Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-20
from Grants Army.
HEADQUARTERS Army or PoroxAc)
June l6. 6 II. NJ

: btADVt AErkRs ARMY or PoTOMAC(
June 10, p. NJ. (
Smiths command. which landed at Point q
itocks on tuesday evening. advanced early YES
terday NOR ming on the City Point and Peters5ur,
. road and nndlng the enemy near Harrison
creek. drove them into their Notifications som,
half miIeb eyond.
line of battle was formed with Hancock !.
colorei dvisi on the left
charge as made and the entire line of the
works taken with 10 guns. 300 prisoners and
eversl battle a ags.
The position was one OF great strength and
n 'uld have re- usted an attack from mu n
~, er force
+, re coofed tn oops are reported AS behaving
dmi, ably taking 'heir part of the enemy : line
=, ,ba same time ne others did
Onr oss IN the Vhole affair not over 300
The d corps ca me up IN the evening and
toll NOS ition on Il re left of Smith In the
,orn;pg a advance was made by the ID CORPS
Rirney in c, 1umand and the enemy were driven
from another strong position with considerable
- :; lilled wound cd and prisoners
In the even ing Bur inside came up and took
nostion ON the left oft re I'd corps at 6 O'Clock
4 combined advance was made along the line
"a dasnerat, struggle ensued on the left and
cen,re hoth " ith art, ny and infantry, which
Ios,sd until l. ing after dark, General Birney's
command oaipi ~ a breas work in their front and
taking large number OF prisoners
This morning at daygh another advance was
made along the line
Gen Burnsid has sent in about 200 prisoners
most Of them Tennessee II OOPS from Beaure
CARDS command Among tn EN- are sixteen rebel
officers.
Hancock ha. also taken a ], rye number of pri-
| soners who are on their way to the rear
| Our ems n ow command etersburg and can
shell the city any moment
! Opr loss yes terday is said to have been about
900, while TN At OF the enemy was fully as great
if not greater.
A despatch dated Headquarters Army of the
Potomac June 18TH says:
The attack made on the enemy lines yester- /
day morning by Burnside, was more successful 4
than at first reported.
He drove the rebels from two lines Of rifle pits
with heavy loss. taking four guns and 400 pris \
oners, and holding the position.
During the afternoon he again pushed the enc \
my still farther. getting some more prisoners
, Shells were thrown into the town, one OF which |
struck church.
prisoner taken yesterday reports that thirty |
FIVE Thousand of Lees men to have
rived OH the field that morning, and trains were
running almost hourly from Richmond, bringing |
!, troops close TO Petersburg. landing them aud hur
= ryng back.
Many of the men brought in are from Ten
nessee. this being their first fight in this direction
! They acknowledge having been completely
. surprised Yesterday morning, and say the Army
of the Potomac fights differently from the armies
of the west but say We cannot taken Petersburg
or Richmond
= They had not been accustomed to throwing up
btsastworks at every change of the line. and
were busy ut this work when ordered to surrender
Z Our success here was most complete and with
out very heavy loss.
4 The 6ghk.ng in the remainder of the time
during tue day vas of rather desultory charac-
= ter and very little change took place in positions
f of either party
n Late in the evening ous left was still further
4 advanced and fighting continued nearly all night
. Col Mix Of New York is reported killed, also
Col. Kelly, commanding the I'd brigade
: Reports were current yesterday that Butler had
o advanced 10 the Richmond and Petersburg rail-
road, and engaged IN destroying the track,
n when Lee surprised him and drove bin back TO
: hit intrenchments with heaay loss.
Nothing official has been received at Head
. quarters relative to the matter
a Troops to his support Yesterday at
ternoon. and firing heard at intervals in that
O direction