Charles City intelligencer., 1864-07-14
Tbe ynttuiger1ter,
The War in Georgia.

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From Gen. Sherman, we have tht
news of an unexpectedly rapid success
Marietta, on tho Atlanta railway, ID
occupied, and Kcnesaw is in our pos
session. Tho position which Sherman
afcw days since vainly assaulted has
been turned. and there is nothing left
TO the enemy worth holding till he
eomes to the river. ,r,r -.,-.n-...--
On the 27ttf alt. an assault took
place along portions of our lines at
several presumed weak places in the
enemy's Notifications. The armies
had been confronting each other for
several days without serious fighting,
and without material change in the
lines. Kenesaw Mountain was the
apex of Johnston's lines. His flanks
being refused, his right wing bent
back until it ran but little east of
south. .sa.Er.. .....gre
The enemy held stubbornly to the
position, knowing that to yield any
commanding point would give us Ma
rictts, and compel his retreat south of
the Chattahoochee. Both armies were
in strong works, the opposite sailcuts
being so near in some places that
skirmishers could not be thrown out.
The hour for the assault was fixed for
8o'clock A. N. Four brigades Of Gen.
Logan's corps, Ncwton's division of
the 4th corps. and Davis division Of
the l4th corps, were selected to as
sault the cnemy's entrenchments at
three different points. The assault
ing brigades, four lines deep, advan.
ccd gallantly in three columns, NOV
ing on the enemy's works on Little
Kenesaw. right, left and centre.
The rebel skirmishers were captur.
ed almost to man by the rapid onset,
some of them fighting till they were
killed, refusing to surrender. The
brigade of Giles Smith attacked the
hill in the teeth Of q tremendous fire,
and on reaching the crest the enemy
was found posted in second line of
strong works, from which murder.
ous firc issued. The brigade found It
impossible to hold the crest, and fell
back slowly, keeping the pursuers at
bay. In this assault we lost about
400 killed aud wounded. Gen. Hark-
er fell in the assault on the right and
Col. Dan. McCook, both severely woun-
ded. The battle lasted two hours.
As announced last week, Gen. Sher.
man next tried the HankinS movement
upon tho rebel army and was success
ful. They were forced to abandon
their strong works and Kcnesaw
mountain and retreat across the Chat
tahooches. One important movement
Dors-the crossing Of the Chattahoo-
chee-and We will have clear road
to Atlanta. Determined resistance
on the Chattahoochec, however, may |
be anticipated. 7a1A 7'ar- Faro
On our lines or railway between
our army and Chattanooga guerillas
have become somewhat troublesome,
in the way of placing torpedoes on the
track. Gen. Sherman was detcrmin-
cd to put an end to this cowardly mode
Of assisting the rebels, and according
ly arrested q number of prominent
secession sympathizers along the
route. whom he placed in an old box
Car and daily run them over those por.
tions Ut the road where torpcdoes were
supposed to have been placed The
rapscallions did not like the boon of
free railway transit, but the medicine
administered has cured guerillaism ef- |
fectually. The rebel boys do not care
to blow up their own "paps" and "old
governors" "