October 8, 1864: Daily Missouri Democrat

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“News Summary

From Grant’s Army!”

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“New York, October 7.- The Herald’s Nashville dispatch of the 6^th says: Democrats from Forrest and Wheeler are forming into guerilla bands The portion of Hood’s army which crossed the Chattahoocie attacked our forces at Big Shanty on the 5^th and were routed, after tearing up a good portion of the track.

Richmond papers of the 3^rd and 4^th claim that Early holds Sheridan in check, and Early in a dispatch to the citizens of Lynchburg, says if they will turn out and beat the readers, he will hold the main force where they are.

The Richmond Examiner of the 4^th says, the Union cavalry force was fourteen miles from Gordonsville, marching on that place. Genera Lee, Octobers 1^st, reports the repulse of our forces in East Tennessee near Jonesboro.

The Herald’s 18^th corps correspondent says no hostilities whatever are going on in their front. The rebel dead in front of Fort Harrison still lie unburied, the rebels firing on our men when we went out to bury them. The rebel loss in the assault on Saturday is admitted to be 4,000.

Ewell is said to be in command of the defences of Richmond, Lee having gone back to Petersburg. Richmond papers acknowledge the steady advances of Union armies on both sides of the James. They discuss Grant’s movements with great anxiety. Jeff Davis, in his speech at Macon, made a begging appeal to the Georgians to fill up the army.”

Citation: Daily Missouri Democrat. St. Louis, 8 October 1864. AN .M677