Washington telegraph., 1865-04-19

FRon VIRGINIA Washington. March %.
=. mo Maj. Gsa DsI This morning. ~
half past 4 O'Clock. the enemy. by sironS ano
sudden assault, captured Fort Stoadman; ons,
after vigorous contest. che fort was Iecaptured-
with 600 prisoners. two dags and al lne gune
aninjared Gen Mclaughlin was taken PTis-
oncr " the rebels who vsssultcd Fort Haskell.
but were rvyilsed With great loss Ihe ofieiai
Signed: EN-. STANTON.
S~,crstarv OF WaT.
City Point. March e5. lO:30 Q. m--Hen E
n Sfaafon The following dispatch OF Geo
Parke is reosived from Gen. Meade
Signed: IT, g. GRANT.
Lieut. General
The enemy attacked ny front this morning at
about $3.50 q m, with three divisions under
the command Of Gen. Gordon. By sudden
rush they seized tho line held by the Sd brigade,
lst division, at the foot Of the hill TO the night
Of Fort Stesdmsn, wheeled, and overforering
| the garrison, took possession Of the fort They
/ established themselves upon the hill, trrning
our guns upon Our roops upon either
flank stood frm- Afterwards determined AZ
tack was made upon Fort Haskell, whisn was
checked by part of McLsughhn's brigade. VIII
cox's division, and was repulsed with great loss
to the enemy The first brigade of Hartshuf 9
division, held in reserve. vas brought up. snd
check given 70 further advance Two attempts
were made to re-txks ths bill and were only
temporarily successful until tbs arrival Of the
second brigade. when q ehargs was made by
that brigade aided by the troops of .he nrsf d.
vision on their flank and the enemy were driv-
On out of the fort, with the loss OF number OF
prisoners, estimated At 500. Two batte-rsgs
have also been brought In The enemy Also
| lost heavily in killed outside our lines. The
whole line was immediately occupied, and the
pxns rs-taken uninjored, / regret to add that
sien Mclaughlin was captured in Fort Stead
man Our loss otherwise was not heavy. Great
praise is due to Gen. Hart huff for the gsllsnry
displayed in handling his division. which be-
haved with great skill. in this. lis h-st engage
mrnt.
signed: JOHN PARhE.
Majoz-Gencral
CITY Point, March 25, 7:3O p. m.-Hon T..
NJ Stanion:-I am not yet able TO give the 70
suit Of the dzy accurately, but the nunb~r OF
prisoners captured proves .srger than at irst re-
ported The slaughter Of the enemy at tAe
poin, where they entered our lines and IN front
Il |, was probably not less than 5000 Our
| loss is estimated at 500, and may prove less
General Humphreys attacked on the left with
great promptaess, capturing nearly lUU men
md causing the enemy 70 return his troops 20
| that part Of his line rapidly
signed: U. y GIANT,
Lieut.. .-6eneral
| CITY Point. March IS, 1890 .. m--The bat
tla Of the 18th resulted in the following losses
| on our side:
In the I'd corps, killed 81. wounded a62. miss
lug So2. In the 20th corps. killed %. wound
ed 33s, missing 800. Our captures by the I'd
| corps were 35l.
| 1hs I'd and 9th corps pushed forward and
! captured the enemy's strong entrenchnont@ and
turned his guns against him. and still held on.
| the enemy trying TO retaks them. The battle
| lasted til z at night, the enemy losing very
heavily Humphrey estimated the loss OF tho
enemy in his front 1t three times his own, and
| Wright in his front, as double that OF his own
1hr easmy brought in nag OF truce FOR per
| mission TO bury his dead, which were between
heir pieket line ane their main tcrtifcation 80
| Permission Was granted.
\ ". . GRANT, Lieut.. Gen.
The following is Cen Less report q ihi'
| affair:
Richnond, March 25.-The following was re-
| ceived last night:
| Hraaousrt-rs, March 25.-HoS. J. C. Brs1k
i.r7dge:-At daylight this morning Cen Gsrdor
| assaulted and carried the snemys works al
H.re's Hill, capturing several pieces OF artil
| lery and eight mortsrs, and between i've and
| siK hundred prisoners. among them one Brga-
/ di-r General, and o number oi orlcers Of lower
| z AIDES. The lines were swept tor distance o.
ave hundred yards, right and lett Two etfurtS
were made TO recover the captured works, which
were handsomely rrpuiseni but II Was found
| hat the enclosed works in the res-. Command
ing tho enemv's main line, could only to taksn
Il great sacrifice, aud the troops were with
drawn to thsir original position, il being i'm
prscticsblv TO bring off ths captured guns, ow-
ing TO the nature OF the ground, and they we're
disabled and and left. Our loss reported as not
heavy. Among the wounded is BTg --Gen-rzl
Terry, flesh wound, ami Brig Gen. Phil. Cook.
NJ the arm. All the troops engaged, including
the Two briga under Brig. g.-uen Ransom. be-
haveG most galantv- Inc conduct OF tho
sLarpshoot,Ts oi Gordsns corps, who headed
tau assault, deserves the highest comnendstion- D.
This afternoon there WAS diminishing on the
right below the picket lines. with varied sue
cess Al dark the enemy held consicoTabie
portion Of the line aItb-st in advance Of the
alsin works
Signed: X. T. LEE
headquarters, Army ef the Potomac. March
29-Ths route taken by portion OF this army
is the same over which Il has traveled several
times heretofore, viz: the Vaughn and Halifax
roads, running southwest across hatcheTs hun
The column started at 8 o'clock this morning
Large cavalry forces undsr Sheridan took the
Halifax road toward Dixwiddie court house.
The infantry column crossed Haicher's Hun
on the Vaughn Road, but met with no oppesi
tion until thew reached within = small distance Of
the BoyntoH plank rosd. where the ensmy's
pickrts were found and driven back Gritins
division was sent up the Quaker road.
About 5 O'Clock in the evening division Of
the enemy made its appearance ana no' showing
the strength of cur forces Termed in line and
charged. bu. were repulsed with heavy loss. A
numbe- Of prisoners were taken and brought IA.
who ssid the move had been q complete surprise
TO them as they expected m attack In the vicin-
ity of Fort Stednan, and their troops had b-en
msas-d there to meet IT,
1t is believed the rebels were hurrying men
towards the South sFie railroad this evening,
and are in hopes Of being able TO prevent its ds-
struction, but yet, confidence was felt that Sher
idan won re-bc little ahead, and that by the
mcknight we would have news Of It's destruc-
ton at some point near Burksvills:
Fortress Monroe, March 3o.-The steamer
1airsapk', with prisoners from Newbsrn, re-
norts that on the 29th she pilotsd the U. 8. stes
nier Bait. with Gen. Sherman on board. into
Hattcras inlet. by request. on account OF the
stormy appearance Of tbs weather
New York, March 3l.-The N. r. Herald :
special says advices just received from Rich
niond state that the gold and general assets Of
the Merchants and Mechanics Bank of that
city have been sent away. The purcussisn cap
nanufAc tories have also bsen removed. IL is
supposed t. Danville or Lynchburg Lees
arfny was supplied ten DAYS ahead.