The New York Herald Newspaper, June 21, 1864, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 10,40. THE WAR. OPERATIONS AT PETERSBURG. Another Terrific Strug- gle on Saturday. Our Lines Still. Further Advanced. : MORE HAND TO BANDFIGHTS The Second, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth and Eighteenth Corps Engaged. 4 The Railroad to Norfolk Captured. eo NEWS FROM SHERMAN. TiPORTANT FROM CHARLESTON. Our Captured Officers Placed in the City to Prevent Its Being Shelled. THE GASUALTIES, ke, oe, Be. Seerstary Stanton te General Diz. ‘Was DsraRTMenr, Wasmxacton, June 20—-10 PM } ‘Yo Major General Dix, ‘No operations to-day om the James river have been re- Ported to the Department. Unollicial statements nepre- }@ent our joes to have besa severe in the assaults on the y's works on'Saturdsy, but no effictal lista of the @asualties have been recetyed. General Sherman, ‘ima despatch dated shis evening @4 half-yast seven o'clock, says:— “] was premature tm snnounoing thet the enemy had andoned bie postion, I based my report upeo hose of the army commanders. The enemy has ‘@hrown Deck bis flank and abandoned all his ‘works in front of Kenessw Mountain, but holds that bind Noonday and Moses’ creeka, We have preesed him protty close to-day, although the tontinued rain makes all movements almost an imposs{billty.” General Foster,.commanding the Department of the Pouth, at Hilton Head, forwards the following despatch, @ated June 16, etHliton Head, 8. C.:— | 1 have the honor’to report that Ihave to day received Trom Major General Samucl Jones, commanding the rebel Borces in this Department, a letter stating that five general ‘@ficers of Ihe United States, as!prisonere of war, bad been pieced ‘n Charleston to be retained there under our fire. (Against this weak and cruel act Ihave protested. “In Sho meantime the fire on the city is comtinued. J respect- | Caarienton.”? our@ (gers are exposed in Charleston §. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. THE’ HERALD DESPATCHES. OPEA ‘ATIONS GF <THE SECOND CORPS. Mr. 1 “iniey Anderson’s Despatwhes. Batts Fue. 1y Front ov Perensev ro June 16, 1664 '} A Vinw or PETERSErRG, apives of Reiersburg were plainly im sight ‘The chur 4 mony of ite? DuBldings of the city avo ja view. AN SAMA NITFON WeGON POR baTTRRY NO, 9. Late lems wightaa¥@e the codowbis nad been captared, anni MSj00WR WO, drawo-by six modes, was driven the divesthout of Petersburg to a partioular petot Ns of foriide Mons. Gen, Birney, surprised to mfg from thatedirection, asked the driver what had ja \Sxe wagon? The soewer was, “Ammunition Battery \o. 9.” “Whore did it come from?’ fe. ired (be Gcwetal, enywsing Chet addieonal amnmani- don might Lave roen sont for sao of 4he eld pieces be 33 pliced in Wa breastworks, ‘Brow the srscnah’’ ski the driver, "Ob, Very wolly’’ eald Birmoy, «Mil 9 charge of it, , This waa olameMidon soul from thie ity Cor the rebolu; MME racy and some of bisdroops wcupied Lastvery Non. A DASE QS EFS RBURL WORKS. A portid Of Genord® Birnoy’s division made A head. Jone dash apriy in the \novaing, To the leftef bis Ne, joa (orming @60a!ivuatt. wi ef the worke eround the city, dere vod Nea? dis Hine & dedoubs, which he believed Jguld bo carried with very’, dive trouble. Accordingly Covel agan’s beiy"8de adwanced iw jive, driving the ny away from tha rodoubl from the guns woich ero fo it, Just at tha t mome@, however, a fresh force us observed advancing’ to the serk (oF the purpose of Movding 1, Those roty\! troops ere dfesaed io darx the uniforms, almost Jiky’ thore af uF own soldiers, af wore marching by (6 Genk t tako position in $4 work, They marohed q#long very boldly over the ‘him three ar four hundred yide of Ove of our batter: ‘The osmmander of the bitery wanted to open on tha ™ with eadister, bat he wr ordered not Lo do eo, Beoauad , It was Beiieved—jndg. & from their uoiform. and their o'080 proximity to our grr —that they must be our own 4 '00Ds, Some of the rebl art Merits, evidentty laboring wtder the game im- Prision, Gred ov them, They immodia\ "Vy scattored and veabuok toward the right, from whency’ they had bees om Wo took eome of them prisone’s aftorwarda, had an opportunity of comparing th® uniforms mi ascertaining how closely they reson‘uled tho y blue’ worn by our own soldiers, other force cf the enemy was rent op atthad gime, i = mountain as the apex of bis position, with his flanks be- | Bully ask that amequal number of rebel offlcors of equal Weak may be sent to me fn order that I may place them wader the rebel fre as long as our officers are exposed in , } Some wero fast asi Tine Dypartment bas issued a retaliatory order, trans- jorring toeGeneral Foster an equal pumber of rebel geno- ofa orm, 10 be ¢reated in the manner proposed as long men forwan led my deepatch dated cighto’clook this . Fea 7 the fortifications we bave take in front Geuer Ul Sui 278 position not oniy the church steeples. paying Who inshie traok, and roshing forward on the # Jomp comparatively heavy, yp». _ NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1864.—-Wita SUPPLEMENT. ° ‘Meudle quick, they got into the fort before our men had ‘Carried eff the cannos, But they were soon driven away Dy Colonel Eagan’s brigade, which now occupies the Dreast work. CasvsLrins. In this bandsome little charge we lost about # bundred killed and wounded, Colonel Bagan was woun cd in the side. He ts highly spoxen of as a gallant end efficient officer, and has been strongly recommended {or appoint- ment ass brigadier. Licutenant Colorel Lewis, commanding the One Hun- dred and Tenth Pennsylvania regiment, was wounded in the Ieft arm, which will probably be amputated. He is © promising young officer, and is ason of Judge Lewis, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Affairs, Lieutenant Colonel Warner, commanding the. Fortieth York, Colonel Eagan’s old regiment, was serioasly ‘Dut.not mortally wounded in the body. Several line officers were aleo injured, Dut their names Bave not been ascertained at this moment. FIOKMT BKIRMIGHING, For a few hours in the morning there was considerable skirmishing and cannonading when our picket lines were advanced, but there was not much prospect of a general engagenont: ‘The enemy annoying us with three of his Datteries, Lieutenant Dwight brought up his guos in Randsome style under a heavy fire and soon silenced the Febol artillery. His seryices were promptly recognized by General Birney, who cent him a very complimentary note. e@ THR YORCE IX PRTERSUURG WHEN FIRST ATTACKED, Prisoners have told us that when General Smith frst occupied the position he took up in front and advanced wpon the works, they wero defended only by General ‘Henry A. Wise’s brigade, two regiments of North Caro- lina troops, and a few raw militia, but thet during the following night rettforcements were poured in as rapidly as they could be transported. The enemy has taken ad- vantage of our misforjune, and has been massing ail bis fOrcesen our.left to defend the works not yet in our pos- ‘geasion. During the night we could hear railroad traing arriving and departing, whether transporting troops ip or out-we of course could not determine, This morning @ column t'rebel troops, well closed up and stretebing out almost @ mile in was seen moving to our left, The clouds of dust, and subsequent reports from signal officers, confirmed the fact tnat the enemy had been waassing heavily on our left. MOVEMENTS OF OUR TROOTS. Barlow’s diviston, of Hancock’s corps, has been sent to oceupy & position on open ground on Birney’s left In front of Barlow there ie ag extensive tract of open ground, completely Commanded by works which are now held and will undoubtedly be very stubborniy defended by the enemy, , Most of the time to-day has been devoted to examinations of the-énemy’s lines, and the necessary Preparations for an attempt to take some more of the fn the morning, when tho skirmish ‘line was pushed for- ward, Barlow would have assaulted the works in frontof Mis position, but the reinforcements which the enemy had thrown in,made it apparent that if Barlow should attempt it alone, without other troops Deing ready to support bim, might probabiy be the result, Later in the day, however, Burnside would be up and in + Position to 00-0; RECONNODS ANGE—ORDER TO (ATPAOK. General Grant sent am ‘order to Hancock, instructing him to push @ reconnolesance in hig front, and to bave his? troops ready to attack the enemy about six o’clook this evening. Before that time Burnside would heave Bis corps massed on Hancock's Weft, ready either to join in the general assault or to meet the euemy. if-he should come odt and attack gg on or left, To Hameock was assigned the command of all the troops witch shold join in the assault. Hancock, having been placed m command of all the troope in, vicinity of Petersburg, relinquished to General Birney the more immediate command of the Second corps. Gen. Kaute’s dtvision -of cavalry weit off to wateh the roads on our left towards the ‘Petersburg and Norfolk Railroad until Warren, who was expected to arrive at night and take up. position on the left of Buraside, should relieve the cavalry division, ‘PRELIMINARIEG. and pleasing interview with Hancock. Burnside, frank and free as‘his nature is, cheerfully signified his strong destre to.co-operate in any manner that would secure the ‘There was @ long end ominous silence, Both parties were proparing for. active operations in the evening. Troops ‘were moving into position. The rebole were busily en- gaged with pick and shevel strengthening their lines, In the little grove of pines, many of the troes being shat- tered by shell and solid shot, there was in the evening assembled an interesting group. Hancock, in bis panta- loons aud shirt, was su‘fcring considerably from the wound be received at Gettysburg, eapocially tuagmuch as the exertions he bas gone thronghon this eampaign bas caused to brenk out afresh; Williams, Adjutant Goneral; Barnard, Chief Engineer, and Huot, Chief of Artillery of the Army of the Potomac; Birney, Gibbon were conversing and consulting together, Near at hand ‘Staff officers. Completely covered with dust, almost as completely exhausted by fatigue, they sat or lay ex- tended on the ground, enjoying a short season of repose, they had become so weary with 90 many days and nights of iabor without rest. Others ‘were in a mirthful mood, and even oricked jokes about tho issue of tbe assault. Hancock looks at bis wateh and says, “Sta officers and orderlica, be ready to moye at ‘balf-past five o'clock.” ‘the division oém- “manders proceed to Join their troops. ADVANCE 10 THE MATTER. Half-past five bas now arrived and pxsstd, and Man- @ook and staff mount and ride of to the frout. Hancock proceeds to one of the captured redoubis on Birney’s line, Just as he uppeare tho for the advance arrives. ibe division com. meanders have received their orders, Gitiis’ battery Opens fire. Barlow’s division is seen advancing in column over the open ground, and, rapidly forming in Hines of battle, proceeds forwardto the front, At the sama time Birney’s ine, reinforced by two brigades from Gibbon’a ivlsion, advances and opens the infantry atinek. Tae ariacK, ‘The.attack was spirited and continuous for vearly three hours, Birney carried the crest in bis fromt, and Miles’ ‘brigade, of Barlow's divition, took the rifle pits in his front, but having bis brigade in one thin line, had not force oveugh to take the stronger works in (rent, Burn- side sent troops to the enjpert of iirney and Barlow. He, was to makoan assault with tho 1 Ou.aieder of bis corps but ciroumatances renderod it Mmprocticabie at that time. TWh Losaus, Oar Yona wis not hoary, but even an \ap. proximate @mimate cannot sow be made, Tt te Delioved that Magill be completely covered hy two thou- sand killed and wtoanded. Among the thei offcora Colonel. Rameay; Commanding the Meurth brigade, Second division, }4 wounded in the hand Colobel Benoer, Ono Hundred and Forty oginh Penn. | eylvania, commanding Courth briyace, Mrst Mvtelon, in she thigh, Lieutenant Colone! YoCreovy, One Munirod and Mortys WU VPenvay!vama, killed. , Colonel Kelly, commanding tbe irisa Brigade, Vealso kilted, Lievsenant Colonel seCee, Sixty-ululh New Norte, te won ed. Lieut ment Colonel Cramcail, Ooe Hundred aud Cwonty- sixth Ne. v io k, wonuded, Colonel Nard, One Hundred and Pweoty fiw New York, k led.” Colonel Frank’ Fifty-second Sow York, commandiog . brighite, elighty{woundod. dunn 10a. Me. Bonvera'S ATIACK AND BvOCeR about five hundred prisoity’s, six excellent bruse fed pieces, tn good order, and twdybat wee apiked. No further pertioaiars ‘rooetyed up jo the hour of loging my letter, BATIR Fumio iy Frowt or Pa UeneRG, Juod 188% M } ‘THe RATILR OF SATURDAY, ‘The Arory of Se Potoume has been hotiy ongevedirith tho enemy to-day, The fighting has heen hard roe forte forming the extensive Hne of fortifications, Early.| ‘When Burneide came up to the morning be had a long triumph of our arms and the suocess{ul issue of our cause. : and Barlow, commanding divisions in Hancock’scorps, were those who made up the group of general officers who was another axd a larger gronp, consisiing chiefly of THE STRUGGLE AT. PETERSBURG. The Lines of Rebel Intrenchments Carried by Our Txoops. aye B55 SY POCAHONTAS#S% ZA igs army corps; and while I bave no decisive victory to re- cord, peitber have I any defeat to chronicle, Our assault upon the enemy has not been so successful mighthave ‘been expected, but the result of this day’s operations in this vicinity demonstrates more forcibly than ever not that our troops have not lost a particle of prestige, but that through their gallantry they, have won additions! ‘This is eminently true of Hancock's corps, in whose immediate front I have been all day, and whose opera. tiona I bave mere particu! :rly witnessed. HANCOCK DISABLED BY HIS OLD WOUND AND RELIEVED OF EIS COMMAND. Hancock himeelf, however, did not command bis corps, the condition of his old wound still disabling him from personally condacting the operations of his troops upen the field. Dr. Dougherty, the Medical Director of the corps, bag given a written opinion to the effect that the condition ofthe wound, from which a piece of bone came out to-day, rendered it necessary for the General to tem- porerily relinquish the labore imposed upon him by hav- ing command of his corps in the fleld. General Hancock 1s not lesa @ conscientious man than a gallant soldier. He {8 aman who seems never satiefed until be has givon an important matter his persoval attention. This element of Strict Adelity,to duty is one of the qualities whieh havo made him sach a successful soldier, Believing that be could not do justice to his corps out of the saddle, he has written a letter to General Meade, askiog to be tempora: rily relieved from the commana, ted the necessity which existed for that course, but ‘and accordingly he bas tseued en order temporarily re- placing it imebarge of Major Genegal Birnoy. Birney is a cool, carefnl, valuable‘officer—one who hae slowly but surely won bis way to the high position he bis gnined as @ reliable and gallant soltier, So Birney had command of the Second corps to day. toneral Hanetck {9 expected to be able to resume command within a week. CHANGE OF TOSITION. The former position of the troops in the corps was ‘lightly changod last night. In the evening the two brigades of the Figbtesath corps, which had been gent to atrengthen Birney’s lino, were relieved, and their pinces #ipp ied by troops from the Third division of the Second oorpg, General Birvey’s own division, ASSAULT ON THR RABE WORKR, ¥¢ was fntended thet a grand attack would be made on the enemy's works this morning, not by one corps alone, but Ly all the troops that could join tm the assualt, Four O'eicek A M., was the hour named for all the corps in po. Silion te move forward ina combined and simultaneous attack; but it seoms th: four o'clock. Mirnoy's troops were tho first of thoro in el the array to move forward, It was nearly five o'chick when his linea advanced, »Medting with Dut ittlo opposition, the corps passe! tho forsiidabio Jine of worka whieh the ememy held yooterday. in this movement General Barlow, forming the left of tho line of the Second corps, awung his di Vision forward and around on & pivot, of which the rr of the lin@tis the contre. He continued to push forward until Jo from of the forte we had just captured aud passed over, and, witich formed tho enemy's second line of de fences. We thou developed anotber ,iine about five bun- Ared yards ba_ood. ‘The casuatiedyen both sides were very fow. We cap- tured Afty or sixhy prisoners, Woe aleaeaptured an order from thé rebel Majat Genera! Hoke to one of his brigade Comrandere, dated postorday, and directing him to far. nish @detafl “fo werk on the new line, to report after dark” TTR WHT FEMA OF RRORL DUERNOKR, That waa tho now Iiteqlo which the enemy fell back Roaching this new tine, eppraach them by our men, Avtar somo soattoring Oring on both s\\lea, General Birney proceaded (0 ipike iho Nocensary oxamisation of tho linea LOE FaArraNG on gl tropa caloulated fo revdor & ceesefih @ Vigoroy, ' PROMOTIONS, During the mocning, while the aki eewbing eae orm | greasing abarply, and while some of ouw be Harly i the Bepordd | Anaworing the fre of tho artillery of the ANbe!e, © je\04 General Meade regret | promptly complied in that regard with Hancock’s wishes, | Neving Hancock from command of the Second corps and | All the troops were not ready mt | aseave \wael \) MIALTY ligne gitAN hi asinpson| | g ‘OWENS "“LLNSTON esting incident was witnessed on the battle field. A mes- senger arrived with several communications from head. quarters, and among them were the commission of General John Gibbon, who had just been promoted from @ brigadier to a major genoral, aud also the commission of Colonel Rryan R. Pierce, of the Third Michigan, as a brigadier goveral Both were seiemply sworn into their new positions of bigher rank, and goon after went into battlo with their commissions In their pockets, But pre- Bently one of them (General l'ierce) was carried from the front wounded in the shoulder. THE REBEL FORCE AT Perensicrd. It ts sald there are about thirty thousand of the enomy at present in Petersburg, and reiuforcemonts constantly arriving, Some of.the prisoners we havo taken to-day say they were instructed, incase of cupturo, to say that they belonged to Beauregard’s command These prison. ers, however, belong to Hill's corp of Leo's army, GENERAL ADVANCE OF THE SECOND CORPS, A genoral advance of the Second corps was ordered to take place at twelve o'clock, Gen. (iibon was directed to moye forward at the ap; 4 hour and make a spirited aseaull, while at the svime thine Generals Mott and Barlow would throw out a donble line t) front of ekir- mishers ia front of their divi. ious to engtco (he enemy and endeavor to attract attention away (rom the attack by Gibbon. At the samo time it wat orrenged that if the sssault should be successful, then the other two divisions would move forward tn live of battle, and actively participate in the engagement At poon precisely our stirmich lines wero again pushed forward. and at the same moment if was anounced that Wilcox’s division of ihe Ninth corps, om the left of the Second, wos just thou advanoing. The right of our line wos protected by Netl’s division of the Sixth, and Mortindete’s, of the Righteenth corge. Thi assaulting force. 1nd of General Gibbon, consisted 0” three brivader, namely: the Firat | brigade of the Second division, the Second brigude | of tho Second division, and Second trigndey of the Third division, together with a battalion of heavy artillery. | General Pieres coromanded the left of tuo front line of | attack, and Major Hooper, of the Miftceuth Massachusettes, | tho right. Tneir troops were formed ‘ two heavy lines. | The right of the line wee formed auder acrest, which protected It from the fire from the redel breastworks they were going to aesanit verr (Le lino of the City Poet | aod Fredericksburg Raitrond; bot the loft was com plotsly exposed to @ most turdercur ‘re (he moment it was In sight. ‘The line advanced, and the soldiers rurhed over a fence along the road with which the dreasiwork was nearly | paratiel; they rushed forward gallantly, but could not withstand the deadly Gre of muskel/y, grapo end eania | tor that was poured upon them (rom that stronghold of the onomy. On the right of the jive our inen rewehed to within about seventy five yards of tho carthworks, and on the left to within about twe bondred But the fate) fire wee too much for even gach gant fellows, many of | whom fell pevor to rise again, The lines y ere according. ly eompetied to fall back ashort distance to the point from which they haa ‘anced, lesyiog the dead and some of the wounded In tho possesion of the enemy, GERRRAL PIERCR WOUNDED, Wo Jost raveral gallant men im that attack. General Pinroe wae slightly wounded la the shoulder by @ musket vail roarcely |) Uf an hour after he bed been swern inas a brigedier geueral, ANOTHER ATTACK ORDERED, Avotber attrok was ordored to take piece as another point for the purpose, if possible, of cutting Wroagh ihe rebsi lince. This wae @-regniar storming party, com- posed of several brigades formed In orlump of regimenis The troops wore organized fu front of the position occu pied dy Goneral Mott, to whom General Birney gave eont- mand of the ateault, ‘To form thit slorming oolumn sienera’s Gibbon aud Pirlow tomonrerily detached. and font to General Mott troops they could safely spare from their front. ADVANCE OF THE STORMING COnPMNE, @ The troops moved forward ty two @ohuma, Colowed 4 Matell's brigade leading the advanco of ove eotumn, and | q@otonel Champlin’s that of the other, Shortly after four Polak P. M., these imposing columos were ordered for v4, And iB B Moment Hhey wore moving in splendiq THE NEW YORK HERALD. | atyle towards @ strong rebel line of breastworks strongly deicuded by infantry and artillery, Theee {mediately opened a terrific fre, and the headwof tho columus were lost in clouds of smoke—lost tn the very jawe of death. ‘The Dattary was eo clope,ythe fre so strong as sudden, and the men foil so fagt, that those in front were soon cut down or scaitered; and others, instinctively seeking the shelter which some neighboring buildings Aflorded, broke from the columa, throwing them into considerable confusion, The troops were thea wisely withdrawn, aga further sacrifice of byman life, ‘under these circumstances, would be criminal. Lieutenant Colonel Watkins, ofthe One Jiundred and Boventy sixth Pennsylvania regiment, was killed, Captain Woolsey, commanding the Fifth New Jersey }, Was mortally wounded in the breast, He was ‘a nephew of Mott. Jo another part Of thefline Major Forster, commanding the One Hundred and Forty-cighth Peunsylvania regi- ment , was wounded in the breast, and Captain Bird, of General Barlow's ataff, severely in the hip. i GENERAL BIRSBY COMPLIMENTED. General Birney was complimented for the judgment he displayed in tbe formation of the eolumns of atteck and for the promptness with which he pushed them into aotien at tho appointed hour. To the woarness and exhaustion of thestroops is attributed our failure 10 sue- ceed in the argault, OPERATIONS OF THE TIFIT CORPS. Mr, L. A. Hendricks’ Despatch’ Heranquanrzas, Firts Ansty Col ve} In Frowt ov Pursrsuuna, June 18—11 0, THA FivTH CORPS ENGAGED, ‘The Fifth corps has won for tiself new lnurela to day. Never have the brave men of General Warron’s command disployed greater herolam, Thelr- invincibility ia battle has beeu most brilliantly attested, Called upon to make repeated assaults upon stroug and formidably earthworks, they have faced the enemy’s builets aod cannon with unghoken fortitude and a yalorons determination that always foreordaid® victory. At daylight began THA DAY'B WORK On the extreme left of tho army line j@ the position as- signed this corps, which position it still bolde, General Ayres’ division belog on the left, Goneral Cutter next, Gonoral Griffin third, and General Crawford on the right. At our right is the Ninth corps. The corps was ordered on oba: go at daybreak; but ‘on advancing tho fuct devel- oped iteelf that in tho night the enomy had fallen back to @ new line of earthworks, the object beiig, aa wus after- wards shown, to contract his line and onable sironger resistance to our adyauco, Our mi in Wattle line by divisions moved ahead to attack the euemy in his new position, A portion of the 2ovance had to be made across acontinuous abatis made of fallen troes and a dense shrubby undergrowth. This abatis gives evidence of having beon long sinco prepared to meet the e*ntingency of our army ever making a hoatlle demonstration from this way upon Potersburg; and, as to the matter of prior preparation, vearly all tho rebel earthworks give like proof of being the production of caroful labor expended months ogo. Most of the ground is slightly undulating, and the groster portion passed over by the corps cleared Jand, with growing crops of coro, wheat and oats. ‘THE FIERCENPSS OF 1B PARTIE. Soon the battle of musketry became flerce and tnces- sant, and on both sides the ‘erthiery opened a vigorous counter fire. The chief result of this firet advance was obtaining a good position for our infantry and artillery. All the forenoon there was lively skirmishing and more or jess cannonading. At noon the whole corps: assaulted the enemys ling. The assault was most vigorously mado wnd as vigorously contested, We gained some ground and dottored our position. THR SFRUGGLE FOR THE RAILROAD. ‘There was a severe: +struggle for the possession of the railroad track leading to Norfolk, which was finally taken. Hatt an hour before sundown came another charge, this time by General Grif_in’s and Geveral Crawford’s divi- sions only. With characteristic valor, the men repeatedly Presaed upon tho enemy; but the exceedingly strong posi- ance, alded 00 csentially by the almost impreguabie charactor of bis line of earthworks, to which the prior ‘assnults bad compelled him to fall back, prevented any veny decisive additional advantage belog gained in the Inst attack of the day, And this is the general SUA‘WING UP OF THE DAYS OFsRATIONS, Our men, a8 | Daye stated, behaved splendidly; but-ft is terribly murderous this work of assault, and it Is this splendid behavior that should clleit the highest encomiums for the troops engaged. Our losses, as from the nature of the case they could not help being, have been-heavy, the killed and wounded numboring several hundred. ‘THE CASUALTIES. Lieutenant Colonel Darrell, of the Third Delaware reg} ment, was killed while leading his men; he fell pierced by 2 musket bail through the head. Although but recently in active service, he had given abundant evidence of Dravery and ability. Among the killed is Lieutenant Blake, Company ©, Fifth Maseachusetts artillery, He was commanding the battery at the time of his death, Captain Phillips acting as chiof artillerist of the division, Lieutenant Blak® was &@ young man of most daring, if not reckless, conrage. He had risen {rom the ranks to the position he occupied. Among the day’s losses thore js no name gives me more pain to record than that of Colonel Prescott, Thirty- second Masvachusetts. In the second charge he fell. A Minio builet strack bim im the left breast. The wound ig believed to be mortal, Ho was gallantly leading bis regiment when ne fell. Through all the terryble battles of the campaign, from the first Bail run tothe assault on Petersburg, he bad passed nuecathed hitherto. A few mtoutes before T was covgratulating him on-bis fortunate escapes I saw him directly alter he was wounded, “Well, you see I am woundod at last,” ho sald, extending bis hand tome. “1 trast the wound ja pot mort ir i have as much to lve for as any man, Jevtored the army from purely patri otic motives, I have fought from patriotic motives, and i fell with my face to the enemy, aes patriot would only wish to fall, and if I die it will be willingly aod fully pre pared.” [tis such noble aud brave spirits that lead our army. A bdotterand purer mon never upsheatbed his sword in te defence of his country. ouel Chamberlain, of the Twenticth Maine, who manded First brigade, First division, ts shot through Doth thighs, and the surgeons consider his recovery ex+ tremely doubtful. It is einceroty vo be hoped their ap- prebensions may prove groundiess. Ho fell, too, in the thickest of the ight. { He has commanded the brigade a goo! portion of the time for a year past, and has given repeated convincing proofs of bis bigh abilities voth as regimoutal and brigade commander, He entered the war at tho outbreak of the rebellieo, A gentleman Of the highest Nterary abilities and attainments, having Deen at one the profes or in a New Fogland college, ho sacrificed bis devotion to literature to devotion to bia conatry, apd, hetern resolve toaid in crushing the Febeiiion threatening bis country’s liberties and ex! ence, was the Ores to take uparme to restore constitu thoual right and sovereignty, He has nubly oud willingly talon. AIELL® AROUND URADQUARTPRA, T have eo often bad oogarion to mention the maitiplicity of ehotis ‘ailing about corps headquarters that it has got to be an old story; but Ceneral Warren fronkly eoofessed that his uarters to-day, from the time of the tocoud assault, have been too warm for comfort, Woe cooupy Colonel Avery's house, on the went sideor the clty—a real old Virginia hovee, with numerous chim- beys, oMerous outbuildings, and @ vastly expansive yard, filled with numerous trees, Over a dozen sholle parsed through the bouee, and nearly every ono bas left the ecarring marke of ite vengeance. Our batteries first eholled the eaemy, however, out of the piace; but all their sheliiog has got, and probably will not, induce Qonevel Warren to make & change of locality. Three of the General's staff bad theifyhorses shot ander them— Dr. Mihau, Major Roubling'aud feut, Hilton, The whole ataif was at %ne time the Margot Qf sho Mncmy’s sbarp- shooters; but, wlile the horipe suffered 9@ preted Ake. mombers of the staf eecaped. General Cutler pad, Som told, one of his etaff kil'ed and another wounded; but their names 1 have not yet learned, Ap orderly of Vol, Bwoitzer wae killed—private Thos, Warreo, belonging to the Thirty-sesnnd Massachusetts regiment, THR WRORL ATTACK THIS RVENING REPULARD, ® At eleven ofclock thie evening the enemy made an at “ek on our Ham, It wae a brief bul determined attack, but mot whih o decisive and hanéaome repulse, TUR REWOLE RNCAGED. Boaurogard’s and A, P, Eili’s.troope are understood to PRICE THREE CENTS. be the only rebel forces we have bad to contend againaé thug far, Dis statement ia mainly predicated on the ins telligence furnished by prisoners. It is stated to-pight that additional retoforcements have arrived during the evening, and are still arriving, from Lee’s army. M this been, andl Dare ne. deuks of ip seereey, ee See tlou ts that the enemy intends making « determined stand here; and if ho do ihis—and bis interests would seess Laiuly t0 compel {t—I bbink that we bave yet hardly the commencement of the beginning of the battles to Be fought here, ‘ ™ connnence, mi exneh. Rise: Tn General Grant the same unpounded conddence is still felt and exprossed, however, and ‘thet Petersberg must and will soon fall no one entertaing # doubt, pot withstacding the strength of its encircling intrench- mente and the mad persistency of the enemy im fighting. ‘THE CLOss oF THE DAY. An l close my despatch there is lively skirmishing to our front.) Tho bright beauty of these brilliant moonlight nights, so tranquflly expressive of peace and enjoyment, =" it seems almost saerilegious to mar by these mad inter: changes of murdesous musketry. OPERATIONS OF THE NINTH CORPS. Mr. James O. Fitzpatrick’s Despateh. | Ninta Arwy Corre, Barons Permenca, Va., June 18—A. M. } TUR STRUGGLE CONTINUED ON FRIDAY MIGHT, Thad hoped, when I closed my despatch of last evening, thas my narrative embraced all the operations of the day ; but the fighting was not-afan end with the eoming of night, The deeds of blood continued even in the dark nos, Thecmusketry of which I spoke io my brief note of thig morning was in connection with @ rebel demonstra~ tion about ten P, M., when a desperate effort, partially siccessful, was made to retrieve their disaster of the afternoon, Sunset left us in comparatively quiet posses- sion of the works which the desperate valor of Legile’d division bad carried, DESPERATE NIGHT, ATTACK OF THR RENELS, About the hour mentioned the rebela formed in }ine of battle witha forco of two brigades, as far as we can judge, from the extent of the attack, The First Michigan Sharp- shooters, of Willcox’s division, were upon tho extreme left, whore® rebol battery bad range of the iine of pits, Al company of Indians attached to this regiment were de~ ployed upon the flank, aod, by their sharp markamanship, prevented the rebels from working the guns while thé regimest throw up a traverse to protect the flank. O8 course the operations of sur riflemen were confined to dayq light, but at dark the rebels kopt up 9 straggling shelliog: of our lines, The rebels moved upon our position im two columns, one attacking the regiment directly io our front, Whether this portion blundered in the movement, or whether it was their inteation to desert, seems doubt~ ful; Dut orftatn i ts that, when on coming sienin range f our muse they shouted gut ** Surrender!” and were mads prison-rs, ‘Two hundred and forty thus fell into our hands and wero sent to the rear under guard. B etre r oolumn in connection with this party moved te the left, and before the regiment was aware of it were right on our works, The rebel batteries, by a vigorous shelling, covered the movement and drove our men to the, shelter of the intrenchments. The rebels certainly de- serve credit for their nérve in advancing under the artily Jery fire, eince the missiles from every gun whistled over their he«ds, and hence deceived our boya.es to being at tacked from that quarter. 4 } 4 4 : cy a aati Se gt nti = - ANCTHER GEVERE: HAND TO HAND nan, * It was not long, however, before the rebels made their Appearance, They: sprang over the works, bud meta dosperate resistance, The Michiganders feught them / band toband. Both sides bad discharged thelr mushetey ‘and {t was Dow a contest with bayonet and stock. Abows < one bundred and twenty-five of the regiment were cap. : tored in detail, The rest escaped in the darkness, The H color sergeant sceoped a hole in the intrenchmentan@ | baried nis fing, dotormined, that it ebould not fall tate the j enomy's hands. The rebels kept posséssion until two o'clock this morning, when they evacusted, falling backs to thelr main line, Several explosions were beard, whenem - i was conjectured that they destroyed their calssons ammugition, On re-entering the works this morning daylight the color sergeant Gisinterred bis flag ead ie regiment once moze rallied in position. Captala Pies, | commanding, was mortally wounded durisg (he, rebel charge, together with many of bis mem, What the occagion of the rebel retreat was we only eonjecture, The position they carried was 7 salient of their lines, and it is to be suppesed shad the danger of endeavoring to keep possession of it whem { daytigbt would bring our fre upon them was'the cause of thew retreat. , ‘THE BATTLE TO-DAY, One division of our corps was again engaged to-day! Pefore progecding to details, however, it may be wellte enter into a brief recapitulation of our operations, fj order to a better understanding of the day’s work. Th@ Second and Ninth corps bad driven in the centre of thd rebs) defences, while the Eighteenth corps had most successful in securigg the key to their upon the right. Further to our left, however, tha rebols still held indisputed possession of the ratiros@ © running between Petersburg and Suffolk, and Norfolite, Against this portion of their line the operations ofoar . corps were directed im particular to-day. By the lef flank was the order which brought the corps into post. tion. Barlow's division, of-the Second corps, maintained the defence of our right flank in preservation of the fraite of yesterday ’s victory, 3 ‘THE FIOBYING, Willcox’s division was assigned the execution of this duty, am@ was supported ‘by Colonel Curtin’s br! , of Potter's division, The division of Gevera) Te maiued fn reserve. In fact,owing to tho nartow ling « assigued us between the Second and Fifth é it was aoubtful if another division could be put in Ned of battle, Genoral Willcox formed his divistoo with the brigade of Geveral Hartrauft om the right and that of Colonel Christ on the left. There waa no column imsup+ port of the immediate flank, where the soldier is so timid of. danger, and hence the-success of tho day ie all thé more flattering t the courage of the divieis. I say Colonel Christ's brigade. In doing so I uve the name by which It ts familiarly known tm the corps, It should more appropriately be called Colovel Raiston’s driv gade, as that officer succecded Colonel Christ afted bo was wounded, THE CHARGB ON TUB RAILROAD, Again, some may call me to account” for we 8 terms. The movement of the division was not so muclt & charge with which we are so sccustomed to associate the idea of a dash ata charge bayonet, with a shout ae@w cheer, aud the other accompaniments, 80 stereotyped is the victory of batties, as a deliberate, rapid advance, im which covery obstacle was overcome by cool persever- ance. In fact, the fight for the ratlroad was conducted in Set ata st ns «37° fe .3 Ti aaah os ‘fh Bai. this manner entirely, and I cannot help thinking that the gallant Gevorn! Hartrauft sought to redeem the misfor- tune of yeeterday by fally foreing the powers of Bie gal- Jant command om (his occasion, Whether or not, the Attack was gained. threo spoobs: this eide the railroad, ov the railroad and beyond the ga\lroad—each found a particular work. ‘Tun apvaxce waa ordered at thres o'clock The diferent regiments bad been skirm hing throughout the dey, and 1 wae after four o’olock wh:n the line got into shape, owing to dome delay in adju-ting the division line, Our tee of ekirmishore was resolutely met by the rebels, and held ad bay. The main line came up and the rebels slowly gave way, contending every inch of the ground, fhe disad- vantages were entirely on of the ground presented way of fayives, uneven all of which bad to be fightiog. However, the rebels and our boys gaised postition near rebels falling back and taking poe! rajlroad, there wae still no rest for this position the rebels upon tbe other prelates an to which tbe artificial of the pailread@ lems additional seourity, The \is« point runs through « cut some twenty feet in steep shieo, affording & sort of jing: Tho division Bate neadiong down the dealivity the opposite bank, The ascent arduous one, The side of the bank wae prev * 2 a i WW 2 [ Pt if e Fi iy itis ie li i to their womb ed clambered wara most 5 ritour, and our boys gained the top only by planting | eee patie and nes Gemly in the gravel, amd eo eimin | CONTINUED ON ON ¥IFTR Praga,