The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-08-05

At another portion of the line fighting at
close quarters continued for half an hour,
but each successive line of rebels was
dressed back by the undauntable valOr of
! Wards men. At the d of that time
/ the rebels fell back into dense forest in
their rear, completely whipped so far as
! the division of General Ward was con-
| cerned.
Gen. Wards trophies are seven rebel
battle flags and 800 prisoners, including
many OF the enemy's wounded left on the
field. Among his prisoners are represen-
tatiyeS of sixteen different regiments, and
he no doubt fought double that number.
Ward had sent all of his available artillery
to protect NewtOnS TANKS, and his splen-
did triumph was achieved with musketry
alone
The charge swept along to the right,
striking Geary's division after Ward.
Geary had lvanced half mile from the
trenches he occupied in the morning, and
had just marched his troops to the top of
ridge, when the rebel columns were
thrown on him with terrible violence. The
SD New Jersey, which was thrown out to
fortify a hill in advance of the line, lost
over half its number in the first few min
utes Of the charge. Tie most of Geary's
lines ran through dense wood, and his
right flank was exposed by an interval of
two or three hundred yards, which Gen.
Williams division was endeavOring to close
when the enemy came on.
Col. Banes' brigade, on Geary's right,
was speedily enveloped on the flank and
rear, and fell back after stout fight to the
trenches it occupied in the morning, where
it was reformed.
Portions Of Col. Ireland's brigade, in the
centre, were also enfeebled and driven back.
By turning one of his batteries from
front to right Geary succeeded in reform
ing his shattered line where it stood, and
not another inch did it yield, rolling back
charge after charge from four o'clock till
long after dark. The rebels endeavored
to force their way through the gap they
had thus widened, but the pluck of our
lads triumphed. Geary held the hill at
the end as at the beginning of the assault.
The portion Of his line which fell back
was reformed, and in about one hour went
back into action on Gen. Williams right.
The commanders of the rebel assaults spent
their fury o. Gen. Williams division, next
on Geary's right. This division had ad-
vanced also about half a mile when the
rebels swept on it. The shock was met
without flinching. The division refused
to give an inch, and though the enemy
made three severe charges on it before
nightfall, it repulsed them all without wav-
ing, though in doing so it sustained heavier
loss than any other division on the right.
The fighting on this part of the line was in
dense wood. The attack just grazed the
left of Palmer's corps, which had not left
its trenches, but was prepared to do so.
Colonel Ansen McCook's brigade was
partially engaged, behaving nobly, and
repulsing the enemy from beginning to end.
The statement that our troops were in
Notifications is untrue. They were adj
vancing to take a new position when at
tackled, and save those with Newton, had
some half finished rail barbados. The
fight was au open one. Even the aggress-
i've Hood is not fool enough to attack us
in trenches.
Prisoners were captured from every
corps in the rebel army, all of whom said
that the programme was to drive us into
the Chattahooche.
1t is more than probable that nearly
their entire army was engaged. During
the progress of the fight, the various corps
on the left advanced over mile, McPher
son, at nightfall, being within two and
half miles of Atlanta, and portion of our
lines were then four miles distant.
About o'clock p NJ, the enemy gave
up TIE fight in front of Geary and Will
Jams, carrying off many of their dead and
wounded, and falling back to their heavy
works about mile distant. In front of
Ward and Newton he was compelled to
leave all dead and severely wounded.
juggling from the great piles heaped up
there the enemy's loss in killed and wound
ed alone must exceed 5000. We captur-
ed about 1000 prisoners. The loss in
Hooker's corps official, is as follows:
KILLED
Col. N. X. Logic. 151st New York.
Col. George A. Gotham, 18th Pa.
LIEUT.. Z. Il. Randll, 10th New York.
Capt. David Lindsey, 149th New York.
Capt Elliott Leary, staff.
Lieut.. John Rangan, Goth Ohio.
Adj Radcliff. 143d New York.
Lieut.. Waterbury, 143 New York.
Lieut. 7. NJ. Warren, 141st New York.
Capt. Henry o. Wiley, 123d New York.
Lieut.. Wolf, 46th Pennsylvania.
Lieut.. Davis, 10th Pennsylvania.
Lieut.. Loves, 10th Indiana.
Capt. j. II. Seaman, 26th Wisconsin
Capt. Kibert Miller Goth Wisconsin.
Lieut. Pullman, 10th Michigan.
WOUNDED.
Col, Stephen McGroarty, 61st Ohio.
Maj. Baker, 10Th Michigan.
Capt. Mattlock, 9TH Indiana.
Capt. Curtis, 126th New York.
Capt. Steinmer, 10th Wisconsin.
| Capt. Dickinson d. Post, goth Connecticut.
| 1t. Col. 4. II. jackson, 154th New York.
Capt. Drum, 109th Pennsylvania.
Capt I. Il. BOnesall, 2Sth Pennsylvania.
Capt G. Berker, 9Th Ohio, severe, right arm.
Capt. A. 7. Fright, 29th Ohio.
| Capt. Derky, S0th New York.
Capt. Moore, 29th Pennsylvania.
Adjt. Moore, 10Th Pennsylvania.
1t. Col: Bowen, 61st Ohio, leg amputated.
! Col. Calgrove, 9th Indiana, dangerously.
| Maj. Lathrup Baldwin, 15Oth New York. and
| prisoner.
Capt. Sawyer, 9Th Massachusetts,
Capt. Kiltener, 46th Pennsylvania.
Adit Carey, 1881 New York.
Lieut.. Col. McNitt, 141st New York. arm am
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