Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-07-28
Particulars Of Shermamss Opera-
liOMs.

uate or Atlanta, Ga, JuiJ ~, gives fun
and highly interesting details or Gen.
Shermans army since the CROSSING .,
the Chattahoochie river.
On the morning of the 10Th the M
vance OF Gen. Mcpherson was takinH
position ON the extreme left, Gen. Scbo
field on the left center, Howard in tba
center Hooker ON the right center ana
Palmer on the extreme right.
On the morning of the 10Th. onr al
va2ce reached Peach Tree Greek
stream four miles north Of Atlanta.
After considerable skirmishing, TIA
enemy was dislo6ged, and portion q,
Towards corps crossed, our left In the
meantime swinging around TO the At,
lanta and Augusta railroad, near Dets,
tur, and tearing up several miles of the
track.
On the evening OF the 18th and the
morning of the goth, Gen'ls Howard
Hooker and Palmer crossed with the
balance the corps forming in line on
the south bank of thecr AT 8 O'Clock
| in the afternoon, the rebels made des.
perate and sudden assault on Gen. How.
ard in great force. The attack soon ex.
| ltuuCu w llOVhti toiDSs nt 1tDelS
advanced three lines deep. A portion
OF our lines first wavered before this ter.
rible onslaught, but was quickly rallied,
and then stood as firm as a rock Upon
this portion of our line was massed over
half of the rebel army. Both sides wen
fighting, for the first time during the
campaign, in the open field.
Before dark, the rebels were thorough.
ly defeated, having failed to break our
lines at any point, and they retired in
disorder, leaving most of their dead and
wounded on the field,
Our loss will not reach two thousand
principally in HookerS corps. The rebel
loss in killed, wounded and missing, ex
ceeds six thousand, including three brig.
adler generals.
On the extreme left our operations
were equally successful. Gen. McPher.
son drove the enemy several miles, and
Blair's division advanced a mile anda
half South of the Augusta road.
On the morning of the 2lst the enemy
was driven with small loss TO his works
Immediately around Atlanta.
On the ODD they had withdrawn en-
tirely from Gems. Hooker and Palmers
front. At o'clock on the afternoon OF
that day portions of our army entered
the city.
The correspondent adds eve may
have some fighting for the full posses
sion Of the city, but tnG campaign is con
sidered as substantially closed
WASHINGTON, July 25.
The Republicans Extra says:
Dispatches to the government repre-
sent that great battle was fought in
Atlanta on Friday, resulting in a horri-
BILE slaughter and complete repulse Of
the enemy at every point.
The rebels, holding the largest part OF
the city, assaulted our works on that
day with great fury, evidently expect,
ing to drive our forces out The 10Th
corps, commanded by Gen. Frank Blair
seemed to be the special object OF the
rebel wrath, as they massed against
them an overwhelming force. The 10Th
corps received the shock calamity, and
held its own until Gen. Dodge with the
18th corps came up, when the rebels
were hurled back with great slaughter
Gen, Logan at the head of the 18th
corps, went into battle with the rally
! ing cry of Remember Mcpherson"
The corps as well as Blairs 10Th corps,
both constituting the army under Maj
Gen. Mcpherson, fought desperately
The news OF the death of their braye
commander having been communicated
to them just before going into battle.
Gen. Mcpherson was shot while econ.
noitering He became separated from
J. OF. 4 ~ Is7,
shooter shot him from an ambush
The horrible struggle ended by re-
pulsing the enemy at every point Of
line.
1t was arranged that on Saturday the
dead of both armies should be buried
and the wounded removed under flag
| of truce.
Our troops buried one thousand reb,
| els left on the field within our lines, be-
sides which the rebels buried many Of
their own dead themselves near their
works. Upon this basis 1t is estimated
that the dead and wounded of Friday
will exceed six thousand The proper
ton of killed and wounded in battle be-
! ing about one to seven.
Our loss will reach about two thou
| SttlIu hfC HuHOICu III hlilGu anu NOunu-
| ed
The 18th corps suffered severely. The
enemy's troops having been massed
against It, and it was this act on the
enemy's part that caused him such heavy
/ loss.
While the work of burying the dead
and removing the wounded was going on
Saturday, Sherman's heavy artillery
was playing upon the city. At the same
time large fires were observed in differ
ent parts of Atlanta, supposed to be
caused by the destruction of supply de-
pots and other rebel property which the
enemy could not carry, which would fall
into our hands.
This is to be considered as evidence Of
/ their intention to evacuate the place.
Several rebel generals are reported to
be killed Their names are not yet
given.
| NEW YORK, July rs.
The Posts Washington special says
| there has been no fighting at Atlanta
since Friday. All that is officially known
of the occupation of the city is that
Sherman holds the first line Of the enc