The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-20


men to retire The withdrawal of 50 considerable a
body of troops in open Daylight, from the imm.di-
ate presence Of a greater body OF the enemy, was
an undertaking Of the most d'hcatc nature. That
Il was successfully accomplished, Notwithstanding
effort on the part Of the rebels To attack m re-
IL cts the highest credit upon the military skill o
The acting commander Of the corps, bt,vct Mtior-
General Icrry. When our lines had withdrawn
from the dense woods, and had been reformed IN
tn" open fields the enemy cssaYcl to advance; hut
our artillery, for the first time brought into
play, gaVe them the timely Cautiun and they wisely
abstaIncl from a pursuit. Nothing, thclciorc, rc
by sX o'clock III the evening, and aS
write the wcaIod m"n are quietly resting behind
their own Inrprcgnaic cntr'nchiaruts
The lay's work might have resulted III the infc-
tlon Of greater damage 10 the en,my-pIUb;bly
their rout from the pu~iton they ha1 taken and ihr
destruction of their EcT-madc Wotks-blt for the
toLr pas oi the previous evening; but as it was all
was ACCOMPLISHED that va, designed At the in,ep~
tun of the movement, and the lni ttiun obtained
was in the highest degree valuable and useful.
We have lost IN the operation, III killed. wounded
and missing probably about four hllltrcJ men,
mostly wounded OF Cfii,r We haze to NOUN tLr
gallant MaIp. camp, OF the IeEl! Come, ticut who
i1il close up u the rebel work., and whose remains
were left the t,!d, and Lj't'n.tnt-C Coloncl Iay
lar, Of the SiXty-soC3nd ONO, lnnltalIy wounded l.
Ihc.c tie only casualties among field officers
that have been reported.
\ letter fioIn i'll front of Richmond gives some
who have been placed under fir ut Dutch gap by
Butler. The following is his order directing this
baIbanty:
Hr.nnu ,HrFRs- DEPARTMENT on VIncEIl
AED NoEIH CAEoLJ>A, !
ARMY OF THE JAMFs, ~ THt FrLp,i
(:,,cy,J o.i..y y, 15e '''''' l'' ''''
It lsiu- testified to the commanding general by
a number of refugees AMI drsrrter- tlom the ru,my
lhHI non oir hi"Iird to one hndIrI ana h;ty sol
C,nr 81, tl, Iir,,,- oh ,;,iI,,s itin,I r
been taken from libby prison ana other place, and
i, - t.nt O, th,ir tr,.i ,,,-
raj ,n ti. l1th dtvnf o. th,T ,, .iii,,I Me- Cr.,I
,.r,t, a...ui Of OK h3nq. E,Ig,t Or1J ct tf, ,-t-
l,,. h..u.s l.Tr,tl.t!4l MOI. hi, Iil- and IN
f,t rrl. m h.r Iit,l,.s IT,. 1I,+,,c VS. .t,,5,.I
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mont If m. I-ni,cl STATE
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Confederate f,r, Is On tl nnrih side Of me J.,ncs
y llt IN answer t H.. n,,r.,.tt, Il .,.,, ,r,,l
H.. -p,,f NJ eleven o',lorj, NJ +n-l, a,l j. L,i,,,
~, ,'st noon, ami ,,,srrr l,i,.;i1], ,'c,,,
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war; iIc''!;'pN ''"t'iN "i 'i' iI|l"l' reserves
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