New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-06

Lees army. have ordered up the supplies
Beauregard with large portion OF MA force was ,e.
south by the cutting OF the railroad. by Ksutz That
portion which reached Pecrsburgh Gndei Hm L nav
whipped to day. killing and wourGins many ana .ak'e
many prisoners after u and wclcontested hah'
General Graut will not lie ron'led with any TURNER
BENJAMIN S. PgG G.5si,l
Hon. f. NJ STANTON, Secretary of War"
On the evening Of the 18Th and morning ~ The l4'h ne
carr ed pert ION of the enemy's first line OF deferces AZ
Drury's Buf, or Fort Daring, with small loss. Tne
time thus consumed from tie 9th lost TO US the nene
Of the surprise aud capture OF Richmond ana fese, '
forces In North and South Carolina and bring them 10
the defence of those places On the 18Th the enemy ~
tackled General Butler IN his position IN I.ohi OF nv
Bluff. He forced back drew<back, into his IN
tronchments between the forks Of the James ana hP
pomattox rivers, the enemy inrenehng strongly IN nv
front, thus covering his railroads, the city, and al t
was valuable TO him HE army, therefore, though IN
position Of great security, completely enut Oh
from further operations against Richmond a. II IL h,u
been H. bottle strongly corked. IL required but com
paratvey small force Of the enemy to hold Il there
| GA the 18th General Kautz with his caoary was
started q raid against the Danvie railroad when ne
struck at Coalheld, Powhatan and Chola stations de'
troying thom the railroad track two freight trains, ana
one locomotive together with large qnantliie. oil com
missary and Other thence croesing 10 TIE South
Side road struck 1t ut Wilson's, Wosyilc, and Black
and White stations, destroying the road aud station
houses; thence he proceeded to City Point, which ne
On the 10Th Of April, and prior to the movement OF
General Butler, the enemy, with land force undSf
General UOke and an iron Clan
| y O., commanded by General H. ". We-sels, md our
gunhoas there and after severe hgnng the place was
carried by assault and the entire garrison ana armament
captured The guuboat Smithhcd was sunk ara inc
Miami disabled
Theoretically sealed itself up a, Bermuda hundred ,ne
enemy YVES enabled to bring the most " not all the ro
endorsements brought from the south W Beaureshrd
against the army of Potomac In addition % TINS ro-
enforcement very considerable one PROBABLY not lers
than l5OO men, was obtained by calling in the scattered
troops under Breckenridge from the western part oil VIZ
GINA - - . a.
defend AZ IL was difficult TO operate from against me
enemy deerm ned, therefore, TO bring IRON II az,
available forces, leaving enough only TO secure wh' h
been gained, and accordingly on The - Trecleu mat
they be sent forward under command OF MAJOR ufhv'
RAJ w. +. Smith, 10 join the army OF TIE Potomac.
On the 9th OF May the 9th army corps, corninahueu
by Major General A. f. Burns de- was "s,isned 70 lhe
army Of the Potomac and from this time forward coz
stiutod portion of Major General Neade's coniaahu.
Finding the cnemy's position o. ihc NVItp Ahh'
stronger than either Of his previous ones wlthuTc" on
the n ght Of the 10Th to the north back OF the Norn
Anna and moved via Ualoyerown TO turn TIE enemy
position By his right.
Generals Torbert's and Merrts divisions OF cavalry,
under Sheridan, and the 9th corps led me advance
crossed the pamunky river At H9noS,rown ait. con 81
cayalry had severe but successful gagemen WITH to
enemy a, Haws shop. on the 2sa and 900 We nl
yanced with heavy diminishing, 10 the Hanover Corr'
House and Cod arDor road, and developed The eucy
ros,ion norh OF the Chckahomi.y. Late on the even
ing Of the as, day the eoemy came ont ana ncscd o.,
,,s.w VA T,midiaely ordered oy General Meade along
his whole line which resulted IN driving the enemy fron
! | , part Of bis en,renched skrmi IN live.
On the 3lst General w Icons dvison OF cavalry de-
sroyed the road bridges over tho South Anns tvcr
after defeating the enemys cavalry denerai sheridan,
o. the same day reached Cold liafbo ana held u until
lioyed by tie 6th CORPS and General Smiths command
which had just arrived via White House. IRON uehefa
Buffers army,
by the OH corp and the troops under General smith, the
ofher corps being held In rcadnes- to ad'a ce on me re-
cep, Of orders This resulted carrying and hold
ing cnemys first limo Of works 10 front 81 The rgh!
of the oh corps and In front OF General smith During
the attack the enemy made repeated assau on oaeh OF
the corps 70, engaged In the main attack, but M,r,
repusei with heavy oss In every instance. That
night no made several assaults 10 roga what ne lad
8 lost in the day, but failed. The "a was sPe.t ~
getting troops Into position for attack on she u
Ou the Sd Of june we again a.saulted the onemy
works. in the hope OF driving him from his position ia
this attempt loss heavy, while that OF e enemy
have reason 10 believe, wac eompAraiN'f Ifn', ~
was the only general attack made from the Rnridan "a
the james which did no, inlet upon tne enemy h.ses
20 compensate for our own lo,scs would n1 be u Der
stood AS saying that all previous nitac<s resulted ~
victories to WINS, or accomplished ~ mu AZ had
hoped from them but they inflicted uo 'ho 81 einy
scyere lo-see which tended IN the end ~ the eoaPcIs
o,.rihrow Of the rebellion
! From the proximity Of the enemy TO hs defenoe-
around elm md. IL impossible by any rAn those
,ncnt to intcrpo-a between IN AID the city was st
in condition To either ~ his len iank and in'e
Richmond from the north 'idc or continue my no. n
his right flank to the south side OF Inc James NLne
the former might have II better rs q covering Oi
Washin yton Vt full survey OF al the ground thtn'
mo that would be ifnpu cgblc 10 hold line norm
ana Of Richmond that would protect the Frederic
! bnrg railroads. long, vulnerable line, winch ~oud
exhaust much OF our strength 10 guard ana hat NoHu
have TO be protected 10 supply tie army ana Wouid
eaye open 10 the enemy sll his lnes OF commitment
on the south eide OF the james. Ny idoli nom me
start had been 10 heat Lees army north Of Rich
rnoud II possible. Then, after Destroying hi' lines
of communication nor,h OF the James river TO tratii
the army . the south sde ana Iesfi' rSe,t @ i
he battle Of the Wilderness II was evden, that The enc
INV deemed II of the Inst importance to run no risk
with the army he then had He acted purely ON We
defrnsiys behind breast works oebly on the offensive
Immediately In front OF them, ard where Ia Gaze oil re
: pulse he could easily retire behind them. "thoui
Greater .acrlce Of 10 than WIS willing 10 make I'll
Soull not be accomp sued that had drfgnod nurih OF
= Richmond therefore determined 10 continue 10 hold
substantially the ground we then occupied YAK ns .aN
tsge OF any favorable circumstances mat mlgnt pIe,eh
themselves, until the cavalry could ~ s'ht = 'h9T
lottesyle and Gordonsyle 10 ehec1uay break up the
ilroad connection between Richmond AID the spelan
dOah valley and Lynohbury and when The cavalry go
well Off, the army to The south side Of he Jalnc'
river by the encmys right iank, where ie'i couid
cut oN all bis sources Of supply except by The eagal
On the eth two divisions Of cavalry, under Genffh
Sheridan cot of on the expedition againstth Nsshi,
central railroad with instructions 10 Hunter, whom
hoped lie would meet near ChaTlOeaylIei 10 lon us
forces TO horidn'r and after the work nd out ior them
wa, thoroughly done, 10 join The army of The Pooiae
by the route laid downtn shofldAhs INSTRUCTIONS.
On the 10Th of June General Butler sent force of In
fantry under General Gilmore aud cavalry under Gen
era hautL capture Petersburg II possible aud destroy
the railroad and common bridges aero's The APP oaat
COX The cavalry carried the works tho south side
and ponetatcd well in towards the town. but were fore
10 retire General Gilmore finding the works which he
approached very strong and deemng an assault impac
tcable returned 10 bermuda Hundreds without attempt
Ing one.
Attaching great importance 20 The po.scssioH OF Pc
tersburg sent baci. 70 Bermuda Hundreds and Cry
Point General Smiths command by water, via the Wltc
House 10 reach there IN advance of the army OF tho Po
tomac 1his for the express purpose of securing
Petersburg before the enemy, becoming aware Of on
intention, could rcenforce Tie pace.