Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-11
The war News.

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The dispatches this morning from the
two great armies upon which the eyes Of
the whole country are now turned, con
tinue to be Of the most cheering char
acter
! General Grant vas still, at last ac-
counts, steadily driving the rebel army
back upon Richmond, furnishing them /
severely whenever they attempted to
make a stand
1t is supposed another bold stand will /
be made by Lee at the North Anna
River, and If driven from there, as be
PROFESSIONALLY will be, that be will then
try the line Of the South Anna, a few
miles beyond. II driven from the sec
ond position he has no favorable posi-
tion to choose thence to Richmond.
Whether he win retire into Richmond
or turn West is somewhat problemateal.
Butler is in an impregnable position
on the james River, near the mouth o.
the Apprenticeship small peninsula be-
tween the two being called Bermuda
Hundred, term that has greatly puz-
zled telegraph operators; and is thur
dering at the gates Of Richmond and
threatening Petersburg
Spontaneously With operations in the
East Shetman's vast army--far greater
. in number than Is generally supposed-
Is sweeping down on Johnston aud his
devoted army in Northern Georgia.
Mcpherson, with heavy corps, has
already aanaed Dalton and is at Resaea,
sixteen miles south Of the rebel strong
no d
) Schofeld's army in East Tennessee
moved from Charleston aud Cleveland
= on Wednesday last and bad driven the
rebels from Santa Luea Pass, which is
= directly east Of Dalton, thus completely
aauking the rebel army on their right,
/ and leaving it but one route for escape
by way Of Spring Place and Elijay-and
= then If Johnston can out march McPher-
sou, south through Jasper, Harnaeeville
to Canton, on the Coosawatte River be-
bind which he may make another stand,
before he leaves for the Qualifications at
Atlanta
In the meantime heavy reinforeements
are being hurried forward to both Shsr-
man and Grant, and confident hopes
: may be entertained that not only the
backbone of the rebellion is broken but
r that has been pierced to its very heart
A dispatch from Gen. Butler, dated on
Monday, shows that he has been doing
good service, and has prevented Beaure-
d gard from reinforcing Lee, which is q
great point gained, and in addition 10
which he had whipped one division of
his army under Gen. Hill
E A eight was going on at Spottsylvania
u C, H., on Monday at noon, and Lee was
again being whipped. Our wounded, up
to that time, reached about $4,000, who
had been sent to Fredericksburg.
A PAFRioTio REcoRD-We stat ed in
Z. Monday mornings issue the fact that all
g the clerks in the Terre Haute Post-oilice
c had enlisted in the hundred days call
or leaving Postmaster Jones to run the
* post-ofioe alone.
The Evansville post office can show a
g good record in the way of Furnishing
soldiers TO the army, seven young men
= having gone into the service, in one ca
pacity or another, since the breaking oui
"a of the rebellion, who were clerks in The
Office at the time ofentering the military
- service, or had been net long previous
= The first one who entered the army
10 70 was Christopher I. Rudd, who enlisted
>. as private in the Oath Indiana regiment
in June, 1861, and, having gone through
nearly three years of hard service anG
much fighting, is still in the army
The next was Herman Strasser. whI
%, enlisted as private in the 18th Indians
regiment in August, 1861, and having
: gone through all the battles and marches
of that celebrated regiment up to thi
M battle of Champion Hill, was wounded
ns there in the let; ANGLE, and has been OF
crutches ever since, and will be very for
tunste if he escapes being a cripple fol
life 1nsts
NJ Alexander McFerson next enlisted. IN
ls- May, 1862, and was appointed second
lieutenant and acting eommissaryl il
the 25th regiment Indiana volunteers
He was with the regiment during tn,
rs siege of Corinth, went with it to Yves
Tennessee, and was taken sick with ty
phoid fever and died at Lagrange, Team.
. on the 2T,h June, 1862
Philip Deusner, Jr., went into the mill
I'd tary telegraph service in the Summer
Of 1862, built telegraph from here..t,
n Henderson, Ky, under the direction o
Tk the military authorities, operated it sew
~ ersl months, was ordered to the front IL
on August, 1868, and is now with the Tee
n graph Corps, L. s. A, at Tullahoma
Tennessee.