The weekly union record., 1864-07-30
News Of the Week.

Longsireet's corps llOad attacked General
Thomas on the 10Th. and was repulSed wi'h
heavy loss. There is no oficisl announcement
} Of the occupation or Atlanta Sherman's man
euvers seemed to be directed to preventing the
escape If the rebtl atmr. For this purpose he
+ planned series of raids for the destruction Of
the railway communica,ions Of Atlanta
The following additional particulars regard
+ ing Gen Smith sexpeiiiion. have b-en received.
II consisted Of two divisions Of infantry. ore
brigade Of negro troops. ard division Of cav
airy They leii Lagrange on the 5'h. proceed
ing in souhwesferiy direction 0aits asivauoe.
The cavalry encountered body Of rebels srv
en miles north Of Ripley. when brief >kirmi>i
~ suCd resulting 10 The rebels being driver
back three and half m lrs. vi small lbs
A this point they took a strong position ot.
the high bluff. from whence they ware d.
irdged after an hour fighting. by he Second
Iowa cavalry. Here The cavalry e. camped
awaiting the arrival Of the infantry. On the
morning cf the 6ih the whole force entered
/ Ripley. a. d then moved towards New Aloa
! ny, the Third Iowa cavalry being sent On a re
conuoi<al ce towards laliahaicbr, where they
met q large force OF rebels occuryirg siro;e
/ posi- ion at kiiIys Ford A skiTm'sh ensued.
aud the rebels tell back On the moring OF
the l llh, ihe ,xpedIion crossed lie Tallahaich
ie. and arrived at Pontiac They enieFti he
place after an hours fighting. the rebels ben
driven in every direction, lear 2 Ghtir killed
AID wounded in our bands Forrest, who wa
all this time at Brad-hears Crossroads, TX
peciing ,omtet the expedition there. Finding
he was mi>led, he moved rapidly towards Okla
Iona where be threw his forces out SIX miles
wes, on Prairie Mount, taking strong posi-
ton in the Chain Hills On the l3 h, the tx
pediion. instead of moving toward Oklahoma. a
For Il expected, marched in The diI,ctlcn oi
Tupelo. Forest left his position also. and
NOV for 1upeo. Smith arriving first, ob
tanned choice Of positions, when terrible
battle occurred. The rebels suffered severely
al the hands Of our cavalry and negro troops.
Fifteen hundred rebels fell III cur hands. be
same night the Tt beis made an assault on cur
works and were disasrou~ly repused On
tie 18th another battle occurred. The enemy
assauing our lines the times, bat meeting
With nothing but disastrous repu!se.
On The night of The 18Th tie last day ra
tlols were distributed. and the next morning
The expedition Started 10 'eturn followed at
respectful distance by BuffHd. From the
night of the 5lh to the njs, Of l9 h the expe-
dirion was obliged to subsiSt by inraSing. sup
plies being entirely Exhausted. On The 20'h
the expedition reached Lagrange. with loss
of 500 killed, wounded and missing. Two
hundred and fifty prisoners were brought in on
several occasions The rebel dead were bur
led by our men. Gen. GierSon, who com
MAJ ded the cavalry, says the r, bel loss was
not less than 1000 Rebel dispa ches cap
turcd admit Of loss OF 400
The Washigton Rrpuhhcan Of July 23i
says Grant received Dispatch to day from
the operator at Chattanooga, which reads Us
1 follows "Atlanta net ours yet. Our forces
fud strong opposition. II seems we have
possession OF part OF the ely and the enemy
hold the rest
The same paper has the following concern
ing the battle on "Wednesday Official dis
patches from Sherman, state after the battle
that day. Gen. Howard. commanding the
Fourth Corps, buried Two hundrt rebels in
his front aud q large number Of wounded were
captured General Hooker, commanding the
Twentieth Corps. advancing his line Wtdnes-
day, net The enemy on the open road, when a
desperate battle. ls'ing several hours, ensued.
The enemy was thoroughly whipped ard driv
en- from the field. After the battle IIookrr
reported to Sherman that he had bur;rd 400
dead rebels. aid 1000 ", uad,d lay in hi>
front.
he Posts special dispatch says: Sherman
has laNen 600 pfiSon,rs Oar l'Ss, 500
The New York Posts special s,y>: A part
of Mo>hy> cavalry. numbering between tw"
and three hundred have entered West Mary
lard. Il is not known whether there are any
more behind
4 dispatch from Chattanooga JnIy 20 b
. says General Richards as killed before Allan
IA.
To-day another correspondent says he was
shot fatally through the lungs
Richmond papers of the 2,s'. have the fol
lowing The enemy has been shellinC Peters
burg two days-mertly nominal Ouly le"
shells nave been thrown, ding no irigry.
The E'q7irer says official dispatches. an
uounce large force # IarkecS had crossed
the Shenandoah at Smokers On The lS'h
they were attacked during the al ernoon. aSi
driven across the river in great confusion
. Oar l,ss is between 200 and 500 AID hat Of