, 1865-12-05

o.tesv1le Apd Go1dt nar1e 70 edbctualty break up
he Shenandoah Valley and LJnchhtrx; and when
lie cavalry got well of, 10 nove the army To the
pouth side of theiJanee are1, hy tbs enemy flank,
wtefc | felt could Gut OH all bus sources OF sup
On the 10Th Of June, Gen Butler sent a toroe OF
infantry under Cen Gilmore and cayalry upder
KsS' r. rspps L psS nd t saa
the Appomatto1. The cavalry carried the woods
on The south side, ard penetrated well in toward
,cry tt1ong. md deeu,tng an as*Ault Would be
imp,act1cable, returned to Bermuda Hundreds
w1thout attamptnT them:
Petersburg, sent back to Bermuda Hundreds and
City Poant Gen snshe eosaDaaDd BY w1te1, ptd the
White loute; 70 reach there in advance Of the
purpose OF securing Petersburg before The enemy,
becoming aware Of our Intention. coua reinforce
the place.
the Eth. One division OF ca.alry under Gen. VIII
son and The FiNh Corps, crested the ChiekthopninJ
at Long Bridge and moEod ont 70 White Oak Swamp
"a ssaes s eops cached Isad a1lp aid e. chaes
Guy Court uonsa On the night of the 1ath.
During ibis time The armies Of the Potomac and
Northern Virginia haa ben confronting each
battles than probably esrr before feli to lie lot
the ground o! either.
16s ssa saRR R'st; "a sad D sSD rs 4 nS' ss
e esntuso Washington sad march on I'D te
do. assumed lhss s they ya only % aelsadsa @ N thcr
capital and sonthe1n territory. Hence, Antetam,
Gettysburg and all the other battles that had been
fought by the@ sst oT ps; = ilu5s e. on
this. Il produced . moral strength, which could
only be overcome by desperate nd continuous bard
esnE III eaSs ksh Of Ami the and "ss5 Gea
Harbor, bloody and terrible. as they were on
our SIDE were even more damaging 10 the enemy aud
eocsipplcd him q to make him way ever after 81
aase st he Wilderness. almost Invariably fhe at
lacking party; and when he did attack 1t was In the
The details o. these battles, which for
endurance md bravery on the part Of
TIC seldis haze J, Tsrs nesn e,ss pnI aF
6fdlnate reports accompanying It. During the cam
psign OF fofyhrec days, from the Rapidan to james
nyer, the srmy had to be supplied from m ever
shifting base BY wagons over narEow roadE- through
q dent ely wooded county, with lack Of wharves
at each new base rom which 10 conveniently dis
TSo much credit cannot therefore b. awarded to
the Quat1e1nnster and CommlsenrT Departments
for tho zeal and efficiency displayed by them. In.
der ths general s1PeEEist1n oi ihe Chief Quarter.
and our water base and hut nttlo difficulty r.as al
peheuced IL protecting Them;
valley In rcgn1d 10 Gen Sfeel e says that he VA.
relieved at Gen. q Graut's requr.t. Cooperating Gen
Hunter t FAYE: " bad Gep Hunter moved by waJ
atruclions eoutenpl..ed, be would havc been in .
positiun to have covered the Shenandoah Valley
ArAtnst the cp-my, xhonsd the fbsce he met have
seemed 70 enaauesr l. II i dld got ha would havt
Oh tho main line Of communication between Lypch
burg a Inc lore ker for Its defence. have ncvel
taken exception to the operations OF Gen. Hunter
Tor have no donbi lhat he seied within What h h
conceived to Be the spirit Of his instructions ant
tic interests OF The ss1y7cc. The promptnde OF hi!
movements ard his callantry should euitie him Il
the cpmmend1tion Of his country"
TIE FIRST Ar7E1Rr TO CAPTURE PETsRsnuno.
Returning TO the Army Of the Potomac, the re.
rrport describes the movement across Tho Jatues
amer the battle Of Cold uarbos. It then says
,eaeT 10 ruaa nnu sss ,S1
necessary orders toE the immediate capture o
Petersburg. The Instructions 70 Cen Butler wert
verbal, and we're for him 70 seud Gen. Smith imme
him, without sacrificing the position no then held
told him would return at once 10 the Army 0
The Potomac: hasten It's crossing and throw II for
could BE- done: That 7e could tcInioreo oof annie,
more rapidly y. ,he1e Than tho enemy could bstDs
The enenly'e p!ckets near Petersburg before day
light next morning; but for some reason that
have ne1es been abs to satisfactorily gndsrstaad
nest rundown. Then, with psrs Of LIS command
be led the assault and carried The lines northeast
Petersburg from ths Apponattox river foF dts
artillery, and so prieopsss. 4his ii was ~ sboa,
I p. N. De.Neen the line Tins captured ant
peienbsrR, there wsse no other forts and
hsS asF' IL fsssa is Nth h: ss
b4sEtAe fforH AnJ fonrce-
The night w1s clear. the moon shining brightly
"a isy411nle ;,' t3 nsr g ,s Ss oep na
Gen Smith just after dazk and offered the ser1trz
OF these troops ~ be lsmt'hl might wtsh, vaiytnG
rink to- the that commander. who he naturally
| what to do with the troops; bus instead os taking
thefe troops and pushing At once into Petersburg
he requested Cen Hancock to re''eve part OF hl.
line tn the captured works, which w1s done bcfort
midnight By tho tineI arrived The next morning,
the enemy Wis in fosce-. An attack WAS ordered tc
b ade 4 si1 o'eloes TIA. s stcnlne BY the troop
until that time for the 9h CORPS 10 set up and intc
position. The attack vas msdo as ordered and the
hgbtmE continued with but hrie tntern,s.iou, nm
in our eaH3tng the sdvaoce and some Of the naais
works Of the enemy 70 the right and latt Of thoss
ass1 81 qfn sss peS,
and pefrisied III wilh great vtsor on the 17th spt
inscIior line, nom which be could noi BE- dislolscd
1he advantages In poaition gained by us were Yer,
g1rat.
without nltacking the tortfcations. On the 9th
the enemy, to reinforce rc,ershurg, withdrew fro1
| a psa oil h:. ln'.enchmcnu In Hont OF Bes1nud:
tse nash o ~ 10 Id p.oS q So @
| WITHDRAWN. Before VIC could discover II. GenerA
lsutler, taking adraoase Of thla At once moved ht
uord.
gained, to fesan 1t ottercd two divisions OF tn
i mi WeS1s 1s 1aasi o1a..s 1n.
City potnt, TO rcpo:t 10 Gen: Dutser al Bermnd
Hundreds; Of which Gen. Butler wns notified, N.
qRsfaase ae S 'ss' e s saE'afs
two O'Clock In 'he afternoon Genera
Dutler was forced bach to The line th
elsi Waah,, wl'h Ii. division, }oined General sat @
Ter In the forenoon Of the 11lh The latter ell hold
inc, With s'renc picket line, t9e enemy's works
o. SSsSb Sns bn hesf H. It,
Ill back somc 1.ttance IN the rear OF bis own fue
Between four and hve o'clock tn The afternoon. h
enemy attacked, dEose In lls pickete, and 1eoccn
Tho cavalry 1aids Of General. Sheridan and VII
eon, IN the month Of juno. arc next dwelt upon
ard followed by an account Of the operations imme
dlafey preceding the -
Exr1osloS OF THE NINE N rRoHf or rHGKnsnUR1
OF the explosion /, says: -
"Cn the morning OF Tie soth July, between fou
md dye o'clock, The mine wss sprung blowing VI
oflts as.austtpg column, formed ot The 9,h coIpa
Immediately took possession of the crater u.ade b
the explosion md the line for some distance to tn
right and left Oft. and detached line In tsont Q
It. but for some cause tailed to advance promptly i
the ridge beyond. Had they done Ibis I have eyeE
eason TO beleye that Petersburg would hsvc ta1leu
the time consumed IN getting them up enabled Ii
enemy to sal]y ffum bis surprise, which had beg
complets, and get forres to this point for 1ts de
able, and Of no advantage TO NJ, the troops wer
Withdrawn, but not without heavy loss. Thus lct
minated In dtsaftcr what promised TO be thomos
aaoeeseful assault Of tic campaign"
TIE REnEL RAID AaAISsT WARRINGTON,
An account OF the rebel invasion Of Maryland
under EARLY, and their advanec agatnAt Washtns
Ton and The movement Of the troops sent Tor
Ay Of ee PSea1 P4ss os the snss Sf Il
snb;cet the report says: 1t took from thlrtsfonr
thtny.t1K hours 70 get dispatches through and =
tg1n answers bacE. 50 1hat Omen & o;aeEs would b
showing dlIerent state Q! afealrs from those O.
which 'bey were based, caueirg confusion an
apparent Contradiction Of orders, that must hay
eons'dezblB embarrassed those who hsd TO e1ecut
them, and rendered operations against the enem
lees elective than .hey otherwise would have been
To remedy this evil It was evident to my mind thu
some pereon Ehould hare the supreme CON nlnnd {
all the forces Ia the Department. Of Weet Virginia
Washington. Snsquehanna aud the Middle Depar
n1cnt. aud 80 recommended
On The I'd OF August, ordered Gen. Sheridan I
report in perron to MAJ. General ualleck, chief
staa st Washington, With view TO b1s sssiQqmen T.
During bis visit IL Gen. Hunter'a beadQuartci
carly II August, the Lieutenant General lesued fn
orders for The movements Of the former agnt1s
Early. Of which the following Is an extract:
inpuehlug up the Shenandoah Valley, where
is expected you will have 70 60 first or last, 1t
desirable That nothing th2uid DC isn to inMte y q
stores wanted for the nse Of your command. s1ch !
cannot bc con.nmed, destroy. II is not dcstrab
that the buildings shonld be destroyed, The
should rather b projected; but the people shonl
be informed that 30 long as HI army can subeil
among them rrcu1enres Of these fatah must Be g.
pected, and that We arc determined to stop them
Iii haxards Bcar in mind The object Is to dr. ye Il
enemy South, and 10 do This, yon want to kes
him alwaya IN sight. Be guided in your course
| The coutsc nc takes.
In subsequent paragraph, the following is state
concerning fhe supcIsedns OF Gen. Hunter !
Gen. Sheridan. Gen. Arn!et IN our couyersat1c
harirr ex4,tpax I'd 4 xEjfinpnGAl be relieved no