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HEAD-QUARTERS DEPARTMENT N. C. AND SO. VA. f 
 
 August 4'A, 1864. 
 
 Soldiers ! Your Commanding General takes great pleasure in ex- 
 pressing his satisfaction, at the ccol valor, and disciplined bravery, 
 displayed by you on the 30th Ju'y, in repelling th2 advance of tho 
 overwhelming forces of the Eueiny, aficr his heavy columns had en- 
 tered the breach, during the temporary surprise and confusion er.su> 
 ing upon the explosion of one of the largest mines recorded in miliN 
 tary annals : 
 
 13y your t-kill and courage, you held the Enemy in check, until tho 
 arrival of Mahone's Brigades of gallant and scar^wcrn veterans. 
 with whom you then united, and aided to drive the foe back into his 
 own works, inflicting upon him one of the greatest disasters of tho 
 war — his losses beiDg four limes our own. 
 
 Th'i3 glorious success conclusively proves, that tte explosion of 
 the Enemy's mines, no matter how formidable, under extensive 
 works like those encircling Petersburg, will afford him no protection 
 against disaster and rout, when opposed by a resolute and patriotic 
 Array. 
 
 G. T. BEAUREGARD, 
 General, 
 
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