Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-23
Gbt yntelligenter.
The War in Virrinia.

On the morning OF the 10Th lnst.'
4 o'clock, the 10th Army Corps, unde
Gen. w. F. Smith, left City Point AM
marched for Petersburg. Gen. Kautz'
cavalry advanced on the entrench
2 Aeenss 81 the rebels outside Of Peters
burg, and at IL o'clock A. N. succeed
Cd in carrying them.
Gen. Kautz was supported by th,
advance guard Of Gen. Smith. Th'
colored troops assaulted and carriet
the rife pits with great gallantry.
After the affair was over Genera
Smith went and thanked the negroes
In person for their courage and dar
Ing. They captured six Of the six
teen cannon taken. >a
Gen. Hancock succeeded in coming
up in good time to support Genera
Smith, and took position on Smiths
left. aa -,.rta1
Gen. Hancock has sent in large
number Of prisoners. Gen. Burnside
sent in about 400, mostly Tennessee
ans from Beauregard's command
Among them are l6 rebel officers.
d, Our guns now command Petersburg
and can shell the city at any moment
Burnside drove the rebels from two
lines Of rife pits with heavy loss TAX
ing four guns and over 400 prisoners.
and holding the position. .z-.--
~ Some shells were thrown into the
town, one Of which struck church.
Gen. Butler reports from Bermuda
Hundred that the enemy have aban.
doned their works in front of that
place. Buffers troops were engaged
in tearing up the railroad between
Petersburg and Richmond. He says
there was sharp fighting done in the
affair at Petersburg. and that after
the repulse of the enemy their trains
could be seen from his observatory
moving OF across the Appomattox.
The movement of General Grants
forces to the south side of James river
was 90 adroitly and successfully man.
aged that Lee was completely deceiv.
ed. The campaign in Virginia thus
far has been series of mastery dis
plays of strategy by Gen. Grant, by
which Lee has in every instance been
ostgeneraled but this last is the
greatest Of these strategic triumphs.
Gen. Grants army is now all across
the james river, and it's rear is some
distance west of Bermuda Hundreds.
Several thousand fresh reenforcements
have arrived and more are constantly
coming up. rss .
Gen. Hancock crossed the James
near Fort Powhattan, ten miles below
City Point. General Benham arrived
l with additional pontoon trains and
the crossing was made with great ra-
pidity, and before the enemy was
aware Of it. ss.. o.z
Gen. Grant spent nearly whole
day with Gen. Butler. visiting the line
of intrcnchments. &C.. and expressed
hinself well pleased with the condi-
ton of affairs. atH.... .H
An endless stream Of transports and
barges have been moving up the James
river to the new base of supplies.
Gen. Hunter, with the combined for
css Of Crook and Averill, moved from
Staunton 1T Ave o'clock on the morn
4 ing of the 10th inst. Our army de-
\ stroyed over three million dollars
\ worth Of rebel property at Stanton,
two large cloth factories. boot and
Ashoe factory, and extensive foundries.
U Gen. Stahel was wounded in the
shoulder during the battle at Pied
mont. while CALAMITY leading his men.
n An expedition sent to Waynesboro'
n destroyed several railroad bridges and
u tore up the track. Imboden's CON.
u mand 10 thoroughly demoralized. and
U there 10 now no very formidable force
TO oppose Hunters progress. Those
of the printers not paroled, number
ing over thousand, were sent through
Buffalo Gap and over tho mountains,
and arrived safely at Huttonville with
in our lines on the way North.
Sheridan Was. several days since
sent OF with the divisions of Gregg
and Torbett to find Hunter and pilot
him 10 the direction OF Richmond.
What magnificent army will Grant
have. with his own, Buffers and Hun
tsr's troops al combined ! Sheridan
and Hunter, ere this, have given the
hnal blow to the railroads connecting
with Richmond. With oil the rail
roads around Richmond destroyed
there 10 nothing left FOE Leo but te
starvs In HE Notifications. or risk sv'
cry thing 10 . battle with Grant. or
(ths moro likely supposition. save
himself BY fight. if that is still posi-
bic. A correspondent says:
"Rumors are rifo that the rebels are
svacuating Richmond-that the rebe
Congress adjourned hastily. without
closing the business before them
and not only the prisoners but the non
combatants have been removed South
It 10 said the evacuation was provid
ed for three months since. when they
commenced moving the public archivel
TO Columbia, s. c., Macon, Ga, ane
other places. There has been . heav,
exodss Of women and childreu recent
y. and some think the place evscoa