Posted on 07/11/2024 6:29:21 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
[OFFICIAL.]
WASHINGTON, Saturday, July 9.
To Maj.-Gen. Dix:
An official report from Maj.-Gen. WALLACE, just received, states that a battle took place between the forces under his command and the rebel forces at Monocacy to-day, commencing at 9 o'clock A.M. and continuing until 5 P.M.; that our forces were at length overpowered by the superior numbers of the enemy and were forced to retreat in disorder. He reports that Col. SEWARD, of the New-York Heavy Artillery, was wounded and taken prisoner, and that Brig.-Gen. TYLER was also taken prisoner; that the enemy's forces numbered at least twenty thousand, and that our troops behaved well, but suffered severe loss.
He is retreating to Baltimore.
EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.
A Visit to Gen. Grant's Army -- The Lieutenant-General Hopeful and Confident -- The State of Feeling in Washington -- The Capital Perfectly Safe -- Gen. Augur in Command -- A Force of Veterans at Hand -- Officials and Convalescents Ready to Serve.
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.
WASHINGTON, Sunday, July 10 -- Midnight.
Hon. JOHN COVODE returned yesterday from a visit to the headquarters of Gen. GRANT, whither he went for the purpose of obtaining the body of his son, Col. COVODE, who was killed during SHERIDAN's late raid. He had several interviews with the Lieutenant-General, and reports that Gen. GRANT was very hopeful, and expressed himself with the utmost conscience in regard to ultimate success.
Gen. GRANT did not attach much importance to the rebel raid in Maryland, as he did not believe LEE would dare detach any considerable force from in front of the Union lines before Petersburgh.
WASHINGTON, which, amid all the exciting rumors of the rebel invasion, has preserved a most dignified placidity, was this afternoon thrown quite off its balance
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