, 1864-05-18

certain death. Arriving On the summit (
the ridge, the regiment immediately engouz
tered the ekilmlshers Of the enemy, who
snail force extended across the ridge. Th
enemy mas slowly driven from tho ridge t
ward Dalton, rctreating before the un-rria
fire Of the brave regiment that confroate
them. So many natural and artificial oil
structioEs were encountered, hat the reg
Ncnt diI no. move more than !4alf mile pr
hour- Learning Mt the rebels were mo,
Ing to our left against our forca in large nun
his whole brigade up the ridge to support IL
125th. The order MAS oheJed with uiacrit5
and the enemy was driven about three mile
when deep gorge Waa encountered, whic
Checked the advance for the rest Of the: :daJ
The regiments that played conspicusu
patt IN the eaSSs.hre Of the hill, we're tic LIST
Ohio and the 18TH Illinois.
., General Cruft held the right of Stanley
line, and when the forward movement wy
ordered, Gent the 31et Indiana ont as ski,
m1shers They moved rapidly and in excel
!e1l order across the open fields, the encm
fetreat1rE from behind their bauicades q
their approach, and seeking safety in fight.
Halting for brief moment, and seekin;
protection behind the rebel barricadc, th
slst again moved forward. and the whole lin
simultaneously pressed forward, and ut tn
close OF the Diminishing, at sundown, oscu
Pied position about one mile in tho rear o
tAe gaps in which Palmer fought the enem,
50 Etubborn1y on tho 26th and eth of Feb
| rnary.
/ Brigadier Gen. Woods sklrmishers wcr.
engaged during The day on the left Of Stan
icy, extending to the base Of Rocky Face.
ASSAULT BIT GEAaY.
The day has not brought on regular en-
gagement, though 1t has witnessed tho re
| pulse Of gallant charge made by two brig
sdes Of Gca1y's division Of Hooker's corps.
A. have already said, Scholald's corps /.
| Working east OF the rebel positions, while
| Ao0ker's bears southwest Of Dalton, aud
MCPHERSON, With large army, is aiming at
Gap, In Johns Mountain, which is precip.
itous elevation, toar and a half miles south,
| west Of Dalton, covered with forests. come
nndergrowth, and loose with tumbling bowl.
About o'clock this afternoon, Col. Bush.
bock's and Col. Candy's brisades, tie Srst
consisting Of tho 10th, 1S4th, l54th New
York, 9Th, 73d, 109th Pennsylyania. ami s9J
New Jersey, and the latter Of the 28th Penn
sylvanfa, and Goth, 5th and 7th Ohio, wore
the mountain with splendid spirit, meeting
with little opposition until they toifed up The
crest, where they received 4 Titherins aud
concentrated ire, which, In about twenty
minutes, compelled them to fall back to /
| plateau on the mountain, not far from its
base. The rebels mere commanded by Gcp,
Sim of rrhei fnfantrv TEo of s1r +. :. W.. ~
were At the hase Of the 1oonnt,in n = Ssij
| Int fbev could rot he sn1iic,est1V eie1otsd ~
/ beefectiye. At tie aane time the rebels
could not depress their guns to contest our
" rilr.nifs and their Concentrated 4lr, M Wns
nj - ~ hnrns he S,arta1 M. "i' ~
~ ~ tr,sos h.i3 +haI- r--enI e,h41,,
an honr Mt fhe frst ass.nt srcond .ssan1t n.lt
was made absut q o'clock h7 I'm Y3i Nsw
Jersey, 134th New York, and 127th Pennsyl-
ysnia, led by Col. Minded, of the former the
object balpg to flank the rebel right, on the
fight.
Our troops withdrew about dark to their
position occupied in the morslns, and went
into bivouac. The loss during both as.an1ts
viii HOT c1ceed t"o hundred and 1fty Killed
@aa noanqso. M
- Mu.e ee tcmonoetea teAs Iatse poaies
9. r aEoop9 s. aIe nefklng aroana the Ieosl isit
L. hshh. ,NnptasA occoPies oar 1iSat W1Ih 1
1ni,s, ~ sas4tJ. e.oas<n 4 @ ~ on tne !elE Ihe
t*nu1S ~ cae ~ IVY hlofMin6 PaILlet 1s *
pectea oe!oIs johnston can We expelled: Hie
aueu.lou mi,! sooa ne CALEB TO otAef f!ocali-
nas lusn Oa4ton. ....
GEN. scnor1E1n's coLCNS.
General schofeld, With his corps, today
reached SeWton'a lstt, and this atternosn
Face Ridge. He will possibly strike the ene.
my Oh llis right flank, simultaneously NTH
an attack On his left BY colann :noW NOV
ing forward for that purpose. Should these
flank movements succeed, johnson nust Of
necessity vacate his almost i'm pregnablt posi-
ton, and move back on Atfants OF Rome,
or fight us this sias at Resacca, in lees
strong position shall notattergt to snec-
u1ate upon the probable work Of to-,norroT n.
hut record the movements as they occur.
u4J. GEN, HOWARD BORED.
Thu -nh.1 .har1.has+.~. ~ - ~ .t
r. nnlsr tSe;r cnntroi Tn'dar G.nsoa1 RIete He
- "a. ~ - n'ast cs.s~s?1 u.i e. no" w
- a.~1srsat,os e asa,,t III SsAies, aa4
received inlet thyonrh his root The re- lson soma
haji nassed t},rn,cL ~ hat If Gart En;Mn
commiseaTv of stsn1r,se divis,on p'' A1Ao'"'
aosoAf, MAY "
A. SIX o'clock Davis division opened the
bnil On the right by throwing forward his
y hole line toward the base of Rocky Face
creek into the gaps. where the engagement
took place IN February Last Much difficulty
W2s experienced in crossing the creek, which
the rebels had inundated since our last visit
to Bnzzard Rosst; yet the difficulty was
oFerceme bJ wadfng the stream, and an at
tack Vas 1t once made up the knobs ard
nils on TIC lett OF The rNllrDlu, which were
gallantly carried BY our skirmishers, the
Ing the hill on the immediate lett Of tho rail-
road, while Morgan's brigade which occu-
pied the center, carried the hill to the left, or
Immediately to tbs right Of Rocky Face
Ridge. Norgan's brigade was Immediately
thrown round on the LETT OF the hill, carried
by IT, and pushed rapidly forward through
gap separating 1t from Rocky Face: In his
attack tne 1re was quitc of1sk, and Lis loss
IN Neunded was ahont thirty;
~ AZ 1n tsn u .ns mo[alng oflsk skfEmlaa hse
Was heard on hoekJ race, near the position
held by NeWton's division, tue balance Of
WLleh was 5nfoMn up At IN early hour.
Ans5elly ahe ar11iiefy nf1ng from Newton
Has kept up 1or halt IN hour, "ilea wild
eheef WAS heard, ana II was supposed that
Newton Lad carried the fortified gorge which
impedcd uarker's advance yesterday: This,
however, proved untounded, for tonight his
lise IL but few hundred Jards in advance Of
noon Nooa ana otahleys DIVISIONS OF thc
3th Corps made IN assault upon the bass OF
ROCKY race from the Taiiey, WILL tug view
81 makins demonstration IN faFor OF Nav
ton. tefy AesVy sk'fmisnihS easucd, IN
Which TIC hne took pArt for few momsnts,
put SO rugged was the slope ta1t tins 1ntting
IocSs aao Ne9p sorEes 'enosiea an assa4lt
n.a nna e.p.u t,s tsS .sET mslose'ute. ~ Inc
~ 5S - ~ MogI ~ ,,,. ~ ~oout se'en'
> ~ rl-ren nsciocE an5 nrnssnnz to Tho .a-
eault by Wood and Staaiey, tie cnetny open-
-el upsn Johnson's division from q noun
tain bowitzer, planted on tue summit Of a
chain of hills known as the Chattanooga
Mountains. johnson promptly ordered one
section of ushtelipgs& Illinois battery into
nnsttion. and she]1rd the rebel h.tt@rv fho