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The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], The art and science of War. (search)
dispatch, received last night, gives an account of the affair, and also details the enemy's preliminary movements. It will be seen that one coil of the anaconda that encircles the Confederacy is broken: "Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, "December 23, 1864. "Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War: "On the 20th, General Early reported one division of the enemy's cavalry, under General Custar, coming up the Valley, and two divisions, under General Torbert, moving through Chester gap, with four pieces of artillery and thirty wagons. "On the 22d, Rosser attacked Custar's division nine miles from Harrisonburg, and drove it back, capturing forty prisoners. "This morning, Torbert attacked Lomax near Gordonsville, and was repulsed and severely punished. He is retreating, and Lomax preparing to follow. "R. E. Lee." From Southwestern Virginia. The following private dispatch contains the latest authentic intelligence we have from Southwestern Virginia.