Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-06-10


I'D Cen " lisms' line. Our troops AZ one,
0urfti in III on item terrific fire. But their
nasses were too sir1 ng tn he sntidrnly cheek.
d. hey rtIIifd vigorously tn our fire aud
'tad'ly advanced. Col. Rob nsons (3D
.Srigade heing on ihr extreme lrft of the lin,
vas now in imminent danger Of being turned
ihe brave men Of This brigade sto0d firmly ir
herr places ard with !aces blackened with
"wdtr and streaming with sweat and blood
hey poured upon the rebel lines one OF tn.
n"sI terrific n,nskttry fires ever heard tn.
'nrmy checked in his advance. staggered and
I'll back. Then ran along The U ion lines
'ife Of the vi 'deSI aud mt.st inspiring cheer,
that cnuio h- imagined. B At the nemy rhnngI
AhiPp' Was not discnntIi6d lie rallied and
gam came fnrHaId fnIile assault lie me,
Al h the same rrepiDn before but sh,,w, d
great pr trss ency. lie ush,d his column ul,-
il they arrived within a lew yards OF Genera
Williams line Of battle But the f, rec storn.
# hulItts was too much for him ard aga N ,u
'rave fellows had the Satisfaction of seeing
he enemy withdraw no, only whipped bu,
| 'Onied. lie left his dead and wound, d. one
battle flag, and burdrtds Of small a,ms lying
np"n The field. 1t now b, came quite daih
aid the fighting along Williams Iiue eniir. },
CEASED. The q.itt of evtI ing was disturbed
only by the weird hO'es Of The WhippOorwil
and The ht art trtndii cries Of the rebel wound
I'd Who were lett upcard for between III,
hostile liLts. The brave men of The 81 big
de we're too humane TO listen ind ffrreniy !,
tMEe mC CanirPs ui distpes. Parties saIl;ed
at into the woods even beyond the pi, k.
lines end brought in the poor belpltss victim
i a irndisb rebt.inn.
To cover his IetItat the enemy mat'e nigh
assualt upon Bn, ,Iel f-Ids linrs. liz was gal
aErly repulsed aHd immediately began to IT.
reat across the O,etunaula. BY day brtal
pis columns had entirely disappeared az d wer.
in iull reIIeat SUurhwald. The srmy imne
diaey began the pursuit. Huoke,s Curp
bcing upon The lett flank crossed Tue CooSa-
watlee ON Ihe l6 Il. I he column passtd il
s march over that porIi"u Of the bail
ground uccnpied by The II bel army The tn
ire country in the vicinity OF Resacrl is dtl Sc
" wOOd' d, The forests being 20 thick as TO h
almost in penerrabIe. Where the surfa fare ha,
b'en cultivated the limb, has beer. deudrued J
and the tTuLks 1T stan ding. giving a sort u
sOmbre aspect TO tie srereTy. II e naInra
features of The battle. field ot Isesacca are no
hereiure very inviting. q sides, there wer,
sIrewed about among the dense iungles The
most horrid tvidencts of The curnsge lhat had
been made in tie rebel ranks. Manglpd anu
bIackened cor pses were left lying among heaps |
Of rubbish and debris no more cared lor thar.
il they had been the carca St Of beasts. I..l
one drsUl2Ie place where he Iehvl Genera, !
Ilirdman'S Division hospital had been !, Gale,
was folnd the iUing i"rni Of wourd,d d maj
streIChtd upon the 'peIating liable Tor The |
amputa i'm ni limb aud abandoned 10y Ih, |
rebel surgeVI before The operation had beer, |
completed. Though still bea hing his tac,
had becume black aud mOIIIed with the hue, 7
of death. Thus The rebel cUntt drIacy caIte
for it's soldiers.
But let me not ,lHt II uIon these sad and
dreadful scrnes. Hackers Corps moved rap
IDLY in pursuit of The euemy's right wing
The Country lraverstd by his cnlumn, hevei |
very fer lie, presented sihgunrly abandoned |
appearance. The dwellings, were mostly DIS |
"a'e, the doors swinging IDLY at the uiaIdate
"i the wind. Now aid then fami Uf wo-
nrn AT children we've h.uud but never Az
Abe-b'1rd man. Lqiiry deselop'd ,ht |
Lei lhaI all such were i'll the rebel St rvice-
The third and fourth days march brought u
into better c0unI'y, though similarly depOp- !
ulattd There ale ytry few ntgrme 10 he
seen, ihc-e who have hot tlcSpfd 10 our Iines |
having been mostly transported 10 central
Georgia. The inLabilanGs displayed much |
Iess bitterness than might have been an,icipA- |
I'D. lhty all express themselves heartily |
Imed Of the war aud anxious for peace upon |
any terms. ....-..r.
On the l9h Gen. lIooker'S columns camt
up With the rebels under Hood, Polk and |
IInrdee as described in the beginning of this |
ARTICLE. Our forces now pts$ess K IngsIOr, tn |
which trains Of cars from Chattanooga hav. |
already tullUWPd us. We are also in pos. e.
riun Of Rome. The citizens hereAbuu seem
greatly chagrined aI tie enlIee of our troop |
they having been assured that il they wen d
hui feed the rebel army it would maintain Its
cushion at ID .lr"n. They are NV opening
ihrir eyes 10 The ScandaIOus deep ions tn.
have bten praclicrd upon them by the rebel
leaders. ..... ....-.. -..
Juhnson's army is now falling back to an
other mountain stronghold 1t ktowah, where |
il is reported lha; the enemy is to make an
other stand. How much of This ia true re-
mains 10 be seen and will sOOn be tested. Il |
such places Lookout Mountain. Missionary
II dye AID Buzzald RnOsl were mol in,pregna-
ble 10 the ':S,ss in blue" i; is doubtful whe'h-
rr there Is any Olher place in he C"nlederacy |
hat will he. II the enemy is driven from
Euwah he must inevitably fall back TO Al
lanta. There he will be d,ivrn to the alterna,
tive of fighting u fair pitched battle or OF
Sc, king his last di.ch" still lurlher toward the
Gulf OF Mexico. 'N ar.s..-ss -s z..1a.
Yours con Gmore, A. T.. SECHAXD.
CAssvILLE, Ga, May 2Olh. "a.
BIG GoID S7oRY.-A correspondent of the |
ri ishn. l,nnI m rcinl Hri,ti. q from Nirn:nia