Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-08
FURTHER FROM THE U. lied STATES

ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE BATTLE OF PErERsBURG-
ADMITTED DEFEAT OF TIIE YAEKEEs-HERALD's EsII
NATE OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.
TIE Herald of the 81, which received last night,
contains mass of dispatches giving additional details
Of the battle OF Saturday, the SOsh in front of Peters
burg The correspondent attached to the Ninth corps
in the front of which the explosion took place. thus de-
soribes
TIE BoMBARDMINr
We have been accustomed heretofore to point to
F edsricksbufg or Malvern Hill instances of the
sevsress cannoDa9rg. We shall in future, think,
soesk OF that a. tersburg and make the basis Of
tompaTison The explosion Of the mine was hardy
over when the artillery beched forth FIRST Roomau
tbirty-tRo FOUNDER our front was plainly dsticci
out soon the whole length of the line be- envelOPed
ia the discharges, aud the air flied with the ire
mendous conclusion. For time the rebel artillery did
not respond pro of the terror already spoken OF
as having been created among the gunners by the
sprinRing of the mine Bat thaF oiSers raj bad tneI
and ere many minutes the rebel line 200 was ablsz'.
The CHARGE THE INFANTRY.
Uader cover of The night infantry had been
formed behind the outer works The charge was 10
lave been mads when the explosion took place The
b. gAde OF Colonel Marshall Of the Fust Division, had
the advance but as the terrific msss OF earth loomed
% go suddenly and 20 near them iuomenRIy fear was
els that is WAS one OF own br.s'Which had been
mined by the enemy. Toe d.lusor was Cp ical one
.
81 onset will not say that the men became panic
Stricken but they hestated, aud the line OF battle
ssayed Al lat the Efforts o. the officers prevailed,
AID The brigads-b until some five or ten minutes
has eiapsed-chaTged with D wild cheer. The Eirst
brigade uuder the gallant Bartlett, at their heels
AZ together Lcdls5 whole division charged through
the breach. WlAt lev 81 the eremy were near by
surrendered without = mot The hrea was hl3d
With rebels who we're Erugglng to chamber out OF the
sand These, tsrtunae th N their comrades, had
been bus partially buried. A detail was rapidly
made aud our men went to work 10 exhums
al they eond, really IS aJxous now TO dis
inter all When bat a few minutes before they
had been "a ar xous TO burys As fast ss txtrca ed
the rebel, tn the other prisoners, were sent 10 the
ar the FOUNDED to the hospitals, where they arrived
with the hr Of our own injured. Indeed the one am
bulncz VAS often filed Win Union aud Rebel soldiers
indie ultimately Following csm9 the ThrtJ-nlth gi-
men1 Of Massachusetts the engineers OF the division,
who set to work with t0er tools 70 reverse tie slope Of
la reba line Of intrenchments and open up covered
way 20 the works behind Their f0rts, however, we're
bat VAiny employed, as the seoul shove
Poltels division oa0e In Of Lsdlies and follow
ed INTO the rebel line, engaging the enemy, who St re-
\ IA ned On position upon The right NIX
WiIctGs division went luFther ~ ne left and occu'
pied The works in that direction.
Would that coUli end my record here. Would that
the days WORK had ended with The capture Of that first
line and now the event Of the hour the turniog
| point Of the day.
TIE CHARGE CT IKE ooLoRED DIVISION.
In fear OF the main column Of attack the coored d.
vision bad been formed with view TO passing the other
divisions, when they had gained the outer line, and
making thi starting point for the continuance OF che
ehkige. Toe LIST hVeiOl held the centre, with the 81
and 50 on either alnk, and nov the Gth advanced be
Tasf. Tue troops were in tse cDlumns saea hrigAd'