The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-06-21
WAR rELFoRANfs
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Potomac to The soust side Of Reh
tnond. actos. ,he Chiskahomlny riser
and jaime. rl,cr. has progressed far
enough 10 admit the publication or
some general facts without daag'r Of
premature Disclosure.
Aa-r sfvgial Gays preliminary pre-. 4
paraiiuis. lhr a.oscmeui commenced
sunday night.
The Eighteenth army corps, under
command Of General Smith, marched.
20 White House, and there embarked
on transports for Bermuda landing.
General virgins corps and Burn
sides moved 10 Jones bridge, where
they erossei the Chiekahominy, and
marched thence to Charles City, on
+ the James river.
Generals IIancockS aud Warren's
corps crossed the Chickahominy at
Long bridge, and marched thence to
Nilcox's. on The james river.
The James FLYER was 10 be crossed
by the army at Powhal,an POM.
A despatch from Gen. Grant dated
Monday evening, hali-pasi five o'clock,
headquarters. Wilcox landing. states
thai the advance Of our troops had
reached that place, and would COM
mence crossing the james river to-
morrow Tuesday, ard Smiths corps
: would commence arriving at City
Point that night that no fighting was
reported during the movement, except
+ a iiule cavalry skirmshing.
Yesterday TUESDAY afternoon al
one O'Clock General Grant was al
Bermuda landing.
In despatch from him, dated Ihre'
! o'clock that day, hesays-"Our forces
viii commence crossing James river
10 day. Tie enemy show no signs o
vel having brought troops to the soutl
side OF Richmond. Our movemen
y from Coal Harbor to the James DE
? has been made with great CELEBRITY am
II so far without loss or accident"
An unofficial despatch, dated a
IN General Buffers headquarters, q
ID twenty minutes past Two p. NJ, say
Re that Smiths corps was coming OF
ID five thousand having already landed.
is 4 despatch from General Shei
be MATS headquarters. dated at ,hre
ne O'Clock yesterday ailernoon,near keI
esaw, states that the General is
front, advancing his lines on Kent
!. saw.
: Another unofficial despatch, date
:, al nine o'clock last night,reports SON
q advance to-day that General Thon
- as has gained ground. and that oil
sn rebel brigade is nearly surrounded.
1t further reports tina, the rebel Ge
i've Polk was killed TO day, aud his DO,
ote sent to Marietta.
ilh In another part of General She
en-, mans East Mississippi division o
i" forces have not met with the succt
ing that has attended competent commar
~. ers.
re. General Washburne, at Memph
NJ renorts that the expedition, Consist
red Of three thousand cavalry, five Illor
and infantry and sixteen pieces of
tillery, sent out from there few da
ago, under command of Gen. Sturs
encountered a large rebel force on
the 10th instant, undrr command Of f
nrt, rest, at Guntown, on the railroad n
RIM ming south from Corinlh, aud after
:, severe tight, in which our loss in k
:. ed and wounded was heavy, our
ihe ces were wor,ted that al the last
, TO counts Sturgis was AZ ColGnsyille,
TO. lreatiag powards Memphis.
Cor. Dispatches State that with the tso
that had lasely arrived Memphis
safe.
airs, General Sherman, having rccei
the news OF Sturgis' defeat, rep
Us. that he has already made arrar
- ments TO repair Sturgis' disaster,
placed General A. j. Smith in C
'of mand, who will resume the ofen
nave Immediately.
Of No other military intelligence
.dict been received by this department 81
my last Telegram.
EDWIN d. STANTON,
not Secretary OF Wa
He New York, June i
re- Official dispatches from SecTe
Stanton announce that Petersburg,
has been captured. Il WAS suct
"A fully stormed by Gen. w. b. 81
Pits on The morning Of the 10th. The
ster line of enirenchmpnts was carried
negro troops on the evening Of
r. 10Th. The secondllise was assac
Nh'c'i the next morning. In carrying
atAer first line Smith captured thiT
faith. guns, several stands Of colors and
:, re- tween three and four hundred pr
!, ers. Hancock's corps which M
up after Smiths, did not arrive
was time TO participate in the ATTACK
'uliet the 18th, but got up and took pos
I her. at three o'clock next morning in
~ Of TO assist in the capture Of the Sc
,.';,h line of works and the city. Lee 5
to have been completely outgene
by the rapidly OF Grants Eovel
John The rebels evidently expected
ham. attacked in the vicinity OF Ma
Hill, and Il would appear that
Beanregard had massed the gr
portion Of his troops
Rnr- The mo, emenr OF our army a