North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-06-22
Letter from the Army,

ARrILLERT BRIGADE, 9Th Corps,
BATTLE FIELD near Coal HARBoR June 'Gl
| Ma. EDITOR :-''Thns IA: have we advanced
into the bowels Of the lands" not exactly
without impedi ment, bnt with no mole op-
! position than was generally anti,ipa tel. -
! The series of battles in the wilderness, about
| Spottsylvania Court House and the North
! Anna have given you some impression Of the
stubbornness with which both armies have
entered into this expected last campaign o!
! the war; but the mind cannot conceive nor
| Imagination picture the horror upon horrors
with which our progress has been marked
aud the worst is yet to come.
On Saturday evening we crossed the Pa
munky, at point near Hanover, and about
thirteen miles above White House Landing
After establishing our lines, on the ne!ghbor
ing hills, we remained quiet during ths
whole f Sunday. On Monday we advanced
10 within mile and half or two miles Of
Hanover Court House, aud skirmished over
Fiz John Portcr's IS old battle ground, From
thence, during Monday. night and Tuesday
morning our forces. having succeeded IN
gaining possession OF the Cja Harbor rosd,
pushed on to this place, and are now advanc
ing to force the enemy from his strongly for
llfisd position. Tho fighting has been of
the most desperate and determined charao-
ter, and the losses, on our side, heavy.
June 3. The battle is still raging ficrcely
although our right is reported as having
gained decisive victory yesterday, drj"iag
the rebels beyond MachanicsytRe, capturing
Is pieces OF artiIlery aud many prisoners.
On the left the result has been equally IA
vorabe to our arms but in-the centre, the
immediate field Of ofoperations Of oar own
corps, tbs enany still mlintiin defiant po
sition and our lines have been aivancsl bat
little since nigh; before last. at which time
our battery first came into position here -
Turing that time we have emptied our cals
sons many times, firing several hundred of
shot from each gun, and completely siienc-
ing the rebel guns in our lmmelia:e front
They had perfect range upon US and their
practice was excellent, bat cur brave boys
never hinched, although comrades were fall
ing around them, and stuck to their guns
just now, the artillery firing is confined al
most eAtirely to the right centre, and our
battery is resting from the severe and incss
SAINT labor it has undergone, during the past
two nights and days. The skirmishers are
busy picking away at each other AMI an oc
casionsi mnnie, whistlng oyer our heads,
reminds US that oOr enemy is still in lose
neighborhood.
Oar horses have had no feed since the
night before last, and the mules in the am
munition train, have had no regular feel for
five days. RatIons loE the men have been
very short. and it seems ss though every
other consideration had been lost sight of
but the simple object of driy ing the enemy
to the last extremity. Men nor animals
cannot possibly endure, under these circum-
stances, for many days longer. Our ammu
milton, too, is failing, but we are expecting
supply from White House Landing, every
hour. The wants Of men or animals would
be of small moment compared 10 mislor-
tuns SO disastrous, in the summing up of
great results, as an entire failure of this Im.
portant element in warfare. The artillery in
our Brigade aloDe have empted % wagon