Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09

The War in Virginia. -
The news from the Virginia cam
paign 10 stirring. During the pas
few days, there has been considerable
fighting between the forces of Gran
and Lee. On Saturday, 2sth, tn,
Federal cavalry defeated, Fiz Hugh
Lee, near Hcwes Shop On Monday
afternoon Warren had fight neal
Bethesda Church, in which the rebel,
we're defeated. On Monday. night ar
attempt was mxde to surprise Han
cock, which resulted unsucce ssfully
On Tuesday afternoon Sheridan defeat
ed ,Fitz Hugh Lee at Coal Harbor, and
held the place. Tuesday evening
another cavalry fight occurred at Hano.
yer Court House, in which the. FEEDER
eds were victorious. On Wednesday,
afternoon an attack was made upon
the rebels. The, 9Th Corps carried
the works upon their right, near Coal
Harbor, and Smith the first line in his
front. The former are still held, but
the latter was found untenable. Du.
ring Wednesday night the rebels
made several attempts to regain the
lost position, bnt failed to accomp.
lish their object. Breckenridge has
Joined Lee, and Beauregard is report
edfsi 30 doing 81. There were no OPP
erations on Thursday.
.siAd eSpstcl, from Gen! Grant, June
Sd FRIDAY says: q II 3tf
We assaulted at 4:ao this morning,
driving the enemy within his entrench.
ments at all points. but without gain
ing. Q decided advantage. We. now
occupy position close to the enemy,
and 10 sone places within fifty yards.
Our loss is not severe. nor do l sup
pose the enemy lost heavily We
captured over 300 prisoners, mostly
from Breckinridge. f',rn-s .alrs. nj raa
Another official report. not from
Gen. Grant, estimates our killed and
wounded at 5000. f-- ,e,.,a gr;r I've.
Contrabands report the citizens Of
Richmond in q great fright. Tho ene-
my left all their dead and wounded in
front Of Warren, aud the sight was
sad and sickening. The 9th corps
and Smiths forces made heavy
charge carrying the LIST line Of the
epemy's works and taking 200 or 800
prisoners. An hour later the rebels
made Z tremendous assault and were
frightfully slaughtered. Hancock al
20. repulsed b similar attach. 'inflicting
a -ssxere less, The enemy,s loss must
hsvs been 5000 81 {, 1000 Aours 4oo-or
500. Burnside's corps showed equal
valor, in repulsing an attack. Our
line or battle extended fully ten miles
in length from northwest to southeast.
A Northern mechanist2 came into
our lines on the LIST from Richmond.
Hspports Lee to have fallen back in
90 Richmond cntrenched. The Mayor
AZ Richmond had been arrested and
plsced IN Castle Thunder for propos-
isg e serrssder the city in case OF
necessity instead Of burning it a. pro.
posed. Every man and boy, even for
cign subjects. were pressed into the
service. The rebels complain Of Joe
Johnston and say he is whipped.
They also say that Lee is sick and
confined to his bed in Richmond.
Grant has kept him SO busy for the
past month that even his iron. frame
had to succumb to tho great fatigue.
On Tuesday Sheridan's cavalry drove
the rebels down the Mechanicsvillc
pike, to . point within five miles of
Richmond. Our entire lines arc con-
sidersbly advanced. and the impress
sion prevails that Lee has withdrawn
his main force within tho inner de-
fences Of Richmond. a letter to the
New York Times, from Headquarters
Armyof the Potomac, May 8lst, clo-
sss thus: 49, = 2. :. =, . . d ga
"There is hardly doubt that the
position now held by the rebels in our
front - but an advanced line. which
they will hold as long as possible. for
the purpose of gaining time to perfect
their defenses on the Chickahominy
On that historic line it is now fully
expected that We shall ere long deliv-
or battle. need not say that, in the
relative positions of the two opposing
forces, this is the only field We are like
" to have outside of Richmond, and
that it's fosult must decide whether
The rebel Capital can be carried by .
ossp de nsais, or whether it is destined
to become the object of summers
siege" 'a a
An order has been issued by Gen.
Butler requiring all the rebel prison
ere captured BY Gen. Wilde, in the
recent engagements on James river,
and forwarded by him to Fortress
Monroe and Point Lookout, to be
immsdiatsly returned to Gen. Wilde's
headquarters, for what purpose is not
known. Information has been recsiv.
"a that the colored troops captured
from General Wilde's command have
been shot by the rebels.
= The widow Of the late Ex President
John Tyler has written to President
Lincoln complaining that Gen. Wilde