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lorcver, uie uorne ui our limiucy.Prom tlie 33d Indiana Ke^imenlIn the Field Near Atlanta,)July 23, 1864. )Editor Republican:—I send 3*011 : couple of copies of the Memphis At Santa Appeal, and a list of killed am wounded in Company K, 33d Reg. Lud. Vols. in the action of the 20th with a brief sketch of the engagementOn the morning of the 20th our division was ordered to occupy a positior n the line betwen the second divisior )f our corps on the right, and a divis on of the fourth corps on the left :here being a gap between the twe ;orps, we accordingly moved for ware ind established the line as ordered. ur skirmishers being about two liuu Ired yards in advance of the top of a liil, the line of battle being formed a1 ihe foot, with a narrow but deep stream n our rear. About three o'clock in :he afternoon the rebels advanced, Iriving in our pickets. Colonel Co-burn immediately ordered our brigade forward to meet them, which it did in splendid st3*le, driving them back in confusion, after a spirited engagement cf an hour's duration, which time our regiment lost nineteen killed and seventy-two wounded, but our loss was 3liglit in comparison with that of the enemy, and besides, we captured a number of prisoners,, Co. K taking fifteen. On the -whole it was a glorious victory,o • 7the result of which was the abandonment of the entire line of works occupied by the enemy. Had they succeeded in driving v.s back they would have turned the flank of the fourth corps and forced them to have fallen back, besides, had) our brigade been driven back, it would have been cut .all to pieces in crossing the stream in our rear. Much praise is due to Colonel Coburn in ordering his brigade forward, which he did, as I understand, without orders, for had the enemy attacked us in our position the result might have been different. As for the boys of . our Company, too much praise cannot be given, and in fact the entire regiment behaved nobly, advancing without the least hesitation inOthe face of the rebel fire, and fought as cool and collected as if on the drillTground; the greatest trouble was to restrain them from advancing too far; each man was a host, and many are the individual acts of heroism performed, but the victory was marred by the loss of two members of our Company whose names are given below. They both fell gallantly fighting for their country, and died the death of the brave. They were both good soldiers, and their loss is sincerel3r mourned b3’ the company.CASUALTIES.Killed—Samuel J. Williams, Marcus L. Hat tan.Wounded—Corp. Will H. Lester,both arms and breast; private GeorgeK. Sheffer, left arm, severely; private Samuel G. FrSuikeberger, right arm severely; private Alfred Goodrick, face severe^; 1st Serg't Will Nordurft, slightly; Serg’t Lindsay Hendricks, slightly.The wounded are doing as well as could be expected, and are all in good spirits. We are at present occup3Tingi a hill about two miles North of Atlanta, but how long we will stay here I am j unable to sa3'. Our pickets were driven in last night and again about an hour ago, and Captain Scott, of Company I killed; but we are well fortified, and are ready for any demonstration that the rebs may favor us with, and we would much rather the3r would charge our works than us have to charge theirs; but they appear to be content to drive our pickets in occasional^ and to shell us pretty lively once in a while, but we must awaitfurther developments.If this finds a place in the columns of 3rour paper I will write more auon.HENRY J. HALLS,Co. K, 33d Ind. Vols. .
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Williamsport Warren Republican
Williamsport, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 04, 1864
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