Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-06-02
From ReIbeIdOnl.

! 1he sutoincd article is from the Atlanta
lntelligencer. 1t gives vivid and no doubt
highly colored description of the fighting
between the rebel army under Johnston,
and our army under Sherman. We give it
for what it is worth
| 1--WE have conversed with many intell-
gent soldiers among the wounded who came
down last evening. When they left the
field Sunday night the Oostenaula river
was our line our army was on this side of
the river and that of the enemy on the 9th
er. 1t was said one corps of the enemy.
perhaps, had crossed at the ford West of
Calhoun. The Ressacca bridge was burned
Sunday morning In the fighting on Sun
day our, whole army was not engaged. In
deed, the greater portion Of it has not yet
been under fire, having been held in reserve
Tor some purpose known only to the God of
battles and Joseph f. Johnston.
Our men fought all day Sunday behind
the work ks they had thrown up Friday night
and had strengthened the night previous.
At four o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday
there was general charge on our part, in
which the divisions of Cheatham, Stewart
and Stevenson participated. The enemy
came up IN line, were scattered by heavy
volleys from our entertainments, and as
they hed our men were ordered to charge.
and leaping over the works, they drove the
Yankees quarter Of a mile, when they
run upon the reserve in line of the enemy.
and were compelled to fall back to their
original line. In this charge most of the
men were wounded who came down on Mon
day.
The loss of the enemy since the fight
opened on Friday last is calculated at five
to our one. They were charging against
our intrenched lines from the beginning.
and the slaughter Of Yankees is said to have
been terrible. They were literally moved
down as they came up, and were repulsed
every time charge was attempted
We converscd with an intelligent officer
who assures us that the spirit Of the men is
unparalleled in the history of the Army of
Tennessee. He declares that if General
johnson will let the men loose they will
whip the Yankees on ground of their own
choosing The Yankees have already been
punished severely, and the fearful losses of
the last few days will be calculated to d-
mlnish little the pluck which seems to have
characterized their recent charges upon our
intrenchmonts.
There was no disposition on our part to
change the front In the evening the enc
my made three desperate and persistent as
saults on our works at Ressacca. They
were repulsed with severe loss on their side
and few casualties on our part. During all
OF Saturday night constant cannonadine
was kept up, and on Sunday morning the
opposing lines were within half mile of
each other Desultory firing began early
ana continued as general skirmsh
throughout the entire day. There was rap
Id cannonading in the morning. but it be-
came slow, and almost ceased at nightfall.
The number of casualties was larger than
those reporter on Saturday Brig. General
Tucker, Of Mississippi, was severely wound
ed in the arm, but he is doing well at the
house of a friend in Marietta. There are
few deaths in comparison to the number
wounded.
One Of the notable incidents that occur
red on Saturday. was the method by which
the cnemys assaults were received. We
had in the rifle pits several lines of men
ranged behind each other. The rear lines
loaded the muskets and passed them to the
front lines The enemy still continued their
assault after the artillery volleys and were
astonlshed to find themselves met by
ceascless volley Of musketry that staggered
and finally dispersed them. The slaughter
was very great.
AT noon at Saturday the Yankees plant
ed battery on an eminence south of the
river, one and half miles from Calhoun.
on the Villenow road They fred at
group of cavalry officers who were making
observations from an open spot on hill to
the right of Calhoun They threw but five
or six shells, one of which struck an old
house in the center Of the village, when the
battery was sicnced by two of our batteries,
which got destructive cross fire range from
two commanding emincnces.
On Saturday twenty three hundred ofthe
enemy's cavalry approached within two
miles of Rome before they were discovered.
CO.. jackson dismounted his cavalry, and,
entering into rapid skirmish with them,
soon had them retreating. No more dem
onstrations occurred there.
The army remains as buoyant and conf
dent as ever. Our officers and especially
the general officers, are very cheerful and
certain of success. The Yankee army is es-
timated at over one hundred thousand men,
and they are fighting with desperate valor.