, 1864-08-18

fantrJ, Col. Morgan commanding, were or
dered to charge With an impetuous impetus,
which vas Irresistible. They charged upon
The rebels wbo fed in confusion:
The rebels slightly damagea the railroad
tack, mile this side Of Daltoa. Since re-.
t p .Irrd.
/ WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE following se-
PORT from Gen. Logan has been received:
nEADQuARTkRs 15Ta ARMr CcHPs,-
BEFORE ATLANTA, July 70, 1851 {
Colouei-I have the honor to report that
In pursuance Of orders, moved my CON.
mond II position on the right Of the 17t6
Amy Corps, which Vas the extreme rjghto
the army in che field, on the night and morn
irg Of the 9Th and Ssth inst and during ny
advance, in lfhe OF battle, to more desiia-
bic position, vas met by rebel Infantry from
Ha1dee's aud Lees corps, who made 4 des-
perate aud determined attack at 11'30 H..
on the estl. Nv linee were only protected
By logs aad rails, hastily thrown IN front Of
them. The, first onset Was received and
checked, md the battle commenced, aud
lasted until three o'clock p. M.
During the time SIX successive
pulsed each time with fearful loss to the
enemy.
Later in the eventng my lines were assault.
ed vigorously, but each time with like re-
suit Most Of the fighting occurred on Gen
erals Harrow'e and Smiths front, which
formed the centre and right Of my command.
The troops could not have displayed more
courage nor greater determination not to
yield. Had they ehown less they would have
been driven from their position.
divisions are entitled to equal credit tor gal
liant conduct and skill in repel11ng assaults.
My Losses are 50 killed, 430 wounded and 53
missing-aggregate, 572. There we're about
], 500 or 1000 muskets captured and LOG prfs-
oncrs, exclusive Of 73 wounded. who have
been removed to hospitals, and are being
/ taken care of By our surgeons.
Five hundred and Bixty-flge rebels, up to
this time, have been buried, and about 200
aEe supposed to be ret unburied. 4 large
number were undoubtedly carried away du-
ring the night, az the enemy didn't With
draw until nearly daylight. The enemy's
1oss cou1dn't have been, In my Judgment,
lees than 5000 or 1000.
lam, respectfully, your ob't serv't,
JouS A. LOGAN.
Maj. Gen Com'd'g 10Th Army Corps.
To Lieut. Col Vim. s. Clark, i. A. G.
Gen. Sherman on Recruiting In the
Rebel States.
Gen. Sherman writes with the dircctness
Of an honest and frank soldier IN the follow
ing letter:
HEADQUARTERS M111rAnH DIVISION OF 1nE}
M1ssIsstPP1, IN THE FIELD,
NEAR ATLANTA. Gn., July 30, 1864.
wealth OF Massachusetts; Nashville, Tenn:
SIR: Yours from Chattanooga, July 28th,
is received, motif, ing me OF your appoint
ment BY your, State as Lieut.. Colonel and
Mississippi, under the act Of Congress ap-
proved July 1, 1864, to recruit volunteers to
be credited to the States respectively.
On apply ing to Gen. Webster, at Nash.
vile, he will grant you pass through our
lines to those States, and, as have had con-
eidsrable experience in those States, would
suggest recruiting DEPICTS to be- established
Montgomery and Mobile, Ala., and Colunl-
bus; Milledgeville and Savannah, Ga
1 do not see that the Law restricts you to
black recruits, but you are at liberty to col
1ect white recruits. also: It is easte ofsime
aud money. to open rendezvous in Northwest
seen an able*bodied man, black or white,
there, ct for soldier, who WAS not IL this
Amy or the one opposed to it.
fou speak Of the impression going abroad
TINT nm opposed to the organization Of
colored regiments.
Ny oplpIons are usually very positive, and
there Is no reason why you should not know
them.
Though entertaining profound reverence
for our Congress. do doubt their wisdom |
in the paeeagH Of this law:
l. Because civilian 8geuts about an army
are a puisauce,
g The duty of citizens to fight tor their
country is too sacred one to be pedd1ed off |
by buying up the refuse Of other States.
.yclupteers Who are flrhtiuc, as those who
compose this army do, to place them On .
mfr with the r1a94 nf rf4cruffa E1U are after
The negro is in ia trarsition nj state. md is
MT tie ennal or the white nan'
He IL Iiherated from 3is % nondaue 1v act J
ot war: and H. armies n the tieId sre y mi
fed tn ai1 h,s assist"nce IN iahor and f;eht.
ing. in addition to the proper % quotas Of lie
stsf.a ~ 'N1~ 1"0> ~
:; Tb5s b;ddino and harterfne for recrnfts.
white and blacEa has deInyed the re;nforcs.
ment If mn aT31nips At the time when anch
-a;nEnrcaman+a woniG hova anahisd ns ~
maka mr. snccessss nermanent 40 ~
= The n ~ ia An eInr1iment which nena.
tn@ war. Is nnwise and nnsafe' and his de-.
1aTea the universal dram which I firmly he
iieye viii become necessary to overcome the
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