Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-06-23
Details of Sheridan,s Operations.

NAsHiNGTON, uuuc lo-ll L. NJ,
To Ag.-Gas. DIG:
Dispatches from Gen. Sheridan have
just been received. He reports victory
over the enemy at Trevilan Station on
the Virginia Central railroad, q few miles
south of Gordonsville, where Gen. Lee
few days since reported rebel victory.
The official report is as follows:
/ have the honor to report to yoTF the
arrival Of my command at this poine and
also to report its operations since leay-
ing Newcastle, Ferry. / crossed the Pa
munky River on the 18th inst marching
via Ayletts and encamped on Herring
Creek. On the morning of the 6th | re-
stunned the march via Polecat Station
and encamped three miles west of the
station On the 9th marched through
Childsburg and New Market, encamping
on Eve Creek, nerr Youngs Bridge. On
the 10sh l marched via Andrews Tavern
and Lsoman's Store, crossing both
branches of the North Anna and encamp-
ed at Buckchilds, about three miles
Northeast of Treviian Station. My in
tention was to break the railroad at this
station, march through Mechanicsville,
cut the Gordonsville and ChancellorS-
vile railroad, near Lindsay's House, and
then to march on Charlottesville, but on
our arrival at Buckchilds | found the
enemy's cavalry in my immediate front.
On the morning of the 1lth, Gen. Tor
bett with his division and Col. Gregg
of Gen. Gregg's- division attacked the
evenly. After an obstinate contest they
drove him from successive lines of breast
works through an almost impossible
forrest, back on Trevilan Station In
the mean time Gen. Custer was ordered
with his brigade to proceed by country
road so as to reach the station in the
rear of the enemy's cavalry On his ar
rival at this point the enemy broke into
a complete rout, leaving his dead and
nearly all of his wounded in our hands,
also 90 officers, 500 men, and 800 horses.
These operations occupied the whole of
the day. At night Iencamped at Trev-
ilan Station, and on the morning of the
18th inst. commenced destroying the
railroad from this point to Lowan Court
House, This was thoroughly done the
ties burned and the rails rendered unser-
yiceable. The destruction of the rail
road occupied until three o'clock of this
Gay WuSu L ulIcCtS1soC IOlDCGG W atu-
vance with his division and Gen. Davis
brigade of Gen. Gregg's division in the
direction of Gordoasville and attack the
enemy, who had concentrated and been
reinforced by infantry during the night
and had also constructed rifle pits at a
point about five miles from Gordonsville.
The advance was made but as the enc,
my's position was found too strong to
assault no rnrerai assault was de. On
the exlreIus vi cur lines portion of the
reserve brigade carried the enemys
works twice andwas twice driven there
from by infantry. Night closet the con-
test. / found on examination of the
command that there was not sufflcien-
CIV of ammunition left to continue the
engagement, The next day trains OF
cars also came down to where we were
engaged with the enemy. The reports
| of prisoners and citizens were that Pick
| etts whole division was coming to pre-.
vent the taking of Gordo0sville.
!, therefore dnring the night and next
morning withdrew my command over
the North Anna, via Carpenters Ford
near Miners Bridge. In addition, the
animals were for the entire two days in
which we were engaged without forage
The surrounding country afforded moth
ing but grazing OF a very inferior quail
ity and generally at such points as wer'
inaccessible to US,