The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-02

MOlA1NxlNOg OAy OAn.
bad, operating iramsdhtsly With, 6rst |!
bin own original arny, one .hnndred and
6ky thousand sccend t1snty.6vs thou
aand vstaran rsn1orcsmsnt' tn1d, lorty
thousand tsoDdred-daysf msn Iourth,
twenty thousand nom But er tosa !, two
hundred and thifty-five thousand men.
under his own sya Of these he had
lost one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand before he left Cold HArbor. HeI
crossed the river with one hundred and
ten thousand men, and there united his |
oprstions vith those Of Butler; whohad
With him dhout twenty thousand men,
besides those he hxasent to Grant. This
brings pnf the notice Of Buffers opera
tons. should notice, however, that
. Yankee force, under General Siegel,
having advanced down the Valley a. far
as New Market, was there met by Gene
raj Breckinridge and completely routed.
1t fed up the Valley, burning the bridge
over the Shenandoah to prevent pursuit.
The forces Of General Breckinridge hav-
ing been withdrawn to reinforce General
Lee, the Valley was left comparatively
unprotected, except by the small force
under General Jones' An enormous body
of cavalry, numbering at least twenty
thousand, under Sheridan, while Lee was
still facing Grant in Spotsylvania, passed
around his army, and, after committing
unheard-of devastation in the interme
diate counties, appeared in the neighbor-
hood of Richmond Hers they were
met by General Stuart. who, in hebattle
that ensued, lost his life. The Depart
rnent forces and the lccal troops, under
the command of Colonel Gusts Lee,
displayed, on this occasion, most com
mendable alertness and gaflantry.- In
the meantime, .Siegel had been removed
in the Valley, and Hunter appointed to
succeed him. Finding the Valley spen,
this officer advanced in the direction Of
Stanton, it being his object to capture
Lynchburg, and thus perform part in
the grand operations by which Grant
hoped to isolate Richmond. Encounter
4 defeated it after = severe battle, in which
General Jones was killed. He then pro
ceeded to Staunton, and afterwards te
Lexington, burning and destroying as ht
went. Sheridan, having set out with the
intention Of joining him through Char
lottesville, was met at Trevillian's depot
lin Louisa, by General Hampton, and ut
j terly routed. He was driven back to thu
lower country, and, after sustaining an
other defeat in Charles City, crossed ove1
tie river.
"A We must so back little. 6imnlta-
4 Aspusly with Grants movements II
SpAtsylvania, large land and nava
forde, under Beast Butler, passed ur
foA Old Point, landed 1t City Point
tock possession Of Bermuda Hundred
| and sndeavored to capture Petersburg
and the Port " althall railroad. In thes,
, attempts they were thwarted by th'
, skill and gallantry Of General Pickett
, who, with vastly inferior forces, sue
, ceeded not only in holding Petersburg
, and ths railroad until the arrival Of Gen
| eral Bsauregard with his forces from
/ North Carolina, but in repulsing then
: and inhieting . severe loss upon thsm.-
j. General Pickett added greatly to the Re
a nown he had already won at Gettysburg
+ and Other hotly contested fields by hi
success oa this occasion. Had he beel
9 less firm, less determined, or less skill
q full, it seems certain that Petersburg
t would have been lost. General Beaure
!. gard said Petersburg ought to raise
= monument to Colonel David Harris
y There is no doubt that he deserved on
d at her hands as did General Bsauregar'
> himself But it may be doubted whe
IS ther Genen4 Pickett's claims to he
it gratitude arsSot even greater than thos
le Of either Of tAese two great officers
J. The arriyI Of General Beaureear
4 with heavy endorsements quoted tn
l. public mind, which was greatly excited
8. An attempt. 10 fank Drswry's Blu
st brought on battle, in which the enem
ls were aiandl4 defeated. When 0rar
ct found isisnpo ibls to enter Rchmon'
- he crossed " river and attempted
70 carry Pstesss b By storm He vas z
ut pulsed VIII er,ncus slsughtss. II
ael Y.nk 60 sa fsas computed their lo'
i It tvelve AZ bd. TWAS, undoubtedl,