The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-02
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BY TELEGRAPH
s,eeials to New York Papers.
e,om the army of the Potomac, dated near
ppssersburg, Jan. 23d, p. NJ, says we have
Md sharp diminishing all day. The sharp
shooters on both sides are continually ex-
Hanging shots and frequently pick men
~ho are perhaps thousand yards distant.
one battery Of 80 Founders is trained on
ne rebel batteries near Petersburg, and
svery morning we are treated to splendid
artillery duel.
and oppressive, ami cases Of sunstroko are
n,ite numerous.
.'Nrw YORK, June 2R-The Herald s
,,ssdnuarters correspondent says that it is
rsnorted that the force lately under the
i~Ncfnnnand of Polk arrived in Petersburg
N saturday week. This division joined
~ a. least two corps of Lees army, Hills
and LonRstreet's with Wise's brigade and
"a reinf0rcements from North and South
carolina under Beauregard will unQues-
tiouably swell the force opposed to consid-
e Under date Of June ed, 1880 p. M, he
savs, that during last night the sixth corps
had meved to the left and massed at the
William's house. This morning Wilson
md Kaunts cavalry had cut the railroad,
"a that orders were at once given to Sus-
,.end the demonstration in that direction
sud swing tho left Of the ID corps round 30
81 to develope the enemy's works in front
AZ Petersburg, without regard to the con-
nection of the sixth corps upon the Left
The principal portion Of the corps were
soon moving further to the front.
C}ibbon was already In position and en-.
trenched, for last night he had advanced ~
near the enemy's Entertainments ~ he
could get without bringing on q heavy
neht. Mott and Barton pushed forward
tSeir lines Of battle. with heavy skirmish
Ina in front. Mott was partially In posi-.
ton and entrenching, and Barlow was
works, when he encountered . heavy force
of the enemy marching down in column
bv bri9ades, with the intention of pushing
our position at the interval which now ex-
lated between the left Of the I'd corps. and
the right Of the 9Th. The I'd, Sd and 4th
brigades Of Barlow's Division, formed his
front line, the LIST brigade under Gen. Mil
lsr being held in the rear - . reserve.
In this assault by the enemy, the rebel
Gen Wilcox's division, marching In their
brigadea, led the advance of Hills's vet
cram corps. It was early in the afternoon
when the head of tho rebel column struck
the right of the sixth and the left of the
second corps. The rebels pushed on with
Characteristic pertinacity, and the shock
was soon felt on the tanks Of both of those
corps. The positions which they occupied,
they should Immediately withdraw the
fla1ks that we've thus exposed, and fill up
the existing gap, by making . connection
with each other along the line Of entrench.
meuts, In the rear. While this was being
done, tho enemy inflicted considerable
damage on our men by his murderous fire,
and captured several hundred prisoners
from N.
The assaulting column come down in .
struck the TANKS Of the divisviono which
were disconnected, and hence the disas-
trous consequences which ensued. This
forced the retiremedt Of Barlow, and the
hasty withdrawal Of Mott and part of the
LETT Of Gibbons division, and the loss of
four guns. The enemy swept down over
the ground our troops had left, taking quite
q number Of prisoners as they advanced.
Pressing on still in . diagonal direction,
Lett Of which suffered somewhat from the
shock. The right held its position with
determined courage, and poured . MUIR
derous fire into the advancing force. The
musketry was terrific on both sides as the
enemy swept over the angle which marked
the left of the division line. He enveloped
q battery of three 3-inch guns, which occu-
pied an advanced position behind the par
apet, and almost before the officers were
aware Of the situation of affairs We were
practically in the enemy's hands. 1t was
Capt. Meningitis 9th N. W battery
The moment the rebels appeared in sight
capt. Mcknight opened on them with can
mister. They reparated in front, coming
in on the right and left, completely sur
rounding the guns. The rebel color bearer
Immediately planted his colors in the par
1pet. Capt. Mcknight and Lieut.. Bull
both scorned the summons to surrender.
and fired several rounds of canister at the
enemy with the rebel dag floating by their
battery. Both of these young officers dis
themselves, but it was impos-
sible to take them of the field.
In the meantime Capt. ClArk's LIST N. J.
Battery which was posted in the breast
works further to the right. opened on the
enemy and contributed considerably to
check the further advance. ~
The rebels quickly turned upon us the
captured guns, and at the same time con-
centrated the fire Of some 20 other pieces on
Capt. Clark's single battery. The epaul-
uent In which this battery was placed was
we'll battered by the solid shot which come
pouring over in quick succession from the
fortidcstions of the enemy. Whilst this
active work was going on At right Of corps,
part Of the rebel attacking column which
by this time had been deployed in line Of
battle was still pressing down upon the
left; at the same time Lieut.. Rogers bat
terry K, 4th artillery, wheeled into position
with commendable celebrity, and the infan-
try and artillery soon checked the further
progress OF the enemy at that point.
Scarcely had these positions been effected
however, before the rebels made another
attempt to pierce our lines little to the
right Of that locality but the attack was
successfully repulsed. We took y few
prisoners at this time and among them
were several wounded. The casualties
were not heavy, however, ON either side,
because the rebels did not attempt to cross
the open field in trent of the breastworks,
behind which our men were posted
About seven o'clock in the evening an eff
tort was made by Gen. Gibbon with one Of
his own brigades supported by one from
Gen. Grifan's Of the 5th corps to retake the
LOST ground OF the 18th n. Y. Tho attack
was very sharp but failed to accomplish the
desired object.