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The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
s pursuing them. "All of our troops behaved well. "R. E. Lee." The party which started for Wytheville got as far as "Tazewell Courthouse, and have not been heard from since.--The defeat of Burbridge, coupled with the failure of Sheridan to reach Lynchburg, are two disasters which will make a marked change in Grant's plans. Had Sheridan reached Lynchburg, and Saltville been captured, the Virginia and Tennessee railroad would have constituted a line of communication for getting Sheridan reached Lynchburg, and Saltville been captured, the Virginia and Tennessee railroad would have constituted a line of communication for getting supplies through Cumberland gap, which would have been most advantageous to the enemy, and which would have greatly facilitated the grand plan of flanking General Lee, by way of the south side, and cutting the roads leading south from Richmond. The advance of General Price into Missouri. If General Price continues his march upon St. Louis with the rapidity which has already characterized his movements the city will fall into his hands. There are three railroads running out of the city
The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Two days later from the North. (search)
he Confederates defending this outer line were driven back, losing but few prisoners. From Sheridan. The cavalry advance of Sheridan's army entered Staunton on Monday morning last. The main Sheridan's army entered Staunton on Monday morning last. The main body of Sheridan's command were at Waynesboro' on the same day, where, it was supposed, they were engaged in destroying the railway track between Christian creek and Staunton. No direct information fSheridan's command were at Waynesboro' on the same day, where, it was supposed, they were engaged in destroying the railway track between Christian creek and Staunton. No direct information from Sheridan has been received at the War Department for several days past, all the couriers sent by him down the Valley having been captured by the guerrillas, who, according to Secretary Stanton, inSheridan has been received at the War Department for several days past, all the couriers sent by him down the Valley having been captured by the guerrillas, who, according to Secretary Stanton, infest the country in Sheridan's rear. Affairs in Missouri--the Federals in a critical condition. The Federal troops occupying Pilot Knob, Missouri, under General Ewing, were, on Wednesday lastSheridan's rear. Affairs in Missouri--the Federals in a critical condition. The Federal troops occupying Pilot Knob, Missouri, under General Ewing, were, on Wednesday last, in a critical situation. Ewing had been previously ordered to withdraw his forces, but his communications were cut before he could get away. The Confederates has succeeded in planting a battery on
The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Two days later from the North. (search)
r, in which the enemy conceded a loss of over 5,000. No mention is made of the bloody fights on the Weldon railroad, which occurred on the 18th and 20th of August, near the Davis house, where we took over three thousand prisoners alone, and the enemy admitted a heavy loss in killed and wounded. The table does not include either the fight of the 25th August, at Reams's station, between Hancock and Generals A. P. Hill and Hampton. It also omits any mention of Hampton's great victories over Sheridan at Trevillian's depot and below Richmond. The table was probably made up previous to the late sanguinary conflict near Winchester, but that must now be taken into the account, and, later still, the fights of last Thursday, Friday and Saturday, near Petersburg and below Richmond. The losses specified in the table, in many instances, are known to be under estimated, and we may safely state that Grant's losses in the present campaign, commencing with the first week in May and ending October