The New York Herald Newspaper, May 8, 1863, Page 1

ably for the country, the greatest proportion of them in aye been taken without a struggle. It may be taken yes killed and wounded, efore the rouds and bridges between it and the Rappa- Our loes of prisoners does not excoed seventeen hun- | hamnook can be ropaired. dred. We havo received twenty-four hundred and tifty me. myer m a OUR WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. Wapeurcron, May 0, 1863, Hooker’s campaign is « failure, just when it was sup> Poved to be on the very eve of @ brilliant success. It te ‘wnderstood that he was outgeneralied by Leg dnd hie army outnumbered by the rebels. Still a rotreat was not looked for; but Hooker himself seems to have kat con- fidence in succass, pasticularly as Sedgwick’s corps had Rot joined him, and thus was induced to. give the order to retreat, The army retired over tho United States Ford and Banks’ Ford, The backward movement commenced at ten o’clock last (Tucs- day) night, and before daylight this (Wednesday) "morning the artillery and mule trains had all crossed, pruhilgy ap 2 an. mang. pri gS “2 leant a part of all thie gallant foreo has reached Giouces | pidan, station, wilre they burued the. ralvoad in ite retreat very materially, Their sharpshooters tried tor, in General Keyes’ command, opposite to Yorktown, bride gee which thoy ra etreated, after a smart fight, : omjho York river. - on to piok off the artillery horses and mounted officers, and Army), oy it ola of their brigades. Oui Loss in Killed and Wound- “ { There can now be no impropriety in saying that the ites there was ineonsiderable a ‘and they lont several killed “" berever they could bring guns to bear upon us they did Cojone! } . ; but our artillery usually dislodged th Dor they Presidomt and Major @nerai Halleck visited General i} saat ‘and’ also thirty-one : loecioral Avert Geean : ed from 10,000 to 12,000. could inflict much damage, The army is now supposed | Hooker and the army yesterday, and returned to the city feet of Avori expedition Seong to have bes to aestoy of the enem; force was di pod ten be cohunane one prisoners iy. that Riebmond We lost eight guna and took the samo number of- pieces eee Pg sh in person, from the enemy. the havoc worked from Hanover Junction down to The reliquishment of the position was made simply bog fivo miles of Richmond, was made by a subdivi- cause it afforded no field for the mancuvering of the One of ‘he three columns, preinn E by Brigadier army, and not from any reverse or injury sustained by | Genoral Averill, aftor crossing the Ral ab ar C3 Mt, The General and the entire army are In excellent heart | hor. 4 four, Puited on, ta Brandy wlatlon, whero It met and ready for a new movement. Wo will provably | skirmish, {It then pushed on direct to Culpepper Court not know where this is to be mado until after if has been House, where Centrals Fitzhugh and Wil Sa Heury x rs, Lee were found with a rebel force of perhaps five bundred ral which fled ‘The Richmond papers show that General Stoneman’s | jountaia, Prseiphaely Maes semen: Code corps went within two miles of Richmond, and efigoted At Culpepper Court House General ‘Averill. many captures and a great destruction of propertye At | &.,.0t fee retresicg tae ae then poshedion to-night. 18 }) br red which enemy, in their pantie, debe cpprebeerion hak tie aad ete eee tht rine ig, | _AbseArly one o'clock this miorning information waa ai di foi” ee preceeding 98 a far ‘Ae Orange Court pilisde on secaps ris al aay, ae recetved that General Stoneman has safely arrived at | Housed Scotapsuera ; 7 y perenne ae Rappahannock Station with the remainder of his force, of Stoneman’s force, under command Robel Loss Estimated | .., cme" one | tek ot hemi cmc st samy ana | gr Du, hs opal y The failure of Sedgwick’s corps to offect » junction dlzedRiona; ah Unid weo's hatte dlbetpetion, came posed on ‘towards Gordonsville, with the majo army,as had been designed, had « o0n- : yada Ficcoss ia cutting the Central Railroad et ne. siderable effect in causing the backward movement. That ‘Was no fault of either Sedgwick or bis army. They were sandwiched in between Lee and Longatroet, and crushed by overpowering numbers in the direction of Banks’ Ford. Here they managed te effect o crossing, but not without fearful loss, ‘Their killed and wounded are set down as between five and six thousand. The enemy’s loss, it is said, is still larger. It ia eatimated that our entire loss if this brief and ecu 20,000, ete OPERATIONS OF STONEMAN’S CAVALRY, 5 ween Gordons- OUR RICHMOND, VA., DESPATCH. © | Untrottonvile: inte ght tke sokiereeorts es oo er in ens) cay between THE CORRESPONDENCE OF MR. J, H. VOSBURG. army, and breaking Ricuwony, Va., May 6, 1868, pat Be app Aone Tats for forward fe ‘The Bacttement About Stoneman's Cavalry Raid—The Great pr sont gait Scare in Richmond—Release of Federal Prisoners, de. a inv shan Geabtisaat hislignice wehbe THE CORRESPONDENCE, OF MA. T. M. COOK. may be of interest, in advance of a detailed hiftory of my toe hey: Destroy All the Railroad Bridges Up to Within Five page Aare sede percep many of re aati ni ryt vend Nean Unrrep eae ans 1863. } vc ha SEITE ee entensd-Oesoctiinrinainers SEAS ST en cen cee ane In my last communication I was compelled, owing to Miles of Richmond : Ape ‘We received an alarm here on Sunday about Stonoman’s | the length to which it grew on my’hands, to mak b “4 ‘There is some speculation here as to whether the juno- grew on , 1o marely’ tion of Hooker’s army with Helntzelman's reinforcements | *vaity "ait, and'there is no doubt that had-three hun- | » mention of the operations of vho army yesterday. I im- dred of his cavalry made the attempt when go near Rich- ‘the opportunity of a quiet morning to write more in ‘and what ig left of Sedgwick may not stay the retreat. mond oo Sunday night they could easily have entered the total ofthe ovéota af Una day. i INCIDENTS OF THE: BARTLE FIELD, | oi or rina ae cee acca ene eeatet 8 | own, eapering Jef. Davia and his Cabinet, a majority of | Operations 6m Monday, attack, the terrible rains, and the consequent swelling of | ine members of the rebel Congress, with other officials nn tea clos (Tao weope bere t mn yer oak ’ ‘The fierce struggle lier ge ga ‘appears that so far as Stoneman’s cavalry a southerara, destroying all the army sapplicn meut plank road and the general headquarters, and hesiehinhaioalaagi tegkommiademens “™ | tm town ana doing other mischief of incaleulable import- ‘Yoavinig us at night, wearied and exhapated, at the White {QE ORDER TO RELIEVE STONEMAN OF HIS COMMAND. eo House, situated at the intersection of the Walder. ‘THE REHELS WERK BADLY ‘SOARED, oe and ited States Ford roads, and about Before any information had been received of the and the tamates of Libby prison delighttully hopetal when is 3 ee achievements of General Stoneman in cutting off commu- ; miles from the United States, Ford. The whole of the the intelligence of Stoneman’s advance was reveived. Bication between Fredericksburg and Righmond, and | {donot believe that any regular force was loft to de- enn ruin anlar, pou the strength of painful ramors in eireaiation that | fond the town. ‘Tho City battalion, which was employed | SHem¥’s Possession, and wh it the greater part of she they nad not only Deon unsuccessful, but had por | toguard, the prisons, and the City Guards had all been | Wevnden wna Bed Deen t00, severely burt to drag shem- Posely failed to comply with the orders given to Withdrawn and sent as reinforcements to Lee. The | carscetiorsvilie eet at them, an order was, sued, by General Hooke, | praons mére guarded by diecharged std disabled soldiers | [2 tor whom ‘ie rebels had wo word of eyupathy or through General Van Alen, Aid-de-Camp, relieving | andcitizens, some of whom appeared never to have at- sapmaae ie pecan hi ape eit bene fal epee me Mls mater ent Sime ohare ba ee ong er aca those who had fallen; and those unfortunates of our army Tecoption of the intelligence that Stonoman has been | had been paroled on Sunday, otherwise it was believed | 41.0 ror into their successful, and has accomplished all, and perhaps more |} that we could have overpowered the guards.and takea the | [" yeas ob pe cer than all; that was, expected of bim, this order will un- | town and Jeff, Davig oursolves. sgn Rep age naa cnn queationably be revoked, and a compliment paid'to these | gum sTORms CLOSED AND THE CITIZENS PLACED UNDER ARMA, patscaper ‘paiva. btm. ape Pease severale forthe exeoution of a briliant and dangeroes | On Monday places of business were cloned aud the oltl | Word, aes’, nave say carnuring manor totragt we evrerprise. 2608 formed themselves into companies and battalions to ide paps. picky a es ake ten resist the advance of the ‘‘¥1 Ye | Caansaid PR M. CARPENTER. o <eelalen iy, 00 Several of ocr caralcy wete Captured i uke atta ag |Our own hoeptiale—tensporery pfair, in mont @0, pitohed beneath the shade of the trees—were Unrrep States Forp, May 6—8 A. M. pros ane CE NT eee na see a uimey eas: ther et Te ed with sufferers, and all night long the attending sur- Prgrer Sasinaap upstage eroded 10 recrossivg the Rappahannock by way of the | dismounted atthe door of Libby prion. They had be | peng had been industriously engaged, giving reliet to Marea. back to camp, and by dark the w: extra THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. from the Rebel Capital. The Rebel Accounts of the Battle of oor, Chancellorsville feu LEE'S —— owen, United Staton aud Hanks’ fords. He bas brought away eo ee aud bad loat helt. | seine, and making the wounds Of others ® mutilation for bis artillery; bat the rear guard bave sustained a sharp | V*Y- " hospital, under Sub ln gating over, all who bave witnessed ibis finale | Tough Liewonant Marsh, of the Twolth Itools eav- | Ging ana pester, hed been removed PP raip fen of hie "onward to Richmond” movement copeur in the | siry, wounded and captured by tho rebels at Tunstail’s | or ine pattie, no lose than five times, ewing to. the diere. Dehef that e most egregious blunder was made by some- | Station on Monday last, and since exobanged, I learn the . 4 Dody. It 1s now evident that instead of thirty-dve, sixty | following facts relating to the cavalry expedition: OF seventy thousand men, Leebad under his commaod ‘TES SRIGADS,OR CONE, SR VERY WINDEAM, from ope bundred and twenty thousand to one bundred | Consisting of the First New Jersey, Twolfta Illinois, ‘and forty thousaad, and that the whole rebel army of Fourth New York and Fifth Pennsylvania regiments, (he Best wae evocentrated upon the Rappabannock before | Separated from the division to which Jt was even the cav@iry advaoce hed crossed the niver. The | that of General Gregc—on taturdey, and sfivanced quiet maveer of tbe rebels tn permitting the army of | Orange Court'House, tearing up the track of the Orange General Hooker t6 advance to Chancellorsville with noth. | and Alexandria Railroad in the vicinity, burning the rails ing more thaa a skirmish i¢ aow knowa tobe a pert of | 90.48,t0 render them usolosd, and doing other damage. A the programme of General Lee to entrap Geveral Hooker | few prisouers, with some mulepand negroes, were taken And capture bis whole army. General:Houker's retreat | * this point. Here ColonelDavis, with bis regimeat— | os. .hiisned at the White House; but soon alter the retire. to this aide of the riggr t# absolutely « vicwry in view of the Kighth Illinois—separated from the brigade, an pro- | ron: of our troope rendered it necessary again to remove the circumstances: { It Foster in North Carolina, Peck at | ceeded to Spotisyivania Court House, tearing up the rail: | 1n¢ ostablishment, and it was located In the woods on the Sofflu, Keyes at Williemeburg, end Huater at Charleston, | road track, buraing bridges and making a few captures. | 1004 19 the ford. Here et edb th ob cating cgi had kept up the advance movements, or an sttempt to | MVE HUNDRED AMD YORTY ENKI PRISONERS CAPTURED: — | reached it with scrious effect, many whose wounds advance votil the movement of the Army of the Potomac In the evening of the same day Colonel Davis reached, | 144 been dressed Doing killed. ‘The doctors again pack- across the Rappahannock, Hooker would andoubtedly bave | Asbland station, on the Virginia Central Railroad, | ed up, and started down the road, finally locating them- ancceeded, But there bee been « lamentable failure of where he captured @ (rain of dive hundred and | soiu¢ with thelr rapidly inerensing charge, at the Fits- co-operation, Whatever dendnciations may now be heap- | forty rebel prisoners. This force # believed | 1...» 1oaae,on the south side of the river, close to the €4 upon the hend of an uosucerssful general,whowas | to have been tho city battalion which left | ford In all these movements tho attending surgeons thought by many to be unequal to the command assigned | Richmond on Sunday morning, where {8 had been em: ave never been accused of neglecting their large number to bim, yet all the disasters that have occurred are main- | Ployed in guarding prisons and doing provost duty. Of | o7 oatients, Their industry and attention have won the ly attributable to the incompetency of those who had the | ficers in-Libby prison learned from the citizen guard | hicnest encomiums for the medical stalf of the Third direction of military affairs in other departmenteas well | which were put on aftor the city battalion was with: -o119 which was the first tw send any of its wounded as that in which this abortive edort was made. Either | drawn, that the battalion bad been captured by Our ca | gay to permanent hospitals, beyond the present chances the General-in-Chief or the Secretary of War should have | vairy. The oplisted men were paroled, and the officers, | or war, soon that it was necessary to provent the eonceutratien | including «colonel, major, The qUartermaster of the post, | Tyo hiepital at the Fitzhugh loase has now been of all the rebel forces in the East upon oud point before | and several other subordinates, carried off by Colonel | tangrormed into. general hospital, under thecharge of directing an effort to be made to carry that position, The | Davis. At Ashland Station were also captured one hun- | 1, james F. Dexter, Dr. Sims acting as Modical Director Army(0f the Potomac bas fought well. It bas sustained | dred and iifty mules, about seventy-five wagous and sev Our Line on Monday. ite old reputation, It bas been led once more to the | eral cir Gontaining » considerable amount of quartermes: | Gur tine, ag established in the night after the battle of slaughter, and bas becn sacrificed to the juibecility of the | ter and commissary stores, The cars and wagons wero Sunday, rested 00 the river, sbout one mile below the military Secretary of the administration. burned. | ford, extending back at right angles with the river to the {NE RFFECT IS. WASHINGTON. Colonel Davis then proceeded to TunstaiPs Station where WhitesHouse, and then, circling about, continued on to the ‘The faces of the loyal people here are filled with gloom. | he fell tn with body of two thousand rebels, with whom iver again above the ford. Along this entire Mne large They sek oach other, what is now to be done? They do | behad askirmisk. Here Lieutenant Marsh was wounded | oKing partion were employed all Sunday night throw: not despair of ultimate euccess; but they are wroth at | and taken prisoner with six privates, Colovel Davis’ | 1) uy preastworks of logs, rails and brush, add digging the ineompetency of their leaders, and demand that a | force numbered about four hundred mou. It was Bis do | 1116 pit, go that at dawn on Monday we wore strongly radical change shall be made at ouce,) They are tired of | #igm to reach Yorktown. The whale number of prisoner’ | inirgpched. Imdeed, our line being now so contracted, the incubus of California lawyers, and insist that either | captured by this force and by Col. Wyndham previo to (ne enabling an to form a duwbie line of battle, it ke doubtful _] soldiers or common sense politicians shall be called to the | 9p-ration was about one thousand. if the enemy can remove us in however strong force administration and execution of military projets, ORT SUMTER NEARLY TAREE. | they may come upon us. The men are in remarkably | THE CALL FOR & NEW MILITARY CHIEF. From an officer imprisoned im Charleston at the tine | 5.4 sririte, considering the fiery orded! through which There is a loud outery for the restoration of MoClolian | Of the bombardment of Fort Sumter by our gun: | they have passed, and, if thetr movements ere properly to the position of Generai-in-Caief; but even many of | boat fleet, and from naval officers who passed through | sireoted, will yet punish the enemy severely. those who bavo been bis firmest friends object | the town soon after,! learn th o following tacte.—Had 2 RRC ORNOTBA NOR, to such & proceeding. There is @ demand aiso | the attack been continued a” hort time longer—Lieu that Fremont sball bo called to ledd the Army of | tenant Cate says thirty minutes, the fort would pro- | 1 oughout the day, and the entire absence of the shadow the Potomac; but there are few who are willing to assert | bably have capitulated. It was much damaged by OUT | of the toe, occasioned much apprehension, and the (om. bis competency for such a position; but there is an al- | shot, some of them passing through the walls at the ret | manging General determined upon ascertaining where most universal desire expressed that General Butlor shalt at once be called to take charge of the War Depart. ment, and restore public confidence in ite administra tion, while the belief is expressed that the shrewdness he has everywhere else exhibited will, for his own sake, out the others, and after several * hours of very hard labor the bridges were once wore ready, UE EAT. ay, "Pine were sptead upon the pon to prevent the noise of crossing, ciehourand- tight the troops commenced falling back. The First corps was the first to cross, and is now nearly allover. The Third corps remains in the intrenchments ‘to cover the retreat. Jt is hoped that the army will reach this side-before the discovers the retreat; but cannonad- bas Souiinahosd quite fercely atthe front, and @ desperate battle is not an improbable event.” We can doubtless retire across the river without serious loss; byt if discovered in our attempt the struggle will be fierce. Unmo- leated the troops can get over by noon, ‘The roads are in a horrible condition—almost es bad as when General Burnside foundered here winter, Ourgick are lying in the ‘Goods, lances are coming up to re- move them. There was no fighting yesterday of any con- | tequence. The sharpshooters were quite active, ‘and the artillery opened occasionally; but re- galts were unimportant. The énémy has evi- ently massed his army on our right, with a * ylew, it is belived, of crossing above and at- tacking us on the flank and rear. The high- water, however, will frustrate that movement. Three pontoon trains are down near Hamil- ton’s crossing, and some fears have been enter- tained that the rebels would make a demonstra- tion across the river below Fredericksburg. was progressing, aod & company of sharpshooters {rom tion of the Fifth corps to advance towards the eld turn- the city was ordered out to quell the disturbance. pike asd feel the enemy. The party advanced half « ‘UNION PRIRONERS, | mile up the road, and then deployed by brigades into the: Afi the Union prisoners, exospt three officers held © woody and advanced in tine of battle, with skirmishers | hostages and some citizens, left the Richmend prisons 0" | i, gavance, As anticipated, the enemy were found tn prompt bim to place in command of tho armies in the RB teal ‘oar wpvadted have, fallen feld pos will inture victories. Tuesday morning. They numbered five hundred and *ixtY, | the vicinity of the old turnpike, and & spirited skiraiah | pom eS ito the hands of the enemy. ARRIVAL OF PRIBONERS OF WAR. two hundred and fifty of whom were officers. In exchang® | engued. The enemy appeared to be in considerable force, | Wilson, (0. 1, wounded harlte bpeyer, os Our dead on the battle field of Sunday are |; near that five thousand prisoness passed yesterday | were sont to City Point six hundre@rebel officers. Many of | and, In accordance with instructions, the reconnotteriag | Sera. Willian Hamel, © still unburied, and the wounded are un- @oubtedly dying in great numbers for want of attention. Dr. Johnson, Medical Inspector of the Army; has volunteered to go over with a eorps of surgeons and take charge of our wounded. He will probably be agnt across as soon ee practicable. General Hooker is very much depressed. Last night he held a consultation with his com- manding generals, in which it was urged that & longer stay in its present position would prove unsafe for the army. A hasty return to our camps is imperative. The rain is falling heayily and the river rising with great rapidity. _ HR LATEST ¢ Pataoura, May 6—10 A. a) Swept away on the PR oder hg *4 night. Building parties our officers had been imprisoned for five months. The list party fel) back The enemy followed for abort distance, of those released includes General Willich, capture’ *t | but were checked by our artillery, and fell back to their Marfroesboro; General Stoughton, Coloue! Coburn, of In | former position. diana, who commanded the brigade captured at Thomp XIANG MLARW HERE son's Btation, Tenn., March 6; Colonela Utiey, Gilbert, | Oocastonally along other parts of the line there wee | Buell, Fletcher and Wood; the officers of the gunboets | slight picket skirmishing, but nothing more to indicate | Columbia and Isaac Smith,and one of the Flambeau. | the presence of the enemy ie any great force. ‘The hostages held as hard labor for the release of Lady ‘Where © Tae eweny? Colonel! Thomas bave also been released. ‘The general impression prevailing to-dsy i# that the ee enemy, after the battle of Sanday, withdrew @ large per: | down from Falmouth to Aquia creek. Great numbers are brought in by cavalry from the region round about, and the fact indicates great disintegration of the rebel troops. LER REINFORCED. It is said that Lee has been reinforced, that hi army ie yetabove s bundred thousand, and that be is very con- fident. HOSPITALS BURNED BY THR WORN, Tt is said that the women of Fredericksburg pet on fire tho Union hospitals when they thought that Lee was pro- ‘vailing against Hooker at Chancellorsville. PRESENTATION TO GENERAL PATRICK. Brigadier Genoral Patrick, Provost Marshal General of the Army of the Potomac, to-day took « farewell of the officers of his brigade, whose term of service in about ex piring, The mecting took place at Aquia crevk. After ‘a fow remarks, Colonel Rogers, of tho Twenty first New York, presented General Patrick with 8 superb silver toa sol, valued at $1,200, a8 a testimonial of their admiration of him asa man ahd a soldier. The veteran was affeoted by thie mark of esteem, and made a patriotic address. THE LATEST NEWS. Wasmmoton, May 1—Midnight. the day yesterday, ad the known fect that On Sanday, May 8, our cavalry went to Columbia, om | Sedgwick was driven across the river this morning at en the James river, and broke the banks of the canal, They | early hour, strengthen this covclasion. It has ever been then went to Goochland, twenty miles from Richmont, | a favorite policy with thesebels to fall opon detachments ott the stores there and disturbed the inbabitante | of our armies and whip us in detail, afd the potley es greatly. ged One in & military péint of view. Hut « wary Loates Coort fousé ann “op same colamn destroyed ° yod the same road. The |’ enemy opportunity to do thie. road from Trevailyn w within PROMORCTA ANRAD. within @ mile apd @ quart . of the elty of Richmond. warned Kall night, and the trains are again Arrival of Heoker’s Army at their Camps General then started for the Poninsuls, and | from am attack in the rear, that they will retarn to the | at Falmouth. the only foros (ie rebels have on the Peninsula ix Geue a! | attack bare, If Ww ahah prove true, a& reported, that | Tt is rumored that the enemy’s cavalry has| + ‘asminerow, May 81 A.M.) | Wiso’s eroall brigade, three oF four Wonsand strong Lnugiteest Was come up from Buffillt and aided in the | ‘The enewy bave from Kichmond to Petersburg moet repulse of Sedgwick lant night, the rebel forte ber been } tte ancertained from tho fromthat tue Army of the Potomac hae arrived, with all its material, at their old camp ut Falmouth, The derhonstration of Gen. Hooker has proved no disaster, but simply failure, owing w the impracticadility of the pemition which the army bad gained with so much skii and energy. Lee ttian three eights Of the wholo force was engaged, or crossed over upon the Northern Neck, and is advancing cautiously towards this place. A forée has been sent down to oppose them. FP Bierything is qiiet on the otber side. The river has risen over ten feet and is still rapidly formidable works facing west, and another line (rm greatly srengibered, and # vow, probably, cearly o# Petersburg to the Potomac facing east. | exteban, «8 Whe epureence tH the battle. On the coo | General Longstreet pushed his foresd throngh on Fri | Mery @eare lets to tit on ithant finforcements Ve day, Saturday and Fanday, before General ft oman bad | | nent tembrs enotgh, bot porming auhemic of borer Droken the connections. | reer tying wp 10 our actietaucr, Dut we ver noth og Ih le Delieved. by nil the parole pilaboars who hare | dotadienie ibat seh the tner. lndend i «ulus coer that Cenetal Genenan poo a have talcen | Pint Reeteer mene time all the troops Uist the oc criior = egine bere eS me i pola direstton ete oth 8 uaa o {tem propane giving him, and MW eqaniiy ead thot, it comes ee > oak The Cy dr Vote oteetmenes. Ware of de. | when Lee shall retarn Vakie AAC Im ith Lovgmteten » “voices coed ten thoussnd. The ene tare. lot men inet shee gar brave Phe PGR) inter The army is safe. deen dushie of this, hovorably vw the army, bit lament. | wcck, and Rictunond man, soordle, a wenn, + 8 | ute... _— I Co, 0, thigh: Starkey, Co. cn During the severe Sighting of Saturday and Sunday (oP Ort! Chas’ Ht” Lnveth , 2: leg many instances showing the valor of our troops andthe sherman, Co. [, leg Larvae mettio of which our officers are composed have transpired, but few of whieh I am able to give you. VALOR OF THE RXCKLAIOR BRIGADE. The Excelsior Brigade was among the most efficient corps in the army. They fought like tigers wherever They were deserted: by their | commanding officer (who, I understand, has been placed in arrest), bat remained steadfast at the post of duty danger. Among the trophies taken by them are nearly ‘# dozen stands of colors, the regiments to which they be- Jonged having been annihilated by the steadingss and | bravery of thie little band. rdbel battie flag Jina regiment a sk placed, and never wavered, 1, abdomen, serious: shel! Job and | not seriously; I, kawaid,¢ of which I annex :-— BATTLE FLAG OF THR KIGHTERNTH WORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT. leg, neriously Corporal Michael Doyle, Co. € ously; Jacob Runstuft. Co, A, ankle, seriously; Corporal W. Lindsay, Co, A; John Caldwell, Cok, d ‘The ground of this fiag is bright red; the stripes are ‘The material is ordinary bunt- ing and the staf is a very common hickory pole. The flag | ‘Dears the following inscriptions, showing that its bearers Wore veterans in the rebel service. chanicsville,” “Hanover,” ‘Manassas,’ “Cedar Run,” “Ox Hill,” ‘Harper's Ferry,” “Cold Harbor,’ ““Frazier's Farm.” On the reverse:—' Manassas Junction, burg,’ ‘Malvern Hilla,” “Shepardstown.’? The inscrip- thons are put on with ordinary white paint, bs ha Alen drews, wounded: Nathaniel 8 ed, Jerome J, ‘Turner, wounded, shoulder: J. Heobre, wound. ed, missing: J. Myors, wounded, misnin Firat Lidutenant anne Jenkins,” woun i Sereeant Cal vin Scot Win, Bail wounded ed; J. Sloan, wounded B.' iagweod,. weeeded. Oonpengt | ant Jobn ©. Griswold, killed ; Corporal Dave. wounded’; Teomen %. hoaes, wovetee 1S, D . Edward Huntington, killed, ’ Company Gs ‘al Warren A. Kingsley, killed, Miles Tupper, killed; ¥. Wilber, The Seventh New Jorsey regiment alone captured seven febel flags, The Fifth Now Jersey took nearly as many. THE DEAIH OF BERRY. Goueral Berry was killed early in the action of Sunday. ‘The diagrams [ sent you with my last {llustrate'the point at which befell. He bad crossed the plank road to Prepare a reserve brigade to move up to the support of his nearly exhausted men, and was recrossing to the line where his men wore ongagod. passed under a perfect shower of bullets, one of which struck bim im his loft chest and passed through his lungs. He survived scarcely a minute. and conveyed:to the rear by some members of his staff. GENERAL WHIFTLE's WouRD. General Whipple was very seriously wounded on Mon- | day by rifle shot fired by a sharpshooter sitting in « tree. The ball entered the small of his back, escaping the spinal column by scarcely « hair’s breadth, and it te feared found jodgment in, his kidneys. This sharp- w@hooter bad amnoyed our offcers very much, firing at those who seomed te him to be promi- | Bent, and whom he could readily single ont trom his elevated position. At last General Sickles sent to General Whipple to have Berdan detach s portion of bis coromand to dislodge this fellow. eltting upon bis horse writing Ube order to Berdaa to this Almost simultaneously one of our eharpshooters, who had been watching the rebel, drew bis rifeon him and fired. The rebel sharpshouter- fell from the tree a corpse. CAPTAIN WILKINS AGAIN A PRISONER. Captain W. D. Wilkins, Assistant Adjutant General, sttaghed to. the staff of Brigadier General A. 8. Williams, was taken prisoner by the euomy on Sunday. fe was | Killed; First Lieut. Ignatz Coben, S AL once before a tenant of the Libby prison, having been con- Sood there under the rebel regulations regarding oMloers | Wounded: Jehu Shorm, Ce Of Pope's army. Hoe was subsequently sentenced to be c baving been selected as one of the Union officers Behott, Go. B, wounded; FAgar’ Hrowpweigor, Ov Ghare that fate in retaliation for Gen. MeNeal’s-execu- ees Angee, Tost, (2, cameo ao tm Missouri, but Teverse at Antietam, which gave us such & prepouder. ance of prisoners thatthe rebels were frightened from ‘Abeir retatiation schemes. Captain Wilkins was supposed to be unburt wheo be was taken. OPINIONS OF THE WAR OFFICE. {From the National Intelligeacer, May 7.) OMieial information received at the War Depart- evening authorizes us to state after waiting im vain, collorsville, on Toosday last, or a renewal of the battle by the enemy, recrowset the Rappahannock on the even- | tug of that day, lofuenced by prud ential motives, doubt- | Jess springing in part from the great the Virginia rivers, in iy wounded and missing; First Sergeant wounded, 8. lryant,” wounded, J, od: Noyes, kal Corporat Geo, fl Barrow, ‘wounded; er Sop ae Jr., wounded; James Fruit, w Richard Foley, wounded: ¥. 2. Moore , wounded ; C. eM ; tet ‘wounded. ire . Beliwworth, killed, 1 Beuus, killed, Tk Merri ; Joho Hengaboom, killed; kdwin Kose, wounded; Wm. W. bay i Robinecn, vandod,’ First Lieut, Wm, wou : . Chap- man, wounded; Second Licut 8. W. Heardstey, onan In crossing this road he His body was picked up isn ef Z John Hank, co Far E, Ineae Co. General Whipple was effect when he was hit, Havetrioger Co. A, he saya Halfiager B, wounded , Corporal Louis Miller, (0 was saved by the rebel | Chas. co. C, wiunded,’ Louie’ Hevedintin wounded ; Pavia d Ly braid, Co D, Ernst, Co, E, wounded. rat Vo Destjen, Co G, wounded: J Bite George "KniMe, CoG, wounded: f owed Francie Klug, Co, H, #ounde? Jowm Wright, General Hooker, Colonel Spear; killed in charge; theiner, Co, i, foreas mot sagiuniy J, Th, Tolniog, Oe, D, arm: seriously. Captain W, nt seriously Corporal Grey nan hip, ern + ‘oryeant Philip. ¥ , Co. B, thigh, serionsiy, Bathoeton 2. D, thoulter. ‘Thee, Hacker, and forefinger, not servounty 5 1. Bate riously . John “hnlta, Co. 4, hip, gariousiy | F. Harbaugh, Co. Hough, Co. foreheat not band, seriow ball; ‘Joneph Gaire, Co. abonider, sey verely and sudden rise in | We do not learn that ( oral Hooker was apprised, be fore making this retrograde movement, of the success which ie alleged to have attended the operations of General #toseman in breaking the enemy's commenica tions with Rieh mend. It this last fact had been known to him—assaming it to > be afact—it may be doubted whether Genera! Moker | Tonther, Co. G, leg, aot ® would have deemed it necessary to tak must tend to deprive him of rome, at leant, of the advan tages resulting from General stoneman’s co-operative x CASUALTIES. TWENTY NINTH NEW. TORK Fient Lieut, Richard Fatton, (0 Dy Co, FB, killed, Joh A Co. H, kitted: Henry Grabbel, Co ", ilies: Iieut. Gol? Caps, Robort Stine, Co A, A. Btrong, wounded “ bow, Kourad Raple, Co A, wounded in leg Captain ts « “ ‘ | wounded ; Corp. Otto Va ‘The extreme quiet that prevailed along the lines | wounded ' ory On Meyer, Co, A, wounded, Geer: % Courad Schneider, Co. H, wounded Michael» wounded; Corp. Conrad’ Roger, 4 ' Buhler, Co. 8, wounded fro, A portion of the garrison matinied while the attee | they were aga what dolog. He therefore ordered & por | Nisolad stich 0, B® A, wounded € bares hip, Joseph Griewold, Co. B, wounded in Hirst, Co, Bh, wounded tp hand, Burm Mi wounded in groin, Heury River, Co Firnt Sergeant Jobe Gretel the head), © oO, wounded Jobe joester, Co. @, wounded; Ownae’ Vou Mea Williem Deiter, Co. 1, 1, wounded; iterman led @, wounded; Cay XK, wounted Sergt! Christian ded; John Neungartner, Co Co. Ke, wounded ; Frederick Molier, Co. K, wounded, Jha ‘Suellwagner , Co K, wounded TURTT Yet RW YORK Lieatenant Colonel 1. ©. | Captain B, #ham, Co | Hewinger, Co wounded. Jacob Ki wounded tn ong Viret licat, Jeo Leteheied, Co 1, leg, Bot severeiy farvoral jo A. thoulder pet severe! taigh. bet weverel ‘ poy hell, rightly wove rai fs nf David Figiantoch severely, hf wrod Cy 1D, abdomen, dangerount MeF aii, Co, 1, thier, nlight STOWEMAN’S EXPLOIT. tion of his fores and sent them down to opps | oie) A weg oD - 4 Sedgwick’s march. The prevalence of a severe bat- | seversiv:. te in the vicinity Of Banks’ Ford throughout | |y Mergeamt Corporat HL Baron Wichart Heh & arm. Freceries Weiter, € proved Wilts 4° forehead, pat, nov or bead Corp laseey, (0 wornded in band, W B, forearm, wot weverely ; at, nek vovereiy HK i, wotmies in tag. Thoma rm Kener Another golumn, O'teen thousand strong, eaptured | general will always be careful that he avoids giving his | iy Congres Vanae cight miles of Richme.) cad ® portion of them were | 1h 4 not ot all improbable, pow that the enemy have | dinpored of General Sedgwick and protected themacives | Orderly Bergoart (onrpoesd t. tarien,( omer Robt, W. Blamey, Co G, sbouider; Chas thigh; yoy ‘Phiman ge | Co. 1 ke, € well, Co, F, chest, d cat Corporal Michesh Ploy xen D, og; Michadl Bueher, Co, @; Wm. Conway, Co. I, foot; | Wm. Peasley, Co, C, overt: arm: Sergeant Irvin J. MoDutie, forearm; Madison Fox, Co. BE; Corporal W. Byorett, ye , log: James Turner, Co 1, arm; Win. H. Eddy, leg; Jobo . Wandelin, Cv. ©; leg: Patrick Ambrose, Co. 1, arm. Co. PD) fore YoRTY THIRD SEW YORK, J. Thompaon Co. B. forvarin, wligttas Co. Harm, hot seriourly, J.B. 8 | not seriously; Corporal L. Vasher, Co. H, arm, not ert: Ously; Michael O'tlara, Co. 1, thigh’ not seriously. George | Brown, Co, G, hand ; Se aut Kiehard Coatlo, Go. G, foot, Prominent atong these i @ | pot ser j Albert ©. Koad, Co, G, elbow, not seriously; ried by the Fighteonth North Caro. | Sergeant John Hoffman, Co. F, aeriohsly; alex. Thompaon} Co, B, wrist, not seriously; Joun Hays, Co kK, ankle, | seriously ; Lieut, ag Koweell, Co A, bip, seriourly Cor: 1 Brischt, \derwun , Co. wiih, Co, I, thigh, sorte pmach, veriourly; Corporal Cyrun ©. SEVENTY SWWENTH NRW YORK “sorgeniit Major J. 8. Safford, foot, Geo. W Bramani Das A; HL. Fowler, Co, H, thigh: John Cross, Co. A, shoulder; Henry James , Co, A, Geo. Seott, Co, H, log; Jas. G! Scott; Co. D; Wm Rayla, Co. i, foot, ‘c, H, Marray, Co, HUNDRED AND FUPFY-FOURGH ” RW YORK Tuner, wounded; Adjt, Samuel ©, Noyes, any A/—-Capt. B.C. Casleu, wounded, in shoulder; Corp. Norman ii, Gray, wounded, Corp. Geo. P. Brown, wounded Alvin Hitchcock, wounded, W. J. Kolly, Frankiin 8. Merrill, wounded, in hip; Joe’ Price, wounded, fo arm, Charies K, larry, wounded, Senpeoy Bi Sei H. Ryder. wounded; Corp. f. R. Ald abdomen, Geo. W. ge seareet inded, leg; probably mortally, &. A. Allen, wo ; BM, Comer, wounded wounded; W. Pinger, wounded; M. 4. Perkins, wounded: G. Real, wounded: A wounded, Company ©.—Corp. Seymour Sykes, Willis M. Gould, killed; Alex. Morton, Killed; wan? P, Niehols, killed: 'S. Ongood, wounded» "Rv. Godfrey, wounded; R. Law Dudley right, wounted, G. B, Conese wounded; 8. Weich, wounded; wounded. Company D.—Horatio KE. AB own, jorehead helps, w Company Km t, wounded Captain William Calthan a wounded > Joan Conant, wounded; yo care Fat Hat, wounded; Gooige Holi, “wo wi vitae ; & Qorpsral Carts . yer, ponndon: Cons Commodore 1 iia, edad a3 bran sromded. Gardner; pe Ae ya Davi Iyaay on Co. kK edi jo n willis, amv Robert Hess, Co. ©, killed » Ay wounded, ieorye A, wounded: Second Lieut. Jangnes Adeishonner, | 0. wwhed ply wounded , William Matibiag, Co, 1, dea many, Co. ©, Emil We . CoD, wounded Corporal param sane oo, 3 Net i and color bearer Beary ki pie SK, Co. K, wounded; bergen Andrew Kreter, wounded exTy PiReT Peay Amd orp ea) Wen. ar foot and abbey Ber wt serloaly © a Sit Seve, Charten real G.I, Hanon, bo i y felt, Co, E, thigh, not evverely ~ergennt G Vaile, Go. B seversly, Win. Lippeuatty, Go, P, ankie, severely” Chadlord, Co, P, breast, severeiy; Captain Joan W, Cronby, Co. G, hips, not réverely; Furst baenve-ant Eugene Kerner, Co. 1 keg severely levi Thorpe, Co. t, neck, slightly; Jobim Mor (CO, by beek, Wok severely nok weverey Cormral Ja not severely | Horgen ‘ameat ob Ghafer, Oo. Bi, bv Brady , Co.'s, soft ik | = eae Lieut. Col, Wn. be killed. Major M. Gergsant Will. Kael, On A, Horgeant Fortinand Weoricke, poral Charlee Werte, (6 yh, Co. A, wounded bi oi James vollers, Oy, B, wounded | Quip, Berg \. Hi Go. B, whanded in leg, %. Marnet, Co. B, wounded mm leg Willian Crawfora, Co 8, wounded to arm lesen Camp, 1B, wounded to leg, Vhitip Eriesm , Co. Is bh, reporte r~y Corporal portally, \igntty ied ih vide, Corporal Hogan (oF. billet: Corporal Jobim Carues, Co K, ow warm Fae Baicher, Cn. Ke, woueded im leg; Jobe MeVay, CoB, onde? to pelt: James Fiogherty, Go. K, wounded to arm, Jaman Fumen, On BB, killed. Jerome Mecann, Co Ky Wainded in shewider, Samos Warmly, CoB, @eundet te bend. Geegt, J, Diller ', enyatated) Ser gt. (om: ee Garp, Peter mate iiied: Piews ergs. Henry Hiews C0. 1, mm bead Corp. Geo, Miebolag. Jota Mahi (o. H. eonnded Ay Co Vh, eoppewed be be killed, Petree lores, baw io Fortean, woend mn eg Gratton (0. K, womndet « wenden fom, ¢ ‘ahes to heed, Vat. Powete, Co Mf, & nom i tens Otten CoM, ng Neary Kot, Co B leg CONTINUED ON MIORTH PAGY. fot ow