The New York herald., 1864-06-26
PETERSBURG.
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au--cer killed and wounded before they got away
TIE aumbsr Of loss prisoners reported . enc
thousand while some make the ngurs higher
Der loss In killed and wounded probably n'teen nun
Ared.
soms OF our cers engaged this light had Just joined
sAen Commands sfsr being exchanged, and when
surrounded and ordered TO surrender replied Never
BeAtn rather than Libby prison and, lighting their
vsy ous q bes, they could many Of them succeeded in
eUltang back safe TO our lines
AZ eight O'Clock p. NJ a charge made ey the Sec.
end corps The line OF works from which they had
Ssen forced in the afternoon recovered.
los. scarcely man In this advance, IS the rebels
900 high, the balls all passing the heads OF
ssl. number OF prisoners were taken
Diminishing was kept up all night along the lme the
pIcxets being At points not nfty yards apart.
daylight this moraing advance Of the entire line
made, when !, found the rebels had taken
position distance further back where they had
thrown up some strong insrench during the night
watch they stn hold.
Colonel Baisdell Of the Eleventh Massachusetts was
killed to-day by sharpshooer, while visiting the skir-
nfsh Ina.
Leu,enant ". b. ChRd, Of the Forty-nfyh Peunsy,-
Eania who 10 have been reinstated yesterday az
kst lieutenant shot dead by . rebel sharpshooter
- Thursday evening.
Major Hassy, Of the Eleventh New Jersey, n missing,
aAd he supposed 10 be captured.
ahe sixth corps moved toward the railroad this morn.
tA0 driving the enemy before the and during the after
econ reported that they In possession OF The
road, ana arrangements at made destroy n
Al five P. H. q large force OF rebels was seen moving
towards the 'front.' resist the OF the Sixth
sorps and engagement that direction expected
sHht
June A-bA.M
Nothing but picket firing took place during last night
aHo very lhtle 10 gong on this morning
wAsHINaros June Is, 1854
phe War Department TO day received information from
esoera hunters command which, having fulfilled tho
mission upon which was sentths destruction OF the
brrs Railroad In the vicinity Of Staunton, Of the Cor
aouvile and Lynchburg Railroad and Of an importa.t
"n of Inc James River Canal-is successfully press
mo forward !, he poin! in Western Virginia 70 which he
vas ordered.
despatch from Gen. Grants headquarters received
ss.day, states that yesterday Richmond papers say
Val tns Union cavalry forces, under General
wilson, which few days since left General !
Assdss corps, were q Prince George Court House. fev
niles ssulh q PsisvsAn.-. = A"
-, and that after tearing |
- e1s xslss Of s Petersburg Weldon Railroad for
ssssidshs dtsowce bslo,c PsvsbSro, moved neat for ne
ssA n Ne raiIroad connecting Petersburg scth LynAbu'g.
ed s day before ysserdsy teari~g that up also.
WASHINGTON, June rs, 1854
Apeshsr letter from the Army Of the Potomac dated
neaY Petersburg, June a. SP. H., says'We have had
hapsy OF skrmishne all Gay. NE shafpshooters o.
tsaA ssdss are couspuay exchanging shots, I'D Ire.
S1snsly PICK OF men who perhaps tnouand yards
Asaant.
One battery Of thrsytwo poundsra n trained on the
ssssl batteries PsssnburH nd every morning We
@s rsassd 10 splendid artillery duel.
n weather has been unusually warn and oppressive
- sAsss Of sunssroke quite numerous.
Utssy indicatieo o rain gradually elss away with the
nsssns mists and by midday the heat insunerable.
Some mon were caytursd fron We Second corps when
~ rehsls got into thoer and took AcKnGhts bal
tssy q the Twsllth Nav York artillery. n impossible
- ssh with'sccurssy how many men were iost.
Parts o OWENS, McAllister's ana No,t's brgadee
a1sag sap number.
osrersi Barlow - marching rapidly towards the
wsAdsn rsilread. aibbcn followed. Tns troops moved
OsAheou By division.
uA,ur csowinsAisia, q the Seventeenth Massachusetts,
spvAiry, bad ssven handrsd mounted men Of pro-
Veonal brigade composed Of dstaehments from all 10
aemenss md companies Re fought the rebels on the
tuehs Of Ne plank long after his ammunition
-Aasssd holding With determined vaoT whols brigade
q rcees N chsch.
b the meantime the rebels bad succeeded in getting
bsswsss Gibbon and Barlow. They much sur
esessd men, but being Arst 70 make discovery
- ths posision Of anA, quick v take advantage
en-.
There very little hard lighting, sDd the men were
Nk0 before they vsre fully prepared for resistance
- borses cut from the battery and tho guns
sahsd.
when the line Wa reformed the rebels up again.
- twice rspulssd with dreadful Losses.
ne Sixth corps charged them, driving than some dis
eAsss, and forming ths lsft Of the eecona corps
BAEnxoRl June Is, 1854.
NE Fortress Monroe boat brings news to-day
~ weather y opprsaively hot today, the therm0ms.
~ stands over ninety degrees n the shade.
Dsitish Men.of-WaR at Tertre0 Monroe.
FoRnxss noHRos, June ~, 1894
As English man- n-of.vr Phetea arrived this morning
AsN Halifax and Ard salute, which responded 20
~ the fort mis- mahs two HnslisA vessels now ~ Old
nent the BusEard hAvhg dropped down yesterday from
nerfolk There . runor very current here that ths
snesp q the Bsxnrd recently gave . dinner - board
shsx vessel 70 ef,oer Of army and navy
vpan which occasion the rebel fas occupied prominent
Dssiton, and thai tAe insult not resented BY
encsrs The truth of The rumor will soon be known, ~
considerable fespk exhss upon the subject smons our