Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-12

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to Immediately, ard as soon as pract'ca-
bic are sent forward TO NOR. perm
ho pitals ia the rear. There are. how
ever. occasionally, anu ing circum stan
ees iu regard 10 the wounded Let me
state q case in illustration YESTERDAY
q Young man was brought to one of our
division hospitals il an ambulanes from
the front, severely wounded as be sup
posed in the foot He was carefa IL
taken from the ambulance, aad placed
upon the Operating table preparatory
to the admin stration Of chloroform.
The bali had torn the toe Of his shoe
entirely eK The shoe was carefully
taken Of, when on examination it was
found that not drep of blood had been
drawn, the ball jusE glAncing from the
tee nail The young soldier was the
best pleased of any one present, aud
when be found out the true state II the
case, took bis gun and went back 10 his
regiment without dslay-the 24th Wis
consin. Would that We could say the
same Of all Some we're horribly mutt
lated By csnnou balls and shell, some
slightly wounded By muskst shots, snd
some ssvsrsiy-often losing an arm or
leg, aud many brave men their lives, but
they never complaiR.
The weather for the last ihrse or four
days has been excessively warm, but it
don't stop the booming Of the big gun on
the top Of the Klnesaw Mountain, d.
recsly in our front But the position,
ike Lookout Mountain, is too good-that
is, Il is too high TO do much hurt If
they depress ths guns sufficient to get
range on the lines, the gun is dismount-
ed By the rscoil or bursts, from the fact
Of the smell receeding from the pow
der.
Yesterday was lively day with the
artillery-s regular artillery duel all
ihe aftsruoou-and terminated By the
advancement Of our lines some three or
four hundred yards Prisoners all say
General Bragg is nov in the command
Of the rebel army, and that this is the
last ditch between here aud Atlanta
no other place 10 hght between. The
rebels tight desperately, aud don't drive
worth copper HArdee holds the CEN
ter, and contests every rod Of the ground,
but 10 after all, gradually falling back to-
ward Marietta The whole face of the
country i. this vicinity is literally dug
up into forts and rifs-piis, and the
amount Of lead, in the shape Of musket
balls, fred ia truly astonishing. Since
the fret of Nay the 2ud division, 4th
Army Corps, has thrown 100000
4 ;adly missiles in the shape of mnskei
balls, 1t the enemy, beside all the solid
shot, grape, and shells Of the arsil-
lery.
While sn writing these lines. the
band is playing mourniul tune 10 at
tendeuce at the funeral ofa brave soldier
who died to-day Of wounds received in
battle while nohly doing his duiy-A. II
naylerd, 36ih Illinois volunteers. The
,onud contrasts strangely with the dis
ant boom nf the cannon and the fsin,
sound Of the muskeiry, on The skirmlsh
Inc n front Bot it Is rs onishing hos
s0on we become accustomed TO suri
.csnes--so much 50 that Se often FORGE
that the csauoa and muskets are deal
Jag oat death sui wounds TO our brsvt
comrades in front
The bushwbaekers burned bridR
between Big 5bAnty (the cad Of our line.
~hich is SIX miles { ON Marietta.) ano
Dalton, bat Il was speedily repaired
rhe End Missouri. wh,eh was left on the
nsrsh at Dalton, h-d q h1ht vith III,
sssups, aud iosi fifteen men in killed
and sounded, and an sorry TO say. that
Lieu.ensnt Colonel Beck vas amongst
ths killed. The time Of enlistmesf OF
this regiment has nearly expired, bu ,
true TO their old habits, they 6ght Il
the last day OF their service, and being
leh behind did DOT relieve them from
duty.
There is no more Of importance from
this army They are slowly and surely
Rghtins their way towards Atlanta. We
have averaged about two miles per day
since We started, and the battles. If they
we're al enumerated, great and small
could really be counted by the hundred.
Not dsy Tor the last four weeks thai
there has not bsen several battles, and
IL viii seriously trouble some of tbs
wounded soldiers, when they get home
TO tell their friends the asne Of the bat
tie ia vhich they were wounded. Ths
army was never in better spirits than i
is to-day. 0. T. q.