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SUL1UUVS ARMY,Additional Detail* or Uecenf Oneratlon*— Tlie Dnifle on the 7tlt.CarrerponUtnce of the Cincinnati Comntt'ctal.Jtnjur Wjho or Ghxnh Abut, P Aug. 11, 1HG*. iThe operations of interest ollafo have been confined to the command of Gen. Sciiofikld, on the extreme right of the Grand Army. Coining from tho extroma left, the operatioiiB of the 5th were given in my lust. Tlie Fourteenth Army CJoms having boon ordered, temporarily to report tD Gen. ScnodELD, were sent on the extreme right for operations, to he supported by Got). Cox. Two division* working into position, tho remaining one, Gen. Johhhon'u, was sent to relieve Gen, Rahcall, who waa in turn sent to the right to support Gen, Cox. On tho morning of the 7lh, tire First Brigade of Thud DLytelou, Gen. J. W. Iiui.nY’w, consisting of tha One Hundredth mid One Hundred mid Fourth Ohio, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois, Sixteenth Kentucky ami Eighth Tennessee, wadoan unsuccessful assault on tho etiomy’s position, near tho extreme right. The brigade went forward in a gallnnt manner, but for want of proper support, faded in their undertaking. Some at the command were killed far amid tlie tangled brush and abattis that served to defend the thin linn behind the works from capture. The colors and tlie brave color-baarer of tho Eighh TeiinPs»B*\ tv cm captured on the enomy’s works. This gallant little regiment deserves evpecial praise, lor the Imriife uiioitier in v.'f .of lt;kc b nvn rurim 1 lt;1 • v jMwalofdnsth Tim rugii».,r,nl of l.f'.h s lv • i” • dor tie control Oi Mtj JoHoan, ol the One huu-drod~a«d Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infauln, the Colonel, F. A. Rxkvk, having some time siue*- resigned. The One Hundredth Ohio Volunlr e Infantry, under the command of Col. P. S. h'. ».v is, thnn whom no braver man lives to ir.id u regimenl, did gallant service as mi^h: well be dipected from its po3f_ histo. v. h lost over ono hundred men in this charge, nearly one-half its effective strength. This regiment lost hist September, in Fast Tcn-neseKO, two hundred ami eighty men after a glt;d-Imit fight, one half of which number, through inhuman treatment nt Belle Island, near Richmond, died. The remainder joined tho regiment, and fired by tho remembrance of past barbarous treatment, they rushed to the attack, losing many mm within reach of tha works. Here, at the head of his men. Col. Slsvin was wounded, while bravu-ly leading them. It la with pleasure 1 am able to say, that the wounds are not serious, and no fears are entertained lor his recovery. Col Bond, of the One Jiundrcd and Twelfth Illinois, wsn slightly wounded by a spent ball. J.irut. E. E. Tkaoy, of Gen.ItunLY’s Staff, wax slightly wound-ed. Lieut Waite, formerly A. D. V. on Gen. HaScall’s SinlT, made many narrow escapes two hole* through his hat *how how near the bullets came. But no braver men ever moved to the charge. Through one of those mistakes that often happen, it waa unsuccessful.Wl.ltn mlt + i-l/ ui»a ItointT imujp flpn UiN.
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Sun, Aug 21, 1864
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