The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-23
The Situation at and Near Petersburg,
Friday I. M.
.aich 70 the Cincinnati Gazette.
WtsHrxeroy. lime 1e

] 3.
WASHINGTON, June 10
Your special correspondent near Pc
tersburg, under date of June 18th,
says
The two days passed around Peters
burg have been marked by severe fight
ing. The ID corps took position on the
right Of the 10th and commenced in
terchanging salutes with the enemy
early yesterday morning, and desultory
firing was kept during the greater por-
ton of the day A number Of casualties
occurred, among them Col Egan, of
/ the 4th New York, commanding the I'd
brigade Birney's division, severely
wounded, and Lieut-Col Warner of
the same regiment
On the afternoon Of yesterday Gene
raj Burnside arrived with the 9th corps
and took position on the left of the I'd
at 8, p NJ A charge by the latter was
ordered TO attempt the capture of an
important position of the enemy on its
front Gen. Smiths corps was also ma
king an advance at the same time and
opening fire from its battery General
! Birney with two brigades of Gen Glib
bon's division and brigades of Colonel
Bell and Col Henry from Brooks d.
vision, 18th corps, formed the right Of
! the second and Gen. Barlow the left
The advance was made q short time be-
fore sunset and a severe contest imme-
diately opened. All the ground gained
we had TO fight for, and the principal
works which were objects of attack
could not then be taken, but our lines
were considerably advanced, and we
obtained a better position from which
to make the subsequent The attack
of the lst and ID brigades, (Barlows,l
which were on his right, succeeded in
driving the enemy from his intrenched
picket line and held the rihe-pits. The
I'd and 4th brigades on the left were
less successful On the right of the
corps Gen. Birney effected an advance
of three-quarters of a mile, and since
that time has held che position gained,
which is in about $500 yards Of the city
On this advance he captured over 100
prisoners, representing Ewell's, Hills,
and Beauregards commands. The casU-
alities IN this charge were heavy, prob
ably not less than 1900
AT three o'clock this morning Burn
side, in accordance with instructions,
ordered an attack on the main portion
which formed the object of attack last
night During the night he had closed
the right of his line on the left Of Gen
eral Barlow, and the latter had been
ordered to act with him if he saw it
could be done with advantage.
- -
line of Burnside's corps and extra por-
tons of the corps actually engaged, al
though the remainder was in support
and ready to go in if needed.
The advance was made promptly
at A. n Gen. LBarlow's di-
vision advanced simultaneously with
Paller and closely connected with the
right of the latter Not a gun was
fred in the charge and the works we're
carried at once at the point Of the
bayonet Two redoubts with 2
guns in each, several hundred prison /
ers and 3 battle-fags were captured 4
and the whole was the result OF few 4
minutes work Ii was q brilliant and /
valuable success, A charge was made /
this 7. II. upon another rebel position /
ana reAAr aafAAstt k4ldllcf our men uelC- 4
ing their ground behind the crest Of q /
hin. This was at the left Of our line
and the troops engaged were WIeox's /
division Of the 9th.corps
SECOND DISPATCH
The .Sifaatioz Friaag NIgki--Lee Gor 10
Psisrsbszg
WAsHEcroS, June l9
A gentleman who came up on the
boat to-day from Wilson's lan 1ing says,
when he left the front on Friday night, 4
the main portion Of lees army had
gone through Richmond to Petersburg
and were throwing up sdditionai earth
works. PrisonefsWere captured by our
men from Ewells, Hlls snd Beaure-
CARDS corps The fighting on Friday
vas On the northeast side OF the town.
Hard lighting was expected on Satur-