Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-05-18
The Latest war News.

Commissary of Prisoners at Belle Plain
announces the arrival there of Z 900 pris
oners, including 500 officers, with Major
Gen. Johnson and Brig. Gen. Stwart.
L. NJ STANTON, Sec. of War.
SECOND DESPATCH.
WASHINGTON, May IA, p. m.-Io 1faj.
Grant, dated yesterday evening at 9 o.
clock, have reached this department. The
advance Of Hancock yesterday developed
that the enemy had fallen back four miles,
where they remained in position. There
was no engagement yesterday. We have
no account of any general officers being
killed in the battle of the preceding day.
Col. Carroll was severely wounded.
A dispatch has just been received from
Gen Sherman, near Rensaca, May a.
1t states that by the flank movement on
Rensaca, Johnston had been forced TO
| eyacuate Dalton. and our forces were in
/ his rear and flank. The weather was
+ fine. and the troops in fine order, all work
ing well and as fast as possible.
No intelligence has been received from
/ Gen. Butler Guerillas have broken the
/ telegraph lines between Williamsburg and
/ old jamestown. This is believed to be
the reason why no report has been receiv-
IIed from him.
Dispatches from General Steel report
him to be at Woodstock. The rumor
that he had broken the railroad between
! Lvnchburg and Charlottesville is not true.
Our wounded are coming in from Belle
Plain as fast as the transports can bring
them.
Grants army is well supplied
THIRD DESPATCH
WASHINGTON, May I4-Mai. Genl.
Dix-The following telegrams have just
reached this department from Gen. Butler.
No other SPECIAL reports have been re-
ceiyed since my despatch Of this afternoon.
+. NJ. STANTON, Sec. of War.
HALT-WAY HousE, May 14-8 a m.
TO Hon +. NJ Stanton, Sec, of War.
We are still before the base of the enc
. my's works at Drury's Bluff, Ft Darling.
The enemy are still here in force.
, Gen. Gilmore, by a flank movement,
: with portion of his corps and a brigade
, of the 18th corps, assaulted and took the
enemy's works on their right at dusk last
evening. 1t was calamity done.
The troops behaved finely.
l We held our line during the night, and
| shall move this morning again.
. B. f. BUTLER, Maj. Gen.
HEADQuAIyrERs HALFWAY House,
the enemy's first line on the right this
: morning at O'Clock. The loss small.
: The enemy have retired into three square
9 redoubts upon which we are now bring
ing our artillery to bear with effect.
B. F. BUTLER, Maj. GEN.
FOURTH DISPATCH.
t II 50, a MN q dispatch this morn
: ing received from Admiral Lee, he reports
: to the Secretary of the Navy that the
!, Richmond papers of yesterday mention the
death Of Gen. J. T. B. Stuart, shot in
J the battle with Gen. Sheridan.
II L. NJ. STANTON, Sec. Of War.
: EIFTH DISPATCH.
n WASHINGTON, May Is, $50 a. m: Ar
i official dispatch from the battlefield a
= Spottsylvania. yesterday morning, at $50
:, states that during the preceding nigh
(Friday) a movement was made by tho
Il Fifth and Sixth Corps to our left, and Al
:. attack was to have been made at daylight
n but no sound Of battle had been hearC
p from that quarter.
This manoeuvre, it is said, if success
full, would place our forces in Lees rear
and compel him to retreat towards Lynch
II burg
$ No canon nor any sound of battle wa
n heard yesterday at Belle Plain or Freder
l. icksburg, which affords ground for the in
ference that Lee had retreated during Fri
day night, and before the advance of tn
Fifth and Sixth corps.
Nothing later than $50 a. m. yester
IT day has been received from the army b,
N this Department.
d All our wounded that had reached Bell
al Plain yesterday evening have arrived here
Is The surgical report from the Headquar
n tiers of the Army states that the conditio
~ of the supplies is satisfactory, and tha
10 the wounded are doing well. The Aledi
1T cal Director at Belle Plain reports tha
he everything at that point is satisfactory
" The surgical arrangements have neve
been so complete as now Gen. Sherri
dams command had reached the left ban
of Turkey Island at O'Clock yesterda
/, afternoon, and have formed junctio
- with the forces of Gen. Butler
+. Nj STANTON, Sec. of Wal
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