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From Hunter's Army

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
July
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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jnew York, July 3. A special dispatch to the Tribunr dated Charleston, West Virginia, Juv' lst, snys Gen. Hunter, with the wlu,f9 of his coinaiand, luis arrived safely a( this point without the loss to our arrriy of a single pound of government prop. erty during a long and arduoue march of 500 miles, over almosi mpassabft mountain roads, and with ftcnrceiy ony eed for rus eornmand. He sueeeedid n defeating the enemy in five different attlcs, destroying government prop. erty to tho value of over $5,000,000 of nni5y,indu(liDg all the ffctoriec, tanyards, mxm, fou niñea and fbrnaceti in he Shenandoah Valley as far as Lvnthburg. The most important institutions were brnnch ii the Tredfgar Iron Works, it Buchanan, wnrking five hundred' mnds, the iniütary institntion at Lexngton, with its capaeious buildings and the magazine, containing a Inrgesupply )f ammunition, arrn.s, etc. All the rail. ■oads ;md the canal on the route ara totally destroyed. Our total ln?8 in the expedition will not esceed 2,000 while that of the enemy, including pngoners, muat be at least 5,000. The army is in excellent spirits, after being supplied with the ïnueh needed storts", will again soon be heard from in a local' ity where least espected.

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Old News
Michigan Argus