THE ARMY: STEADY PROGRESS; Grant Moving on the Enemy’s Works (6/6/1864)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 6/6/1864

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[OFFICIAL.]

WASHINGTON, Sunday, June 5 -- 1 P.M.

A dispatch from Gen. GRANT'S headquarters, dated 8:30 o'clock last night has been received. It states that about 7 P.M. yesterday, (Friday, 3d of June.) the enemy suddenly attacked SMITH'S brigade, GIBBONS' division. The battle lasted with great fury for half an hour. The attack was unwaveringly repulsed. SMITH'S losses were inconsiderable.

To Major-Gen. Dix:

At 6 P.M., WILSON, with his cavalry, fell upon the rear of a brigade of HETH's division, which LEE had thrown around to his left, apparently with the intention of enveloping BURNSIDE. After a sharp but short conflict, WILSON drove them from their rifle-pits in confusion. He took a few prisoners. He had previously fought and routed GORDON's brigade of rebel cavalry.

During these fights he lost several officers, among them Col. PRESTON, First Vermont Cavalry, killed; Col. BENJAMIN, Eighth New-York Cavalry, seriously wounded; Gen. STANNARD, serving in the Eighteenth Corps, was seriously wounded yesterday, (Friday.)

Our entire loss in killed, wounded and missing during the three days' operations around Cold Harbor, will not exceed, according to the Adjutant General's report, 7,500. This morning, (Saturday, June 4,) the enemy's left wing, in front of BURNSIDE, was found to have been drawn in during the night.

Col. CESSNOLA, in command of 5,000 men, arrived here yesterday, having marched from Port Royal, [on the Rappahannock.]

Telegraphic communication between Cherryston and Fortress Monroe continues uninterrupted.

A dispatch from Gen. SHERMAN, dated yesterday June 4, 8 A.M., thirteen miles west of Marietta, reports that his left is now well around, covering all roads from the south to the railroad about Ackworth. His cavalry has been in Ackworth and occupies in force all the Allatoona Pass. No other military intelligence has been received by the department.

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

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The Army: Steady Progress – 2
From Gen. Butler: Rebel Stories – 2
From Georgia: A Fierce Battle on May 25 – 2-3
From Nashville: From Nashville to Chattanooga – 3-4
From the Mississippi: Rebel Guerrillas Active – 4-5
POSTSCRIPT-In Front of Richmond: The Fighting on Friday and Saturday – 5
News from Washington – 5-6
The Presidential Question: A View of it from Within the Rebel Lines – 6
Editorial: A Voice from Rebeldom on the Presidential Question – 6-7
Editorial: The Campaign – 7
Editorial: The Catholic Hierarchy and Emigration – 7-8
Editorial: Gen. Sherman and the Army Correspondents – 8-9
Editorial: A Deserved Compliment – 9
News of the Day: The Rebellion – 9
“Neighbor Jackwood” – 9
General City News – 9