The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-10-03
BY TELEGR APH
TO TIE
EVENING PAPERS.

"a.
Detailed Report.
yrg~Ir. WAR DEPARTMENT.,
8SfE Washington. Oct. 1. ~
Mai. Gen. Dix:-The following dispatch
from Mai Gen. Sheridan detailing his success
-ful operations since the last report has lust
been received no FFN
HARRIsoNBURG, Va, Sept. 20.
To U. S. Grant, City Point-In my last dis
patch / informed you that pressed Early as
closely as could through New Market, at the
same time sending cavalry around his flank;
that he gave up the valley and took to the
mountains, passing through Browns Gap.
kept up the pursuit to Port Republic. destroy
ing Is wagons and caisons and sent Gen.
Torbett, who overlook me at Harrisonsburg,
to Stanton with Wilson's division oil. cavalry
and one brigade OF Merritt's Torbett entered
Staunton on the 18th and destroyed large
quantity of rebel government property small
arms, hard bread, repair shops, &c &. He
then proceeded to Waynesburo. destroying
the iron bridge over the south branch of the
Shenandoah, seven miles of track, the depot,
out buildings, government tannery and large
amount of leather, flour, stores &c. At that
place he found the tunnel defended BY imam
try and returned by Staunton. My impress
sion is that most OF the troops which Early
had left passed through the mountains to
| Charlottesville. Kenshaw's division came to
west base of the mountains to Waynesboro.
/ am getting from 25 to 40 prisoners daily,
who come in from the mountains on each side
| and deliver themselves up. b al y
From the most reliable accounts, Early's
army was completely broken up. OF
Kenshaw had not reached Richmond, but
was somewhere in the vicinity Of Gordonsville
when he received orders to join Early.
The destruction of the grain and forage
| hor mill n h
to them. All the grain, forage, &C.. In the VII
entity of Staunton was retained for the use OF
4 Early's army; all in the lower part of the val
ley was shipped to Richmond for use of Lees
army a44se VAN hags31 lest
b9lThe country from here to ;Staunton was
abundantly supplied with forage, grain, &c.
II Signed r. Fl. SHERIDAN, Maj. Gen.
Hdrrison6urg. Va, Sept. 90, z P. NJ
Gen. Grant, see it going the rounds OF the
4 papers that the Nineteenth Corps was late in
| coming to the battle at Winchester was
entirely unconscious of this until I saw it in
the papers,. The statement was made by r.
| l.. Shelby, and l wish to say that it is iucor-
rect, and that this correspondent was arrested
by my order on previous occasion for writ
ing untruthful accounts.
l. lSignedJF 9ngff H. SHERIDAN.
No report of operations in front of Rich
mond and Petersburg, later than my telegraph
of last night, has been received by this De-
| partment. .sss
lSignedt EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Briusa,st Results of the Operations North o,
- James Rtrer-G GEN. Bmr1sItan. IiilLed-OttT
&. Forces scitl.i,s Fsue Miles Of Richmond p
FORTRESS MONROE, Sept. 80 +
The hospital steamer Matilda, With 100 sol
ldisrs who were wounded in the action yester-
day at Chapin's Bluff, has arrived. The steam
| er George Washington with $50 wounded sol
| diers, has also arrived. Another steamer with
225 wounded, mostly privates, all from Deep
Bottom, arrived this afternoon.
From officers and others we gather the fol-
| lowing facts in regard to the action on the
north side of the James, which has thus far
proved most brilliant success.
During the night of the 2Sth the 10th and
/ 18th corps crossed the James river to the
| north side, moving with great celebrity, and at
day break on the Goth, suddenly came upon the
| enemy. The 18th corps, (Gen. Old's) met the
enemy at Chapin's bluff and charged the rebel
works with great gallantry, successfully car
! rying the post of Fort Morris, with guns,
and then charging and carrying at the point
of the bayonet six other earthworks, captur-
ing in all 16 guns and 500 prisoners.
The work thus captured are very strong and
fully equal to any the enemy have around
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