Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-04
FROM GRANTS ARMY.
THE LATE MOVEMENT.
Full and Graphic Details.
The Army in its Old Position.
STATEMENT OF OUR LOSSES.
Full and Graphic Details.
The Army i'll its Old Position.
STATEMENT OF OUR LOSSES.
Rebels Refuse Flags of Truce,
New York, Aug. ,.


The Tribune gives the following nc
count of the repulse before Petersburg
Within a few minutes after the eXplo-
sion, the two brigades of the First diyis.
ion-the Second, Col. Marshall, Of the
Fourteenth New York heavy artillery,
commanding, in the lead followed by
the First under command of Brig, Gen.
Bartlett, of Observation-Disclosures over
the breastwOrks forming our main line,
and advanced at a charging pace. They
were hardly in motion before they re
Ceived a volley from the enemy, who,
although they were surprised by the eX-
plosion, We're evidently prepared against
attack, owing to the noise inevitably
made by the concentration of troops and
the movement OF trains, artillery, &c,
for hours close to their front. The eX-
plosion, although it destroyed the bat
terry, had not affected the abattiS and
other distractions in its front. The at
lacking column experienced considera-
Die trouble in working their way over
them. Part of our line passed into the
tort and part to the right of it, upon
curtain-l:ke entertainments connecting
The right with the line of breastworks
bCNOilNi ~. AAt lllGl III vi lllt IN llb1lttt
work was a confused mass of earth, bro
ken guns, camp equippage and human
bodies. 1t had been occupied by a bat
tery OF artillery manning six rihed field
pieces, with part Of the Eighteenth and
Twenty second South Carolina regi-
ments. Over two hundred men were
blown up with the work They were
buried among the ruins About twenty
Of them, more or less mutilated, were
lug out by our men. The rifle pits and
entertainments at the right of the works
were occupied by several hundred of the
enemy, two hundred Of whom were cap
tured and sent to the rear. As soon as
the First division had moved, the Sec
ond and Third followed it to the right
and left, and closed up with it at the
work The enemy meanwhile had open
ed vigorous musketTy and artillery
fire from their entertainments that en-
closed the work in the form of an angle,
giving them an enflading fire. Several
attempts were made by our troops to
continue the advance toward Cemetery
Hill, but they failed under the severity
of the fire. About o'clock the colOred
division Gen. Ferrero commanding, was
TO the right of the other regiments fol-
Cemetery Hill, distant four hundred
wards beyond. 1t advanced in line with
great steadineSs until it came up in line
with the other divisions, and received q
severe fire when the column turned tC
the left, whether by command or not,
am unable to say. and the mass of it be
came mixed up with troops in and about
the work. About one thousand of thu
colored troops rushed over the parape
into the interior of the work which thu
explosion had caused to make of a pi
like form, and was already crowded tx
OVERLOOKING with officers and men. Tit
negroes tumbled headlong down tn
SlOping sides when a scene Of iueXtriCa
ole confusion ensued. Efforts wer
made by officers to get them out of tn
work, and form outside, but they failed
and the strangely mingled mass of hu
man beings continued to crowd the pit
the upper portion of which was abou
one hundred feet in diameter. Whel
the attack commenced, all our light an
heavy batteries in position, over on
hundred pieces in all, opened and keI
ups tremendous fire, mostly with shell
on the enemys lines, but the rebel fiji
increased in severity. The enemy cOul
be plainly seen from our main line NOV
ing his troops from the right and left
the point of attack, and it was eyideI
that they were massing their who
available force to the attack. Betwee
and 8 O'Clock, three attempts we
made by our troops to charge, but eaC
of them were checked by the enemy
fire.