The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-06-30
SkjtrmisAtag on Thursdoy-4rtiUerJ
Daels-Uot ITeather-The Losses oJ
tie Second Corps, Etc.
Washington, June 25, Is


Potomac, dated near Petersburg. June
%, s .. M, says: We have had plenty
of skirmishing all day The sharpshoot-
ers on both sides are continually ex.
changing shots, and frequently pick off
men who are perhaps a thousand yards
distant
One battery of thirty-two Founders is
trained on the rebel batteries near Pc
tcrsburg, and every morning we are treat
ed to splendid artillery duel.
The weather has been unusually warm
and oppressive, and cases of sunstroke
are quite numerous.
Every indication Of rain gradually
melts away with the morning mists, and
by midday the heat is insuferable.
Some men were captured from the Sec
ond corps when the rebels got into their
rear and took McKnicht's battery of the
Twelfth New York artillery. 1t is i'm
possible to tell with accuracy how many
were lost
Parts of Owens McAllister's and Motifs
brigades are among the number.
Gen. Barlow was marching rapidly to-
wards the Weldon railroad. Gibbon fol-
lowed. The troops moved by division.
Major Crowinshield, of the 18th Mas
sachusetts Cavalry, had 700 mounted men
of provisional brigade, composed of de-
taehments from all its regiments and com
panies. He fought the Rebels on the
right of the Plank Road long after his
ammunition was exhausted, holding with
determined valor whole brigade of Re
bells in check
In the meantime the Rebels had sue
ceeded in getting between Gibbon and
Barlow. They were as much surprised
as our men, but, being first to make a
discovery of the position of affairs, were
quick to take advantage of it.
There was very little hard fighting,
and the men were taken before they were
fully prepared for resistance. The hor-
ses were cut from the battery and the
guns spiked.
When the line was reformed the Re-
bels came up again, but were twice re-
pulsed with dreadful losses.
The 9th Corps charded them, driving
them some distance, and forming on the
left of the I'd Corps.
Opinions of NJ Secretary Dana-
Grants Superiority Of Force-He has
Lee By the Throat, and ,cW Strange
Him.
Special Dispatch to the n Y. Tribune.
Washington, June q, 1864.
Mr.. Dana, the Assistant Secretary of
War, who will be accepted throughout
the United States as one Of the most in
telllgent and cool observers that have
studied the war, as well as one of the
most truthful of men, has answered the
questions of anxious inqurers here about
the situation at Petersburg, to the effect
that Lees force is not more than two
thirds of Grants; that cur losses last
week in the movement toward the Wei
don Road were militarily unimportant,
and that Grant had his hand on Lees
throat, and would keep his bold till he
strangled him to death.
lie gives to all the assurance of our f.
nal and conclusive success Among the
striking facts which Mr.. Dana has men
toned IS, that we have at this moment 81 :
OOo OF the Rebel soldiers prisoners in our
hands. The public feeling here to- night
is one OF absolute, unwavering confidence
IN the future and in Grant, and over and
above all In Grants army. The coolest
and most soldierly heads in Washington
now declare that it cannot be whipped-
the nation, indeed. can lean ON Il