Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-10-12
The Alabama railroad will be repaired
from here to Pulaski in one week.
GEORGE H. THOMAS,
Minor Ennnrnl
Major General.


as follows: Telegraph repsired to Alatoo-
ma to-day. The action yesterday was Sc
we're, French attacking with his division,
1000 strong, and suffering heavily, leaving
his killed and wounded in our hands to
the number of 1000, while we lost only
5000. The fight lasted six hours altogether
From Florence we hear that Morgan has
Forrest cornered, Fas captured his trans
portation, and that the gunboats prevent
all retreat across the Tennessee.
Satisfactory rep, rts of the operations in
progress before Richmond and Petersburg
have been received, but their details are
not at present proper for publication.
a dispatch from Gen Stevenson reports
an officer OF Gen. She idan's staff Just ar
rived. Gen. Sheridan was still at Harris
sonsburg His supply trains we're going
on all right, occasionally interrupted by
guerilla parties, the only force on the road
This officer brought in the remains of Lit.
John K. Meigs, of the Engineer Corps,
and only son Of brevet Maj Gen. Meigs,
Quartermaster General, who was killed by
bushwhackers on Monday last, while making
military survey.
In the death of that gallant officer the
department has occasion to deplore no or.
dInany loss. Last year he graduated al
the military academy at West Point with
the highest honors at the head of his class,
was commissioned as Lieut. of engineers,
and was Immediately sent into the field.
He performed meritorious and dangerous
services during the last year on the fortf
cations at Baltimore, at Harper's Ferry and
at Cumberland, aud was make chief nsin-
eer IN the army of the Shenandoah. In
the campaigns he accompanied the army
under Sigel, Hunter and Sheridan in every
position.
He gave proof Of great professional skill,
personal courage and developed patrj otism
One of the youngest and brightest orna
ments of the military profession, he has
fallen an early victim to murderous rebel
warfare
Gen. Rosecrans reports that Gen Ewing
made good his retreat to Rolla, losing only
few stragglers, and the killed aud wound.
ed by the way were very few
From the number of the wounded rebels,
the enemy's loss will not fall much short
of thousand hors du combat
EDWIN NJ. STANTON.
Sec'y of War
Reports have been received by the War
Department from Generals Butler, Sher
man, Thomas, Sheridan and Burbridge,
showing the favorable condition of militia.
ry affairs in their respective fields of oper-
alton
General Rousseau reports that Forrest
has escaped him by crossing the Tennessee
in fat boats, above and below Florence, on
the 9th inst, while he Rousseau was de-
tanned by high water in Shoal creek and
Elk river.
WASHINGTON, Oct S-12 o'clock m.
This Department has received the fol-
lowing reports of the enemys assault yes
terday upon Gen. Buffers line, their
subsequent repulse, and Gen. Birney's
brilliant action, driving the enemy to their
inner line Of intrenchments around Rich
mond.
At $40 p N, the enemy, having moved
Fields and Hoke's divisions from the left,
at Chapin's Farm, around to our right, at
Darbytown road, attacked with spirit Gen
kautz's cavalry in the intrenchments, and
drove him back, with small loss of men,
but with the loss Of his artillery.
The enemy suffered very considerable
loss in this attack.
The enemy then swept down the IN
trenchments towards Birney, who, having
thrown back his right, waited their assault
and repulsed it with heavy loss on the
part Of the enemy.
The enemy, in the meantime, advanced
toward Newmarket, but they we're met by
force at the signal tower at p. m.
| took the offensive, sending Birney
with two divisions up the Darbytown road.
The enemy has retreated as he advanced,
and Birney has reached and occupied the
entranchments which the enemy took from
Kautz, and were fortifying for themselves.
A later dispatch says, Gen. Berry has
regained Gen. Kautz's old position, and
holds the. enemy in the inner line of IN
trenchments around Richmond, extending
from Darbytown road to connect with
Weitzel on the left near Fort Hamilton.
There has been no movement at Peters
burg to day. We have secured the best OF
this days work A thousand at least of
the enemy killed and wounded, hundred
prisoners, and a bloody repulse.
WooDsToCK, Va, Oct 9. 8 p. m.
To Lieut. Gen. T. S Grant:
[ have the honor to report my command
at this point. Tonight [ commenced NOV
ing back from Port Republic, and met
Crawford at Bridgewater and Harrisonburg
yesterday morning.
The grain in front of this point has pre-
viously been destroyed in moving back to
this point The whole country, from the