Posted on 03/02/2024 6:05:52 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE N.Y. TIMES
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 1.
The latest information received here from the Army of the Potomac is up to nine o'clock this morning. Heavy musketry, carbine probably, firing was heard early this morning off to the extreme right, in the direction of Stannardsville, where it was supposed that CUSTER's cavalry were engaging the rebels. Madison Court-house as well as Spottsylvania Court-house are in our possession. There is an evident disposition on the part of Lee to avoid a battle, by keeping behind his intrenchments. KILPATRICK has been heard from. The report is favorable. LEE's communications no longer remain unbroken. It was reported to-day at Culpepper that HAMPTON's Legion had been badly whipped by KILPATRICK, with a loss of several hundred prisoners -- HAMPTON himself among the number.
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Department of the South: Interesting Movement – 2
Destruction of the Corvette Housatonic: Full Details of the Affair – 2-3
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The Draft: Orders Given for its Commencement March 10 – 3
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Union Prisoners at Fort Monroe – 3
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