. The Rebellion record: a diary of American events, with documents, narratives ... etc . yrebel who showed himself above the found him in this position, and he atonce matured plans for capturing the works bystrategy, under cover of the night. The pioneerswere brought up; the ends dug out of theworks, and the guns drawn out by the aid ofropes, under a destructive fire from the occu-pants of the works, who were driven out orcaptured, as our troops swarmed in throughthe opening in overwhelming nimibers. Theguns were four twelve-pound brass pieces ; anumber of battle-flags, includin
. The Rebellion record: a diary of American events, with documents, narratives ... etc . yrebel who showed himself above the found him in this position, and he atonce matured plans for capturing the works bystrategy, under cover of the night. The pioneerswere brought up; the ends dug out of theworks, and the guns drawn out by the aid ofropes, under a destructive fire from the occu-pants of the works, who were driven out orcaptured, as our troops swarmed in throughthe opening in overwhelming nimibers. Theguns were four twelve-pound brass pieces ; anumber of battle-flags, including those of theThirty-eighth and Thirty-fifth Alabama, werecaptured, with over two himdred report General Walthall (rebel) killed,and General Tucker wounded. The losses in Hookers corps were very heavy,especially in the repeated charges upon theenemys works. Butterfield lost about five hun-dred ; Geary one hundred ; and Williams divis-ion about one hundred and fifty, making Hook-ers loss about seven hundi-ed and fifty in thebattle of the afternoon. The Twenty-third. AL\J . Cl-^ J. RODMAX, ;ange I DOCUMENTS. 51 corps, which was moved around from the right,as a support for Hooker, lost slightly. About two oclock the enemy, learning fromprisoners taken from us, that Hoveys Indianadivision of raw recruits held a position inthe line, and smarting under their successiverepulses on other portions of the line, hurleda heavy force upon Hovey, convinced that therecruits would run. Not so, however. Therebels held a strong position in a gorge in thehills, and out of their-breastworks they swarmedin large numbers and made .a furious attackupon the division, which nobly repulsed themafter a short and bloody contest of fifteen min-utes. The assault was renewed, when the rawHoosiers charged upon them on the double-quick, under heavy fire of grape, and literallymowed them down. They did not assault theIndianians the third time. To-night the en-comiums of the whole cor
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