Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-06-24

station. march through MechdnlcsFilt. 'A-
the Gor,l0n-,iile and Charlottesville B'i.r'rd
near Lvndsav'- house and then 70 marc. '1
Charlottesville
The report -ay,.
e. On tie morning of the llth. Gen. Tor
hcrt with ai- division, and Col. Gree Of
Gen. Grrrs'> division attacked the enemy.
After au obstinate contest they drove him
from successive lines Of brcastworks tnr. -1
an almost imra-sable forest hack ON Trcy. .u
Stntion ln the mean time Gen. Custe-
ordered with his brigade 70 proceed
country roud 70 rs 10 reach the S-au 10
the rear Of the enemv's cavalry. On b
rival 10 this point the enemy broke l1
complete ruut, leaving bis dead and q. .v
all ot his WOUNDED IN our hands, also tvs ~
officers. five hundred men and three hu~ir.i
horse~.
'' These opcrstion~ occupied the wi . 10
the day Nt uIght Icncamped at IrcyIlHn
station, and on the morning of the l2ta inst.
commenced destroying the railroad frym is
p,iu, To Louis, Court House. This was 1-
roughly done the ties burned and the
rendered uu-crviccahlc The dcstrucy 1.
the railroad occupied until 5 o'clock o.. -1t
day. when I directed Gcn. Torbert % De-
vance with hi- DIVISION and Gen Davis Hi--
adc of tru t,rc..'s division IN the dire 71
Of Gorl1u~vile aud attack the enemy. "a'
had concentrated and been reinforced Hv Ir-
isntry during the night and had al-' To-
structcd rifle pit, no point about hve l- -s
from Gord0n>illc The advance was u 10
hat As the encmy'S position was found TOO
strong to assault no general ossPul, was
made.
'- ON the extreme right OF our lines q T --
ton of the reserve brigade carried the ,ae-
mv's works twice and twice driven theret. u
by infantry Night closed the contest. /
found on examination Of the command tat
there was not a sulheiency of ammunition
left TO continue the engagement
The next 3ay trains Of cars came down
To where we were engaged with the e"-av-
The reports oi prisoners and citizens were
that Pickct- old division was c0mlE- 20
prevent the taking Of Gordonsville. lt.ora-
fore. during the night and the next MOI. ING,
withdrew my command over the North Anna
via Carpenters ford, near Miner bridge
In addition. the animals were Tor ,hc Cn.-e
DAYS in which we were engaged, without
forage. The surrounding country ailried
nothing but grazing OF very inferior quality
and generally AT such points as were uu-c-
cessib,e 10 as.
The cavalry cnga cement Of the llth was
by far the most brilliant one OF the present
campaign. The enemy's loss was very heavy.
They lost the following named officers m s'-l-
ed and wounded Col. McAllister, ,c0mmsa
lng "a regiment. killed Brig. Gen. Rls-cr.
commanding a. brigade, wounded; and t'--
Custer, commanding regiment. wounded
Ny lls- in killed and wounded viii be about
575. or this number 800 are wounded. J
brought Of in nv ambulanccs, 81. ali rllt
could be TRANSPORTED. Tne remainder we-c.
with number Of rebel wounded that fell i1-
to nv hands. left behind. Surgeons and a5-
tendants We're detailed and remained u
charge of them. | captured and have u.T
with mc three hundred and seyentypriSlu
Of war. includins twenty commissioned --
rcrs Nv loss in captured will not exceed
one hundred and sixty. They were prime IT,
ally from the j;h Mich. cavalry. TdIs r-i-
meut calamity charged down the Cord
VILE road. capturing fifteen hundred h7
and about eight hundred men, but were -1-
ally surrounded and had To give them up.
Then tine enemy broke they hurried H--
tween Gen. Clusters command ami l...
Greggs brigade, capturing five caiss10- q
Pcnnin-tons Battery, three Of which were
afterwards re-capturel. leaving IN t.-r
hand, two caiSsous.
Newspaper dispatches from Grants bead
quarters give the following particllars 9t
the latc 0peratIons,-thc latest despatch be-
Ing dated : p. VI. Of the 18th
smith 5 command which landed at Point
Of Rocks Tuesday evening, advanced early On
the morning Of the 18Th on the City Pom,
and PctcrsburGb road, and finding the enemy
near Harrison 8 Cr,ek drove them into t-ei-
Qualifications some half a mile beyond Line
1l battle was formed with links c0lorCi dive
sion on the left \ charge was made and
the entire line of works taken with Is guns,
800 prisoners and several battle flags. iae
pp-l.i0n was one Of great strength and c.-.d
have resisted an attack from a much larger
force Our loss IN the whole affair is al-
over PM, of whom some 40 were col0rej-
The second corps came up in the evening
and took position on the left Of Smith.
In the morning Of the 10th an advance
was made hv the Second corps, Gen. B.rHay
in command and the enemy were driven
from another strong position with cons ec-
able loss in killed. wounded and prisone-7.
In the afternoon Burnside came up md
took position on the left Of the Second corps
At = o. clock in the evening combined aI-
vance was made along the line and dlsro or-
ate struggle cnsucd ON the left center both
with artillery and infantry, which lasted IN
I'll long after dark, Gen. Birney's command
gainng a brcastwork in their front and Tx
ing a large number Of prisoners.
Gen. Burnside has sent IN about 100 p-Is-
OneTs, mostly Tennessee troops from Hcn-
Beauregard's command, among them ID re1-
el officers Gen. Hancock has also taken
large number of prisoners, who arc ON the
way 70 the rear.
Our guns now command Petersburg md
can shell the city at any moment.
Our loss ON the 10th is said TO have been
about GOO That Of the enemy was iul. Is
great il not greater.
On the l7th Gen. Burnside with the 9tn
C0rTs drove the rebels from two lines o.. riir
pits with hcavy loss. taking four guns and
100 prisoners, and holding the position
During the afternoon nc again pushed the
enemy still further, getting within abla,
mile and half Of the city and taking some
prisoners. Shells were rown into the town
one Of which struck a church.
\ prisoner taken Friday reports that 3d.
600 OF Lees men were to have arrived on tho
I field that morning, and that trains were
running almost hourly from Richmond bring
Ing troops close to Petersburg, landing them
| and then huTrying back. Many ot the men
brought in are from Tennessee. They ac-
/ knowledge having been completely surprised.
[ They had not been accustomed 10 thrown
up 6reastworks at every change Of line, and
were busy at this work when ordered O. sur
render.
/ Our success here was most complete and
without very heavy loss. The fghtin- on
/ the remainder Of the line during the day was
I Of rather desultory character, and very lit
! tic change took place in the positions OF
either party.
Late in the evening our left was still iurth-
er advanced, and fighting continued nearly
all night.
( Saturday morning ooqsiderable fgnti1s ig
| going on Nothing definite has been heard
/ in regard 20 it
The 5th corps came up Friday night ard
reinforced our left.
Reports were current Friday that Gen. But
Ter had advanced 10 the Richmond and Peters
burg railroad and was engaged in destroying
the track, when Lee surprised and drove mn
hack to his Entertainments with heavy loss