, 1864-10-02
PROM SmEKT0AN'S ARMY.
OMeial Heports Of Gen. Sheridan
1Ala lF1umPnal mafch Through tae
T&fleY

sre The di.natehes reteirrd from Gen. saerId.n.
detaillng his snccessful operations since the last
report. md arc Just zeceiEed:
uAza,soa1uBo. Va, Sept. 19-7:0p. u.
To Lieut. Gen. Grant, CITY Point:
In nv Inst disusteh informed yon that pross.d
Eariy 20 closely through New Market, At the SANE
time sending caTalrJ around hts dauk, that ha
gave up the ya1ley and took to the mountains,
passing through Browns esp. kept up the par.
suit to Port Republic, destroying seventy dyo
wagons and four caasioCs, sens Tofbett, who
overlook me At Ha1isonburg, to shuntoo, with
Wi14on's division Of cavalry and one brigade Of
MeH1tt's. Torbett entered staunton on the 18th.
md destroyed 4 large quantity OF rebel 9o1cSn
menti property, conaistin2 Of harnesses, sadd.es,
smaN arms, hatd bread. aou1. repair shops etc,
He then proceeded to Waynesboro. 'dcstroyiu.
the railroad bridge over the south branch oi III.
Shenandoah, seven miles of the track, the cepot
building, I government tsanef!+ and large
amount Of leaaher. donr. stotes. &c. at th.t
place be found the tunnel defe1dcd By infAntry,
and retired VA Stsuntou.-
It ID my opinion that most Of the troops which
Kstl5 had LEFT parsed through the nouuta9as to
Charlottesville, that Ker.ham'* division clme to
his sselstance. anu think pa.sed nloDs the bsee
ot the mountains tn Warnesaofo. l aa getting
srtm 70 to-so- prisoners -e.ily. who
lioe snd deliver tbcln.elves up. Prom
the most reliable accoupts EarlJ'a army was
comp etelJ brottn up snd IA dt*p.rsed. Ker-
ttam had mol reached Richneond but wss SONS
vhsrc IN the vicinity OF nordon.vlie when be re.
esived eEdtrA 10 setosu Early. Tbs destruction Ut
the Grain and forage from hsre 10 Stanton will he
I terrible blow 10 them. All the grain, forage
ETC.. N the vicinity of 6tauaton was retained for
the use OF Easly's army. All In Tho lower part OF
The Valley was sh'pped to Richmond for the use Of
Lens army. Tbs country from here to 8tauutoa
was abundantly supplied with forape, grain, etc.
tsixnedl H.saxRDAu,
Major General.
p. sKcoND DIsr4TcH,
dARnrsaNAun0, Va. Sept. -.
To Lieu. General Grant:
aee Is going tho rounds OF The pspers that the
Nincteenth Cofps Was late IN comlng 10 the battle
Of Winchester. was entirely unconscious Of this
until aaw It in tho pase.s. The statement was
made By Shelby. Wish 10 say that 1t WAS 1nco..
rect. and that this correspondent WAS arrested By
my order. On previous OCCASION, for writing un-
truthful accounts.
{saaned r. Il. SHERIDAN, Ns}. Gen,
: ME- Yoak, Oct. 1.-THE Heaids corr spond mt
Hlta saena1o nm nves ne following account Of the
..At4 O'Clock in the afternoon ct tho atst u1tlno,
nc lsta taeceeded IN driving the rebels rou
o On ~ gh q tas eia
to work 1mme edlate = TO convert tptm 1nto regular
sa,thvorkt. The Gth and sth corps bad gradually
been EorkinE stouhd to the ri7bt with 1 view Of
tankine t6e rebels. Between four aud nve O'Clock
IN tke Al e.noo9 1aptd sdvance Of these two
right a. 70 be oat Of range Of he .ebei batteries
lks had hanked tho Enemy, beinx ppon bts f:cht
tAtk md rear. The line was than formed with
Gene1al Crooks command upon the right, aud
ustt,'s ~ Si.t'len r. Of The a. corps IN toe eeu-
formed she 1tf, and the west division vas held IA
1eserye. In tnlg order they advanced upon the
tntmys worsf, and aftef several brilliant charges
mp thc eteep hill ctdes, and through the woods and
open aslds, the rebels were driven back into their
Of the Infantry and the shot aud 4he OF the srtil-
!crJ4 the pottuon Waa carried 1t tho point Of the
hayonet. When the enemy discovered that ha WAS
danked and be4st In hte lar 30 vigorously, be led
kFte, cannon snd all manner Of military imDie-
menta behl1c. The 9Th torps captured two battl4
Tags, and Crook's csIps two moft. Sixteen pieces
oi icannon Terc eapsustd q. and about 800 prisoners
-the victory VA complete. aud the enemy pat to
greastf Tq9t Il potnoe. than he Was In the rscs1s
TIE 18th csFpa was stt11 at work npon the llne Of
works csptnFet tram the epemy whan Generals
Wright and Crook essay I'd the posIton. This corps
Wss imn ediately ordered NJ, and althou2h the
theiE muskets With al possible hsste, yet they did
not af1tve IN ime to take any very prominent part
The easna1ties IN the 18th eorps amount to shout
aay Killed and wounded Those In the 6th viii
Nearly al OF tho eneuY'8 killed and wounded
5ell fLto tur hnnds.. Ealy then ret1rsted towards
Mount Jsek.on, to which place he vas eiosely pns-
obliged 10 eVaeuste lit p.see II ~ nisht In tse
morning cur forces were After them Agaln,