
FIELD or BATTLE, UTOY CREEK,
Near Atlanta, august 3, lSo


bate Of the belgrrens not being over SIX huhuieu
yards apart You were also Informed tnat pasio was
impending and would probably be iousht on inc ON ~
stant On TIE 4sh well as the o all enlargement was
un,ver,aly expeced The second and 'hird DIVISIONS OF
the lwepythrd Corps had been drawn up IN battle lne
.avncs hid ben ordered and positions assigned to be
taken, he euvring f"r which would lheNtsoy nave
br, uybt on y engagement
ON h, evening 4 The All Pslmer's Fourteenth Corps
,upo,rted b. C,xs third dlvi Of tie Twenty third
CnIps we're plac 10 line aud ordered 10 ad'a CO aud
drive the enemy ii vated posi- Ion they hed on
our font which seemed to b. tome"h hat he hey TO me
situation Every thug got III readiness III nntcl
p,un of the general &c Ion that seemed eVltaoe
mi dersaudlng aud the movement w6s not made
The golden hour lost and thu II b l. CONNIE need
throwing up additional works fortfying with might aud
m in -,
Throughout the 5th YESTERDAY in line of battle our
troops we're moving and cuuer-m"vng taking p sltons
extending lines placing tIeres and drawing ntuppors
In parts OF the ue columns were advanced
and rebel al mish lines captured we'll rife pits Ia
ken Near four tuIdred prisoners were taken by The
Twent til Corps the 4th and OH being pars OF he
r,b ,kirnsh lines our front The day OF Inc on wore
away without the expected bale
AN ATTACK ORDERED.
Last nobt the 5th at dark orders received that
our columns we're at daylight upon the enemy.
This we would ur IN an engagement IS mora
inc re 6tb ur lues were formed, and wrre put IN
motnn 18th Corps went 10 Tue across the creek TO
the positions tmery held by The 23d Corps G-n King
with the first DIVISION the left Davis on the right and
Baird ia the occupying the hills ascending from the
creek pa Corps moved TO the right wi ord RS TO
proceed till they found the enemys LETT and engage 1t AZ
once Gen hascas second division had the tight, and
Gen Cox with The third, the left The determination was
TO force the eDemy line aud engage him at whaever cost
We had not proceeded till met his yidettes which
were driven in
THE ENGAGEMENT OPENS.
heavy skrmis line was now tn out composed Of
psrts of the Tooth Ohio l1h and 10Th Kentucky and the
10Th Illinois regiments the whole being under command
of ColoI ell T. L. MOTLEY, of the lth Kentucky At ii
or
mish line pouring in deadly fire of kerry upon them
The brave Notify quickly returned the hre and several
val VS. passed between the two lines The skirmsh Inc
held its own bravely enough against thrice its number
At this time main body # the first br gade commanded
by Gen Reip, forward IN force. This brigade con-
flsts the l00h OHIO the 9Th Tennessee the l2h ILL
uois and IN 10th Kentucky. As they came up
the rebels driven back Pe NELL sustaining consider
OUR ADVANCE UPON THE WORKS.
As the reb Is fell back eagerly followed them
TO Their very works taking posse of the lit 10 hls
that had been in dispute so long The bells continued t.
f bsck and pursue until they reached their works
b,hud which they took shelter Here they waited,
scarcely firing shot men advance eageriy upon
their works Foru ard the fret brigade contnu 70
until they had reached IL within twenty yards of their
rks Here the rebels poured into ranks perfect
of bullets, that dropped our men by hundreds 10
heath aud severe wounds Yolry after volley thus
CURED in upon u.s. and advancing columns continued
to earhsr W to The works to be shot before them
In vain every effort made to perez their line and
cha &c the works Keeling and staggering under the most
continued t. drop down in death at length they could
staud Our men recoled and gave back leaylng
their severely woundrd the hands of the bells
before their works The rebel fire very destructive
INJECTING severe loss upon US.
OUR LossEs-coLoRs CAPTURED.
The loss in the first br Qade ia near FIVE hundred
The 100 ONO aloe lost hundred aud hIty Col
Sleyn of the regiment being among the severely though
not dan or, y wounded The 9Th Tennessee aud 10Th
Kenrucky rs ", II as the ll2th Iii os sso lost very
heavily L.ut Tracy, of Gen Rely shf, is sevrrey
wounded Col Thirtrma1n, OF the 10th dlsmounted Hi
moi cavalry thrown from his horse and had his leg
brukrn. Ibe 9Th Tennessee bad tteir c"Ors Captured
right the enemys woIk did also learn tie lOOth
Ohi besu fol banner gwen to them ~ The ads OF To-
ledo.
Ni.ht coming on, and tremendous thunder snd rain
storm prevailing the combat erased Just as the storm
set the fIns broke out along the ne xendl on the
lett till u reached h- front OF The Fifteenth Corps where
ragged fu ousy aud necessarily for an hour or more
Hot wors had in quarter, though have no. been
able yet TO learn the results.
The ENEMY's FLANK FOUND.
On the right # The Second Corps the second division of
the Twenreh Corps continued to forward encoun
heavy skrml-hnR tb n not beng engaged the
, hrd During the severity o the action they had
advar forward well upon the rebel extreme left The
end If III r lie found extended along tie rail
Tad prevent advance: The adv of the second
dvs we'll the rebel lett faux Tom rroW,
it presumed efforts will b. mace overlap thus LETT
H-nk md drive the rebels back the railroad winch
viii give IL very important advantages.
UToY CREEK, AUGUST 7, 1864.
The Twenty third Corls began to advance with little
daicufy. The bloody AID unsuccessful assault Of the
previous day had demonstrated aresh the e1pensveness
of d ec assault aud so, the morning OF the 9Th, Gen
Hascas division pushed boldly little further TO the
right and began to swing around upon the rebs toward
a north and south line The division held the extreme
right as on day before and about hree miles north
of East Point the junction Of the West Point aud Macon
railroads and nile from he south branch # Utoy creek
Overlapping rebels by just about the half Of brigade,
thy advanced right wing boldly through The woods,
threatening the rebel nk aud tie latter fell back at one
with lutte show Of opp ton Failing back on the wing
they draw back tn centre and thus advace
was secured with very small loss I be cond division
soon passed the works from which they had been obliged
the night before, and the th ID division
n motion aud moved thrC ugh the works where they
had been bocdy repulsed the day before and
small as might have been expected; so small as to be
scarcely worth the naming The line was completely
sta hten. out that the Tweotythrd Corps form
the line OF the Fourteenth both running
north ana south The second division Of ths Twenty third
still swung around, 90 that its direction
little southeast, and lis extreme right retired close
along norlh bak Of the south branch Of Uoy creek
The extreme night k had advanced during the day July
two m,es and ha,f, though by swinging IT had accom-
pished but small part Of this distance toward the rail-
road About hundred and seventy five prisoners
captured by the Twenylhrd Corps during the day by
RAPID advance upon their skirmish line.
TROY CREEK AUGUST s, 1864.
The movements Of the day summed up in the &C.
cupaton by Col Sricklands brigade of the south bank
Tha xss