Posted on 06/26/2024 7:10:22 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Particulars of the Attack upon the Second Corps on Wednesday -- One Thousand and Prisoners Reported Captured by the Rebels -- Our Loss in Killed and Wounded Fifteen Hundred -- The Lost Ground Recovered -- Preparations to Destroy the Weldon Railroads.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Thursday, June 29 -- P.M.
The attack upon the Second Corps on Wednesday near the Weldon Railroad, did not result so disastrously as at first supposed.
The line was formed by BARLOW's division being on the left, BINNEY's (MOTT in command) in the centre, and GIBBONS' on the right.
It was expected that the Sixth Corps would have arrested on the left with BARLOW, but it seems quite a gap was left, into which A.P. HILL's rebel corps entered, and, before our men were aware of it, they received a volley from the rear, which created a panic in our ranks and caused a rapid retreat to the woods in the rear of the Third Division. This left the flank of the Third Division unprotected, and the enemy, taking advantage of it, charged through [???] into our rifle pits, ordering the men to surrender.
The troops, however, left the tranches and fell back rapidly, but many of them were captured, and quite a number were killed and wounded before they get away.
The number of our loss in prisoners is reported at one thousand, while some make the figure higher.
Our loss in killed and wounded is probably fifteen hundred.
Some of our officers engaged in this fight had just joined their commands after being exchanged, and when surrounded and ordered to surrender, replied, "Never! Death rather than [???] Libby Prison!" and fighting their way out as best they could, many of them succeeded in getting back into our lines.
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Eyestrain Wednesday edition. Sorry about that. Pages 1 and 4 (editorial page) of the Times Machine version have bad print like we haven’t seen for a year or more. Happily, it is a one off and tomorrow we will be back to the legible copy – HJS.
Before Petersburgh: The Rebels Get Between the Second and Sixth Corps – 2-4
Our New-Orleans Correspondence: A Negro Celebration of Emancipation Proclamation – 4
From the Mississippi: Destruction and Capture of Rebel Property – 4
From Huntsville: The War in Alabama – 4
President Lincoln, Gen. Grant, and the People – 4
From Fortress Monroe – 4-5
From Baltimore – 5
From Memphis – 5
Gen. Sherman’s Army: Progress of the Campaign in Georgia – 5-6
Execution of Guerrillas: Four Rebels Hung in Nashville – 6
A Disgraceful Surrender-Bardstown, Ky. Captured by the Rebels – 6
The Dahlgren Orders – 7
Inside View of Morgan’s Raid – 7
Forrest’s Movements: Raid Against Railroads – 7
An Article Needed by Wounded Soldiers – 7
The Negro Troops at Petersburgh: A Letter from a Son of Federick Douglass – 7-8
From the South: A Manifesto from the Rebel Congress – 8-9
News from Washington – 9
Proceedings of Congress – 9-11
The Hottest June Weather in Ten Years – 11
Editorial: Slavery and the Union – 11-12
Editorial: The Declaration of Independence Ours – 12
Federal Enlistments in Ireland – 12
Editorial: England as a Belligerent – 12
The Sixty-Sixth New-York Volunteers – 12
A Leap for Home – 12
Losses in killed and wounded for this one day engagement = 1,500.
Hi Professor.
Has the NYT retracted their reporting of two weeks ago regarding Petersburg’s surrender?
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6/19 “PETERSBURG CAPTURED”
6/20 “Later unofficial dispatches show that as of 8 o’clock this morning the enemy still occupied Petersburgh.”
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