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Latest War News.rte«ityr**ttcViblt;ni0!mofI,opUitilI-1 rnHiThe news from the ^eot of war, daring the past Week, bM mostly been fnv in* th cheering tmd encouraging. The Lite-1 new® from (ifici. Grant*® army it that (ho . Warren had attacked the rebel line on ifio extreme Hghr, capturing a nmo* her of prisoner*. Meade also mtrried the enemy's line near Poplar lt;»rove.1'kc ptih corp* cinder Gen* Onl, cro -Si* j the Jamc-on Thnudity night, nnd in the* morning the* iutreachnu nil on Chapin'* farm were carrird, and ItHJr* and I ■ gun-* captured. rI hi* wn' directly opposite Fort Darling. On j W- dnesday night ilir rebel® made a furious tiLuck hi front of Fort Sedgwick, | ly1 but were rrpul-od with great los*. The rebel tb **i'rters report great con .-to runt inn m Richmondt and that many chi/ 'in* art* packing up and I raving.A dispatch from Sherman states thathe Im■* made an actual exchange ol i!OUd of bin ovvu rtrmy, nnd has nisido an nr* rnngemefit Willi Hood to *«*bd other2 pri-om is u supply of clothing, A'lt;?.The la-1 till ret account from Sheridan* dotes un .Sunday evening at X wmatkob HU ad vane*’ vv n * then at Staunton. II is tiu(»f s were picking op sealt‘Ted bodies ui Early'* mm, who no longer showedI tight, hut Were wholly ih-puih J. i.arly ■ seems decidedly “a used op man.”► Mis*I mi I;rtf been again invaded by► the rebels* Th**y attacked Ironton nnd i were defeated. They nUn !lt;*i ■' ,| uihi I in their attack on Mineral Flint. AtFentralia if4 velmu* who were reluming liHdie from Aihmtii. were -hot in r d J ill eel. and their benJic- horribly mu-• t via ltd, Tlir»*e cii .? rr« and the express age.ni w ere uKr# murdered by the- rebel deinmi*. Pilot Knob has both evacua*I mt ,*+3ted, and the entire country below tin*r*tsa I*uiat01IIIII inP'a!MnirSfrMei riiuitc bridge ha* 1j CB abandoned ttrcititiilitittl1kthe rcboii.I he r beU infest the entire country ffouth t f Do Soto, plundering everybodytin v bjch. I hoy hnvtt li as of all I nfpiim* n on theft route, whom they kill onI'ight, i hey conscript all copperhead.* it ltd old mm, anrl hoys ol In. St. LouU is full of r-fiigms fn tn tlurf section* andlarge numbers arc fmigrfthng to Illinois and other states. ^After the evacuation of pilot Knob, atrain of * I wagon- w:i - d^trtnvd hv tin;rebel* between Iruiidtlo am! Mineml MPoint. it ml the men w re mannered with |rf^out demamiiu® ilieir surrender.OftuForrest is Agitln active in lYnnc^te,ahruosNecntA party of bis men burnt ihe Sulphur ‘ASprings bridge, and urns-acred every ,T colored man on whom wa* found the uniform of the loldier.Our pri-umer® have nearly nil beenr» moved from Andei^ufii die* tin. Mu- ‘. 1?tiy have been sent to Florence, S. l\,|r and some f-000 are nt the Chnrlcetonrace l*nurse. S me I J1 H» td ear efheer^are at CharlualoB. They arc treatedbetter hi re, but ibe mnrtaliiy cuiittnues to be great. Among the Vermont ofTi-eer^ here rsrc l.h ti. M. Sargent, from Newport, i member of (' ■ Ft Heavy ^ Artillery, U. McWuin, IL A., Serg'i £{L S. lliclund-, IL A , Capr. Hulin, HC«|.l- Clmpin, 1,1. ( ’. IV. Cnrr. U, W. ,J! Fi-h* r, Li. J. (hillaln r. Lt. J IL NeedirIthi*ihhihitiiitlJ, Lt, W. \V. Pi iee, alt of ibe t',tISmvvibeillft1bjInXotrrgimenf, he.*id»o Ijients. F. IL Purker and CL If. SnwW, of the !-t ArtilKy.We have* (lie mod cheering news fromi tflu; J im*1^ li viT. fit*n« M - n h- made two ^uccrs-ful charges on twlt;- rebel Itfiei on Friiliy, carrying their entrenchment*. Gen, Himi y U iwK nrtcing on lilcbntond,nand all the fortifications oppcisite FortDarling cxwfpl uru* are captured. Thu rebel-* eouiinuu to retreat toward Rich-j mond, und IVtersburg scem« on the eve i of being captured.Witliia a fcw day* our frnop4 hHV,, ^on pin red - I gurn, IKfugccv from Rich* mmond report grant despondency there, unit Jlt; ft I :t% h was icf n on ilin street? on thc«IOth, **xeeedinely abject and worn in his appearance. Tbo ciiizfln® are leading, nnd my Lee wm caught napping this time, ay Grant's movementsj w*r* never dreamed of.C Jen, Sully hn* I tin battle with fdlOfiIndians and deb nb d them. The Indians bud attacked Gupt. Fik’« train.olhiiituf.i.wPcT\
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Irasburgh Orleans Independent Standard
Irasburg, Vermont, US
Fri, Oct 07, 1864
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