Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-20
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Que Of RObinsons Cavalry, Who came to Tie city
SUNDAY evening with twenty-five Yankee prsoner',
in o,u u that 10000 cavalry the last ct Grants army,
crossed % tLe S5athsiis st WestOyer on Thursday
nigb, and Fday nOrniHg All Of his astllery and IN
fsntry b,i been previously carried OgsF On Friday,
our informant vas one Of party OF scouts who went
a, far down as the mouth Of the Chiekahomny and he
encountered no Yankees txeps those who had sirsg-
ged from the uaia body Of Grants army. LIE says,
however the woods are filed with these, and they seem
anxious, Whenever occasion Cfirs, to be made prison
ere This shows that Ulysses viii have 70 try some other
exoedenl than Sruggng with whisky, 70 keep hs army
uo 10 standard sufficient 10 fight i. on. on his new ns
a the SUMNER ApTopos to the morale Of bis army We
learn irOm a wounded soldier just from Petersburg
that Yankee prisoners brought into The COekadc city on
satu day, stato that the day before Grant ''oraisd
bis army ia imitation Of the grea. NAPoeOD, aud sad,
"sut not in bOastfu spirit" that if with such troops
Lieut. G n u S Grant cannot put dOWn The rebellion,
'there is no use for any other General army 10 try
IA Tue prisoners, With etarsoerisso dsprsviy, seem
81 70 prler willy iaicas to brOAra ,,ssf era
uDIy.
IL must be remembered that yesterday vas Sunday
the Cay Of Ell hers when rumOgs "the SPECIAL or
den" As the morning opened with heavy reports OF
artillery in the direction OF Petersburg. t was u. IA
iuIs that every clearly shaved man, wearing billed
shirt had badgst Of special iutegen fem tie seat
OF operations Wsre We to discard the uaimPortant
ruuors. and only euumeraie such as aehmed mammoth
proportions Ike the Hard Shell preacher in the division
OF bis sermon we should soon reach eghteenlhy. We
must therefore eoBGne ourselves only such items as
are reasonably authentic.
In another column we give from the Petersburg Ex-
press full account Of Fridays fighting On Saturday
it vas resumed and, at intervals, all along lines,
there was series Of artillery dnlI % well consider
able musketry firing. Several random shells we're
thrown, it said into the city durpE the day From
two Of our wounded soliefs, lelt Petersburg Sat-
urday night and reached this city yesterday about IL
o'clock We learned ha. early IN the day the enemy
deavOred TO turn our right in which they were uasae
cessfu and that ths praepal Sighting took place slOug
this portion Of Ines They gave very Intelligent
account Of the location OF batteries and dispOiOn
o. our forces, bus this OF course, omit A to the
numbers engaged, or killed and wounded, OF eaher
de, they seemed entirely unnfOrmed They agree,
hoEever that fon b. beginning had the bet sT Of
i and maintained cur advantage I'll ihrougA iha cay.
b. the DanVlls train which arrived yesterday
ing a. 81 o'clock, number Of persons frOta Pc
tersburg BY way Of the Jane.iji All eoneurred that
there was TO general engagement on Saturday. TIE
enemy it seems made several assaults lines dur
ing the day, which were promptly repu'ssd 10 tho
afternoon they boldly advanced agEns: Eilietts BIZ
gade in heavy force, and to The exaggerated
count Of a soldier who Witnessed il, ''n column
acre deep When within fou, hundred yards Of our
works We opened with grape and canister and literally
IL. ,I,,N ~ I,s,- t0u- La
vas again very eight Ia fact, one OF UfOrmants
Was very certain that thousand will cover eatse
loss in killed wounded and missing, since the coul-
menrement Of the fights around Petersburg.
About o'clock last uight We met a very intelligent
member of the Redmond Blues, who cane over sth
desl atchss fsr the War Department. lie Left Peters
burg just b,fors II o'clock yesterday and in addition
10 the above informed that up o the time Of lila
leaving everything pAIaiivGly quiet He heard
nothing in Pc srsbu Of the painful rumOr circulated
Ia Richmond ye tcrday, to tbs eci SHAT Captain Sur
dvant, Of this city, shO vas taken prisoner We'd
hsslay, had b en- brutaly Murdered by negro troops.
CAsUALrIE N IHE BLUR
The { lowing q LIST Of the killed aud WOu0d.i 0 {
the Re mOnd Blu in tie fight mar tersOurg on
Fiday In addition TO that given in suother column Of
our issue Of this morning;
Killed: Capt Fed. Carter, P ivale Samuel Ffayssr.
Wounded Lieu. Oaas Biggs:, severely ia shoulder ;
Lieut. Levy sight--still in command Of the company
o Sgt Bob Mcdowell, severely; Prvates Chesserman,
Miller mortaly Watkins, slight; d P ace, Rush
Wilson, slight; Hedecote, Onenhauser, p.isOasr; ThOs
Payae. a.sh sound aud w Blackburn.
FRoN LYSCHBURs AND FIcIsTY.
L. is stated. upon sndouoled suhority that Hunter
sAeled TIE towa OF xingOa before he occupied tie
place, and dat too, Wi.hOa. uOiee.
cavalry skrmiah took place in Bedford, about one
mile this side Of Forest depot shat Is known as Tie
Forest road TaFsay aisernsoo. The results we're IN
Important.
Tie Ysr.es In he;r sdgane, through Bedford burned
all the bridges on the YHgn and Tennessee Railroad
Among others those across Big asd Little Otter Rivers
and Elk Creek Tbs two former considerable srue
lures.
The Republican says: The evident design of Hunter
is TO capture Lynchbug, open railroad communication
with Washington, and make this point bis base fOF i'm
uor,an operations fusther South. An excellent plan,
bat one that viii be signally fooled.
A eAvalrymal, native Of the Valley, Who vhile on
lurlOugh has been aeipg scout for General lm6oden
reached the city yesterday evening on the DanVe tram
lie III Dished Us via the iOIOwiOg
On Saturday the enemy attacked our sharpshOOters
about two and half miel IRON LypehbuTg. and we're
sebn rspussd This may hava been cone 10 cover the
retreat sheA, be save, they soon afer commenced by
ay Of the salem Io1d. We took, according to report
6,e pise,s Of arthsry. He estimates the combined
70 Q, o. AverI, Cook AID Hun.sr At 5000. H'ssyi
their eavary Is decidedly poor. much larger POrtor
Of thei force, however, infantry, than has BEEN rep
resented This viii render their escape more difficult
a ba.r al fNDsct
AS o,loek las ght, We obtained the following des
match from the A6juiants Generals efiee:
PErEEsBURe, June 10, 1864.
Hon. Secretary Of Var: