The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-09

and struggling recommended: SchoneId
and HooEer had now worked their way
beyond the line OF hills which connect ke-
nesaw and Lost Mountain; had forced the
rebels to reliuuuish the latter entirely; hao
proceeded painfully through the interven-
Ing forests Of oak and pine, had swung en-
tirely around to the road that runs oiiecuy
west from Marietta to Dallas; and had
brought up against considerable stream
Of water called Noses Creek. =,
Howard ran diagonally across the nil,
just to the southwest OF Kenesaw; PAmer
was sQuarely against the western face 81
Kenesaw itself, while our LEFT wing stretcn-
ed across the railroad and extended iar pc
yond Keneeaw. The direction Of our en-
tire line was now northwest ana soutn-
west. seat t..a D 49,
Thus matters stood on the morning OF
the 10th. Nothing occurred that day, ex--
cent the usual incessant diminishing, un.
til about .. M. At that hour Schofield
was to attempt the passage Of Noses Creek.
Hooker was to support Scoheld closely on
the left: Howard to make whatever cores
ponding advance might be necessary for
the purpose of preserving the integrity OF
the line, and Palmer to threaten the enemy
.fiercely upon Kenesaw. Palmers artillery
accOrdin9ly commenced one OF the most
terrible cannonades I have ever listened
to. The fire extended to Towards front.
and his artillery belched forth its heaviest
thunders. Under cover of the fire Stan
lev's division advanced upon the enemy
Whitaker's brigade chased them from It's
front; drove them q considerable distance
and maintained the advance, notwith-
standing several desperate efforts OF the
rebels to refake the position. Gen. Cruff,s
brigade commanded temporarily BY Col.
Kirby, Of the 101st OhiO,) advanced in hne
styleacross an open field :chased the enemy
60 al ~ r,f
yond, and then assaulted by heavy force
advancing under cover Of 9 well directed
fire Of artillery. was compelled to relin.
ouish the ground it had won. Again it
pressed forward and occupied the hill; and
three several times the position was gained
and lost. At night Kirby held nearly the
same line he had occupied at p. m. Col.
Crosses brigade made no attempt to adj
vance its lines, but maintained its position
with unfinching frmness, although at one
time exposed to destructive enilading
fire from rebel battery, which onr own
artillery belonging to Stanley's and WOODS
divisions) finally silenced.
Write at too early an hour to know ex-
actly what has taken place upon the ex-
treme right; but hear that Hooker had
little but diminishing along his fire mt; and
] am under the impression that Schofield
did not cross Noses creek. II m Y. $.
TWO DAYS LATER.
HEADQUARTERS I'D A. ",
NEAR MARIETTA, GA, June %.
Here am this evening with the satjsfac-
ton of having seen the 23d Army Corps
make splendid advance, driving the en-
envy from his line of heavy breast-works.
Gen. Hooker's corps, Goth A. Co. are in the
advance this evening. Heavy cannonad-
ing is going on all the time. A large num-
Der of prisoners have been captured to-day.
Our men seem to be in the best of spirits.
There is scarcely night but what squads
Of rebels come into our lines and give them
selves up. :.
This .swall Of fire. is on the move, and
no rebel force which johnson can array
against II will impede its progress.
do not look for any general engage
ment this side of the Chattachoochee; no
doubt there will be heavy skirmishing all
the way. We are eighteen miles from the
In . day or two We will be
in Marietta, in opposition 70 the mountains
lined with rebels, intervening. @
The weather is very unsettled. Consid
cradle rain has fallen. can see nothing
in our way.-W. III. W.
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