New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-14
SPECIAL DISPATCHES OF THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE
Positions Of the Armies shing-
Eighteenth Army Cerps.
!, OuI Special Correspondent.

From OuI Special Correspondent.
FIGHTTEyrH ARMY CORPS,
Amy OF THB PoToAAC, Wednesday June {. 1894
Letters from this army at present, other than
personal ones must either be brief or rambling and
general for the past week has been perhaps the most
stct one in the campaign During the present week,
the army has been at rest from anything more than
erk In the trenches and such diminishing as Is inov'
ttabe when two hostile lines almost in contact
hs line today extends In direction generally south
ward from point at near Cold Hsrbcr toward Bot
som's Bridge the Rebels occupying line inside OF this
Seward Richmond and probably tending in similar
direction
In certain places the opposing forces are so near as
% exchange verbal compliments, as wen Us newspa
eers according TO report. Yesterday afternoon the
Rebel batteries in front of this corps sbeled vigorously
Dor couple OF hours directing their fire especially at
hosiery works. Our guns made but little reply
and the Rebel shots generally fell short although the
Gre was like an incesSant cracke the woods One
sben struck in group OF officers standing near Gen
Amess headquarters IN spot which lad passed over
fnst before and bounding from tree broke the leg o
iaest Miller OF the Nth New York recently attached
% the provost guard Fortunately for the group the
ahe failed to explode. In mentioning this regiment
pssssn must give line TO Lieut. Isaac Davis. who
vas billed in the trenches on Sunday having been pro-
noted 10 captaincy not more than two days before
The loss Of this corps during the charge made upon
Che Rebel riHe-pts on Wednesday and Thursday last
was very severe. About ], 40 wounded tsye passed
through the corps hospital flag OF truce last even.
ing buried about So but the total number Of casualties
= not yet known. One or two regiments lost half or
third their number The sIst yew.York lost thirteen
officers. Among the killed were Col Weed Of the 9Sth
1sw.York; Col McConhe Of the l69th. and Col
Drake Of the ll2th-the lastnsmed recently command
ting brigade in Gen Amess Division Of the 10th COrpe
knowing all these personally, the writer cannot pass
them BY without testing 10 their sodiery qualities
and to the more than nominal loss sustained by their
respective regiments In their death. ~ pace!
Very rarely to-day artillery shot is heard but In
sted and while these notes being written the snap
Of musket shots rregulary from the woods o the
front showing that the firing is deliberate and at viii
@ both sides. On Monday number Of she'll fired from
che northward Of moving trains (not in this instance
By intentional AIM struck in the corps hospital causing
She death Of several patients by excitement.
t The most unusual thing to-day been the sight Of
philadelphia Inquirer correspondent with q strip Of
board attached breast and back bearing the words
"Ibeler Of the Press conducted horseback through
al or most OF the camps With cavalry escort Of two
On front and two IN rear
II There need be no public impatience that the Army
rests afew days from general engagements No army was
10 being composed Of iron than is the
Army Of the Potomac but the fighting and marching
Of this campaign. II wholly unrelieved. would break
eron and brass. II Lee would retrcn. TO Richmond
soothing better could be asked IL be will attack here he
has the opportunity; and in that In ali 300
lie. US trust and hope-hc plans of Grant will proceed
lnexOrabe and sure.
The names Of the wounded who have been forwarded
b general hospitals you viii receive earlier and
accurately than they DO forwarded from this point
Esublon the OF the few who have been brougl.
n 70 the corps hospital to-day;
John sweetse1 Co. D. lseh Pa severe in Left arm; Robert
fsoe, Co. 9th Conn, shoulder; 2. Kesrne Co H. 10Th
Few Hsnpshire, both thighs L. Doys, Co. u, 18th New
kt1npshtxc, severe In breast. j.