Washington, D. C., July 9.

Official dispatch from [General] Wallace states that a battle took [place] between our forces under his command and the rebels at Monocacy to-day, commencing at 9 o’clock and continuing until 5. Our forces were at length overpowered by superior numbers of the enemy and were forced to retreat in disorder. He says Brigadier General Tyler was taken prisoner and that the enemy’s forces number at least 20,000 men. Our troops behaved well, but suffered severe loss. He is retreating toward Baltimore.

(Signed) [STANTON]

– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, Saturday, July 16, 1864.

[Note: There were several small holes in this article, causing a few words to be partially or entirely missing. The words in brackets are my best guess to the content and meaning of the article.]