The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-26


From ne RicauorF D,spa,cs, Ity.s:Ql.
An tticll spstch, received at The Wax De-
paismeDt ON ttuTGay mDrnE ?, STAG thlE Gene
raj Hin attacked thG Unemy's 5Jn Corps on Fri LAY
nreIEOon, a. DAVIS house, three miles from
PtteIshu'g, on the Weldon railroad, do D tol
then, Al q captured about twenty. huadcal
pTisOners, ihclud ng one Brgnuier- General ald
several field Ihgers The loss On our sidu Is
believed 10 be small. r than lha. Jf tue enemy.
Brisad er. General Cngulan Was wounded In
Ihr leg.
Detailed accounts Of this engagement will De
found ol'ewhsc. DsGDty-four huudrcd prison
etH, captuIcd ON Fr Gay evening, arrived ia tuls
city Oh Saturday and yesterday. Among gncn
are the following commissioned Ofl1crs:-
Brigadiel- -GtueTl Joseph Hays IsE Brigade,
20 Division, 5tb Corps.
Coloneis.-W Han h. II Hlrshoru, ijOrh Pom
EylYanin IHfrntry James Carlo, I Ia pcun. Ro-
serves; q. Gilbert R5y, l0tn Now NOri.
Lieutenant t-COl1nels-Wlliam A. Le1cl 9Jta
Penn, SAmuei A. MoH .t, 9i5n y. y. iIg.ntry.
h1tOr>.-JnCoh NJ, D.lvia, gOt Pa T.. " ldlsll
l4eth U. y. g.; Jpbu A. WOlte, iSJtn P5nnA.
Milton Weldl,I, 2I Ienua.
Clptar s.-Jam, A. Wood, A A.C. 20 General
BTaRei JESSIE Armstrong, "a, 5th indiana; Jphn
b. IA Donald, jth Company, lst RLtrol.on, New
York Shurpsb0ol, rs Carsweu IcClrllAud, a A.
q. 70 General CutlyT; Emanuel ID. Boh, e,
10Th Pennsy lvania Infntry; v. Hra.2jr,
II, lSOih Pennsy yaniai f. h. Hleglor G., lIOth
PennsyiYalla; Byron Porter, A. A. G., lst Brl-
ghde I'd Division 9TH Corps; Clinton Perry, 7th
Company, lot Ba talon, New York Sharpslo1t-
!. erSi Byron Parsons, @, 9lth New York Iufaltry ;
JoSoph .. Lord, *, Ion Maine; John J. IJrbert,
/, % Pennsylvania; Thomas II ABBOTT, 4, 81
Plnnsy lVdnia; EzrI .. Iruil, @, 3JtA Malslghu-
ssttsi John Daiy, [, l0lh New York; "A. A.
Wiey, V, lolth New InIk; Jas A. Gtult l0fgh
New foihi john II. 90 pmlo, Y, 5o5h M,s,aehu-
setts A. \. Birh-rdsOn, 4, lpih New York;
Join Hall, ith Now Nurs JASPER NJ. Griggs G.,
4th New York =. r. hinsly, A., sem Ma,sagha
settsi n. Bcrkrst, ", 2d Pennsylvania; Frederick
Guyer, S3d New York Y. T.. Adams, GG h Mas
H. Ell Hf o. n.I D.
B ack, l44tb Q. $. g..
First Lisuteuon sA p. Horton, 40 d pcnu.
+. C'Was, no Penn; e. p. Luther, 24d n, y.
land a number moro ul the 3a nc raai.l.
Second lieuiennntS. p. Il. SaRe md ~ H.
White, l4lth o. n. G..
Surgeons q. sgaoter itb ". y; Assistant
y, g. Powell, lst NY.
Chaplaln.--C, ". htyos, 9th NY
so lar as we have been able to ascertain there
was no fighting on Saturday. At an early hour
yesterday morning however heavy cAunonado
commenced along tic Lines, which continued for
some hours. During the morning our forces
the fighting was severe the remainder of the day
There were many rUm0rs last evening 10 regard
60 the result Of tue fight but ne the train failed
60 arrive, and We have uoIhing from the agent
OF the Press Association, they all lack con.
irmatiOn.
We only know that lhe enemy were driven
lIom their advanced position back 10 their main
Zinc Of fiHIcnchments' and Il at they still held the
doubtless be received from Petersburg at en- carly
hour to-day.
1IU UNION IORcEs DRIVEN OFT or TfE VALLEY.
Prom tie Ricbmoad Efa8.i ser, .i1ptg.e.
The following was furnished Ehe press By the
War Department yesterday -
An official despatch received on Saturday states
that portion Of our force IA the valley crossed
the Shenandoah at Front Royal IN the 10th, and
drove the enemy's cavalry, which rctreGted
towards Winchester, burning the bay ana wheat
stacks in their route. On the l7th Sheridan
began to retire from his position, was pursued
and TWO divisions Of the 9th Corps, with large
ioice OF cavalry, OYeitaken at Winchester, aud
9Ilven through The town, losing over two hun
Harper's Ftny.
shhhIDANs FoEtE-ilIs RETIREMENT 10 HAR-
TIERS FERRY PRUDENTIAL MEASURE.
IRON me Rieom0ad Dispatch, Aagusta2
al front Royal, the point at which the Shenan.
uoan was crossed, is situated In the extreme
Sou'heas'ern angle Of Frederick county, twenty