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The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
is the object of these expeditions, and the main design of this party having been thwarted, they probably sought revenge by the infliction of atrocities upon the defenceless inhabitants of Spotsylvania. The latest. A train arrived from Chester last night about 8 o'clock, bringing a few of our wounded men. They state that heavy skirmishing was kept up during the day yesterday, about three miles from Chester, between that place and the Appomattox river, and that the enemy were driven baChester, between that place and the Appomattox river, and that the enemy were driven back at all points. We recaptured the fortifications which the enemy occupied after our men had been withdrawn to send to Petersburg, and inflicted severe punishment upon them. In some instances our men charged over the breastworks in pursuit of the fleeing Yankees. The casualties on our side are reported to have been very slight. From Lynchburg. A gentleman who left New London, ten miles above Lynchburg, at 6 o'clock on Thursday evening, says a sharp engagement was going on between t