The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-29


ans. This is sctncvledsed 10 have bssu ono of
soe mct deearmined and despcrAtc hshts of the
vHr, rs.amhaing spostsylvania in i,s character.
.nougn ne numhx enesgci sivcs hsps imrn~tancs
,o Du, ev mcre good troops would have given
y'rtnry n considerable inheritance. coward
shis iororocn prsoncrs frvm The Acid from wiiox's
enu heshs NV SONS. Major Angel oi nv s,aG,
end oonvvrsd with two prisoner. of Mahone's
,rr, v~''r ~ night: ! do no, ind them u.is morn
cepnon d one brieAie WAS there.
". 8. HAScocK. Major General.
Sscosp Coars Aug. ss-I2.Do r. n.
to sLSrienant General Grant
.iexnard that was LET, on the hattie feld re-
'nahcd bere until after day light this morning. A.
hs' time the enemy had all dssppcarct leaving
snelr dead on the field unburiei. hi. sfsn~s low
severeiy they were punished, and doubtless hesr-
ing OF tbe arrival Of rrnorcements they fcsr cd the
result to-day, If they remained.
G. G. MGApE MsIor Go ierai.
sEooNp AIRY CoRrN Auy. 20. .PM.
10 Lieutenant General Grant
since sendins my last dispatch have convcrscd
With the safeguard referred 10. lie IL a not leave
she field until ahcr sunrise. A. that time nearly
eli the enemy had leh, moving tosa ards Peters
burg He ssys they abandoned not ou1l their dead,
hut their wounded also. He convey red with an
ocer. who said their loeaas -rc res ter u an ever
before during the war. Tie sH;cyuar 4 nays he was
over The held, and IL covered vii the encIny's
dead and wounded. He h. ecssn n great many
battle heldA but never such ~gl.t Nearly nil Of
the enemy's aud al our wounded v er. brought ol
but our dead were unhuried. 1 have instructed
Gen. Gregg 10 make an ciius1 70 send q party to
the Geld and bury our desd.
q. q. MEAD Z MAJOR General.
Our forces hold the wcldoi ro~i, and In q
dispatch. dated r. NJ, yestei ,lAy, General Gran,
ssys that their loss Of this road seems to be blow
70 the enemy he cannot star 81. think do no,
overstAte The loss Of 1e enc my in the las, two
weeks ~ ten thousand tilled and wounded. We
have lost heavily, but ours 'asve teen mostly in
captured, when the enemy ai,,ed temporary nd
vsntaees. The number Of rebel prisoners taken on
aide has no& been rcy~se 4. General tsrsnt
makes the following reyort ID an unsuccessful at
tack by the enemy on our n ckc, line on Thurs
day -
Yesterday tTbursdayJ morn ing the enemy drove
IN Buffers picket line. The dcket guard soon raj.
hsi, however, drove the enei ay back and re-es,s-
bliahed their line. The res0 was one killed, T.
ten wounded. and fourteen missing on our side.
Two commanding officers and hfty mine enlist ell
mon wore captured from tn enemy. whai their
casualties were In killed ~ wounded We do no,
know.
EDWIN Y. srASr N. Secretary Of War.
Additional PaEeiculars' Of Thurstay's Battle.
EosA'ngton, Avg. ~ Passengers by the mail
boat from City Point n port that on Thursday a
division OF the Second corps in the vicinity o
Rnam's station. on Abe Weldon Railroad, were Al,
hekod by large for o Of rebcls, supposed 70 b
General HIS entL 70 orpe and was compelled t6
fall hack. which the, did gradually, disputins
however, every incl, q { ground. and fighting. 10,
mos OF the distance hand ~ hand. It IL rcports
that We lost three i,stterics including sleeper,
celebrated NASsachr et,s battery.
Later informstio . is to the effect tha, ct about
fur o'clock Gen. Hancock was reinforced from
the Flhh corps an, , the enemy, af,cr making scy.
eral despcrate rts upon our lines, was bsdl =
repulsed, and ret reafed, leaving his dead aud
wounded In our hs ndA !, is slso reported that "a
recapturcd the gu ns taken nv the r,bcls earl CT IN
the day. The rel e.s lost terribly in the battle oi
Thursdsy-evcn 1crr. it is estimated. than IN
their repulse on Sunday. II Ia stste.i, unofl.
cislly, that at the time Of the attack on General
Hancock, he was cngagei In the work of dc.
structon on the " cklon Railroad, and his men hc.
ing scat< red in Il et chmeuts along a considerable
line, tue rebels u able do some damage lefor,
our forces could bet consolidated. The batteries, "A.
reorganscd st this point consist Of only four gun,
" the battery. and consequently, II the rebels had
succeeded crrvf ng of all the four batter o. they
arc reported 10 h ave held at time, 1t would
have been trt 81, teen guns. General Barlow
divison Of the SCI ond corps is said U have ios
considerably In pr isoners ~ the time General Ill
made his hrsa onss 1.
LAT est DIsPATCHEs.
Washington, A, %. 2s.--A letter from the Army
of the fntnmso d Asd yesterday, SAYS the portion
of the hus Of the Weldon Railroad recspturcd By
the reh.s In Thur risy's engagement. ertend. from
Rnam's Station . bout three miles, northwsrdly
The rod had ho wever. t-cn pr.viously entirely
destroyed. and can no, be of any USE to tn. enemy
while continue d, hold the portion on The north
and between that anil Petersburg. The Latter Dor
ton is securely in oar possession. Everythin;
s quiet along the entire front at the last accounts
with tlr exception Of occasional picket firing Doth
| na rties xere enasced IN hurxInz thclx daaa ..1