The Goodhue volunteer., 1864-08-24
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Warrington: August ~, 1904.
= "A ."i di<psth nSi' I from .6on. Grant. dated
Monday. Aug 10th, 6 40 r. NJ, delayed by
ths breaking Of the telegraph, line, has Just
been received. Ho reports that tn. fight
ing north OF the lave. river ,e.dnv (le'h)
,.s.s resulted iavorab;y 20 us 40 far as it has
gone. but there has been no decisive results.
The enemy have been driv n back somewhat
from their p,'i!ion Of the r1"rning, with
considerable loss n killed. and wounded and
about At priso"srs Since moving north
of The river our losses 81, probably reach
near 900 in kilrd and wcn7d I Many.
howcv r: are only slightly woui, d. owing
TO SO msch Of the fighting taking place in
thick woods. l'hs enemy has lost about as
many us h.yo fallen nts our hands.
The department has intelligence f,omGen
Sherman to l 80 last nj shs, but no opera.
tious aes reported.
disp,tch from Con. Sheridan a. N'in
chester, dated Aug 17:h, 10 A.x, :aDor's
that Gen. Merits division o!cava!fy WAS
attacked yesterday aft-rnooa on the north
s'do Of the Shenandoah ty Kert haw's div
''ioa OF ofLonestrest's corps. and Wickhsn's
and Loma1's brigades of.ea-.lry. After
very hand ~ome cavalry hsAt, the enemy
were beaten with a losa of two stands OF
eo!ozs, "a officers and 27s- men prisoners.
In later dispatch Sheridan says that the
cavalry engagement IN front OF For. ROYAL
was : sp|erdid victory. It Was an open
ground, and tho sabre WAS freely used by
ou! men.
Great cred;. is due 10 Cons. Merritt and
Castar, and Col. Dcvins
FDHIH. NJ. STANTON.
Secretary Of War.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. IL.
The steamer Kate Dole. rom Fort
Gaines, Mobile Hsrbor. yesterday morn
ing, arrived here last ngat.
Farrsgu: prepared his hocs for action,
and issued orders for ~ atta'k on Fort
Morgan at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. I.
vas to receive furious enasdipS i,re from
the feet.
The lsad forces in the rear o'For: Nor
gan are said to 'hsve envestsd it wherever
there WAS a foot Of ground 10 stand upon.
The rebels have destroyed all the out
buildings Of Tho fort, and destroyed their
only vessel lying under its guns
Everything about tho Fort indicated ade
termination to contest the battle until the
Lass. -. ~:.s .:..-
The channel to Dog river is At present
unobstruc;ed,
The naval and land forces are confident or
success. ~ - .<- ~
At . lats hour last nigh. We heard that
Farrasps had demanded an uaesndisional
surrender OF the fort.
Fsrrsgus's drmand 70. 4 eur-eadsr On
Tuesday was refused. the commander of the
fort replying that he had " six months
fighting ra.ions, and would resist TO the
las, moment. :
Before ;hs demand was n.ads Graurer's
force in the rear had cat Of the communi.
cations Of the fort, sss57- 81 ~.
The ran Tennessee was engaged in tbs
attack vs...-. ~. H. = & :, s,
F.rrssa. Is eoTsdsn, Of of.peed:iT reducing
the sort - e e
The Hartford u bsd.y injured.
We hold oil channAf ts HE kar
Z INDIAN HOsTILITIEs.
LEAvzxwosTH. Ang. 1s.
Rsliahs news rom the scens of indian
ontragss = Sc @teasss- They Appsar 20 control
thc csnnsry from point shout Is uI,es
east OF Fort hearrsy 10 she forks 81 Platte
Rive!. ard from Platte sou.h % Arsauees
river. numheT as trains Lave besn cap.
tsred. the coninston killed and . IsY,e
amount Of prorsrsT dessroysf. 3 g.
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