The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-24

tended accounts OF The recent hghtirg near tina
city, and ihe retreat OF iiunte.. They neared III,
c'iy on Monday the 18Th, and from that day ill III,
! following Friday were making slow progress be
| ing always engaged in front by Gen McCsrisiand
with his cavalry. On FnIay they had ,heif lasl
w'estie with him ct she Old Quaker Church, abouI
three miles irom tic city, and captured gun f,om
, him
| tbs FfGHr OF sATU2DAY
AT II o"Snck precisely ufiaus csnnon ding et
in, aud, Wits some biief Intervals OF silence was
! continued until late In the afternoon. Occa.
sioaaliy The roll Of musketry was head AS an ac
| compartment to the deeper toned lhundei> of ar
! tiiitry.
| The line OF batie extended from about haJf =
mile above the toll gaze two and hall miles from
j lAyhchbdrg) on the Lyachburg and Salem turn
pkr, moving la Il direction little west OF north
Including portions OF the land Of Or owen, Charles
. hoJriilu Joha b Lee, Il 5 BatksJaIe aud Ter =
| ininains on the farm ot Seth Ha'sey, 'uear the
. u ackwater creek. The distance embraced by this
f. lin. must be two aud a halt to three mites.
! large body Of cavalry. supposed 10 be about
1900 drawn up IN iine oi battle in Captain Baiks-
dae's ued, On The foiest road, charged upon OUT
Publications with gtelt split and yelling defiance,
1t The o' oi ifri' voices, WHICH tofnc To- The
roHf "i,".o iho boctut siouI Gated a.. teafi
.hcn Cty. ''Gume ,ut 81 your fiulr. ,oli ,-t. u. h
IS. we've gnt You how; come u1i oi yoni hui,.'
c" ii'' So i"iu'at"i Isictcies sot w,ihIn itd,h
AZ "os Eiai'c aud can,t,f oar boys lei lily i yoilry
al titai, which iii terrible executions. Two oth,r
v 'vs were poured iatu Them, whcu they broke
and lied Tie battle ended uh Saturday atei ,ooa,
aud t.i' enemy feftaed In great histe On Satuf-
day night Had they remained until the hf xt Lay
W. ar "a isiicd, rom The dispositions that had been
made by Gen ---, lha. they would have been cap
tured II Is how ascertaincd that IN, ir dead alone
fH ON the field nu.,beted about leo aud their
wounded IN field hospitals, who tell into hands,
being too badly hut ID be moved, reported AT
, $50 Gen iver stated 10 e-ule,usg ut eutir.
reliability thai Their iu,s WAS 500 Killed wound, d.
aud missing
The h. asiest :g.it,s was on the firms of Nr
- mckinney and Mr. Moornnan, On the southeast
of the turnpike, aud OF Dr Owen and Mr. Ii Bo-
cock, GA The west, aud near to the same road
Here The ehetny's dead were piiaci cipaiiy found,
aud here II was that two iieIec assaults wcfe mai
on our wotks The iyhiins on ar B iksiaie's
farm wis principally with ltiiicfy, thuusr al one
tine The fiuk.-t caVaFy posted there made de-
nbohsttation as il 10 ciatge our batteries, bur
iidpShootrts and II hait dozen shells soon caused
them tn triiIc
our entire loss Saturday Is semi officially re-
ported Al nine allied aud seventeen wouuded. In
consequence oil the advance Of o army no official
report has been made, or il IL had il was inaceessi
hie To us. Ia the engagement and pursuit as far
New London we captured In all shout forty piis-
oners. The report Of The capture of Three pieces
of artillery was erroneous,
THs RETREAT.
The enemy, it is now aseertained commenced
their retreat about six O'Clock Saturday evening,
after ,beir unsuccessful assault lines previ
ousiy reported. As soon as the retieat was dis
covered vigorous pursuit was made GenIlemea
by hose house the enemy passed inform that
they travelled in great haste aud contu:i N; AMI
they also say that in conversation both oac and
men expressed great surprise ii iinding the city
vel prepared Tor resistance.
Hunter and aVe:i,i made their hea.fuuartPfa AT
The hu,ise oi MAJ J q iiuii-r near the Quaker
Church, and up 10 Saturday mdtnine the ioImeg
baasli sly expressed his intention Ia sleep in
Lynchturg that night. ''Ihtre's many a slip
'twist the cup and The Up" and before The close
@0f the day Hunter ch .nged his lun. AMI at dark
was in full retreat. Before leaving his heat qtiai
ters Hunter stated ID gentlemen In the neighBo
hood that ;befidan was expected 10 operate
with him in the attack Gu this city, aud that Butler
was 10 seDd up column from the Soulhs ide.-
Neither of these had come To time aud hence the
necessity of his " change Of base"
The battle field GA sunday presented quite 4
shasuy spectac e. circumstance coanr eIed with
the enemys dead Is worthy OF notice, AZ showing
the accuracy uf the aim OF our st1dipshoolers. a
gentleman undertook 10 count the dead as tn y lay
On the field, and 70 note the place where they were
shot OF AZ so counted, IL were struck in the
head, aud dt ath arp,ared to have been almost in-
stantaaeouS1 a nsete and proper fate for these
ruthless invaders
The enemy threw away large number Of guns,
pistols, and swords, both oH the 5aits ueld and on
tbs route 0i their retreat. Kuapsacks, h1versacks,
canteeas, &c, were also protuSniv sirewei about
and many were picked up By citiZ ms who visited
,he ietd ana passed along the raads.
In many localities on both the Salem and For
est roads, trees were felied and bloc of ;enee
rails wese made 10 iMpede pursuit. lU removing
these some hours were lost by our men
The scene of ttsoati0a and ruin in the neigh
boihood oi lh's CITY near where the enemy made
their ii.e of baite Is positively appalling TIE
people were stripped Of everything. teHces were
torn down, crops t'ampled up aud every speeis $
III v1udaiisu That savsges could lhiHk Of was pfac
ticcd. Hogs, sheep, cattle, poultry, were sloi u
aud carried of, aad when hot needed for food
were want0niy slaughtered and iett 10 rot Ca tue
gsuuRd. Among Others we have heard OF as beng
ihas brutaily despoiied we've Mrs Poindexter, Gen
1ae n.ItgA Ann toad Ilr EfnpA a
dale, on aud near The Forest road and On the Ss-
lem road, Samuel Mil er, Major e Huiier, and
Df owen. There were aso Others ut whose
names we have not been informed. Aud aiogg the
learn, The same scenes Of piuater and robbery
we're enacted. Capl faschai Bsfoft was stiipped
oi everything cattle, hoases, hogs, provisions, sc,
AL wete iaksa, and - with Cipt w n emiib, av
ing near LoWfyh, and all Peisous hyin:
w.thiG teach of the road In LiteIty the
The saine. aud ere Is searceiv family tieie wio
haa dust of meal o. flasher ut bacon,
Atoug The road b.tweeu this place aud I.tLtnv
gcntit man who passed over IL yestriday tells
that theGe are al ita}t i3 OF dead hnsss asd
mnis,s- When thcsa anin.als gave oat they weIe
e,urity shot
The rnea.sy were out OF rallons, aud their Chief
Camasissasy told lady 6atuTday morning. that
itsey were compelled ~ do VI tso lhtags Cap.
iuse i.ynehbaIs aud set supp les ~ retreat Fiad.
ing they could do the former they had to Do tho
latter, aad predict thai lhis Is the last lankec
uip "a Lyachtasg
raE PURSUIT
iIGster reached Liberty ON his retreat sunday
bs.tiad. His rear guard wss aveitak-p slesi tw0
miles West Ut Liberty ga the road 20 Buchanan
and "A sharp skhasiah essasd IL which WI
pa,sed 60 have eapsassd about l0o psisoaess, be
SIDES httiisg aad wossjisg s-vesat.
= last night Il VAS seposlri, seemlsgly ~ saOd
s1sis.siiv. shN tha cotusMa ~ the casMy retreat
; iat0s i4e fancy Rasm sesd naAe = staad aeas
Fsacy kArn, sevea miles fspm Llbssty, whsue ouv
i0rces saexehu - ehnn eastv - s~rdAv AND