The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-10-08

rAiscd ls IN tbe valley Of ry.nia hstnrs Gcssrsi
Hsly. has dsSsstsd btu IN too tsftlcs EJr 10 |
Ia the nforcsmens Of The drAN going on in |
that country, and win shp sdd tens a uouaeds
no-c 10 oW cncnies In the fesj 10 our apprs-
N.ryisnS wa. - nSe IKE Sss of Gessr,i IonSstIs.s ~
Knoxville. II was . part Of that diyiscn rplhy
which has continually cIosrni on succcss ara
ecsroyed IVA fruits before they sre realized: nn
THIS which has eost US the bst Of Georgia. General
Hood faithful " when he sent all his csvsiry
away and ensured the fall Of Atlanta
tBy xarl
The Richmond papers Of Monday aud rueedsy
movements % sbe James River and he Weldon
Railroad. TIE ExAnrsm estimates the forcs c4e-
rating on ths James River = thirty thousand ncn.
n ststes 'hss IL was not inscsdsd " hod The him
Confcd,rass lines sesinA this force, and 'has the
defenders therefore retressed 70 The ch,cf st,As-
tons. Fort Harrison. u s,sses, ~S captured owing
70 the neglect Il the garrison II thrcs hundrsd to
hold H. - wa esrecsed n .hern.
The NEXT srsck, the ExAsIsrl says was made
on a small redsn, without name, between Fort Gu
mcr aud Bsttcry Ha-rison. This ssack WAS easily
rcruecd. Perhaps u VIA not made with PERSISTENT
intention. TIE grand sssault w.e directed ~ .
GS. %S,s i%Pcr,sn' E. a. e Fort G.l@c.slo'e IN
met With frrnncrs- and .he res'h wss bloody re-
pulse O The enemy. The los side wN- l,ls
OF nothing. = our men were we'll protec,e! by tho
! dead bciics on thc held AFTER taking on their
wounded. Twenty-Five wore tillod in tbs moss or
ditch N the fo-'. This rspulse put ooncuaon "
@ s.icn scuV9 otrsnons 2, ss % enr'ny, Win The az
LAT by columns Of cavalry. Perhaps the Yankees
Ns' lccn ref,paded that shc guns on ihe tortitcs-
DS; sn, % .Hs Sss', s rI :: sSsy Tss %.t. .s1a
friday by Ne shells srich fell in his track shor.
ever he moved.
The ExANiSsn sivee the following account Of the
Confdisrss failure 70 resake For, Hsrris"n on Sat
\ urday.
| The failure vas . misocnstruction Of the order
nSins the time II assau, by OF ths diy sion
commanders. lie ordered bis tro - to charge uhs
pGtion twenty minutes tsfore the appointed time
and. OF COURSE received the concentrated Ore nf tbs
enemy. The rnen disp,syed from intrsrsdisy, and
l MS said can,o near carrying the fort bus were
l compelled N fall beck before the heavy fre. ~
| Me ume they rsurnci 70 the cover of the
| works from whiah they bad shrtesl tho other
column rushe,i forward At The precise min
and .p~n eneoups~rea % a. III. .sm. % se,,rrc,I,s Tc
| which hsd rrpcned the other column. The
sestn"i an'rnssed by determination W recover ihs
| trst POSITION ~ oil bazsrda end nj one time
believed that unsupported a. thew wero hey
would succeed In expolling We cnsuy irvIn the
Pcat hut the aIc poured into their ranks ~
lcneth compelled them TO recoil and hually W iall
l
doubt that ste fort could have born retaken hsd
he forces Assis n.l tho duty actod in concert
Y, was designod they should. In toth ssssult we
did not lose moro shsn four hundrsa mon, killed.
and wounded.
The same psper then dcs1itcs tAr opNs,ons on
the len wing;
While Grant was sending column Of $4,000 ou
! Tort Harrison, he was making o similar movement
" the wsss N the weldon rosd There, too bs
took small sivanoed outwork and pushol Tor.
- ~fsr... n..sL L~-~ u - -
WAS strenuously met and defeated, with YET hcsvtsr
loss. Besldes his killed and wounded, which oAn
be estimated only, Generals Hill aud Hampton give
tho ofhciai informat that they have sreui~d ON
.lss' The COPS OF the enemy who made this
hshes tho following bulletin Of the aflairi
BrApauAnrn,s Army OF NorrnIss vrasrsIA.
Hon. j. N. Seddsr, Secretary e/ War:
Yesterday evening Gen Hoth attscked the enc.
} tuy's infantry, who had broken through portion
.ns ss sss SSr s.s Gen. on ,
they we're severely punished, and four hundred
prisonTs captured. Gen. Hemp,on. opsrssins on
Gen. He.hs right, sso drove lie enemy, cspuur-
, ing two stands Of colors and about fve hundred
prisoneFr Including tvc eoioncls and thin tcon other
ofb,ss X. H. LEE.
Tho fighting was renewed Saturday, with fur
NOR saccess nde Int up N late hour .st
ught no cfhcisl report NJ the result had bten b.
ere captured Friday snd Saturday win sIcesd nj
} teen hundred.
The ExAsIsgE sums up the results thus:
No fstal wound has hscn inflicted on the de-.
, fences Of Richmond Only tie future is she l..
: We rcpcat, II Is 8 blessng not minortrna II
; there Ia wisdom here. Let tsoops be brought "a
= Vfy1tnd uf;hout delay from aHyuh<rs; hr Viz
gnia 10 tie Pillar Of the Conf.de-ucy. Al present
the lines are secure. But their ssfe,y canno, b.
fairly len 10 Lees present army which hss tos
great load on II already. An accession " OIL
forces from some quarter Ia the sore nned If TIE
hou-tbe hour Of tnsl trial, which Ia close s
hand. That some now diviaons Of god troops
) should instantly be brought 70 Richmond. snd thA
Its vsss population OF negro women and children
who eat UP everything, snouhi be sent forth
, with away, are the evi,'ent and pressing wants o
the occas On
: The following item throws some hgh, IN Genera
sherdan's operations;
HE.DorArrrrs Sept %, 1864
7 Bvig. Gen. r. Il. Colsfon:
II the people Of Lynchburg will turn oct and de
isnd The cy ag ainsi Isading parties, am now In
condition TO arrest the farther n ossss OF ths enc
my's main force
: J. A EAslr, Lieu, General.
, The EXAMINE sdds:
2 Onr only news 10 to the Effort tbat Early hold
The enemy steadily 81 bay. The viii never fore
Browns Gap, and neither side now eject mucl
: more A cavalry force Of the enemy Two Iegi
ments with artillery, were at r. skcls Hi'l, four
teen miles from Gordousville and reported sdvsnc
/! ing ON Gordonsville.
The following 10 IN extract Fl ON the order o.
h pointing Bssuregard Hoods suoces sor'
'Sien. Bcsuregard ia hereby asst med 20 tho com
nsnd oi two military DEPARTMENTS and the troop
therein. klDwn a. Tie Dcportn> Mt OF Tennessc
and GeoIA and tho DepsI .nsnt G I Alabama, MI
sAsppi slAd Esst Louisiana"
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