Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-06-18
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES

OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
\ WASHINGTON, June CLAW
/ To Major General Dir: ~
Dispatches from Grants headousrtsr.
o'clock last evening state that there had r..
ngnting during the day. The enemy nada
tack Saturday night upon Hancock, w,,oh.
/ smith, but were everywhere repulsed. Han.o.+.a
"hes are within 40 rods of the rebel works ?,
reoeis were very busy Saturday CONSTRUCTING
trencnments on the west side of the Chickabor,.
at Bottoms Bridge, and threw a party aero,..'
| he east side.
sispatch from Sherman dated YESTERDAY
noon at Altoona Creek, states that the enemv !,
: covering us moving round his right flank a..
doned his position last night and marched =
Mcpherson is moving to-day for Ackworth. Tb,.
as is on the direct march road and schofeld ON !.
right. 1t has been raining hard fer three dav..
the roads were YER heavy. The enemy had an :
mense line of works, WEIGH we have turned r.+
less loss to US than them. EN-. STANTON
81 ~ WASHINGTON, June 6-lOP.N
To Mag. Gen. Dir:
Dispatches have been received from Gen. Gram.
headquarters to-day, but they report OILY cer,.t.
changes in the disposition of Corps and eon,sr
plated operations. They state that everything,
going we'll.
The Chief Quartermaster of the Army repO,,,
from personal inspection of the new Depot =,
hhte House tha'it is in most efficient state Al
needful supplies are on hand, and the wagons eas
| ly transport them to the army The wounded A..
being brought in and transports not delayed,
| moment.
dispatch from Gen. Sherman, dated at ma,
| to-day at Ackworth, says: {" am now on the rail
/ 6akA oIrx <..HN
forward to within six miles of Marietta. All i,
| well.'' YVES ~
| E. NJ. STANTON
WAR DEPARTMENT,
| WASHINGTON, June 7, 1915 P. NJ
To Major General Dir:
Dispatches from the headquarters of the srny
of the Potomac, dated at O'Clock this morpip,
| have been received.
| An assault was made on Burnside about mi,
night and successfully repulsed. On the precet
| ing afternoon one hundred picked men of the en-.
my made a rush to find out what was the meanis,
Of Haneock's advancing siege lines. Nine OF tn.
party were captured and the rest killed or drive,
back.
Several letters have passed between Gen. Grant
and Gen. Lee in respect to collecting the dead AMI
wounded between the two armies. Gen. Grant in
the closing letter. regrets that all his efforts for al
| leviating the sufferings of the wounded men len
| on the battlefield have been rendered nugatory
| Two rebel officers and six men sent out to seareb
| for the wounded of their commands were captured
in consequence of the enemy not delivering Gen
Lees letter until after the hour he had named hal
expired. Gen. Grant has notified Gen. Lee tina,
| they captured through a misunderstanding
and will not be held as prisoners but will be re,
| turned.
No other military intelligence has been received
| E. NJ. STANTON
| WASHINGTON, June sem
To Mag. Gen. John A. Dir:
A dispatch frsm Gen. Grant, dated YESTERDAY
at p. M, reports that all had been very quiet
that day. No casualties are reported.
| A dispatch from Gen. Sherman, dated at Ack.
worth, yesterday at p. NJ, says:
| 81 have been to Allatoona Pass, and find it very
admirable for our purpose. II is the gate through
the easternmost spur of the Alleghanies. 1t nov
/ becomes as useful to us as it was to the enemy
| being easily defended from either direction. The
roads hence from Aekworth into Georgia are large
and good, and the country more OPEN"
Details of the position of our troops and con
templated movements are given, but not need
| ed for public information.
| The dispatch further states that the en- envy Is
not in our immediate front, but his signals are
seen at Lost Mountain and Kensaw.
Dispatches from Gen. Candy, dated June 81,
have been received which report satisfactory pro-
| gress in the organization of his command.
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
WASHINGTON, June S-1:45 Z. NJ
To Mag. Gen. Dir:
dispatch from Mr.. Dana at Grants head quar-.
ters, dated last night at $3.50, announces victory
by Gen. Hunter over the rebels beyond Staun.
ton, and that the rebel Gen. Jones was killed on
the battlefield. The dispatch is as follows:
s'The Richmond Examiner of to-day speaks of the
defeat of Gen. ". L. Jones by Gen. Hunter, L
| miles beyond Staunton, Va. Gen. Jones was killed
| on the field. His successor returned to Waines.
| boro and now holds the mountains between Char.
louisville and staunton. The paper further states
that no hospitals or stores were captured by Gen
Hunter. Another dispatch announces that our
forces occupy Stanton
| T. NJ. STANTON.
WASHINGTON, June SO P.M
| To Mag. Gen. Dir:
Gen. Hunters victory and our occupation Of
Staunton, is confirmed by the following dispatch
| just received from Gen. Butler:
" All is quiet on my line. Richmond papers Of
June 7th have intelligence of fight at Mt. Craw-
ford, between Hunter and Jones, in which Hunter
4 was victorious, and Jones, the rebel commander,
| was killed. Staunton was afterwards occupied BY
the Union forces. The fighting was on Sunday" |.
| L. NJ. STANTON
| WASHINGTON, June lo-7 a. NJ.
To Maj. Gen. Diz:
Owing to a break in the telegraph no dispatches
were received yesterday from the Army of the Pc.
| tomac.
Dispatches received this morning dated at 9
O'Clock last night say there was no fighting Wed.
| nesday, excepting Of pickets. An arrangement had
been effected by which the killed and wounded
were gathered In. There were no movements yes.
| terday.
Deserters who came into the lines report Hunters
victory near Staunton as more complete than the
Richmond papers reported. He says Hunter took
/ twenty cannon, many prisoners, and q large guam.
tity of stores. The defeated force was recently q
part of Breckinridgs's command. Hunters report
| is not yet received.
EN-. STANTON.
WISCONSIN OFFICERS WoUNDED.-The army
correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer
reports that Capt. ]. II. Cook and Lieut.. B.
F. Cram, of the 9Th regiment were wounded
\ in the battle of Cold Harbor on THURSDAY
last. Capt. Cook is reported with a flesh
wound in the thigh, while Lieut.. Cram is re-
ported, in one place, as wounded in the thigh,
and in another place as wounded in the foot
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