The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1864-03-08
Army Intelligence.

Cotan'ttdn speaking OF the late battle iu
that State, says the result of this glerious
achievement Of eur troops mny be summed
oP thas: The snsmy's loss 10 killed. woun.
ded and prisoners, 10 twenty eight husdred,
one stand OF coiors. two excellent Nupols.
ons, and three fire . inch rife guns, iftesn
hundred stand Of arms, ind vast quantity
Of ordnance. Quar,srn,aater's asd Commis.
sary stores. Our entire loss is about sey.
enty.ive killed and four hundred and fifty
wounded. Taken all 10 oil, 1his day will
long be remember as one upon which one
Of the mos. brilliant victories Of the war
was achieved
The Mississippi eorrespo ndsnt Of the
Atlanta Csntedsracy think. there is little
doabt but that the Yankees will pay dearly
for their late grand raid ints ths, State
All apprehension OF an attack on Mobile
Of selma is now dissipaied. Il turns ou,
that thsrs ID no ssusiderabls force at Pas.
rugouln, or in thai vicinity, and If GenaraI
Polk had enly been reinforced at the criti.
sai pointat Airidian, for instance, ths whole
fankse force would have been ineontiae.t
iy "gobbled up"
The sans pnpsr says tIfat the Fedora !
advance upon Dalton has resulted in a s,r.
pendous and highly ridiculous failure The
shngrin Of hsssrs Grant. Thomas & Com.
pany, upon discovering that the rock ribbed
Walls OF the Dalton valley were swarming
with veteran rebels, instead Of h-ing guar.
ded BY mere squad Of pick.,s, may be
Unsigned from the celerity-of their sraw
h"h'ng as ssen as eur impregnabl. position
greeied their occulars and our Southern
SnltPeire greeted their pos,riIs The bold
stand Of Gen. Johnston, instead Of having
to fall back, a. has toe often seen the mis-.
fortune Of this Army Of Tennessee, has ad
mos beneficial effect upon all the trosps
The ensmy have ielirsd, disc ON fitted. from
our right. left, aud centre, and orr bows mr..
pressing forward with bright faces and
stout hearts
The Yankees have again been making
raids Iate Virginia. A cavalry force, on
2S'h ult., crossed The Cestral Rond NAN,
Fredertck Hail. divided into two columns
one moVng in the direction of The James
River Canal and the other 10 A.nIupJ-
ihe iormer appeared at the farm Of Mr.
Sendon, the Secretary Of War, ia Gooch.
i"nd County, aud burnt nli the -four and
saw mills in he vicinity. Ger Wise, who
was 'isit 10 his seu.iu law, on nm a6ioin.
ing farm, was apprised of their approach
III time, and made his escape III. ether
column, accompanied Sv artillery, appear.
ed on tho Brooke Roads, six miles N,rtk
east OF Richmond, bat were kept in check
sy battery Of troops manning II few sec.
tons Of light artillery. Shot and shell
were unchanged fer about Two hours. when
The Yankees finally .wilhdrew in the dir.c.
ton AschanIcsville, burning the trss,!.
work sf the Central Railroad on the Chick.
hsminy on their retreat. OUr less in the
artillery duel was one killed and seve.
wounded Neither tie force nor the los,
vi The enemy was ascsrtalned. The move.
ment was apparently repetition of kipat-
'"N y '"n VI inst y ear. III Is feared some
damage has been done TO the canxl. The
latest account is that both bodies Of tn.
raiders made their escape with the iox. Of
from enc 10 two hundred prisoners.
In The account published week o! the
cavalry light in Mississippi il was said that
our los, WAS 2009--the los, Of the euemv
5000 II new appears that thes. figures
properly applied 10 the force, net the los.
OF the cainbaiants. General Forrest at.
lacked tho enemy, whose force was rsti.
mated nj 5000. with II force which lid not
exceed 2,000. The Yanks. loss was .s,i
mated at 100 Killed, their vouoded much
more numsrous CSnfsdsrate loss 100 xiii .
ed and wounded. A despatch t. Ihe Allan.
Ia Appea! dated Macon, -ai,. I'd, say. the
whois Federal force under Sherman WAS
at tantos, on the ash ut., our cavalry
harrassing thss with dreadful effect. Grj.
sr-on's command re,urnsd to Msmphis.
Tns siege Of Charleston j.. progrss.,np