The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-27
THE WAR NEWS.

a>r nall.g AND FIFTY IESFs PR shetS, 10
,sp(sy ss'N,7F5trs.
THE WAR NEWS.
Yesterday, for a wonder, passed away
-..t...,,t even a startling rumor connected
..h military operations, and for once, at
.... a., q SUNDAY, the gajd na.'tcs were at a
.f,r , snl.isct upon which to base specu>
to,n. This may De accounted ior, perhars,
The oppressive heat Of the atmosphere,
t.., ntoAuceA an enervatiug effect upon
-..,t,na generally, and prevented those
.,berlngs upon the street corners which we
go heca wont 10 witness heretofore. Gen.
f.as dispatch informs us that everything
...t .,ie, around Petersburg on Saturday,
.,t Messengers by the train last evening state
a. the same condition of things prevailed
.,,r3,y Therefore the relative situation
.a.ils la that locality is unchanGed.-
a-.3r5.bq 10 a report brought in by scouts,
,.'.. t.s informed his men that the hard
-ftt;1.- IS over. aud that the siege of Rich
,al has commenced. ID this be really
,.,s. # nay AAyc been done by way oi en-
a ..,-.s.pg his troops, whom he has hereto
Il ,-.fbr5su into battle with a recklessness
IA mtb5s produced amongat them q decided
@ ,f. al domdraz uion- In any event, We
zM ..r no apprehension as 10 the iual result,
%# x.tEer IL resorts 10 the sword or to the
Oh ..vuo-ess of starvation TO eti,ct the re =
III t.5a ol Richmond.
Els 5.ic.sliy announced that our loss in
81 resll0r Of Friday ia)rutug was.91 killed
# gou4dcd and = - missing. The Yankee
s# s.7esponienis, taking their cue from Grant,
III s.lduub.icss make it AZ least five times
ia ..lf number.
81 The Petersburg train last evening brought
u o-er lGy prisoners, twenty eight OF whom,
n ut aa l-r5tani. We're captured by the mill
81 noa the Soathsidc Railroad, and portion
q O.. the residue were Gtserters.
/ uauavT CAVALRY ACHtEyEMENT-p DE-
tL,I tt eHEtGnAN'5 RAIDERS-CApTURE
J rI TLI-JNERs, ETC.
We have received the particulars of very
AudsJme achievement OF Hampton's cav.
aut, IA Charles City county, Oh Friday last.
usTpesrs that Gregg'B aud Torbetts divis.
.Jls @! Sheridan Yankee cavalry (the latter
Thursday evening from tie Chickahominy
10 samifia Church, near Nance's Shop
Gthcfil Hampton, observing this movement,
slowed them to get in his rear, and on Fri
day !nornng it was discovered that they had
tt-own up two lines OF breastworks Now
W.. hlGptoA's opportunity, and he &C
JIrhney took advantage of it, with what
sleces5 the sequel viii show. BY q we'll
eae,llrd # ,Ik movement, he succeeded in
q C.5slns il upon the enemy, and ut O'Clock
B l The evening the attack WAS made The
q ilnkces (pariieaaEiy Gregg's diyisionl re-
8 estel a,ubb9rnly, but were soon driven
& rJm Iholf bEea5tworks, and the Confederate
y cyilIy, IN the language OF our inform ant,
walked right over them" "A the living
s f.nkee5 passed our lines on their retreat.
8 they were shot down indiscriminatey, and
q thrty dead bodies were counted in front Of
i oac regiment. Without mentioning the
9 troops engaged on our side 10 this atilir We
q may static that capt ben uiuen'o company,
8 o, tAr local battalion, occupied position ON
tae leit ana behaved very calamity.
The pursuit Of the enemy was kept up
Ultil " O'clock, to within two miles of
4 Charles City Courthouse. The retreat was
lr9ipl'a'c, amounting, indeed, to a rout,
tae dead and wounded Of the enemy being
lei, III cur hands. 1t is stated that our men
mounted the breastworks ami charged with
impttuosity IN the very face of the foe,
killing and Wounding great number, and
putting them to Hight. In this ailAir llS
rIsonegs we're captured, including Col
iior}, Of the oth Pennsylvania regiment,
Que Lieutenant Colonel, and several other
eJmnissioned officers. One Lieuteuant-
Colonel was killed, and another died Of his
wounds On Saturday. The prisoners al
ived in kichnond yesterday, about IL
O'clock, by the York River train. They
Fre dirty, ragged looking set, their
whole external appearance showing the
tfcca oi disastrous campaign.
None Of our men were taken prisoners,
ana our loss in killed and wounded il COM
ViratiYeiY small. Among the killed are Pri.
Yates lacius Davis, Jr., Grey, John y.
Wagner, Cuhoon, and Lieut.. Baker, of the
lu.h Virginia; Capts. DettOr and NEWMAN,
OF the same regiment, wounded; and Private
Whiiiock, of the "a Virginia, mortally
wounded.
The location OF this fight is on the Hope.
we'll aud Samaria Church road, in Charles
e city county. The Yankees had commenced
baiidng huts OF brushwOod, and apparently
contemplated remaining some time in the
Ltishoorhood. Citizens state that there was
one negro regiment among the enemy's
l5fees- They did not approach near enough
ior our men to get chance at them, and it
~ reported that they completely outs.ripped
Their companions i Il running.
The larger portion Of Sheridan's command
IS supposed TO have crossed the James river
IL W yanoke, several miles below Harrison's
i'iAdins. We have no definite accounts
i''u4 Deep Bottom, though the officer who
ta'e us the foregoing statement believes
'NA' the Yankees have left that point.
The account Of the achievement of Hsmp-
'oA e cavalry is confirmed by the following
VintiAl dispatch from Gen. Lee:
HeADo'Ks ARMY NORTHERN Va,
June -. ioo4-9 L. III.
h"' Sstfssary of War.
Oh Gar entire loss yesterday morning
WAS niaeiyseyen killed and wounded an.i
'"o hundred and nine missing.
NJihlng OF moment has occurred TO day
on Tie lines in front of Bermuda Hundred
and around Petersburg.