Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-20
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TFor Morning Report See first Paxe.l
MIDNIGHT REPORT.
GEN. BANKS ORDERED TO REPORT AT
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW YORK WORLD AND JOURNAL OF
COMMERCE IN STATU QUO.
From the Army off Richmond.
LEE MAKES ANOTHER ATTACK
ON GRANT.
The Decisive Battle To be Fought
soon,
FROM GEN. BUFFERS ARMY
A Fight Near Fort Darling.
LEE Is REPOKTED FALLING
BACK SLOWLY.
&c, &c. &C., &c &c.
LEE MAKES ANOTHER ATTACK
ON GRANT.
The Decisive Battle to be Fought
soon,
FROM GEN. BUFFERS ARMY
A Fight Near Fort Darling
LEE Is REPORTED FALLING
BACK SLOWLY.
&c, &C.. &c, &c &c.
From Fort 6srling.
PRocrok's CREEK, May l4.l
VIA FORTRESS MONROE, Nav l6

VIA FORTRESS MosEoE. May l6
This morning at daylight Gen. Dunham's
brigade charged upon the euemy's outer works at
Proctors Creek, and SOON succeeded in carrying
the entire line, section by section. AT 10 A n.
several OF our batteries opened on the enemy 4,
who bad fallen back on heavy tier Of eutreuch-
ments. which are next to Fort Darling.
The enemy replied briskly until 2 P. n when
our batteries, aided by shsrpshooters. succeeded
in slencing them.
Our batteries continued to storm their works
until shutdown. and then retired for the night
Our loss for the day will not exceed $50 killed
wounded and missing.
Ala P. NJ shot from one of our batteries
exploded a magazine in the outer works of Fort
Darling. causing great cheering along our lines.
On the 18th small gunboat, apparently car
rying bu; two guns, came down the James river.
opposite Fort ID trng, and threw some shells into
our cavalry camp on the bank of the river. and
then steamed back.
Lieut.. Col Pond, of the lst u. S Cavalry,
discovered three insulated telegraph wires this
morning near the mouth of kngsland Greek
leading to three torpedoes in the James river.
The rebel prisoners just captured say the enemy
has lost more killed than wounded in the late
fights
About noon on the 18th the enemy came out
of their Notifications and attacked Gen. Heck
tHtn UilS uc uSut was Win y,
and lasted until o'clock. when they were driven
back.
Sharpshooters are engaged along the whole
line the most OF the time, but the enemys guns
are silent
At9 p. NJ the rebels attempted to advance on
our lines OH the Petersburg turnpike, and after a
short but spirited engagement they were driven
back to their breastworks.
Everything is working favorably. Gen. Butler
commands IN person.
BERMUDA HUNDRED, May l5-All quiet with
our army to-day.
The object OF the .monstration on Fort Oar
ling was merely to draw and entertain as many
o. Lees troops "a possible, aud also to attract
the attention of all the rebel forces in and about
Richmond. To enable Gen ksutz TO destroy the
communications south OF Richmond
On Monday, the 10Th. the rebels came out of
their entertainments and earthworks in front Of
Fort Darling. at daybre,k, having been heavily
reinforced by Longstreet's corps. and made three
advances, all OF which were promptly and ener
getically repulsed.
The enemy lost from 900 to 500 in these
charges. while our loss is very light.
Gen. Butler having heard that Beauregard was
heavily reinforced by Longstreet, and also having
ascertained by the rebel papers and other rebel
sources that the bridge over the A ppomtttax and
several miles of the Danvie railroad we're de-
stroyed. and that the dams, locks and embark
ments of the canal leading into Redmond were
also DESTROYED. he decided to fill back from he
fore Fort Darling and gave orders accordingly,
and b, Monday evening our army had securely
arrived behind their lines OF entrench
ments
We retired in perfect order. excepting Genera |
Heckman's brigade which was badly disor-
ganzet and General Heck man captured
The brigade formed the extreme right wing.
and the enemy attacked this point With great
desperation. following them back nearly two
miles, with overwhelming numbers. capturing a
large number. killing aud sounding many.
Three of our siege guns fell into the hands OF
the enemy, the horses being killed. The guns
we're spiked
AT present il il impossible TO estimate our loss.
We have lost more prisoners than the rebels, but
>heir loss in killed aud wounded doubly exceeds
Some of Longstreets Inen we're captured.