, 1864-06-05
Gb,tuyn Wttt1tnr.
SUNDAY, JUNE s. 1864.
TIE BATTLE OF REslCA.

TIE BATTLE OF REsaCA. |
a Clenr und Graphic Descrip.
If0E.
We prcscnt below \ carefully written and
accurate statement of the battle Of :Resaca,
written by our own correspondent, which,
although It has been delayed upon it, pass.
age, will be read with INTEREST,";
In I1u FIELD NEAR RBsAuA,)
M1J 18th, 1861 f.
At the close Of my Inst letter, the grand
army vas In position confronting the rebel
thern Georgia The flanking movement had
been well md skIifui,y made, aroad secured
Tor supplies md The movement Of troops.
Johnston had been compelled to withdraw
from Dal.on-Sherman had followed With his
main army, and was ready to gire battle to
Tho Federal army was In uoveI position. /
1ta front was north The country In which
the battle Tas fought is rolling aud generally
densely wooded, with gro WITH Of timber and
.n a {asd TheTs e. at oRsn1ng
most points along the line Of battle to see
anything beyond our immediate vicinity.
The advance commenced early In thu
morning Of tho 18th. The troops were
mainly on the road throuEh Snake Creek
section with the Dalton ros1, afx mics from
Ressca, the rebel LEFT. The rebel picketa
were well up to our front. The Sd cavalry
division, Gen Fitzpatrick, had the advance,
and soon drove In the encmy's pickets. XII
patrick's command was followed by the army
These troops keeping the main road, the
a0th corps moved to the left at Its interscc-
tion with the Calhoun Road, and the remain
der Of the center and left, the 14th md 4th
corps, taking tho same direction at the Inter-
section with the Dalton road. Kilpatrick's
euems's piekets, on the Resaca road, nearly
to 3 cross road about two miles from Reaaca
when General Fitzpatrick was wounded IN
the leg and compelled to leave the field, the
command dcrolrIng upon Col Murray, o.
the 5th Kentucky cavalry.
When the head Of tie 18th corps reached
the cross road to Calhoun Ferry, 1t moved to
the right and went into position on each eide
OF tbs Resaca road, the 18th moving down to
It's right. By O'Clock the different corps
we7e ell n position, the enemy was found.
and the picket fire was quite lively.
Resaca is situated on the right bank Of the
Oo6tananla River, = ,6troam running in a
southweste1ly direction and not fosdab1o.*
The object OF the afternoons work seemed
to be to advance the right, 80 th.t tha 10th
corps should rest Its right on the river and
that the 18th should secure possession OF the
hills In front Of Rcssea.
About o'clock Gen. Logan rode up from
Sherman's headquarters Of this corps-au
old tree In tho road, "Nhere Is my stafrs
Broke up? There il work." Staff officers
and orderlies were of with orders, and mat
tcrs speedily began to aesume the eerious,
lively appearance Of preparation for battlo
Gen. sherman's headquarters were near
those of Gen Logan, on 8 patch OF open
timber. The scene there Was characteristic
and suggestive Sherman was eeated on tho
trHFa a II $nn 7nnT
] up to him, and q map on his knees, his coat
| uubnttoned, his hat anti.Tegulation end sans
! cord. Cigar in mouth, he looked no older
and not much worst than WHEN he saved the
| 1rst days field at shiloh--anl footed it above
| Stubs' Bayou. Around him stood a large
amount Of rank-Thon.as, and Hooker, Pal
mer, Logan, Elliott, Stcklea, Butteracld aud
email host Of Major aud Brigadier Genar-
als, They were receiving their anal instruc-
uons for the Afternoons ileld.
| Logan moved first and drew tho first 6rc
| In front OF his second division WAS an open
ACROSS in the woods his limo OF battle. At
the buglc, tho division fell into line Of hattlc,
deplo} ed administers, and swept across the
field, driving the enemy In splendid style.
Gen. Logan accompanied t1e line; At the
same time Heron, who had fallen back Of the
main 1ond to allow Hooker to I1ove TO tho
right moved, on the aoubls quick, to the
left Of Osterhaus, the two divisions pushing
| into the thick eood on the left ofthc Second
Dodge moved his command from thu Fer
| r. road down through the forrest to I'LL up
the space between tic fifteenth and the Oos-
tanaula, his fourth division. Gen. Hatch, hav-
ing The advance. After crossing the field.
Gen. Morgan L. Smith entered the wood,
and pushed rapidly for the hills In his front.
AZ the right OF the 18th Corps came up OF
was found TO be uncovered, Dodge's LETT moi
being up. The rsSc.s OPENED aeyere fauk.
ing fire, from which 1.ightburn's brigade suf
fcred considerably. Gen. Smith brought UT
battery Fl, and with few ehots from BIZ
2-roander Porrott's, De Grasse upset ani
scattered the rebels and their harr1cades
The 18th moved steadily forward, driving tn.
enemy 1or mile and half, until the Corp'
were in Possession OF the .hllls which theJ
, | had been ordered to take. Their loss wa
comparatively light The 18th made Its con
nectfon to the river, but with a coneiderabl,
loss to the 18th division The 35th New Jcr
| 6cy and 25th Wisconsin received flre froa
ing by the flank, from which they suffered
severely. I send the list OF their casualties
the skirmisLing regiments, 1l1th Illinois
57tA Ohio, 9Th Missouri, of Giles 4. Smith
brigade, losing killed and * wounded, nnt
adc, loaing IL killed and wounded.
The poRitIonE having been successfully an
brilliantly carried, the remainder Of the after
, noon was occupica in STRENGTHENING the line;
bringing up the batteries, work Of grea
) thc grcat number Of hflls and rayincs and til
thick growth Of timber. The rattle Of 1nu:
kerry was kept up by the skirmlshtng line:
the batteries occasionally putting in tl,cl
, heavy notes, Eo that there wus much of til
noise Of tattle until dark. Occasionally
!, | man would come back wounded from tn
!, sk!ruisll line, but no serious work was don
nftcr the right wing occupied Its line.
In this u1tcrEoon's work thu 1l1th ,lllinot
Colonel MsrttD, were for the 1iret time undo
fire. Ii behaved well, losing clyAt killed AL
sixteen wounded,
: The Lett and center moved Into the pos
:; tious ordered without ecrinas opposition.
u Lieut. John ". Eun1sey, Of Battery 4, W;
wounded late In the afternoon by q fragme!
Of shell. C"pt Wood had been cumpelle
!, by severe illness, to leave the field on tt
sih, md Lieut- Rumsey was III commend I
u trc battery, The wound was severe, teaTi;
right shoulder. lie was brave. intcili5e
officer yer5 highly esteemed by hia men tx
: Ills superior officers.
,, On The morning of the 18th, tho sktr:nls
u crs commenced firing as soon ns 1t WAS ligh
10 The nsuskctry extended along the fronts
18th armies, md at intervals tho dltftre
batteries opened. In the Immediate trout
Resaca, tho 4th Ohio, Landsrabcr's, and b.
teries A, b and H, Of Chicsgo, tried thu
J. guns unon tho town, tho euemJ's 1edouh
and tho bridge Their practice was most g
cellent- The school of artillery nt the sic
Of vicEsburg exhibiting Its trimming In cyc
shot that was fired During the foreno'
Z. nothing Of any Importance trauspired.
y. Soon after boon the dance commenced
ID the center md lcft-ceuter. First caula t
ne rattle Of the ekir1nishers' musketry IS th
"a advanced the batteries followed, their heA
u. yuices echo:ne mud rcechoing through the
: vines, among the hills and back to the Iou
tains until tile earth shook and the air y
!. full Of vibrations. aud every breath seemed
wave Of souud4 The heavy music Of arttlle
ceased, ard wac succeeded By the long r.
: Of muskctry. Volley after volley was fire
e + then rose the cheers Of The men, and the b
Z, tic was opened. In plain language, the ar1
= Of the Cumberland was aseaulting tho rel
1s A. position on Camp Creek. intrenched by I'll
n. rits In their front. The trst tire of musG
7e; ~ vas when the cskirmishers were aavanc'
- Upder the fra OF our batteries the asssu
log columns were moved into their places
: coon az the troops wero dep!oycd ints Il
of bnttle. The artillery ceased, tho adTas
ccumcnced, with " lid cheers from the nj,
ou the double quick. The first terrible y
ley OF muekctry came from tho enemy In
8 riilc pits; our line returped it In kind, a
= | the struggle wins commenced. 4. fow m
DE nteA and the rinn pftS were carried; q