Daily national Republican., 1865-03-27
ID tails or On. BsttI, OF Petersburg.

ID tails OF the Battle OF Petersburg.
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.l
CITY PoIET, March 56-o, a. m,-NeWs has
Just been received here Of "a attack on our
line this morning, At dsyiight BY me enemy,
| turing, the forf and takipg prisoners nearly
| all its garrison. They sent the prisoners over
the works towards their line, but on their way
| they broke from the guard and nearly all
| escaped back 20 our line on each side OF the
| work. The line on each sidl OF the tort ives
taken and held for short tlmo by the rebels,
but IelnioIespent, ArTivls n they Ter9 driven driven
| as they ran between the lines. Our loss 10
not known At this hour, but II Is believed TO
| be small. The line is reported 70 be re-estAb-
liIhed, as formerly.
TsEcoEp pIsPAToH1
CRY PoIET, March 20-9 ?. h.-Tho result
| Of tho engagement this morAinG was more I'M
pOrtAnt than at first reported.
Al the point where The enemy charged, the
main lines arc only one hundred and hty
yards ApArt, the ground between being almost
level ard free from obstTuelio ., excepting
the Abattis ia front OF the works on eAeh side,
Al this place Hiring between the plekotE has
been almost ooAiinuous, and scarcely day
passes without two or three fneu being wound.
ed on our aide, at least.
This part Of the line has been occupied by
the 81 brigade OF the lat division Of the 9th
| corps, Goo. MoLAughlin commanding. He has
often expressed his ability 10 break through
the eneny'H line here, and Only yesterday he
show, d how II could be done 70 some visitors
who were inspecting tEs works.
Al daylight this morning four divisions Of
under ihe command Of Gener / Terry, who
| WAS appointed to lead the charge. These
| troops consisted of Bushrod JohnGon's,
wAkEI, Evans, and Crimes diViSlo.S,
Al ave a. m the charge w,s made, and the
tine occupied iu crossing the space between
| tho lines, cutting down the Abattis, and get
| ting 10 the rear OF the fort, was the work Of
only few minutes. Here they formed in line
| OF battle, brigade front, and while one Ad.
vAnstd on the fort, the other swept the right,
toward the Appomattoxt expecting to nank
latter party were met by the nth Michigan,
and driven back, after some hard lighting.
The force that attacked the force were re-
pulled by the garrison several times, but their
numbers being 80 superior TO ours, finally
overpOwered and took prisoners nearly All
who were In II. They at once sent the cap
tured over the works 10 their lines, and many
| succeeded in getting away and returning, the
guard having charge OF them being very
General Wilcox moved up part Of his com.
mAnd from the right to thr boene OF action,
and soon drove the enemy from the line on the
| tight OF the fort,
General HArtrAnf,'s division, lying partly in
quickly on the ground with Telnforoomentb
| and At once assaulted the fort IA turn from
| the rear, which the rebels seemed determined
| TO hold at AL hazards.
our mon succeeded In getting inside, and after
| that the hghdDg here was over, the rebels
| laying down their arms and Hurrendefing,
| To the left OF Fort SteAdmAn 10 located bat
| te.y No. II, which the enemy also mAuAgel to
| get possession Of, but did not keep IL long,
although they fought hard before they were
forced to relinquish II.
| General McLa ghlin, commanding the bTi-
gido occupying this part OF the llne, was
| among the oApturo'.
| Our loss In killed, wounded, and prisoners
10 believed to be about hye hundred, ono third
| ofwhom are probably pTisOners. II was at
frat reported the rebels had carried OF three
| moTtAtH, but this proves to be mistake
| They took one over the side OF the fort, but 10
dropped II within few yards OF the breast
| works, whence II will be brought Ia tonight.
The loss Of the enemy 10 much heavier.
Their dead and wounded number more than
| double ours, while We have over eighteen hun.
dred prisoners, among them about nfty ON
GERS. General Terry, who comm ,nded the As-
Iault, IL reported, by prisonetsi TO have been
killed during tho hottest part Of the tight, and
10 this they attribute the failure OF the move
ment.
General HGrtraRft WAS reported badly
| wounded, but he 10 entirely unhutt, He was
In the held At one O'Clock, GrrAaginE = nag OF
/ truce, at the TeqleAt Of General Gordon, TO
bury the dead and care for the wounded. The
time agreed upon for this WAS to be from two
| to fourl p. m. The works on both sides were
lined with soldiers Of each army, watching
the proceedings. Tho Third Maryland, Cap
tain Carter comm mAndinR, and the Hundredth
PennsylvAniH, are highly spoken Of for their
bravery on the occasion.
Five Atand Of eoloFs were tahen by General
Wilcox's diyisioni Cspt'in johnson, 9th Sir-
ginia, Private J.. d. Chambers, list Virginia,
II seems tho enemy believed General Grant
had sent away portion Of his army TO aid
General sherman, and that In consequence,
broken. In thil they were sadly mistaken, as
they have fOuld out TO their coat.
The Nihth corps have In this affair paid the
, rebels back for their defeat at the mlne eIplo-
sioL, and henoeforth this command will be
! held In As h gh esteem by them a. any other
In our army.
I CITY PoIHT, March 70 After the engage
. ment between the enemy and the eth corps
( this morning, orders were given Tor the 9Th
corps TO make an attack on the left OF the line
In front Of Fort Fisher. The 81 division, Gen
saulting column, and shortly after noon the
, line OF battle was formed and the order 20 Ad
: vance given, IN Athort time our men had
= possession OF the entire line OF the rife pitl
Of the enemy, nearly all the occupants bsinG
/. made prisoners, Our loss In the affair wal
4 very trihnR over six hundred 'prisonsrI
!. were brought in IS the result Of the engage
n msnt.
4 stu another eight took place near HAtehet'I
Run, In which the second corps were engeEed
n The attack was made about dark, and ovel
four hundred prisoners fell into our hands oH
II
A thousand eight hundred and GeVeAty.nVei
4 among whom are nearly one hundred com
/ milsioned oiiissrI, the highest In rank bsinl
n Colonel. This does not include tho rehS
wounded In hospital, the nu umbFF OF when Il
considerable. These men seemed, A. theI
!. passed along, perfectly satisfied with their po
aition, no doubt anticipating . larger suppl
d OF rAtions than they have been receiving 70
aome time past.
\. II 10 said that General Gordon WAS seei
|. urging hiS men TO nght, aud at times swear
ing at them f0r their eoWArdiee, endlnE witt
the exclamation, by O., Just as thought
the men won't hghtj' AfteT Whlekphe lsft AnS
. was not AgA'h seen.
Il Lieut., Nye, of the llth MAnaAehuaettB bal
y teIy, was killed while lighting his guns. Il
Y. vas ordered to surrender, but refused, and ai
% bullets were found TO have entered his boiy
10 He wA1 . gallant ofnSer and was much ol
Z, teemtd by his men.
a. Colonel PentsenAt, of the tooth PsnnsylyaniA
= was AlAO killed while gallantly leAding hi
10 men In tho action. This regiment Il compose
- mostly Of new men, and ara credited wit