The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-09-24
Correspondence Of the Jasper Courier !
Letter from a Dubois Volunteer.
CAnP f2i. 1sD vEr. vuLs !
NEAk ATLANTA GerRGiA,
N.nf.ns..nnr f~Ef

at last succeeded ~ rspsuring Atlanta
II YOU remember we eccIvsd the newr tla
the eiiy was evacuated on The morning o
the a2d. oi July; the consequence was sha
Gen. johnson, commanding our division
/, WINS ordered % march his crmmand INTO ID,
7 cis, BY the flank; u s-ourse no proceeded /,
d. 80. but had not advanced Tar until ,b,
ensmy's skirmish line Nas found. a brisk
skirnl.h enSued. the rebels retiring in
'con~iJersbIe haste before our line which
was steadily advanrina upon them. The
oifirers inid tie men 70 push un' and they
would soon capture ibls -lnail bods of ebei'
iha' Ind been lcii 70 cover ihr rctreai OF tic
main rei'el army. The men being anAio
20 get into ,own. fe;lewed close after ID,
rebels. md soon rans nrar the main work.
lof The cneu.y rhc resuiv wss llnl the rebcls
charged On them aud drove lhcm back
lDur Regiment wss 10 The advance. md I0sl
three men killed and several wounded -
The lines were then established. snd crn
slant skirmlshing was kept up for over q
month So you see ~c did not 90 into
Atlanta thai morning.
On The 2Cih y August, we commenced
The grandest and moSt daring move upon
record !, was bound 20 give o. possession
ef A'isnta. or utterly ruin our army. Cen.
SHERMAN, i ever 90 the alert, and always
seems hopeful aud full II confidence. !
suppose he spprehsndsd no danger or fail
urc when he cvacusfct his lines IN front 81
A'iania. and commenced This grand move
lie first evacuated tsr extreme left occu
ricd BY The irh corps, then came shc 2Orh
corps. which he Threw scross the Chsfts-
hoochre. y protect the bridge. The re
maInd'r u his army was put IN motion. snd
sieadly moved 4. The rishi until We reached
The Montgomery railroad. Then }. was
that the soldicr~ began 10 comprehend The
situation vr movement. We learned that
~ hnd been cut hlnrr from our cummuni-
cations. ord hid only u dnys rsiions 10 The
'~agcn iTnin, and he move must neccS-arily
result in the cnp'urc ~ Arlnnra. ~ cur re-
treat before long. We marched down The
Montgomery railroad about . miles. driving
ihr rrhei -kirmishers before as. tearing nm
tho roaJ ns we wenf. We then retired and
took nr our line ~ mach in the direction
|of Jonrsbnrr On The QUITE some rebel csv.
airy were found. but did o. NJ d~mare: bui
every body seemed 10 think that rrear
bsi'le mnci be fought heiorc We 90, posses
sion IL the Macon railrcnd, End sure enough
their corjrs'Ircs were realized The rebel
army had concentrated ncsr Jonesbor9, and
was waiting % give ne baitIe Our men
advanced aud soon The grearcst battle Of the
campaign WIZ going on, charges ere made
by The reScls. but they were eycry~ here re-
pulsed with dreadful slaughter Cur men
made some few charges and succeeded nl
taking The rebel works with great many
prisoners; the Ioss on both sides was very
heavy, but " the rebels made more charges
than our men did. and we're rcpnI=ed, their
loss must have been heavier Than ours
The rebel hosts could not stand The fire
long. nnd were s0on on the retreat leaving
the Macon railrosd in our possession. .--
They had left portion OF their army inl
Atlanta. 70 hoIi that "bcloved city, and
when they found iha, the .Yanks" we're in
their rear. they came 20 the conclusion. ike
kenard, that IL was time % be of; 90 they
"scuddcd- Of farther down in Dixie, shun-
ing our army, which then lay al Jonesboro.
The 2Uih corps moved up and took posses
sion Of Atlanta. and we retired and now
have . nice camp. which 70 day il undergo
ing thorough cleaning up.
We nope that e'cr smother compaign IL
peace may be declared through
out the land II We can get an honorable
peace. for Go0's sake let us have H. Mcl'
don't want peace recognizing Southern
nor we don't want q peace
that ~il siigmatize our nation and dishcnor
our brave soldiers; but il we can have a
peace on the basis Of the Union as Il was
snd the Constitution % il is. LEI us have ii
We have known var for three aud half
years; We have seen the iruit cf Il, we have
seen The land irenetcd ID blood; VIC have
seen 'IAr nangicc iorns u lhrysands " our