The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-12
REBEL ACCOUNTS.

OF Friday. iii Inst.
fFron the Richmond Sentinel, Tune 81
The following oBcia despatch received from Cen.
nlADeu Asrxas, AsxY No~rs,sx v,Ro.S,A,l
JpxH 3-s86 r. N.
Hon. SECRETARY ov WAR
about hair rast four A. ~ 20 day. the enemy made 20
attack npon the right Of line In front OF General
Ioke and part Of General BrsckIuridses ns be
pulsed without difficulty.
He uccesded 10 penetrating salient in General R.sls.
ridges no aud Captured portion Of the battalion there
posted.
The Maryland baitsoc Of Rreckinridgss command, im.
mediately drove the onemy.ous with severe loss.
Repeated attacks we're made upoA General Anders0ns
position. chiefly agains. his right undsr General Kcr.
shaw They we're met with great stssdiness and repused
The extended TO our extreme LETT under General
Fairly. whh IKE rsauts raier in ths dsy Il was twice
renewed aeainst General Heth who occupied Eariy's
General HAMPTON encountered the enemy's cavalry ps:r
s1op ana nsr ~ M%
Our loss TO- day has been small and success WISER
the blessing Of God, ~ that We could EXPECT Respect
fully. 49,. K. K LEE Gcnerat.
II s said that sessn hundred dad aud badly onnies
Yankees counted IN front Hokes Tine after the
Gaht and, what s Surprising. Hoks only had two
men kei. From all accaanis the loss OF the
Friday could not htve 6eeo less haa six thousand kied
and severely wounded.
OPERATIONS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND sATURDAy--NAR-
ROW EsoAPS or GENERAL BRECKtNRiD0w.
The annexed dsspA,ch received Il the War Do
HaADau1xrxss. AMY NosrHxss VIRGINIA.
uono,.,,, s,,,,,.xcw. June t-sfsr'A. 5 :
Last oight, ~, ths date u my despatch Generals
Breckenridge and.Fnnegan attacked by the enemy
they were preparing TO re establish their skirsh n
The cncmy was soon repused Immediately afterwards
an attack was made upon Gen Hoke's frcot with IKE
Up this time Of writing nothug has occurred along
the lines to day. except srmsshing at various 2outs
The position o. the army . substantially unchanged!
In the nrht Of friday night. is said our troops aier
tevena tho bresstworSs. captured from the enemy. so
enemy surprising we still held thcm advanced IN lines
ten deep to tho assault, when our artillery opened upon
linz witch fell back upon those ad vancing when our
artillery hrranio the mass slaughtered them BY thou
ridges horse in the breast and passed out back OF tho
s,rrupslea her and bstwsen the generals legs He
horse falling ca him bot no other injury the
country will rejoice al he escape
surgeons the Geld, that total wounded In the
several engagements and skirmisnes OF the past week.
does NOT exceed sx hundred men,
Attack SATURDAY NIGHT.
heavy cannonade and uslsfe was hoard on Saturday
ridges line With bis attentions but met with his usual
reception. The attack was readily repuissd, with but
lite loss or our side but tina, O. the enemy repre-
seo,ed AGAIN to have becn extremely heavy Grant by
adopting Srecknrdae as bis favorite viii make him ono
ocrs he continues - dose the euemy After the pre-
| gentleman whose residence is within the snemy's
lines arrested by them aud taken before Meade and
Burnside, who. after interrogaInR. released hm. From
what he beard he Is ~ tbs opinion that Grant Is cndcav
oring reach the White House The mea Told him they
II
Tbs Medical Director OF Anderson IouEsreets, corps
states that up yesterday morning the total number Of
the aehts around Richmond, only two hundred aud
sStythrec This corps, Will be rscoccicd, has taken
part nearly every engagement since the enemy crossed
| tho painunksy.
coHsEspnxpEvcv PROM LER's ARxV.
from tho Richmond Sentinel;
Nothing Of Interest occurred along lines up late
ies,ned from reliable sources the following particu
NJ VIII I'm
broke through portion OF lnss held by Eagars bat
talon, Brecknriiges command.
l The attack made IN two separate columrs, two
regiments 10 each c,ums, one behind the other Tho
pint whcre they broke over was salient angie embrac
this rart Of the line mainly for ia Importance az
lockout station In moving up 10 occupy the works,
wha. Crowded, aud before the line was pro.
psrly arranged the point was attacked aud csr
hunire yards .pis side our works BIZ, we're Immediate
" drve1 back and the works retsken by the Maryand
battalion assisted ~ Csners, iinneSaas brigade Our
the works captured cutie number OF prisoners and
killed . large number OF the enemy.
l The attack extended also TO Geueval Hoke'1 and Ker
shows fronts being more persistent in front Of Ker.
shaw's division, but the enemy we're everywhere 70
when tho attack was made on General Hoke he was
st about 70 advance 60 - 70 gain position for his
sirmishcrr We took tie enemys rifle pits; but ending
that could NOT protect administers n them, or
hold them without exposing The skrmsners, they we're
soon after your len The 'front.' there was
heavy nrng both musketry and artillery IN The drcc
| ton OF Gaiues MIL The firing commenced u nine
N. and lasted about haM hour. AZ ten O'Clock the
Airing rcnewcd Al The came point and continued for
Our right extends 10 tho Chick near McCiel.
lan's bridge, Turkey Hill being held by troops From
thence the line runs nearly north about milo northeast
OF Dr. Gaines house. embracing Coal Bsrbor, crossing
the Mechancsss read and extending IN the drectiou o.
| Auess, about mile 10 the leit Of 10
some Of our meo were wounded by bayooess
General Brecknrsdgs was disabled, FOR . day ~ ewo
BY his horse failing him when shot. General whartou
The casualties 10 Pseketts division 10 the fights aud
skirmshes OF the past few days. Including those OF Hon
tons brigade who was sent 20 Hokes support amount "a
hundred and forty killed, wounded and minsing
! among them Tho following officers
| Knled-Capt. G. v Linihicum, A. &C., Buttons bri
gsde Capt James woodsop, Lieut A. Robertson, Lieut.
o. n. Evans, 18th Virginia. Woupdcd-Lcut 9 Jcnes
A. D. C., fiuntons brigade; Capt r. Brewster, 29th yir-
gina; Capt. G. a. Lawson 18th Virginia, ieg ampssaied
FTisut. J. A. Cosson. -.
Nothing whatever has occurred along ths lines today
indeed even the hitherto inccsssnt skirmshng has 20
day been kmost entirely stopped and our troofs truly
The rrlns which alluded 10 IN my last turns OUT 4
have been only small AFFAIR, no assault having beer
made on our lines, but iis any execution having
Generals Faay and Andersen, u 10 understood. hsy,
been made Lieutenant generas Colonel Lilly, Of tht
Twcuty.ah Virginia, has been promoted 10 brsadieI
general and assigned iemIorary 70 tne eommana
and will take command Of Hoks's old brigade.
hear from good authority that General Anderson esti
mAtss the loss OF the enemy on the Es "a ana "a q
am pleased 10 hear that the "stouswali BRIGADE
BY their gallant conducs the movement upon the cue
mysrsht flank on Abe I'd, won the praise OF Their new
} evmson commander, and rs-estabihhcd tnsu torme
reputation
TIE Latsat from Lees Army.
GRANT hkFoRrKD FALLING SACK IN rnn DiRkCffoN
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