VICTORY AGAIN: Complete Rout of the Rebels; THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY (9/24/1864)

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WAR BULLETIN. [OFFICIAL.] FIRST DISPATCH. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON Friday, Sept. 23, 3 P.M. Major-Gen. Dix: The following telegram, announcing another victory of Gen. SHERIDAN over EARLY, has just been received: "HARPER's FERRY, Friday, Sept, 23. Hon. E.M. Stanton: SHERIDAN has again beaten the enemy at Fisher's Hill, capturing sixteen guns and many prisoners. This is, in all probability, the finale of Gen. EARLY. J.D. STEVENSON, Brig.-Gen. The Surgeon-General, this morning, reported that our wounded were all cared for at Winchester, with adequate arrangements and supplies. The number of our wounded, prior to the battle of yesterday, was estimated not to...
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