The New York Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1864, Page 1

» THE NEW YORK HERALD. —————————=—=s PRICE THREE CENTS. WHOLE NO. 10,107. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1864.-WITH SUPPLEMEN dand a. B,J bay 3 Pagans) rived almost noved with Mcreased Intensity on the extreme = a. \-# wee bers . Adee deem, of that sai impregnable, wos a work worthy of the name ot ~g Colonel Drake's brigade hat ived, and the One Hun- a jors, wandering about, oome np ai { fort. Built of red clay and Tarromiad. by a ditch ten G E N E R A L B U T L E R Ss ie} P E R A T | ° N $s . dred and Twollth Now York 's ohassintog the enemy and the old shipyard, walking about. Buddesly two feet in depth, with both flanks resting on Kingsland coming to the reseue of Heckman, This brave officer was | 6! men jumped up from bepind so mber lyin, ci it was alike impossible to flank it or carry it by none Teportéd captured; but lam happy to say that he was | near, made off to the river, pluuged ia, m off to canal, Phipionee <4 foe intended, should oy ee — Missing for a time, and is ew with the remnant bas mall oy! ioe Batirad, Narras Se Mee. orcas sho creek, and, rey ig his previous manceuvre, take i a valiant command. About one third of Heckman sur] soldiers m: 0 an entering from the rear. ‘This pian, however, could nx | CC Rebel Defences at Drury’s Bluff---The Position of the | forcosuccsesced 1s cating inet war oat by tho assistance them Think! i @ very suspicious proceeding, they searching about. On entering an old house, a little becarried out, as his column was unable to mapauvre which bad now arrived to them, % in front of the second and more formidable line of earth- OUR ARTILLERY ORDERED TO THR REAR. back from the yard, tho mystery was explained by Undin, BATTLE OF PALMER 8 CREEK Union Forces. Most of Burke's artillery was now ordered to | four new torpedoes, all ready for exploding, They | works discovered behind Kingsland creek. POSITION OF THE FORCES. On Monday night Geoerals Butier and Smith bad thelr headquartere at Freuch’s house, about @ quarter of a mile above the Halfway Houge, on the turnpike road to Richmond, The advance was about a quarter ofa mile ahead on the road, and stretched, on the right, along the rebel works to near the James river. Ou tho jeft Brooks’ division connected with Gillmore’s right. The Tenth corps, after flanking the enemy's works, had @wung around toa position almost at right angles with Smith. On the extreme right and upon the banks of the river the ground was held by two squadrons of colored cavalry. Next to them was Heckman’s brigade, with tho regiments in echelon, while Wistar held the ground on Heckman’s left. ‘THE REBELS RECRIVE REINFORCEMENTS. On Sunday evening reinforcements bad commenced to pour in to the rebels from Richmond, crossing at the pon- toon bridge above Fort Darling, and moving, without be- ing discovered, to various positions on the enemy’s loft, along the bank of the James river. While this was going on the enemy madquvred skilfully, to impress us with the idea that he was massing bis troops on bis extreme right, to front Giilmore, JRFY. DAVIS AND BRAGG IN THE RENRL INTRENCHMENTS. About four o’¢lock on, Sunday afternoon Jeff. Davis, accompanied by Braxton Bragg, his pet general, arrived from Richmond, and immediately commenced making arrangements to surprise our right on Monday morning. They concerted their movements with such secresy and skill that no ‘timation of their presence reached us, on from prisoners or deserters, antil after tho ac- Ds oncetaken possession of and secured. @ evidens di nition is, the two men were waiting until it sbould i dark; then they'meant to plant them in. tho river, direct! between our vegsel and West Point, #0 tiat the frat tim wo moved we should have been’ tolorably. certain ta be blown up. But, thank fortune, the diabolical pl was frustrated. It was determined to test one them, to see whmt execution it would do, so i was fixed under the edge of an old wharf and a stri lod from its spring to shore. One of our officers, signal from the captain, pulled it, An instamt more an: the air was full of tlying timbora, some pioces going sixt, or seventy fest up in the air, acoompanied by a heav; muffied report. After that sight we were abundantly satisfied as to thi capacity for mischief of these truly infernal inventions, A vessel striking one of them would stand an exceeding! good chance being blown to pieces, and it woul ho doubt be attended with considerable loss of life. After that yon may be sure a vigilant watch was ke; UP On the shores, aud every precantion taken to guer Against such a disaster, After remaining four days the point @ steamer came up with orders to evacua’ the place immediately, tho whole expedition being feint to divert the robols’ attention from the real on in the Jamea river. All that night, on receipt of the orders, the troops wore striking tents and embarking on transports, and early the next morn, we all loft the place, However, we were uct destined get back to Yorktown without another adventure. Abou! ten miles down the river woe came up to the gunboat Mystic. Captain Wright came on board and report having sent a boat in toa fish net noar the shore, and when opposite a lare bara the crow were fired on by tw men from behind a corner of said darn, killing oma) man instantly, The guerillas skedaddied for tha; woods, and the bont returned to the ship. On roy the rear, and was parked beyond Paimer’s ere creek, about mile end a quarter of. Artii- lory could not be used, so denso was the fog, and this fact is the explanation of the disposition of our can- bon. There was & luli in the strife now, Our troops had changed their positions, rendering the advantages hithor- to derived by the enemy from the fog useless. It was now about six o’lock, Tho rattle of skirmishing still eontinued and sproad more generally along the whole line. The enemy's artillery thundered away and the exploding abelis compelled us to move off our ammunition traine and ambulauces to the rear, Wounded men struggled along to places of security ; others were borne to bospi- tals by their companions; but she}is soon began to drop into some of these, and our most advanced hosy ital was ed, but not until the wounded were removed, ‘THE BKIRMISHING CRASRD before nine o'clock, and the next movement of the enemy ‘was awaited with impatience. Believing the battle to be over, I now burried back to Bermuda Hundreds, after having soen and bward eneugh to enable me to give an intelligent description of it, 1 subsequently learned that it was renowel on General Gilmore's front; but the accompanying reports from your other correspondents with the different corps wili sufflce to complete the picture I have here tried to present to the reader. Few incidents of the strife could bo learned on account of the impenetrability of the fog. OUR FORORS FALL BACK IN GOOD ORDER. In tho evening the order tosfall back to a new position was given by General Butler, and his column is now in an attitude to deiy the whole power of Lee’s acmy if it should be driven upon him. While the battle was going on which I have above de- scribed an attack was mado on our rear guard in the di- Tection of Petersburg. This consisted of some squadrons of the lirst and Second United States colored cavalry, Sanger’s (formerly Sherman’s) Battery A, New York Togiment,and the Thirteenth Indiana, all under com- mand of Col. Dobbs, of the Thirteenth Indiana, The rebels attacked with five regiments, two batteries and gome cavalry. Col. Dobbs threw out his whole force as skirmishors, to impress the enemy with the belief that hia force was largo. THE GUNBOATS RNGAGED. The skirmishing grew warm; but the gunboats up the Appomattox took part in the engagement, and compelled the enemy to fight at @ great disadvantage. The result was his repulse. Our loss in thin affair was about fifty men, In the battle of the morning we probably lost two thousand killed, wounded and missing; but in the battle with General Gillmore, which occurred subsequently, our loss was comparatively trifling, perbaps two hundred. Joss in guos was, 80 fer as J have learned, four pieces. We lost no wagons or other materiel of war. Our gains were the developing of the enemy's strength in our front, and compelling him to retain a large army ip a position of little value in the real struggle. The Rebel Demonstration on Monday. SNOWNIIE 0. A FIERCE AND SANCGUINARY BATTLE Beauregard Attacks Butler in a Dense Fog. Tha Battle of Inkerman Fought Over Again. Valiant Conflict Against a Vastly Superier Force, Gillmore Drives the Rebels Back with a Heavy Loss to Them. TRE RRBRIS ADVANCE. The nicht was very foggy, and at daybreak om Monday tt was utterly impossible to see twenty foot in advance. As soon as tho first evidence of daybreak was apparent the rebels commenced their attack. A large force had stolen through the mist between the nogro cavalry Heckman’s drigade, seizing the pickets and escapfog discovery, and, having secured a splendid position on the right flank and rear of Heckman, they opeped with a most unexpected and murderous fire of musketry. Though taken ontirely by surprise, and wuable to see his agsailants, Heckman and his trigaie maintained their splendid reputation. For an hour they resisted the enemy on all sides, and covered the feld witn dead and wounded rebels. Findin; that be could pot hold bis ition, Heckman commen falling back. Tho revels, bowover, charged upon bim in overpowering numbers, and the iron men, who had stood the brunt of battle for the last three days without flinch- ing, were broken and drtven from the field. Heckman is missing; when last seen’he was galioping along the road almost through the midst of a party of rebels, who were making-extraordinary vfforts to shoot him. He is either killed or a prisoner. It is to be hoped that it is not the former, No loss would be more regretted in General Butier’s command than that of the fighting Gereral Heck- of the case, Captain Babcock determined to destroy tb barn and contents: so, after firing three or four sbo from our one bundred-pounder rifles, the boats from bot! ships were called away. Crews, fully armed, pulled fo the shore, burat open the building and began piling wood Saturated with turpentine, against one aide, in ordor t make sure work of it. While these proceedings going on four or five women came rushing from th house near by, declaring that no shots had been fir about the place at all Yet we were all satisfod that the two men belonged to that identical house: but none ou! be found, although there lay the ‘ead body, just the water's edgo, @ silent but oloquent testimony to the cowardly act. The women burst out with, ‘Oh, Mr. Officers, good Mr. Sailors, don’t burn our barn; plea don’t burn it,” But when the flamos began to rise th tune was changed. Such a howling, yelling swinging of arms, screeches in every key, women apparently trying to see bow near a reg lar Indian pow-wow she could come to, In with ejaculations such as “Oh, you thioves,”” '*Cowards,’ “Villains,” ‘Rascals,’ in fact every epithet in the New- calendar being hurled at us, all in tones distinct!y fear ‘at the ebip, balfa mile frova shore. Finally, tiring of the performance, one of our officers (Wagatal some of the men to take the wom off to the house again. A minute more the men were seen carting off both screec! Their Final Repulse by Baldy Smith. Heckman Surrounded, but Ex- tricates Himself. ‘THR LOSSES, ‘The enemy’s losses are estimated at from two thousand to four theusand men; three thousand is probably pear the mark. Of these six hundred are prisoners, while about one thousand of our men are prisoners. It is certain that the rebel loss is in excess of ours. and TWENTY-POUNDER PANROTYS CAPTURED. At'the samo time the attack was made on Heckman ® pevven of Fes rebels ice ee rd SBpise and tempted to surprise wenty- Tho battery was in position i the road, and, Our Bear Attacked in Poree, but the Rebels was road, Forced to Retire by Our Gunboats, Owiag to the fog, te rebels were almost at the muazles that their firat temporary success was no equivalent for Of the guns they were discovered. The gallant | 9 strong. So the day wore away, without any results | Parts to the complete satisfaction of all. No corps bas | the sanguinary rocords afterwards made upon their col- Ashly, however, saved most of the guns. The battery | ¢© either side. ‘better division commanders, When all the brigadior | umns vy ourarmy. Among thelr losses are Goueral Matt lost heavily ia men Captain Ashiy himself was shot in BRAURBGARD ATTACKS OUR LINES, commanders did well, it would be i. to discrimi- | Ransom, who commanded a brigade, and several fleid tbo head, but wassaved from capture by bis remaining Daylight was ushered in this morning by a tremendous | Date between Thoy hayeall the desirable qualities | oMeers.’ ‘Busbrod Johnson was in the battle with a THE REBEL LOSS FROM 3,000 T0-4,000 | men. Generar Smits tad issued orders for the batteries | 4lécbargo of artillery from the eatire length of the rebel | found in cod soldiers. brigade of Tennesscoans. . One of bis aids aud one. of . terretire from the front at night, and either this order | lines, an@'the shelis came into our position in showers, 4 REBEL DEMONSTRATION ON OUR LEFT AND REAR General Rangom’s aids are captured, wes not exeouted or the battery bad just come te the | rudely the dreaming and tired soldiers by their ‘While the fighting was going on at the front so fiercely ‘THE SITUATION. Doats from behind buildings with impunity, and @ secon int where it was attacked. Captain rapid and ning explosions. ‘The men were quickly | i0 the morning. a rebel brigade attacked a small force, | Our forces have tested tho strength of the enemy in | outrage of the kind will provoke a devastation of the Pirst Rhode Island battery, is badly woun in their respective places, and the line was formed in = procntnctn, a ral ser Indiana, Colenel Dobbs; the | their front, aud can reoocupy their original position when- | farm, After hoisting up our boats we proceeded dowo OUR TROOPS IN GOOD SPIRITS a ‘Bie moment. It was known that something was about to | One ired and Sixty-ninth Now York, Colonel McConi- | ever Genoral Butler considers it advisable to resume his | and came to anchor off Yorktown again at ten o'clock aA }, Which lostvall its horses and couki not be removed. | take the morning, without further incident. and that it was probable that the vigorous | be, and Battery E, Third United States artillery, Lieut. | advance. The spirit of the army is as good as ever, 8 gun was spiked Defore it fell into the hands ef she | selling was to be followed up by an assault upoa eur | Sanger comi B. ail under Colonel Dobos, ‘guardiog | and they aro still ready and desirous to push forward to following is @ list of the officers of the gumboas -onemy. ition; ‘but where the blew-was to fall no one could con- | Our extreme left on the approaches from Petersburg. and | Richmond. — The Morse: A GENERAL WISTAR ATFAOKED. re with soy perce ‘ef confidence. Tho time was | Sftere severe fight drove our forces back towards our Tam indebted to Captain Ainsworth and other gentle- Commander—Charics A. Babcock, ay: ffa' the James an ‘Twenty miputes after the enemy opened jeckman uliatiy favorable for such an operation. A de intrenchments, but fiually gave up the pursuit. Our loss | men connected with bis office. the master of the post at jcting Assistant Pay -—Honry Russell. Naval Affairs in J bd a “they came down on Wistar’s command. So yeeoeerp impenetrable fog enveloped the Ps a sane was about thirty in killed, wounded and missing. Bermuda Hundreds, for facilities which enabled me to ‘Acting Assistant Surgeon—William J. Donor. j York Rivers. however, was ‘oropared for them. Holding a gord po: | tho contending forces in its misty veil. ‘hho cray dawn canvaLriEs. reach the front promptly aod be in time for the battle. —Adolphus Dennett, John F. Morryg Robert M. Wagstaff and William Dunne. Enqineers— Acting First Assistant, Thomas Divine: A ing Third Assistants, Timothy Flanders, Thomas McNeil George C, Rogers. ba 2 Clerk—Charles Levins. Paymaster’s Clerk—Robert H. Allen. Pdot—Wm. V.N. Wright. wey ‘OF SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT STREAMERS. ‘The United States supply steamer Union, Acting V. tecr Lieutenant Fdward Conroy commanding, arriv at Hampton Roads to-day, the 17th inst., from the Kas§ and Weat Gulf squadrons. On the 27th of April the Union captured the English schooner ©. K.—a noted bi rynner—on the coast of Florida. @n the 13th inst, sition, he kept:his men in line, and received the enemy | Was made still more dusky by the fog, and objects could Among the officers killed to-day were, of the Twenty. General Butler was cool throughout the entire engago- with a series of musket volieys that filled bis front with | Bot be discerned by the keenest vision rast yards | fourth Massachusetts, Lieutenants Roy and Wood, aud | ment, and issued his orders with the utmost delibera dead and wounded. Though thinned out on each occa- | distant. We know little or nothing of the to) phy of | Lieutenant Burdsail, of the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth | and promptitude, aed indeed this may be added of ali } sion, the rebels returned again and again to the attack: | the conntry in our front, and comparatively little of that { New York. In the fights of the previeus days, Lieutenant | tho generals present on the occasion, but ihetr courage subsided after repeated failures, and | Which laid about and debind us. The rebels were familiar | Metcalt, First Connecticut battery; Lieutenant Hoyt, Ono | There were many parallels betweon this battle and the General Wistar successfully held his position, in spite of | With it, and knew how to move through the mist as | Hundreth New York; Captain JG Young, Soventy-sixth | battle of Inkerman, in the Crimea. The hour, for every attempt to oust him, until he received orders to | Teadity and suroly as under'the sun's rays. This was the | Peonsylvania, wounded; Colonel Geborn. Thirty nintm | instance, at which the attack was made. tho fog, the retire, when Brooks’ right was forcea back by theenemy. | Condition of affairs when the rebels, massing their troops, | Jlinols, in arm; Lieutenant French, One Hunmdreth New | surprise, the overwhelming numbers of the assailants, * anerON’s ‘BRIGADE, Struck our right, under General Heckman, enveloped ‘its | York, wounded and a prisoner, ana Lieutenant Evans, | the sturdy resiatance they encountred, the reiaforcement on the extreme left of Brooks’ division, was attacked | fink and took it in reverse. Lieutenant Howell, Lieutenant Babbitt, in enemy’s bands, | of tne besiogers and the final repulse of the enemy. Then simultaneously with Heckman: but, better situated and THE FIRST BLOW ‘and Lieutenant Pierson and Lieutenant Flugbson, of the | there were bayonet charges, hand to band encounters and having noticwof their approadh, he gave them-so warm | Was dealt with terrific force. General Heckman’s drignte same regiment; Lieutenant Colonel Carpenter, One Hud- | deeds of heroism around which obscurity will forever @ reception upon their appearance in his fropt that they | of the Eighteenth corps, holding the right, was doubled | dreth and Twelfth New York, mertally, and a number of | fold her opaque mantle. fell back aftera short action, lasting about balf-an hour. | up ard forced back on the next brigade, which was algo | others, whose names I will send, with a full list of casu- Ree Rene Boo Mir. John A. Brad@y’s Despatches. ‘Beapquamraes, Eicureenra Army Coars, In Tum Fieip, May 15, 1864. } ‘The skirmishing with the euomy still continues, with- | After lnm end ep a} pea Seat k their assailants ere, Resin 8 _ a bot a alties, Narn a ES Mr. Wm. H. Stiner’s Despatch. Union spoke the Roper genoa beige, —_ resatting tage there was for come times lull; but about wine A. M. the uw ley bad succeeded in passing a columa oanmna! ‘RAID: onTREsS Mownon, . | the 16tn inst., off Charleston, she spoke ‘ans po — fo any advantage to citherside, They 00- | hottie commenced agar in alf-ite fury. between Reckman’s right and the river, and taking bim | We have information to-day, through » Richmond yorum »May 11, 1864. | Oi awa, bound south; and on the 16th inat., off Wilmt @apy Cold, fort and formidable earthworks, extending AGRAND REBEL CHARGE in front and rear, crushed him between the columns, and | Peper, of the success of General Kautz’s raid on the Rich- NAVAL OPERATIONS IN TBR JAMES KIVER. ton, she spoke tho United States supply steamer Admin fxpen the ratiroad to the James river. It would be almost | was mado ri Pt te | for a time created some confusion. Genera! Heckman | Mond and Dapwilie Railroad, He has torn up several Since Major General Butler's occupation of the new | also bound south. The Union leaves for New York thig right upon ” front. After €esperat mnde a gallant fight as long ashe could; but the evem: les Of track and destroyed the rails and ties, and bas abting co Bom siden the rigne of Brovks wes ‘conapelied | Same upon bim ep suddenly, sad-with ‘euch overwhelm: | blown up the ‘tron ‘over the Appomattox river at | ase of operations on the James river our ganboate have the redoubt ¢o make this charge and hurled them upon | ing numbers, that succoseful resistance wrs quite | Mattox Station, completely dostroying it. Whore he had | been exposed to great dangor from torpedoes, which the Brooks under cover of a heavy artillery fire from the re. | impossible in the darkness and confusion. Some of the | 000 from there the rebels do not seem to know, You | rebels send down that stroam in great numbers. The ? bri rere captared. Porht Ne may hear from him before we doubt. Upon the falling back of Brooks’ right General eet allt ala ata the Ieee eee TNE rors whe will | ™General Sheridan's forces again started on a raid around | following account of the capture of some of these infer y grag 0 accomplish anything, except a great sacri- evening. of life, by storming this position. The whole line, Penning zigzag for more than a mile, is fronted by « ‘@itob at least ten feet in depth. This ditch has become THE CASUALTIES. orde! wi rej em simost impassable slough, from the almost uninter- orgy ing Sah tae the threes Hie ae and as Missing; bat whether he is killed er wounded or | Richmond yorteaian yy etter, tefrenhiog their | na! machines was furnished me by an officer attached to | Additional List iS Blase of Killed and ENGRAL SMITH DRIVES BA‘ 4 ‘@ prisoner has not been ascertained. horses. Tho cavairy will keep the railroad communica- n our gunboats in the James river, 5 Supted, deagrooablo, dismal rains of who last three days. |<. Emin received an order to rectcupy bis | A(ter this operation, heving forced ack the right. a | tious to Richmond cut for a while orn one — THE RARTHWORKS A TORPRDO CORPS are of heavy red clay, and are so thoroughly rated with moisture that the utmost difficulty would ‘Be experienced in climbing thom, even were the climbers > meet with no opposition ; and, with a small force of id Daly, F, Int RT bat Corp Sami P 8t; 4 David Daly, F, In orp Gam P Strong. 1, 1481 Sylvester Richmond, D, 19th aang ap a f —— Layton, ar Fiver Golding, A, 25th Mass Rouben Zeny Deano Sate Timothy McCarty, K 10th a Geek. Both NO WOUNDED. former position about eleven o'clock. The troops were | heavy attack was made on the entire line of the kight. immediately formed in echelon of regiments, and, moving | eenth corps, with feints along the Tenth corps line, and Mr. G jc W. Clarke’s Despatch. was reported to be at work on the river, and Capt. Amos forward on the enemy, drove them back over the ground | the entire right was torced back some distance after sev Berwvpa Hunprep, May 17, 1364. P. Foster, of the United States steamer Coramodore " itzel. ral hours of most severe and sanguinary struggles. The ’ * Phe Frere d lam og Be pebble had pero battle raged with unexampled tary ‘intil ‘nearly twelve | The euemy took advantage of the fog aud the darkness | Perry, immediately got under weigh and stood down the numerous unsuccessful efforts to recover the ground they | O'clock. the rebels throwing ‘heavy masses upon | of night to givo us agurpriso yosterday morning. Such | river withthe Perry, when ho commenced shelling the } Joseph Thomas D. 98th N Y AL Rice, D, ath U Barty * Morrell, Hy NH BL Pepper, D, 4th U 8 art @stermined men to defend them, thesa slippery clay wails | ceased firing, and quiet reigned for the first time through | Ur lines, and finally forcing it back nearly a movement was feared scessary preci bluff’, preparatory to landing a boat’s crew, with the | Jerry Morre!i, H. 18th PP , arty ead muddy ditches would prove a Gibi mas Wate | Seale ted tecsonts aes mee eee eiresaisey or seg ng aaas Ji alla | intention of attacking the place and capturing the tor. | (ee Gut fj Slt O'Marsiait fy, uh Conn v ates esas storm TROOPS FROM PRIERSRURG ARATL OUR REAR. ly, with few exceptions, and resisted every ‘e taken for it, But tuo circumstances were all$0 | nedoes The boat was in charge of Actiog Exsiga Joseph ™ + ik ay Sergt Jas M Noyes, Q, 12th Fred K Pearl, G, th NJ NH om Serat Thos E Ongood, ©, 12tta NY arty yD, 130th NY Hiram T Barnes, A, 10th xa ni erties of infantry. If the nature of the country had permitted Gilmore to flank these works, as he did those At almost the same moment Heckman’s extreme ad- rine # oiarkne oe penta Hed sage advance, — favorable that the rebels succeeded to some extent, not- | A. Jackson, assisted by Acting Second Assistant —— vance was attacked by the enemy. A force numbering ri a . not without some loss on our side. Jobn L. Bowers aud Acting Assistant Paymaster Wiliam about five thousand’ made their appearance on the | The enomy numbered not lees than fificen thousand, withstanding all our vigilance and care, Thelr great | 5°) atv and oleven men. At tho first place of landing, @m the left, the rebels would long since have been, | {urnpike road, coming from Petersburg and attacked our | pushed into the murderous fire with a recklescness and | demonstration was made on the right of our tine, aad was | oonceite Turkey end, they captured ope large torpedo. estan LR UE YT See LW rewabens, By @ompelied to retire. eo . be, momeat Neg ring commenced, EN a Ltd Soc crmete won 9 anon Goa’: Unboeig vghe ono of those variations of a siege known as a sortie, in | The next landing wae mado under th oun, ng which ps ge an HthConn Reuben Fay, D, 4th U 'f arty — gade, stationed at the Halfway House, moved down 1! jenee of liquor, which mad- ‘ ° stands the mansiou of the rebel Ge ickett, w ron, D, 244 Mass Win Sutton, 1, 98th N pie proper Ayre eg Toad’ and engaged them. Artillery was freely used on | dened them and made them indifferent to death which, under aijcircumstances, the advantage is with | Toot trea etx more of the mame size, making seven | \"S'Wenteorih. ib WH Geo W ituching A. 19th Wi ‘It ie very annoying to find oneself almost within sight @f the rebel capital, and there compelled to halt and await the course of evonts, In the meantime the thunder of @asnon and the rattling of musketry would suffice to con- ‘Vince almost any one that the rebels will mako a despe-. both sides; but after a conflict of an hour’s duration the In the attack on our right wo lost a gum or two, and it | the besieged. THe previous evening the rebels received | 4, ali, There was great difficulty tm cutting the rebels retired without accomplishing their object. fhe aga arn — a Nae bt many . ay reinforcemonts from Richmond. Among these was a | strings of the torpedoes, they lead ~ the ‘THE KRERL REINFORCEMENTS, ascertain, Probably font will cover the lows in sie’ diuff, where the person exploding them is generally sta~ The rebel reinforcements, whose appearance so un- | light piccos. Capi ger, of the First Rhode Ieland | brigade of cavalry and General Gracie’a division of Ala | DOM MMT te Dts and discretion had (0, be used. in expectedly in our front brought on the action to-day, | rtillery, is said to have been captured, and his lieutenant | bama infantry. handling them. The officors nad to wade up to their were composed of the command of Major Ganeral Robert | kill Jno Shatdel. a, 18th Pa A Dwehey. F. sth Conn Wm Engiebardt, 188th arty M L Jillson, B. 27th Mase Gorp Jerry Hinman, 19th Chas A Williams. K. 9 man ne het Deen i Finally or forcing the Eighteenth corps back from The assault of tho enemy on our right was made with | armpits iu Lg water to get - = which was Rie Shag A Wiliams, Ko rire Beach, som, who for some time past military com- » aft dangerous work, not knowing but t apy momen we | Jno Tonhey J Chae’ Gate mruggle to check our further advance. mandanj of the district of Richmond. There can be no | its position and regaining @ portion of their first line of | Oevalry, artillery and {ufaotry, and was directed by | Siuternie NOs Ni MuenE Ae te ai nS ox. PER eee Bee es. « A SINGULAR AND AFFECTING CASE. ent this doubt but that Lee’s advance had arrived in Richmond, | intrenchments, they massed their forees on the Tenth | General Ransom, who is in command of what the rebels | pioded. All they bad to depend upon to pr iS tae, Law Bsus Chas Morton, [. 25th Ma. To-day gross carclessness in handling his gun, on tho onthe oe nel large etl Lies troopa, under | Corps, to pi ag | ite conve call the district of Richmond. At this point it becomes | was the boat's crew, stationed on the bomen 8 paboot- Jerome Seiith, K.27tMase | Mase i im, who were at once 2 Acting Assistant Paymaster Wm. | Chas You 4th Wis bat . B26 sensei A bon gee hades drenie noe 4 paca, ROOK They frst hurled thetr column upon Turner's division, | Decessary to convey eome idea of how our troops were | S™ocloy" ‘Great praise is die Capt, roster (or his prompt: | Chas Church, D. 1h Wis a ree _ About 600 rebel prisoners were captured, Many of | Which held the right of the corps’ line, ining the Fizh- | posted on the oxtremo right. Nextthe James river were | ness in getting these articles out of the river, aud before | Sylvester Richmond, D, 19th Jno Burns, A, Ath Conn and the serious wounding of another, The sufferers wero Zi and Norman Arnold, of Company B, One Hundred and is r nA. 8th Conn Sylvester Merton, K, 8th Thos Dobtina, B, 7th Conn them were taken in the fog, before they were aware that | teeuth corps. They formed in a beautiful man and | two squadrons of colored cavalry, then came the Ninth | many days it is probable that more will be captured, as ‘ork, ‘The body | they were in the midst of our troops, Major T. P, | moved steadily on Barton’s brigado, on tbo right of | he ‘is determined not to leave a creek ‘or Mi ; fo ‘: sath Ne ame aeaeabean sant he barf Braneh, chief of staff of General Ransom, rode into our | Turner’s division, advancing as if upon parade, and not | New Jersoy infantry, then tho Twooty-third Massacbu- | pia” on that part. of tho river unexamined. | RaQ’? xichen, F.OthM J Yohu mel nk Groen brother. py men were taken to the rear by their | /a¢ in tho fog and was captured. firing asingle shot. Waiting until they bad reached a | setts, then the Twenty-fitn and Twenty seventh Massa. | > Acting Ensign Joseph H. kson, Acting | Fred Cheeken, K lith Conn Ben @omracies. Cases of carclessness in handling firearms THR RREEL WORKS, good distance for effective range, the brigade pov chusetts, all of Heckmau’s brigade, of Weitzel’s d Second Assistant Engiacer John L. Bowers, Acting Agsist- | 8 W Fayson. A, IIth NC Bte! @re entirely too common in the army, especially among ‘The rebel works built to defead spproaches to Rich. | their lines such a terrific fire that the line me A of Smith’s corps. Gilimore’s corps beld the loft ant Paymaster William J. Healy and the men comprising | Sergt Riley Werner, H, Slat Joseph Spracue, F. 168th N © mond, on the south side of the river, are immense, They | 80d the thinnedsand broken line, after vainly endeavoring | centre. Our line of battle was the fortifications,except | the boat’s crew great praige is also due for their coolness 148th NY Ben) F Hood, 1, Charlies W Coon, H, 27th J Pringle, A. 14th NY ‘te recruits, and some measures should be taken to stop ‘this unnecessary loss of life, are splendid works of art, and succeed each other,.circle | to advance against the storm of bullets, fled, with terrible | on the extreme right, for they did not extend down to the | and courage, to which may be attributed the success of Capt Samuel P Strong, sth NY. * Tay 4 Mass HTIN D, {ter circle, commenc: ‘@t Kingsland creek and passii Joss, to the woods in their rear. The volleys w river, Prominent among our batteries on the right was | the expedition, without the loss of a map. Fach of the ington, F. 1th _ 14 been entirely "Setheet the skirmishers, no charge | *bove Richmond. oe - 6 | <iouous and heavy as the musketry of a brigade could | battery F. of the Third Now York attillery, of twenty | torpences coutMined about seventy-five pounds of powder, | “gaa” Harring! ai been made by either party. ‘Occasionally ‘the Joud RETO RN TO INTRENCHMENTS. well be, and such as no living beings could stand against. | pounder Parrott One of them exploding under a vessel would assuredly | John Fay, K, J1th Conn Tim MeCarth, Parrotis would burl twenty pounds of iron into At dark the order was jesued to retiro, and before mid- The rebels were scattered like , and broke for the | artillery ¢f Smith's corps was und blow her out of the water. They were taken ou Bi ee Fee cere ee tents tale eee Febol lino; but otherwise everything was quiet, and | Mgbt the troops were all behind their intrenchments, | ¥OOds In a disorganized Under their friendly | the right, in reserve, Colonel Drak stream, and, after considerable diffieuliy, snecerst os Wrist, K, 7th Conn Nelson Randall, iH, Zith Mas ‘wag jnst possible to imagine that we were respecting north of the Appomattox. cover, after great exertion, jine of attack wae again | corps, was temporarily posted. 1d | emptied of their contents. It was doubtiess the expt i, K, 9h Aaroa D Updyke, A, 48th formed, avd sgain a brigade advanced in eplendid sty! Twelfth New York, Lieutenant Colonel Carpeater. who | of one of these which caused the destruction of the O Henry Gan: A, 48th N day. Still skirmishers on both sides were constant! jog wounded, and cccasionally killed, and the duil, glow musketry fire they kept up would awake at times to oUR 1088 is very heavy, numbering perhaps two thousand five bun- | against our line, Again did they receive tbo terrible | was severely wounded, bolding the advance. A uarrow | modore Jon Lient Kraszynski, D, Mth Ja iaon, 1, 9th N dred killed, wounded and prisoners. The rebel loss was | fre and pushed steadily on until a fourth of ‘hom laid | belt of timber acreened our reserves from the view of the | cers and crew g Conn Jory! Wm Clason, h Jacob Shaffer, K, 25th Mass Paul lieal, G, 9th NJ , killing or wounding nearly ail of her off} = « ~ | probably ter, as they were badly cut up by both | Killed or wounded on the field, when they broke and | rebels on the right. ‘The following is a list of tho officers of the Commodore ~ Fedo cot as sae! Aeala subside into the mono: | Heckman aod Wistar, and ware subjeciod to an usmerci. | Fushed quickly 40 the cover of tho woods. Cur boys TUR APPROACH OF DAY. Perry a Semel . ? "mae conrs wosPrrat, Cul selling by the artillery, gave them hearty cheers, and sent a volley after them Ominous silence had prevailed since two A.M. It was Acting Liewenant Commanding—Amos P, Foster, J Van Gorden, 1, Hh NS Vernon D Austin, H 20th: ‘ender chargo of Drs. Buckley and Richardson. was kept which toid upon them. Be! ~ Roast) Dioodily repuleea at | now after f The misty atmosphere gave a kind of Master and Pilot—Jobo A. Phillips. Jno T Coulterns, A, 25th Mass L Wesley, D, 25th Mass @hrough the day ina moderate state of excitement from Heavquarrers, EIGHTERNTR AnMy Corre, this point, moved fu to our left and buried a | terror to alm very object as it loomed up in unnatural Ensign and Bxecutive Oficer—James W. Turner, Jno L Mever #, U, 25th Mass Geo Lidell. G, 9b NJ the constant arrival of single wounded men from the In tun Fieip, May 17, 1864 i} ones oe Colonel Hawley’s brigade, of General Terry’s | proportions and outlines from the dark, hazy shadows of Joseph Wm S Brigg G, isth NY Jno Sheridan, F, th NJ Minnis vision, up in ti me steady and confident | departing night. All was vigilance and anxiety, except ADDITIONAT. NAMES OP KILLED AND WOUNDED. front. Every five minutes an ambulance would arrive, y General Butler received a Richmond paper dated 16th, | manner, but were received wit cd equally | where here and there lay « ldier slumber a 58th C f ie . & more rapid and eq) iy re y weary soldier sium! jog on Surgron—Justus KE. Gregory David D Hamil, €.8th Conn W FStevenson, F,118t! Tha ron cae Attae the amputation tables depart | nich acknowledges that Leo met witha defeat on | a# deadly a firo as that they wore treated to by Turver. | bis moist and earthy pillow. Bnonneers—Acting Second Aseistant, John L. Bowers; japon, H.zist Conn They were ngain loaded io'amabulanges aud forward: | Thursday, abd states that ‘the slaughter was territe: no | TBCSU#NCEE repeating rifles, in the bende of tuo Seventh | | TuReTEattiy AUsAxcm or rmx Ranke | Third Aasistauts, Hobert Row, Harrista Spear, Vieur 1 | Henry Gulmars, Bae — oD 5 ‘ vonnecticut, and the Springfield rifles, in the haods o ut omy Cropt cautiously upon our right, asthe | stubbine. g . 5 b. 4 . @4 to Bormuda Hundred and Point of Rocks, to be carried rticulars aro known.” The paper adde that Jef. | rest of the rigade, delivered a fire no hot and withering | copperhead does upon bis prey. and then spi = Barn: ghton, K.1SthNY Osmar Hills, H, 2st Coon Jno Malone, H, lish NY Myron Barbar, 8, 98th N Joveph Scott, E, M8th NY | Jas frvine, 1. Hsth NY Frank Gregory, H, 148th NY Otho Knox, D, 66th Pa LUA S Dalton, C,2ist Conn David Divert, D, 55th Ps vorp Se Allen, K.8th Conn Thos Taylor, B, 19th Wis Capt Stanton, B 2ie Ira Mi » B 19th Wig ence on trensports to Fortress Monroe, THE REBELS MASSING. ‘The rebels bave been bury all day massing troops on | 4 right, probably intending an attack in force on our in the morning. They will find, however, that the at oe Acting Master's Mates—William Moors, Charies Teng- caves rocolved @ despateh from Leo which has bee kept | that the robels could not withstand it, but broke and ran | without notice. ‘The rebels stole between our skirmish. wall, af r % ORM, KADT2’s CavALRY for the woods, accelerated in their flight by the music of | org, around our right flank, and actually into the rear of | ” paymaster’s Clerk—Arehibald R. Monerioff. have struck the Danville Railroad y Mattox atation and the Spencer bulleta about them, They were determined, | ti Aeiinih New Jersey, When thoy were first discovered Tue following \e a drawing of one of the torpedoes ~ Parnedihe bridge ever ake A flow rivet. He ainow | Bowever, to break our line and force it from its position, | by that regiment in its rear they beliewbd them to be sana on honerdin a Ppomattox river. He is now | cot what it would. They again formed, and were | some of our own troops, One of the officers challenged = y. glorious chain of successes that has attended our armies | moving on Roanoke station, with the intention of destroy- | stron, - rt Lite 118th thened by reinforcements. They charged again; | them, however, demanding who thoy were, The robels. Since the opening of the present campaign haa inspired | ing tho groat iron bridgo over the Staunton river. This i8 | ant Atter ton. minutes" her wick ther weer veasteously. | Fepiicd friends and atl pre “What regiment” Contidw Livingston, F,118th to the moa with a morale that will render them invincible. | the first positive intelligence we have received from | repuiged and driven back at all points, That ended any | demanded the oMcer, ‘The Third Virginia,” replied the Y GRXFRAL KAUT2’S EXPT OITION. General Kautz has not yet reiurned, but may be ex- ted to return to-morrow ur the day after, unless he is polled to make An excensive sweep in order to escapo cutoff. Ho may find it necessary to ford the James and join the Army of the Potomac, or may turn the bead @f the Appomattox and rejoin us at City Point. Tabmard @ Wires, D, 12th 4 r B, 19th Wis 00.434 N il Stephen E Rook, K, rSimons, F, Loch N ¥ Thos Price, B, 76th Pi Tei Kautz, he is successful be will return by way of City | serious effort on their y mt part to force our porition: and, | rebels, pouring in a volley and rushing wpon our men ab a eee Ge Sx waerume a tne Part of the | loaving their dead and wounded, to the NYomber of a | the command “’Charge bayonots.”” The Jerseys fought ind Welln rete r" ges on the Petersburg | thousand, on the fleld before our line, they again massed | valiantly, though taken at 60 groat a dis r upon Gen. ‘his left, Gen. G advastage, and soon repelled their assailants Mr, Oscar G, more immediately ordered Gen. Turner to aitack the en- | in =the =—rear, But the fires volley from omy on their dank, and ordered Gen, Terry to support | the rebels in our rear was the signal for the assaalt upon HEapQuarters, Tr! him, Turner’s attack was hardly commenced before | our front and flank, Hlarcurns, Vo. Gen, Gilimore was ordered by Gen. Butler to retire and THR ASBATLT. Adam Gardner,'D, 66h Pe i famea A Paine, Pr llth Co Lewis Muse, Pe llth NY Robt Willie Haangvartens, Rianterxta Arwy Corrs, To-day wo have had the most ' strengthen Gen, Smith’s corps by forming in his rear, Two brigades and two batteries of flying artillery "Brie: James McCormick, G, 9th In Tue Frain, May 16, 1864, y severe battle that kas | OP troops toll back slowly and in order. repulsing every | rushed forward past our pickets, succeeded in capturing Jee erecuha. Soh ca_ “Fred Fodits, G, ith Cows General Butler's command has retired behind its in. | CCCUrred I this campaign, and wo wero somewhat | ogort of the rebels to quicken its movements, snd making | Most of those on our right and assailed its frout with Robt Courredl, B, 25th Mast Joseph Demere, @, 93th NY qrenchmeni ding tb worsted in the conflict, in 80 far as we were driven from | a stand at every favorable position, until the euerey | creat desperation, while tho Second South Carolina Henry A Reynolds BEN Joseph Ook, Both RY ta. | Mot by a superior force, and holding (heir } ing Foeition we held last night, ceased to follow up and fell back to their first line of in- | cavalry attacked {ts flank with Ire J Adama Ao 3d NH 4, Oorp Nathan Young,D, ita Ground throughout tho day by desperate Aghting, both | Tete. Snich we gained night trenchments: Gen, Gilmore then drew of his corps, and | Hoceman and bis mou wore ce een © Dougie, Bs Baward Jandro, G, 96th N Bmith’s and Gilimore’s commands retired at nightfall from , gal : before Inst by the | formed to support Gen, Sm tured if possible, #0 they worked back the {Edward Demming, 0, Wm H Aldrich, B, 25tn Mase before the gallant conduct of General Terry’s division, under General | The fighting, which had been going on with more or | flank ins moment and (ought gallantly from behind their "ost conn Joseph W Moore, 1, 36th Mas@ euemy’s position, and now are so strongly in. Gilmore, ich turned the enemy's first line of defences | 188 violonce along the entire tine, now ceased (at balf- | lotrenchments in the front. Tho ling notes of battle Corneline Halpii Wm Hartman, A, 18th NY Srenched an to be able safely to defy any force the rebels | 5. their right, and compolled them to evacuate Past two), and preparations were’ shade to draw off our | now filled the ear se our line poured volley atter volley | 4 ang p_riting note, Capt Jno . 98th Serat Joseph Millard, 1,188ity may bring against them, , evacuate most of from the field and return to our jntronchments. | into the rebel Famke, ihe nowy straggling bard, in the] 7 Pete match. b. Bs Richard Niney, battery B, 3 OnROIR OF THR ADVANCE, {t, extended from tho river to @ point beyond the rail- | The artillery was sent to the rear, except » section to J bi bt tne rilanoes, losded with sehions of our puobeto ter cridbory saala D—Lino loading to buoy. road, and was in every respect @ formidable work, Dickets our artillery could not fp Ting attached to pe to float torpedo. ¥, h Conn | h Pi 4, Pa ‘ooper, N ‘The principal object of this advance of Butler from Cit; traine, despatched to the used that of the enemy thundered away at our Point and Bormada Hundred was to make a diversion 1m | 4 000 Not easily capturedyby @ direct attack. Our trimy feH baoke (he eneray not | linew with the greatest fury. Tootr buge see bursted Me ln ee ia poo 4 via we Comey. Tote NIE | favor of Grant that would entirely occupy the forces wore drawn up some distance beyond the in. | pursuing. Thue ended this robel attack on our lines. Poker Dg, MARDY and making ail feel | stationary, tbere Is 0 line leading to the shore. ae A Quins, Ky 11th Men! tes Rinmondauiboritor saa povee tans ‘eroard. | evehmanh and nee te etond tine f their works, |g Gciny auseere, commande, pore, Soon Jee ers ei min, '8) a fag reinforcements 10 1.00 from elther Beaaregard’s com. | “hich We were constantly threatening, The Eighteonth Ransom arrived. last night, and Drigade, except some jitsle assistance from BIPRDION UP THE KRD RIVER. Saint Roberts, F, $4.8 7 bal At Peterburg, or from Raosom’s, at ther ‘army corps, under General Smith, held the right of our to Boauregard’s force considerably. The revels ith Maine and Belger’s Fires Rhode | The following very interosting statement of an expedi. 8 Lt Samuel Bherman,K, 11) bm aha al et get gommond | rine to who turnpike, and to the left of i the Tenth fought with more than thelr usual dash and dravery, as | Island urtiliery. Surrounded on all sideg, the enemy, with | ton up the York river to West Point, in connection with ” Louie M 1igtm ¥ x i at tt, wae con: s Corpe | they seemed determined to crush our army, as the only demanded its surrender; but defiant volleys | the movement of General Butler, bas been furnished me Calvin M B, 2d N ra: ne be laid, with Terry’s division holding the loft, ana Tarner’s ‘They met with a dicody failare. replies. Dy an officer om one of the gunboats: Y ke, Hi, S8th NF fo front ot the Richmond defences untiterere, | tbe tight of tbe corps line, Killed’ and wounded exceeded ours, al GENERAL nectuée wimaK0, (On Bunday morning, May’ 16, toe with AY 4 . he pol geen be received of Keutz's cavelry, ta case OPERATIONS OF TRSTERDAY. thelr ta ‘Our of ae Li Ts al bly eneney wenrene: by == ‘ares Ltd ery fue thes eomany ‘Morss), "es Gots ana Pe naan ‘we. Marted tor Mi fi lngjnton. ib allroad i wre epasatial there line of sesrout alana |g Tereceteus night before last and yesterday there was taptione. and tbe Tenth corre hat estab and hie ten. Uy. hie example. Colowel Ze. (fesh Peles, aur vesonscieteaces wreck previoes having ib ory, mene i cay one san tnt | Yas rte etry ies abehreantaca ee | EARTHS dptd, and stony and | any cry oar rate asker noe oy | fiver err Seton ip the Pamumy td Mee Mat Bat met? ee fuecesn, it wan equally necessary wnat considerable artillery fire, which occasioned con. seu boner teins tert ren cient, the enemy's fire and the captare of our skirmishers; bot | tapony, 60, with the Morse lading and the two other | & de Bet Pen Eke fun wd ‘ane oe “ as to render pursuit of oun to both sides. The musketry fire at times be General Gillmore commanded the left throughout, | stil the fight weot om, the enemy literally biasting his boats bringing op the Le Frage ‘wo went. Ricbard Correga, 10th NH pa -) 2» ’ ans cavalry Ry _cat af the qnestien. mead battle proportions, but would die away into | and displayed as high qualities in tho eld in the handling | path into out, lings, thoogt at every step his trail was | Having ronched West Fount Sp tak ect te fenry Cotonou, Uy Ueenpenn OT ar sprog Tho captore of the outer line of rebel intrenchments | 4osultory discharges, with occasional lulls, in Which the | °f,0.couPs wen EAS 2 eee Sn ee tn “alae 1 having Ryan We Long. I, 188d QC Roger, Battery F, tat Tribe nena pe fiery Laie mt | silence was unbroken by avingle shot, During the day | Foster, chief of ataff, hone toiitien as a commander, Tho Union line was dowbled up, One of Relger’s cate. piel and eoeph. © MooreR.1:einivenn % Pond, K, Jim Cone [vere Amy ha srhich General Smith's | the rebele attempted once or {wice to force back our | And energy and real, combine to make him an invaluable | govs exploded. We lost » gun. Battery of the Third , the ia anchoring in different positions to | Jor'Bhveman: tt 138iaPean J Lepese, Bt ies gorpa beld their —_ t of the tremendous rebel | |. Officer to any commander, whether as-chief of staff or in | New York lost one of thelr twenty. re by the do et Jat anaack. We finally camo to anchor in | Presets ‘Waterbury, it, wh Jaa McCormick, 7a) ser Culmore fanked tam be lets,” after hs bg ‘by charges, but wore repulsed on each | ing command of a brigade or division, No litte of our | stractiot of thet horwen anit to ry of thy tee ae ag ee oa and 9 Balt milo From the | Sonn Cee WERE OES f he Cocnaton wi envy loon, and the attempt wae fina! mocena In and . ie Terry, | enemy upon tl through the fog. Our jine was above an o! py at wi —-. a il Bae Kingyy f Selnquiiney by ther “nhen they found pur vouihes P Ames an sore aid I agar renuectiyé | ing te io drenaful Gremare. when jo Be Dawe. eae J Gaghcazed, wiih & sey rebel gunbeab boll CONNINUED ON RIGHTH PACE, = j