The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-03-30

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tomac IL Of the most important chsracte
On Saturday morning, at four o'clocl
three divisions of the rebel troops, unde
General Gordon, made sudden an
sharp, attack on Fort Stedman, and drov
out our forces, turning the guns agains
Us. This WAS immediately followed u
By An attack on, Fort, Haskell, which va
gallsntly, repnlssd with great loss TO III
rebels. Rsinforcemcnts came up an
our troops charged and re-took For
Stsduau, capturing two battle flags
200 prisoners, and all tho guns. Ga
ise Was Immediately re formed as befor,
tho assaults, and the enemy rapidly 70.
treated to his original position, spured
on by. close pursuit. The rebel loss IN
these futile assaults were over three
thousand 10 killed and won uded, besides
the prisoners, while our loss is reported
ct less than eight hundred. The Union
Gen. Mclaughlin was captured in the
assault upon Fort Stsdman The official
bulletin assigns 20 reason for the attack
l. may have been On attempt to break
tbroug h our lines by sudden dash, or
it may have been designed to divert the
attention of Gen. Grant from the move
ments of Lees main army, reported to be
eyacuating Richmond. Whatever may
have been tho cause, the assault failed,
and the diversion was of character the
rebels cannot afford to repeat. sd.
A dispatch direct from Gen. Schofeld
confirms the occupation of Goldsboro on
the 2lst, some days after the victories,
claimed by the rebels, to have been gain.
ed over Sherman. Gen Schofield reports
both Terry and Sherman near by, and
says he has no doubt all is we'll. The
accounts from the Raleigh papers already
bsgin to diminish Hardee's reported vic.
terry. Only small part of Sherman's
army could have been engaged, and Har-
des's reported victory was Of that char.
aster that he was obliged to retreat in
>ous direction, while Bragg was driven
of in another. In the words of Sche-
Geld, We may rest contented that ''all is
well. ~ r..--s - 80 e. s...tr 4
General Sheridan, with his cavalry
force, has crossed the James river, aud
joined Grants army.
The FIRST issue of the I. 80 Government
loan has all been absorbed. The sale of
the second series, designated as that of
June 18th, will proceed without Interrupt
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An arrangement has been effected for
Tho exchange of 900 Union prisoners
At . point on the Vicksburg and jackson
Railroad. Several hundred have already
arrived there, aud more are on their way
from various points 10 Mississippi aud
Alabama.
The repulse of the rebel attack on
General Grants lines, on Saturday, was
followed up. The rebels we're
driven from their rife pits, and our lines
advanced some distance. We captured
from 5000 to 1000 prisoners, and the
rebel loss in killed aud wounded must
also have been very large. Generals
Gordon and Terry, the rebel comman ders,
are reported to have been killed. Our
loss in the rebel assault upon Fort Sted
man is set down at 1l9 killed, 800
wounded, and s0s missing. ~
The dispatches from Gen. Grant show
that Sherman, in spite Of the paper vic
tories SO diligently fabricated by the reb
els, is still marching on VIGOROUSLY -
From the time Of his departure from
Fayetteville up to tho 22ud inst, he ha
hard fighting, but the advantage was al
in his favor both ia the result of the bat
ties and the captures, as the handsome
list of 1000 prisoners show. His entir
loss from tho time he left Savannah u,
to tho 22d, which our readers will OBJ
serve is subsequent to the victories
claimed by the rebels, in which they Sc
down bis loss all the way from 5000 T.
5000, has been only $500, large pro
portion Of them slightly wounded. Con
sidsring the difficulties of the march, an
the continuous lighting after leavin
Fayetteville, this loss is very small -
Semi-of6cial dispatches from other az
reliable sources, show that battle wit
the rebels, defeating them and forcin
them back to Bentonville At Benton
vile the rebels on the 10Th attacked
division, probably the advance, of th
same corps, and forced it back on tn
main body, when the tide of battle turr
ed, and the rebels were driven to Smitl
field, ten miles west of Goldsboro. o
tho 22d both Terry and Schofeld forme
junction with Sherman, near Goldsbort
Sherman always makes good his promis
es With wonderful forethoueht an
calculation he had told Schofeld
wonld be At Goldsboro on the ed, az
on that very day nc was there, and I'll
forces united.
Union bayonets arc brstling an
Union cannon roaring towards Richmor
from every direction. and "the cry i
Still they comet We have intellizens
today that quite formidable army q.
the troops IL General Thomas depar
meot, consisting Of infantry, cavalry an
artillery, which have been for some tim
concentrating 10 East .Tepnessee, LEI
Knoxville several days ago, under con
mand Of General Stanley, on a gran