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ucceed him. Finding the Valley open, this officer advanced in the direction of Staunton, it being his object to capture Lynchburg, and thus perform a part in the grand operations by which Grant hoped to isolate Richmond. Encounter defeated it after a severe battle, in which General Jones was killed. He then proceeded to Staunton, and afterwards to Lexington, burning and destroying as he went. Sheridan, having set out with the intention of joining him through Charlottesville, was met at Trevillian's depot, in Louisa, by General Hampton, and utterly routed. He was driven back to the lower country, and, after sustaining another defeat in Charles City, crossed over the river. We must go back a little. Simultaneously with Grant's movements in Spotsylvania, a large land and naval force, under Beast Butler, passed up from Old Point, landed at City Point, took possession of Bermuda Hundred, and endeavored to capture Petersburg and the Port Walthall railroad. In these attempts they