Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-11-04
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On Thursday the 9th ult General /
Grant made very formidable attack
Apon our lines both in front Of Rich !
mond and Petersburg. Ehe attack
was Simultaneous at both points, ex-
tending the whole length Of our lines
from the DArbytowa scAll OF the
North side to the Boydton PLANK road
below Petersburg. AS usual General
zee Was fully apprised of the inten-
tons Of the Yankee General, and was
prepared to give hin the same kind q
reception OF which he had been the
recipient Oh many former occasions.
The war worn veterans Of Gen. Lee
met The attack with their accustomed
yalor, and showed themselves worthy
the confidence Of their accomplished
leader. The enemy were repnscs!
with heavy loss at every point, leaving
Their dead and wounded in our hands
on the field Their loss is variously
estimated from five to eight thousand
III killed wounded and captured Tiff
teen hundred prisoners have already
been received at the Libby in Rich
!nond
The Yankee General will publish
This defeat rs he has done others Of a
similar character, as q reconnaissance
in force, for the purpose Of 'feeling"
the enc ny, and that the object was
satisfactorily accomplished The de-
serted camp That they captured will
be heralded as something great, many
valuable papers and documents will be
said to be found therein, the few
prisoners taken VIII be 1nagnified into
many hundreds, and various other
bulletins of that sort will be published
throughout Yankeedom to cover up
The failure Of this lastattempt at anoth
er "Onto Richmond"
How this affair can be called (by any
sane man) q reconnaissance, we are GER
tainly at loss to know. If it was in
truth entitled to be such--it was GER
tainly made on grander scale than
is usual in such cases.
Gen. Grant vas commanding in per-
son, his associates Meade, Warren and
Uancoch Tith their respective corps
were in motion--the whole Yankee
army, infantry, artillery and cavalry,
from one end of the line to tho other,
advanced in order Of battle precisely
as if they intended to bring on gen.
cral engagement They did make the
attack, and attempted several times
to storm our works, but were each
time severely repulsed with immense
slaughter. The engagement was a
general one, and although Gen Grant
and bIr. Secretary stanton may sue
coed in throwing dust IN the eyes OF
their Yankee admirers we are satis-
fled that our own people, viii regard
it as a general battle in which We tli-
umpEantly repelled every assault
made upon our lines, and at the same
time administered to the Yankee Gen
eral severe rebuke which will be
Eeerly remembered by him for some
time to come.
The following despatch fom Genl
Lee gives the additional news from
shc army in front Of Petersburg
IEn<3eu4ErrRs, Oct, 81, 1895.
ELo,s j. i. ,Sedloa
General Ia hone penetrated the cnemy'.
picket line last nigLt, near Petersburg, an(
swept it for haiG mile, capturing 230 Off
GERS and men, without the loss Of man
Total number Of prisoners captGr !! or
9Th, below Petersburg, according TO Gen.
eral Elill's report, was 700.
(oisnod) r e. LEE.
1.-The latest accounts from the army
pf Tennessee say that Hood and Beau
regard effected a junction at Gadsen,
aud marched to the Tennessee River
crossing at GuntersyillU CT TIC 2Sl<a
and 9th uIt
We have no news from Missouri,
but that which We get through Yam
kec papers. They represent Price
badly whipped, yet their latest dis
patch represent, him still in Missouri,
when their previous accounts have
placed him some distance beyond Fort
Scott i'll Kansas; il full flight. The
truth is that Price has rever been
driven out of Missouri and that all
these dispatches are Matched up fox
the occasion, and sent abroad for ef-
feet on the pending Presidential cleo
ton in Yankeedom.
we learn Gen. Forrest has blocka-
ded the Tennessee river. On the 29th
lltimo lie captured a steamer and
barge, and got of sixty wagon loads
Of shoes, boots, blankets and hard
bread The vessels were destroyed.
Gen. Duff captured by Col. blosby
q lew days ago, has arrived in Rich
laond AID taken lodgings 1T tie Lib
BY.
No news, from! the lover Valley.
Our army still in camp at New Mar
Aet.
MEsT FAVE A sycfEss.
The failure to carry the State Of