The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-06-24
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An official report has been received
rom General Sheridan. The rebels
made mistake in reporting defeat.
Very nearly thc reverse was The fact.
IN everything undertaken hc,succccd
ID, except the capture Of Gordons.
Vile, which owing to the arrival OF
rebel rcehCoroements and the cX-
hauation of hfs supply ofamnnnition
he did not seriously attempt. Hc
lost 5I5 killed and wuunded--ncarly
all wounded De brought off 370-@
prisoners, Including 20 commissioned
officers. The rebels lost heavily in
isillc,l AMI wounded. a considerable
portion or the Virginia Central Rail-
road was destroyed. The satlre nn-
dcrtakings of Sbcridcn are not intQ-
Gated.
Sundays official report from Gen.
I Grant, dated as City Point Sunday
morning, furnish the result Of opera
tions down 30 Saturday evening"
Preceding events are detailed ~ our
special dispatches from correspond
ents on the fch. On Satr,fay,
having pll,hcd forward, carrying tho
rebel works successfully, capturing
{ many prisoners and guns, to- wtthin
one mile in front OF Petersburg, an
other lire of works was found, which
after repeatea. assaults, We failed to
carey. Our forces hckl thCir advance
position which they had tortilied.--
Prisoners were taken from Bcaurc-
, gasd's, Ewel's and Hills corps and
thus il is asccrtained thas Lee has
l thrown large portion Of hia "ruy
| into Petersburg. This IS confirmed
by official dispatches. Our attack
-. ing forces operated from the north.
. cast, aud being withinl mile OF Pc
tersburg the city is atthe mercy oil
! Gea. Grant, whenever lie chooses to
|, shell it. lee has divided his army
, it seems probable, Gclcral Grant
will take advantage Of tiat, and his
+ movements will be directed SO as to
+ cover the direct roads jetweeu Pc
c tcrsburg X RichmgSrd. 1t is Tni,C
! probable there were important oper
ations yesterday. Up to Saturday
the enemy lost heavily in prisoners
h or the losses on either side in the
:. last days fighting we ale not advised
} Ii is stated in n general report to thC
press that Lee attacked Butler who
was destroying the Petersburg Rail
d road, and drove him back. This re
c port is not so late rs the official Bnl
- lcntin, by Corty-e eight hours, and rs
.. the latter makes no mention Of it. th'
~ conclusion that the report is not true
= The prospects are favorable, but Il,
II yet there is nothing decisive.
OMcial adyiccs from General Shcr
e man are up to Sunday morning. Or
4 Saturday night during darkness an,
storm Johnston advanced his lines il
W our front, and daylight we occupie
y them right to left The enemy re
treated TO the Chattahoochie rive
;, and our whole army moved in pun
=. suit. On that river the battle for TIL
- possession Of Atlanta will doubles
% lie fought. There are reports frol
!, Grants army of Tennessee troop
, having arrived Mt Petersburg.
. may be, therefore, that Johnston hG
been weakened to strengthen lie,
This would not he done uIlcss III
." latter brliyed himself to be very lnuc
in need of help, as Johnston's arm
!. was already inferior to that OF She
V man. Confidence in the ability {
I. our arn,J' IA Georgia ~ y7~in ~ ds =
"a sive victory, grows stronger daily
i WASHINGTON, June 20.
M Since Friday there has been II
in fighting worth naming, in front
Is Petersburg. On riday night, Ri
rs ncys division, ID Corps, held lin
n. of works within thrcc.fOurths of
n. mile Of the city. The reported cal
s. ture OF Petersburg, and the occupt
ne ton by our troops Of the railroad b
cr tween that city and Richmond, is {
ed course, premature. Crittenden's S div
e. sion of Burnside's corps, suierC
ks severely in Fridays battle. Lee
". evidently intending to make a dcspc
o. ate effort to hold Petersburg. If !
ed fails there it is doubtful whether
rs will retreat toward Richmond. +
st does not seem disposed to perm
Grant 20 get south Of him.
The latest news from Hunter al
20 Avcrcll comes through rebel source
s. The latter is said to he in the vici
on ity of Lvnchburg, and IN attack
ut that place is hourly expected.
nd The steamer which left City Poi
on on Saturday noon, brings the rcpo
H. that our forces were Within 900 var
n of Petersburg and could ut any til
r. destroy it, Firing was heard
d; Saturday morning but it was not @
en- pected that there would be n genel
ts engagement before the first of Il
~ week.
Ita SECOND DISPATCH.
al The latest Intelligence, just receI
he cd from Grants army, is up to III
on clock Sunday morning.
n Colonel Chamberlain, commando
brigade of the 9th Corps, was bf
", and IL is thought mortally, wor
ded in the side in fight on Saturd'
l., Gen. Neifs division, 9th Corps, {
-, to within half q mile of Petersburg,
,'. w They fought on the river road Il
- carried two limos of the onemy's
-, trenchments. which they held, n
y" capturinr over 400 prisoners an(