, 1864-06-27

outside of the army OF Northern Virginia IS
be mnya1dAFc received. i
Ito thenatural query "a to where Lee'e ar !,
my ist Lean speak with no fullncsspt aasu-
rance, There may be \ corps in frontpf But
1er, .nd;itA well known saas, ff!s a.5s AZ,
other corps IL probably. preparing \another
-dtiensire 1ns, In easo Petstaburg should
NIL = -.'.:. ~
[Tho writer then goes On to describe the
movement from the ChiekahominY TO tho
James, and hov Lee mas out w1tted- Thsy,
the rebels, fancied th2t the withdrawal from
the Chick ahomlny waa: an A&tsmpt TO make
another turning on tbelr right f1anE-that
passing the ChickahonIny, wo would turn
up Its Southern sidc,C ads1nee-- Malvern
Hills, and thence attempt to make our wsy
up to Richmond BY the, North bank, Of the
James, our left wing xrestIpg upon that
stream, and the -eunboAts- covering our ad-
Vance. Lee acted upon. this presumption,
and filled with thts idea drew his army down
all the distance from the Chsckahomlpy to
Malvern Hills, xnd threw it across the path
he fancied Grant Mas painting to seize. The
writer concludes his accounts Of operations
~ folloWs:l i
sN1Tu's OPERATIONS OF wHDsKsDAI-ruR
WORKS or PETERSBURG.
On Tuesday night, the command Of Gen.
Smith arrived By Transports tn the Appom.t-
tox, and. on tho. morning Of, WednesdaE the
18th, passed that rirer.bJ u pontoon bridge
above Point of Rocks, and began It's march
toward Petersburg: On landing, Gen.
Smiths two divisions OF: Brooks and Martin.
dale were Joined by Kinks division of col
ored troops, and BY Kautz'a cavalry dlyi-
S'9a; The co1or.a division followed the ca,plry,
and being formed In line Of battle, pushed
forward and carried IN outer line Of rifle pits,
before BROOKE division; which was to form
on the lefti for - aanklng movement, could
get. into 7pesition-- Disposition was then
Ibis, With preliminary skirmishiDg, con
snmed the whole afternoon. At 730 The llna
|. Nas formed, with BrooIs On tbs centre, Mar
tndale On the right, aud the colored division
on the loft with sixteen guns In posltion.
The skiruish line Was thrown forward, aad
and enstTtd The tsorks, taking thirteenl re-
doubts, sixteen gnns, scyeral colors, and be-
tween three aud four hundred prisonersj
To the cslored troops belongs the honor OF
hasipg thres Of the redonbts and eix Of the
guns and there il the utmost disposition to
| Vior nnder flrs 1t is true, tina rssias.nes; waa
| not strong, and ths works vera most upper
] fectly mAnned; aud these facts should be IT,
ken into account that NE may not over esti-
qualities Of the blacks. But duly consider
| ing Ill these, they did bsavely aud wellt and
their conduct h1s gone far to modify the, cur
! rent opinion Of our officers adverse to their
ability to stand In line Of battle
Tua- OPERATIONS OF THuhsDAI-1AycocK,
p, -. aA1Tn AND BuTL1R-
On ThursdsJ morning, 10th, Haucock's s
Of Kinks and Brooks. Birney advauced; ous
brigade Of his division and drove tho enemy
considerable distance. In the Afternoon
the 9Th corps came up nnd took position on
tho LETT Of the I'd, and u O'Clock in the ere,
ming the divisions Of Barlow and Birne5, OF
the "a, In conjunction with tho sth corps and
portion Of Smiths, assaulted the position
to which the enemy had Withdrawn after
leaving the line OF redoubts~ The sssault
WaA not attended with much succcss, and.was
continued during the night without accom-
plishiug any results Of moment.
The rebels were able to offer stout resist
anca to our advance on Thursday, because
forced; but in the process of doing this they
i were compelled 70 weaken their force at
Bermuda Hundred, in the course Of which a
blundcr occurred that WAa promptly taken
advantage Of By Gen. Butler.
1t appears, that the orders Were that the
troops should not be withdrawn until the
head Of Longntreet'a column, which had the
advance OF Lees army, and Mas making q
forct d march In the direction Of Petersburg,
should arrive. Iasteod Of waittng, hosceper,
Reaa7rgnrd seithdress carly on TA~rsdoy nsprn.
ing: On becoming arsre Of thia Gen. Butler
sdvanced Gen. Tcrry's corps, Commands OF
i Ffsher, Aues aud Turner to develope, tho
! whereabouts 4of the enemy, Advancing,
tley struck the Richmond aod Petersburg
Railroad, which was entirely uncovered BY
the rebel evacuation: Turner and Ames tore
up portions Of the track for: two or three
/ Ia Tea IL III d. 1kA-
m m ~ innn,E. tn,1,-5 ~ Ptohna UThea Ths
ia M sdysnced a. howaxar Wha,, NY thssy
aiscoyerril onrsfrertss rolnmn 1ea hv. ~.
division Of Piclett, marchino by thu i|ant
| Gen. Terr made sk1llful iijsnosition of III
smtil iorce Of about 4 ooo % md sneeeri,ca IL, IT.
+ delaying the advances OF the rebsla for m
hour OF two. when he rectJTe5 !nrdsra r.; ~.
tirs to h{a old roaitinn. - -
oprp.T1osul ~ .vp,n- -,
otAA4o'. W n.xnncr SipAa = noASsioa AaD
/. atd,,,tobt ~ Frtsse % 17.h una.,, =.
t .ee !e'I r o. nnaneock, n and supported BY Miles,
OIL tne FIRST UtTfaion, Second Corps, made an
aes.1it on tns right OF the tnemy's line
wnica hsa not Jet oeen carried. 1t captured
fonr afs gun. three cols1s and
The different divisions 9f ths Second Corps
were thrown forward; bnt thoo&h their
lossss we're neav9. tneI aealsseu 70 suGceee-
" Lug llgnl, one uavIsinn VI tne 2Ata ooIps,
@Nenrs ana ono u3sls'ou ~ eno S,,kneeasnI.
Jtooa ~ pusneu W. e.Iensuea, siaaaSn -,
anu M I'll ii cinct n the
attention. another ad7ance was made hv IN
| Ninth Constellation OF Wilcox ana I.ediie
WuFren's Corps, connecting on the len. MI
nlao pushed forward to cover that lnnk. The
results On Friday's oneratjnn were of :
mingled pature-spccesses and rrveraea
What is most to be regretted IA onr 1oss-
| Hancock on Thursday ana Frid.v hcvi1S1c..
not less than 2,5OO: Warren ION. ana Hnrn,
side l.5Q0.
1uH ACTION or sAruRpA1--rua ATTEMPT re
oAnR1 TIE TOWN nY sTonW
nnrinp the n,obt of Fr,aov ~
nbardoeea I'll thst nor4,on ~ Il. s.e . oais H.
~hinh h.d ~ 49, ~ a suG eeeuno m une
1revIons Iay. "a -es;-aJ u - uu5F ~, nae IN; ino
Mh1ch tbe" "a 9 ra.snwfi1a h aas .unu lnae1
1 ~ Ha-s,ron ~ an..,-I aHr oSIa eu1s
rcsn,ved ~ nsla an an. .esori, .1nn9 aeuesSl, aY
tne FAR the nmrnosc W as the th Wnee
t,I.. ne ~. s1steutc eePAsatcs ltsen llo1
msr h. inated a. ,.,s,n T ~ taSs' Hnien
iimipary operations: This s was uo an =. ncf;nn 1
which was designed to be decisive Of opera
tions on the present position Three differ.
ta ent r., sssau!.s were maao during the day-at
temoon snec ~ Nnn19 IN nnm e a. N y Ihe
possible for you, away from The rropnd " r. =
appreciate the maze Of tactics through whlcf
ths p:o9dS action OF Saturday wrought its
f.a,t c,"sa ainsa tha ssuama, " otouEnL ont
give M the coveted nositfon AMI affer asvcrs ~
/ losses on the part OF the Scrnnd Eif7h oni