The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-07-09

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fain As all the roads 70 Atlanta ana the
soath run over this ridge the Eeb.'s nm
| meroas lines crossing At right angles, our
every move being watched from the clouds
auosand the samzaiss af the twompunsains,
your readers viii readily see that the po-
sition was one of great strength, especially
PAS eur line. which ran parallel with the
rebel, was in the centre Of wide valley:
TAG position remained unchanged until
the 18th, when Gen. Thongs succeeded in
forcing the enemy from his works in the
oentro, and driving him nearer the hills,
On Sunday the 18th our whole army NOV
cd On the enemy, who hastily evacuated
his position aud fell back to the sides Of
the hills and the two mountains. Our
corps (the l7th) swung round 80 as to
face more to the south, and then advanc-
cd on the enemy, who sullenly retired
through the wooded hollows to his third
line Of works, some two miles from his
list position. The right wing Of our ar
my, under Gen. Schodeld, also swung
round and advanced on the enemy, dFiv-
| ing him over three miles from his old pc
sition. The position Of the rebel army
nov il that Of the letter \ :" the two
wings Of the army reaching southwark
with Marietta between the tanks, while
| Kenncsaw Mountain forms the front point
of the army, both wings being formed aud
strongly fortified on high ridges which are
spurs Of the two mountains. Our army
stretches around the rebel army in the
shape of Il horse shoe or letter . t. vi h
the toes or points stretching to the
southwark and facing the wings of the
rebel army. The thoughtful reader will
| atsonee see the advantage the rebels have
over us in position From the top of
Kenesaw they can look down upon every
move of our army, while the proximity Of
one wing of their army to the other ena-
bles them to move their troops 10 threat
ened points with much more celebrity than
our army can be moved. but We outnumbcr
the rebels and the men arc confident Of
victory, and when VIC are lcdsagainst the
traitors the result will not be doubtful
The rebs she'll us quite frequently, but
we are so close to the hitlsthat but little
damage is done us The must damage is
done US by the enemy IS sharpshooters, VIII"
fire into every part Of our camps, and
cause our boys to hug the rife pits
Picket duty between the works of the
two armies is not very pleasant or safe
business, as the rife balls cause us to hug
the rail piles behind which the picket is
posted.
The 18th has suffered slightly compar-
ed With some regiments having hut2 men
killed and 10 to l. wounded during the
operations at this point. Scrgt Scatcrs.
Of Fremont county, was rrortslly woundcd
yesterday, and few days since p Muir
ply, Of my company. was wounded in tie
knee; both by sharpshootcrs. The pick
cts have q good time taking with each
other after dark, and the other evening
while my company was on picket, Lieut.
Macarthur, Of my company, met a rebel
captain and lieutenant and traded papers
with them. The rebs are deserving CON
stantly and coming over to as. They
are tired Of the war and say that a rigid
discipline is all TINT keeps their army to-
gether, aud that some regiments are not
placed on picket for fear of their desert
ing in body. In fact whole company
Of the 4th Virginia, with it's officers de-
serted short time since and came over
Johnson's men will not fight as they used
to, and they are becoming more and more
discouraged every day.
The ignorance of the people here is
wonderful. On old lady, on being asked
by an officer why johnson did not stand
at the Ettawa river, replied that u" he
would have fOwt youus there but Hooker
and another rsgamant linked him, and
Gen. Mcpherson and his company did
not fo~t fair for they fowt him on one
eend," and thus johnson was forced to
fall back.
1t has rained almost constantly for the
past ten days, but the weather looks more
fair to-day, The army is in splendid
condition, and when it gets JOHNSON start.
ed from these hills it will not give him
any chance to make stand this side of
Atlanta