New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-06
army ofthe Potomac The first reached him at HaspMAa
Ferry about the 18th Of August go -
His operations durngthe month NJ Au0ust Ard ira feo

His operations during month Of Aueus and The fdss
Pat were both ofan offensive aud dsfnsSs
character resulting In many severe skirmishcs prnclpa
~ by the cavalry, in which generally successu
but general engagement took place The two srmieS
the Opequan creek covering Winchester and oar Sorc
in front Of Berrysviilethat either could bring on
battle at any time Defeat to US would lay open to the
long distances before other army could he interpossA
to check him. Under these circumstances hestatsd
about allowing the initiative 20 be taken. Finally Tie
use Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. and ths
Chesapeake and Ohio canal which were both Oh
sracted BY the enemy became 10 inSsp rsnsSy
Pennsylvania and Maryland from continuously tbrsst
ened Invasion great, that determined the nsk
should lie taken. Bat fearing TO telegraph the ofdee
for an attack without knowing more than did
Of General Sberidan's feelings as TO what would
be the probable resgti, left CITY FONT on tne
18th OF September visit him at his headquarers V
decide after nference with him, what should be dDne.
met him at Cbarc-ton and he pointed OUT 80 distinct
y how each army lay what he coud do the moment no
was authorized and EXPIRE ssed such confidence Of suo-
cess that there were but two words OF nstructons
necesssry-Go In For the convenience OF forage, the
teams for suppy ng the army were kept at uarpera
Ferry asked If ho could get out ms teams and sup
plies Ia time to make attack on the ensuing Tuesday
morning His reply was that he could before daylgl1
! on Monday. IL. was of promptly 10 time, and mag
here add that the result was such that have ncves
since deemed il Necessary to visit General Sheridan BE-
fore giving lin ordcrA
Early on the morning Of the 10Th, General sheridaa
attacked General Early ut the crossing on the Opequan
creek and after most sangunary ana bloody bafues
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heavy loss carrying his entire posoa from OpequaA
creek TO Winchester capturing several thousand prison
and five pieces Of artillery me enemy paM'ea ~
made a stand in strong position al Fsners hi where
nc was attacked and again defeated win heavy loss On
the GOTH Sheridan pursued him with great eaeru
through Harrisonburg Stanton, and the gaps OF n
Blue Ridxc After strip ny tile upper valley OF, nose
OF the supplies aud provisions for the rebel army
no returned to srasturg, and took posHoh On 'ssso
side of Cedar creek.
Having received considerable re-enforcemeats, Cen
eral Early again returned to the valley and On the ~
Of October his cavalry encountered our psaI
where the rebels defeated with he 1882 o. eeye
pieces of artillery and $50 prsoners On the night OF he
18Th the enemy crossed the mountains wnlcn sepsrstee
the branches 81 the Shenandoah orded the north fo.ks
ard early on the of the 10TH under Of he
darkness and the fog, surprised and turned our leS
| flank, captured the batteries which ehniadeo our
whole line Our troops fell back with heavy loss and -
much confus on but finally rallied between MD
detown and Negtown at this Jancture ueners' onee.
ldan, who at Winchester when the oa1se conr
rnenced arrived on the field, arranged bis lines just
time 20 repuse heavy attack Of the enemy ana nne-
datey assuming the offensive, be attacked in turn Win
great vgor The enemy was defeated Win gfea saugn
ter and the los Of most OF bis artillery and Sains soe
the trophies he had captured In tho morning ~
wreck OF his army escaped during the night and NED
the direction of StauntOn ana Lynchburg Pursuit vs.
made 10 Mount jackson. Thus ended this the enemye
last attempt invade sthe North, via the ShenaneoSh
valley was enabled TO return the ttn corps 70 ~
army OF the Potomsc, and TO send one oiveio nv.
Shoians army to the army of the James, and another
10 Saysnnah, Georgia, to hold snefmans ne" so4uA-
tious o. the sea-coast and thus enable MN 70 n''s
ythou. detaching FROM his force Tor that purpose. A..
Reports nom trious sources led Inc 10 beieVe .nss
the enemy had detached three DIVISIONS fyp, ,hr
to re-enforce Early in the Shenandn'.n 'a.'sy,
fore sent the "a corps and Greggs diviso OF
the army Of the Potomac and force OF Uenerai
army on the night Of the 18th OF August 70 'nreAs.
Richmond from the north SIDE OF tle S, - drsv
him from sending troops away ana, II Po's'vi'' ~
back those sent In this move we captu,u 80 ,roors
artillery and several hundred prisoners IN
! that were under marching orders, and asceHslrco w"
bmt one division (Kershaw) Of the three repu'ed 10
tached, had gone. - ,u ,r, peters.
hpr0 TO resist this movement the 5th corps, 0eheiS
Warren COMMANDING moved ont on 'be i,,n -.
/ took possess on of the Weldon railroad during VIC
he had considerable lighting 10 regain ssns.nse "a
the road the enemy made repeated ana asspo0 o. ~.
saus but each time repused WIN grc vs. -, - ths
night of the 2Db the troops on me no' ', 80, ,a
lanes were withdrawn, and Hancock ana Greys ~. "a
,m-e5 70 the front of Petersburg. On the 2Sth the -
corps and Greggs division OF cavalry WIZ md aase
Station destroying the railroad, mere a,e ,vsy and 6vs
desperate fighting, part of our line gave wa! ~ "
pieces of artillery fell into the hands OF the enemy
Bv the 18th OF September 6rancn rauioaa saS -
peted from the City Point and feterspurs ..sHoT
he Weldon railroad, enabling us 10 supply, 49,.
difficulty, in all weather, the army In i'on' VI
The extension of our lines the Weldon rairosA
compelled the enemy to extend his tna seemed -
could have but few troops horn ., we h sb the 10Th
CORPS Major General Brney and the 18th corps, naof
General Ord commanding, Of General Butiers armys
were crossed To the north side OF tie James ana ai-
yanced on the morning Of the Goth, carrying me very
strong Notifications and intrenchments below Chaps
known
ofartiery and the New Market road and enchments
Tn success followed up hy gallant Assault upon
Fort Gilmore immediately in front o. the Chap,ns iar
fortiGcaons, IN which We were repuised WIN heavy
losa KautZs cavalry was pushed forward on Tue roa!
the right Of th' supported by Infantry ana reacneu
the enemys inner line. but was unable 70 get uae.
The position captured from the enemy was 30 threaten
ing to Richmond that l determined 10 hold II iue
enemy made several desperate attempts to dlooge us
all Of which were unsuccessful aud for which ne psd
dearly On the morning of the :Oth Uenersl Aesus
sent ont ssance, with view to attacking 'ne
enemys line il IL was found suihcientiy weakehed "
withdrawal of troops to the north side In TINS reooh
no ssance captured and held the enenys woTAs heH
Poplar Spring church. In the afternoon troops NOV,
ing get TO the e OF the point gained wste All SacS
~ the enemy In heavy force and compelled TO i pack
until supported by the forces holding The eaptufea
works Our cavalry under Gregg was also a''aeAeus
but repulsed the enemy with great lose
On The 9Th OF October the enemy attacked kautxs
cavalry north of the james, and drove II BACK WIN
heavy loss In killed, wounded and prisoners, m 'b
loss of all the arteryeight or nine pieces Inns he
followed up by attack on our intrencheo hiahsJ
line but was repulsed with severe slaughter On ,ns
18th a rsconro.sssnce sent out by General pulsIs
with View 10 drive the enemy nom some rev Woths
he was constructing, which resulted IN very neaVy "s
10 US
On the 9th the army of the Potomac leaving Only
sufficient 10 hold s leyied lge, moved by the
my's right flank. The "a corps, followed by two di,.
sions OF the 9 corps with the cavalry In advance and
covering our left flank forced passage OF Hasehers
run end moved up the south side OF II towards the oth
Side railroad, until the I'd corps and part OF the cavalry
| reached the Bcynlon plank road, where II crosrea
HatchCrr ~ ths point we were SIX
from the South SIDE railroad, which had hoped by
this movement 10 reach AID hold. But ilndiug tiat we
had not reached tho end Of the enemys fortl.caons,
and no place presenting ltses Tor ,nceeesui Assault
by which he might be doubled up and shortened de-
termncd TO withdraw To within our fortified me.
Orders were given accordiHgy immedstey opoaa
receiving report that General Warren had conneoted
with General Hancock, ! returned to my h.aaquar-
ters Soon after lett, the enemy mo'od ous aooss
Hatchers run, Ia the enp between oeu' Ier,sJ end
and Warren, which rot closed as reloi,Gr, s
made a desperate attack on General uanc9cks rgnt
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