The New York Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1864, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 10,109. GRANT! Battle and Repulse of Ewell’s Rebel Corps on Thurs- . dey Evening, Three Hundred Prisoners Captured. Additional Details of the Battie on Wednesday. Storming cf. the Enomy’s In- trenchments, GALLANTRY CF THE IRISH LESION, Advantageous Position Gained — by Our Troops. Heavy Reinforcements for Our Army. Sigel Superseded by Geheral Hunter in West Virginia. Bore ate ae Recretary Stanton to General ‘Dix. 2 Mayor Genet) Dix; : This afternoon We DAVE despatches daicd at ball past eightthis worping, (rom General Grant, Last evening an. effort was made by Ewell’s corps to torn our right. They were Promptiy repulsed by Birney’s and Tyler's divisions, and some of Warren's troope that ‘were'on the extreme right. | About three hundred prisou- ‘ere fell into ovr Landes, besides many killed and wounded. Gur Jove foots op anLttle oyer six hundred woufded apd ove hundred and fifty killed and mistive. Gencra) Grant says that probably our killed and miss- fing are over estimaied, ae Qver twenty-fve thousend veteran reinforcements ave been forwacded to General Grant, The condition of Be army and bis comemplated operations are entirely eatiefactory. ‘The arwy ts abundantly supplied, Under ingirucins from this Department to Colone! Scbriver, commanding at:Fredericksburg ada ite vicinity, ‘alné persons are ju custody who sre suSpected of ‘baving Seen engaged with Mayor sisughter, The Mayor bad made his cecaje before intelligence of the outrage reached Wredericksburg, and the sick and wounded who could not be troneported overland -wilrbe brought bére'on water : Wan Devannwenr, Wastnncron, May 20—-6,30 P, ‘Wansporte. No reports have been received from General Butler te day. - Major Gonéra) Bunter bas been plated in ccinmand’ of (@e Depafiment of West Virginia, including the Shenan- @oab valley. ad the Intect dates Major Genera) Canby was at ‘Vicksborg. ‘The Rea river was reported to be blockaded Dy the more batteries of the enemy at different points; but measures bad been taken by bim which were believed to Be adequate for clearing the river of al) such obsirac- ‘soap, and evable him to reach Alexandria, were be wil ‘take command of the army. we EDWIN M. STANTON, fecretary of Wa: THE BATTLE ON. WEDNESDAY. Mr. J. C. Fitzyatrick’s Despate) Nuva Aamy Conra, Naar Srorrevivama, May 18-20 P. Me } ‘While the severest portion of io-day’# Aghting has been Derse by Other corps, the Ninth bas participated to no email extent, ae a icae of several hundred in killed and wounded wil) amply testify, In Gays of yore, whens ght embraced a loss of only one or two hundred, it was garetied atonce asa great baiile; but now a day’s en- gsucement possesses little importance unless it eptaile w tesa of a8 many thonaands, ‘The severiiy, the harishipe, the losses—in fact the magniude—of the present campaign, may be compre- Bended to some degree by a consideration of the fact @eat an engagement of a few hours today, oue of macy, tae Doon attended with a lose along the whole line of over ewe thourerd men. gpm OPEING OF THE AITACK. e While the rest of the army moved in force upon the qxewy’t jine, our corps, bolding the right, was to make # Semonstration upon the enemy's left, The troope were @iaposed in fino'of battle, with Potter's division holding @e exirome right, Crittenden’s divistoa the centre, and ‘Wriesz’s division the loft, in coutigaliy with the right of ‘Warren's corps. HRN COLUMNS OF ATTA. Fach division coustituted by itself a column ef attack, with tho Intention of assaulting the encmy’s line at three differcnt’ pointe. The! gegiments of endh division were massel, in some enees three, and im others four regimeats forming the front lives. The artillery was tntrenclitd behind works Bastily constracted of timber hewn from the neigd boring woods and covered with earth, Ae the infantry advanced our guns opeved to cover the @ovoment, and ina moment the witdle Ifne of our front was musical with the roar of our Parrolis aod brags picous. . Tho rebel iine was distinetiy in viow, and eho ‘tered by Woods Whick rendered our fre covsiderably un eer tat he to Fesults, However, our guoners blazed away swith thé wumcet ardor, aud tornadooe of shell and anrap: ‘6) tore through the opposite woods Roemer's Hittery openou he all between fonr and fire wolook A M., wilh six ten iooh Parrotte, supported by Thomas’ Sooond Maino battery, the Kleventh Masaichn: searts and tWO plooes of the Seyonth Maine on the right, Tho reheis oxo noe slow a respouding from tbeir wide, end the in@ebange of canaen shows soun became quite fivoly. RARROW PPOAPR OF GRNHRAL BCRNEIDS, Genera! Hurdelto at this time occupied a tittle Kno!l in Be rear of Roewer's battory as Corps headquarters. The very Oral evots from the rebol guns flew over the brow, of 06 bili Rud lodged In the midet of General and bis mo, eho were just riving from their couches, fT can saputy © term fo riggeative of ctvilization 10 $b@ ramite vesting macen OF these offlcere, where vedare formed a esnopy\end the ground « bodaiend, Ove sboli burst jm mcuataly over the General's head, wounding Captain Botton it She side aod breaking his revolver. The frag: Moot entered tho earth in close proximity to Genoral Burneflie and Cotone! Righmond, Another shell, or, 10 use Bb (éehnioal Lrm, epHerical case shot, exploded noar _Bajor Cotting, the solpbur with which thw ballets ware soltotod tiviking b\w sp tbe face and sovordly burning in jbo reat of Qe ated eogated unbarmed, thoush _ THE NEW Ca NEW YORK, fragments of the bureting abells struck in every dicection ebout thom, An immediate change of ‘base was the con Bequouce, and temporary refuge was. sought on tho aido of @ neighboring bi. During’ tho sheifing one ef tha orderligs was wounded in the leg aud had bia horse killed, ‘The infantry in the meantime gailnay dashed across | she intervening open ground, only to encouater an ha- pervious barrier of His, which seemed as much ap obstacle to the advance of the rebels ag it was to our men. It betrayed at once the character of the enemy’s tactics jn thei# present position. Exit was ae impossible wtrapce, aud hence the natural conolusion tbat Lee's, strategy just now is that of defence entirely, OUR ADVANCE, Tho a®vance was made through a severe fire from tho enomy’s artillery. Our jive, however, dontinued its pre- gross to the abattia, and there Pemained until Jater in tho day, when it was ordered back to tho orginal post- tion, no advantage being gaived on ether side, aud aMairs remaining at nightfall a8 they were at daylight. ‘The Fourth division, colored troops, ander General Ferre?o, wore in the rear, and did uot partivipate in the engagement today, They have, howover, been very efficient in guarding our trains against ondinaghts from the sebel cavalry, who take evory cocasion to make a dash upon that very impSrtant portion of the voluma, Among Other details I must not omit to mention the gallantry of private Sherwin, of the Fifty-seventh Mas. sachusdts, who took vp au advanced position, and frow behind a tree apnoyed the rebel artilieriste, He aeleated one piece jp partionlar, wnd drove the robelk from it sey- era) times by the skilfninoss of his markmanship, and only left bis position when reverely wounded in tho right arm by a rebel sburpshooter, whe contrived to outhank Dito A arsmerous CUAL ACTER, During » Jul) im the Gring-a man, dressed if the uniform of a Union soldier, advanced irom our Sines avd saitied towards the rebels, It was stipposelt thal he was going im search of & wounded comrade, and many encomimms were parsed pon the sttength of an ailection which would take him into so much daager to* aid) bie friend. The rebels rose along tueir ke and brought their mus- kets to bear npon Itiin; but; for some inexplicable rerson , 440 not fire, but allowed bim to ayproach, when. he snd- deniy entered their lives and became lost 10 sigbt. It te now supposed that be was a darin rebel spy, who nad made the tour of our }oz during the wight and relurned ag above stated, Orie WoUNHED, ‘Owing to the qnaulity of artitiory 1266 to-dny the injm- ries of Abe woujded arc of a most ghastly ebaracter, Many men were. bronght to hospital hteraily sbot to piecez. The rebels generally threw shrapnel or spherical case, with a few solid shot. Are they short of ouber kiods of artitiery ammunition? 71s WARD. 1-am upable to send yous list of the Killed in the fight to-day. My list ef tue wounded, however, is very fal TIPING soRGLON. Doctors Carnocban and Vendersinith, of Now York, ‘ well known Smong the medical gentiemen of that city, have boon preseut during the past few day# ob a visit of obseryalioa and assistiués, Dr. Carnocuan to-day per- formed the, extremely delicwte operation of amputation atthe hip jolt. Tne patieot euryived only a few hours, bowt¥er, Tble wae the @ rniy resort in bis ease, Niet Anwy Corrs, near srortsrit ama; May 19—A. M. UR MIGHT YESTERDAY. 2 omitied, in roy report last night, to mention that the Jose in Crittenden’e division wae principally iw Ledite’e brigade, Gow. Ledlie bagajuet éedntied command, He was formerly a Colone! of the Third beavy artillery, and served with Gen, Burnside inthe North’ Cerclina cam- paign. Our jose fn the corps will Dot exceed 260 killed and wounded.’ A few prisoners were taken. ‘The rebel wounded were cartd for at the Harris House, the hospital of the Se oud and Toird divisions. Mr. Francis C. Long’s Despatch. On ore Pietp, Near Srorrsyivasia, May 18, 1864. Atan early hour this morning fire was opened from ) batteries along the rigbt and right centre of our line, comprising the Ninth corpe, commanded by General Burnside, and the Sccond and Sixth corpe, by Hancock. ‘The rebels promptly responded to our fire, apd in a fow minutes the air was filled with shot ana she)!, whisiing and shrieking along 06 their errand of death. The can- ponadipg War very heavy, bit not so earful as that of Friday, tbe 13th inet. General Grant was making an aitempt to turn Lee's left dank, which was quite weak yeeterday; bet Lee, suspecting the manauvre, bad strengthened bis ‘left duriog the night, and’we found them strongly posted this morning. bs Several charges werefmade upon the rebels, and their lines of rifle pits taken and sotne prisoners, The Corco- ran Legion, which Joined us yesterday, probably suffered as soverely as any corps in the engagement. Colonel Murphy. commanding i, was wounded, and bae bad bis arm amputate Brigadier.Generai Barlow, commanding the Firet divi- sion of the Becoud corps, is entitled 1 much credit for the extreme gallauiry displayed onder the fire of the enemy. Both the officers and men of big’ command are joud im their praises of bim asa brave apd sagacious offcer. The charge upor the firat line of rebel works was an ex- citing scene. With loud snd defiant yelle the dense mase of our mer pusbed forward towards the enemy's works, attorly regardiesa of the showers of deadly missiles bail- od into their midst, while the muskeiry of the rebels be- bind theiz embankments was simoei te unbroken as the roll of a snare dram. The most of the troops engaged conducted themselves with commendable bravery; a few, however, prinetpally raw recrojts, were determined to fal! in the rear, and s0me bad to be kept in the ranke by the Mle cioving at the point of the Dayouet, J ath giad to state, to the honor of the Second éorps,ghat there were but few such. The following 16 & partial Hit of the offiners killed and wounded in this moraing’s engagement :— Major A. J. Lawlor, 28th Maxg,, killed, Adjutant A. Anpard, 26th Mase. foot, Captain Corcoran, 26tb Mare , lings. Captain Coveny, Acting Imspeotor Genera), Second division, shoulder. earisia jens ge fuger. ptain Cle ¥ Maes , Lieut. ‘SVanderbarden, 116th Pa. , shoulder, Major J. 0. 166th N_ Y., abdomen Captain Thomas Lyford, 164th N. Y., band. Captain J. J. Whitney, 63d Pa, gluteral region, Livut, C. Ballau, 89tb N. Y., eyes burned. Lieot. K. A. Tremper , 39th N. Y., arm. ‘Llent. Col. Wm. Delacy, 1640 N. '¥., band and abdomen, The One Aundred and Twenty-sixth regiment New York Volunteorsa, commanded by Lieut. Col, W. B. Baird, reports the following, joss iD Captain H. B. Owen, Co. H. CaP. tioughtaltiog, Co. Be . Houghtalling , amos f Mutt, Co, G. Eémond «4, Dewey, Oo. D. Wm, Clark, Co, Ke Corporal Chas, Benedict, Co. G. Corporal Wm Newbury, Oo, 1. Jerome Parks, Co, K. Lieutenaut George A. Sherman, missing. ‘Tyo Thirty-ninth New York Volunteers, thé Garabaldl Guard, at present commanded by Major Charles 0 Reker, Jiet of Casualties im the regiment: — Rilled, Lieutenams Thomas J, O'Keefe. Wounded. Peter Atderwon, 09. D; John Anderson, Oo. D, Pbitfh wo, Cb. f; Edmond Gilmore, Co. B; Jobo P. Sahm, Co, ; Vainard Torbard, Co, 1; Joseph VFranklio, Co, F. ‘dy, Oo. 1; Private Keamona, Co. Ht John Helgel, ¢ K, Corporal Patrick Murray, Co. K; Anthony Valdest, Co, B! Augnst Linypor, Co. B; Thouwas Kerr, Oo, Hf, Hulgieki, Co. @; Daniel Lée, Co, F; Tremor the Sixth corps —~ Captain Bigelow, LOth Massronsette, head. Ltentenant Keémond & Prootioe, 24 Rhode Iriand , head. Lieutenant Frank Oleagon, Thh Maine, neck Gaptaia Benry Warren, Tih Maine, killed. ‘Tloutennas Henry Croney, 1p Maino, stight!y. A@jutant JN, Dean, Tir Maneachusetis, site Vaptain eee Kwan, TUM Maraachueette, ayes bored, Viret Lioutenant & Rartiott, 10th Massach: smortaily. Ly, A, Hendrick's Despateh. arches, Miurn ARmy Corre, ie re Frew, May 18—11 P.M. All is Golet to-night along the Ny. Hiring Weee my denpaich of ove P. M., exenpting @ Ocoa- Fens! jterchango Of ebots betweou the pickets Ono killed And for Wounded comprise thd day's oawal- Hos to the With corps The ladwes i) the Second corpe AF0 Guile Rewry, Tha Hangpe Giniston yy Lil Horus Gow, Tyler's rear, and were emerging from the w Third vrigndey mame? is aTeredgseverdty. The subjoited is» partial Rrnost Lit, Co, B. The followitg casosities ecourred among the ofleers of Toere hag been no - SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1861.-WITH SUPPLEMEN i esas Gibdon commanding, made a charge on the entmy's line at daybreak, carrying the Grst line, witou they stilt hold. In this charge the Irish Legion, just assiguea to the corps, participated, and they acted with great cool- ness and gallantry, which ie the more credible as most af thom are new men, Their advance wes obeched by the enemy's artillery, who poured @ terrifie volley or grape and Canieter mbo dheir ranks, and thus slopped hie alist of the casualties In both corps, There are strong Indications of » resumption in the morning of active hostilities, aud probably « gexeral ea: gagewent. THE FIGHTING ON THURSDAY. Mr. 8, Cadwalloder's Deaputehos. Nean Spotsyivania, May 19~10 P.M. For three or four days part the roads have been gradu- ally improving, notwithstanding the! daily euowers that havo falfon during the tine, and traine haye been busily engaged transporting supplies from Belo Plalw to thir point, by way of Fredericksburg and the Spotrytvavia Court House road. ‘The army j# now well furnehed with everything necessary for another forward movement, and immediate effedaive operations may be safely pre- dicted, Reinforcements have arrlyed, Some of-tho fresh troops were longer on their way to the front than was anticl- pated or believed necessary, but they are here now, and will soon have an opportuntiy of retrieving their tardi- ness by acte of galigutry. Between four and five o’eiock thie afternoon, desultory fiying was Woard-on the Fredericksburg road, about a mile in Tylor’s year. JL was ascertained that the enemy bad foltowed lore im the rear of our dorps, and dad ae- tually thrown Rhodes’ division of Kwel’s corps Into ‘wie and the wagon road, Long traine, loaded with ordum comuissary stores, had been passing all amy, but fortunately nome were within reach my the moment. A gap iva train coming (0 the front way all that saved gome of the wagons from capture. The train was completely cut in two by ihe rebel colume, Part camo into eatny at Sul) speed, and the remaiuder turned hastily ip the read and drove furiously to ebe rear out of range. Tyler/e division was precipitated on the rebe! column ag impetuously a8 tbe mature of the groumd pertoitted, apd after a sharp skirmish (he latter were driven from tho ground with serious lose. The Wirst ‘Maine heavy artiliery regiment, eigbtecn pundred strony, avd fighting as iniantry, charged on the rebel lee gallantly, atid swept everything before them after a ehgrp contest. Var loss hag not been ascertained, bui this re- iment appears to have suffered most. A part of Hancock's corps wae warched buck to Tyler's eupport just at dark. but the rebels were not found in force. It was probably a dash of theirs to annoy vs by cutting Our coMMmunivations, Witk the possible nope of oaptaring a few wagons and stores. ‘Tho order ‘was alroady given to abandon thir road to Fredericksburg, and no teams onghi to have heen t over it, Nereafter the Massaponax Chwrch and argh dirt road will be used ae our tine of commu tion opti the Jeeation of the army ig eubstantintly 1. Fray, May 20—7 A.M. ‘The lonser in the fight last evening are estimated at be- tween five andsix hundred, and are confined mainly to fow regiments. the Fighth Maryland voteran regitent were returning from thelr furlough home, end found thermpelves under Ore before they suspected the presence of the enemy. The cojone! supposed the fire came from a regiment of cur own troope, who bad mistaken bis for a rebel com mand, Sod on)! Ud frantically ep them to step Bring oo ‘Two jank, seedy individuals, were takon to headquart- ors last evening to be questioned. One said be wars North Caroline conscript, and had been in the army but slow week. He exprossed great satisfactio® at being a prigoner within oor Hnew; sald this was bis frst fight, and hoped to God it would be his last. The other was an old soldier, aud game to the prritian of s eoldier mechan} cally when he found himesif tp the presence of a gevers; officer. Nothing ba monosytiabiex could be drawn from thoir own friends,’ Qne or two volleys andeceived him, and revealed the character of his concealed foo, The Veterans. were Roon engaged with their old enemies, and assisted materially in breaking she rebel jine aud clear. ipg the woods, 4 large number of the Eighth were ightly wounded, but the lis} of killed 1# comparatively au ‘The rede) kes fe unkvown in killed avd wounded, but mnet be very heavy Mm proportion to the nuraber en guged. Their disabied men jay quile thick on gome parte of the line. ys . Squads of prisovers were coming te ti) midnight. This morning avdaylight two hundred more passed in front of my tent, From five to six bundred baye been already brought tn. He maintained © resypet(u! snidierly silence and ap pearance, and elicited considerable comment on bis be- havior, They bed an excellent quality of “bard tack in their baverencks, made (rom white fidur, and pre Bounced vastly superior to the average of ours ihe men enid ten of these crackers were issued to them that morning for two Gays’ ratiour. There wor no firiag of consequence avi and none at al! this morping. The rebele Withdrew from their popition op ovr rear under cover of the night. Our old fiap movement to the left i resumed sagem this morning, and 00 Dattle is expected before to morrow or pext day, Lee is believed to be unessy in his intrevcbed pocition around Spotteyivania, aud may be taking ups new ove further to the southeast aig present moment. . ‘the bight, 5 Frowhy, day 20—8 4 "M. } bave just learned it was the First Maryland Veteran Tegiment, under ,Colone! Duabape, that sulfered worst, \mstend of the » 8 written in my dispatch. The Oo). and Litt, ‘Witeon both bad boress shot under thom, but escaped noburt. There were four captains in the squad, thirée of wWhém are wounded—Captain Camp- yescer in the arm, and Captain “This regimers dost Hfty killed and wounded oul of thre bondred,. ‘The rebels did BOt.caplare & wagon, anc bub few men. Mr, 1H A. Renarten’s Despaten. Bravquarrers, Furr ARmy Cons In se Pimp, May 19—~6-P. M. Up to the hour of writing this despatch, it bas beens particularly quiet day, it bas beep more than quiet, our pickets for the fires time since since the opening of the present campaign pave been on terms of friendiiness By = sort of tach agreement there bas been ne Oring between them; but, om tiie co. Wary, they bave met and interchanged remarks and oon- GTavulations ae if they vever had been and sever ex pected to be engaged in murderons strife, Fors time Papert were freely exebanged, the pagers giving ovt, atively trade emmned for coffee and sugar for tobacco. At length, however, an end was put 1o this bargaining. Bot their mén baye continued to how themssives in fight, and within range of each otber, without molasta- ton on either ile. Availing myself of the prevailing quiet, 7 tiave ridden today along ovr entire front, an vodertaking that avy time before would have been attended with too much peril to make the exetiement compensate for the per- sonal risk it Involved. The life of our soldiers in in trenchments affords & theme upon which a chapter might be written, I could with diMenity im. agino that @ few buvdred yards only intervened Detween shein and a foo as impassable as it te nByielding Hore were groups of officers chatting, writing letters and reading, and all along were privates making aud drinking coffee, card playing, 20d talking over the jnoldente of the late battiew Marough whicb they bad pawved thus far uptonched by rebel bullets or shell. all were reauy V0 spring ip an instant to musket or cannon, The bent view] obtained of tha onemy and bis to. ; trenofimeats was from the position occupied by Captain | Oboper’s. pattery, attached to the Third division, rote this point, can be. sean Ove rebel flags, their cromabure and stare Geptinetly virible to the walked eye any quantity of the enemy's guns are aleo visible from thi place, | Onr ibworks are = strong and dofensibio, but | saw enoegh to conwines me of ibe Auporior strength and superior “Aofeusibility of tho enemy '# Works, ‘They ara sharp enough got to attack ue aod Trae he wiadom of Ade euninae lee genera) ko Die Present movement, which ooutomplates flanking their Works and wot carey ny lao by direct oneal Jo my FAG Along our front Noe J iascned pomesbiog of Yesterday's cannounding that was now to me, During hig canBonading Genera Crawlord’s division ovoupicd Qnrextione left. A pernonal inspection of the ground showod the Genera) the fact that the enemy's vuletios were ner bin, eid thet coring tue wlcbt they bad ttrown Op Antrenebinonts back ww the dixeokion Of Abe Fo river; that they were heavily massed iy his jront and were threatening our let, Keaing tho position of attirs, he roported the once to Genera) Meade, who at once put th Sixth Corps on his Jelt. Meantime, « severe contest en sued for the possession of a moand near the Generel’s hoadquerters. Our men drove the enemy away, and jn Tetum were driven away by te enemy, and ibus the contest alternated, This battle was one excturively of the Fifth corpa, and the Bucklai rifve of Qonnsylyania saved the day. Beed NOt Ko into detasis of thoir gallant conduct. "uey whipped General Moody's brigade of Fick?» division, General Longstreet’s corps, twice, » To show how weil Crawford's division behaved, It ie uly necesnry to mention that to the Myhta thas far It bas lost ovo hundred aod fourteea oMcers and two thou. sand one buvdred aud twenty five men, An urrange- ment, by the way, has been effected, vy which all tho Temaliing ‘reope will be mustered out of service on the ast of the iment), instead of each regiment at the expira- ton of Its term of {brre years enlistinent, Col. Hardin, who lost @p arm in battle xome momihs ago, has just rotutued, and now commande the First brigade, In tho division there are twelye hundred vetorans, so that all are not to be lost to the rervice, Meantime, to General Crawford's command bas. been temporarily axsigned the Second brigede of the Second division, aown as General Hartaut’s old brigade, of Generai McDowell’s corps. Dexerterseny that (hey have ly been under such boavy cannonading ax yesterday, They were under an entiiading firo of our batteries, ‘Tho corps batteries en- guged in firing nurbered forty-two guus allogetber, and subered terrmbiy Dee€. J. AgDOWw, Of the Saviary Coromision, Is here, arrangig, ie coune tion with Dr. Winsiow, for having supplies Drought here for the benefit of our wounded. They havé arranged that im future battles, #f our com- mounivation with cur base ik kept open, gupplies shall not be wanting for tbe hospitals and their occupants maimed ip baltic. Agi close my disp toh portions of the First and Third ovine 10 Lg left Lo prevent a threatened ent of the enemy, Some cannonaading and musketry Oring can now be beard in that direction, Var Belie Plain Correspondence. Baris Pra, May 20-67. M. Four gunbonis, the Curritu nacostia, Jacob Bell, and Yankee, wre reported at Fredericksburg. it im stated Mey raked Up four torpedoss coming up the river, Feports from thé front state that last night one corps mavobed from our right to the extreme left of our tine, waen Lee moved on our right, endervorins to capture a pertion of ony wagon treim, He sigoally failed, entering great Jose, The raittoad dock mt Aquin creek is repaired and a etrvbtion iain is at weak ov the road toward Fred. sburg. which te expécted to bo im renning order to Falmouth by Monday at farthest The body of Sergeant Thomas Dougherty, of the One Hon red and Sixteenth Pennayivenia, was found in Toto. wae Creek, near Belle Plain, to day. The body had been tn the water less than twenty four bours, and was recog- nized by a pars signed by a provost marsha) in Philadel. phia, where the Sergeant had evidently been on revraitdng rervice, from which We had just returned. © Our Washington Despatches. Waelneton, May 19—Midnight, ‘The action yesterday at Spottsyivapla revulted in the succese of General Grant in gaining an adventageous position on the eneiny’s right, Thie wags the object of the atinck made by Grant, Our entire Joss in this engagement will not exceed one thousand, tociuding killed, wounded and miesing. _No goneral oilicers were either killod or wounded, Up to ten oljock. to-day tbe battle had not been re- newed. The position oocupted. by Lee ie 9 vast inirouebed camp. Ite gatural strength bas beeu Increased by the ‘erection of fortifeations, which were built jong ago in anticipation of thelr weed, Lee matifeste vo disposition © to come out of these defences. Fvery opportunity hag been afforded for bim to do 60, aod the change ip the position of our forces bas been made witha view t© compel him to accept baitie beyond his fortifications, Yesterday General Torbett, with s division of our cay. airy. took possession of Guiness Station, op the Fred. ericasburg Railroad, in the rear of Lee’s army, amd de- eiroyed al) the basldings and supplies found there. Wasninaron, May 20, 1864. ‘The ekirmiehos in Granty army for the last few days have been Ip our favor. A battle is imminent. The rebels confess'a want of supp)icr. A large Bumber of rebe! prisoners were taken In the battle on Wednesday, ‘Wanninetor, May 20, 1864, Despatches from the Ariny of the Potomac, dated last night, say that a chaplain came in yesterday from the hospital of the Second corpe on the Wilderness battle-feld, and reported that over 400 wounded belonging to that corpe are still In hospital there, and that they were ow. tirely out of provisions and medical supplies. Represen- tations of the facte were made to the commander, and to day it 8 reported that they will be bronght in. 11 in raid that Lee will nob recognize a flag of truce unless it comes from General Grant, as be considers him tue commander of the Army of the Potomac. The report that a Jarge number of wagons bad been captured by guerilas wae false. It arose from tbe cir- cumstance that over gixty wagons loaded with supplies had disappeared, Bui !, was found they bad gone to- wards Washington in cos pany with some artillery. The mistake canted muck ‘anxiety, an the supption were wanted at the front, An wtiack was made jaet nigbt ow our right feck by the enemy, but Warren's corpse met and crove them deo’ «The attack caused some interruption on the road, and Wann returned to Fredericksburg om ibe double quick, None were captured, as war reported. The Sanitary Commiselon are 811) doing everything for ovr sick and wounded at Frederickaburg, and prove a valuable auxiliary to the Medical Department. Thm orelere for friends of those who bave fallen io Dattlo to come to the frobt ab thie time to procure thoir bodies, ne Ube request is dented In all cases, Ali the dead are care(ully buried, and wheir Dates ard placed upon boards over thetr graves, go that weit friends can find them after the army bas advanced. rhe Wounded @ the Ambulunce Bys- tem. Wasninetos, May 20, 1864, Pr. Morton, of Boston, who bas been as Fredeticksburg and of tbe front #iDee the commencement of the present cearopugn, Superintending the using of anesthetics it the hospitals, bat returned, and, with several other yo voteer eurgeon®, Lettales whe Bumber of wounded, as shown by official statements, is pot twenty thousand; that those requiring operations bad the deneit of the anawthetics, and Wat all af tho wounded bave beon bronght in from the camp hospitals and the fletd ay bredoricksburg. The ambulance aystom has worked aa- mirably, removing the wounded from the positions woore ey embarrassed military operations, and ihe hospital arrangements are as neagly portent as clroum- stances wil! permit. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE. The Rebel Pirate. Vesseis Preparing for e Dewonstiation em the Nerthorna Coast, do, Pavamarms, May 20,1864. A Votter from xo ofeer om an American War versel, dated Dover, Kngland, May 4, contains the following im- portant Information It bas been known to as through rebel paval officers thar the Alabama was coming here, aud. that the combined rebel pirates are (0 mAKem domonEtration an oar Nor ern coast, aajtoon ae they oan get ready \ Tho detention of the Rappabannock: and nop. arrival of the Av be ma hére pom pooed 1 for @ myontty, This contes Gifeoh from RABAT aMledwa aAArA Re vog fea, ions A AN eS ee ee PRICK THRER CENT em wh " thon more precipitone. guide of yards | “ twat Bo csisty “wet tity y the range forming & Batorai .ortiticat rao eon Gan ausmount. hie Fidos, elet by ihe ndous ed Buxs'id Roost Gap, auil rough this gap Yai road nd the einmon rond from Chrttanoo The vedels beve lined all the beiiis around this ng utvepgthoned artifeial Ye deveription.. In addition to this thoy havé dumined up the watcr of t smal stream of water called Mill efeek, whicli aiso rine through the gap, tu such a way as to form a lake in tne gorge. The eatire postion is pehapa Ghe of the strongest on the coo Advance of Our Army | Into Georgia. tivemt it rot be tirued on te left provably, alti Sieier: Ub sa fer the etiompt would eply bring the, flanking foree ipic auctner gorge as formidable aa Bua ard Roost mut Miteen miles to tie right THE BATTLE OF RESACA (00th) of Burvard Roost fy Soak Creek Gap, through Which ste! aor @.haw aireudy gee Six miles from the 1D m0: 2 the town of iesaca, on the tin It is @ mountalo gorse wiv nislory it it proves army abadle Threo Days’ Fighting, werh he one. aur \oost Gap, of the cata. ‘ ¢ materials, and oa Iaureia! 1 bas managed bis command with rauch very difiicull situation. Vine ‘ er, who gif Additional. Details of the Operations of the Army from ths Start, tho shmmit “of Rocky ehorthgrn end of the ridge mamtaived as a nuder try ing © & &e. alt. J. Wood, wiwags ¢ and bold, ne * y has Ween vone ihe less eo during ouya singular Secretary Stanton to General Dix. Wasmverow, May 20—10:30-P, My Major Genera Dix — felves careiul and prudent as w Despatches from General Sborioan, dated Kingston, ten} gotic avidiers. clo Jast mia, Brake Anat, during ABe day he ‘Dad | ocrtmenc of une Camueriams, han. diceuarced bwdettonte Pushed a column beyond that place fm pursuit of Jonas | @ne dificult dutio with rare ability and tact, ¢-sisted by ston, as fur as Cassville, and (here wan akimniebing ini) (°7Ofn, (xcollent stam ullicere. tho latter part of the day with lsardee's corps, bila nanguys iti: °° The vare were expected to reach Kingston to-day. A Ward fight for AUante is jovked for. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Oginting. Guneral Stanley bow increned Dis: weil earned repre. tiow BY too wbIe and HoszeuMiNg KaDLET Kn whieh he Yee Managed bis ¢ vision Generals johvson Aol Pavia bave both proved them. as eoriewtand e me! May 17, 1964. A singular serios of opsrati been completed, and the rebel army bas reirented from the works around Resaea. BONE ITS SOWAMD BNAKE CRSEK GAP—GEN, MOVEMENTS. On Thursday, May 12, early the whole army wae” in motion toward Euake Creek Gap, which lies about fifteen Diilos Routh of Buraard Koost, only Howard.with Woods? and stanley’a divisions, being lot to threateh the enemy: in front of Dalton it should be observed, however, that (on. MePhersen, crossibg. directly over.srom. Villanow, had pessed through Snake Creck Gap as eariy.as Monday, the 9b of May, By the worniog of Friday, May 15, tbe bulk of our forces bled ia Sugar valley., Doar the @xtera molith WP pmeaoN's Whe Nashville Despatch. Naseviins, Toun., May 20, 1864. General Sherman is ip poescesion of Kingston, Rome, Cuseville and the line of ihe ktowab, ‘The army bad heavy ekirmicbing with the enemy all the way from Resaca. ‘The ratiroad and tolegraph have been repaired to the present position of the army. gap, our. ca’ cuvering ibe Operations of the in ‘Tho gsope are tn’ gid sonaligh Aah Melia! fantry | en. Kilpatriok:was wounded while atvsuding to Johnston is believed to be at Atlanta, ‘The prospect is excellent for the most important sua: cess tO Our aris. Five hundred and thirteen prirouere, oaptured at Re- jaca, arrived bere yorterday and today. Among them aro thiriecn ofiieers belonging to Polk's, Hardee's aud H0d’s corps. “‘Ihey will bo sent North to-morrow. Hugh Traily,a uative of ay county, Teunesses, was Hung to-day, by order cf the miliiwey, commaadant, obarged with busbwbackiog and murdering Uaion citi: wus. Trajly was captured tp White county last Decem- ver, where he was acting os guido to, the rebet General jon ob the seaffola, and avowed that he died a true rebei soldier and nop guilty of sheddiag inpvcen: bicod. The river #e throe feet deep on the shoolk, and is now tolling. “ The Uccapation of Dalton. [Despatches to the Cincinnat} Gazette, Ragaca, May 17,1564. Our army was moving out from Chattanooga to lake ‘op position about Ringgold during the whole of the first week in May, and, Ip fact, for a number of daye previous, the object being to coucpatrate about Ringgold. GBNERAL KILPATAICK'S VRIMARY CAVALRY MOV KMANTE — 7B BARE. Previous t6 A general movement sévoral cavilry affairs During tbe Sth the army wat ocoupied in deploying from the vap and getting in position, Heavy skirmish. ing took place duving the day. General Harrow's, divi nh of General Logan's eorpa, met with considerndie one. By night ition was fully discovured. X on vex #8 the neck of, the 5 finuows |lnes of rebel ih strong ? fions, eaprel iy about towtl "Roth their flanks r upon'the river, aud the’ live of rotrest was compiere'y ted by these fortifications. Ry ihe ofcht of Friday bor arrey was in position around the rebel works, except Howard's division and Wood's aud Stan wy’, which bad ocanpied Dalton the day bere gard were swooping down the line of the Alloona and WelMote Rajl-oud to form ao Junowion with tbe rest of the uriny, Oo Saturday, tho 14th, skitmishing began early In the morning and continued incessantly throughout tho dey Ali giong the line, About two o'clock it wag espociaily Severo upon the left of the Fifteenth corpa, many of our mon being picked of by the rebel sharpehooters, About Doon Howard elected & junetion with the rest of tho army, and our whole force was then in line, Howard's. corps Torming the extreme left, Schofied’s coming vext, Hooker's Waxt, Palmer's next, Logan's next, Wood, wittr two divisions, Of) the RiAbeentR corps, being imthe ex treme right. Such disposition and changes wore alter- words made As the movements of the cuemy or 6xecu- tion of aur own plans.reamtedy but generally the line re- m ined ag | have indicated. JHE ATTACK—IUM REELS DEIVIN, FROM TAMIR POBITON. Abdut one in the afterfoon of attempt was mite to Sook place in Hougten and Dogwoodvallays, which le | preak the center of the enemy's line, oF nt least to recap between Taylor's bridge and Tinned Hii aie Genesal | ture his outer works, General Jidab s division, of Seap- Kilpatrick twice drove the rebel cavalry to tunnel | field's corps, and Nowton’s division, of Loward’s corps ded Hill, the first time on the 20th of Apri}, again on thes Moving over comparatively level ground, su of May. By the tb of May the entire force was Maier ter a desperate eoutiiat, 1a Zompeliing. the rebels w aban. collected at Ringgold, or at such Cae bat it could.) don ihe position of tueitouter line. We did not continue de bandied, and vu the 7th it moved upon. the exomy. | to hold this: bat, oar own like bein. somes tint advanced, MoPhersom crossed Tay lor’s Kidge by Slip Gap, Hoot by.| ovr artillery acting very agectively, we preveuted the Nickajack Gap, Valwor moved directly on the road trom | repels from cecupying it Further to our rigut we were Ringgold to Tunnel Hill, Howard pushed to.tbe lett. Ihe | got go fortunate. Jurtions of Jumeson’s, Baird's and rebel cavalry retreated rapidly. petare our advance. A | Weayor’s divisions, of Palmer's corps, in ‘attonrpting to battery placed by tho enemy upon Tunuel Hill rauge was | charge the rebols'in front, were compelied to throw noon driven away, and by twelve 0 we bad posses. | themselPes down au almost perpendicular bunk and wade gion of the town of Tunnel Hill, Oxi the, morpieg of the | % creek waist deep, w Bin the whole army was ia front, of CBattauoegs M020: | gud then joy filted with di jo, of whic 5. cP her- gon on the rigBt, Phones and me divise ee Ae uh Ee, jon; Hooker vast, Punor ness, Howard next, and Scho. field.om the exireme left. Jike cavalry of the Army of the Cumberlacd, undor Genergl Filiot, was ggcupied in ty if gommbnicteh Pivecen ork more gallantly or. contend more nobly; but gould not: accomplish: impossibUities, amd, afe ae losers, were obliged ta withdraw. A REREL $L4NK MOVEMENT —(UK RESULT SWICOTING ON TR covering danke Gud keepin, WIGUT. diferent corps. The cavalry of tho Army of Ohio, It was now discovered that the eveiny wore moving » under Stoneman, was not set 1% Late in the y force up the Resaca and Tilton road, with thi ternoon of this day Colonel Jolin @, Mitch- ious purpose of turning our loft. Hookor was imme- ell’s brigade, of Genera! Davis’ division, supported | qiately sent to checkmate this movement, Helore be by Morgan’s brigade of the fame, apd Cruft arrived, however, the rebels had thrown themeselyos in vrigade of Stanley's division, drove tho rebels precipi immenae magses upon Crolvs brig of Stauley’s divi tately from thelr position i frout of Buzzard Roost gap, and gallantly carried the mouth of the gap itself, extad- lishing thetmelves Upon two of the enemy's fortified eminences at the entrance. Considerabie skirmisiiog occurred alung the whole Sine, But with littie Is ow eitber side. SQUARE CREEK GAT-— MARCH TOWARDS DATTON. On the #th of May MoPherson crossed Chattanooga Mouvtain throngh Shake Creek. Gap afer m sharp ficbt, thus directly threatening the enciay’s communications by rajiroad rapping ‘rom Valtou to Kome and Atianta. General Schofield, with Newton’s division of the Mourth corpe, marched towards Dalton on the east of Kooky Face, and the remainder of the army skitmisbed vigor- for the purpore of divert ing the ehewy’s attention from fiank move the right sad jeft. Towards evenwg vere artillery dueh took place, apd Mitchell's an Morgan’s brigades of Davis’ division fought with the in Lhe gap. Whitaker's brigade of Staniey’s division, and portions of Woods’ division, engegea jn revere ak imishing at diferent times during the day. Our lore along all portions of tbe line probabiy amoented to seven hundred men. from the covered po- Bitiens of the epemy their joe was douvtiess imuch swailer. APPROACHING RERACA-—BUL7ARD ROOBT GAP. ‘There was copsiderabie rain on the morning of May 10, and skirmisbing Was not quite x0 lively. No operations of scmpegasnee were undertaken exeeps upon the right. G.nere! Motberson moved bie army from the eastera Dioutb of the Suake Creek Gap, drove sume minor bedier Of the enemy before him, aud at one o'clock in tne aiter. ‘Doon estabd/isbed bitasel, upom (be railroad one mile south of or splendid rcPistance, to abaudon tne bill upon which it was posted ond retire in consider- able confusion. Ihe rebeis, yelling Ike démong, came fanning acroes the road and open felds to the westof It, woen they wore met by a whrorous fire of «rape. and canister from, Simpson’s ol) New York battery aud Fifth Indiana, /Av tho same time portions of z page felling en. the Suse. apae, re polien was sides of the valley ond supported it, Tarte of Crulvs brokea brigade ranict to Ub acie, Wad the rebels were Fepulaed with slaughver. it waa night wh ferce coniitct Lad commenced vpon the ri Bult visions, of Logan's dorpe, with Bprague’s brigade, of Veateho’s division of the Sixteenth wis | corps, charged the Iino of ro! p tle to the Tight ‘of and to sight of Resaca, and intreyidly carried 1his was about seven ’. M. An hour afterwards muasing a large force, attempted to rogaiu Posersion of these works, Coming boldly up the Jong hill to she very foot Of the works, they seemed dé termined to retake thom cr perish, but they were mes by adotermination ae stern as their own, ‘the line of Gro sweeping ap the Nill was answorod by a line of Ore on . The yell of the traitors was drowned in.the louder shouts ot loyal soldierr, and after etrucgting worthy Of a beiter cause, the rebel hot wae hurled down the hill, leaving is sides Covered with wounded and dead. Owe men vontiiued to bold Utis work, which the rebels pever regained, CHANGR BY HOOKER’S CORPE—RVACUATION OF RmBACA. On Sunday morning firing commenced as usual, bes hothing of partioular Importance oecurred until about ove eee. ki = ‘At that eee Saeenies heres. was made by rs look 's corpe, wi now ocoY our Joit—Palmer, On the loft Schoteld and Newton skirmished all-day | Howard and Schoteld haviug. Ween. shifted. towardn the Sion, and forced in without, result. ® brigade of Newton's division, | right to fil) up the occas by Hooker’ . which bad gained the summit of the northern part Grawal the day. botore. This charge was ds Bret believed of Rocky Face, found nae cbecked vy an aimost impae- | to be success(ul. The cuomy were driveufrom a tabio ravine. About throes ociock P. Mo we bad gov ‘ond several pieces 01 artillery in position around the mouth | division, stormed # emall fort and took a battery of Of Hvamard Roost Gap, aud ov the bills mear the entrance | guns, she rebels, however, having marsed on thie previously takep. rom these me ooamed 8 vigoroue fire } of the} ry heavily the day before, our men the gap, | exposed to so deadly a frofrom tbe inner works that they of tnoir second Jines, aud pers Upon the enemy's Works on tie south side rome execution, bub fod drive tue sharp- | wore compelied to withdraw, Tart of them + shooters out of the works, Rebel canon rephied from the | tinned to holt we small fort and summit of the ridge on the porih side of the gap, with | of the four rebel guns, Notwitustanding this re. two pieces, buriing #bel! stove of our Uasteries the Is¢, our line Was Dow adyacced to what hed been bill vext © Rocky Face Coming over the gummi tbe Dill, these shells fe promlecuonsiy amouget our camp, | in the ceatre and gained substantial. apd pormonent Dut did wo damage. About teu}. M ‘ribio rain, vc | advantage on both wings. For (his, and for some reasom companied by tbundor and |iuining, deluged ihe whole | yet unknown, the enemy thought Dest to retire, and on face of the earth. Notwithy\andimg, care were-beard | Suntay night ovacnated she with bie entire army. runpiog (0 and from | aiion all night song. Waving only three fay some stores of meas and A COMPARATIVELY QUIET Day. gorn Louind, Early thie morning we started io pursuit, The morning of May Ll, opened gloomy aud wet, Skir- | av out Joo Jownston ts by this time well en bis minhing recommenced, rer, but mot earnestly, and | way across the Ktow@b river. ready to magine that the rebels bad mostiy CUM LOSER FOUR GRNERATS WOUNDED. withdrawn, AD attempt om our part to advance was, Y estimate our losses in our operations Im fromt of y met by tho sume determined resistance as on | Rosaca xt six hundred killed, three thovsand wounded ing days, und the Nghtiog continued at iotervais | aud four hundred missing. Wo have doubtless killed and during the day. in jact, there bas not been an hour at | wounded two thoushnd of the evemy aed token sixteen ¢ first rebei line of works, Thus had we held our own > any time since we bave artived m front of Rocky Face in dred prisopers, Foor of diem generals have whieb you could get be Propping sounds vf mos | been wounded Hooker, sf buiy unatetok, painfully; kotry,, invegepersed occasionally with theroar of cannoo, | Wangor, soriously. Willicd, this foare?, mortally. bres ii darough the SoM there was but little cannomadm, genoral officers of the ore known to bave been either side, Until) inte im tne eveniog. A throwo at intesvais during the day 4 our bat ay Be summed up at cue stacd of copies teries placed along the bill, ueur the gap, feiled to leas the ravagry has since on more, of whieh t' sutae hope: eliett aby reply, wutil within haif ap howr of when several rebel cannon opened from diferent pointe, tnd for some time the mountains resounded with tho tu malt Little daronge wos done, bowover, and ov the ap. proach Of Bight the tiring almost entirely ceased. The Gay Was ® very dikagroenble une, boing Wot wud ehiliy ighwiall decided!y bivetry and coil. on the first day's mare from Ring. | the dopot at M thor biunkets and overcoats, Butered | runuiny 67 & dover ) Nashville ae usual. ny perfect to Hosacn, intortere with ov ninjcatlons, exeept by np, weal of Huntaviho, last oi yrigover® The ears run thro old threw awa tiueb at pigb?, Jo awarted impatiently the approach of day. 3 FRO MOV RRNTR “At dayiigh be mornae the 12th the Fo urteonth REBEL ACCOUNTS. joo Se es Sa tes tole. (From {he Colmmbus (Ga.) Times, Apri 22) oorpe (Howar strongin- The copture of Richy ‘would prove of greavor im. portanes 0 Our iD @ political point view thea any Sher senee. ith GUf capital in their possession. we would fod additional influesce brought to bee ge os abroad; bubs @ material lowe ite fall would in ae mouner compare with the ditadveptages which reoult 1rom a detent of Cenora: Johnston and the ocou se cara etn sur an oat our bowu ; the sect therase >, should. we De MePherson *ud Hooker, Who bad gone h thas geen were seriously threnteasny the onemy '3 comme- ON Poorer The contert baa been only Ope Immonse aod con- Ainued skirmieh—s shinmian 0b @ larger soale perhaps than any aver known In the bistory of tbe worl! For five days it hun been going se fling at lenat tw mere miles jo extent, and Ras Meee iy Pemcitoring | one the ome would be as the loe@ of wm lim! thousand men. Our lostee have been revere, cons! dap general ‘oven partial engagement has taken | driven (rom the ot it wool! pee omeapt MMePhereon’h aiiair nt snake Creek (ay), tal point. we must admit, and onr Pid will bot (ait wnort OF ong hundred and Ofty killed aa | Knows it. eS oaek ry a \ in the (aot that the rebels ron * pave fon umdor cover (herr Wer i probably LAUNCH OF TR Simmastemie COWORADO.—~ moroiog, hai’past eight o'ctook, the Ano steamsbip Colorado with heb wore tha a third ae Berge ax cote cats saccky Fete sidge'in ceason macceenivie range, being | PO aneted trom the, sbinzard, of Mr. WA: pinion} oe Diab a8 Logkput Mgmnt 800M MWe foot of BixtD wtreot, Mast river, * en the combat ceased. Meantime a L.