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nfusion, leaving his dead and wounded in our hands — among them a brigadier-general and a good many officers. There were two or three regiments of negro troops, which were badly cut up. The reserves and detailed men acted splendidly. The enemy's force was about six thousand, as near as we could estimate. We are in hot pursuit. John Echols, Brigadier-General." The following is the dispatch of General Lee to the War Department: "Headquarters Army Northern Virginia," October 4, 1864. "Hon. Secretary of War: "General Breckinridge reports that the enemy attacked Saltville on the 2d instant and received a bloody repulse. "They retired during the night in great confusion, apparently in the direction of Sandy river, leaving most of their dead and wounded in our hands. "He is 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