Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-09-29

ulatory orders 70 his army, and prepared 20
have a big pow-wow over the event, but vas
cut short in his Notification by the astound-
| ing intelligence that the Federals mere ia his
| rear and rapidly approaching the Macon Rail
road, his last and only source OF supplies. The
Confederate Army was at once rushed out,
| taking position on and about the railroad, a
| little north of Jonesboro.
By mastery movement, the 23d WITH the
4lh and 18th corps, pierced the rebels 1sIid
II advancing column, completely severing il.
The 23d was halted across the railroad, rs
well as the l4th, only facing in OPPOSITE d.
rections, while the 4th corps was thrown be-
yond, and in rear of the rebel army In
three columns, the Army OF the Tennessee
advanced to the railroad, formed a line-of.
battle, and attacked in front, the 14th AT
lacking on the right flank Of the rebels, the
4th in their rear. Under these circumstance
es were fought the battles of August 3Ist
and Sept. lst, resulting in the capture Of, at
least, Is guns and $500 prisoners and com
plete rout OF the enemy, who escaped, BY d
failure in the 4th corps to swing round past
the rebel left to join ours, and surround it
completely. During the battle of Sept lst
our corps was changed from the left to the
right of the Army of Tennessee, and did its
full share toward obtaining and securing the
victory Of the day.
Our regiment was under fire most of the
time, reDulsing several attempts of the enc
my to demonstrate on the right, without,
however, losing very heavily itself, thanks to
its skill in maneuvering and rapidly getting
under the cover Of good breastworkS and
barbados.
Our army drove the enemy through Jones'
boro, and about four miles beyond, into a
very strong position, heavily fortified some
time ago, capturing some six hundred severe
~ wounded rebels in the town.
Duril & the night of the Ist September tile
rebels destroyed four engines and eighty-oue
cars loaded with ammunition, just outside OF
the city, and they abandoned it to US Gen.
Slocum, with the Goth corps, advancing from
the river, occupied it on the I'd inst
Three times the rebel soldiers, smarting
from defeat, and on the point of abandoning,
have sacked the town, each time being sup
pressed with great difficulty and only after
several had been shot Shot and shell have
left their marks upon almost every building,
while several large storehouses and many
dwellings have been reduced to ashes by our
steady and accurate cross-fire.
In the city were captured 500 prisoners,
all Of whom, with hundreds of others, are
herded in the g bull-pen" built and used for
the confinement of Yankee Aordes" and
" Lincoln hirelings," and where the rebel
guards used to amuse themselves by cluSinq
and splitting upon their unfortunate prisoners
And now, Messrs. Editors, Gen. Sherman
and his gallant army having given the lie to
all the rebel and copperhead boasts that the
City of Atlanta could not be taken by US,
anG disabled near 900 of the rascals since
crossing the Chattahoochee river, we propose
to rest on our laureis for brief period, get
rested and reorganized, and prepare to go on
conquerlng and to conquer until the last
armed foe expires" Our army has fallen
back little and is to have say 80 days rest
be paid off and thoroughly reftted and re-
furnished.
The army of the Tennessee is encampe /
and fortified on the railroad between Atlanta
and East Point, the Army of the Ohio on the
Augusta Railroad near Decatur, while the
Army of the Cumberland locates in and
about the city.
The following is list of our casualties
since the action of the 2Sth July:
COMPANY A.
HWed-Benj. J. Humphrey, Aug. IL.
Wo"tded-Alonso Miller, Slight, in face
Aug. 81; a. S. Beardsley, scalp, slight, Sept
.; &. ;. Miles, in right arm, Sept. ).
COMPANY B.
1o,tode,i-Albert Seldom, in leg, Aug. 20 :;
Lit. G. G. Higbee confusion of foot by bullet,
Aug. 30; N. B. Long, in knee, Aug. 81 j.
HOrnbeck bruise from fragment of shell on
shoulder, Aug. 81.
COMPANY r
JIomdea-Thomas Wilson, slight in abdo-
men, Aug. II; II. Jones, in neck, Aug. II.
COMPANY D.
H'ou"ded-Byron Fairbanks, In hip, Au-
gust %.
COMPANY f.
Ho,nded-Lt. J. H. Thayer, severe in
throat, Aug ii; Arson Wright, in face, Sep
TENDER 3.
COMPANY +.
Fo10,dcd-J. Alberg, across wrist, Aug. 4:
w. E. Hurst, in leg, Aug. % H. Bartels in
head Sept. 5, since died; L. R. Wilson, in
back and down to thigh, Sept 2; j. Bundy,
in elbow, Sept. 3; Octave Pleasure, in thigh,
amputated.
COMPANY G.
hdled-JOseph Robarg, Aug. II
Honndcd-R. Streeter, shoulder, excised,
Aug. 81 \. ? Philips, left mates, Sept. 8.
COMPANY H.
hllcd-C. Shadacker, shot through heart,
Sept. 4.
Wo'g,dcd-C. Peterson, bruise from bullet
on shoulder, Aug. r. W. Clark, bruise on
penis from bullet, Aug. II; Serg't NJ T. Brown
bruise on cheek from bullet, Aug. II &; J. Roe,
in thigh, scrotum and mates, Aug 81; j.
Gun, through right breast, Sept. 2 ; NJ Hager-
ty, bruise on knee, Sept 4; R. N. Wright,
in thigh, Sept. ).
COMPANY I,
KtHed-Benj. Foster, shot through head,
Aug. II.
Woamded-S. Mallett, bruise on shoulder
from bullet, Aug. l6; Israel Munger, bruise
on abdomen, Aug. IS; Il. Strong, in elbow,
amputated, Aug 81 G.. Churchill, across the
axilar, Sept. 2; S. P, Bon, in thigh, Sept 9
COMPANY X.
Noundsd-H. Schofeld, bruise on left
shoulder from bullet, Aug. 10; j. Racks,
scalp, slight, Aug. %; Q. T. Nash, inleg, Aug.
%; G. H. Marston, thigh, Sept. 2.
Respectfully yours, W.
From the Fifth Battery.
A reVieo Of Shermaa's Canpaign-Hs glorious
Ending-W What Wisconsin G,ntalers Did
Anziety Of the Soldiers for Union Tictory at
Home.
Correspondence of the State Journal,
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 18th, 1854.
NeSsrS. Editors The long and arduous
campaign in Georgia, has at length termina-