, 1865-04-01

The least, we figure their loss Mt 800 killed
and wounded. zoo we're captured. me Sotn
coiors and ali, With large part Of the 12:h
Louisiana. Our loss was quite seyoFe: Nearly
500 cases have been treated in the hosplta(s
already The proportion Of our killed to tbs
enemy'e killed found lying on tho battle 'hsld
is ss one to five by actual count. during the
t.mpcfary confusion caused " the 1hrlons
hnrst on Carliu's division, we LOST about 35o
prisoners.
TIE REBEL FORCES ENGAGED.
Rebels were captu1ed from every one Of the
commands known TO be In the South aud
Vest Hoke, Cbeatnam, Stephen D. Lee,
Wade Ham itop. D. q. Hui, Wheeler md
Butler, Joe Johnston, Hardee aud Bragg
were on the field in person, Tor captiVea
assert they rode around the lines In the morn
ing, checred BY the troops; Gen: Johnston
Slocum's culumn before Sherman could get
up 10 support it with the right wing. 4
forced mnrch from Smfthde efdNRa httn to
strike us here with 10000 men but VIC are
not destroyed. To be sure, the thing looked
bad at one time yet as soon a. the troops
saw what We zequited Of them affairs bright
ened.-
This morning the enemy Is In liue Of
that his lett rests on the Nense, near the
mouth OF Hanuah's Run. Gen. Sherman ia
in front Of this line with powerful army,
Gen. Schlfield will be at Goldsboro tonight.
believe the intention Is to teach Joe John
stop lesson II he will stay to receive It.
Our wounded are being moved to K'pston il
empty wagons. which will bring back sup
plies enough to fight on thr2c or fouE days.
seize the opportunity to send Joy CON
dcnscd account OF the battles tor base, and
will forward further details Of all the tight
| Ing, with complete lists OF killed and wound
ed, when the affair is concluded.
THE BATTLE OF. MONDAY.
|. On Monday, when tie battle was renewed,
| the hostile forces were more fairly matched,
! and the contest raged for a time with re-
/ doubled fury. The Goth md 18th were par
tally relieved, and the l7th (Gen. F.P; ;Blair's
corps) went In with their accustomed lndom-
itable dash. With bare feet md many a
party y-colored rag tluttesing IN the breeze
| they rushed through brier fields and thfckots,
flung themselves upon the long line Of sandy
barriers In their front and sent the rebels
| hunying pell-mell to defenscs further In the
rear. Thus plunged Movers division over
three lines Of WORKS but they could not be
supported, and had eventually to retire, leav-
| ing near Two hundred killed aud wounded In
the optn field over which th=y had gon for
ward.
Our lines nearer the center we're charged BY
the 18th corps and held.
:, Worthy Of most glowing narration were
the deeds on this occasion Of tue 4Gth Ohio.
Armed with tho scyen-shooter Spencer rife
they engaged an entire brigade Of rebels,
stormcd their fntrenchments and nut them
10 utter rout. But the movement Was unau-
thorized and had to be abandoned. s.0
Toward evening Hazcn'a division of the
18th corps had been ordered to I'LL the gap
111fyrp rfr rr6 1Aff v1 r1F = bYa
Amy, md General 6herman's line Ha5 CON-
IThen Johnston knew that, for that time,
The game Was up. Against Sherman's con-
centxated force, amply defended, as 1t
Was by lthis time, with formidable lines Of
new appliances Of engineering, and the rapid
arrival and disposal Of fresh batteries-
ngainst this force Johnston felt he WIS pow
crless, a1a wisely concluded that, having
fought, Ii he ran away he aud his army might
live TO tight another day,
So that was what he did.
And this MAS how Sherman came 10 b. in
Golisboro yesterday.
TIE MAncH THROUGH NORTH C4RoL1NA.
Of the minor incidents OF bis march through
North Carolina much that is OF the greatest
interest will, no doubt, some day be written.
OF the s6aainT rains and s'oughs Of mud
through which bis men Waded, wet and
weary, and his horses and mules floundc.cd
grdaning at their cruel fate. or the Iron
ncryed, iron. handled paladins who followed
his lead-as they would follow It through fire
-untll he brought them shorcless, haticss.
coat1css, almost bieechesless, black aud
grimy with pine smoke, and the smoke Of
battle, yet In rude health and with un-
quenched spirits, to the banks Of the Neuse
and the neighborhood Of q railroad, over
which stores Of ul kinds can BIZ conveyed to
them, aud where they can again be put in
condition to start upon the war path, }. Goa
and historians will, in due time, speak 1tling-
u. For myself, can only CLEAN now few
stray waits Of what has been their strangely
romantic and exciting experience.
A Charger for Gen. Grant.