Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-03-18
WAR NEW 8.
The right az Ik,n.ton, N c.

ne N Il. heThiu correspondent tIOm WI
front Of Kins,on, n. c.. dated the ll;h,
gives the following account Of the Gghti"g
there; On Wednesday, the Sth, the eoemy'
consisting of Hoke's division. MADE de
te, miaed effort TO turn our left HANK
They came I'd rsfncr Unexpectedly and
furiouSly. and ,no Consequence was ihe loss
on our part, OF large portion of two regi
msais, who were h,nked by superior mum
hers, The left Of the line, held by the I'd
Divisop, General Garter, fought desperate
Iy, resorting to the bayonet when their
ammunition was exhausted. To compen-
safe for the losses here, Colonel Savage,
of The IL New York Cavalry, made o
dctour on the rear. and captured nearly
one hundred pris oners.
The same afternoon al attack was made
ON our right, and repulsed without loss
Gen. Schofield came up in the rear and
assumed command Night coming on tie
action ceased. Capt Fisk. II n I.
cavalry. had lost two small howl z,rs, aud
Capt. Kelsey's Artillery had lost two Ma.
poleon guus. We had taken PEE haps 200
prisoners during the day. Thursday morn
ing, the Oh, Mallory fully regainsd his
original position and continued 10 hold /,
The enemy charged him three times in the
forenoon, and were esch time easily re
pulsed with some less of life aud small loss
OF prisoners to them. The forenoon was
mostly occupied With light skirmishing
along the whole line. We still bold oui
original line. Ample breasiwoiks having
been erected, aud stout hearts occupying
both of them and the skrnish pits
All through the evening Of the b, and
the night and morning of the l0;h be retel
fury again bel,h forth They q e'i leuly
learned of something that urged them TO
uuusual desperation I; and We afterwards
learned thatit must hive been the intel
ligence that Couch was coming up overland
to join Cox. This, Of course, nece>si'sted
a furious and speedy onset upou Cox. in
order to annihlaie him before Couch should
come up. All night long the! charged
again and ogain, making Fix or seven
different charges, amid the roar Of muskstry
and cannon.
They had driven back our skitmi,h line
from their fiae.pils TO the breastw orks, aud
they seemed de,ei mined TO pour their
hordes over in.o these. But the wave was
sent bounding back time af er time, aud
finally, on the morning Of the 10th, rs they
attempted aHOiher flank movement upon
our left it is said that We took from them
an entire regiment Of Alabamians. From
this time their ardor began to diminish,
and when left the immediate scene of ac.
lion, the was every prospect that we
would soon regain thesskir mish pits and
win handsome victory over the m ddened
foe.
We have probably taken, from the com
mencement up TO last evening, not Tar
from 1000 prisnoers. Our entire loss,
from the commencement, in.killed. wounded
and missing, eonnot be over 1900 The
Colonel Of the ll8lh Ohio was severely
wounded in the leg
The next day the enemy fell back across
the Neuse river, after burning the bridge
on that stream 1t is reported they also
| burned tue rebel ram AZ the same time,
which was guarding the bridge. Timber
is now going forward TO rebuild the bridge
The railroad is completed to within short
distance Of the river, opposite kinston.
The enemy will not be able 10 remain in
Kipston long. even if they decide to make
asotber stand, of which there is much
doubt.
sherman Heard From.
WAsHIyGroK, March IA
To Maj. Gen. DIX:
! Dispatches direct from Sherman and
Sshofeld have been received this morning
Saerman's dispatch is dated March 8tb,
at Laurel Hill, Moth Carolina. lie says
We are al well and have done finely The
details are, for obvious reasons omitted.
! Gen. Scbefeld in dispatch dated New
Bern, March i2,b, states that on the night
of the 10th, ness, South West Greek, Bragg
was fairly beaiens, and that during the
night he retrea,ed asross the N4use River
at Knstou, aud now Sold the banks Of the
river at that place.
F.. NJ. STANTON, Secretary OF War.
Laurel Hill. from which General Sherman
dates bis dispatch Of March 8tI.is q Station
on the WILMINGTON and Chsrloss Railway
liz miles Northwest Of Wilmington, and but
little way from the South Carolina lin,. 1t
in hearty a direct line between Chera~, aD
Fayetteville. it would appear that be is pussin,
to Geldsboro to effect a Junction with Scho65,
who is also heading 10 that direction.
omsisi Details Of fshsridan's Operations.