18. Heavy engagement between the armies in Va. Gen. Hancock charged the enemy, and carried the first line of rebel intrenchments.
18. Gen. Sherman reached Adairsville. Ga., where he was engaged in skirmishes.
18. Sec. Stanton announced that a draft would be ordered, to take place July 1.
18. A pretended proclamation of the President calling for 400,000 men, and announcing the Spring campaign closed, published in the Journal of Commerce and the World. The 2 papers suppressed for 3 days, and the author of the forgery, Jos. Howard, of Brooklyn, arrested.
19. Gen. Ewell attempted to turn Grant’s right, but was repulsed.
19. Gen. Sherman advanced on the enemy, who retreated. Kingston, Ga., reached. General Sherman pushed a column as far as Cassville, Ga.
20. Torpedoes explode at Bachelor’s Creek. Many N. Y. soldiers killed and wounded.
20. Sherman in possession of Kingston and Rome, Ga.
20. Rebels attack Ames’ division of Butler’s army. Heavy losses on both sides.
20. Arrest of Howard, the forger.