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n miles below Richmond. It constitutes the outer line of Chaffin's Bluff. The force that attacked Fort Harrison is supposed to have been negroes. They mustered in heavy force from the east, attacked us and carried the fort. They afterwards moved up to Fort Gilmer, on Taylor's farm, near the "Nigger House."The attack was made between ten and eleven o'clock in the morning, and the enemy were handsomely repulsed by General Gregg. This officer is from Texas, and commands Hood's old brigade, Fields's division. The following official dispatch from General Lee tells the story of the day's work: Headquarters Army Northern Virginia, September 29, 1864. "Hon. James A. Seddon: "General Gregg reports that he repulsed several attacks of the enemy made against the intermediate line of defences, capturing many prisoners. The enemy still hold Battery Harrison on the exterior line. Our loss is very small. R. E. Lee." Fort Harrison is an important position, and comm