Posted on 08/24/2024 4:58:53 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
The Rebel Gen. A.P. Hill Wounded-Gens. Heath and Fitzhugh Lee Killed.
Special Dispatches to the New-York Times.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Aug. 23.
It is reported by officers who have just arrived from the front, that in the attack made on Sunday upon our left by the rebels, in which they were so handsomely repulsed, the rebel Gen. A.P. HILL was knocked from his horse by a piece of shell, and badly wounded; and that Gens. HEATH and FITZHUGH LEE, son of the rebel chieftain, were killed.
DETAILS OF THE BATTLES.
FORTRESS MONROE, Monday, Aug. 22.
The mail steamer Vanderbilt arrived here at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon from City Point.
She brings the intelligence that the enemy have been making a desperate effort to retake the Weldon Railroad, but have so far been unsuccessful.
Our forces now hold the road firmly, and have secured a position from which it is believed the enemy cannot dislodge them.
The enemy made three desperate charges on our lines yesterday, and were repulsed each time with very heavy loss to them.
Our loss was light, and it is reported that we captured five hundred prisoners.
Our line was formed about the same time as it was on that day, the First Division being on the extreme left, connecting with the cavalry which covered the railroad toward Reams' Station. The Second Division was next CUTLER's, the Fourth Division was across the railroad, and the Third Division, CRAWFORD's, was on the right, joining with the Ninth Corps, which connected the right of the new line with the left of the old one, near the Jerusalem plank road.
During Saturday our men had strengthened the breastworks which they had temporarily erected, besides throwing up others en echelon.
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