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nr hUk a, VkTte: Tbecspiureof Atlanta and the practical destruction of Joe Johnston's army- We are now ejgSt vultt lrt» Allan U, with auanuy about as large find in tetter spirits than when vre kli Refiaca. Verily the end »s near; IpL the friends of Union and Fret-dotn prepare for the great ililleontu or.I read you. a cumber of late Southern paper*. Yon will see that whut of their contents doe* act rotate to the t-bTcago and CieTelasd Convention and YaUaadighstn and .Medary, L« derated to »il|y bombast; thereby they are mating* the moat desperate attempts to keep up the dnKipiug spirit* uT their army and people.. The great Serpent dies hard as does its Copperhead allies.bm iu they musLuul die they vi31 \ ety soou. The fiat has go tit forth- Ijttore tbi* campaign terminates the armies of the enemy will be disintegrated and scattered burund the hope of concentration or power of nrganiied re aistance* A series of the most glorioas ami unparalleled successes ever achieved willcrown nur arms, and the ficfil doom of TkEjSQS and oppOjitioo to FREEDOir Trillbe sealed in the triumphant election of Lin* culu and Johnson,la tu»:e, MACK.THE FIRST IQ TV A BATTERX-Carrfcpitdftic* cf it» Stita Xte*r:*ter.Rr-narATtrrpj 1*T Iotcj SXTTTST, i Jtlj liU IS6A (la your weekly paper of June 15th, there i? a letter dated Dallas, Ca~, Msy 2Dtb, anil written by iTeg?.1' Tills 1 biter state* thaton the23tUof May, tbiee cans of this Uaite.ir hnring lost their support, ittn ablt;ziullt;)n£dt but ibey were si veil by ilieir pru^iuiilv lu om rifie pits, and that lire rebels were unable In get them away, etc. This is a mistake.— The guns were not abandoned at any time, but remained in charge of the criunonier!, though silent, as they could not be served for the want nf am muni linn. The taels sre briefly these : On the afternoon of Mar last, the Battery w as ordered by an officer (who has sincebeen relieved from conroand here.)into a position one hun d red puds oui side our rifle-pits, and on Luo advanced skirmish line. This was done after my pamest protest, thrite repealed, end was obeyed only after such protest. The ground on all sides of c» ws* covered hj a lt;len*o growth 'of brnshand trees, and when the rebels charged they were within a few yards of us before they were discovered. Wo however served tan. ister upon them tinlil ibcy vrcrc on three Sides of us, and charging on us^wiih lie greaifcit Jiuy. Wu were already cut off from onr tp-ams, which, from 1lie nalnre of tlikground, were some distance off for their safety, and ahrfi the coufotmalion of the aiound prerented oor in fen try from filing * natively to protect n?- TVitb all ttxe, we seized our gncs and ran off with them by band duwn a difficult aud stumpy road, drusrinu the neareet gun 104 yard?, and the farthest one ISO yards, to our rifle pits, and then the I noble Siilb Iuwa boy a who filled those pits.
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Des Moines Iowa State Register
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Wed, Jul 20, 1864
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