Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-10-01


ulatory orders 20 his army, and prepared tc
have big pow-wow over the event, but wa;
cut short in his jolli6cation by the astound
ing intelligence that the Federdls acere IN Ia,
rear and rapidly approaching the Macon Rail
road, his last and only source Of supplies. The
Confederate Army was at once rushed out,
taking position on and about the railroad, a
| little north of Jonesboro.
By mastery movement, the Esd with the
4th and l4th corps, pierced the rebels rapid-
| " advancing column, completely severing It,
The Esd was halted across the railroad, as
well as the l4th, only facing in opposite di.
rections, while the 4th corps was thrown be
yond, and in rear of the rebel army In
three columns, the Army of the Tennessee
advanced to the railroad, formed lne-of-
battle, and attacked in front, the l4th AT.
lacking on the right flank of the rebels, the
4th in their rear. Under these circumstance
es were fought the battles of August SIst
and Sept. lst, resulting in the capture of, at
least, Is guns and $500 prisoners and com
plete rout OF the enemy, who escaped, by a
failure in the 4th corps to swing round past
the rebel left TO join ours, and surround it
completely During the battle of Sept LIST
our corps was changed from the left to the
right of the Army of Tennessee, and did its
victory of the day.
Our regiment was under fire most of the
time, repulsing several attempts of the enc
my TO demonstrate on the right, without,
however, losing very heavily itself, thanks to
its skill in maneuvering and rapidly getting
under the cover of good breastworks and
barbados
Our army drove the enemy through Jones'
borO, and about four miles beyond. into a
very strong position, heavily fortified some
time ago, capturing some six hundred severe
ly wounded rebels in the town.
DuriI G the night of the lsG September the
rebels destroyed four engines and eighty-one
cars loaded with ammunition, just outside of
the city, and they abandoned it to us. Gen.
Slocum, with the goth corps, advancing from
the river, occupied it on the I'd inst.
Three times the rebel soldiers, smarting
from defeat, and on the point of abandoning,
have sacked the town, each time being sup
pressed with great difficulty and only after
several had been shot. Shot and shell have
left their marks upon almost every building,
while several large storehouses and many
dwellings have been reduced TO ashes by our
steady and accurate cross-fre.
In the city were captured 500 prisoners,
all of whom, with hundreds of others, are
herded in the bull-pen" built and used for
the confinement of "Yankee hordes and
" Lincoln hirelings," and where the rebel
guards used to amuse themselves by cl1Sing
and splitting upon their unfortunate prisoners.
And now, Messrs. Editors, Gen. Sherman
and his gallant army having given the lie to
all the rebel and copperhead boasts that the
city of Allan could not be taken by Us,
and disabled near 1000 of the rascals since
crossing the Chattahoochee river, we propose
a.. fa,.a krs.a
rested and recognized, and prepare to 60 on
cOnquering and to conquer "until the last
armed foe expires" Our army has fallen
back little and is to have say 80 days rest,
be paid off and thoroughly reftted and re-
furnished.
The army of the Tennessee is encamped
and fortified on the railroad between Atlanta
and East Point, the Army of the Ohio ON the
Augusta Railroad near Decatur, while the
Army of the Cumberland locates in and
about the city.
The following is list of our casualties
since the action of the 2Sth July:
COMPANY A.
Ki2ed-Benj. J. Humphrey, Aug. IL.
WOan,dtd-Alonso Miller, slight, in face,
Aug. 81; A. S. Beardsley, scalp, slight, Sept
3 &c. S. Miles, in right arm, Sept ).
COMPANY b.
Ho,mdef-Albert Seldom, in leg, Aug. 20;
1t. G. G.. Higbee, confusion of foot by bullet,
Aug. 20; NJ. b. Long, in knee, Aug. 81 ; j.
Hornbeck, bruise from fragment Of shell on
shoulder, Aug. 81.
COMPANY C.
Wolaided-Thomas Wilson, slight in abdo-
men, Aug. IL; II. Jones, in neck, Aug. Ia.
COMPANY d.
Wo,o,dsd-Byron Fairbanks, In hip, Au-
gust 90.
COMPANY E.
IPolu,ded-It J. H. Thayer, severe in
throat, Aug. IA; Arson Wright, in face, Sep
TENDER 8.
COMPANY p.
Wossnded-J. Alberg, across wrist, Aug. 4;
w. E. Hurst, in leg, Aug. %; II. Bartels, in
head, Sept. 3, since died; E. r. Wilson, in
back and down to thigh, Sent 2; j. Bundy,
in elbow, Sept. 8; Octave Pleasure, in thigh,
amputsted.
coMPANYG. 5-o
Killed-JOseph Robarg, Aug. u.
IPoUndef-R. Streeter, shoulder, excised,
Aug. 81; \. P. Philips, left mates, Sept. 8.
COMPANY H.
Kilo+-C. Shadacker, shot through heart,
Sept 4.
HOlssded-C. Peterson, bruise from bullet
on shoulder, Aug. II; w. Clark, bruise on
penis from bullet, Aug. IL; Serg't NJ. 7. Brown
bruise on cheek from bullet, Aug. II; j. Roe,
in thigh, scrOtum and mates, Aug 81; J.
Gun, through right breast, Sept. 2 NJ. Hager-
ty, bruise on knee, Sept. 4; r. NJ. Wright,
in thigh, Sept 5.
COMPANY I.
K'aed-Beni. Foster shot through head,
Aug. II.