Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-08

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Et bat 90 obaerVsd and u sa9 eaIy Psil OF TIA Gun
test 70 soldiers behaved pore calamity They charged
upon the mex. and an iRteror line of the enemy ana
for time gained decided advantages, a. Is a;essed IN
two rebel battle gs which they captured and brought
of with them. But The rebels exaspefated az We know
them row 10 have been at the sight OF the negroes,
fought with the fury OF devils and
rg TO their signal officers counted sx OF aces
hurried from camp eyond tho toWu-the tide OF bat
| lie turned The colored troops gave way, broke 10
confusion hen the bells having Tepuleed their cherge
charged Shem in turn and then they ran, terror
stricken disorjered Of iugitvo to the rear OF
the white roops In van their onlcers enoeavoreo 70
rally them vita all the percussion Of tongue, fabre and
piIol Whatever of discredit attaches to tbs troops
themselves. their officers are beyond rsProach.
rHr riRRITIc CHARGE OF TIE RIBELs.
Andpow the victorious, flushed enemy bore down
upun the white divisions aRd the shock WaS fearful
one: The headlons charge Vas stayed and repulsed
spain ard gain Members of our men bad huddled in
10 the cia.er OF tho exploded Tort ana tne enemy
mortar shells burst amongst them, causing large sac
r6ce OF L. The enemy at the saIne time pressed the
tanks of our army with Infantry and enhladtd them
With artillery, At lelgth came the order 70 ial oaeE
bus Il was not accomplished without an additional and
heavy lose In prisoners Generals Grfi1 ADD Bartrauf
narrosly escaped GaI eral Blrtle less fortunate, s
in the enemys a1ds he had been advised TO retire
| at time when he could hsVs douc 80 in comparative
saey; but he waited WITH his brigade TO the last mo-
meat and eventually became prisoner. de Wentinto
the fsht with his cane aud is Is reports ID At MS WOOD
en- leg was twice hit by The enemy bullets His bravery
is the subject Of universal comment throughout NE
cOI ps, and his capture is deeply re- retted.
OUR LOSSES.
cannot as vet ascertain fully the extent Of our less
Toe killed and wounded number certainly not more than
eighteen hundred, and fully one thousand prisoners
have heen taken lumber Of our wounded fell into
4 J. d, k.,J fhFaa If IL
osed troops were captured. Wat the enemys loss IL
ws do not know; bus NO hove about fou' hundred pri-
scnsTs.
oucos a very full lisi Of cnr casualties
FROM GEORGIA.
| ADDITIONAL YANKEE DETAILS OF THE BATTLES OF
THE Q2D AND 2sTs-THoMAs' OFFICIAL CIRCULAR
TIE correspondent OF The Herald. writing from NAsh
vile, under date of July Slst, says:
THE ookTEsr OF THE TWINTY-sEo1ED.
The battle of the 22i wac aank attack of the
enemy I'd On our left. Daring that attack the Seven
tenth IDS was crumbed up; buf not until i; had
repued several Of the desperate charges OF the rebels
aud flrded time for Logan who temporarily succeeded
Mcpherson in command OF the Army OF Ten nessee, to
face about and repel the aesauls made on him. Our
oreanondeut With that army states that the rebels
we're Ven back their las. line Of works around the
city.
TEE CONTEST OF The TWENTY EIGHTH
The battle of the % inst was assault in force on
the fifteenth corps and Appears 10 have resulted IN as
complete defeat Cf the rebels as that OF the I'D Six
hundred and fotytGo dead reoe!s vera oareu oy our
forces after that battle.
Tie report of the wou iding OF Gen Stephen Lee is
not confirmed oor is it pcs lively known that his loIce
have as yet reached Atlanta. :
CHANGES OF COMMAND
Cspersl Sap.y sueceeds General Howard In command
of the Fourth corps Genera Howard has been assigned
to the command OF the Army Of the Tennessee in place
| oe GenArsl NcPneTson. killed,
General Booker passed through this city en- route ior
the North this ornipg IL Is here understood that lie
lleayes Shermsns command 10 enter upon other duties
elsewhere and that Gen Rousseau succeeds him as the
commander of the TSente'h corps.
TIE LATE BATTLES NEAR ArLASrA-oTHCIAL DISPATCH
OF THOMAS.
Msior General Thomas, second in command to Sber-
man has Issued the following Sumner in regard to tie
late battle near Atlanta, Gen. Hoods telegram, as
published preeudes the possibility of Thomas account
being true. Besides, Thomas, who was known in the
OLD army as an ardent Southern man, having Judas
Icariotzsd 70 the Yankees is naturally to be supposed
| liar:
ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Jolly &C. 1864.
The Maj5r-Geueral commanding the army cengrstu-
tes tho troops upon the brilliant success attending the
Uoon arms in the late battles 10 the battle of the
2Ob lnztsut in which the Twentieth corps division
OF the Fourth corps and part of tn Fourteenth corps
we're engaged the totsl Union loss In killed. wounded
and missing was one thousand seven hundred and tby
three In front of the TNenteth corps Sere put
ont Of the fight six thousand rebels five hundred and
| sxty.shree OF tie enemy buried by our own
troco. and the rebels we're psrnittsdo bury hun
drei and fifty. Tee Second division OF tie Fourth
corps repulsed srent assaults of the enemy,
with light loss to themselves, and which must have
sWeed the number Of dead buried by the rebels to be-
yond three hundred. We also clptuGed seven sandsof
| cocrs No official report hss been received Of
the part taken in the battle by The Fourteenth
| CORDS In the battle of tho 22i instant The
total Uaion loss in killed, wounded and missing,
three thousand five buUdeed and ten pieces Of arulery
Toe rebel loss in prisoners captured three thousand
two bundled. Tue ku9En dead OF the enemy in front
Of the fifteenth and Sixteenth corps and one division
OF the Seventeenth corps, was two thousand one hun-
dred and fory-tWo. The other divisions Of the Seven
tenth corps repulsed elk assaults of the enemy before
tbsy fell back and which will swell the Tebsl los in
killed TO az east three thousand. The latest report
| states We buried over three thousand two hundred
rebels killed in this a ht There we're captured from
the enemy in this battle, eighteen stands OF colors
| and Eve thousand stands OF arms
| 5y order of ksjor General THOMAS.
w. D. WHPPLE, Assistant Adjutant General.
THE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
| DETAILS OF OUR ADVANCE IN THE sTATEaFoRoE OF
THE INVADING COLUMN.