, 1864-06-25
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! :. FROM SHERMAh'S ARMY,
THE STU ALTON on THE l4TH.
HcoEe.'s Battle at Lost Mountain
on the 18th, ..-..
(From Our Own Correspondent ]

suddenly became overcast. with a thick stra-
tum Of dark, hes5y, clouds, from which the
rain poured steadily and without intermis-
sion until yesterday Afternoon, when the
weather cleared up, and now promises well
tor a. fine spell. Tue >roads-aud in dry
weather they ore none of the best-a4e in q
dreadful condition, anL 1t is absolutely im-
possible to move either artillery or wagon
rains. The mules are busfly engaged In
eating the four pounds OF corn which they
are allowed per diem, and the mule drivers
are last asleep under the wagon, having
ceased, for the present, from inlu1ging IN
.fs, he ortheoos profanity which r. part OF
= On "Wednesday night last the corps com:
marde1s received marching" orders, md
bright and early On Thursday morning tents
were struck and the advance commenced:
The left wing Of the army, Whose left rested
On AckwortA, ,s@uug afonud in . asoutheaster-
~ direction, and succeeded in reaching Big
Ehanty just .beiole tbs f4in.storm SGT In.
The centre, composed OF the 18th and 4th,
took up line in southerlJ direction, il
order t., obtain possession. Of the Marietta
and Burnt pike, which runs along the base
Of the Kentsaw mountain range. This range
runs almost east, and il oom posed Of tho
Lost, Pine, and keneaxW mouutalne, and q
number ofsmall hills. On ethc east side Of
the KtnesaH the Atlantic Railroad ruuS. aud
about 1sur mlles to th- southeast IL stu ted
the city Of Atlanta. The right wing of the
army Thir}ed around aud commenced I'd.
vancing towards the left, /. e., the rail-
roads: .''
The center Of the army had marched about
four miles, when the ndvauccd sktrtnIshers
came in with the information That the rebels
vers nlassed fn considerable force On Pine
Mountain, nbout Ono and half miles further
south. The signal corps ua. at once ordered
10 take observations, and in = few minutes
they reported that they saw several companies
Of rebel cavalry and infantry moving about
In the eurthworks, but altho1gh TWO Ut three
cafssoDs could be seen. no artillery was
visible. The 7th Indiana battery, attached
to Gen Raird's division, was ordered to t>ke
position on the crest Of small hill to thu
right Of the road. Here the guns were
quickly unlfmhered, and q compile of
sb,n we're thrown into the: rebel camp,
but they failed to elicit any reply. just
having placed out skirmishers and picket>,
tents were pitched aud the soldiers camped
for the night. During the evening, unt.l
eundoWn, an occasional shell Tas thrown in
10 the eren..'s works, but he felt too proud
to reply and consequently the waste Of pow
der was I'LL On 0ur side The next murning
the 14tI and 4ih corps changed 1he order of
marched about two miles to the left the
right of the line being closely followed oy
the lett Of the right wing. The 18th corps.
RAoee left rested on Big Shanty, again took
up the advance aud moved about mile, To
day the situation is substantially a. folio VS.:
The extreme left-11th corps-'s about one
mile north Of henesaw Station. The center is
aepnt tine mllts almost dne east from the
Kenesaw Mountain, aud the extreme right,
by successful taEk movement, between
Lost Znd Pine Mountains, Is now in the rear
of the latter. Although 1here has bren con-
siderable oarnonading {mostl5 on onr side)
during the pest TWO or three days, it il cor
fdeRt]y expected that Johnston will offer no
serious obstacle to our advance until we ara
in the neighborhood OF the Chattahoochie
. River, some sixteen miles further south
There are = grsat many rebel rumors re.
ceiFsd here by the grapevine" THO last Ia
TO the effect that Johnston is about to be re-
uered Of his command, his general officers
and the most prominent sccessionists OF the
State having mernori2llzcd the rebel.Gogern-
ment 10 do 60. The rrason assigned for this
is, that Johnston has shown great deal OF
coNardicc in not attacking Sherman, instc I'd
Of suffering himself to be outgenerallel and
ontf*nked. Grr.
EGeEER's Fight At LOST MOUNTAIN.
Iron the Cincinnati Commerc1al1 =.
A1 TIE FnoxT, June II, 1854.
: The advance OF the :,3d Corps WAS ended
about noon, and at once some of tue guns
were ;bruughs over aud planted in the old
rebel works to be employed sgain, perhaps,
upon their next one, q mile Of tro distant
1t had nsred in snch direction with regard
to Tie main line, that the "a Corps began
now to be crowded bet ~eeh 1t and the 4th on
the left. It. Was accordingly moved b. the
right flank to give room and place / En- <caern
while General Hooker prepared to bring up
m ~ hkhH ~ wi n - l..
Early in the afternoon the Goth Corps began
to move forward, and as the sd on its right
and 4th On it,: lett hzd already slightly. piAa.
ed II, and we're firing into thu rebels In Hook
eE's front '' cndw4ys,', ~ theJ expressed 1t !;
the Corps met little resistance till theY ap-
spoken nSove, the back: bone Of the rebel 20.
6ltlon at this point. .Toe Sd division {Ccn.
Butterfeld's,} occupied the right, resting on
the sandtoWn road. and y - drawn up about
3o'clecs in tie afternoon In cleared field In
tie rtar Of rrct c,is G JILL, In 1ve lines.
lett. snd the let division, With the exception
Of Eci:er:l knipe's brigade, which was sent
il on the left, Of tieneral BntterGrld, .as
hs.d in reserve in the re1r Of the I'd. This ID
Ci4is;ou moved ont from its position on the
nn:n line, snd passing sonth Of Pine Monn-
tain, Nhich vas already occupied by the 4th
Cnrpe, compelled the rebels to fall back from
"s'At ~ ~ a@Ae& n u Ah lu1lC al E4tEuks run
tlIE l:orth aud south. This result was
D. auslt about BY General Geafy debouchlne
to the taEt and coming In their rear. =
: Tile Cd Brigade (col: Ireland) wa then
:t:u!ed in continuous line, and pushed for:
Ns1a through plece Of open timber to en-
counter the. enemy, and develops his posi-:
Ton, The nature OF the ground In the rear
ens;loyneut OF any supporting batteries.
willie 1ht rebels had ten pieces and emplo7ei
them all. The rebel 6kirmishers were .riYeu
1.aln crest to tst, until they ratlied upon
ttt's main line Of retstworks, abpnt a tnIIe
south of Pine Mountain. :. Cleburne's .di-
vision and portion OF Walkers, were
~d1A"n up in line, about quarter OF mile
vaaced to The attack in fine tsle, the lines
e:csdy almost Us on dress-parade, and the
NEIL cool, and about o'c1ocG, they .be.au to
move upon the rebel line, and, despite q
stnbhora resistance, drove them sstealily be-
You'd their works. The rebels opened then
with battery, directed uson the right Of
me a1s1eion, hat they were only permitted
by 1relaDd's brigade. They were discovered
moving column rapidly through IN open
space, as it INTENDING to turn the left OF the
ni'ltiop, snd {!!aeEs mere 1t once dispatched
10 oen "!!tlsnh< ID % hurry up his division iu
support Eat 1t ~Rss only a'*tr1tagcm to
cover q solid moven1eent upon the Hight OF
me division, Which had u. ihis time pressed
fields division, and now found its.1S doat-'
lhs IN the air Here was the real pSfias Of
caEger, but 1t ras promptly met by the lit,d
end art Of the 9Th New York, which were
On tho extreme right, and By swinging partly
iound anc prtsebtins new front repelled
Tie assault and saved the fank. The dfvis-
ION advanced to within eighty yards Of the.
hal $f,nf~
it Was unsupported ON buth Hanks, and the
rebel line was their 1nain one, and 'very
etropE, 1t was. OF course, impraeticablc for
1t to attempt to carry it =.
The esett Of the raj ria discharges of crape
ana cannlster at short range upon the disi-
aitn bad beea very seTtre. causing loss Of
about stz hundred The missing were very
few iu number, rs were a1eo the prisoners
taken. Over Gi1ty rounds of ammunition
we're sKpendtd ia the at ack, and for lxek Of,
foAds Which we're practicable for the pom
dcrnrs ammunition wagons, a limited sup
ply, was hurried up on the backs of team
1aulfs.
The division Ind silenced all the ten runs
in tss front-one regiment, the 28th Penn,Yl-
Tania. unmannlDg three Of them. and the
CGth Ohio another, and have kept than thus
throughout the mig ght and up to this time, II
oniy the rebel line could be broken on its
0anke. and driven hack, the I'd division
would BIZ enabled to carry OF these. its iaIr-
y nnd hardly won trophies, in ttiun,ph.
About six O'Clock p. m Gen. Bnttertle1d'a
division had dep1oJed iuto position little
in rear OF the piece of woods IN which tie
racls were lurking. and upon advancing q
short distance into it, ths aIin= became gen
tinucd to'he very heavy till night, when it
began slowly to t1acken. The Sd division
had been able to advance nearly the entire
distance through cleared field, in which
\ rebel line could net be posted, and as it
reached 1he woods late, and was engaged