Rockbridge-Augusta-Bath County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....From Richmond (The War News) June 15, 1864
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The New York Times June 15, 1864
From Richmond.  The Rebel Press on Grant's Tactics - The Hero of Vicksburgh as
Seen Through Rebel Eyes - From Johnston's Army.  The War News.  

From The Richmond Dispatch, June 9.

...[skipping a couple other stories]...

From The Valley.

All sorts of rumors prevailed yesterday with regard to the situation of affairs
at Staunton.  It was stated that a dispatch had been received asserting that the
enemy had burnt all the Government storehouses, depots and public buildings in
the place; but we could trace this report to no reliable source.

On the other hand it was confidently stated that the Yankees had not yet
occupied Staunton.  We have every reason to believe that this is an error.

We heard, last night in a perfectly reliable quarter, that the enemy had left
Staunton and gone in the direction of Lexington.  In this connection it may be
stated that a letter from a lady in Lexington, dated the 3d inst., mentions a
report that Averill, at the head of a large calvary force, was within three
miles of the place.  There was probably no foundation for this statement, though
Crooks, who was reported advancing by the Warm Springs road, was at Millborough,
in Bath County, on Monday last.

Lexington is in Rockbridge County, 146 miles West of Richmond, on an elevated
bank of the West side of North River, and is the seat of Washington College and
the Virginia Military Institute.

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