The New York Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1863, Page 4

i NEW YORK bvkdiy, SATORDAY, MAPS," tbs tee ‘bitieler 1" rated on the Nils near the ty watt en a va at throygh the woods to | Fithdrawn and gafely cance” swoumy were driven coo osu’ beyond. © Bat our. ratke were fear | ford. Darkness baying come om, and (he @ring baying fully ¢ 1 by the deadly ketry of the evemy; Cetsed, ho was cnubled to fall back unmolested, At two ar +d by Mer provious Oghting, theirsubsequent | @'clock op the following moridug (Tuesday) the corps was aan rian ennai AAD Ne NA ws ! (heir burried charge, they were obliged to fall beg found the enemy beyond the woods eulll vfatrer ud, and prejared, by the arrival of roin- 4 Wey had met while on the retreat, to As our. troops withdrew crossing the river, and at ex o'clock they wore safely over, TOP REBELS BOLLUIAG CUR CAMP All day at intervals the rebels threw aneils in the di- rection of our wagom trains, but mo ene was injured. ber advance Since Tuesday afternoon we bave beard nothing from the nt ha (Le rebels puraued them. © Again our ar. ‘ wa baa Dean heteiae ant aparees sake pga Tem ty frd Rig enee ert ‘a eA is tr ae bah th nt 8 i 1d the ravine on the right of yhe road, ‘TROOPS. racter.aad hum on : y, the storm abated, ad, reac! py - ess pie . Pech and they | °° Tucaday) night ® hoavy rain storm sot in. Fee oe gal ohowes HEADQUARTERS a sapere on ane fron!) (Ne piobem was pobwoe, Al pet edhe re sw 10) tie Qower Pe grec, 1 stilt »..continues. Sith, seemingly, _ unabated ; aa, A briét akoteh of the principe! features connected with | cho enctiworkl"W the turd, there gttetched « Yne'o! yet OF O08 TROOPS, violence, 19 t4o0pe are very —unoomfortable ‘ al eo .> =m 5 (hia remarkxb!g campaign, although neon 9 moagre, | tavops, tho:r arma stacked and cartridee, boxeabanging | x coved, dhergoniness and Intrepia braypey |S" fuels fatigues, S8e oro Bol, in dhe, best .¢f \ . = ean ae = = cannot at this tims prove uninteresting, Tehall attompt | om thew. \Vagons, pacie unvies, atragglors-~all were gove, F iat eaidiate of Brooks? aft | PINS over their Wtocongagements,) Brave men, dear << > } | the narration, Bowevor, conecious of my inability ‘949 Grakiar wooKen, —~ cg 8 they were flushed | [e0ewe, thas.diars Ro conlaip Re anpnanedir thelr deees mm wo0os N << the subject justice. s anrronaies by 4 group of Gevorals, Laikod low.and oars ‘the forenscn, ene Thoy punished tho rebels ag they baye raroly boea pua- S dow, —— u eS rar 2pvANcE Getty, Liv atoll waniinetiede’ galt tro. egdene: kita Wilh ishod bofore, apd their own decimated ranks tell how ex) \ fas comuionoed on the :moraing ofthe 21 of Apri bance in order 4 di) saaptuliy thoy stood up to thelr wort. . TUR CASUALTIRG IN NEWTON'S AND BROOKS’ DIVINONS. I give you a list herewith of the casualities among tho officers of the first (Brooks') and third (Newton's) divis having regaived their einforce onts and held ton the part of ment was pressed . ious, together with the numerical logs of onlisted men in want bat they fol es bofore th » IEWTONS DIVISI srymorediedgute aaieald destgubtion awaited the’ entire | Heme’s) ! Rave not ablation sree} — - mpauy of the Sixteenth New York took up phi 6 ade oe. A pte Bag ta - — he Ted forty wey ‘Twenty-seven were toft deadand |“ fs halla ai — = > J aficr one charge, and of the thirtoon who were 3 { med there was not ono | THE CORRESPONDENCE.OF MR. L. W. BUCKINGHAM. YP UNTO . wore not torn by the whistling bullets. en eraaaoacae HH i NS } (i ; (snow AND TST PeeReNt NEW JERSEY, Stownman’s Sranion, May 6, 1803, uh Mu MN Se Li New Jersey Volunteers,com- Jersey brigade, was wounded in the early act of the action at Frederloksburg, and the command jovolved upon Col. 8.1L, Buck, of the Second regiment, The shpulder being dislocated horse failing sate @ rifle pit, and Col. Wm, H.Pin- Vifteenth New Jersey, then teok command. t vto"the woods on the right, and, with OUR LossEs, “ ‘The prino!pal losses were by the Second, Third, Fifth and Sixtn corps. The First corps lost only about 200 in all. It is stated that the Twelfth New Hampshire rogt- ment went in with 680 memand came out with 150, but this is an exaggerated account, probably. Among the killed were John B. Merrill and Edwin Kelley, of Com- pany FP, ‘The First Massachusetts regiment lost about ten killod and seventy wounded. Among them were Captain Rand, Company I, killed; Lieutenant Doherty, Company D, and Lieutenant Myrick, wounded, - BRIGADE LOSSES. ‘The loss of the Vermont brigade is estimated at three’ hundred. OTHER LOssRs, Major Patten, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Penusyiva- nia rogiment, «rm amputated; Iieutenant Colonel McCrary ‘and Companics b, Hand K, of same regiment, reported to be taken prisoners; Captain O’Beirne, Thirty-seventh New York, wounded through the lungs; Sergeant Joyce, Thirty-first New York, killed. | , ACCIDINTALLY LOST HIS BANDE, Moses Warren, a drummer in the Twentieth Maino reg!- ment, of Company A, found s gun barrel up near the Rappahannock yesterday, which he filled with cartridges to test its explosive powers, The gun barrel burst into fragments and blew ofboth of Warren’s hands. THE CORRESPONDENCE OF MR. L, A. HENDRICKS. farmed iu Uy yattle, and had nearly suc- willed ia f iim, when, discovering their move- onts. ue wheeled bis command and brought them out if on parade; he then marched thom to their knap- nich had been thrown off before the charge, and nicked up his bundle’ in the face of the sketry with the coolness and sang froid of a » Considering that this regiment is one of the new lovy, the con cho greatest admiration. since the fight. himself is an experienced soldier, having acquired a military edaication at West Point. TUR TWO YEARS MEN IN TOS PIGHT. Tho brigades of Generals Russel and Bartlett also did splendidly. In the latter were two New York regi- meonts—the Sixteenth and Twenty-seventh—whose ter m of service expires in the course of the coming week. Poy neyertholess went into the action with unusual arcor, and came away longing for a better opportunity to nflict & fust pun shment upen the “graybacks.” The Ninety (lth Pennsylvania, of Russell's brigade, was fear- ‘Taree brothers—the Colgpel, the Major and ¢ Houteunnte~-foll in the atiack, the firat killed, the other severely wounded, ‘The rise of ground beyond the ravine afforded a fine po uitiou for artillery and tolerable cover for infantry, and aude oation A strong one Of defence, Accordingly nar troops Wore not withdrawn, but walted, in the vain hope that the enemy migut come out from behind bis utrenchments and tweet ws in fely Get in open feld, DATEL ZNDKD. lines of eacks ach oldier * enemy's 7 OA LEM Rec. garrasy peninsula, Thore bas been more mies of marching, 03 many and hard fought: battles, and ,as slight rations to @epend upon for subsistence, and the aggregate loss is ‘Dut little less. Our position, moreover, both for making and resisting attack, bas bon greatly behind that of tho peninsula, while tho enemy has shown a dtsperation in fighting far exceoding that of apy prior engagements. While I have written from day to day protty full dotatls .0f the action taken by this corps in the different sktr. mishesand fights, thore are innumerable incidents of in- terest that might bo written, that each day for weeks to come will continus to develope, I subjoin some inciaoms that have comoto my knowledge to-day. 4 CALL 70 SURRENDER, Captain Hall, Fourth Michigan regiment, had a narrow fully cut up aw mo of Fiera Army Corrs Heanqrarrans, In Orp Camr, Near Fatwouru, Va., May 6, 1863. Tho recent movement and its result may bo set down asanine days wonder. Just nine days absenco, and we are back toour old camps again. I essay no criticism upon the rovent movement, but I will easay the allegation that no One anticlpatea the reoccupying so s00n our old camping grounds, Any ratiocination only ends in the in- explicable if not philosophic conclusion that At dav Gio bat adod. f% had raged furiousiy for ‘Thero’s a divinity that shapes our ends, eacape of going into rebeldom, or, what mang would over three bors. rattle of tle rebel inasketry was Rough ——— deem no worse, going to his final account. Being ordered vane, Wee s when araitway | OU AFmy, to sy the erat, have lad a.) ¢o find the position of the enemy, ho deployed his com: eae ‘valle Gur dead lag in | TOUR. Hime of it, They bad rough time |.pany as skirmishers, frat taking the precaution to dof winrows ou “f the woods on ong | 2 ‘22 merch, a rough time in the fights, | bis uniform coat and,cap and put ona privave's cont and t tho'rebels hited fires in order to: guide their | © Tous) time in the sleopless nights and coffecloss meals | @ felt bat of unpropossoasing antiquity. He took the load muusketry, and m: our wounded must have perished | S248 rough time in the march beck again. Whether tho | of'bis company and soon came: in view of # rebel officer in the flames which were tho communicated to the dry | Tesult will toll roughly upon any of our commanding gen- | with two or throo men at bis right, whose movements he: wt, and which Surwed over a targe portion of | fais. or the military sagacity of the war powers at Wash | watched with suspicious curiousness, Suddenly three the timbered land ington, thefuture will develop. As the case stands the | rites; pointed by threo men from behind three trees, facts resolve themselves into three propositions aud three conclusions, Tirst —We started to find the enemy, and we found him. Second—We started to whip the enemy, and we did not were aimed at him “Surrender! you damoed Yankee!’ called out the three men simultancously. “Surrender be d——d,”’ responded Captain Hall, jamp- aK eiRLD. : Being aaaur ng position of the enemy and of the arvival of @ large body of reinforcements from thelr rear, cur troops ware placed tu the beat possible po- sition for defonce—Generat Newton holding the right, | Whip him. ing behind a tree and presenting his piecoat one of the General Brooks the centre, and General Howe the extreme | 7hird—Westarted toremain away, and we have ome | trio, He called to his men to rally, whieh they did loft. Coneral Newton's division oecupted a position near | back again. directly, and an exchange of shots ensued, when the three How these propositions come to be followed by thesa conclusions fiture war investigating the road, whi'e the headquarters of General Sedywick wore in the road, iu front of the house, This disposition of cur force offeted, the tired troops threw themselves | Committees may determine. For the present apon the ground, and, with omy thesky abovo them, |} confess mysolf “under @ loud, end 1 have Worght sleep and rest upon the battie fieid. the consciousness of knowitg—although this conscious: MONDAY'S OPERATIONS. ness, I confess, is not attended with any high degree of ‘hoy wero early up tho next morning, and bofore ten | satisfaction—that officers of all grades with whom I have o'clock ou Monday forenoon the enemy were pressing in | Conversod con‘ess themselvos similarly beolouded. If force upon our lurt flank, succeeding in forcing it back, ard | there is any truo philosophy in the principal that “‘what- cutting offal! communication with tne city of Fredericks. | @ver is is right” then the present seoming of wrongful burg; thus gaining all tho hills we-had taken the previous | blundering say resolve itself into rightful reality in the day. Notwithstanding this pressure upon General Howe, | eud. - he succeded in capturing a dattle faggand four hundred priaonors while they were getting through. A RETREAT INEVITABLE. ‘Thus threatened on both flanks, as well as in the front, Our communication with the city cutoff, and certain destruction seemingly looking us in the face, our position was one of great peril. Only one door of retreat had eon loft open tous, and that was at Banks’ Ford. The éntention of the enemy was to annihilate or capture the outire Sixth army corps. Their plans were well laid, and thoy wore noarly repaid with suocess. The indomitable ouergy of Gonorai Sedgwick and his division and brigade. commanders, aud the obstinate brayery of thoir troeps, alone provented this calamity. ocr Portier Closely followed by (he enemy the corps moved towards Banks’ ford, which they reached shortly before six P.M. ‘The division of General Newton, with the light division of Colonel Lurnham, occupied the right, resting on the bank Of the river but » short distance above the ford. General Brooks hoid the centre, while General Howe resiated the enemy's appronch on the leit, The forees were arrayed in tho form. of a eemi-circie, A DEMONSERATION AGAINST AROOKE RKPULAKD, A lutlo after six o'ck ck the enemy movedout against our cant repulsed with very heavy loxses by acon ry fire, They noxt osseyed amore men flied. Two of Captain Fall’ yon were ‘killed. One of them, Henry Newton, had never been in a fight before, having been sick ever since the regiment left Fortress ‘Monroé, Bemg win im vetoatve nestn, Captain Hall asked him to stay behind and guard some knapsacks; but he insisted on going with him. His bravery and entreaty cost him his life. . FOURTRENTH MEW TORE VOLUNTHERS. The Fourteenth New York Volunteers, whose term of service expires in a few days—be the rosult of the present movement glorious or othorwise—have certainly covered thomeelves with glory. In last Sunday’s fight battery K , Fourth United States artillery, having lost all its gunners ‘and a great portion of its meu in front of the Chancellors- ville House, took its position further back, at the loft of the Second brigade, Griffin's division. The cap- tain commanding the battery asked Colonel McQuade, in command of the brigade, for men to man his guns. Col. McQuade asked his own regiment, Fourteenth New York ‘Volunteers, who would volunteer, and nearly every man in the regiment offéfed his services. Forty Ave men were selected, half an hour's drill put them in good to work the guns, and a braver an@more effective comple- ment of gunners nover aided in throwing shot and‘shell at the enemy. Some of tliese men were so wrathful at the Twelfth and Thirteenth New York regiments being sent horue, and they boing retained to go with tho pre sent expedition, that they mutinied and only went on compulsion, and then swore that they would not dre a gun. It ig these facts that make their conduct on the oc- casion referred to especially noteworthy: MISCKEEANMOUS INCIDRTS. Timight go 00 ad infirilum with incidents of the recent fights. General Griffin came near losing command of is division through the meddfesome intervention of a rebel minie bail. The bullet intorided to deprive him of his present star snd chance of winning another, Gpent ite wrath upon his sword, the acabbard and blade of which it indented with a highly RETURN ACROSS THE RAPPAHANSOCR. My last despatch from across the Rappahannock inti- ed the possibility of our vacating the position we then held and withdrawing to this side of the river. The order to this effect was made known late in the evening. The time of withdrawal was specified before @aylight. To the Fifth corps was given the post of henor, acting as rear guard. The rain that had commenced in the afternoon by midnight had merged into a miniature deluge. The moon that should have shown was hidden behind the dense clouds. Evergghing was favorable for the quiet withdrawal of our troops, One by ono the va- rious corps left thoir intrenchments, till only the Fifth corps remained. Our assigned order of withdrawal was, Gon. Sykes’ division first, Gen. Humphreys’ next and Gen. Griffin’s last, the second brigade, Col. Sweitzer command- ing, being} the extreme reasguard. With such noiseless caution was the retreat conducted, that the falling back of our skirmishers was unknown to the enemy; or, at least, one of two inferences is to be drawa, that if they di know it, they did not deem it prudent to follow; or olse that, while we were getting out of their way, they were executing similar retrograde movement. And, ia infact, it is pretty genorally credited, from the ciroum- Stance of th ir being no pursuit or annoyance of our retreating column, that the, enemy st. this time was also ‘performing a general. ekedaddie in a diverse direction. Gur men expected @ warm ment agnivst o contro with great foree. Regi wring, but highty honorable matk. Another buflet monts followed each other undauntediy ap to our liner; | #04 exciling time of it, anf every defensive pre- paar, Ta Boao roo cig Ameo hit his horse, but whcu within elose rango woreslanghtered like worms | Caution was accordingly taken to make the exodus a8 | Vinioe i: under him bofore the fire af our tes. They fol! back in disorder, | Secure as possible, Captain Waterman's Rhode Isiand | Coitgin Mervin, of the General's staff, received the com. rolinquishing this ntiack battery followed ia the réur, while a continual {me of plimentary otis of a flesh ‘wound on tlié arts. LAAT. Dattle was kept ap by the retreating infantry, with Sergeant Cross, of tho Sixty-seoond Pennsylvania, bat An occasional yom the rebel artillery oppogod to | establishment of rifle pits at convenient intervals, and |. oo Perence with w rebsl xs to which mbould yield as our Joft cud brisk skirmishing at the same point elecrly | laying abattis, and pioncers folling trees across the road, i prisoner to the other. The rebel drew « bead line on the sergeant: the sergeant drew « bend line on the rebel; the cap of the sergeant was pierced by the rebel ball: the robel’s right lung’ was pierced by the sergeant’s:ball. This settled the question in the sergeant’s favor. During the fight cu Punday the One Hundred and Twen- ty-ninth Pennsylvanio regiment, Colonel Frick, lost their Indicated thet both the that thir real attacl: would be op tromo left, which rented upon or near the river inure tho deception they next commenced upon our right, where two regiments of the light under Colonel Burnham, and threo regiments of ¢ above attacks were feints, and Genoral Howe's ex- But to to obstruct the progross of the enemy should be attempt porguit. AN these precautions were military, and>well taken of course; but nothing in the shape of the enemy was seen until arriving at near the United States Ford, , | Whon a deputation of rebel cavalry showed itself on the | left of our Iine,on an elovated plazza, overlooking the Shaler'a brigade were stationed. This was repoleed, aud | ford, about a mile distant, A few well directed shots a " bem colors. A desperate ht occurred to recover them, and our troops held their position . from our batlery sent the cavalry scattering, Weresch | -.. non guoceaded in affecting their purpors. A soldier A FRINGR OY FIRB AROUND US. the ford one by one, the regiments crosg the ponteon | 4.4% degperate hand to hand confliet with a tal! Alaba- Ali these attacks hothor in quick succes. | bridges; the Sixty-second Peunsylvania is the last to) 1, each having hold of the flag stafand having fread sion, #0 that one hardly ted before another began. For | croas; the Engineer Corps take up the pontoons. Our ¢ their pieces. Sergeant Miller put an end to the con: troveray by putting « bullet through the head of the ‘Alabamian, Major Anthony, of this regiment, was bit by ® minie ball, which passed through his body. After he was borne from the field I asked him how he felt. “My physician tolls me I shail diete-night,"’ he replied, with not the slightest show Of nervousness, He still lives, and there ise probability of bis recovering. ‘Lieutenant Colonel Armstrong, also of the One Hundred army has recrossed the Rappahannock. From this point the rest of the retrograde is easily ac- complished, Our troops uauaily march with rapid and unwearied colerity when going back to their old carops, ‘The present was no exception to the general rule. The pouring rain aud deopening mud, instead of being obsta- led, Were seemingly incentives to more rapid marching. ARRIVAL IN OUR OLD Campa, Then the roai attack commenced on our, extrerae left. Gonera) Howe's troops behaved admirabiy, They heid thoir ground against foarfui odds, determingd not to yield a ivoh & whilo the entire corps was encircled by a cordon of ure. WHRATOW'S DRIGAOR. Gonoral Wiheaton’s brigade, of Newton's division, was in this emergency despatched from the right to the loft, and rendered great assistance in repeliing the enemy. Forage, bagmage and ammunition trains had The Sixty-socond New York, and the Ninety cighith, | preceded’ os, amd were in camp against our | O0¢ Tweatu-inth Peunsyivants regiment, was taken pri. Ninoty-third and One Handred ana Second Pounayivanta, | arrival at our old quarters. Before dark the whole | 0200" tnd had the good luck v0 make his escape, Our all of Gonoral'Vaneaton’s command, were actively engag- | corps occupied the growad and tents it occupied just nine pean reheat fad “ecient adi | 4, anf suffered heavily, The artillery of Goneral Bowe | days ago. For the third time the old log foundations” looking after their own eafety im, The re- gus was he food our music, returned to his regiment, and did ome excellent fighting afterwards. ‘The Ninety-firet Ponnsylvania regiment wont iato the fight with three hundred and fhree men, and came out having lost nearly ane-third of their number, Colonel Groggory bad hid horse shot, the eamo borve that eur- ‘Tived some shots at Fredericksburg. ras omployed with rapid and fearful effect upon the rebels, and for more than an.hour the unequal contest was maintained. General Wheaton is unreserved fo his commendations of Lieutenant EF. A. Morris, of the Bixty-second New York, who with Lieutenant Stew- art, commanded forty-five mon deployed ag skir. ‘shore in front of the right of the brigade. By bis skill .and judgment the advance of the came into agréseple use again. In an hour's time corps, division and wrignde headquarters were re-established, the log hute bad resumed their canvass and poncho gever- ings, tent Gres were brightly burning and suppers were cooking. To-night there is n0 visible token Of our nine days’ ab. sonce A few familiar faces are missing. The events of the past nine days afford manifold topics ta talk abort, @nomy's masses was delayed,and time given to move off | and the agitating query Is,‘ What next?’ . tho brigade, Abe rest of tho corps having already boon Loeens 08 Sine WER THE CORRESPONDENCE OF#MAR. WM, YOUNG, withdrawn, j Had » logs discreet officer been in bis post ‘And now comes the serious question of all—the losses OIA, Stowmman’s Gestion, May 1, 1968. ROOFS ENGAGED OF THE MIGHT. The oniy infantry engaged to any great extent on the tight wore Frouch’s and Hamodck’s divisions, of the Se- cond army corps; Whipple's, Berry’s and Birhoy's divi- sions, of the Third army corps, anda part of the Fifth corps. The losses olsewhere on the right wére small. ‘Tho Nineteenth and Twentieth regiments, {n the Second corps; the First, Eleventh and Sixteenth, in the Third tion the le brigade would undoubtedly bave been @aptured, As (t was, the lioutenants were both made prisoners sustained by the army in the recent fights, It willbe several days before the losses can be officially made Known. At present they are estimated at from ten to fourteen thousand, while tt is the general belief tuatof the enemy is much er. The troops of this corps bave the polacing refi that while they faithfully obeyed every order, while they gallantiy did their duty in facing the enemy, and shrank from ao danger to which they were exposed, their losses are much less than that of any other corps. svocmm, Tho movement waa attended with cnasuai peril, The Light division suffered considerably at this time, the onemy getting ia the roar of their piokots and bagging Boveral gntire companios, man by man, But owing malp!y to the skill of General Newton, t whom was con- fidod the polection of points for defonce aud the general supervision of the ae a it was attended fu LATE Progra, corps; the Seventh, Tenth and Thirtymoventh, tm ~\'b greater enccesa thar ne meg senguing hig air Lig MstPd thes the oxporiancos of the Bixth corps, ronghed It some, thoneh thetr bot dard to look ta. tio, ou tte “toh, | avs at a reg ted robe ak fosscs Were, lone thaw tine Kigovorush and Te oot lowe ter -w'oujap eld Bia Desliton, While the otper ines were | typ quon than the meqoreble 09x90 days’ fyhtiog op qhe | tmjhe Decomber bation THE BATTLE OF SALEM HEIGHTS. Position of the Union and Rebel. Forces on Sunday Evening, May 8, 1863. i LLL f fy ST ore ee . THE.CORRESPONDENCE OF MR, S._ punhed un alter tho wo ale moh fords, and the hospitals om the He oquanrmis, Any OF Tim Porm acy \! Tho Grad Army of the’ Potomac’ i#*on08 ‘LAvout five o'ctocie arte afternoon it commonaed of camps, safe trom. daagen. ‘Tho perimons For the} ing Tao walor poured doww iu See. overtirow of tue eeheiton has been attomptodon (her frfron (ho Di stdea: rivers rushed: througevory ravine Vinh of tho Rappanannook, aud fafled; In our batters” |The teats .bLndort by the Flying “hiorm, atiegored 1S” columns, our decunated batteries, our scattered (raiua, drunkcp mou,...Yaek avlas turned thainback ta the sem, 4 and tho wards of our crowded hospitals we read tho pala- | pest avd refused to move, and iho roldicrs crouched be ae wake Chote horsos saddied and their Orderiies at hand, wh ° light deepened into night, ant in Lhe gathoring darkness Lrode back to the bospitals, found tuom doserved, and peahod oa to (ho ford, Tho river was rising rapidly, and fenes wore wiroaty catertsined that the poutoons would The troopa wers clated, Bvory coumtenauce’boumed with enthusiasm and confidouco, rnd the army atreamed out from its camps among the tills, glorious in tRe pride Of ts power, flushed with (he prospect of vietory. The Re Nate tg mt er Ae ve destroyed. ‘Tho water came up above the banks, without opposition, th followed immadiateiy | pywent away @ of the br ‘and: Gpread out ogpr: after, oroased at tho sam? place, whovied Lo tho left, and | g.5 flats, whil Me or oe ee iseyee marching down along tho Marrow strip of land between | gaye at least a portion of them, aud Gnaliy succeded \\ \\\ WSS \\\\y . \ (| \ \ e the Rapidan and tho Rappabunnock, crowgsd the formor ‘an a shia pre Sy at By’aFord and. jolned tho Blevonth aud Twelfth at | tye goong” was most impressive inks “node ju 8 Ohanceltorsville, aine miles front’ Prodericksburg Every ono was asionished st tho rapidily of the Movomont, and tho failure of the encmy to resist W° Tt | guy toechos flarcd in the witd Usat swopt ia Atful guste | ia true they gave us alittle Aight at Germania Mills, bub | gow, thgrock-ribbed guicues. Tho. pines wwray- Yolley from our infantry waa anawored by tho while flag | oq resticssly with a sobbing sound, tho fale Of Gurrender, and ove of the strongest posilions upon our tered dolefully om the leaves, and. the: river line of marob fell into our hands, with the loss of but @ 308 ping oe ita banks, while the lege Ginglo man. Genoral Hooker, with bis staif, had followed, | ang floodwood drifted by like spectros, Thore was coming vp, ant-abed through the cloudsadim,gray Nght, whils the campires op (ho river bank, the benfices aa BROOKS DIVISION and was soon at tho front. The advance of the Fifth | y4 poise or confuston of an: - 0 y kind. bey Ie fee Corpe pushod ou down the tarnpike towarils the city, | thors was a sound of faMing boards, and Pred bat was repulsed from n strong position held | down whore tha lanterns fitted to and fro, by thesnomy at tho junction of the tirmpike with tho-} times strange vowes seemed to be whispering In the tree Plank road, six miles from Fredericksburg, sad fell back tops on the bluffs absya; but the work of proparatien, for upon the main column, while the Second ant Third | tho retroat wont oa,and at midnight (t was done. ‘The Corpa hurried up from the United atates ford to join) oy gig ont on,pattiogipitilessly upon the (a0es of the dang: in the battle expected on the morrow, That aight n tho battle held, chilling the wounded, and drenol Gen. Hooker's order complimenting the troops upon tailichove. siaggereriiiessiae’ ~— thoir achievements was received and read to the army. Oheors and shouts rang through the forests, and awoiled up, peal after peal, from the thousands of camp fircs in the folds. The bands: joined in the chorus *of’ rejoicing, (he troops clustered in their tents and taiked exultingly Of their exploits and their hopes for the future, and the oMcers wandered from camp to camp, proud of iheis doeds and the tustory to be read thereaftor.. ” detailed to bring up the rear, the columns dled out otc FRIDAY AFTERNOON the road and sorrowfully marched down to tho river. ovr forces were again thrown out on the turspike towarda | Steady ani im silence the dark mass surged Gm, Fredoricksburg. The cnemy mat us fiercely, repulked us | gireiching i one unbrokcu line from the ta and drove us back to the Chancollor House, where Kamp: | treachments;” thregh the woods, out upda “he” 4 THE SHRM BAPRCTHD ON THE REAR. Myo gloom aud st. icing of the’ heart occasioned bp tie retreat was soon forgotten im the fear tat the eoomy Would discover our movement end fall npow.our rear Pipe brush were strewed upon the bridgee to prevent noise wud every precaution wag taken te ot remogal of our ariny. Solos’ division as poem wood ¥ AEICKTS The Fifteonth Massachusetts, under Major Joalin, had two men wounded—Charles H. Barton, foot, and John R. | ton’s Pennsylvania battery opened upon them and forced | ails, down across the river, and op ‘agele Smith foot. I thom to give up pursuit. Reaults were unimportaat. | into the almost Egyptian darkncss, of the ‘The caaualtios of the Nineteenth Massachusetts, under | Genorai Hooker bad a strong position. ‘ao enomy mua! | gorges mod the pines and cedars. Dylight Colonel Devereux, were:— fight him in it. ‘The night passed quictiy. came and still the enemy was quiet. Six o'clock, seven, Wounded—Seryernt Henry Q. Beal, thigh; Cort al ON SATURDAY THR BTRUGGIN WAS RECOM RY ergit. and s\ill there was no abot to indicatc'that wowere praty AW Geer Ta John dew), aren; Joan 7. The ongagement oponed on tho turnpike. rayed for a | discovered, » bit the tramp of ‘the soldiers ‘and Wolls, foot; Corpare! t].omas, band; Martin Borry, thigh, | short time, ceased, and reopencd on the plank rat a w river. Noarly “al! of tie arany soverely; ‘jackson Dav’ on, high, Major Rico, of the Ntwelooukdt, was piaced in command of a battalion of stragglers from (he Sixth corps, greater in. number than the thinned ran's of his own regiment, which bad leaag@han two handred iuskets, ‘The losses of the Twentioth Massachusetts, under Major to the right, Geary’s division went dowa into the woods, drove the rebels from the thickels with great slaughter, and again there was alu. Then a bat 4 cx sed belore the onemy found out hit we were leaving, and then he followed os with a few plore @ artilie: y. Our cannot’ on the biuflk drove back his guna tery opened furthor to the right from behind the words, | the rear guerd bastencd over, Hie pontoon# swung aroand shelied us for balf on hour, evidentiy'to distract our at- | jn the current, and the other eide was abandoned: It tention from the principa! movement of their forces, j gainful to ssiect upon the sacrifice of Tives and treasure, Macy, were:— who ¢ "Id be geen through a gap ia the forests eliii furs | mumiliating to contemplate the enormity of Our Gigamtery Killed. —Sergeaat Ghas. N, Bixby, Go. D, and Win. | thers und towaris the west, hurrying along tothe plank | hat tie dymy of the Potoinae sill Neg. 1 is mot oneal Smith, CoH. road and massing on our @xtronme right. atthisUrme | Jee, broken. Wounded —Cavtain Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., ankle; Captain James Murpay, arm); First Sergoant Jno,,Ronan, | out line extonded along this road, with the & yonta ; oa 10 repining, nO Nerice to gr7o up the struggle, Corporal 8, €. Crocker, Ferdinand Floig, knee: | corps upon tho right, and supported by the Phivtand | no + Ut of anghy but vftrmato stcces, Rosh, tilt gun Ts por me ng SE ean Twelfth. Suddonly the masketry oponed terrifically Up | rations, and a word of cheer from (heir commanders aad ‘Abeata, fai Crowell : our flank,and the artillery joining in the roar, | the peonte wll nerve them again’ Victories like these — * Colonel Palfroy, of the Twonticth, bas resigned oa'] ened the army, while the smoke from (Ns of the past are yet to holwrougit,” The corps ato very gras-and the burning woods drifted back iu deuse vo, | Little Wrok®n up, and ® few dayswilt saMce to put them lumes, olinding the eyes and slitting in the eogagemout | tn first rate condition. General Hover has already eona- from view. The Eleventh corps broke, fell back in | menced the work of raorganiration, and we may eoon loom ¢ most alayming confusion, with. artillery, horsemen aud | for ag og in‘oitigenoa from the Army of the Reppa- infantry rushing pell-me!l upon (he reserves; but the third | ha cai and Twelfth corps speedily checked parsuit and cloned | OUR 1 tho fight, bravely holding the growid. So fur thoopern. | Ar@ extremety difficult: todetermine, Suffloeat time bes tions, aside froin the behavior of the: Flaventh corps, | wot yet elapsed for correct reports of casualtios to be were not regarded as of much importance. The | made out; but it is evident that the loss is much leas thas great battle was yet to come, and the engagements-| was anticipated, not exereding ton thousand. Hleves of Friday and Saturday were looked upou aa mere skir- | pieces of artillery were taken from the Eleventh corps, @ acoount of wounds received last year, and Liextonaat Colonel Draber has recently died. NRW HAMOSUIRE INWANTRY. The Fifth and Twelfth Now Hampshire regiments did considerable fighting, but the loss of the former was oniy teventy-fivé, and nothing compared to its logs of one hun- dred and eighty-three in Decomber ; while the Iatler regi- ment lost very iargely now, and was not in action in De- comber. ‘The tosses of the Fitth New Hampshire, under ‘Lieutenant Colonel apgood , were as follows:— Kittel Darling, Company contusion, stomach, | mishes compared with the atrigzle expected to @usae on |’ great portionot their. train and supplien was captured, arm and 1B; hep hee A ye hy oe ne the morrow. All night our troops were at work Marowing | and a large aumaber of priseners taken. But for this‘onr aiiule epaiaes Fe a ee uteroa tbe | UPaintrenchments and.strengttiening their porition, and | record of disester. would Rave been mack more brief. —B on Sunday morning all felt confident that the dectxive } An unvsual number of ofieers have fallen, many of thems blow was to be atruck. into the haxds of the enemy. Those not seriously wound, SUNDAY MORNING a 2 wil degptionny oun bmenehengntyeah WS. return te at daylight the battle commenced. It ts unnecessary for | their c: ohh Cell cecedéat warden’ eivelder. Corspeny Take, h to attempt a description of the scene, the Hxmatn - ¥—Town, bead; Trask, leg. Company LWW. oie 4 iwkccitle 4 ‘are being sent to Wanhington as rapidly as possible, and . having already given account of the engage- Contes ‘Wood, ——= Byas, J. + —— Stevens, ment. Tbe roar of the cannon andthe crash of musketry &.comperatively small number now remains, Those i= Deady a ree th ae en Mn OR the bande of the enemy will receive attention at the were awful. Steadily our lines were pressed back until they reached our earthworks, ‘The artillery broke out with redoubled vigor, the infantry poured ther murder- ous volleys into the advancing columns, and now and then the charge, with the sharp, quick work of the bayonet, wrought death among the enemy, and rebels learned too late for life the ower of the Northern arm, ‘The niorn. | Sttend t0'the wants Of Our men, but it was desensd eu ing wore away with the tide of battle dashing up | Pedteat to delay such s procésding for s short time. against our lines only to be hurled back like biog « —detiney we od the waves of sete, while, oar canine a | Seeger anid loo oats we ee ames case shot ughed through the col of ana | OF moe were onal eg % mua of gray ad} 1 and the roporte of prisoners are to the effiot thes their casualties have been terrific. We have captured scattered lines like leaves in the tempest. About noon the fring ceased. ‘The stiliness was more Impresive than tue thunder of battle, We nad won the engage. | Several pleaes of artiliery, taken & number of stande et ment; the enemy had been reprised victory crowned colors and nearly three thousand prisoners, incinding one ourn me, The wounded who had (allen inside our earth | Bundred and thirty-one Comatisstoned offcers:” One Retw works were sont, back to tive rear, hospitals were esiab- | de? of the prisoners took the oath ef fished at every available port, and-the dead wore Inia | {20 remainder have been paroled for exchange. They’ away in thoir last resting place, Tho afternoon was un. | all evidently welt fed, though regged and dirty in the em disturbed excopt by the firing of the sharpshooters and.| teme, Tt is folly to talk OF starvation ia the rebel armay= the occasional opening of the artillery; but the noxt day | It is ttoe these not get such rations as our own, bus theyyget enongh, and that of good quality. All are im tonsety hoetite, with tua excoption of a few from Nort bands of our own surgeons, sent to take charge of them, and will,/doubtless, prosper almost as well in thehes- pitais at Richmond as elsewhere. Dr. Jobason, Mediest Ynepector of the Army of the Potomac, offered toreminin upon the other side, and organized a corps of surgeens te James Price, Gregory, le Lieutenant Roberts, of battery B, Fourth Olto, was killed by adischarge of cannister shot from @ rebel bat- tery. The hilt and the point of his sabre were shot off, leaving only about fifteen inches of the sabre and scab- bard, which is beni and indented by tho force of the shots. What remains of the sabre was placed in the keeping of Colone! Cross. mE ARMY CHKERET. A ride along tho nes of our soldiers under arms. and a visit to thoamon in the hospitals, must convince tue most stubborn unbeliever thatthe army is cheerful and en- tirely confident of success, GOING GOMR—COMPLIMENTARY ORDRE. ‘Tho Fifth New York State Volunteers, Colonel Winslow, left the field of wattle recently to*return to their homes in obedience to the foliowing complimentary order, which shows that their divsion commander appreciates their valor:-— Geveral Ordar—No. —, Hxanquanters, Suconp Diy,. ture Agwy (oprs, was auxionsly tooked forward to fer a revewal of the en- gagement. Camr saan CHAN CKULORS YELLE, Va., May 4, 1803. MONDAY MORYING Carolina, Georgia ahd “Loutstana, and coed wide eles diee bee aa tortion of ine Ft Wow: vor affairs remaived quiet, unusually co. While those events | dent of the sacoem@ of the confederacy, * ‘Ths ° es’ commanding det ros : offictrs and men to ki eae were transpiring, ‘tho Pitst aud Sixth Corps wore we |» Wot of Melr conimntesioned officers captured, with (2 te vont them with very great regrot—a regret w' tive at Fredericksburg, Bridges wad Deen drown acro, | «saber of prisoners taken tach dityi— raya: vat, Be oat a eae upstet "ioc “ihe operas | the river, the heights taken, aud the enormy pushed cack | Col. THo¥. MK Crime, 19h aisslnippt ‘ s tious “of thig, command,” egpectally at Gaines’ | toward: Chancellarville. it waa oxpgcted dat a | Pout C8) 7 cen, tt i ct in “Sthe heatth f Jana; Plains. iT as tack mt ad ‘ ~ »- aDian ' Fe ea inca and ocarred by bettie, arene Dart aad [SmPracees: atinee. would: be mundo) My. Mouket Geen 0. F oaiits MM proudest ‘witnesses of the fact. “The general hopes again and Sedgewick. Fad this been down, the two | Major M. ft. Ballenger, 230 Georgia to ace the brave mon who hinve serve Thien May | wings of the army, @isivut ftpm cench other only | Major. ED 3 Wildes, 9th Tonvetan. Heat. Cokt ety tye be jdout, Cot, T, oa A Toutsians. ‘here 10 and sustain the ert tafford, Ott of, their i ay | ati “A . Feputaijon of Cais who'e regiment, and the gonerat has no feat bul that it will be eaccediy guarded and preserved. The officers and men who dre to lexyo the army will four miles, would bave beon united, a large force of the enemy cet of between the planicroad aud the river, a direct and safe line of communication establishedwith wooeed to New York on the Sit inet. Col, Winsiow will corhl miles shor f ) N. Soiger, 60¢b. arn in tothe Proper Wepartment at Aquia Oreek all ord. | Pamaoatls sesorst mlles Shorts Unan that used, and our Mrckell 254 Carolinas, nance ordnance stores ant public property aot needed for jyontire army have Leen enabled to push forward lik pe ps, ns oa a the men who remain “i woige towards Richmond. But the Firat comps recrosyed, ~ Tween al hase, The three Or war men are trauaferred to the One | gna moved up to the United States Nord. Sedgewick was Suliers, 20th ¥ and Forty. sixth New York Yo!untoers. The Capt. 8. A. Suliers, Hundred few eee toa tne proper paporw'are rmruieh, | attaked by an crerwhokniog forces, orushed and | Capt: N. M: Ohadyiel fh Carolin, ed. By order of Major General TOOKER. | driven back cross to river ac Ranks’ Ford, nee ee eee - ‘The mtaterment thal the Fifth had iad down their arms | and Fredericksburg abandoned wo the . enciay, | Caps. E. B. Morely, Sth Alnbarua. several di go is a calumny sufflodently refated by the | with the fons of its captors and defenders thundering. in | Capt. C Gorneer, int Lootsiate. declaration of the Genera! that he hopes agatn to see the | the oars of our waiting Im the intremotimenta of} Capt. & F crater h Virgina ‘prave men? who have served under him, Colonel | Ohanceliorsyille, The golden opportunity was lost, but dt ; 4 ‘ P WhineiS aes Norte Chetan Winslow and Lieutenant Colonol George Duryea are the | was uot yet too late to achieve victory, and the annihila. | First “Fowler, 26th Alabama. ' tion of fee. Our troops were julflant—anxious to ad vance. The enemy bad attacked os, been driven back with terrible glaughtor, while three corpa of our army were frovh and capatto of pushing on to Richmond, if supported by the a only two of the original officers remaining tn tho regi ment, It returns with one hundred and Afty men, aud came out with pine hundred and sixty. “Tawa pooprs.”” ‘This evoning a brigade band played “Yankee Doodle.’ Av Involuntary cheer arose from the boys who heard it, and they gave thres more hearty cheers wheu the familiar tune was concluded. CAPTURE /O? PRGONERS. 32 cif i Fiset Licatenaot W. D. Lirst Tientenant T, @, "2d North Caroliam Firat Lientonant J. A. Watts, 6th Alabama. First Lieutenant J. B. Hulloek, 28d North Carolia. First Lieutenant 7. L. Jonson, ist North Carelina, Firat Lieutenant B, ©. 100 VI Adjataut J. ¥. i ONEMAN had gove the long and weary route marked ont for him, severed ali communication between the rebel army and ite capital, and rendered a successful retreat by Lee im- = In the capture of rebel prisoners there has been pecu- posible. Why did we remain hore idle? was the anxious pom: Darly fgood fortune attending our troops. ‘he Second query of tbe army. The rebels were strangely sileut. am regiment of Berdan’s sharpsbooters, under Major Stough- Now and then a straggling fire would break out along our i ton, three hundred and fifty rebels belonging to | de, dying out as suddenly as it began, while the trowye Bocang Lieut. e reginrent, a number superior to their captors. Jounged in the shadow of the oaks, and wondered at the . ‘4 NanRow mmoars. ominous silence. pn i ap oiag and 2 | teat. About fifty shows were fired at General Robinson, tmrrying wp supplies to euable,bim vor was | Second Lieut, econ division commander, during the recent the rebel army crossing the river above to pounce apon our | S2cond Lieut. hes fer rear? Bome expected a ferce attack upou our right near | gecomd Lieut. Ely's Ford, some believed that our communication wkh Sorat Lat ! j i if ii 4 flyig enemy—al! bad faith in Hooker. Monday away with no excitement after that occasioned by thelkag of eur poutooas at the United States Yord, ant; TORSDAY's feux oes Oren ema sCExe with our army still waiting im ite earthworks. Tuen the troops looked more earnestly for something to do, amd fmoved aneasily to and fro, with impationce, At Falmouth the bills were erowded by anxtons listeners for the first gun of the ox. pected battle, wad at noon I left the old headquarters con- fideat of witnessing another engagement and the rout trains burryiug down from the river, crowding turning in the woods, and rushing frantically oa where condition of the roads would allots, Long. of ambulances fall of i \ ft I