The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-22

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rsse and Arsd; eue shot to0h eses N bis hip His horse
ssssd and ran 70 shs rea, shsn ns general
accounts had Of him he a. his quarters with hopes
his recovery TAls occurrence tseA place before eight
soon af.sr .ns snSr I,sessurs reached mo GROSS
roads. direction board Informs you that three mes
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week by our folks'-that 10, the rebolsD At this
point s, . IN. me s a. quick @
n line along the Calhoun road and on the right OF the
ReeaOca road; Osserhaus an1 Harrow went in on the
ordered to hss Tue other corps went 10 on ,Se lett,
with the exception Of Dodge who moved Calhoun ferry
In these POSITIONS the troops remained In moot provoking
4 GROUP % akHRAs.
Near the cross roads there was assembled At noon
General Thomas, hH broad shoulders bent ", like
Atlas, he would bear the w0Fid upon them-he always
gives you the idea Of great power and strength HOOKER
6ickles, MePhers0n LOgan-"Hlack Jack Logan - the
troops call him, account Of his complexion, and next
10 Thomas the most substantial Ihave met among
them several other lesser lights little later
T- Buzs AND Roosr EvAorAfxp.
70 n q ss ss M AID S o.
Buzsard Roost Gap and Daton and that he occupied
both The evacuation had begun on the morning OF the
12th The word was given 10 Logan 10 find out, and In
Ten minutes BLACK Jack' had hs Fifteenth corps ad
vancing 90 Rsesacca.
sharp skirmishiDg Immediately eusued the enemy fall
over looking Ressacca Here the corps was brought to
y 1s
and brisk Ark kept up. But by past three the
enemy had been driven Of, and our toops we're again
advancing.
Seeing General Osterhans TO the left Of the road
joined him pushed forward with him 70 the top the
hill, where found TO my great mysincaton andfamaze-
front line Of skirmshsrs As we soi on the h The rebel
administers were going down the other side and popping
II to every unlucky fellow who exposed himself
4 cONFusED RERR2Ar WORSE ooNFoUNDED
From this hill which General Oslerbaus had occupied
with his right. Ressacca was in full view We could
trains Of their troops They ned right and left with
great compacency, and went into position in long line
redonbs, with eight or ten % guns mounted. was plainly
visible beyond the river The locomotives, with huge
trains attached ran up and down near the bridge There
were also s,me camps on FIRE, and TO all appearances
sconfuson worse confounded would begin 10 reign as
Do Grass could get his guns in position and
The thee German @ srsilsrss Of Ioeans STAN urging nim for
ward and directing him into position Al last the -four
black monsters were 10 position They opened. and I'M
decidedly uncomfortable. ee.as
sHANKs IN DANGER.
had expected reply from tho enemy, and had chosen
large stump as my place Of refuge. The protection,
however appeared 70 few minutes the most dell.
one Of The shots which skipped along The TOP Of the bin
to tear this fabric and the refugee behind into thou
sand fragments From therebe redoobt beyond Ressacca
the enemy opened with at least eight guns They had
got the exact range Of the b asd every shot fell
tbe battery Every piece was struck and damaged
less and At times Impossible 70 work the guns.
After whe watching this duel began to be inerestpg
literally barisd by the earth thrown up by
shell which had ploughed through the ground
near me. The force OF nature, curiosity, as you
may choose could further 60; and, totally demoral
lied, mado rapid movement 70 the len and out of
range. brought up with the rwenty.sxth Illinois, any
one Of whom Is ready 70 thai was tbs deeest
footed man that lay the hill that day.
TEE nNnMY BIIRNCED--OuR PO9irfoN NIGHT,
Other batteries brought up The right and
left Of De Grass and by six o'clock the enemy had
senced. The troops moved forward into valley and
here sharply engaged the enemy 10 skirnishing until
nghtai
In ths meantime, on the Dalton and Ressacca road tho
Fourteenth corps met with equally determned re-
sstance, but pushed forward and occupied the hills
Logan had done The army thus rested that Dght the
form Of great v, the angle OF which near Sugar
valley, and the two points resting right and lott o.
Ressacca The enemy bad succeeded ip placing himsel
sgain our 'front.'