The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-05
FRO N 60 RG!A.
OUR VICTORY AT KENNEsAW NOUN
TAIN.

| TAIN.
We are again under obligations to ths Southern
Express Company Cor files of Atlanta papers 10 the
3jih june The fpteI.i9eucer has the following ac
| count, from its correspondent, OF The defeat of
| Sberman's army on the 27;h:
The game OF ood and life f.r the possession of
| Atlanta commenced yesteIday. Early In the
| morning the faakeo pickets made general ad-
vance ol Vidette line, which they easily drove
in. aud soon became ho,Iy engaged with our iist
entreucaCd line of skirniiahcts
| FIGHT ON cLsHURss LINZ.
| Eindiae that our skirlnishers would not reti,e
the Yankees buried up ths lines Of battle ol nur
centre and opposite CiebuIn's and Cheaih im's
| line. They moved up Ia large force on ,heirst
| Gamed division, aud changing them, Carried The
| entrenehnicnts he'd by our shffm-heTs, and
| rushed ou the III iin worss With loud cheering
they rushed on our men aud en- ieav oEed Ia carry
| the works. a terrible valley OF muskctIy bcichej
out from thousands of lies. anl hun ireds Of the
| enemy hit The dust. They, nevertheless, con
| tnuei press forward, and opposite GOvau' =
| aad Gfanbury's lines (brigadas nj Cieburn's di
visiou) came within twenty yards Of the en-.
| uenchmens. Eat the gallant hrkansIans aud
Tex could not be made to yied, and after sew
| efaI desperate but futile Efforts, The enemy gave
| way aud retired oni of reach of our ihes, having
| loss hundreds of III tir meH killed and wounded
aud leaving one stand Of coors In the hands OF the
| brave men of i.1vau's brigade.
FIGaf ON CHsATH.M's nsE.
Simultaneous with their attack on CIeburne the
| enemy moved on the line heid BY the dashing
| Cheatham and his brave Tennesseeans. In some
places along ihi5 iine-and Elebtfhe'S ais0-the
Yankees were in Sven lines OF battle, and In
| less than three. Bat the old Tennessee hero was
| prepared To give tGcm u sound drubbing. The
| Yankees charged with grcHt spirit aud resolution
| amosi amounting TO heroism and at one lime
| succeeded IN painting Il stand ot eO!o's on The
| works. fetce engagement new ensued. Per
| ceieiug the Yankee cOInr5 Ia our Uae, aud with
| q Il - q up al al
| Eheathhn' . dtttsi0G spidcg ON the top of the
| works. The Yankee ccIOr heiI"r-a gallant III tn
met him bfavely, and the two had struggle
| Tor the dag. At last the Yankee triumphed, and
the gallant TeHncssecRn fell dead at his ieet but
his triumph vas -hOTj-liyed i0r The next instant
dozen avrnging bullets pierced his body, and, fall
| ing backwards, he followed h.s late opponent TO
| that mysterious world We know nothing Of.
| Matters were now looking somewta; serious on
| The lins bat Gen Cf eaiham, who never knows
wttn he Is whipped, soon placed everything right
AS rapidly as possible, fresh troops were th.0wn
| on III" point most threatened, aud the rattle OF
| musxeuy very soon reyeiberated over the lire
iie.crr and more rapid than betOIe. The result Is
| soon told. Tire YANKEES were dlsastrious rcpus~
| ed oD this ine they had been on Cirburue's
| aud returned 10 their works satisfied.
| RIdHr AND Lsgr WINGS
| Were not assaulted by any large bodies Of the
elemy uuiil late in the evening on French's ituc.
1 he kirmiShiDg, however, very severe, and
| the Yankees made several attempts to carry
advance picket line SD that they would be enabled
20 establish batteries IN on. Of our main ilue OF
battle. In this they failed mos. signaily, for
pckG.s b. III their ground the whole days and could
| not be forced back. Gen Pettus-knGwn among
| the troops 'Rocky Face" from his rough usage
one of the bra vest and best ofe 10 this array,
had his brigade on picket, and actually .epused
| three attacks made ais sairnishe;s by toe enc
mys line OF Battle. The sknmsaing lasted
throughout the day al some hours very heavy an5
the firing very rapid, aud at others only slight end
occasional.
TIE FIGHT On FRESCH's LINZ.
Yesterday evening fierce Smelling commenced
| from he kennesaw, anu shJrilY after there were.
several vOlleys of musselrY. The Yankees had
attacked that portion Of Fsenct's line heid by the
VI ssuuriaus aud kl.Ss .ippians and were rtpa.std
With heavy iCss.
| gHE CASUALTIES OF rsE DAY.
1t IS estimated By ta0se capable OF Judging, that
| the oss Of the enemy In fIout Of Cleburue's line
was not Iess than fifteen hundred, while Ia front OF
Chealhaul's Ii exceeded two thousand. Consider
Ing that his 0Ss Thousand On the right and
left by ski IA isbing aud tive hundred in his attack
on Frcncn in the evening, and there Ia tot. loss
| Of i've Thousand men Killed and wounded This
Is Il ce7 moderate estimate; but General JUhrs ION
having requested that no exaggerated statements
| shall De given by correspondents, coaiiuc myself
TO thls low number. Oar loss Is a-tonishhgiy
small! -Four hundred men will more than cover
! our :siai loss In the whole army throughout the
/! day.
PRISONERS.
We captured abousene hundred prisoners and
could have captured many nioTa but The order be =
lug given for men not 10 leave their works, the
I enemy was not pursued, and const quenty many
| got away who could have been easily tasen.
BY TELgGRAra.j
1 MARIETTA, Iuae about, ten O'Clock this
] morning the enemy, consisting OF parts of Pal
| mers, SchoGdId's, BiaiE's, Howard ., and Lu.
| srn's corps, attempted TO gain possession OF The
| angle Qualifications on cur ieit centre, held by
| Ihealha,n aud CieLnFne. They marched def
aniiy Nj III seven iiHss of battle Our Troops rt
crived ,.Ioi7 Axe uniil they approached within 4
| lew yard: &! cur hrcas; works, w hen opeaeG
| with grape canister, and muSketry creating arcai
havoc iu their RANKS The Gse was so rapid d nj
I destructive that the enemy could not rally, and
| was driven back with q loss Of h,iHcen go nd
| 900 men. We captured about 100 agisoners, in
cIudlpg Lieu, Cot John Kerr, 0f the ti.h Iii
| pU!s; apt Il B Wakcneid, Of the 56ilI Indiana
, and Lieut. j II Y0ik, of the Cat Indiana; iva
| stand of col0rs- one presented 10 tie z7th tii
/ uOiS regiment Oy Brig zen B BufoTd
| Tre woods where the eneniy's dead and wound
ei now lying are on are, making IL impossible
20 bring them oil
Our loss, owing 90 our men .hetng protected :;
breastv o., IS Is very small our light and ccnEr
The 63i Georgia regiment, Col Gordon, Ntr
cer's brigade, depi"yei az ssirm:shers, acted t
| great gdilantry, held hand to hand light with the
The hoops engaged ia the & st- men Toned actor
| were Maney's AMI VaHghAn's brigsdes, Cheat,
| ham division, Polk and L0fins5 6Iigades, o
Cieburne'S division.
Brig Gen .mba!, commanding the Ist brigade
Of the ID division, ADD Howard, Of the 4h army
corps, kiiiei l. or IL is 80 reported by his Own
men taken prisoners.
II Wagoners In kimbai's brigade suffered very Sc
| yereiy.
| LATssT.
| M.RIErTA, June 22.-The severe punish ment 81 y
| htcled upon the enemy yesterday by Gems HaIdet
| and Loring rendered them very quipt 10 day
| While toe fire which communicate ii 10 the wood
was raging, one Of our officers in authority cale'
| to the Yankee comm sndGr that, as an act OF hu
. | mainly, we would cease firing and give them Tim
10 carry off their wounded, then in dang ef Of be
Ing burnt alive, which was done; after which IN,
action was resumed, with frightful results 10 tn
| enemy. In front of CieburRe's division they los
oyer one Thousand al Une, while In Cheath am
| front IL was much greater. our loss was macl
n less than some days when we were SIX diminishing
| One h0udTed and fifty will cover II.
| Walkers division OF skiTmiShers acted wit
l great heToIsm, nine out OF eleven me NLeing bay
| 0ucted In one rife pit alone, While their officer
| actually cut down the enemy with their sabrcs.-
| Two of our otiiceT5, from the same pit, came II
| with bayonet wounds, while their clothes weT
| perforated with bullets
A sergeant In JacksOn's brigade seized she
| while the iuse Was lighted and threw IL from th
v nit In which IL had fallen. He was promoted o
;, ! the field by Gen Jackson 10 heuteRancy, but th
| heroic fellow modestly declined Il.
J. Sergeant w Volt company |, 9th Teunesae
| regiment, Vaughau's brigade, lesped over ti
| bIeastWeiks and sezfd STANDARD presented
!, | Gen Buiol i 10 the 2zth illinois regiment, an
$ | unphautiy TO camp, for which darling aeG CeneI
Hardse presented IL 10 the, gallant Sergeant.
| was inscribed BeImoi, Union CITY, Stone River.
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