Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-28

representatives of sixteen regiments, and
he no doubt, fought double that number. -
Ward sent all his available artillery TO pro-
tcct Newton Hank, and splendid triumph
was achieved with muskcts alone. The
charge swept along to the right, striking
Geary's division the next after Wood s.
Geary had advanced 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 33d
New Jersey, was thrown out to fortify hill
in advance of the main line, lost over half
its number in the first few minutes of the
charge. The most of Gcarys lines We're
through dense wood, and his right flank
was exposed by an interval of two or three
hundred yards, which Williams division
was endeavoring to close. When the enc.
my came on, Gen. Bine S brigade on Geary's
right was speedily cnveloped on the right
and rear, and fell back, after stout fight to
the trenches it occupied in the morning,
where It was reformed. Portions of Col.
Ireland IN the CENTER were also enfladed
and driven back. BY turning one of his
batteries from the front to the right, Gen.
Gcary succeeded in reforming his shattered
line, where it stood and not another foot
did it yield rolling back charge after charge.
-Four o clock till long after dark the rebels
endeavored to force their way through the
gap they had opened, but the pluck of our
lads triumphed. Geary held the hill at the
end as at the beginning of the assault.
That portion of his line that fell back was re-
formed, and in about an hour went back
into action on Gen. Williams right The
tremendous assault spent its fury on Gen.
| William 5 division, next on Geary's right.
This division had advanced also about half
mile when the rebels swept on it. The
shock was met without flincfing The di-
vision refused to give all inch, and though
the enemy made three several charges on IL
before nghtfall, it repulsed them all with
out wavering, though in doing so it sustain
cd heavier loss than any other division onthe
1 right. The fighting on this part of our
lines was in dense woods. The attack
grazed the left of Palmers corps, which
had not left its trenches, but was preparing
to do so. Colonel Auson NlcCook's brigade
was partially engaged, behaving nobly and
repulsing the enemy from beginning to the
end. About Q =. NJ. the enemy abandoned
the fight in front of Geary and Williams,
carrying off the dead and wounded, aud fall
ing back to their heavy works about mile
distant. In front Of Ward and Newton he
was compelled to leave all the dead and Sc
verely wounded. Judging from the great
piles heaped up there, the enemy lost in
killed and wounded alone, over 5000. We
, captured about 200 prisoners. The loss
, in ilookers corps (oificiaD is as follows:
f Williams division, G27 Geary's, 457
Ward :, j27. Total, l,6lI. Newton di-
yision (ofiiciaD I02; 18th corps, 200. Total
| loss, |, 9l3.
The statement that our troops were in
Notifications is untrue. They were advan-
!, cling to take a new position when attacked,
, and save with Newton, who had some half
) finished rail barrcades, the fight was an
= open one. Prisoners were captured from
every corps in the rebel army, all of whom
said it was the programme to drive us into
4 the Chattahoochie, and that nearly their
entire army was engaged. During the fight
5 various corps on the left advanced over a
, mile, Mcpherson, at nightfall, being with
! in two and a half miles Of Atlanta, and no
l portion Of our lines being more than 4 miles
distant. The left was in long range shelng
l distance on the 2lst The enemy stuck
, close to his heavy works girding the town,
mile or two outside the suburbs.