, 1864-07-17
TIE FIFTH.

I'm .he 4,h the rebels " moving troopsto- !
worda tnc Chatnhoochee. That movement
which eyerT ono could eaht1y perretye, was
corollary Of their abandonmsnt o. luz 4s.r
% rnard. Il being admitted thst the cayalry
wonid be. II they actually were, nouta oe-
hind the Infantry In the pursuit. logan &C.
tu.lly reached Marietta Two nonts u =, oeioas .Ss
9a11s,d our risnt bei4g ~ the aS Kenssaw M I Inc
con,menced. ocarnr the Chatahoochee than
fhe rebol jelt, IL was evident that tne feaesa1
army should move for the ti!oT hna sesafe'
II possible, tho possession et toe GsoaanKH.
MA ordered to rcconnotter the Sand Town
road q mile and q half in front OF Blair's
co1ps. Giles 4. Smith, with thc 55th and
Ie7ih Illinois, moved at once along the itne
o. the Sand Town zosd7 Ahsr passtng re
tehels-a small force Of Tho 9TH Tar
~ dtsmountcd cavalry with.
SSa 4 ro1s tSss them steadily Psssdts PRse d.tsnso Of
dercd. The 17th corps cnme up and moved
forward within, perhaps, three miles of the
right. hand road, reported himself heavily
vision, Getahom moving towards Howelrs
Ferry. Acrosa- this road Ntcko}ack creek
ruus emptyiug into the heChatahoocdee. On a
rise OF ground ADORE thls creek was the cross
Ing Of The Marietta road. The rebels here
constructed earthworks, from which they
threw shtl1 at our advance. The position
which the rebels held Was naturally strong
one-now that It has been thoroughly forti.
fled, IN exceedingly difficult one to carry.
Our coluun halted about midday Towards
night Fra1k D. Grasse's battery wps
brought bro n up a9d Ss saterv In # fe'sa
po1nder parrots. Rebel troops were NOV
Ing during the whole afternoon In columns,
IA It was believed, to q crossing Of the river,
in the rear OF the rebel redonbt. But It was
too late-or' some other reason prevailed
They were not disturbed, and all that alter
and Brigadiers satabout DeGrasse's battery
and saw rebel columns Of Infantry and artil-
lery. moving without m0lestatfon such way
ss they listed. During the day the 1st and
4th divisions Of the 18th army corps. which
had moved to the right, were ordered up In
position they remained all day. The LETT and
ccrter u,uvrl duwn,. SO t1sot our LETT was SIX
miles Eouth Of Marietta JAoE.i
-. Man TEE .cHATrAuoocuE. July 0. 1884.
I Two days have elapsed since ! wrote. Day
before yesterday Garrard's cavalry division
reached and oecnpied Rossville, q small vi,
81 southsssa M % q aasistta. Il T Rossviiie % s, shss
| found the cotton mills which has been en-,
lJploTed In tho manufacture Of cloth for the
| Confederate army, in full operatlon- A1arss
stock Of cloths and unmannfactured cotton
was still on band. The mills were employ.
ing some $50 females, who are thrown cut ol
reDtiy a situation In the Confederate service
When the advance Of the I'd cavalry division
| entered the town, they found the Englist
flag displased from the factoEy. The estaa
lishment, hawever, was well known Us d Con
fedente Institution. and utterly burned II
In Il rot
that the person }n charge Of the mills elaine
British protection, Gen. Sherman returned
the characteristic reply, esburp tho mills ant
catch the man who hoisted the English flag.'
The loss of these mills to the rebels will PROV,
severe one, as much Of the cloth uaed 70
rebel uniforms bas been aud we're being maj.
utactured at them. The same day Stone
msn'B cavalry captured and destroyed con.
siderable quantity Of rebel nrniy stores a
Cnmpbel1town, below the railroad.
! / Rhould have mentioned in nly last lcttc
that the remains Of those who fell In the as
sault Of the eth. were recovered on the Sd
They were found on the ground where the,
fell-many Of them within few feet OF th
rebel parapet. Capt. Augustine Of the 55tl
Illinois was recognized and buried. Colone
Darnhlll, Of the 10th Illinois, has been buric
by tne rebels; The dead presented mos
bodies had become terribly decomposet
limbs, trunks and heads severed from eac
other, while the putrefaction WAS moat effet
Tive. Gen. Smith ordered a company Of th
6th Missouri to inter their comrades. linus
add that no one seems to have been In fau1
for their want Of sepultnre. The ground 0
which they lay was between the two line
and every square foot Of 1t covered by. oul
and the enemies rifles. As ut Dallas nei1ht
party would allow the other to more und'
nny pretext on bis disputed strip Of grouu'
The rebel position is very strong, A Ion
line Of fortIfcatlons Is on the opposite ban
Of the river, while corps Of Harlee's 1olt
the 'tete du psnt on the "peninsula," ne1
Of lard In the bank Of the ChAttahoche
You will hear Of something soon. JAck.