The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-09

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growth and made hank movement psssns foooa sns
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,ound 10 I'M rshl Wood nsssed biz division y small,
clear valley IN he % shs s,sny. ne s.s.y y.ss
s' s . Ssso ~ %p"rssns . Siodss them
For this desperate charge The troops sow deeoecneg
sDsss Hovsrs and wosd the
and while doing 30 were repeatedly urea On
by shaphooiers, severely wounding Captain sIensoa o.
General HowArds stat, and cutting General Ho yards
boot Captain Besow General Wood adjutant general.
ana Captain Mcvene Of his STAR had close sscape-tns
Atter struck by spsnt ball.
nArnB onoUND
The troops had 70 move up steep hih, Whics vas
y a.
abaitie
ADou, ave in The afternoon the troops having gained
the Of the nrst hill advanced in columns Of double
hnes by Brigade thus forming ak lines OF attack IA
brigade occupied the front, wichs brigade under
Colonel Gibson, the second, vim Beattys brigade N
rear.
The division advanced line far the edge OF the
open space and then charged, delivering bre at the
enemy behind their works The rebels with one DEFIANT
cheer hurled regular shower OF bullets right INTO our
faces while OF batteries masked on our flank
opened oonvergng dehading ire u grape and canister
along lines, crushing our broken, decimaied
lines. The first line was driven In on the second
ravne broke the centre OF lines, which materially
interrupted our assault The troops being again rallied,
eionsston OF l,pe wild cheer from our men,
and again they swept desperate charge, but
again met by another crashing voey the sheet o.
flame the guns leApng into the mems faces, While
and canister and shell mado fearful ROADS through
the surgiug lines Though men were doaged deter,
mined, and fought with stern and desperate resoves
no human power could sustain such fire. Hugers noble
BRIGADE Keeling back shattered and broken VIII
icks filling up the gaps, while Beattys was despe.
raely trying 10 hold their The Third brigade of
ohnsous division had taken up position on the Left but
able TO render little effective ad.N
There dead silence all along our other lines The
very artillery ceased arias. WIS thisf Why wss
there regular, simultaneous attack Why was one
noble division left to struggle against ovepowering hosts
and adverse circumstances II one fierce continued
file firing No pattering OF bullets, but one continued
roar OF muskery along the lines Tor hours The eff
GERS did all that mon could dorallied, charged-but all
menis, were conending against that seven thousand
men. Night was now falling and our men fell
and soon sent out strong details to bring
in our wounded and dead. These were chiefly from
Forty first and First Ohio. The rebels attacked them
jumped from their breastworks charged on them and
succeeded in taking about two hundred prisoners among
them Colonel Paine One Hundred and Twenty fourth Ohio
As line fell back the rebe batteries swept the road
and the valley They seemed to have perfect range of
these positions have not yet ascertaned our loss
but expect this division alone must have had
thousand killed and wounded We succeeded in bringing
in dead General Wood remained up, collecting in
his troops and placing them 10 position TO meet the
enemy, should they follow up their partial success
The dead and wounded we're collected into the little
valley. The Geld tbcky strewn with them that
our horses bad 70 cautiously pick their steps among
dead turned to tho moon whose soft light glow
ing through the trees bahed the valley in mellow splen
misery arouud2 Oh, there Tararus deep dread
full enough for the authors Of this unnatural war;
WOUNDED GENERALS.
General Howard remained the ground until oil was
safe. II was three O'Clock when General Wood threw
himself upon the ground TO sleep, from which he
was soon disturbed by the hustling Of some shells
through his head piece struck General
Johnson Of the Fourteenth corps in the soe seriously
but not dangerously hurting him.
This day 2sth has passed with soEe diminishing
and artillery firing.
Our troops changing position.
REBKs.
by their partial against Hooker and the
Fourth corps, inclined to make stand here II SO
not up yet, and any disaster to few divisions
affect the general result in SO large army Before you
receive this the wires will flash TO you the news OF
victory.
TIE CASUALTIES
will send list or casualties possible !
send partial list OF the Twentieth CORPS
the enemy have kept rather quiet to-day, only once
meeting our skirmishers with brisk FIRE The Twenty
third and Fourteenth corps had brisk skrmshing
F1a Division.
Col COL pougnali' l2ad New York leg smputatsd.
Capt Iosery, 10Th New York, leg asestated.
Capt John Knox, 1OIth New York, flesh.
Col McGrotty, Slst Ohio, slightly
Lieut. Philyers, X. 46th Pennsylvania, killed.
Major Tones l23d Now York slightly woundad.
Can't Gray. 1881 New York, 81 hty wounded.
Capt. Anderson, l23d New Y0tk.
Capt Craig. 4eth Pennsylvania slightly.
Lieut.. Getter, l6th Pennsylvania.
yecond Dirqsicn.
Colonel Patrick, 5th Ohio, killed.
Lieutenant Hill, 63th ohio. killed.
Captain c. L. Hartly 2sth Psnnsyvana. wounded, nesh
First Lieutenant Robert Moor 18Th New York. eighty
First Lieutenant H, W Grenier, 'th Ohio, slightly.
First Lieutenant A. n. Tracy, 1l1th Pennsylvania,
fractured.
Third Dsuiston.
Lient. Colonel J.. Hurst Tsd Ohio, wounded, head.
Captain james l.. Burk. $50 Indiana, hand
Lieutenant Joseph H. Belt, lolst Illinois, arm.
Captain Fl. Hanson, 73d Ohio, arm.
First Lieutenant John Orr. 73d Ohio, slightly
First Lieutenant DAVIS, I'D Ohio, slightly.
First Lieutenant G. Crimes, s5ih Indiana, slightly,