M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-06-16
fhc Great Battle Of Friday
and its Results.
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lS9@:si Dispatch to the Gin Gozst,ol
WAsn'NVIUN, June Z.
Our hcws from the Amy ri ito
Po'"maa is up to Snnlav evening"
.oe battle Of Fndap is Admitted by
al 20 rave hern Que Of the most dea.
Pe'"'t aud by tar the most iuiporla".
- sny during the pIesnt cAln;aign
IN Virginia, lt:resuit viii material.
Iy change the rlan oI the luture op,ra.
'i"ns. CutlUusIy enough, it was
fought almost on the same grcurt
which Two y,ars ago proved Me turn.
'"g p"in' in MrC eiiau6 cam mra!gn.
The iS'h Corps, unirr Smith. hai
made ilS Junction with the grand ar
Ny, nnd every hing &c med to ho
rraiy i'r a ",aisjva s.rokc; ard it
mus b. confessed that MT without
some disappointment DID the eyrnirc
w that even III day show on. noniJ
army advanced tnwar,i ltithmonl
scarcely II hall mile, wi'h ~ urrn.
qH g.d ard d,ti!"' ercmy in trout.
Since Fridays b"rilo there has
'"cn Il" na'eriaI chang in position
X!tT 'h"' "ur line, which wts then
"cnI south west, r)w fronts ula.nst
ar ely 0"st, while that ri the ea-rry
tfns ncarly tr'augIe, cov,riry
hichmrnI with ia base. Hancock
sill holds yur Icit, and his linptx.
'enI 10 the Dis,.a!:h Station, ris
HtnEa protected hy Sheridan. Oar
H-nt stretches along the Bethesda
Church road, viii Wilson's cavalry
N tho fAnkI,
/" vur nom the rnnmy4 Ufcast.
works stand our a. bold a. ever. and
each :"2",;''.,'' on our part is closely
""'c''2i Atnight our !aen &.2 put
To tic spade and thus dig up toward
l." rnenr foot br foot, tniOwirg up
works a: th7y aiviacn. At same
2oin'a along the IIna acarceIy oro
rnndrei ynrds separate our breast.
works ir"m those Ui lna enemy. -
Whenever q heal ia shown it is pick.
ed of hy sharpShootrrs. Thus a con
s'aIt GSirlnish is kept MP, and o,.r
'wn l"sS ci valuable ,f1i,urs Ly this
means can testify how destructive il
,s.
Late Saturday evening the rebels
planted u battery direc,iy orrosited
Gtner"' Smiths henqIhrt.rs, all
Tor Short time kept ~ q lur;ons
otnnoAadrI. It WAS ratn,r warm
FOUND headquarters tor Il while. Int,
~ visual, l,ttIe damrne was dons -
The W'.1.'t ye-i5r,e OF our bait, ries
s on convinced Il enemy ,hut our
tla' We still the,c.n
o. SuntdV morning an artillery
In"! "a3 a'.a,n c"mmnccr. and a
''mG'Ing ire r'aa k. pit up during the
Tta,rr part OF the nav. At dusk.
SUNDAY eYrring. the rebels op,pyI a
h 'avy fire Oh ol r left.
For half an hour the musketrv was
'tlr'hc, ard it seemed thai the rrhcIs
"tre about I" make u general attack:
Dat later devcI"pments Indicated
th"t they were making an efiortto 10
turn llarcOck's flank, which, hoSey.
or, they utterly failed to do. lhcre
was much more noise than loss of life
=" ms attack Us is the case of mnst
night engagements. TIE euemy
Keeps sleep!Gso watch over al, our
moYtde;ifs, ana The least stir ofour
ines, by day or night, Is sure to draw
he rebel fire.
THE To-:DED.
A gentleman just arrived ir;-, tho
" bite House, states that teIegrarhic
COMMUNICATION IS estabii.h. h,tn,,n
White llouse and fortress Mnn,u,
via Wost FONT aud is expected to con
,ect ,'ith Grants healgiiters to ,!sy
RI'irOad communicable vii, 5e ,s;a.
'lished in tow dass.
Inc wonnIe'l sre being .a,idly
hlIpeH |" washington anu Alex and.
a Hospitals.
The viri: itY Of the White House is
,e'n- ;urihed.
brtw,en ) 700 and 900 wonr3rd
n the itlc Lattles hai arii,G at
" hfe Eo6Se. a large number Of
surgeons were arriving aud
he wonnGeG were being cared for as
veil as they could be, under the cif-