Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-05-25
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HEADQUARTERS, AHsif NohTAknX .JS, VA, :
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GENERAL OaDcHs,
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|. The General CoiuIfaaadi < taxes .rts'
,.csaur. in apuuuneing lu Inc army .nc Ne
ries uE succcs3es that hy lue iiYor " uoc'
have recently been sca!eSe;! i'y our aIsis'
Ii. a part oi the chem.S io:ce thteS'c'';
ing the faiiey OF Hlr2ihl., aa> otei: 'oc
l.y Gen. Inboden. aud driven back 70 tl:u
iotomac, With the lcss CT t..eir train aud 4
uunrbpr Of prisoners.
m Another b,dy OF the encey, uLdsr
Gen: Aycrill, penetrate to the S!r.i inia and
Ten,,tS:e. Rairnad at Dn5iir po'; A
.ortion Of his force has been dispersed by
Ge;s.. Morgan nnd " L. J"ccS' WHO are III
n.,r,l.t OF the remainder
IL. rhe army of Gen. Banks sustained a
severe ceirat in N-cs,.rn I.poisis:,s b. the
f.,rccs Of Gen. ,Kirby Smith, and retrea,ed 10
Ai.raad.ia ia, losing sevsrl! thousand prlso-
ncrs, thirty-iive pi ces of artillery, and
large pun. Der of wagons. Scme OF the most
formidable ruuBoats that accompanied the
exocditiUu were destroyed to save them from
capture.
r. The expedition Of Gen. Steele INTO
Western Arkansas has ended IN complete
disaster. Northern journals Ct the lu.h in
stao. announce his surrender, with an army
or ,.:ne ,bous.r nd men, TO Geu. Price.
vI The raya,ry force sent by Gen. Grant
,n &tt.cl, Richmond, has been seralsed, and
retired towards the Peninsula. Every De
nons,raEon OF the enemy souts OF james
river has, up to this time, been successfully
rrpeIIei.
VII. The heroic ya'or oi 'thia sftny' with
1.-The blessing OF Alungh'y ttou' mas mus TAT
c.ecsed the priucipsl .r,ny OF 'ae enemy, anu
INFLICTED upon II heaVrioss
lhe eye. and hearts "' STus eno. e""aFyns
are turned 10 yon Sa.a w. Ho''.i .h nsi.nt @ strnr.
prayers "''e'su 'o' ~" )" '"s s''''''' o''7
g:e: .,,a .ncoo., u,;oh ho. ham
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:.. 'ouenS. .Ia, snrand ,.n,n n, ;ssne jct ev,rx
Interests S,,rc Iu :; rrdnrs I'll and bsvs all NM
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P'aSe tcs'osot " .'onl.,. o ,,s ,.lor Of vonr
ooi.'nIJ ', .bat ~ IT, c.lI.n and rainenber thet
cotananI 'uas naa " ,shstlsr ,,sy baye Al,
la -, II in v,,1r mower. under God, to de-
t.st tl. lssi ersst effort Of the enemy, with
resolution for the independence Of your nstive
iand and earn the last love and gratitude of
so,,r c,uutrymen and the admiration Of msn-
};nI a r. e. LEE, General.
o,,,ool p M rcs.erdsy shcrl
apous . = ~, I o'cnr-.1 o3 The eua,,-,s ex-
os aau sna laf vino lasting about fif;e.n minutes
VIM heavy and incessant Elu-ketry aud can
nona,i;ry. The firing occurred while 8 charge
WA. b.Ing made by W-righ.'s, supported by
usrris; brigade, on hill about half mile
in our front, which 1t was sesrable 10 Obtain
for purpo:e. At the gwen woru ct com
nand WrightS brigade charge across the M
teryenirg space, assembled the hill aud drove
the enemy from tueir breastworks, nnder
most severe fire. While the brigade occupied
the works rhich were held sufficiently long
ior the object of their capture-it was sub
iec.s,! to rapid slielliug 10y the enemy, after
which the order was given aud the brigade
withdrawn to the line which they had pre-,
viously occupied. Gen. A. Il. Wright being
unable to take the field by reason oi II severe
attack of rheumatism. IT,. brigade was COM
rnanded by Col. Hall, Of the Sd Georgia reg
iment.
.Seventy-iivc prisonere and three stauds Of
colors were captured from the emmy and
brought of; the killed and wounded werc
considerable, but We have no means Of ascer,