14. Grant’s army crossed to south of the James.
14. Reb. Gen. Polk killed.
14. Sherman advancing toward Kenesaw.
15. Battle of Baylor’s Farm. 16 rebel guns, 300 prisoners taken.
16. Gen. Hunter entered Liberty, Va., and destroyed a long bridge. Also 7 miles of railway.
17. Gens. Crook and Averill routed Imboden’s rebel cavalry between Quaker Church and Lynchburg, Va.
16. A portion of the southern defences of Petersburg, Va., carried by Hancock and Smith’s corps.
17. Burnside captured 2 redoubts in the Petersburg works, 450 prisoners, and 4 guns.
17. Severe fighting by Gen. Hunter’s army, 7 miles from Lynchburg, Va. No decisive result.
18. Simultaneous and desperate assault on the rebel works at Petersburg, by the Armies of the Potomac and the James.