The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-06-25

hooters played upon our line with consid-
,rable effect. Finding that he had Develop
ID their position, Gen. Cox brought up ana
planted four pieces each of Battery D, OF
The 18th indiana, which poured into them
It distancspcf three quarters OF 6 mile,
rapid and effective yolleys of shells to
which they would not nor could not reply;
The position Of the ground was such eel
to give admirable effect toI
our firing. The shells were accurately
sent and literally shaved the summit OF
the opposing hill, and, following along
down parallel with its descent, ploughed1
though the tents and their inhabitants a.
will. Prisoners taken soon after, and
bloody traces found upon the ground when
we took it, testify alike to their havoc
The LIST and 57th Georgia were broken and
fed in confusion. Upward of forty pris
oners, mainly from these two regiments,
were taken by our fellows, and the manner
of their capture was as honorable to the
firing of Our gunners as it was vexatious to
the captive. They were advanced as have
said, little distance down the side of the
hill and stationed in little temporary works
built of rails, and the explosion Of our
shells on the top of the hill in their rear,
wrs so rapid that they dared not retreat,
and were forced to lie still, while while our
boys marched stealthily forward and laid
hands upon them. They cursed their lead
ers beyond measure, because they did not
employ artillery in response to ours, when
they had it posted so favorably as it was.
Other prisoners were taken by having been
left on the skirmish line by their reserves,
who departed without giving due notice of
the fact, and left them to be thanked" by
our boys. The 18th Ohio Battery, Capt.
Shields, also did effective service in she'll
ing the rebel line, preparatory to our ad
vance. This battery was posted on the
right of General Cox's division.
ID. ... DEsERTERs. ~
Among the prisoners brought in during
the day by the 23d corps, were several from
the lst Georgia, whose intelligence appear
ed to be somewhat above the common lev
ell, who had come in voluntarily and given
themselves up. One, in particular, said he
had been long waiting for the opportunity,
which had come at last. He fingered in a
rifle pit until he could hang out his hand
kerchief in front without being discovered
by his retreating comrades. He dreaded to
have the word conveyed to his friends that
he was a deserter. He declared that one
half his regiment, and others that he knew
would follow his example were it not for
that, and for the fear they have, and which
their leaders have sedulously incalculated,
that they will be impressed into our armies
as soon as they have taken the oath of
amnesty. This lying insinuated has been
circulated among them, and made to wear
some coloring of plausibility from the vol
untary enlistments which have, in some
cases, taken place among released prisoners,
and which the rebels of course, represented
to their ignorant followers as involuntarily
This prisoner also stated that the rebel
authorities were making Tremendous prep
arstions to resist us at the Chattatocchee
employing, constantly, four thousand ne>
groes upon the Notifications of the oppo~
site bank.
JUNE 10TH.
During the 10th, the 23d Corps was adj
vanced about mile beyond the strong
works they had constructed the night be
fore, and occupied position running more
nearly north and south than the previous
one The great rebel line of works stretch
es from Lost Mountain in northeast d.
rection for about two miles, and it was as
opposing this and preparing to uncover its
exact locality that the movement was
made. But little skirmishing was kept up
during the day as the rebels were falling
back slowly as usual upon the main stay Of
Notifications. General B urterfeld also got
into position in his front eighteen pieces of
artillery, and With a remembrance still
lingering in his mind Of the rebel cannon
ade of the previous evening, he ordered
them to fire by batteries. A few rounds
of this sort of pounding efsctually silenced
the rebels till night. Pretty severe skir>
mishing took place along the line, killing
and wounding about fifty men, most Of
whom were struck early in the day. The
rebel firing was unusually spiteful and eff
fective. Colonel Smith, of the l02nd Illi>
nois, went out with an escort of ten men
to inspect the ground where the cannons
were about to be planted, when they opens
ed volley upon them, killing one man and
wounding several others beside the Colonel;
out of the whole party Of eleven who had
gone out, but two returned unhurt.
THE BATTLES OF PICKETT's MILL.
On the 9th, in which Woods division
acted so handsomely, was briefly described
by one of your correspondents, but | have
learned few additional facts i'll which the
public may be interested. The ground up
on which the enemy had made stand and
and it was believed had heavily fortified,
was in q thick and almost inaccessible
wood, whose hills of various sizes, and ridg
es rose out OF the valley in which were deep
and swampy ravines,s so thickly covered with
vines, creepers and underground of various
kinds, that they presented barriers of no
mean sort, to an advance. All the hills
were strongly fortified by hastily thrown
up works from behind which, as Wood
boldly and CALAMITY advanced bis division,
desperate volleys of musketry, grape, shrap-
mel and canister were delivered into his
ranks, yet the line did not break; for mo
nent after the shock there was percepti-
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