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The Daily Dispatch: June 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ross the country to break the railroad between Lynchburg and Charlottesville. A depot agent who arrived here yesterday, having left Amherst Court house on Sunday afternoon, states that the enemy entered that place at two o'clock, but up to the time of his leaving had destroyed no property, nor did they burn anything at Arrington's except a depot building. The railroad bridge at Tye river, according to this informant, was not molested. From the above sources we have a report that General Breckinridge was moving rapidly after the enemy, and was close upon them. We have also the cheering information that Lynchburg is abundantly defended, and perfectly safe. Our forces there are under the immediate. command of General Nichols, though it is reported that General Harry Hayes, as the ranking officer, has assumed the command. We have other accounts which throw discredit upon the report that the enemy occupied Amherst Court-House on Sunday evening. A dispatch from our special corr
The Daily Dispatch: June 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ne, of Iowa, claimed the floor. Mr. Stevens--I have not yielded the floor. The Chairman —— Does the gentleman from Pennsylvania insist upon a call of the States upon the motion to lay on the table the resolution of Mr. Cameron? Mr. Breckinridge--I wish to make a motion concerning the whole of this subject, and I hope the house will hear me for one moment I want to modify is so as to lay the resolution on the table for the purpose of declaring Abraham Lincoln the nominee by acclamatcisive advantage. Our troops now occupy a position close to the enemy — some places within fifty yards--and are remaining. Our loss was not severe, nor do I suppose the enemy to have lost heavily. We captured over 300 prisoners, mostly from Breckinridge." Our own reports, and those of all the other papers, including the first of the reports published by the Times, give fuller details of this action, but do not differ in regard to its main features. On Tuesday morning, however, the Times<