The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1864-06-30
FnOMTuE BATrLEFIELDS.
THE ENEMY REPULsED AT PETERSBURG
The railroad communication having been

| Set any uotait1d account Oi operations ai
Pctcssburg: The Yankees were, however,
d.iveG away trow the road during the eyeu.
M, and the whole line being aguiu in our
pu.se ln.i, ,'the necessary repairs will soon
be srrlde. Ewo miles oi the truck we're de.
siruyeJ, each side of Port Walthall Juact.
ion, sixteen miles from Richmond.
Trent's keach whera tho Yankees have
| sunk the vessels. Is between Drewry $
Bluff and DNch Gap. The object of THIS
exploit Is supposed to be to obstruct the
river, To prevent the egress of some imag
mary feet Of iron clads. The effect will
| DC to bar the further progress Of the Yan-
kee feet in .tis-5ireo,ion -f
We received last night fall particulars
Of the fighting on Thursday, in the vicin.
ity Of Petersburg. The enemy opened on
our men with heavy guns at an early hour
in the morning, Oh the City Point Road,
and were responded to with spirit This
was kept up tor about III honr, neither side
gaining any material advantages. Iu the
| afternoon, u furious assault was made upou
Gen. Hokes front, whose division occup-
ed entertainments which had been hastily
thrown up during Wednesday night, in u
position facing batteries nine to twelve in.
elusive The enemy came up in three
lines of battle, and made three charges;
but were each time repulscd with heavy
loss
On our right, in the vicinity of Col.
Avery's farm, heavy firing continued du.-
ring the greater portion OF the day, but
late in the afternoon it became quite severe,
the enemy attempting to carry our works
10y assaults. This portion Of the lines was
occupied IN the morning chiefly by the mi
litia. The enemy having succeeded in mo-
wing two or three batteries in that direc-
tion, sheled cur men furiousiy, but they
gallantly y-stood their ground until our b t.
teries could be placed in position to silence
tie enemys tir., which was doue ctfcctu-
ally.
As soon as regular troops could be
brought up aud placed IN position the ui
litla were relieved, aud Gen Bushrod
Johnson's division occupied the breast
works, along with the Ma'on (Ga) Light
Artillery aud ,thor batteries
4 lie work grew quite hot is the day AL
vanced, the enemy having masscd two d
Visions or more III ,ur front. Late in the
aitcrHoon. u charge was made, but the Gu
envy were most handsomely repu'scd
La the las, charge the en-, uy came with
IN ont hundi'd yar ui our notifications,
bat la hrt MAS 80 tc.ric ttAt they ha =
I'd. r"S'., All retire. III ..r".; con!u>jo,,
N,%A - sac So ~ .s,tu.c :. o..u ii..s
i"G ya'us distant icEe Il iar-c portion
al :r'kcc or!-adc, being exposed 10 au
cnhla"."r artillery nrc irom our - uus sur
Itn'i.'r'd. IA he prison r., who number rycr
luu. nuui,eu, belonged 10 The iih brl saIr.
isi u'r'>tui, a"c :ck ii army corps
They -.A t"ry wrfr l. arm; cu, up, losing
a sf'.' may n!n.:.rs an" mvrr Irn ju,
low, FL ~" l"ik city. commanding dlvis
Ior. WAS borne ,;".n IL ii:i,., aud supposed
t. he moi:anJ wvuid .. ajor >prl.f.-
stead, o. A.-.ny ~, H!..r niiccr. vas ,u
stantiy tic'i hey .nr;hcr STATE that
liurnsidr ls.A hancock : coJ,s are ope-
raunS i'amccnstriy a,"unj Petersburg aud
thai Badly .Nmith is AT Scrmu iluu irelS.
None OF The officers crpturcd were OF high
or rank than Lieut. euant-, oicnal Prison
ers were constantly arriving at Petersburg
III squads mp to late hour Thursday night.
and II Was supposed that the aggregate
number captn Il would reach seven hun
drri ogu,ure
The number oi our men captured by the
enemy l. estimated ut SO.
j he tcrr :. irr oi cannon and musketry
(saSs % rirl, ot yesterday which
- r.'e! ~: ---n> las, evening about
lD'' tst I y ttea, y., eau Ell by an effort
on 80 s', - Jn. ,.pG;, rr ties to recap
g-C ifrs'y ". %. @D'ch was entirely
sno..,~sia. .ho gElmy aln. driven at all
punr g,'i D., ir, 2 This is most
.niyi''Gn' 'i.nn. e commands the high
h. q, esd = F"s, IN the City Point
hri.. tts ibS position which the en-
cihy 'h'.s@i aai Captured from Us at Il
hate hoaf r ~sr stay evening.
ATTACK ON FORT CLIFTON.
Monday afternoon, the enemys gun
boats came up the Appomattox and open
ed firc on Fort Clifton. They stooi off
out OF sight at long range, and inflicted no
dama,:e whatever. The fire ot the gun
boats was directed by Il signal man. who
tappcd his flag industriousiy from the new
observatory on Cohb's Bluff 1t is stated
also that the enemy attempted Thursday
morning, after the moon went down, TO
, ascehu c"iit Creeh VI DafEes, but the
stealthy movements of the foe were di,cov.
cred, and they were speedily driven back
THE LATE BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT OF
HAMPToN's CAVALRY
We have received mo,e detailed ac-
count OF the defeat of Shcri lan's forces by
our cavalry, under Gems. Hampton aud
Fitz Lee, which nc only confirms previous
intelligence, but shows that the enemy
were thoroughly beaten aud demoralizcd.
As heretofore stated, skirmishing commen
ced on Saturday, the lth iqs tant, lew
miles this side of TrevilIan's Depot, on
the Central Railroad; and while Ilamntun
engaged the enemy nn the front, in the vi.
cinity Of the railroad, Fitz Lee attacked
them in the flank, this side of Louisa Court
House, This was about 10 o'cl,ck i'm the