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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 29, 1864., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], The victory at Petersburg. (search)
the enemy has lost 10,000 prisoners in attempting to hold and destroy it. They have probably lost as many more in killed and wounded. It will yet prove their greatest disaster. We still hold the works captured from the enemy, and we predict that our men will not be so easily driven from them as the Yankees were. From an officer who examined them, we learn that they are very strong and very favorably situated. There were only two casualties in the Twelfth Virginia regiment, viz: Sergeant J. R. Bell, company C, killed; and private J. W. Marsh, company I, wounded. The conduct of our cavalry in the battle near Reams's station deserves especial distinction. They commenced the action early in the morning by a charge, in which Spear's squadrons were scattered and compelled to seek refuge behind Hancock's infantry. This famous corps (Hampton's cavalry) prepared to engage without hesitation. Dismounting, they rushed upon the enemy, and despite the advantage of his position, pushe