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The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Gen. Grant had not crossed over to the southside of the James river. If these measures prove successful, it is not too much to say that they will absolutely prevent the capture of Richmond at this time. They are measures directed against Gen. Hunter, towards the defence of Lynchburg, and towards the defence and preservation, and the continued availability of three lines of railroad running from Richmond — namely, the one to Danville and Columbia, in South Carolina, (which, by way of Burkesville, is the most direct route to Lynchburg;) the one to Lynchburg by the circuitous route of Gordonsville and Charlottesville, and the short line to Petersburg. It is very evident that the measures directed against Gen. Bunter have already involved the troops under that officer, as well as, those under Pope and Crooks, in great peril; that it is entirely beyond their power to engage in offensive operations, and that if they succeed in getting back to Winchester in safety, it is all that can