Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-06-23

Birney In command and the enemy were |
driven from another strong position, |
with considerable loss In killed, wound
ed and prisoners.
In the afternoon Burnside came up |
and took position on the left OF the |
Second Corps. At 6 o'clock in the even
ing combined advance was made
along the line, and desperate struggle
ensued on the left and center both with
artillery and infantry, which lasted until
long after dark Gen. Birney's command
gaining u breastwork in their front, and
taking large number of prisoners.
This morning at daybreak another adj
vance was made along the line, and Gen.
Burnside has sent in about 400 prison
ers, mostly Tennessee troops, from Gen.
Beauregard's command, among them 10
rebel officers. Gen. Burnside also sent
in battle flag captured this morning.
Gen. Hancock has also taken large
number of prisoners, who are on the
way to the rear.
Our guns now command Petersburg,
and can shell the city at. any moment.
Among our wounded is Col. Eagon,
commanding the LIST Brigade, Sd Divis-
ion, I'd Corps, who was struck by piece
Of shell in the back, but his wound is
not serious. Col. Tounatt, of the LIST
Mass. heavy artillery, is also wounded.
Maj. Hamilton, of the 10th Penn, is
killed.
Gen. Grant returned to headquarters
from City Point last evening, and this
morning has gone to the front. Our
loss yesterday is said to have been
ahnnt 1A00 That nf fha Nxao fp11
as great, il not greater.
June Is, s am.
The attack made on the enemy's line
yesterday morning by Gen. Burnside was
more successful than at first reported.
He drove the rebels from two lines of
rifle pits with heavy loss, taking four
guns and 40 prisoners and holding the
position. During the afternoon he again
pushed the enemy still further getting
within mile and half of the city and
taking some more prisoners. Shells
were thrown into the town one of which
struck church.
A prisoner taken yesterday reports
| that $4,000 of Lees men were to have
arrived on the field that morning, and
| trains were running almost hourly from
! Richnond, bringing troops close to Pc
tersburg, landing them and hurrying
back,
! Many of the men brought in are from
| Tennessee, this being their first fight in
! this direction They acknowledge hav-
ing been completely surprised yesterday
morning and say the army of the Poto-
mac fight differently from the armies of
the west, but say we cannot take Peters
burg or Richmond They had not been
accustomed to throwing up breastworks
at every change of line, and were busy
at this work when ordered to surrender.
Our success here was most complete and
without very heavy loss. The fighting
on the remainder of the line during the
day was of rather desultory character
and very little change took place in the
position of either party.
Late in the evening our left still fur
Their advanced and fighting continued
nearly all night.
ed, also Col. Kelby commanding the End
brigade, 1st division, End corps, Lit, Col
Baird, 10th N. Y, Capt. O'Niel, Goth N
Y, Adjt. Mcdonald, 63rd n Y, ant
Adjt. Heist goth Penn, are all killed.
Lieut.. Col. MCGEE. Goth NY. is woun
ded in the face. Col. Beam commanding
the 4th brigade of the LIST division of the
2nd corps is wounded in the hip, Col
Crandell of the 125th N. Y, in the face
Col. Ramsay commanding the 4th bri
gade, End division, had his hand frae
tured, Major Butler of the 69th N. Y
had his thigh fractured, Major Blake o.
the 9Th N. Y. Artillery is wounded in tn,
head. This morning considerable firms
| is going on, but nothing definite has
been heard in regard to it.
The 9th corps came in last night an(
reinforced our left.
, Reports were current yesterday tina
Gen. Butler had advanced to the Rich
: mond and Petersburg Railroads, was en-
gagged in destroying the track when Lee
/ surprised him and drove him back to hi
} entertainments with heavy loss.
Nothing official has been received a
, head quarters relative to the NATTER
Troops were sent to his support yester
day afternoon, and firing at intervals
has been heard in that direction.
NEW YORK, June Is.
Official dispatches from Secretar
Stanton announce that Petersburg, Va
has been captured. 1t was successful,
stormed by Gen. w. T. smith on tn
! morning of the 10th. The first line
entertainments was carried by negr'
troops on the evening of the 10Th. TIL
second line was assaulted the next morn
| ing. In carrying the first line Smitl
captured thirteen guns, several stand
Of colors and between three and fou
hundred prisoners. Hancock's corp
which moved up after Smiths, did no
arrive in time to participate in tn
, attack on the 18th. but got up and too
position at three o'clock next morning il
!. time to assist in the capture of the sec
y ond line of works and the city. LIE
? seems to have been completely outger
! eraled by the rapidity of Grants move
T ment.
n The rebels evidently expected to be :
2 tackled in the vicinity Of Malvern q;
4 and it would appear that there ,o.n
5 gard had massed the greater or.;o ou
q his troops. i''o"
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