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50, LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS followed up on the 17th and 18th, and the result was the capture of important outworks, and the possession of a line closer to Petersburg. Lee s army had arrived, and again confronted the Army of the Potomac. Grant s headquarters had been established at City Point. On June 22 and 23 he made a movement from the left toward the Weldon railroad, and heavy fighting took place, with but little result, except to render Lee s use of that line of communication more precarious. Sheridan had set out on a raid from Pamunkey river, June 7, and, after defeating the enemy s cavalry, in the battle of Trevilian Station, destroy ing portions of the Virginia railroad, and inflicting other damage, he returned to White House, on York river, on the 20th. From there he crossed the James and rejoined the Army of the Potomac. A cavalry force under Gen. James H. Wilson had also been sent to the south and west of Petersburg, which destroyed railroad property, and for a time seriously interrupted the enemy s communications via the Danville and South-side railroads. Hunter, in the valley of Virginia, had destroyed the stores captured at Staunton and Lexington, and moved to Lynchburg. This place was re-enforced, and, after sharp fighting, Hunter fell back, pursued by a heavy force, to Kanawha river. Early s army drove the National troops out of Martinsburg, crossed the upper Potomac, and