The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1864-06-30
nOMFHE BATTL Ell ELDs.

fFnoMTiiE BATTLEFiELDS
/ mn nNEsGrs asPuLsrp A 1IrrnssuRo.
Thsrsilrcsd com munication bavipK been
| est % i,y the enepy, il vas 9possible 70
kxeS-any detailed account 0f operations n
! R6fcfsbpyy: The Yankee wcrs. however.
[hivetiaway from the road during the s7es,
|tpg and the whole liBc being again In our
pcssessia.l, sthe ileoessaty repairs viii soon
Ebr undo Two miles oil the track vsrs de.
slroyesl, each Eiae. of Port WslihalI Jaact-
Eiop, sixteen miles froui Richn.ond.
Trent' keach. WIiere tho Yaukees have
sunk the vessels, is bstwoen Dsswry's
Bluff and DVch Gap. Y6s object Of t6rs
exploit y supposed 10 bs to obstruet the
river, to,prevenf the egren Of some imag
iuary feet Of iron clads. The effect viii
b 20 bar the further pfogtess Of the Van.
pkeAS1 S1eQts u sk;ss l61S :. = siEss
s We received last night fill particulass
Of the lighting on Thursday, in The vicila,
~ OF Petersburg The enemy opened on
our men With heavy gnns at an early hour
in the morning, o0 the City Point Road,
and were responded TO with spirit. This
was kept up tor about an hour, neither side
gaining any material advantages. In the
afternoon, u furious assault was made upon
Gen. Hoke's front, whose division occupi-
ed entrenohments which had been hastily
thrown up during Wednesday night in a
position facing batteries nine To twelve in
elusive The enemy came mp :n. three
lines of battle, mud made three charges:
but were each time repulscd with heavy
loss
On our right, in the vicinity of Col.
Avery.s furm, heavy firing continued du--
ring the greater portion Of the day.. but
late in the afternoon it became quite severe,
the enemy attempting TO carry our works
by assaults. This portion oi.fhe lines wp
occupied in the morning chiefly by the mi
litia. The enemy having succeeded in mo
wing two or three batteries in that direc--
tion, shclled eur men furiousiy, but they
eailnntly-stood their ground until our D;.t.
teries could be placed in position to silence
the enemy's hrs, which was done cfectu-
ally.
As soon as regular troops could. be
brought mp aud placed IN position the mi
litia were relieved, aud Gen. Bushrod
Johnsop's division occupied the breast
works, along with the Macon (Ga) Light
Artillery aud ether batteries.
Tie work grew quite HOT as tho day ad.
yanced, the enemy having massed two di
visions or more iu ur front. Late in tho
aiterBoon, a charge was made, but the en-
envy were m9st handsomely repused
In the last charge thc eusu,s came with.
IN Que hundred yar of our Notifications,
but the fire was 81 terrific ttat they hat
sed, troSe. AMI ratlred IN great coniasion.
seek ksa. s:gei4es ssI 4 o..c s.ase,
jreI yar.is distant iicre a large portion
of a atkee or,gadc, being exposed TO an
enhiaa.i,s artillery irc from our .uns sur
rendcr.d. / lie prIson,rs, WIN number pver
ioar nuudsed, belonged to the ith risaic,
iss nsvisioa, ssanei.ck I'll army corps
, They siy they were l, afiui,y cut up, losing
glea' macy osneors analne, Gen Bar.
low, ct Sew loik c.,y, commanding divis
lou. was borne i:6in thr fc;G, aud supposed
to be motiat;y wVuadei. MAJOR aprife-
stead, OF Ai.aoy,,. !. popular officer, was IN
stautty Killed They further state that
Burnsidos and Elancock's corps are ope-
rating immediately around Petersburg, aud
taa, Badly Smi,h Is at l,ernu q Iuaareds.
None OF the officers crpturcd were OF high.
er rank than Lieut. oonel Prison
ers were constantly arrising at Petersburg
in squads up to Iafe hour Thursday night.
and II was supposed that the aggregate
number captured would reach seven hun
drcd ora,yre.
The number oil our men captured by the
enemy l. estimated ut l50.
The tcrr 4 : irg of cannon and musket
{sass rsc Express of yesterday which
startled pug ailizens h,s, evening about
h.sif psst Z ceiock, Was eau Ell by mn effort
on IL part ot the t,onte,ier tics To recap
tuTe iSsHcty S6@5. Which was entirely
saes.ssf,lI, The eilemy beng driven at ali
paiets with the .ir, nee This is most
iy,ydrtgni POSITION. asqf commands the high
iitii al hrtaad's Fnra., sn the City Point
Road 4 WAS this position which the en-.
omy chaFgsi ana Captured from US at a
late hoas " Heda,sday evening.
ATTACK ON FORT CLIFTON
Monday afternoon, the enemy's gun
boats came up the Appomattox and open.
ed fire. on Fort Clifton. They stool off
out OF sigl.t'at long range, and inflicted no
damage whatever. The Ere OF the guu-
boats was directed BY sigual man, who
tapped his Gag industriously from the new
observatory on Cobb's Bluff. 1t ia stated
also that the enemy attempted Thursday
morning, after the moon went down, TO
ascend Swift Creek sn barges, but the
stealthy movements of the foe were discoy.
cred, and they werc speedily driven back
the LATE BRILLiAsT ACHIEVEMENT OF
nAMpToN's CAVALRY.
We have received more detailed ac-
count OF the defeat Of Sheri lan's forces by
our cavalry, under Gems. Hampton and
Fltz lee, which nc. only confirms previous
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