The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-10-07

pl.hment Of their task. aud put he eaemy
to confusion and sehi them iapidly down.
the road towards Richmond.
Gems. Grant and u,er came On the
field during this struggle and were en,hu.
sa.,icalIy received oy the troops. When,
the former rode along ihe'lInes tEe shoa's
and cheers 0! the men were hey ood exam
lple.
| Three mile, above New Msfke, The eu>-
envy have very strong work, bu: BirDsy
pressed his advantage and pursued the re-
treating rebels so close that they could
not stop 10 reform in this work. Two
miles further on the rebels have strong
line Of red'ub's, perfect IN character, car
rving heavy artillery and located a, such
brief intervals that i, is impossible that i:
is impossible TO force c"Iumn Of troops
through them These works cross the
New Market road just hey oud The Laurel
Hill church, srd heir guns sweep the
roads in ali dIrectior.. Gen. BiIney at
once determined 10 caIry such of thoss.
woi ks As lay III his ront by 4 general as
saul, reconro terng he g'ouDi himself.
Amid n >tling Of shell. | have never seen
,urp,s, ed. they were met with "A murder-
Gus fire Of yta!,e and canister nnd uuceas--
| ing vol eys Of utuaketil that wni ked Terri
ble havoc 10 iLeir iaiks-- still III flluchlng>.
iy they held tier way. In Crossing All in
lcrvenlng crest OF open Iani they were ex-
posed /" 'lightfui entisdng fire OF arlii-
| !ery aud lie ca>usllles were terrible. still
g. Ia, ,,.,.,n,,h-
| ing the reloub,s they were found e en-
ucre formidable than at first Supposed
4 perfect aba,;i> held them at bay, While
the rebel infantry literally moved ibelD
down. The for,s were surrounded by a
broad ditch eight feet deep, into which
some Of the colored troops eaped only to,
find themselves penned in wllh no door Of
Retreat. These forts had no salIypor,s and
we're accessible only by draw bridges over
| tbe bitches. These OF course were drawn,
up. The line WAS ~i,lldrtwn To The far
Their side of The creek. which position WAS
hel ! until night, when demonstration
Was made against The works in ,he ditch
IN which our men were coopcd up. ,hus,
giving them an opportunity 10 e>eapp.-
Though Nh auvanc~ up the road Of from
half to three quarters of a mile WAS accom-,
| plished. it cost Us dearly. The corps Loaf
over 1000 men killed and wounded.
| At the same time this Was going on
| kaulz's cavalry dashed boldly up to ,be
ver, "a as "i Richmond, which NJ, he Ie.
/ ported 10 Bnller, who at once dispatched
u division Of Infantry. 10 his suppnr,. Tie
! division marched unre>iste,i 10 within nius.
ker range of the ely and probably nigh,
| have matched in'o the rebel capital tho
1t is lear they could 10; haye held ii. -
On arriving III the suhUrbs OF the city
they fuun4 kau'z had wrh..rawn tor
wise purpose. The division was sben Of
| dered 10 return.
! Although oar advance was checked at
Laurel Hi our expedition is by nc mears
terminated
| The Nerald'S correspondent, with the
s h corp, gives the following accoun, OF
.he pait !aEeD by that CORPS In the
movement Hickman AMI S anafd's divia>
ions of tie Is h corps crossed ,he janice,
Al Ahln's i sndirg. and II n.,r WAS march,
e.i before they came ii ror.sci with q
enemy. They showed 10 desire 10 tiyht
AID }.l back rapidly. Four Iine, Of riff.
pits Were thus ahandnned When t!ev
reached their main ire, however. they
showed resistance and opened with shsrl.-
shooters and artillery Of e,e'y description.
lmmedIa,ely n from Of Stnnaid and rom-
mant'iny the road, was n Ia:g. for, mount
ing eleven guns Prepalss5ons 10 Storm fs
were made, and, when ready, General Ord
gave the signal Oar nen ru>h-d ncross
the field IN face Of ari lery an,. mn>ke,ry,
and captured the fort guns srd number
of prisoners. Gen. Ord was wounded Jus,
AS he entered the fort, and ten. Bnrahasn,
killed jn>, as he was ab"u to enter, Csp;,
Berry. Lieut. Lsd,i aud Capt. Conveise. Of
Sranard's staff were All wouuied Gen.
! llerkman took command Of the corps NJ.
ter Gen Ord was ii abled ani u,ale .ey.
eraI de'psra'e charges 10 capture the enc.
m,'s second line, bot owing to ;he facs
that the iOlh corps and paine's division
ofthe 18th corps no' ] ning US ill neon.
no further success wss INST with. The
numhsr of guns cspturet! am counted 10 80 22.,
near Y sl heavy
llEArorAR1EEs ARMr PoToNAc. !
Cctoher 5
No fighting occurred On r,.- line TODAY.
| The rebels f-i hark this morning TO taeir,
main l,ue of VOL k., vhich runs from iie
lead works 10 South Side road, or near il.
This posi- ion Is a yer, strong one and can
not be easily carried.
division Of ihe "a corTs advanced to-
ward the Bolrinn road. over Which IT.
enemy wagon their suIllc, TO 2-'ara-
burg.
Two lines OF works were founG nnocru
pied Only n skrmi>t Ilue o. posing The ad.
vance, and falling back before oar troops
Near the 30, uLon road 9, yer, forunidabi.
liEe of wolks VS. found. hehin ~h;ch th.
rebels we're posted III heav, f''rce. 1t was
not deemed aIsisalle to attack. and We
fc.l back aud ocrupy safe position
! We lost \ few IN wouuded in the ad-
vance. Our los. Friday WAS greater iaa.
nj tirs, stated. Ehe total number killed.,
wounded and prisoners amounts 10 about
200 over halt of hom were captured.
4 shell gr~zed Cen Meade, toor took
n piece from The tail Of Gen. IirmIh,e,'s
hor.e, aud en'ered the ground between