| From the Augusta Constitutionalist |
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| December 15, 1864 |
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| From Virginia |
| Official From General Lee |
| Richmond, Dec. 13 |
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| Official dispatches from Gen.
Lee say that the expedition to Belfield {on the
Petersburg RR, just north of the junction of the two legs of that road
that cross into North Carolina}, under Warren, returned within
the enemy's lines yesterday. |
| The two divisions, with the
Ninth corps, which went to Warren's relief, proceeded no further than
Belcher's Mills. Meeting the returning column, they turned back. |
| Returning from Belfield, the
enemy moved east early to the Jerusalem and Sussex Court House road.
Our troops, therefore, only encountered their rear guard, and pursued
them no further than the Ma-apony river. They have returned to camp,
bringing in a few prisoners. |
| Our loss was small. |
| The Superintendent of the
railroad reports about six miles of the track torn up. |
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