The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-06-27
From the Army Of the Potomac.

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June 70, u A. a.
The only lighting thai t,ok place yesterday,
9as AN attacA made 10y the enemy Oh General
burnside, but whether Intended u feint 10
cover so-"e more important move, or al At
tempt TO break tnrUug b his liues, IL Was fail.
ure. They opened Win heavy tie of artil
Iery. which was returned by our batteries, and
the rebels making charge were driven back.
upsards Of loo bring taken prisoners. This
occurred about y A. NJ. Artillery firing was
keep up tor all hour, when all became quiet 1t
that point.
Aovut The same time battery opened In
front Of the hospital on the lett Of the b
corps, which the rebels seemed desirous OF
clsaIiug ont, but they were deferred by our
guns Ot fore ANY damage resulted.
Picket firing Is siiil kept up along the en-
lire line, aud III almost every hospital are q
CIV victims oil this specits oi warfare. Ii Is
lmosi impossible Tor change 10 be mad. ia
our skiimlsh lines without sonne loss IRON the
nens's >harpsboolt r., aud these lines are re-
.ieved alter dai k ON that account.
Tne engagement between the 9th corps and
the enemy fIr possession of the railroad ou
Hedu, sday, was quite severe, particularly la
rom of the ~ division, commanded By Gen.
Vibration. Only a short distance OF The rail-
road had been destroy ed, wheu the party were
stacked by n heavy fore. of the euemy under
Gen. Anderson, supported by Wilcoxs 18Th
iisishm. Capt. Benily, If the 81 Vermont,
vas in charge ot the party that reached the
ia lruad, and he Tell back slowly, while the
,kirInI>n line held the enemy In check; but
"dy OF this eDemy made flank movement
exp cling TO turn the left flank Of our line OF
oatll-. Fh-y, however, did n"t penetrate far
enough, alth ugh they suece. ded in taking a
large Lhlnocr OF our skitmshers prise n-rr,
principally OF the h and 1lGh Vermont regi-
ments.
Iue enemy afterwards advanced sgain
md attempted to break through the liue at
several points, but were met with such
heavy IRE from our forcs III At they were driv-
81, back with heavy loss. The, nusll, nj dark
gave up the eH ri, and retnaIed across the
railroad 10 Tue .lnbilkmeni, where they took
up all advantages us position. Our IS was
very light III Killed and wounded, hile that
NJ the -uemy Is supposed ~ be more than
ionbe that OF ours.
We lost qai'e a numper OF prisoners, but
the iigme~ cannst AS .et be correctly given.
TIE railroad from City Point To Petersburg
j. b Ing put ia order, aud AN engine aud carr
re air. ady procured to put on il rs Boon xs il
IL la running condition.
Supplies are received at the front regularly,
,nd the troips lack nothing In this req ect.
nut Iheg sut.r souiew hat from scarcity OF
water.
New YORK. June 20
The Hcrald's special dlspai, h irm the Ar
ny oil the Potomac, reports that Gen Poik's
lac command from Johnston's xrmy arrived
Petersburg last Saturday, the Is b. Ih-
division, juimtd "a HIS aud Lopgstreei's
curp-, with Mises brigade aud Beaurrgard's
{, ryes from North aud South Carolina, swell
h. rebel forces To considerable numbers.
During the night Of the 2i-i, Wilson's aud
ksu'z's cavalry cut the Weldon Railroad la
two.
- he second corps was ordered 10 the front
&shout regard TO the connection OF The O b
corps on ths left. in order 10 develope the r. b
el works. It was Ia this condition that the
rebel Hills corps pushed between our corps,
which hnally rendered II necessary to with
draw our exposed tanks to all up the gap by
a conn ction along the line If entertainments
ia the rear. While this Was bring done the
rebels captured several hundred prisoners and
our guns, The "a and 9Th corps late In the
evening recovered most of the ground lost.
Col. Griffin, of the 9th NV Hampshire reg
iment. has been promoted ~ Brigadier Gen
ralship.