, 1864-08-03

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continued in ,ta position until shout l
back to the original position along the Who'll
line.
! The order was executed By the whole army
except that part of the 9th corps in the ruin,
! Of the rebel fort. Efforts were made to ge
the order to them, but several officers carry
I ing them. were shot down. At about
o'clock, Gen. Bartlett, who had stayed BY
the force. sent note by 4 private, stating
that he add those with him con1d not hold
ont longer, II not promptly supported.
Shortly afterwards, the rebels made another
charge, to which It wns soon evident the tort
would have to succumb. At this hour we
hold exactly the same position as occupied
before the attack.
It is impossible to ascertain what number
Of officers surrendered in the fort. Gen.
Baztlett, who was unable to move, owing to
the breaking Of his artificial leg, Col. Mar
shall, Of the 18th heavy artillery, Col Weld,
Of. the 57th Massachusetts, wounded In the
left arm, are smong the captured. Our exact
loss is not known. The troops In the attack
ing column suffered much during the day
from the intense heat and the want Of water
Gen. Sheridan motved past he rear 70 on
army to the southwest, in the course of the
forenoon, to carry out his part Of the pro.
grsmme, Viz: To attack Petersburg from tn
west and southwest. His orders were moai-
fed during the forenoon, Officers and men
engaged In the conflict say that the rebols
showed no mercy to the prisoners they took
before the surrender of The fort: that thew
cIubbed and stabbed both whites and h1acka
unfortunately. A large number Of onr
killed and wounded were lv,nu. th,a evening
in the omen field between The for+ and onr
main line. They could not be removed. oT.
ing to the encmy's sweeping fire.
The prisoners that were taken renreecnte 81
principally Beaureeard's CORDS, A few be.
long to Loupstreet's and H11l,s. Two Than,
saud wounded have been reported to the
Medical Director. In the cannonadins, carly
in the morning, ninety i've heavy pieces were
employed In addition, number Of light
oattetles. some OF our heavy batteries wore
nnnaskeo iof the hfst time. The rebel ar-
tiliery nre IRON AL points OF their line Vas
'efF sever and their shell wounded large
tumoef8 OF our men. The Filth corps was
unaer hfe al Gay, ont hardly engaged the
sne"y' 1a1t Q! tne second eorpe was held
IN reserve and did not fire shot.f
DEATH OF LIEUT.. COL. ]. A. BRoss.
GEN. JULIUS WHITES DISPATCH.
= NEAR PETERSBURG,
u,,,.ss m " nAScTos. paa Iuesday' Aug. = 1s63.}
" - ara h.,.",I.a .' .ms
truce this morning. ~
could not learn positively that your bro.
ther, Col. Bro5s, was among the captured.
he nay have been Killed In the heroic charge
nG eu' oul oe,ie'e not
os "'n 40os1 o1lcer 10 1n1o1m
me as soon as posslnlc.
JULIUS WHITE,
LATER.
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vu,,,rn 1,.sss c9,,.s. oAefA"'
-, ' Io t',use, e%eaeo'
side the picket line.
In case Of his death. he desired me tn send
h,s ho~aa a1a eTas.a ~ ~ Isesu ~ w ~ S seno
nio no'ee aou enee'7 ~ nus family Inty
are IN my possession; will keep them until
Lieut., J, II. Chairman is slightly wonndea
cant a,.;, ,cst 1o1 .1.;es 49,. 49,"
eap.' ANU 1ee1 a1eg' Aa!or Brown Is not
wounded. j. j. CASPER.
- WAsn1fGToS, Tuesday, Aug. o.-The tegi-
ment which was blown M bv fen G,anf,a
VII ~ln ~ r.lor .lon1 VI iesersourg' was the 1st
Ho1.A calouna 1ee1ment, formerly OF Jen'
kins' brigade, and commanded by Col.
uagod. At the time of The exclusion It
numbered but ESQ men, having been h,d,v
cnt m In nrerions serv;ce D'
HEADQUARTERS ARAr or THE Po1ouAc
anonst "a far of +-r.a Ia nov ,,o..,,,..
aug not :" q n's u Ioce 10 no" pfe7atnng,
snd party have gone aut to bury the dead,
and hr;no +, +he wonraaa rha,.n,ho.,a
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Aug. e-Tbe
Commercials Washington dispatch savs Gen
Grant regards the attack m Peferahnro os
demonstrating TINT Lee had not sent anv
considerable force to invade PepnsvITanta.
An apparently we'll Informed dcserter from
rating in the valley arc those Of Early md
Breckinridge. Eafly's troops were frst sent
NJ the valley, and on The eve Of startinf-
drcw rations tor ID, COO men. Breekin,iiSe's
command followed, numbering 10000 men,
Tbtre is no truth, be saye, in the rumor
that the faiders had been fofned hF A. p
Hill's corps, for up to Thursday last Hj,l's
troops were in tie iutrenchme at Peters.
burg.
Tie published statements that Anderson'e
snd Heath'6 divisions were detached from
Petersburg and cent to Richmond to look |
after Hancock, leaving a. P. Hills corps
within the defenses OF Petersburg Ia also In I
correct. He says Heath's and Anderson's |
d1Vts1ons compose Hills corps, and they |
could not have been sent a a.ay, for Hill was
certainly in the defenses Of Petersburg at the
time Of the explosion Of Grants NINE. |
New YORK. Tuesday, August IA Wash |
ington specia1 to the Commercial, dated the
1st. says: '.Gentlemen who spent yesterday,
Win General Grant represent him as in good
spirits and confident Of his ultimate SUCCESS"
~ 4 special to the New York ha, from
" @eshlngton, has the following: "Details Of
Saturday IS operations before Petersburg have |
been received here. They my be summed
up thus: After the mine exploded In front
ot the 9th corps, charge was ordered, and |
the rebels Immediately opened terrific fire
from every part Of their lines. It Wis i'm. |
possible for oar troops to withstand such 4. |
CALLING fire. and they fell back in good order,
ade Of eo1ored @ trnons ~ r. r'DH thnn orde-ed t
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