The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-07-22

day completely inundated al th,
ground hctwccn us and rebel lines
aud extending far within our owu.-
The men waded water from six inch
es to three feet deep, and stood in /
all day. | snw The captain only one,
during the day, he was wet from head
to fvot. Orders had been given fol
the lines to advance, and the CAPTAIN
promptly advanced his line until com
PEELED to halt for support. Some ot
otlr noble men fell while advancing
the lines, and within n few rods OF tn,
rebel works. The captain spent th,
cntirc day along the front, somciin cs
ut the. reserve, then ut the line. We
lost thirteen men killed and wounded.
will give their names in conncxion
with those who fell on the 10Th Goth
and 2lst; On the 10Th we did moth
lug until evening when we moved
across a muddy run aud took
position at the base Of hill, the
hill being held hy the enemy, logs,
rails and earth were thrown NJ as q
temporary protection from the enc
mys bullets. The next morning an
order came for regiment to charge
the hill; Col. Prices regiment 2lst
Ky. was ordered TO charge il, and
soon thcy were of with u yell for that
pcrilons duty. They drove the reb.
els back from thcir skirmish line and
with support held 1t urtil we could
build n line of works within from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty
yards Of the rebel works; The works
were of the most inferior order, oeinp
built under the fire of the rebels, and
hastily. The works were filed by.
our regiment and the 35th Ind. Soon
the rebels came on with wild Yell
to retake the lost ground, and with
two rebel brigadcs they charged two
of the smallest regiments in our di
vision. The 35th broke mt the first
fire and left the left flank of our regt.
exposed to a cross fire. Two compa-
mics Of ours were forced back to the
second line,tte other eight Co $ stood
firm, aud made the rebe,s recoil, but
as darkness came on they renewed
their efforts to take the works, charge
after charge, sheets Of fire met over
the brcast.works, men were bayonet.
ed over the works, and for few
minutes all seemed to be against us.
The timely aid oftwo noble regiments.
the 10th Ohio and 06th Ills saved us,
and made defeat for the rebels. We,
lost in killed and wounded about thir.
" men. The next day our men sllir.
mished from the works, and men that
advanced few PAGES could count
twenty-five dead rebels from one point.
1t was on this day that Lieut.. w. b
Richards of co. "D'' was woundrd.-,'
We held that line under severe rcb.
el fire for two days, and was only re.
licved when the order came transfer
ing us to the 23d a. G. On the morn.
ing of the 23d Of June we moved out
from our comrades of many scenes
OF danger and hardships the noble
men OF our old division we left with
regrets. Col. p L. Swaine of the
99th is in command of our brigade,
and Surgeon j. L. Woods Chief Surg.
OF fhrigadc, On arriving in this corps,
Surgeon Woods was taken very sick
and ut this writing is just able to
ride out, will DC on duty in day or ;
two. Captain Bope has not been well j
for Few days; but | think it the re- g,
suit OF over cxertion. A large por- I
lion of our men are suffering from ,
scurvy; We need sour krout and veg :,
ntable food. 1t is now the
18th of july" and on every side ,
troops nre moving, Gen Thomas ar q
'lllery is booming in front Of Marietta. :
which place he entered yesterday :
The 10th Corps, Gen. Dodge, is just !
Hing hy. The men move up with
Elastic step, full of confidence, and
irm in the belief that we are going to
capture large part of these rebels
'rc cut OF, hard fight will take place
oday.
Below is n list OF the casualties rs
ar as they concern our county.
kILLED-G. w. Snyder Co. u,
'ohn Hall and VIM. Trccce Co. G.. r
WOUNDED. Co. D-Licut. W. b, ;,
richards, scverc-not dangerous, ;.
'crgt. Charles Henry, severe, Clark u
Thornton, slight; Eli Wilkinson, Sc N
ere, Tho's. Thompson, Slight, j. j. q
Hilbert, Slight, Nj. Burkhead, slight, NJ
)rd Scrgt ID. S. Blakesmaa, shock
# slell--not serious, Corp'ls. s. w. c
'oy, co, G, slight, John MattatsI, Sc, Il
ere Squire Groves, slight, j. j. L
'ntlcr. slight, j. NJ. Baker, confusion a.,
# spent ball.
h,
Among those not enumerated rs :,
who were hit with balls, "
ad remains on duty are captain u
cope, Lieut.. j. Morchcad co. c., h
ienry Mohr, 60. ID, and others whom Of
do not now remember. There were n
,illcd in the rest OF the rcg't l6 and !,
Wounded 30, making in all, 20 killed u
mi 90 wOunded-total killed and Ii
Wounded 10, A large number of k
men, some 40 in all, have l,ees lost
q tile rcgt, and to the service at pres
mt hy vaccination with impure virus
causing unhealthy ulcers, and ma o
King the men unfit for duty, most all o
iave been sent to hospitals. The ar, q
ny is in the best OF spirits have =
Ilcnty OF rations; faith in our com =
nander; are going to whip these reh- l