The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-01
PETERSBURG, VA, ,-July 30. 1864

At length there is al cad 10 The iVl! %. liz
battle storm hereaUous, auc GtaE} tig,d Q;
the indisrritolnaie slaueheTt,slf hea attend
ei his ,ff,rta to des'ras & % Ices army hy
rassautting its lfeaa; vr-i'-5, having some
time since be;2kgu Gsu4e}C 10 eoFIdng and
mining 10 day 24C7hx Eaine ne5r the cenf
tre Of cur iiaes, il bush. ' 1hEsuu's front
on The Baxter road, about Hr2 aad 4 half
Ilil.s below town. Our CI1C,ia .,,ic not
taken altogether by surprise, ard Yet the
.nen Oh whose iiue tbe txploeiOn .cclklA4
were considerably denoralizcd. As early as
~ O'Clock this morning Gen. Lee sent word
around his lines that the enemy we've mai,
ing demonstrations along TIA. lines III front
oi Bermuda Hundred, lut thai 1t vas byEo
means upiikeiy-thst the real attack might
be made sonawh here else. In ubedieucr 10
this suggestion everything ia the depart
| ment OF the Army vi Northern Virginia
| WAS Oh the g4. gt0e.
| About Eve O'Clock this paning the
| mine was sprung Oh the Baxter road.
| The explosion caused loud, deep noise,
asd the fragment OF earth were at once,
| fying in every direction, making Il rent
| IL The lines Of seine thirty or forty
| Yards, lust at one Cf these, to us, 1
| fatrd Sas ts7sts. This sudden explosion seat
tDfed the guns Uour pieces oil Pegr1m's
Hattery, Brancb's battalion, of this city,) in
| every direction, aud tore iiteiees aud limb
less some of It's guuneTs, aud buried others
in the rth, along with many OF lis sup
| ports. the poor fellows of Evans's 3 &.
| brigade c. 0mmauded by tempot afy Bfigadier-
Aeueral Elliott, who, ! regret 10 siy, re-
ceiyed wound in the meiec which IS re-
| ported TO bea mortal one.
No sooner had the explosion occurred aud
The fragments reached The earth th;tu Surn
sides Injnions-"back spirits and gray
| bounded forward with heilSh yell, press
ing back our astonishcd, and, tos while,
| discomftteu troops, gaming pVsst tssloh Ci
the salient, the four guns, aud numbef oi
| prisoners The enemy now held some two
hundred yards Of cur lines, aud could he
distinctly seen hurrying up troops from the
rear and forming their Ii mes with the view
of pushing forward aud pressing their ad
! vantage. A crisis was now undoubtedly
upon u.s. A. brief space and we might be
undone Generai Malone was 81 once ap
prised Of The disaster by Lieutenant General
Hill, who, fortunately, was on The spot
General NJ WAS directed by General IL. to
bring his own and Wright > brigade to nc
scene OF the disaster, aad 10 endeavor, Il
possible, 10 regain the lost works anu t.
retrieve the disasters OF the day. VIII
ligatnng epeed the Fi,ginlans snd
Georgins, moving by the lett hank
clme to the rescue, under the lead o.
their gallant commander, who, he u
known, Vas utterly unaequainied VIII
The configugation OF the lines or the nature
OF the ground. Barely had Gen. NJ. piacet
his cid brigade IN position when the 1 an
kee hordes, with fresh ysll, bounded for
ward Mahone's men, ike Pninam's a
Bunker Hill, reserved their fire until thel
saw the whites Of their advefsa'y's eyes
not dIthcuit matter since many of the com
batauS were c0ntrabsnlis of sooty hue. "a
the word fire the Yankees would sieggel
and begia to EiFe back. The order 70 chargt
ia given, and the men dash forward and the
Yankees give back in their sa5 ge1ssTss rabid
style into aud beyond the llne nt breast
works. Our men pursuing, mount the breast
works, asld bestoS upon the enemy ptanS
/, K fire, which tells with great success npoI
their ranks. -Eesides driving the enemy
back, Mabones men captured apd hrough
of ten eoioss, forty othsefs, iasiuding C1l
| Wsife, sist Maine, aud Col. wills, SOL
Massachusetts,, aud four hnndred aud 81
prisoners, including twenty negroes II
this charge Col Weisiger, cosnmaBdin:
| Mabone's old brigade, was wDunged whils
leading bis brigade with conspicuous gal
iautry. The conduct of CAPT j. b. Girar'
| dey, A A. y. to Gen. MAhone en this as Oh
q d zen other hattie fields Of the war, CAV,
unmis,akabie evidence of cooi courage ant
self possession aud the highest qualities o
the skiilfui officer.
)! Bat the work Was not ended yet--opiy