The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-25
Important from Tennessee.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
pI.ATFOIs, AGREED UPON.
GENERAL GRANT.

Tho eopcrstions for the occupation OF the Weldon
Esilroad commenced at day light on Thursday
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Corps General Warren. towards our extreme LEFT.
cavalry dc,,clr mont rrc,odad our advance. fol.
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io"ei py 'ne various "''Soh' III hu'sricA' orucr'
A. noon, the arst division, under General Griefhn,
I ,o,,, it, .,al md commenced
, che work Of demolition AMI throwing up breast
work q. The second division. ten. Ayers crnzsoi
a.. ,,ur,.d 10 n noi,, ,vv, ,,,uos d,s,ar, r..
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o'hs' dEiH'ohs hated Tor rest anu reireshment
with supporting distance. Fairly in the after
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WITH oVer"helmnG i'rce' anu would nave driven -
back but for the timely arrival Of Gen. UoTman's
m: .,. NJ tho l,b D,vsic, ,yhich o,o,lot ,h. o.
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''V''a"h W s-At'ih 'he hhoNN. AsN "N- rurheh .
Maryland regiment recei we'd n rceiing bow which
,e.nso A n ,,nnora,v confusion apd bo.vv ,oss Ro.
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'eoVetinR iisch qnckly' the regiment reformed
,arnoss I'm II anflv. The hitting at this point was
very s'ycr,, the enemy manifosting the greatest
sasarncss tD gain the rfulroad. Az It was our nne
WIS ,ir ven back during tie afteruoDr but rciu-
,forcetncnts arrived AMI ,uabled US to regain before
dark ncsrl. The same position occupied at noon.
q Thursday night was dark and dr,ary. The rain
~ fol- heavily, but there WIS no rcst for our men
Tired and fa sglrd though they wern with mar a.
. ing ana hgh ng durins the day, they were oecu.
= ped all nj .hi in throwing up the soft mud
l. form brea tworks for tho antlcnaiod attsck on
the morrow. Friday forenoon was devoted 10
siren gthcnin 9 our position General RraQa's bri-
gaic ol the ourth f vision was moved to aus ain
General Cr. Words dvis,on which had been too
far advanced On the Jerusalem plank road The
nS HsSy rpt Srs sS ,so GS.o into pGu,Sa
fler par, OF DE forenoon, occasioned by the enemy
feeling our Ii ics \ little too olork. There n
tnil for few hours, when about four o'clock in
y She afternoon tho gathering storm burst
tupon the right Of General Crawford's
A division sHnring oeck General Bragg brigade.
Al this tirno General WIc1x's division Of the Ninth
Army Corps arrived, and with great dithculty
smsintsined our tine until General Whites dvislol
OF thesane corps came up and turned the scale In
!, The engacomcn, now bc,ame general alo,r ou,
/. snurolinc. The enemy pressed MS at all points
I and assaulted with all the daring ani vigor thA,
I ehArsctorzn his efforts 10 Ov,rwhem and crush
with his on,rc army portion Of our forces. Every
battery rosred forth it's Dreadful thunder and the
hesvens seemed to ye ana sympsthilo with the
.lwariarc on earth. Dark masses OF heavy roiling
colds.rose above uhe curling white smoke md red
-sjHhes OF tine battlefield and soon tho roar o
heavens artillery swel!ed In awful thunder over
Che noise Of human cannon, The wa
.awfulty sub nao bu. the thunlor storm fale
" arrest tho terrible combat The heavy
rsn dropa ioll upon the hot, throbbing head
sf the4oilers of the opposing armies who seemed
insnnahe TO the eoAihut OF tie clements,
and only hec,icd the work OF carnage and dostr,ic
Sion. Tho thunder storm cleared away and lol
Che enemy N possession OF our ilrst iue ot works
anu deployinB loft and right 10 crush General,
Crawford's and wilcox's Divisions. Affairs looked
dark and threatening. Our fr,u. hal teeY p erce.
and the TANKS Of our various commands wer,
turned The regular soldiers u Gen. Crawford
Division were defeated, and hundreds captured
Including their general - Hayes-a newly
made Drigaier. As night approached
the battle assumed the appearance Q
melee or hand to hnnd encounter in which mor
y fought only To kill. Tho mud breastworks throw
up by our own troops during the night, were lost
and In them were dead and wounlsl rebels, the
long hair and gray clothes draLblel in mud an,
gore. Beaurcgarf, who sppeara to have command
Les, and had evc-y reason to contr4sa.,c H ' hmsei