The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-30

Brigadier General John g. Mitchell. Hardee
md Hot: led the charge. The rebels ,,, cam:
ermined to crush in our line BY mere weight Of meat
hs heads and came they penn
Coggswell and MITCHELL and got TO the Of Atches
brigade, but neither gave way The fighting that took
where the enemy came in most strength and eventually
had his brigade in the form Of paralleogram, lighting
fred at rebels wherever they oosd be The enemy
passed around Mitchell and struck vanderver's and
Fearing,s brigades in the ear, pressing them 20
Jump over their breastvorEs to repel the as
saults in their In ons Of these A.
tured an officer, who gave his name General Hoke
He dismountcd his nne equipments taken from him.
and he was sent to the rear In charge OF squad Of men
has not yet reported prisoner Of Captured rebels
Hardeo and staff wero at one time in tho rear Of our
NARROW ESCAPE O. GENERAL xoasAH.
While this promiscuous aghtag Was going on General
Morgan, who had been consulting with JEFF @ Davis,
started for his division line ac0mpanied by Colonel Nc
Clurg, Davis chief Of staff they were fred Il half
dozen times and only succeeded in reaching the divsion
by running through at least q division q rebela
But he found the line where first established.
When the tight was over a. night, rebel dead were
and front Of vandever and Teasng while they lay In
winrows before CoggsweL Joe johnston extremely
unfortunate in striking this part q the line
DETERMINATION on TIE ENENy
Tho rebe fought with spirit and determination q the
Afternoon In front Of Ooggswells brigade their line
orous charges were made q other poln bat nowhere
did limo Late in the atsrnoou thex cavalry
appeared on our eft In conaidesahas Fore, rssnng
wagon trains Dustan md Casa Of wards division,
with one q Kilpatricks bnssdcs, blocked The game,
however, md nothing further q rvbsl cavalry
during the Beutoogvillc fight
THE LAST 0AHo3
The rcbels MISSED for nnal effort emerged from ue
woods in front Of Jackson and Oarin ju - The sun
went downs They came into Mr.. Morris opeo folds
silently witt thai ye universally accounted part Of
q rebel chark, and maxchod steadily towards Robin
hsavses. m musresy RoSsnsen and sskndss eoulG svs
them, Ut which masy q the gray ma:s put up ,heir
hands deprccatingly, rs ! have seen 'bummcn" DO
while hghtAg boss The cxcrisns Of their o1oes who
wore really active and truly brave brought them ON n
kind Of order pass point whore Hswley's tJsck
: sSan hi. 0' ssSsa could & n. 1,;1 ~ they
stood II bravsly and came II q critical moment
behind our line Hocum stood mstonleas and speech
thin line; williams looked on sonndent IN
the tenacsy OF the red star DIVISION JeG C Dav pus
listened for sounds from Carn and Morgan; Fitzpatrick
who was visitor, showed Ill his splendid tseth N
smile Of admiration a the way those men fought. and
checked The nne batteries then opsned = dis
tAnoe less than hundred yards, throw
ins mas Of rebels, the discharges being y r.pid
for q time a the ticks Of lsvcr watch.
Smoke settled down over the guns a. grsw dark, and
the flashes through seemed like st0Ady, burning
fire. and powder and peach blossoms perfumed the air
Captain Vinegar, Of the Bunalo battery, who drew
never Witnessed such artillery Are Tho enemy reurod
hastily and in confusion, and hour later not shot
heard along the line General Slocum ordered his
tent ny pitched the spot where his headquarters
had bcen and slept quietly on the ground the left wing
had won.
During Sundays fight General slocum sent -four mos
sages General Sherman, setting forth that tho let
wing had been bounced upon by Johnsons entire army
General Sherman moved troops rapidly forward when
General Socum's second third despatch managed 70
nd n aVsn ne 81 he o. me n
Gearys OF the Twentieth corps and Bairds Fourteenth
corps reported the field, having marched all night
from fhc Goldsboro road, where the trains were
moving. General Howard, with Logan's and Blair's
corps up the right, by Of Cox's bridge and
at noon Of the 10th shermans army was In line before
abandon the line facing west during the night OF tho
18th, and took up one facing SOUTH yet not exactly
uncoverng the road 10 Goldsboro, which the LEFT
wing must travel. Morgan moved up and faced the
line Hazens division went in the right,
and the connection was complete During the after
OF the 10th Logans corps pressed up In
'front.' while General Mowers DIVISION OF Blair's corps,
attacked and carried couple OF lines the right
They penetrated To point where they could hear our
wounded cheer In the rebel hospitals when they
stopped by darkness and line they could not cary.
Monday night Johnston left, bag and baggage burning
the bridges MIL creek Lognns corps went into Ben
ontvic and brought on large number Of our wounded
let by the enemy in his hssty flight Many OF Their
wounded were found and parocd and everywhere along
the fine OF their retreat dead rcb IL wer found One OF
Slackho guns, ost M the lght of sunday,
covered the woods. Rebel statements show their loss
be 1--WE thousand killed and wounded do not doubt
H. fof point could be selected In that pine woods
whore rebel dead not In view. our loss will proba
bly, reach te hundred killed wounded and pr soncrs
Some OF Johnfton = tro0rs marched forty miles the day
before the fght coming from beyond suthfold That
gefcrurs plan was, b. explained ,s ro0ps when
e and Hardce rode around the lines sunday morning, 70
srkr one OF Gcnctsl Slocuinf rps - sh u, While
Wade Hampton held the othergof Cffers Slocum was
a lao k4d In mi h
or cavalry, when the infafry aITing on hin.
1ha plan Was carried out; ~ Il lun0t be ranked
among the greatest successes which the rebels have
achieved Hok5's Nurth Carulinians Cheatham's and
= Icl Icnnesscoans aud Hatdees Jharestonans
ell fought usa force estimated nj thirty i've thousand
men may console them 70 know tlcy were whipped
by nine bgadcs oT infantry, OF cavalry and I've bat
tories OF artillery. En- pfSsant-MajJf Gcncna y. Frank
Cheaham " IN arrest for stabbing oi Nhct ers men,
who caught stealing cotton co from A. factory in
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