The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-20
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY %, 1884.
Isnecial D..r..el b IL LonlsrIlle IonnaI.

Especial Dispa.el 70 the Louisville journal
REsACA, Ca, May 1.-THE enemy,
having evacuated a position to fortiiy
and strengthen which more care and
labor has been displayed than on any
other occasion by their Western army,
/ send you by telegram the most i'm
portant particulars Of the movement
that resulted in their dislodgment
on the night Of the 18th, the 18th
corps began TO pour through Snake
Creek Gap, which was fortified by
heavy line of rife-pits, and occupied by
Dodce's division Of the 10th corps, LO-
gan 18th army corps, and HOokers
2Gth On the morning Of the 18th, the
advance was s0unded, and Gen. Klpat-
rick, with his division Of cavalry,
moved out on the Resaca road to its
junction with the main Dalton road,
near which the General was ambusca-
ded and severely wounded.
Osterhaus' and Harrow divisions of
the 18th army corps, occupying respec-
lively the right and left, followed the
cavalry and forming line Of battle, af
ter passing the Dalton road, moved for
ward against the Gap, through which
r. wagon road leads to Resaca Our
slzirmishers had scarcely emerged from
the woods when the rebels opened
fiercely with artillery from Bald Knob
to the left Of the road. Gen. Logan or
dered forward battery, and after half
an hours vigorous work silenced the
rebel guns and ordered forward the line
The skiImishers of Gen Woods brig
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my amid the cheers Of the lockers on,
and assembled Bald Knob The 9th
Missouri, hurrying after, assembled the
hill, dragging to the summit section
ofthe LIST Indiana battery, which opened
on the enemy. The rebels, from two
splendid forts within easy range Of our
position, opened a terrific cannonade,
which continued half an hour, and re-
suited in the wounding of q few Of the
9th.
Col Williams brigade, on the ex-
tremes left Of the 18th corps, went into
tho action at hall-past two o'clock and
fought manfully until FIVE o'clock, push
ing the enemy TO his main works, losing
one hundred and three men killed and
wounded This days fighting resulted
ia the occupation of the ridge facing the
works in front of Resaca. Our line
changed direction at the terminus of
the ridge, and ran in a northwesterly
direction. The extreme left was held
by Hooker On the morning Of the
eth, the 18th corps, Johnson on the right
of thel4th, moved out on the Dial
ton road, yeered to the right, and en-
tered the woods, and, after fierce lit
le contest, joined on HoolZsr's right
Baird moved up simultaneously and
Joined Iohnson's left. Judah, on the
right Of Schoheld, moved forward at
l:30 ?. NJ. and supported by Turchins
brigade, descended the ridge occupied
by our line of battle, and crossed a
narrow field and assaulted a strong
point , f the enemy's works on a ridge
of equal sl.itude and. running almost
parallel with our line. johnson to de
monstrate in favor Of the assaulting
column left the first and charged from
the base Of the ridge into the open
field Ia this stubborn grapple we lost
heavily, but drove the rebels to their
works la the charge Capt Z. J. Nc
DOWell, Of the 18th Kentucky, wasf
killed The assault 10y Judah and Tur-
chin was one Of the greatest spectacles | |
ever beheld The lava Of bullets that |
rolled from the summit, intermingled |
with grape and canister did dreadful |
havoc IN our ranks; but, notwithstand- |
ing, our troops wavered not an instant |
A halEhours, desperate struggle de- |
monstrated the futility of the effort to |
scale the works, and our forces retreat |
ed 10 the main line The rebels began |
massing on the extreme left, held by |
Stanley Reinforcements were asked !
for, and Hooker, with Williams divis-
ion, hurried to his support Stanley oc- |
cupied Round Hill. The rebels under |
Stewart assaulted IN superior force and |
pushed him steadily back Our troops |
opposed all the resistance possible un- |
der the circumstances, and, at two min |
utes before - o'clock, drove them i'm |
some confusion into an open field, in |
the centre of which, between the ter |
minus of two ridges, on a small knoll, |
was planted the old Simonson bat |
tery. The rebels formed in line and |
made a desperate charge about dusk, |
but the battery succeeded in repulsing |
them. Hooker comes down the gorge,
and, on double-quick, enters the fight, !
follows the enemy, and reoccupies the |
ground from which Stanley was driven !
On the left, at four o'clock, P. NJ, Gems |
Morgan L. Smith and 0sterhaus, of |
Logan corps, with one brigade each, !
the former on the right, and the latter
on the left, charged from the ridge |
taken by Logan on the 18th, across the |
rolling ground toward Resaca, and |
drove the enemy from his first line of |
rihe-pits.
The rebels, reinforced, charged back, |
and fighting of the most bloody char /
acter continued until dusk, our forces /
holding the riAepits. At ten o'clock
night attack, but was handsomely re- /
pulsed with heavy loss On the 10th
The left under Hooker, was ordered to
assault the enemys right, which was
evidently the key to the whole posi-
ton Brig-Gen Wards brigade was
the assaulting column, and, after suf-
fering loss of three hundred and
men, took hill held by
rebel brigade of infantry and four guns
The lighting here was never surpassed
for dashing gallantry, and the brigade
was highly complimented on the ground
by every general that witnessed the
charge. General Ward was wounded
shortly after the action begun, and Co
lionel Hanison, of the 57th Indiana, as
sumed command OF the brigade
Geary's division, which was still fur
Their 10 the left, also engaged in a terri
nc conflict, losing heavily.
Last night, between twelve and one
q clock, the enemy withdrew, and
crossed the Oostanaula, burning the
railroad bridge and taking of all his
torres
FF0m the Lower Mississippi.
VIcKsBuRG, May 9.-The steamer Jas.
Price reports when she passed Natchez
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