, 1864-06-20
THE WAR I'm VIRGINIA.
Interesting Details OF NoxVs Prerloua-
II Received


WARRINGTON, Sarday, June 10, 1854.
It is believed that the main body of Lee,a
army crossed the James River at Fort Dar.
ling, where they have bridges. The move
ment was not effected until Gen. Grant in.
vested Petersburg on the south side.
Previous to leaving the north side of
James River, Gen. Beauregard Ind construct
ed complete and formidable line of en-
trenchments from Melvern Hill to whtta
Oak swamp, showing that Lee exnect,a
Grant to attack Richmond from that ;1;rac.
tiou.
18th have been received, Smiths corps hav.
inr landed ut Point Of Rocks on the Aon,-
mattox on: Tuesday night, and advanced on
Petersburg. The next morniag drove the
enemy to within three miles of the citv
where they were confronted By strona work.
which we're carried by coup de main a
force Of Infantry was thrown into rayine.
from which point they had the rebel gnnnera
IN .auge, whom they soon drove aWav A
charge was instantly ordered and the work.
| were taken with sixteen guns and 800 r,rIr.
oncrs. Possession OF this position eava INV
ramon command Of the city Of Petersbnrp
into which place We were able to throw
shells.
our loss was 200, Of which forty were co1-
| o,pa The enemy were 5000 atrone md
their rositiou formidable to an attack Nv
| m no0 men. The surprise Was comn,ete. !.
re'nforceuents reached them Afterwards
| Init ton lutte. At slx In the evening of the
same oay, June 10th, an attack on the SECOND
line. to which tie enemy had fallen buck.
WAS ordered. On the 18th Smiths CORDS was
| posted on the railroad on tho right Of the
| City Point road, Burnside On the lett, and the
I'd Corps on the center.
Burnside reached Prince Georges road
after IN engagement Of IN hours duration.
General Birpey Is In command Of the Cd
Corps, Hancock being chlefln command In
Meade's absence at City point.
All night firing was going on at Intervals.
Burnside took 400 prisoners, principally
from Tennessee and belonging to Beluse
CARDS army. Gen. lHardee's battle~fag is
amopg the trophies.
At daylight our lines advanced and the
| fight was resumed. =
1HE E1tblE6t EIEAAI 10 Etftu Ou Gil uAuQ4 10
Gen. Kinks brigudo Of colored troops for
gallantry In carrying the first line Of works.
These works were under command Of Gen.
Wise, otherwise their capture might have
been more difficult.
This morning at dayhreak another advance
was made along onr lines. Gen. Burnside
bas sent in about 400 prisoners, mostly Ten
nessee troops from Beauregard's command.
| Among them are sixteen rebel officers.
Hancock has also taken d large number OF
prisoners, who are on the nay to the rear.
| Our guns now command Petersburg and can
shell the city at my moment. /,
Our loss yesterday is sdd to have been
; about 1000, while that of the enemy was full
os great If not greater.
| HEADQUARTERS AKAY or THE PoTO4AC.1
Saturday Jne 1855. m
The attack made On the enemy's line yes
te1day morning By Burnside WAS more suc,
cessfu1 than Was at first reported. He drove
the rebels from two lines Of rife pits with
beaEy loss, taking four guns and 400 prison.
ere, and holding the position.
During the afternoon he again pushed the
enemy still further, getting within about a
mile md 3 belt Of the city and taking some
prisoners.
| Shells were thrown into the town, one ot
i which struck church.
4 prisoner taken yesterday reports TINT
Ct, 1000 Of Lee'sl men were to have arrived on
tic field that morning.
Trims were running almost hourly from
Richmond. bringing troops close to Peters.
burg, landtng them and hurrying back,
Many Of The men broaght in arc from Ten.
nessee, this being their first fight In this dt.
rection. They acknowledge having been
completely surprlsedBesterday morning, aud
soy the Army Of the, Potomac fights differ
emily from the armies OF the West, but sa5
we cannot take Petersburg or Richmond
They had not been accustomed to throwing
up breastworks at every change of the line
and were busy 1T this work when ordered Il
surrender.
Our SUCCESS here was most complete, AMI
~ithout very heavy loss. The fighting OF
the remainder of the line during the daJ We
i Of q. .desu1tory character, sud very littl'
change took place in the positions Of eithe
party.
Late In the evening our left WAS still fur
ther advanced, and fighting continued nearl.
all night.
= Col Mix Of New York, Is reported killed.
also Col. Kelley, commanding the ID brigade
LIST division, I'd corps; Lieut.. Col Baird
126th New York; Capt O'N1el,: Goth Nep
York, Adjutant Mcdonald, Of the SD, an,
Adjutant Herst Of the Goth PENNSYLVANIA
are killed.
Lieut. Col. McGee, Of the 69th New York
i5 wounded In the face; Col Beam, com