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The Daily Dispatch: June 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
It is now definitely ascertained that Grant's entire forces have gone the south side of the dames, and his whole efforts are concentrated in an effort to capture the city of Petersburg all hope of carrying Richmond by a direct assault having been abandoned. A cavalry reconnaissances through Charles. City on Friday developed the fact that the of the enemy's forces, consisting of a body of mounted men, crossed the first at Westover that morning and the previous night. This reconnaissances extracted to the month of the Chickahominy, the information acquired, resulted in the capture of some twenty-five from the Yankee army, a great number of whom are said to be lurking about in the woods in that direction. A dispatch from General Lee, dated Friday night, says: "troops assaulted and carried our hear Bermuda Hundred, with on our part." He was all the official information that and during the whole of Sunday the public clamor for newsre Nothing was known that t
The Daily Dispatch: June 22, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
r of these columns "fought Lee out of his entrenchments?" Has Lee been compelled to keep the two sections of his army together? Has the separation proved fatal? Has "the army from the South" cut off communications? Was it able to take Richmond before Lee fell back? Did "the army from the North" besiege him?--Did it ever get nearer to Richmond than Cold Harbor? Did it not abandon Cold Harbor, even in the night, cross the Chickahominy at Long Bridge, fifteen miles below, take the road to Westover, cross over to the Southside, and leave the whole country as far as the Potomac open to Lee?--Has "the army on the Southside" ever occupied Manchester? Has it made Richmond untenable? Has the city been taken? Has only a portion of the rebel army escaped? According to the writer's own showing, all these things must have happened, if "success vindicates the adoption" of Grant's plan. So far as our senses may be allowed to judge, not one of them has occurred. Lee remained in Spotsylvania
The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], The fight at Samaria Church. (search)
The fight at Samaria Church. [Correspondence of the Dispatch.] June 25, 1864. Our cavalry, under command of our skillful and gallant General Wade Hampton, were engaged yesterday with Sheridan's marauders and house burners, on the Westover and Nance's Shop road, at or near Samaria Church. The enemy advanced in large force and attacked us, seemingly sanguine of riding "right through." The animated cracking of the carbines of our sharpshooters and that of the enemy made it apparent to all that it was no small skirmish we were about to engage in. The enemy had a large force dismounted, and made three lines of breastworks of rails and logs, which were quickly thrown up by them. Their lines were charged by our cavalry, and they were driven from one line of their fortifications back on another, and pursued so closely that they saw the only means of escape was by immediate flight.--The fields and road were strewn with their dead and wounded, and their retreat became a perfect r
The Daily Dispatch: July 23, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
rn army created great surprise and considerable comment. There is great contrariety of opinion on the question. The refreshing shower of Tuesday refreshed both animal and vegetable life, and made everything wear a new aspect. The soldiers are being well fed, and the animals are still getting bountiful supplies of forage. In a word, the situation in this army never was more hopeful, and I can truly sound the sentinel's "All well." X. Skirmish on the river. On Saturday night last a party of our troops out in the river, near Westover, on "business," the character of which the Yankees need not know, were attacked by a gunboat, and lost two row boats which they had with them. We lost no men. Another success before Atlanta. The news from Georgia is still encouraging. We learn that a dispatch was received at the War Department yesterday announcing that Gen. Cleburne attacked the enemy Thursday (at what point is not stated) and drove him back with heavy loss.
The Daily Dispatch: October 6, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
not, as yet, been carried into execution. Grant is said to be reinforcing his left, and for this purpose he keeps his trains continually in motion. In doing this, he is, in our opinion, but illustrating the formerly adage of "robbing Peter to pay paul." From "West Virginia." Official dispatches received at the War office yesterday announce the gratifying news that Lieutenant Colonel Witchel has returned from an expedition to West Virginia," (Yankee) He visited Bulltown, Jacksonville, Westover, Buck Walkerville and Weston. He reports that he destroyed a million dollars' worth of stores, captured three hundred prisoners, with their horses and equipments, and brought out five hundred horses and two hundred beef cattle. He sustained no loss. From North Georgia. The Georgia papers received yesterday bring us very little news beyond the fact that the army is in good spirits and have resumed the state of discipline that characterized it before the fall of Atlanta.
The Daily Dispatch: October 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
. Wither's raid. The Abingdon Virginian gives the following interesting particulars of Colonel Witcher's Northwestern raid: "Colonel Witcher has just returned to Greenbrier county from a very successful expedition into Northwestern Virginia, the result of which, as we have it from authority that many be depended upon, is to follows. He brought out four hundred horses and over two hundred fine cattle. He captured Hulltown, Jacksonville, Weston, Buchanan and Walkersville. At Westover, he destroyed a large amount of all kinds of stores. At Buchanan, he captured Major Long, of the Third (Yankee) Virginia cavalry, of Averill's brigade, with one hundred men and horses and equipments complete, besides the quartermaster buildings, containing one Thousand bushels of shelled cats and at least $1,000,000 worth of quartermaster, commissary and medical stores, one thousand stand of small arms and equipments. He also destroyed the telegraph office and brought away the instrument
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