The New York Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1865, Page 9

sed Me PPLEMENT TS THE HERALD. ll OO ! 4 ” + — , wv, WEW’ YORK, SATURDA‘/, DECEMBER 9, 1865. ie See ee ee castors oe F § commar * » hold Sher- | real, in N Mire erp f, waitl 4 Seng ol Han wich edn vig he | fof he ih Oey or wens ang, | Genres am cer ere ay | danse, Sree ev | than oateas Posie, erat tant | 39a may on, th, of Ot wen, es hig com « \opai * ; ‘1st General Wilson’ a ine and ‘orcesi ‘balance fhe aha ; arg! “ alle half Saltyille, acd drove ‘him into bie Ser trans peries Na lntrenched ekivmich Uae. laytng ewe 1dtb, and 9 , Se eu cr ape ceo of the | Gen tal Weber, comm: toch Mirmens Bore}, crosed | Wm to move wiumout detaching from bis force (or that j Geérmia to mas % tre, disastrous, 40 guy upou >” los and & sepa antl pl oe mar stroyod whe railroad bridges over the South Anna Fiver, | army was rapidly pushy .q ‘forward by both bride and | the river and occ TATA Ag eights, On" the ih puryo-e Be ce ial eas Si) ine on. —_ pi papons the poate’ ot 8 | smuacly lnlane ned posites ge him," Dur ‘Teac! y ng ct Uri BA's “s “ y - we e hdre’ ef e 7 PE Cater shed cola Has an Maid vont Ther tho crossing” nag commenced 1 proseeded by a | (yi x Uagerstown, fondo ha ictus’ | Reports from ‘various sources led mo to believe that | he supposed Aa nas ig padient. for” “a Jet what he withdrew his command an f tured a Rewer, Olan felleved ‘sixth corps and helt rg com. | steamer to Bormug’ , Hundreds to give’ ihe nesessary | Tivbibn and by “ce pence, Yue tatter mostly new | the euiny had dewched thré divisions from Petersburg | axainst Forrest in West ‘Tvnnease” $0 operate | | Gavoral Shenmmad Sewn Stig q rolieyesich had just airived ‘via White Houso from | orders for Ue IY yediate capture of ~~ | And undieeiplineg goopa, pushed out froim Balumoro | to reinforce Karly im. thé Shenandoah valiey. T there | Genonit Webber ho come”, «We, directed | pat hls amici eumup Lnand aoa! te pace td mule General Butler’s army. SMV u’8 PAILORE AT wit ‘At pror ,yeness, and met the enemy in force cn the fore sent tue Secor bg = and Gregg’s divis:on o! ray, fie heey pb jong On the. uggis In command of | future ser The great length of road from Atianta to the Cumbe driver, however, which bad to be guardet, Tee dann’ om Coe wee ‘The instncy sons to bal, and | Mo he crossing of the railroad bridge, Hig | of the Army of the tho Let day of June an attack was made at SP. M. | wero for ol toeend General mith immediaicly, that | force was no gamer ne to insure success, DUt he fought | Butler's arm the Sixth corps and the troops under Genoral Smith, | night, ¥AUD all the troops he could give him without sac- | the onemy “Sevortheless, aud although it resulted tu a | thrvaton R we other corps be.ng held in readiness to advance on the | rificin’, thw; position he then held. I told him that I | dofeat to pf Arete yet it detained the enemy and the recoipt of orders. “This resulted in our carrying and | woul’s‘rerurn at once to the Army of the Potomae, hasten | by acrve a¢y enable General Wright to reach Washiin era pack oe eee 2 2 i i é ‘omae, and a force of General 3 3 ° General Sturgis mot the @ © morning of the 10th of , mae of cue dt fee io aod was vad beaten, ap’ my nearGuntown, Mis- | allowed the truops byt little CHE MEBRL VLA‘ AWAY, ab: blo, ei ion to Memphis,’ | driven back in utter rout JERR, DAVIS TELLS 7 io EARS Silt pat aa oes hotly purwued’ a distance of about one Nun- nis time Jefferson Davis mad orn hundred priconers, de | ever, tho cnemy was de’ by the enemy. By this, how- rain, which wi 's line of comm avert in his designs upon Sher- | the South, and soon be * Mold mg tho of works in front of the | 18 crovsing, and throw it forward to Petersburg by | with t 99 divisions of the Sixth corps and the advauco of mightal ihe aha hcgena tad in front of General Smith, | divjsions "Ss Tapidly as it could be done; that | the ¥ aneteenth corps, before him. From Monocacy the ined tr ops that wore under marchitg orders, and meh he filiowed ° ons, The p'rsisteney with | try, disclosing the plans of the enemy, thus ¢ During the attack the enemy made assaults on | we could reinforce our armies more rapidly | enc moved on Washington, his cavalry advance | ascertained that but gue division (Kersbaw's), of the | which he followed’ | stivatcns. nie p mustnty, wilt | Ganeral ‘herman tofully meet them, He exhibited the ‘each of the corps not engaged in’ the main attack, but | ‘siere than the enemy could bring troops azalnst us. | Te gcuing Rockville on the evening of the 10th. Ou the | three reputed detached had gou per ey pairs mecesss Ih the | weakness of supposing that an army that bad been ware repulsed with heavy loss in every instance. That | Gonoral Smith got olf as directed, and confronted the | * ah g reconnoissance was thrown ous in front of Fort OCCUYATION OF TUB LINE OF TUB WELDON RAILROAD. mith, with the troops of ‘n and fearfully decimated in a vain atiempe at the might ho male several assaults to regain what Stevens to ascertain the enemy's position and force, A | Thoeuemy haviug withdrawn beavily froin Peters. t had boon Jeuggal mecessfully ondertake the offeneive enomy’s plekets near Petersburg ‘before daylight next morning, govero ekirmish ensued, in which we lost about 230 in | burg to resist this movement, the Ficth corps, General y that had so often defeated 1t. ut for some reason that I have nevr ben at Mi ir he had lost in the day, but failed. The 2d ite tion for, | atie to aa itfactorily underdand, did not got ready tow,’ | Xi‘ied aud wounded. ‘The enemy's loss was probebly | Warren commaning, was moved out om the 18th er aeeralinn exeal pli shige pongecnaye 9 mei de a tetbe at 0 nein. Ban L08 tae Se aE AY ence eeey emdewns "hem, with; fines MG, SOOM. Te BADR | Whe wibe | thd took possostion of the Weldon Kallrond, I ty General Sherman to | In excention of this plan Hood, with his armg,, was ted the euemy’s works, im the hope of driving him of his command only, he made the memnnls, and oar. rning the exact condition of allairs at WashTigion I poring the day he bad considerable fighting. Lica aut Lesegon Lis poedtion. In this. attempt our loss was heat jy, | ned the lines northeast of Petersburg from the gumo. | requested by tolograph, at 11:45 P, 36. on tho 12ih, the | fo Fegain possession of tho road the enemy, ; ight, he suceees mattox river, for a distance of over two and a hal’ 99,14 ‘assignment of Major General H. G, Wright to the com. | made repeated and deperate assaults, bu ized his whole milit y, and while thatef the enemy, There, eee pa Believe. . ord com! ight. was ie on! a) " Sebo tee Rapidan to the James which did no ¢ in. flict upon tie enemy losses to compensate for our: own force to hold Atlanta, with yon bim and drove b ma capturing fifieen pieces of artillery and three, ging, 4 could be made available to | each ting Fepu with great loss, Qn. th met the e: t Tupelo, Mississip d whowers, "This Yas about seven P.M. We gmnon tuo | saat Of tl the, ope thee oer ngs and directed that | Hight of the Sous the troops an tho Nara 6 | butig the dating gonial tunrgit three ine thus captured and Petersburg ther>‘wee wo other | he should got outside of the trenches With all the force | James were withdrawn, and Hancock and Gtegs re¥” ened | loss was small compared with that of the enemy. Hav- works, and there was no evidence th? te enemy had | he could, and push Early to the last moment. General | te the front ; Petersburg, On the 26th th,“ -econd | ing-accomplished the object of his expedition, General to hold Auanta, ment aud destrae reinforced Petersburg with & single” vrigade from any | Wright commenced tho pursuit om the 13th; on the 18th | corps a '# division of cavalry, while * 4, Ream’s | Sm th returned to Memphis. source, The night was cleat—'ne ten shining | the enomy was overtaken at Snicker’s ferry, on the She- | Statior ‘ing the railroad, were atteck@ 4 and, atter "8 OPERATIONS, brightly—and favorablo 1 further operutens. General | nandoahywhen. a smart skirmish occurred; abd on the } desperate hghting, a part of our live gave” way and five months of March and April this same foree Hancock, with two divisions of tY.e Second corps, reached | 20th General Averill encounter:d and defeated a portion General Smith just after fx) ae hyidand of | of the rebel army at Winchester, capturing four pieces ine wi waly: Tank to | of artillery and several hundred prisoners. the named commander, Who’ tio n: hy suppeced knew Learning that Early was retreating south towards | to the Weldon Railroad, enabling Y’, “49 supply, without | Coldnel S. G. Hicks, Fortieth Mlinois the enemy severe I wi the ena Ao the complete overthrow of the rebelli sn, @RJN1'S RY{SONS FOR OROSING THE JAMES Paver. * rem the proximity of the enemy to his siefences ‘wrownd Richmond, it was impossible by any frm: move- pieces 0’ artillery fell into the hands of & 4 gnomy. it annoyed us consideral On the 24th of By the 12th of Soplember a branch jiroad was com- tured Union City, Kenty . plet d from the City Point and PO orspurg Railroad, K to Interpose between himvand tho city. S$ was sull | dest the ion of affaiy’s, and what to do with the | Lynchburg or Richmond, I directed that the <ixth and | diffoulty, im all weather, the arw’ , fp front of Peters- | nel H., having but a small fore, withdrew t in Tennessee: to Hoe condition to either move by Dis left flank and invest | troaps. instead of ty'<ing these troops, and pushin; Nineteenth corps be got back to the armies operating | burg, near the river, from where he repulsed the enemy and when the re mond from the north side, of continue Tf:y-niove by at once iuto Potersburgy he requosted General Hancock acainot Richmond, €0 that they might Be ws'd in a move- ‘CAPTURE OF THE FORTIFICATY yy ar CMATTN’S FARM. drove lim from the. place, intorcementa order Jasans. While | te relieve's part of his Ming in thé captured works, which ajor meant against Lee re the return of the troops sent by Him into the valtey; and that Huater should remain fi the Shenandoah vailey, keeplag between any force 6! the enemy and Washington, acting on the defensive as much as possible. I felt that if the enemy hat any no- tion of returning, the fact would be developed before the Sixth and Ninctecnth corps could leave Washington, Subsequently the Nineteenth corps was excepted from | #ivanved on the-w orning of the 29th, carrying the very ‘On the mor the order to return to the James, Strong fortifyy.tions and entrenchments below | Pillow, T EARLY’S FRCOND ADVANCE, Chapin’s army, known as Fort Harrison, capturing fifteen | nesseo c: About the 25m # became evident that the enomy was | pleces of artillery and the New Market road and en- | troops, again advancing upon Maryland and Pennsylvania, and | trenchments. This success was foilowed up by wgal- | f ught br: the Sixth corps, then at Washington, "was { lant assault upon Fort Gillmore, immediately in front of | when the enc ordered back 10’ the vicinity of Harper's Fer- } the Chapin farm fortifications, in which we were ro- | our men thr ry. The rebet fdroa moved down the valley, | pulsed with heavy loss, Kautz’s cavalry was pushed | human und mere and sont a re'ding party into Penusytvania, which on the | forward on the road tothe right of this, supported by | On tho lth Ge 30ih burned Chambersburg and then retreated, pursued | infantry, and reached the enemy's inner line, but was | bus, appeared before a by our cavalry, towards Cumberland. They wore met | unable to get further. ‘Tho position captured from the MORGANA and defeated by General Kelly, and with diminished | enemy was so threatening to Richmond that I deter. | Guerilla and raiders, seem'ng!y numbers escaped into the mevatains of West Ving:nia, | mined to hod it, The enemy made several desperate | rest’s oper 3, wera also ver; From the time of the first ratd the telegraph wires wero | attempts to dislodge us, all of which were unsuccessful, | The most noted of those was Mor frequently down ®etween Washington and City Point, | and for which he paid dearly. two or th making it necessary to transmit messages a part of the ‘THR POVLAR SPRING CHURCH riGcHtr, through Pound Gap in the I way by boat. It took from twenty four to thirty-six | On tho morning of the 30th Gen ral Meade sent out | 11th of June he attacked and hours to get despatches ¢urough and return answers | @reconnomsance, with a view to attacking the eneiny’s | ite entire sarrison, On the L back; so that often orders would be given, ‘and then Nine if it was found sufficiently weakened by withirawal ridge and formation woukl be received showing a d.florent state of troops to tho north side, In th nee WO finally dvi Ake Thee to the south side of the n ’ ‘athe former might have beom better ag 4 covering Mor Wi ton, yet a fall survey of all tho {ground aatisfied “me that it wor ne imprac- Sicabie to hold @ hme north and east of Ris:hmond that * would protect the Fredericksburg Railroad~-a long, vul- merablo:Mne, which would erbaust much ef our streaguh to guard, and that would have to he protect to eupply the ‘army,@nd would leave open to the emt#ay all his lines ~ef comenunication on the gouth sidow! ¢ne James, ay ‘ faea, from the start, had been to beat dens army perth jet Riéhmond if possible. Then, after destroying bis Bnes cf commun cation “north of Che James Tiver, to transfer the army to thesouth side -and besiege ‘Lee in mond, er followtim south ifthe should ‘retreat. After the battle of the Wilderness tt was evidest that the tnemy deemed it ef the first importamce to ran no “risks with the army bo then had. Fre acted purely on waive behind %reastworks, wr feebly on‘tho offen- give immediately iu front of thew, and where,'in case of *gopzlse, he could oxsily rotire béuind them, ‘Without a + greater sacrifice of ‘i.e than ¥ was willimy ‘to make, all 4 could'nt be acoompliahed that I had destgned north ‘ef Richmond. I therefore detewnined tocontinuo to hold + substantially the ground we then occupied, taking ad- * want of any favorablo cirowmatances thé: might pre- went selves, unt] the cavalry oauld be sent to The extonston of our lines y ross the Weldon Railroad Onthe 18th of April, part of this fore compelled tha enemy 0 $0 “yxtend his that it seemed ho | rebcl General Buford,’ sum i could haye but few troops ¥ ,orth of the James for the de. | Columbus, Kentucky, to fence of Richmond. On * ne night of the 28th the Tenth | reply from Colonel Lawre: corps, Major General BY ney, and the Eighteenth corps, | Volunteers, that, boing place¢ Major General Ord ¢ommanding, of General Butler's | with adequate force to hold bi: army, were crossed "othe north ‘de of the James, and | mies froin t, surronter was out of of the same doy F Lieutenant General Gx or a full understanding of the plan referred to in this froma nt hy Colonel Por- ore gh iy ophiion that yours should be creed Ww” ther was done beforefmidv’ ght, THE WATTLE OF PRTERSNURG, the time I arr.ved the next morning the enemy was in force, An a¥tack was ordered to be made at six o'clock that evey.ing by the troops under Smith and the Secpnd and Niv.th corps. Ft required until that time for the Ninth corys to get up wid into position. The attack was made as (rdered, and the fighting continued with bat little intermssion untd ‘six o'clock the next morning, and resuitet In our carrying tho advance and some of the main works of the enemy to the right (our lefty of those yreviously captured by Geueral Smith, egeveral pieces of artillery, andover four hundred prisoners, Tha Fifth corps boop got up the attacks wore ro- newed and persisted in with great vigor on the 1%h and 18th, But only resalted in for.ing the enemy to an in- terior tine from whith h» could not be dislodged. The advamtages in position gained by us were very great. ‘Thoamay (ue Proocoded to envelop Perersburz toward the-Scuthside Railread, as fur as possible, witheut attack- ing fortifications. ~ BUCLER'S FAILURR'O HOLD TRE PETRFSAURG AND RICH MOND RAILROAD, ‘On the 6th theven , to reinforce Petersburg, with- @rew from @ part of his tntrenchineat in front of Ber- muda Hundred, expecting, no doulst, to #0: troops from Columbus, or the and put proposed move tantion in Vir a ene Charlowesville atl Gordonsvitle to affectusily break up | morth of the James to take the place of these withdrawn | facts from thos: on whidh they were based, causing a | captured and held the enemy's works Spring, In was afterwards surpris sd " the railroad coanection between Richaond and the Sho- | fore we coukt discover it. Gencral Gutler, taking | confusion and apparent oontradiction of orders that must | church. In the afternoon troops moving to get to tis » Leni 4 his command nandeah valleyand: Lynchburg; and, whox the cavalry | advantage of this, at once moved @ forco-on the railroad | have considorably embarrassed those who had tocxecute | left of the point gained were attacked by the enemy in | dispersed by Ge m. well off, tamove tho amny to the south side of tho | between Potersburg and Richmond. As soon as I was | them, and readered operations against the enomy less | heavy force, and compelled to fail back until supported RVD MIVER YT + vay tory, See In the absence of the Re otflelal reports at t expedition, ex: 2 the treo) apprised of ‘the advantage thus gained, to retain it I or- dered two @ivisions of the *ixth corps, General Wright commauding, that were embarking at Wilcox’s landing, under orders for City Peint, to report to General Butler, at Bermads flundreds, of which Genera! Butier was noti- ficd, aud she importanoe of holéing awposition in advance Of is present tine urged upon aim, Aboat two u’clock in the afternoon General Butler was forced vask to the line tho cnemy Haft withdrawn from in the morning, Goneral Wright, with his two divisions, joined Gunersl Butler on tho Torenvon of the 17th, the laiter stall holding wich a strong ptoket line the enemy's works, ‘But instead of putting these d.visions into the by the forces holding the captured works, Qui under Gregg was also attacked, but repulsed the with great loss, REUEL AUTICK ON KAUTZ AND BUTE. On tho 7th of Ovtobor the enemy aliacked Kautz's 2 troops. cavalay north of tho James and drove it back with heavy Sisteenth and ad lows In k:Ned, wounded and prisoners, and the loss of ail rps, left Vi ngon fe 10th of tho artiliery-——-ight or nino pieces, ‘This he followed up the des gnated point on Red by an attack on our entrenched infantry lino, but was re- | day earlier than that appointed by pulsed with severe slaghter. On the 13th a reconnow- | ‘The rebel forces at Fort Def fanco was sont out by General Butler, with a view to | to defeat him, left the fort on the 14th drive the enemy from some new works he was construct- | in the open ld; bet, white ing, which resulted in very heavy loss to 3, skirmishing and demonstration effective than they otherwise would have ben. To remedy this evil it was evident to my mind that somo person should have the supreme connnand of all tho far s in the departments of West Virginia, Washington, Sesquehanna and the Middle Department, and so I re- comtinended, {i shall not be able to yeuon Savannah, Your i | SEnearives, ey thocnomyple rebt Manik, whore 1 foltT | ¢ couldeut se his sources of supply ‘except by the ca- | RAYD-OF THE VIBGTNUA CENTROL RALROAD. On tho Tth’two divisiows of cagulry under General Sheridan got? on the ‘expedition agatest the Virginie. Central Railread, with instructions to ‘Bunter, whom & heped he would meot moar Charivttesville, to join bis H forces 10 Mreridan’s, amivafter the work aid out for them : ‘was thoronghiy done to join the army of the Potomac , dy the romte<iown iu Sireridan’s imstravzions. j MITEMYT TO-CAPTURE FETRRASURG, i suprising ament of the fHKMIDAN SENT TO THE VALLEY. ‘On'the 2d of August I ordered General Sheridan to re- port in,person to Major General Halleck, chief of staff, at Washington, with a view to his assicnment to the com- smand:ef all the forces against Early. At this time tho enemy Was concentrated in the neighborhood of Win- ‘chester, whilst our forces, under General Hunter, wero ‘On the Och of Juae'General Butler sent a force of sin- hed forward s }, waiter General 'Gillmore, and-cevalry, under Gen- | encwy's works to hotd them, he.permitted them 'o halt | concentrated on the Monocacy, at the crossing of the ‘THE MOVEMENT To HATCHES RUN. to Fort De Ruesey, which had n left with a weak to capteroPetersburg, if pessible, and destroy | an rest some distance in tke rear of his own lime, Be- ] Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Ivaving open to the enemy | On the 27th the Army of the Potomac, leaving only | garrison, and captured \t with its garrison —about 250 * the ra.iroat! and common bridges across the Appomattox. | tem ®ar ond five o'clock in the afternoon the enemy | Western Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania, From | sufficient men to hold its foriified line, moved by the | men, IL pivces of artillery arms. Our ‘ ‘The cavalry carried tho works :on the south side, and | a't clr: wad drove in his pickets and reoccupied his old ] whore I was, I hesitated to give positive orders for the | ¢hemy’s right flank, The Second corps, followed by two | loss was bat slight. On hed forward to i _ Ponetrated Woll in sowards the but were forcet! to) linn movement of our forces at Monocacy, lest by so doing I | divisions of the Filth corps, with the cavalry in advance pISth. On the make ares 4 retire. .Goncral ‘Gdiimore finding the works which he THR LODGMENT ATURE ROTO, should expose Washington. Therefore, on the 4th I left | and covering our left flank, forced a passage of Hatcher's y at Henderson i wip ecmbed sien ~ @pproached very strong, and deeming an assault‘im- Ou tne night of the 20th and morning of the 2lst a } City Voint to visit Hanter’s command, andidetermine for | Tn and moved up tho south side of it towards | Hil, in whch he dofeated bis, captur y 210 prisoners a“ move thi ) Teturmed to Bermuda Eundred witheut at- | 1 it was efferted by Generdl Butler, with one brigade | inyscif what was best to be done. On arrival there, and | the South Side Kailroad until the Second corps | and 4 pioces of aruillery sa of fears, om the north etic of the amen, at ‘after consultation with General Hunter, I issued to'him | and part of the cavalry reached the Boydton plank | On the 28th he aga.ni attacked and a we ee ee een Sits Porat feo) : connected the pontoon bridge with Bermuda | tbe following instruction i bse ie Pepoaetireir ect 8 a a pepe Baier the Pg) ie Taylor at Co q back ‘Rend di jamdred: Monocacy Bripar, Md., August 5, 186(—8 P. M. je were stant from the hside Railroad, Nth General Banks had sasctayh: General ‘Gwith’s vommand by water, via the White SRWRIDAN’S EXPEDITION UP THR SHENANDOAM VALLEY. (Generai—Concentrate a! F available ‘force witha: which I had hoped by this movement to reach and hold, | Alexandria, and pushed forward to House, 40 reach there in advance of the army of the |” Onthe 19th General Skeridan, on his return from his | aeipinace vicinity ot Be PO eariee ao ait | Ime finding tint we’ bad nos yeached the etd of the ng Of Apri'G he moved frit ( ‘ Fc onl alba apes fp A prego ring bh gr gg: Aoappe peoghoaprind Railroad, bayer eaiived ean oad cerrineny Sor eubbe Recparey ee sabe be pape geornaencal - ig pee presenting itseli for noon of the Tin his Segre ’ ‘3 e enemy's cavalry was | necessary: Use. in this concentrating, tho railroads, if by | am coomfsl asault by which he might be doubled up | near PI Hill, and drove him fri & oe Feeoalh tgp the | pica aa ea citations Somes cetind. 7s ree e tae anacey tataeaonee Lege! weeny ise .] caer, fete ey to withiet our oaflerzdo the enemy mile a Bh miles by -@ark on tho evening of the 12th; one division of cavalry, | enemy's cavalry near Trevitiian station on the morning | Jayge fore, Pua north, following him and attickiug hm | ee aan een a report. that Gone War a eee aka alla cot palicd under General Wilson,” and the'Fth corps, crossed the | of tee 11th of June, whom he attacked, and after an | aslongusitissafe todo so. If it is necertained that the | had connected with General Hancock, I roturued tomy | Til, the eneray atts na defeated Bi of ‘at Long Bridge, «nd moved ont to Whit» | obstinate contest drove from the fleld in complete rout, | cocmy has buta small force north of the Potomac, then | headquarters, Foon after L let the enemy moved ous | tarsag minet en pi artiery and Oak swamp ‘to cover the croas.ngs of the otherworps. | He beft his dead and aearty-all bis wounded in our hands, | PEs! south with the main force. detaching under a compe- | across Hatcier’s ran, in the gap betwen Generals Hat 7 it of t K Tetores, D The corps reached James river, at Wilcax's land- | and -about four hundred prisoners and several hundred | 101" drive them to thele emon tee tee he atte raiders | cock and Warren, which wan ist closed aa reported, and | General Dates fell back i Plestany HU, whee Major Geneval W. 7, Sizuway, . == Charles City Court House, on the might of teh ee eet tare ee oa ‘We brigade of cavalry Dow on rows trom 4 ington vin be 24h Sn ong nae “ Keer! ri hag coouiy te right and | battle was foaglit on ge h It was the oricinal dokigh to hold Aiwmty; add, by TRIBUTE VO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. until three o'clock P. M., when he advanced in the direc- ‘There are now on their way tojoin you three other brigades | met it, and afters bloody poencwn 4 bears the saaingy Sra ater tered aire Pe ne Seats = ee ton. Ms he i Laer ot aeee During three years the armies of the Potomac and | tion of Gordonsville. ie found the enemy reinforced | of the best cavalry, numbering, at least. 5.000 men and | within bis works, and withdrew that night to his old | thenes ty Alexandria whick, he rene he 2 aa, eesually over ihe eam fromthe weet nae Vieaee been confronting each other, In | by tefanteyBbehind well constructed rifle pits, avoct ive | horses. These will instructed, inte abeehooior torte: vastgen ri thence to Alexandria, whic he 1 sched ou the 2ith of | gia, ver the east irom the west. In other } Morvnera Virginia ba be fronting each ether. In | by iefantryBbehind eructe pits, about tive | orders, to join you by the suuth side of the Trotomac. One \. me ee ‘ April, Here a serious difilewity arose in getting Admiral ould-be confederasy in two again, as it ey more despei an it | miles from the latter place, and too strong to successfully | brigade will probubly mart to-morrow. ‘In pushing up the | , /2#apport of this movement General Butler made a | Porter's flect, which accompa the expediiion, won Of the Mis— ’ ‘probably ever betore fe! igen grab speeder | aagault. On the extreme right, however, his reserve | Shenandoah valley, where it ia expected i have togo | demonstration ow the north side vo. 9 James, aid ate | the rapide, the water baying fallen so much sines they Tiually effected: ‘without materially. changing the vantage ground of | brigade carried the enemy’s works twice, and was | first or last, itis desirable that novhing Al beleftto ine | ta ked the chowy on the Wiliainsbur: read aud alo on nt their recur, ALU saguestion * either. The veges Hl Ne oon People, oo cosh — she Ie aes pe age veld closed the PtP pander Bes peocendl [ee all pre ay tue York River Railroad. In the former he was unsue. ral) Bailey, aud wader his TUR MARCH TO TUR REACDA! - Uney hod failod to ‘captare Washington and march on to | tinue the engagement, and ive animale belme without | oRowatimed, desiray. Tes ht’ desirable th lich faa aftorwards” aband jued, and ine tovcen with vtructed ao cat the fest pare down | fortis proposed mu ping bie army lt peat New York, as they had boasted they would do, semimed | forage (the country fuewishing but inferior grazing), | the people should be informed thatso tong an nnvarmy ean | SN ® thelr foriaer positlone. i i ig the. mecemiane to Hood® Becomtar taaeer 4 that they only defended beir-capital and Southern tern- hearing nothing from General Hunter, 6 | subsint among them, recurrences of these raids must be ex TAR HECK DUMING THE WESTRR, cw 1th of May, | that Hood d moved westward f = anhie hae reer } tory. Antietam, Gettysburg, and all the other | withdrew his command to the North mde of the North | pected, and we are determined to stop them at all hazards, From this time forward ube in front of Pe: eorabl ski sadsance, | Sand Mountain, General She meth prem Dattles that had been fought, were by them set dewn as | Anna.and commenced his return march, reaching White Bart mind the ches isto drive the enemy south, and | tersburg and Richmond, until the spring campaign of » iwar the end M, pres v . oe cers mtv od warty failures on our part and victories for them. Their | Houso at the time before stated. After breaking up the | {9 40 this you want to Keep lim always in sight. Be guided | 1495, were contined to the detenc and extonsien ot oir Tho disnsious termination af thiv expedt : fed oomenandiian wesw. army belived this. It produced » morale which | dépot at that place he moved to the James river, which fake yourowa arrangements for supplies of all kinds, | HlCS, and to offensive movements for tion, and the latene sof the wsason, rendered tmpracti mus, could only be overcome by desperate and con- Uouous hard fighting. The tattles of the Wilderness 7 Bpotsylvani iorth Anna aud Cold Harbor, bloody an ‘ terrible, as they were on our side, were oven more dam- aging to.the enemy, and so crppled him as to make him ‘wary ever after of taking the offensive. His losses in men were probably not so great, owing to the fact that ‘we were, save in the Wilderness, almost invariably the @ttacking party, and when he did attack it was im the ‘open field. ‘The dovaila of these battles, which for en- @urance and bravery on the part of the soldiery have eu imy’s Imes of ing any €or Sac) Tot vebrw wor) ¢ Hatcher's Major General D. Hunter. yun, wid the Weldon Railroad bad been destroyed to ‘The troops were immediately put in motion, and the | Micksurd. advance reached Hailtown that night. rum AGLA General Hunter having, in our conversation, expressed General Sherm, # willin; ness to be relieved from command, I tolegraphed | of M to have General Sheridan, then at Washington, sent to Harper's Ferry by the morning train, with or general command of all the troops ‘in the 1 n, aid to pr arryin: out of my pian of 4 movement ia force giving regular vouchers for such aw may be taken from luyai sullicient to msure the ¢ <ltizens in the country through which you march, U. 8, GRANT, ‘Lieuteuant General. placed in com twoops of bie military db ur army corps and) cavalry move with thro he reached safely, after heavy fighting. He commenced crossing on the 26th, near Fort Fowbatan, without further moiestation, and rejoined the Army of ‘the Poto- mac. GENERAL WILS9N’S RAID ON THE WELDON RAILROAD. On the 224 General Wilson, with his own division of cavalry of the Army of the Potomac and General Kautz’s d.vision of cavalry of the Army of the James, moved againstche cuenys railroads south of Richmond. Strik- ing the Weldon Railroad at Ream’s station, destroying yture of Mobile. ws, AL ¥ far h Major Genoral Steele left Livile wna» could hold th» line of the CHood should: fore y apd boot bimin bette. Y¥ ‘onvented to that Sherman should d, respectively, by « atield, upon Jolnate the enemy's positions at Be haar nixhes, in whic the depet and several miles of the road and the :outh- ted, Ge d his troops at Atlanta by th lj rarely been surpassed, aro given in the roport of Major | side road about fifteen, miles from Richmondsto near Not | cal on General Hunter at Monocacy who. would. t Cauda, which he occupied about the tl | : - cee General Meade, and thé subordinate reports accompany. | toway station, where he met and defeated a force of the | over to him any lettor of instructions A a aaa ll ti taaataeahad| on" ema Boe ia eee douse enemy's cavalry, he reached Burkeville station on | Monocacy, until General Sheridan arrived, on the morn. ut atid not be detmitely hixed, H "an couid + uring the campoign of forty-three days, from the | the afternoon of the 23d, and from there de. | ing of the 6th, and, after aconference with him jn rela. | on thi orth, This move nt was succe . John. as he mar th y, 1 atieiatenom Rapidan.to James river, the army bad. to be supplied | stroyed the Danville Railroad to Roanoke Bridge, | tion to military affairs in that vicinity, I returned to City | ston, finding Lis retreat Likely to be cut. off, foll back to that a tore to bis aw teomne stomp ommibles from an ever-shifting base, by wagons, over warow | a distance of twenty.five miles, where he found | Point by way of Washington, his fortified position at Resa ore he was attacked for euch pointaa he could reach inster” 44 him «Abeud Foads, through a densely wooded country, with a lack of } the enemy in force, and in @ position from which he | | On the 7th of August. the Middle Department and tho 0 afternoon of 3 ‘A heavy battle encued. | Cainde t Might preter, The biindns of thence” A Uf acobebe wharves at euch new base ‘rom which: to conveniently } cold not dislodge him. He then commenced his return | Departments of West Virginia, Washington and Susque- g tho might th y retreated south, I the aa ths of April the orig Mia SOevatneni: and sending’ GAY, boweuen, discharge vewels, Too much eredit cannot, therefare, | march, and on the 25th met the enemy's cavalry in force | hanna were cousticuted into the “Middle Military Divi 17th his rear overtaken near Adairs him wiilecrositig. Saline “Hveiad Senkis nly causiderable force’ he had we”, Ad's armg, thes be awarded to tho Quartcrimaster and: Commissary De- | at the Weldon Railroad crossing of Stony creek, where he | sion,” and Major General Sheridan was assigned to tem skiri followed. ‘The no: was ropulsed with considerable loca, Our Loe Y Sta taeronten br. At Kehmend and : for tho zeal and eflictency displayed by them. | ‘bad a severe,but not decisive engagement. Thence he | porary command of the came. He was six hundred in k Hed, wounded and. prisoners. ceeipalior lett the cloole ccinty SWGrd On amatiehene iader the, general supervision of the Chief Quartermas. | made a detour from hia loft, with a view of reaching |’ Two divisions of cavalry, commanded by Gen as overtaken ile on the nby, Who had been aaxiened tothe | roatete his own choice 7 9P0n, waesbermau'er ter, Brigad.er General R. Ingalls, the trains were made ‘to ocoupy all the avatiable roads between the army and our water base, and but little difficulty was experienced tm protecting them. HIGKL'S AND HUNTERS CAMPAIGNS. The movement up the Kanawha and Shenandoah val- Joys, under General Sigel, commenced on the Ist of May. General Crook, who had the immediate command of the Kanawha expedition, divided his forces into two columns, ing one, composed of cavalry, to General Averill. Reams Station, supposing it 40 be in our possession. AL this place he was met by the enemy's cavalry, supported by infantry, aud forced to retire, with tlie loss of hig artillery aud trains. In this la:t encounter General Kautz, with a part of his command, became separated, mado hia way into our lines General Wilson, with the remainder of his force, succeeded in crossing the Nottoway river and coming in safety on our left and rear, The damage to the euemy in thia expedition more than compensated for the losses wo sustained. It severed all Torbert and Wilson, were sent to Sheridan from th Army of the Potomac. The first reached him at Harper's Ferry about the 1th of August. SHERIDAN ORDERED TO ‘GO Ty,"? His operations during the month of August and the fore part of September were both of an offensive and defensive character, resulting im many severe skir mishes, principally by the cavalry, in which wo wers generally successiul, but no general engagement took place. Tho two armies lay in such @ position—the enemy ing night across th 8 Operations Were going on, G I Jeiterson C. Davis’ division of Thomas, army was to Rome, capturing it with ite forts and artillery aud is valu: able mulls aud foundries. —G sherman having given his army a few days’ rest at this pout, again put itn motion on the z3d for Dallas, with @ view of turning the difficult pass at Allatoona, On the afternoon of tho 26th the advance, under General Hooker, had a s.vere battle w.th the enemy, driving command of the “Miliary Division of West Misissippi’,’ | Mow that campalyn font was therefore directed to send the Nineteenth army | tion Was mot wil, Uh fancied. hor itttle oppost- corps to join the armies operating against Richmond, and | which the arm es pasted, Ul) yj) yon et 2e (onntry throug te to limit ‘the remainder of his command to such opora- | on the Savannah river, ay g ye yue Of Bort Mealliator, tions as might bo n ry to hold the positions and | on the gist of Dec! are all cleft’ Sen of: Havannals ines of communications he thea occupied. eral Sbermau’s ad Teper, ty seestorth in Gen. EXGAGEMENT AT LAKE eaticon, CReMaact cas Before starting General A. J. Smith's troops back to | Soon after General Sherman, General Canby setita part of it to disperse a | f ta, two Oxy force of the enemy that was collecting near the. M seis _ HCOr ymenced hit Maret." ie trom aten Rouge, Y crossed the mountains by se routes. Averill | connexion by railroad with Richmond for several weeks. | on the west bank of the Opequan creek, covering Win- | him back to New Ho} one oe m Vicksb ‘ 4 Ne pe church, near Dallas.’ Several | sippi river. General $1 or ated ore a meee At; Mineraet od etruck the Tennessee and Virginia sro mear Wytho- ‘THE PETER: BURG MINE NIGHT. chester, and our forces in front of Berrysvilie—that | sharp encounters occurred at this point. The mest im- py Lake Ublont on tie bth of Yano. Ger ieee bel Fie canna, ve Soomny's Tine of boun 5 ‘ville, on the 10th, and, to New river and | With » view of cutting the enomy’s raflroad from | elther could bring on a battle at any Ure, o us { portant wag on the 23th, whion the enemy assaulted | 40 killed and 70 wounded yg iiaaieicaten poseballs pe p Garlansbars, destroyed, the road, several imporiant | svar Richmoud vo the Anna rivers and ‘inaking him | would lay open to tho onemy the Sutenot Maryland and J Qimeral MaPhervon at Dali, but received a terrible aud SINGH AND CAPTURE OF FORT woRaas. General Foster, commanding. ;A%D “AVASNAIE RAIL‘ uatio! F - | Ponnsylv st fore another army § bloody repulse, In tho In o F anh: 0 8 ne x OD t General} donk, and, in the event of failure in this, to take advan | could be iuterposedta theck bin. Under Woneinne’ | Oe ine hivet Jane Johnston abandoned bis entrenched BEsheeGered Grestin TES eee heme a et Fulroad ere pedition, via BY Sed ver, to taotroy the tage of his necessary withdrawal of troops 4 arieston burg, to explode # mine that had been pre in front : Ninth corps, and assault the enomy’s lines at that “ stances 1 hesitated about allowing the initiative to be | position at New Hope church and retreated to the sirung place, on the nij of the 26th ‘corps, and two ate of the cavaiy cry and Kautz's taken. Finally, the use of the Baltimore and Obio Rail. | positions of Kenesaw, Pine, and Lost Mountains. H road.and tho Chesapeake and Ohio canal, which were | was forced to yield the two last named places and ¢ bond collect, to co-opernie with Admiral Farragut against the | tion from Vicksburg, under, 44 Savannah. | The experi defences of Mobile bay. On the Sth of August Fort | dier General ED Ocbant «command of Brovet Bra Gaines surrendered to the combined naval and Jand | colored cavalry), captured "0!9nel Third United stator rations of General ¢ Second | both obstructed by the enemy, became so Indispensably | centrato his army on Kenesaw, where, on the 27th, | fore For "owell wa bi t P y 2 a ' oe of ts a Deceesary to us, and the importance of relieving Penn. | Generale Thomas and McPherson made’ a deterioined | “On tho Oth Fort, Moran was Wevened, and ater ase. | tridwo ete eet cont! Sstwnppl Central Kalread 4 bs beg wore crossed north of james {Meee and Maryland from continuously threatened | but unsuccessful as-auit. On the night of the ui of | vere bombardment aurrendered on the 23d The total | Canton, thirty miles of t) over Big Black river, near ~ — oo Fr, and the force General Butler bad there, On | invasion 80 that I determi the risk | July Sherman commenced movi i arty by the right | captures amounted to 1,464 prisoavrs and 104 pieces of | sides large amounts of 26 Faadund two locomotives, bow o Major General ". Halleck, Stadt ‘enemy was driven from his entrenched pos!- uid be taken.’ Bat fearing to telegraph the | funk, and on the morning of the 3d found thut the | artillery. ” Penns Baton Iterce uae with, «Stores, The exped.ton from “ef tho army :— with the loss of 1 of artillery. On the 28th for an atisck without ‘knowing more ‘tian I | eneniy, in consequence of this movement, had aba DEYTAT OF PRICK 1 stisHoUn: dition from the Depae fat favoratile resnttx. The expe: Nase Seemencemns Comp Seam, ¥°., Lines were Deep Bottom to New Mar- | did of Goneral, Sheridan’e feelings as to what | doned Keneraw and retreated across the Chattahooc! About the lust of August, it being reported th tion from the Depar . 2at faverabie results. The expe ne ay By tite. | Keb this mare attacked by | would be the probable result, I left City Point on the YASSAGE OF FIR CUATFANOOCMIR, rebel Goneral Price, with a’ force of about 10,000 men, | Consisting ut about $, _ Brigadier General John I. Hatch, Ae me ol ig? ; ui Pe in heavy force. The fighting lasted for several | 15th of feptem| to visit him ft te apt to General Sherman remained on the Chattahoochie to | had reached Jacksonport, on bis way to invade Missourl, clediay ve Dee ee ve thonsand men ‘of ‘all arma, ind pee ede Sector ed eae ong | Re'ahce'a Gas sete tring ‘et, prea he | asta Chart, ts Rang ahs Raa | lve tuyae ean 6 ep ree wnt ih ot | Sour A. Ai comand hem em raw fr | vr and dedck’ omhwcy Ervin cp ad . ie " O * 4 lemphis to Join Sherman, was otdered to Missouri. A | November, from * at 's Neck on the 20th af % ger for General Hunter to move in that direction; reach | Y°FY large thrown there by the enemy, 1 deter. | how each army lay, what he could do the. moment he | tah: , destroyed_a large portion of the railroad to th 3 OS H ¢ reliroad Seen cote greet ay Sng | i wnt foe nec Fc hs feck | Satay tS at ie eres | AMsuAn Hee cee at, | lit cad, of Cond Winn rms | rane Rem oa tng i ee Ne Oe Oe Te Re tenis Genera | TE, | One | division of was'| necesary—Go'tn!” For the convenience of forage, the | mand of the rebel army, and assuming the ofcasive. | sod're rans’s forces superior to those of Price, | strongly forti® 38 enemy was found and atiw ked in @- U. 8. GRAMT, Generat. | Withdrawn on the ‘be 30 snd | teams foe: depplt tng’ ite. rite 4, She | Penective ay A geee ng jeasive- | and no doubt was entertained he would be able to chock | Mhting, in o: 24 potion, which resulted, nftor severe Me ee ts, 190: | BQVEd during the night rear of the igh | Ferry, Leaked hiet if he could get. out ble tenet and | Shorinan in the Vicinity ot Aosta the cat acoper, | bree and Fe eae ie aL a eer onis | ranted AOS, < Agile bering the sight, Genoreh mete St Senter ons pom a May 25, 1804. | tednth corps, 10 relieve that the Jine, that it | supplies intimo to make an attack on the ensuing Tucs- | and determined of which was on the 22d of July. About | 26h day of Soptomber Price attacked Pilot Kuch ani | tained « ty GUUS Eth Of Descmber General Foner om { Bocaselt de on tier on the encatry” Tee tol ‘ijt be foot looge in th made. The other, ‘was that he could before day. nthe afternoon of brave, no- | forced the to fetfeat, and thence moved north | Railroad? _lttom covering the Charleston ani Savantnte ‘cabal abould be bezond possibility of repairs two divisions of the Sheridan's cavalry ton A was off complished and noble-hearted McPherson was killed. | to the Missouri river, and ‘continued tp that river | rivers, between tho Coosawhatchic and Telifinny, Ry he could Sod be wae to |. Were croesed-over-on the n: ‘29th and moved in | may hore add that the résult was such Lhave never | General Succeeded him, and commanded thearmy | towards Kungaa. Gonvral Curtis, Dommbeding Depart. { base, or at erdonerile join army, it of Petersburg. the motning of the 30th, «be: | since deemed it necessary to visit General Sheridan be- | of the Tennessee thro: this desperate battle, and un- | ment of Kansas, immediately collected such forces ag he Hood, HOOP's FOLLY. Maser General BW. ANT, pant Géneral. twpen four and five 0’ fe rhine was sprung, blo fore giving him orders. Ul he was led General Howard, on the Id to rapol’the iavasion of Kansas, while General | move ° fnatead of following sherman, contamued hie-- : General Hunter lately took up the otfebatye,’ | orfens encenttidi hy ital te ea ol 3 26th, with the samme success and ability that had charag- | Rosecrans’ cavalry: was operating in his fear, Biscer a0ethward, which wemned tome to be leading , pe i VON Td abemge Ni fi terized him in the command of a corps or division. ‘The onemy war brought to battic on the Big Blue and ) tam doom.’ Atall events, had'l ha the power ter - SSeeneg Tae eae in ely took possession of the crater mare by the’ ex Tun mith the lows of nearly all his ‘atillery and | orde. and both armies, Tehould’ noe have changed. the « ; rhe hate Bei ae, eek See ote 01 ‘the Hine for to the right an Tn all these attacks fraing aud a large number of prisoners. He made a of’ —-eunder wh ch he seemed to bivacting. On the 26(y it ‘one FR in eget d peed ype ioe ned ont of ff, but fr sore: tom. Finding 1 impos cipitato retreat to Northern Arkantas, The impunity | gx: Jetober the advance of Mooi army attarked the artillery and three @imail arms. they done this, T 1) tallove, that Pan | cdnatcns ae Chana ts which Price was enabled to roam ror the State of | p' hon at Dreatur Alabama, bat falling to carry. the Spr eae pees Sone is ek | Taare ine wean EI OR ee oh { dined "oa pete Lived aan ee ne com routs to draw may te wel. There ls 00 releok Oep.teeen kee. Gerth bide. of the Tecbemee vee; aur Pisteae Oo | reached and frhich bad boon complete and gee forces to thid | th on on | this he crana should pot have concentrated his forces and beaten tr 28th Focrost reached the Tenneeges, at Fort Mioman, was very 8 for its defence. The-saptured Se dhe heist the 20th, Sheridaa pursued bin with — and een and Lovejoy’s, and driven Price beforo the latter reached Pilot Knob. ‘nd captured 4 gunboat and three transporte. On the» | taking with him sufficient o Bufepabte; dod of’no sdvantare 10» Meare eae | Gavia Restos vert, aaa tet Se Glee oF him to retreat to the south, om the 2d of Septomber ocou- YORREST'@ RAID INTO TENNROGRE, 24 of Noveraber he planted batteries above and below | Satoh hag Boas sue wise bop etapa fot” “Hume | Roney cA yerine te ees uae ge | Met Aa ei so TT a, SL meee Batty, | Riana a peiete as Onn, Seng he fe: asec cr mpd Pettey, m cumage, whet promised to be the most succomiful ae to Strasburg, and took position on the north sido wm tetas of a es od Bed sik he carrie at Alben Sopa oe 2 samy yaved ood sgt vane pr, the, th we was vi T ene Codar oreck. jeeler, attempted communications in the | dred men, wi julated on Soon after ur boats and gartivon. The gua- enue’ LA fo a oa ees pe Lo tp fo hy pape rte Ab onRER. rear, but was ropulsed at Dalton and driven into East | gurronder two ents of reinforcoments arrived Dcominu dated, ware ston fire, as also t mona = a tte of which reached. ‘Ly’ fe General Hunter was retreating on ‘bt bee party ae ronveet © the wer and on Srrer ian Rag Mad lin, porches inaity Cree acd titra never : local otores wishes’ ¢ thes bodh 8 ion end ar dolla Hi asl e funter, nome. in boul rest ro} ‘© ral a oy » About a mil a jollars’ wort! fe th sth Sn Gated ring Seed a Ey tty et, fs bring Bs 1 i Geter te cavalry encountered ours near Strasburg, | of the Tennessee. The damage done by this raid was-re- | rison at Sulphur Branch trestle, iahod “ah er ma property on the leveo and op of arene tion to reve iat, ot beforé the | rewrned Ronhwond and moved down: that valley. As pieces: ve ‘auilery ase ah roan See oe bas i ne ‘RAID, Shan vile am Sosteams’ Pata ar” . [ epeinne dion wenteh abe wane ‘o ne ri 00, ‘Want ammunition 1 “ the Nashvi a a fto the nore ha Sa eal str HE Yat: | Ger toro bad eched th Kanomna ae | seed tha matte” with "taped | neat tng era iy apatt, Seee | ari itan, Ons morn gS cor 2" on | sn aa encarta ery Seb es mawha, lost to us use. ny Toi " tov e ui with a 9 of cavalry | Fortest’s com u a cuit and s( joined Ho er : weeks fiom the Aniouce oetue Nori SP a ad chen ot the Shenendoan, forded whe worth fork, | trom Decitar having mado s waccesaal raid upon the | Huviavl, and wumthoned the surreniet of 474 "tyre Want of ue Sth General Schonield,-wnth the advance: 07 7 nigomery Railroad, and its branches near beige Cavalry raids wero also made by Generals Mo- Conk, Garrard and Stoneman, to cut tho remaining rail- road communication with Atlanta, The first two were xcoessful—the lattor disastrous, Receiving an auswer in tho tive, bh vicinity of the place until ‘the sah = Had General Huntor moved by way of Charlottesyito, ‘Anatead of Lexington, a# his instructiong contetnplated, Siemandoah Valley againe¢ tho. enemy, thoutd the toes eras ison, | the Twenty-third corpa, reached Jolmeonville, but, flay - anae the | img the enemy fone, ‘was ordered to Pulaski, and put foieg, when be | command of all the troops there, with insiruewons te ceived the same | watch the movements of Hood and rotart his advance, drew in the direc. | but not to risk a engagement until tho arrival of un regarrisoned, and | General A. J. h’s command from Missourl, and oti ao lat of Octob-t, but | General Wilson could get bis cavalry Ag eras ot! larknoss and the fog, eu: and tarned aptured tho batterise which enfladed, our ‘whole fine Our troops fell back with heavy loss and in much confu- Ras but beh a Fallied between Middieton and lawtown. ja Juncture General cher:dan, Winchester rreden ay. ‘of navigation, by, reason’ of low water and breaks eee Tailroad, gteat 4 aro, Ie becaine nevossary, therefore, to find other {roopa'to check this movement of the enemy. For this tpowe the State. corpo was takee, frota, the urmiee it did not he ‘would have boon within easy distance of the James ri on the main Ine of communication Detween, a ‘Garnchivarg and the force sont for its defence, 1 hi die eneray, and, itamediately A pry ee du ‘of the 24 he renewed BATTER OF FRANKLIN. 4 tacked ih offen - fead with an in 6 Gilned. ned his adwane. Kemer aro BoM decal was doh oa 167 and the loan oF sront of Prarie ‘and those oa perce) fappeared before Colum. cnet Themen rerag im nace re fog: im ml, Bout he oct Soe he ne had captured | wanders socompanying I, give the detalis of that most did ot make a0 A | Pe voominnad sad’ guiaing, time. for the srrival of re nen 5 hgh Seay) “y irbay dey bear taforcements, The enemy with maim» bie nyovementa and ‘should aia pono of cand a DIAPER AT GUNTOWS. ‘General at Freakin, on Satnls Nin ta ie ohn Si eae | at Sake. shit ina gemy’s lat itompe lavas the North patil Fla from’ Nati to'the point where oc ight, bat were “in, every, % To return to the Army of, the t ‘ond the = valley. Ray to return, ye passed the entire distance through His in this Battle wae . orn commenced crovaing Ue Jamon river on tho mopn- bo Aviat et owtdan' {othe Army af tha ty ty OT a -