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VICTORY AGAIN: Complete Rout of the Rebels; THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY (9/24/1864)
New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 9/24/1864
Posted on 09/24/2024 6:37:20 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
WAR BULLETIN.
[OFFICIAL.]
FIRST DISPATCH.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON Friday, Sept. 23, 3 P.M.
Major-Gen. Dix:
The following telegram, announcing another victory of Gen. SHERIDAN over EARLY, has just been received:
"HARPER's FERRY, Friday, Sept, 23.
Hon. E.M. Stanton:
SHERIDAN has again beaten the enemy at Fisher's Hill, capturing sixteen guns and many prisoners. This is, in all probability, the finale of Gen. EARLY.
J.D. STEVENSON, Brig.-Gen.
The Surgeon-General, this morning, reported that our wounded were all cared for at Winchester, with adequate arrangements and supplies. The number of our wounded, prior to the battle of yesterday, was estimated not to exceed two thousand.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
SECOND DISPATCH.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 1864 -- 3:30 P.M.
Major-Gen. John, A Dix:
SHERIDAN's victory proves to be signal and complete. Nothing but the coming night saved even a remnant of EARLY's army.
The following dispatches of Gen. STEVENSON and Major-Gen. SHERIDAN's official report to Gen. GRANT. five all the particulars thus far received:
HARPER's FERRY, Sept. 23, 1864.
To Edwin M. Stanton:
The military (telegraph) line is down. The affair is complete and overwhelming.
Respectfully,
JOHN D. STEVENSON, Brig.-Gen.
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, SIX MILES FROM WOODSTOCK, 11:30 P.M., Sept. 22, 1864.
Lieut.-Gen. Grant, Commanding Armies of the United States, City Point:
I have the honor to announce that I achieved a signal victory over the army of Gen. EARLY, at Fisher's Hill, to-day. I found the rebel army posted with its right resting on the North Fork of the Shenandoah, and extending across the Strasburgh Valley westward to North Mountain, occupying a position which appeared almost impregnable. After a great deal of manoeuvering during the day, Gen. CROOK's command was transferred to the extreme right of the line on North Mountain,
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2 posted on 09/24/2024 6:38:49 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
Victory Again: Complete Rout of the Rebels – 2
The Army of the Potomac: The Rebel Descent upon the Cattle-Herd – 2
From the Army of the James: Sheridan’s Great Victory Celebrated – 2-3
From Atlanta: Another Epistolary Broadside From Gen. Sherman – 3-4
From New-Orleans: Later from the Rio Grande – 4
From Nashville – 4
Movements of Blockade-Runners – 4
From Gen. Sherman’s Army: Exchange of Prisoners – 4
The Rebels in Missouri: Fighting Going On – 4
From Fortress Monroe – 4
Cabinet Changes: Resignation of Postmaster-General Blair – 4
Late News from the South: The Rebel Papers on the Military Situation in the Confederacy – 4-5
News from Washington – 5
Base Ball – 5
Editorial: A Base Conspiracy! – 5-6
Editorial: Facts and Questions – 6
Editorial: The Approaching Campaign – 6-7
Editorial: Will the War Restore the Union – Is it a Failure? – 7
Character of an Armistice – 7
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