Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-13


The details OF the great fight on We'd
day afternoon are as follows :-Heod 9
corps, held in reserve, was ordered al
aoon to the extreme left When il got
in position battery of the enemy opsa-
ed FIRE spon it. Considerable skirmish-
ing ensusd, when our line, under Hood,
with Browns brigade in advance, was
ordered forward. It moved out with
cheering and furious battle ensued
We drove the enemy two miles and took
possession Of two lines Of forti6cations,
capturing twelve guns and large unm-
Der of prisoners. The loss on beth sides
was frightfal for the numbers engaged.
Clsbarns' division also engaged the en-
emy with success on the right Gen.
Pettus, of Mississippi, was killed, Col
Walker and Star, of Tennessee, were
killed, and Colonel Clark, OF Tennessee,
mortally wounded.
MARIETTA, June 24.-The enemy in
two and three lines of battle appeared in
front Of Hardees csrps yesterday. Our
pickets fell back, causing them to fol-
low, when our artillery opened severe
kre, driving than back to their breast
works in great confusion and with much
loss. Our batteries upon Manassas Hill
inflicted severe punishment upon them
during the day. A desertsr from Hook
er's corps came into our lines this morn
ing. He says their loss on the right for
the past two days was eight hundred, in
cluding two Generals whose names be
does not remember.
Contrary 10 our expectation, We receiv.
cd nothing from Petersburg or Rich
mond on Friday. A report, said to have
been brought By passengers on the eve
ming trains, was in circulation that the
enemy had made another attack on our
Notifications around Petersburg and
were disastrously repulsed, with heavy
loss and fifteen hundred taken prisoners
1t Is said that MIR. Furman, President
Of the Charleston Bank, has been ap-
pointed Sserstary Of the Treasury, vice
Memn niger resigned.
We regret to learn that in one Of tha
late battles in Virgins, Gilmore Simns,
Jr., son Of our distinguished author, W.
GILMORE Simms, was MORALLY wounded.
We understand from . gentleman who
came down from Gottoway last evening,
that the enemy select about twenty-five
hundred of their best men, who remain
behind to do the sighting, while the rs
maindsr 20 ahead 70 do the stealing,
burning and other pusillsnimous work,
in which they So much delight For tha
FIRST time, they have killed all the horses
which gave out from exhaustion Our
informant states that thssentirs ronte OF
ths enemy Is strewH with dead horses.
They have also abolished the practice Of
shooting the poor animals, but cut their
throats.
All are found with ghassly gsshss, ssv-
ering the iugular vein, and producing 10
every case q speedy death.
RleHHoSp, June 26, 1854.
The following official dispatch has
been received at the War Departnent.
HE.Do'Rs ARMH NoRrHEaE Va, /
June 25, 1864
Honorable Secretary Of War
slR-Gen W. H. F. Lee pursued The
enemy's cavalry which advanced along
the Southern Railroad he had akir
nish on the 22d, near Dinwiddie Couri
House, and the next day struck their
,column in faux, near Blacks aud
Whites, cutting it in two, and getting
possession Of the road by which they
were, moving toward NottoWay Couri
House ,rfoafa yR eT EC1U
The road was keld after an engage
ment which continued from IL NJ, unit
dark, the enemy making repeated At
tempts to break throsgh and join his ad
vance he withdrew from Gen. Lee
trent on the morning Of the 24th, lsav
ing his dead and wounded on the field
taking the road TO Hungarytswu snS
Ksysvills. Gen Lee is stili following
them. Very respectfully.
r. Z. LEE, General
HID Q'Rs AsmY or EoRrBERS VA, !
june 25th, 9PM
Honordbls Secretary ef Var: fue.
SIR R:-Ourentirs less yesterday morn
ing was niasty-seven killed and wound
ed and two hundred and nine missing
Nothing Of Importance has oceurre
today on the lines in front Of Bernud
Hundred and around Petersburg.
| u0 r. E. LEE, General
HID Gas Amy OF NORTHERN Va,
-. June 25th, 9:30P. Il
,Gea. Hampton reports that the ems
mics cavalry advanced yesterday t
Nance's Shop, and intrenched themseive
tAerc. He attacked them aHd drov
them frsn their works, pursuing thel
until p. n, TO within two miles (
Charles City Courthease.
They left their dead and wounded o
the field .ss -~