Posted on 05/28/2024 6:52:58 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Arrival of Gen. Banks at the Mississippi--Two Fights with the Rebels--No Further News from Grant, Sherman or Butler.
Dispatch from Secretary Stanton.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, May 27 -- 10 P.M.
To Maj.-Gen. Dix:
A dispatch from Maj.-Gen. BANKS, dated May 21, on the Mississippi River, was received to-day. It details the brilliant engineering achievement of Col. BAILEY, in constructing a dam across the falls of Red River for the relief of the gunboat fleet, the particulars of which have already been made public. The army, in moving from Alexandria to the Mississippi, had two engagements with the enemy, one at Mansuna and one at Yellow Bayou. In both the rebels were beaten. Gen. BANKS states that "no prisoners, guns, wagons or other material of the army have been captured by the enemy except that abandoned by him in the unexpected engagement at Sabine Cross-Roads on the morning of the 8th of April; that with the exception of the losses sustained there, the material of the army is complete."
A dispatch has been received from Gen. BUTLER, but no mention is made of any conflict since the defeat of FITZHUGH LEE at Wilson's Wharf, by the colored brigade of Gen. WILD.
No intelligence has been received since my last telegram from Gen. GRANT or Gen. SHERMAN.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
DETAILS OF THE MOVEMENT.
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, SOUTH BANK OF THE NORTH ANNA RIVER, Wednesday, May 25 -- 12 M.
After three weeks of marching and fighting, here, then, is the Army of the Potomac, sixty miles from its starting point north of the Rapidan safely planted south of the North Anna River, and within twenty-five miles of the objective point which, for three years,
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Grant’s Army: The Advance Upon Richmond – 2-5
Gen. Butler’s Army: Situation of Affairs at Bermuda Hundred – 5
The March of Gen. Sherman: The Reported Flanking of Altoona Confirmed – 5
Department of the Gulf: Arrival of Gen. Banks at New-Orleans – 5
From the Red River: Escape of Admiral Porter’s Fleet – 5-6
A Thrilling Narrative: Miss Maj. Pauline Cushman, the Federal Scout and Spy – 6
News from Washington – 6
Proceedings of Congress – 6-7
Editorial: The Recent State Conventions – Movements for President Lincoln – 7-8
Editorial: The American-Built Iron-Clad Frigate Re d’Italia – 8
The Escape of Admiral Porter’s Fleet – 8
From Panama: Seizure of the Guano Islands – 8
From Mexico: Reported Battle at San Luis – 8
The Funeral of Col. Hall – 8
Found Drowned – 8
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