The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-20
OF masketry, could be seen from the Bland
ford Church and Boiling Hills with great

ford Church and Boiling Hills with grea
distiuctness.
For half hour the battle ragged and roar
ed. and during this time, from the nearncs'
OF the sound, many became impressed with
ihe idea that the invaders OF our eoil wer,
getting the advantage OF our troops, but Al
| OF sudden there was one universal blaze O
musketry along the entire length OF our line
and then fell upon the ears OF the listenius
multitude shout, from the threats OF on
brave boys, which none were slow to inter
rret. IL was the shout of victory-a glat
and welcome sound. Couriers coon arrived
anhcunc.ng the Joyful tidinss that we had re
pulsed the enemy along the entire line, ant
| occupied the lines which we held at earl,
dawn yesterday. II was now 10 minutes t.
loo'ciock, aud the firing gradually siackene,
| until IL O'clock, when i. had almost entirely
| ceased. About IL o'clock there was q re-
newal of the musketry firing, and few die
charges OF cannon, but it did net last more
| than fifteen minutes.
Our losses in this battle were severe, but
| were no comparison with that OF the enemy
which is represented to have been fearful
a considerable number OF our wounded
were brought to Richmond yesterday.
We regret to announce that the wound ol
Capt. Fred. Carter, Of the Richmond Blues,
received OH "Wednesday, has res aited Iii his
| death. HIS remains were brought TO Rich
alter appropriate services at Sycamore
church. Capt Carter succeeded o Jennings
WISE who fell at Roanoke Island, and has
| been with his ornpaLy ever since. He was
| agaliaut and popular officer, aud universally
esteemed by his acqnaintances.
Am ng our officers wounded on Friday
were Col TAbb, OF the ftih Virginia, flesh
wound in the thigh, and Major j. C. Hill, OF
the 4jth Virginia, right arm shattered.
The following is q list OF the casualties in
10Th Virginia regiment, in the battles near
Petersburg:
Killed Private +. ". blackburn. Woun-
ded Capt. Fred. Garter, mortaily, (siucc
dead , First Lieutenant &. Z. Bigger, ST.
vertly in lett shoulder; Second Lieutenant
h. j. Levy, n:sh woand in leg Orderly
Sergeant Robert j. Mcdowell, ngsh wound
III lett thigh; Priyates Henry Miller, through
face aud left hand, w. ID. Chesternan, fl ssh
| wound in thigh; James L. Watkins, sh.ntly
| in knee Henry Pace, W. w. Rush, (our
informant could not learn particulars III re-
gard to either) James K. Medlicott, slightly
in head w. Ii. Tiinbellake, do; Thomas
| Payne, flesh wound in arm, Samuel a.
| Frsyser, left side, face and neck. Missing
| and supposed to be captured Private j ohm
| j. Omenhauser
The following is q list of the casualties in
fight of "Wednesday
Wounded Lieut. ". IL. Weisiger, in
thigh Lieut.. L H. Gotrcil, ia two placer ;
Corporal j. ). s. Casler, in neck, slightly !;
James L, Ripp etoe, i'll tue hip, slightly Il
G. Hail, hurt by q wounded horse; VIM. j
Jacobs, slightly by a conclusion from .
shell; j. ID. Carver, wounded and missing
Missing and supposed To be coptured: Capt
| n. a StnrdiVaht privates j. w. Munday !;
j. L. Ferguson, Harvey Shepherd, +. a,
Ihackcr and j. T. Drumwfight.
Two pieces of the battery were captured,
aud fifteen horses killed and captured.
The name OF Lieut.. Col. j. c. Council, t (
the 26th Virginia, has been fulnish, Il to US
Oh good authority as among the wounded,
Int the Petersburg papers report him cap
!ured hy the enemy.
Neatly all OF the companies Of Captains Il
IL Spencer, Il. NJ Page and !. b. Shelton, OF
the 26th Virginia regiment, were captured at
Jordar'a firm on the evening of the 18th
instant. They only surrendered when sur
rounded by force of ten or fifteen times
! their number. Captains Sutton and Poiu-
dexter, OF this regiment, were not captured
as nc ported.
The slaughter Of the euemy in front q
lioke's division, on Friday, is represented 1o
have been terrible.
SATURDAYS OPERATIONS NEAR PETERSBURG.
| Reports OF ali sorts We're III circulation
yesterday In regard to the situation Of sill ,irs
| at Petersburg, The public: mud at length
| settled down into the conviction that grea,
battle was fought on Saturday, but nothing
to sustain this belief could be obtained in
official quarters. 1t was even stated thai
the enemy penetrated the streets Of the city
| at which critical period feinforcements for
tunately arrived, routed the Yankees, ani
| drove them four miles with terrible slaug ntcl
! Ramon went SO far as To assert also that Gran
had sent u lag OF truce to Gen. Beauregard
| demanding u Surrender OF Petersburg, I,
| Which that officer declined to acceae thai
then Grant threatened to shell the city; Il
which Beauregard replied that nobody un
dcrstood the rules Of war better than Gene
raj Grant, and that thy required twenty
four hours notice, ia order that the womel
and children might find a place of safety
and, finally, that it Grant undertook tn
| shelling without such notice, he would exc
| cute Yankee prisoner for every non com
balant injured. These stories served to fur
, nish theme for street gossip during th.
| day, but they happened to lack one impor-
tant element, namely, that Of truth.
A gentleman who left Petersburg yester-
| day morning at O'clock says that no gene
raj engagement took place on Saturday.
The enemy made several demonstrations
during the day on different portions of our
lines, but were in every instance repulscd
| with loss. la the evening the Yankees ad
vanced in several lines OF battle in front o.
| Eiliott's brigade, an d when they were within
four hundred yards cur troops opened upon
them with grape and canister, moving
| down hundreds at every discharge. Artil-
| iery duelIing was kept up at intervals during
the day, but our casualties were few. The
euemy's losses on the Southside thus f.,
have been very heavy, while ours are com