Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-05-25

The Commercials correspondent says, = the
strength of Johnstop's army is estimated by
the best judges to be about fifty thousand,
exclusive of the Georgia militia, of whom
probably Is 900 are bearing arms, and distri-
buted at Rome and Resaca. Their journals
estimate the strength of our army at 10000
They will be astonished after annlhllate that
| number of Sherman's Yankees TO find their
work signally incomplete"
TIE subsequent operations in expelling the
/ enemy from Reseca are given below as detail
ed by a correspondent of the Chicago Times
/ Other reports state our loss at 5000 The
Times would doubtless make the affair
appear as little damaging to the rebels as
possible. Nevertheless its report is doubt
| less in the main correct and is more full than
any other yet received:
REsAoA, Ga, May II.
| a series of operations have just been CON-
| pleted, and the rebel army has retreated from
/ the works around Resaca.
| Presuming you have intelligence OF our
/ operations up TO where the army left Buz-
! zard Roost, | shall speak only of those sub
| sequent to that and in as brief q manner
/ possible.
I On Thursday, May 18th, nearly the whole
| army was in motion towards Snake Greek,
which lies about fifteen miles south of Buz-
| card Roost, only Howard, with Woods and
Stanley's divisions, being left to threaten the
enemy in front of Dalton. 1t should be OBJ
! served however that Gen. Mcpherson, eros
sing directly over from Yillisnow, had passed
through Snake Greek Gap as early as Monday,
the eth OF May.
By morning Of Friday, the 18th, the bulk
2 l. ii ~ IL
| near the eastern mouth of the gap, cavalry
! covering the operations of the infantry.
! Gen. Fitzpatrick was wounded while attend
/ ing TO this work.
During the 18th the army was occupied in
deploying from the Gap, and getting in posi-
ton. Heavy skirmishing took place during
the day Gen. HarroW's division Of Gen. Lo-
CANS corps met with considerable loss. By
night the enemys position was fully dscoy-
cred. Resaca is situated in great bend to-
ward the east Across the neck of the Coos
| awatte River, the convex portion of the pc
! ninsula thus formed, extend continuous lines
of rebel works, with strong field fortifca-
| tions, especially about the town. Both their
TANKS rested on the river, and the line of re-
treat was completely protected by these for
! tifcatiOns
sition around the rebel works, except How
ards forces, which had occupied Dalton the
day before, and were sweeping down the line
| of the Altoona and Western Railroad to form
| junction with the rest of the army.
On Saturday, the 18th, skirmishing began
early in the morning, and continued inces-
/ sanity throughout the day all along the line.
About o'clock it was especially severe upon
| the left Of the 18th corps, many of our men
| being picked off by rebel sharpshooters.-
! About noon Howard effected junction with
| The rest Of the army, and our whole force was
! then in line,-Howard's corps forming the ex-
| IRENE left, Schoheld's coming next, Hooker's
| next, Palmer's next, Logan's next,-Wood
with two divisions of the 9th corps, being
on the extreme right. Such dispositions and
/ changes were afterward made as the move
ments of the enemy or the evacuation of our
own plans required; but generally the line
remained as | have indicated.
About one p. NJ. an attempt was made to
| break the centre of the enemy's line, or, at
least, to recapture his outer works. Gen
Judah's division Of Schofeld's corps, and
Newton's division of Hovard's corps, moving
over comparatively level ground, succeeded,
after desperate conflict, in compelling the
rebels TO abandon the position of their outer
line. We did not continue TO hold this, but
our own line being somewhat advanced, our
artillery acting very effectively, we prevent
ed the rebels from occupying it.
Further to our right we were not SO fortu-
I nate. Portions OF JamlesOns, BaIrds, and
/ Weaver's divisions of Palmer's corps, in at
tempting to charge the rebels in front, were
/ compelled TO throw themselves down an al
most perpendicular bank; wade a creek waist
deep, which ran at the foot of the bluff; and
then across a valley filed with bitches, fully
/ exposed to a fire from the rebel works New
er did men go to work more CALAMITY or con
| test more nOblv; but they could not accom-
plish impossibihties, and, after severe loss,
| were obliged TO withdraw
Ii was now discovered that the enemy we're
moving heavy force up the Resaca and FL
ton road, with the obvious purpose of turning
our left. Hooker was Immediately sent to
checkmate his movement. Before he arrived
| however, the rebels had thrown themselves
in immense masses upon Cruft's brigade of
Stanley's division, and forced it, after splen-
did resistance to abandon the hill upon which
il was posted, and retire in considerable con
fusion. The rebels, yelling like demons,
came running across the road and open field
to the west of it, when they were met by a
murderous fire of grape and canister from
Simpsons old New York battery and the 9th
Iu,iidna. At the same time portions of Hook
ers men, falling into an open space took po-
s;-ion upon both sides of tie valley and sup
ported them. Parts of Cruft's brigade rallied
10 the rescue, and the rebels were repulsed
with great slaughter Ii was night when the
contest ceased.
Meantime a fierce conflict had commenced
upon the right. Morgan Smiths and Oster-
haus divisions ofLogan's corps, with Sprague's
[ brigade of Neatch's division Of the 10th corps.
charged a line of rebel rIfe-pits a little TO
the right Of and in sight Of Resaca, and in
trepidly carried them. This was about : p
VI. An hour afterwards the rebel leaders.
massing large force, attempted TO regain
possession of these works Coming boldly
up a long hill to the very foot of the works,
they seemed determined TO retake them or
perish but they were met with a determine
tiou a firm as their own. The line Of fire
sweeping up the hill was answered by a line
/ of fire at the summit The yell of the rebels
( was drOwucu III tire iUudvI shouts Of the Fed
/ eral soldiers; and, after a struggle worthy of
. a good cause, the rebel host was hurled down
the HILL leaving its sides covered with wound
/ ed and dead Our men continued to hold
this work, which the rebels never regained
On Sunday morning firing commenced as
usual, bat nothing OF particular importance
Y occurred until about I 2. VI. At that time
q determined charge was made by Hooker's