The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-06-29
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Hunter aDefeated..The Battle
f before Pefersbuirg.-sueces olf Of,
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
the, City--A, Complaint from
General Lee-6trant andBeau.
regard I'm Correspohd ence -
|.asheridan's Defeat Another
Rase, Broken Up. g., s,s e.l,..,.
.t VICTORY NEAR LINcHBuRG: load
From the Richmond Enquirer, june 20 .'f
The following9Sas received at she iWat
Office On yesterday, and indicates that
| Hunters career has been suddenly stop
ned ,9.isJ a.e.. wrd arr"s;9 r'a't II
49,, Cd, l. a., 3sii- JUkE'l9, 1854. -
Ia the Hon. Secretary of.WaraliiD ..'. "a,
| a dispatch from New Lsnden states that
| an assault wast nadB cn:eur HteF MahYrek
burg last night, and repulsed by troops that
had arrived. When the rest Of our force came
up, preparations. were made to- attack this
I horaipg, but the enemy retraated in SOP. cons
fusion Our troops in pursuit. frn a.,
sAdvicaesst from from Lynchburg say that the
enemy have been secured since daybreak,
and that we have captured three pieces Of
artillet 81 and two hundred prisoners. ..sls
1 ,RUNTER's COLUMN. s.,..,.e ,,,aj
...,.i From the Charlottesville Chronicle.] 4'i'
1 And now for Maj. Gen. Pope. Have we
I troopps at Lynchburg ? Can Breckenridge
| fall upon this venturesome column and
tsweepIit from theearth 2 Then thanks fol
! the defeat of Piedmont The combined
armies of Pope, Hunter and Crook seem to
4 be marching ON Lynchburg. W." presume
we ha We re-enfor cements At this point,
which will effect junction with Breckfu:
ridge The move of the hour rs, concen
tration To overwhelm this body Of the enc
my as we have overwhelmed Sheridan. :" =
The Battles Before Petersblra
g1From the Richmond Enquirer, June 2Ql g.,
The thsater Of war is now before Peters
,tburg, The enemy has removed his entire
force to Che south aide, and, With the ex1
ception Of. o, comparatively. small army If
!, sChesterfeld, the "Grand Army of the Po'
:, ftornacp is united in an epdeayor to carly
, the "Cockade,Y and thus finish, if possible
, the destiny of Richmond, Temporary sue.
cesses had placed the enemy in alarming
nrox;nitv to the confines of Petersburg
and shells were sent Kissing, and bursting
into her streets; but little damage, howeY
| er has been done. to the city. The tide
has now turned against the INVADERS they
l,are repulsed at, every point With heavy
losses in killed, wounded, and prisoners, and
i the doubts which at one time hung oyel
the safety Of Petersburg are dispelled.,u t.
Fridays Operations. 20 ,a.
/ ,., 5From the Petersburg Express, June, FL. AZ
+ Yesterdays operations were again in
augurated by heavy firing, and this time
the roar of the cannon and the rattle o.
Emusketry came from both sides of the river
In Chesterfield the enemy had presumed
upon a, temporary evacuation Of our breast
! works on Thursday, to- move up toward the
\ railroad; but yesterday morning early, Kerr
shaw and Pickett opened briskly, and soon
ldroYe him back to his original position
4 and reoecupied all our oldllines. The enc
my1we hear, did not offer very stout re-
sistance; tut the result would have beer
1.-THE same, for we had the men, and those
men had the vim to'whip four" times THEN
numbers.
T., In Prince George the enemy showed his
same hankering for the position knownFas
battery No! Is and vicinity, which covers
the Baxter road "a About half past three
o'clock, as soon IS the moon hsd sunk be-
.|low tho horizon, he appeared in CREST force,
land, by creeping stealthily through the
thick underground got within twenty OF
thirty yards of our breastworks before he
| was discovered @ioe = r-ie' "'dH' .ad
Inifours lines of battle they rushed for.
4 ward, and finding our men somewhat UMPIRE
pared leaned over the breastworks and de-
manded surrender. On they poured, but
our men gave them. battle, and adesperate
hand to hand fight ensued. A. ANAL gap
having been left lon the right,la large mum,
\ Der Of the. enemy quickly awaited thea.
iselves of this advantage, and, our men fnd-
! nei 'themselve thanked, 'retrea ted in some
disorder. !. Gen. utBushTods j ohnsonsl old
4 brigade sustained the chief fosce Of this
assault, aud lost dnorei heavily THAI any
other. The entire loss, y however, We, hear,
:, from all causes ---kined, AwonndsdIand miss
! ihg-will not aggregate Overcome hundred.
y Abortion Of our Lines in the vicinity was
held BY the twenty sixth Virginia, Wise's
brigade; but the attack here was handsome
! y repnlsed. We regret to,hsar that Col.
r. r. Page Of the twenty sixth, com mandl
hing brigade, was mortality wounded in this
4 aEsaRk He was brought to this City, but
'kfN the course of an hour or two after
EHA the, hospital. Several Aother. off,,
fE4kFe wounded. ,.i, b,.uuq scr glqe
lE u6Ehen fell back toa second, line of
}Nbfkk but . short distance in rear of the
fA Xhioh had been hastily constructed
IN lis assault i've regret to learn, that
Hk& tery of0the Macon ,(Ga.) ;hhght ar d
tiffafy was captured. 1t consisted Of foar
twelve ponnderl Napoleon howisssrs.i The
men Of this battery fought With nnsurpaas !,
ed brayeryl and,nly abandoned their suns