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Victory at Suffolk.

The following official dispatch from Gen. Pickett, giving an account of a very handsome affair at Suffolk, Wednesday, by Gen Ransom, was received at the War Department yesterday:

Petersburg, March 10.

To Gen. Cooper, A. & I. G.:
The following dispatch has been received at these headquarters.

G. E. Pickett, Maj. Gen.

Suffolk, Va, March 9th,
via Weldon, March 10th.

The enemy occupied Suffolk in force on Sunday. We attacked them to-day, and after a short struggle drove them in a rout out of the town, killing a number and capturing one piece of artillery, and a large quantity of quartermaster and commissary stores.

The enemy are flying to Portsmouth, burning the bridges and leaving everything behind them.

We pursued them beyond Bernard's Mill.

M. W. Ransom, Brig. Gen.
The Daily Dispatch: March 11, 1864. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. March 11, 1864. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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