The New York Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1864, Page 2

. 1 NEW YORK HERALD. —— - 1 WHOLE NO. 10,110. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1864. PRICE FOUR CENT SHERMAN. we . mop S made + farther demonst: ‘ Strategic Movements | “vw aun: . | fli acho ay, win ine prin faking Wether ue casvaLem. him in the shoulder, and, taking a diagonal direction, Below 1 give a liet, ax pertact a8 porsibie, of the casuals | togged wear the spice, U5 eel We have took (ully five hundred prisoners. Qur own Capiain H.C. Bartlett, 33d Now Jorsey; Lieutowans | captured are very fow. Jonoph L. Millor, 384 Now Jersey: Lioutenank Grant, 20th | stapy of the troops belonging to tbe regtments engagea Ohio, M. MW. Knowlton, Franklin Potier, : Sergeant Jobn Gray, Samuel Wooldridge | io this dgbt have never been in action before, They | stood up to their work. Forrest, Thomas J re, Jobo Steere, Sergeant Filis Onlone! Coulter, of the Eleventh Pennsylvania reserves, Greene, Christian Remley, Curtis W. lauty, W. Ht C Finney, Charles M. Nims, Amos Long, Jono A. Ricks, | Was shot In the skirmish Une last vight aud quite severeiy from Hessacoa, Kilpatrick | skirmieBing and shelting tho wooded slopes and crost of come upon halt a dozen | Buazard Roost. ” TRE PERTONG CONTINUES, WOR On Tuceday was resumed with pretty brisk 4, whieb wax continaed all along the line, our all the time shelling the evemy on tho bill, Ag SehoNoki's Nank, nell, Eli, Jolos, Charles Oabern, Martin Smith, To! bo rae tnicens 7: a Jacob Bartz, Wm. a wo nded . ou of Wis Armies. 1. | find vee botwoen two fires M tho heavy rain last Wo. T. Fiteh, Lieutenant Coleone’ Heapguantens, Firta Cones, rorene 1. Ge Bight dove not obstruct our march. ath One; Maier James Sitspatviek, 281 In THe Fieco, May 20—7:30 P. M. ‘on the right ave James i. Storer, 2061 ror a $ Ruterkeee ek. Bicte west’ am te Captain Kdwin Forrest, 134th Now Jouto. | , Al bar beod quiet to-day. Gur skirmishers Rave not HOOKER’S COLUMN. Baat George W. Dice, 29th Ohio: Colonel P. li. Jones, } Fed on ench othor, }, and the the Fifteenth we was ‘The other corps went in on the left, bo moved to Calhoun ferry. 14th Now York; Captain Jamoa R, Sanford, Thirty-shird the troops remained ip mort provoking Mr. E. D. Wentfail’s Despateh. Now Jersey ; Lioutonant M. A. Ualdwin, 119(h New York; Lievtepant Syduey R. Smith, 33a Now Jersey. The fight of last evening, ia which the heavy aréillery distinguished themsclyes, and the accompanying order of General Meade, {rom lack of matter of more stirring ia- THE FLANKING OF DALTON. Twenty-cighih Pennsylvania. o’elook. ‘ Boangvsrrexs, Hoonen’s Twannere Coars, A GROUP OF GENERsLZ, v ” Sergeanta Patrick Mcsbay, Hermann Aaron { terest, bave furnished the principal staple for UY ev Bee iadaswren ‘tt Naan Woon's Stanow, Ga, May 9, 1854. } Moser and James Morrison.” Privates sitter, . Pripe.pal staple for commen! and eulogium. Our Juss in this brief bat brilliant action, T ans glad to say, haw dwindled down to half the uuimber [ gave it, Rebel Stronghold at Buzzard Roost Avoided. Big Droad shoulders deus ae if, ike | 2 tbedieporition of Sherman's forces for Me advance bear the world upon them—nho always | 00 Dalton, the Twentieth army corps, Major General idea of great power aud strength: Hooker, | Hooker, constitutes the right of the Army of the Cumber- Joba W. Brooks, William Calting Smith, Riuhord Havens, John smith, James also, J. Wrigh Jona Bwickoy, George Loughran, Philip Jobnsen, C, Gerwig, John MoCase, Zachariah Korght, pt ea tena ireaea cal ee ch te oe a ee cat aene | land. Five days’ marching, during which time whero bas | Birne, Ovsar i. Sprague, Ieaac Rogers, J A deserter coming to-day within our Lines gives the en- “1 aur sot, sir,” replied Butterfield, coolly; ‘are you to Thomas the meceh sohetanite) m0n Lhaye met among | beep gonsiderable akirmishing end one quite brisk en- } Guyterwill, Geo. Rhodes, Jobn Kiker and emy’s foes as double that of oure. He represents the ‘aware that 1 havea force om the slope of moun- | them— Desides several other lights. A Little later # gagement with tho enemy, bas brought the corps into Twenty-seventh Pernsytoani enemy as very much chagrined at (ueir failure to tore Joho Winter, Frederick Waltr, Hen! Kibler sad Hermaun Zelges. One Hundred and Nineteenth New York. Kogene Marsh, Michael McDonald, Obarles Scbreder, Philip Range and Jobo H. Smith. * One Hundred and_Pifty fourth New York, Jaines Copeland, A. H. Wellman, Petor Nichols, Frank- Tin Reetor, Geo. i eck, Harris I, Clark, Philo Marcon, ‘BUZZARD ROOKT RV ACT ATED. position along the base of Chattoogrta Mountain, the great our right. To thie party at balf-paastwo came an ald of General | natural earthwork for the defence cf Dalton, Booker's f wdabed Edy een Riek tie, soamy hed arspeies lett Palmer’s right in front of Buzzard Roost Gap, Roost Dalton, an bow oocup! while his right lies before Mill Creek Gap, tho next gate- word was given to 1. to find out, and in | way seuthward from Buzzard. 1 have followed the lage jac! ry Vitteenth corps ad- | of the corps on its march into position, and I send you at ~ This brigade, while moving forward, was ordered'to _— the rear by General Thomes, and relipved by. General Me. J.C. Fitepatrick's Despaten. Net Army Coops, May 20—A. M. The batteries on the right of our line opened an enfliad- 4ng Gre upon the rebels a8 soon a8 the fog which accom. panied the shower of rain raised and permitted a view of | THE SEIZURE “OF SNAKE CREEK GAP. Ay ain creo Gap Geary, bad made 8 : il Teconno seance, Mie A and bad met with brisk ib took 0p Reesacca. "i ‘ Davis Madison, Israel Richards, W. Drayton, Geo, Wik Gap. Tdid not see, but which is handsome! ensued, the enemy fall. | *@ Art avaitable opportunity a transcript of my journal. | jiama, Thos Reagan, Benj. Lee, L. J. Jones, C. P. Ved- | thefr position, A rebel battery further to the left opened le Lorrespsoden! hed the rango of bills BUITERYIDLD AND WIL11AMH MOVE TO A SRW CAMP. Sor, Jae i: renee CW. Hall, Jono M. Irvin, JobM | oy our bateery and a sort of triangular duel was the con- “ Sequmenioan: aft bion: steer ie por twee pUL in positon, ‘ae | Butterfeld’s Third) division broke up camp in Lookout ae Bo Seocmti-ihird. Pennayhoani, sequence, our battery shelling the rebels and the rebel ev! ‘Biege pieces, valley on Wednesday, the 4th inst,, and moved across yy balf-past three the | the point of tho grand old mountain, where many of the ‘oops were again | troops fought in November last, to Leo and Gordon's vm Ewer Lie, milla, one of the bistorical polnte tm the Chickamauga Seeing General Osterbaus to the left of the road, near | battle feld.. They were feilowed on tne 6th by Williams’ myerete Dees ones ice nice ey egrmman te (First) division over the same route. On the 6th General im where I found, to my great mystification andfjimaze. | ButterBeld moved past Pea Vine church and Rock Spring ment, that] had been unwittingly accompanying our } to Pleasant Grove, at the foot of Taylor’s Ridge, three and front line of skirmishers, As we got on the bill the rebel |. nair miles from Jtinggold. Williams followed, andon the iebers down the other Heerevery unlacks fellow who oxpmned Liteae, 2°PP'S | night of the 6th the twodivisions encamped together. Gen. 4 CONFUSED REBREZAT WORKER CONFOUNDEO. Hooker, Aecompanied by a single ste officer and a few AE this hill, which General Onterbaus bad occupied 1 orderties, rode swiftly into the camy at Pleasant Grove. plainly distinguish the movements of the enemy's What the subject of bis consultation with General Butter. Traine and tect wrth ‘and -of their troope. They filed right eld might be 1 know not, but the grana plan had evi- Fe on ae Uitte ceba okt Gi aos. be line | gently been somewhat changed, for early next morning bt, with elght oF ten guns mounted, was plainly | ButterBeld’s division retraced ite steps to Rock Spring, or visible beyond the river. The locomotives, with buge | T.eet’s tanyard, where it went into camp on the left of were also's7me comps on fire, and to all appearances | Gary's, whicb bad come down from Lookout valley the ‘“‘opnfusion worse confounded” would bogin to reign ag | day before, Bovb divisions now faced south, Williams” soon as gm ey we ‘4 = Keene — was still at Pleasant Grove. On the morning of the 7b Pee ee atilboriss of Logan's stauh usging ana’ to2, | Butterfield moved throngh Gordon's Gap, in Taylor's ward and directing bim tuto position, At leat the four }| Ridge, to this placo, Geary following avroes, Taylor's then vl & posit! ooh coped. Rott moving to the right, io front of Dug Gap, in Rocky Faced decidedi} vacomfor aie a ’ Ridge, Williams’ moved throngh Taylor's Ridge, by ‘MR, GUANKS Nickajack Gap, to Wickum’s Poet office. Kilpetrick’s IN DANGER. perks resnane saeyy | sat jamboree cavalry division marched injadvance of Wiliams? through Bein.a tow miayies tbe most dell, | Nickajack, part Butterfield at this point to Gen. Geary's Joba Erb, Geo. Moore, John Clements, Goo, Munyon, Jag. Garvia, Martiv Shellon, Embrick Muller, fredk. Wolfe, Hearty Prince, James MoWuity, Win. Lowon, Sayne Colwell, Benj, I. Van Dever, Hugh Kennedy, Ste- phen Brooers, Geo. isorling, Jobn MeKernon, Cave Fo!ko- ea. _ Thirty-third New Jersey. Abram Harries, Joseph R. Sanford nis Dease, Jaz. Cox, Wm. Marray, Joba J. Mullen, Thos. Hardman, Geo, Couktin, Frank MoCartland, John Boyd, Low is Steinhope, James McLoughlin, Thos, Chamberlin, Geo. Bain, Mahlon Richards, James Murphy, Josepb Brower, John McCartle, Jacob Cook , Jncod Timming. One Hundred and Uhirly-fourth New York. Poter D, Clark, Wm. McKinvey, Isaac Horner, Phelock Whitbeck, John Babcock, Peter Haley, David Fiberk, Wm. T, Levy, Albers Smition, (ico. Hopkins, Albert H. Kelsey, Jobn 1. Holmes, Ii. H. Burbauk, Menzoe A. Pitober, Thomas Meder , Phinoos Neal. Nal number commissioned officers killed, 3; privates, onversatioa wi Mather the campaign with General to be & deeply interested observer of attracts tnuch attention, and, next to ceded to be the finest figure in the field. GENERAL BOOKER. Hooker takes Rousseau’s place in the affections of the and men are as demonstrative in their admiration of as they used to be of Rousseau before that fine warrior was placed at Nashville. others who are makiug tbe campaign with General Hooker, as “looker on,” 1 notice Mrs Walker }, of your city, and the painter of the at jn the military committee room of the Capito}, of the “ Assault of Chepui- » Walker bas been engaged for five Capea? oe 40 making studies tor. paintings the ‘battles of tanooge’”-and * ‘and coucluded to witness this Rg He telis of Hooker, whom he knew in p Mexico, ‘the Mexican young women were fond of bim, and that he was known among by term which meant to distinguish bim as ‘the only man that ever was aa beautiful ag a woman,’? a ee, omen wd oe pt — “All this by way of parenthesis, going General Bicklos’ statement of Geary’s fight. He describes ‘Mill Creek Gap as @ passable and winding road over Chattongata Nountaiv, and not a deficesion of the moun- tain, as is generally indicated by the word ‘gap.’ fightappears to have been somewhat aia Lookout. The troops engaged reached the summit; but here found such ap overwhelming force that the; General Geary but his orders were such that he could (ef gpm 6 then toruged, and hotce he retired. a detailed sooount of this ig given in tho correspondence from the Twentieth corps. The rebel general published thie affair to bis army on the battery shelling our’s, Only a few rounds were fired, however, as darkness soov approached and preciuded a view of the situation, Ap ambulance train from the Ninth corps, which bad taken a load of wounded to Fredertcksburg. in the mora. fog, was on its return and wag fred upon by the rebele when they made their charge on the turnpike, Dootors Blige, Whelan and Spragne were in charge, and narrowly escaped injury from the shower of bullets which whistled around ihe train. The ambulance in which they were riding was perforated with two buileta, Several of the horses were hit, but otherwise che train and its attend- ants escaped unharmed. A rebel corporal, who was wounded and in the suo ceeding charge of our mon captured, aaid that the enemy were aware of the cheracter of the train, but that they fired into it to halt it and so detain a forage and supply train which they supposed to be in the rear, ‘There is botbing. new, important or startling to-day. It 1s quiet on the front of our ling, and from the stillness 1 Conclude the condition of affairs is the same elsewhere, Our corps now occupies a position in advance of two jines of works held by the enemy a few dayn since, ao tbat our progress, if slow, ts at least sure and steady, Geary’s Fight at Mill Creek | | Harker’s Fight on Rocky Face Ridge. ARTILLERY DUEL AT RESSACCA. | { THE CASUALTIES, | &e., a, ae. | of 16. Total wounded—Commissioned officers, 12; entisted men, 246, Tho ist is not complete, owing to reports not having come in at time this despatch is sont. 1 comprises, however, the losses iv astern rogiments. @ecretary Stanton to Gemeral Dix. ‘Wasmngroy, May 21—9:50 P. ‘Be Major General Dix:— Despatebes from General Sherman state that our forces @Seundun Rome a g004 deal of provisions and seven fine fon works and uiachinery, We have secured two good ‘Wridges and en. excellent ford across the Etowah. The, ‘@re sre now arriving at Kingston with stores, avd two @aye would be giver to replenish and At up. | M@ Gespaich just received from General Banks, dated at GRANT! Mr. 8. Cadwaltader’s Despatches, Near Sposssyivanta, May 20—8 P.M. No movements of any importanoe havo taken place to- aa = 3 32 3 5 a sf ‘9tb ae a victory cf Polk's corps over Hooker. Jone | cate fabri and I confidently expected every | right. This was the position Saturday night, the 7th, Sdemndria, the $b of May, states that the “Dam” will | was about one hundred ond forty. see of the abet hich atpped slog the of the bih | © Prbadecidies =: 7 BUBSARD ROCer, 2 ° : day, ans, except occasional picket fring on the right, ‘ee completed’ to: morrow (May 9) and the gunboats re | sanacineat,ru.zard Hoos! Om May'0, ® continuation of | saad fragusenls, From ibelrebel redeubt beyond Ressacca | Sanday morning Gen. Hocker ordered & recoanoiseance No Fighting OD Fie | oti senior nave contnted aomscira wih maint: @eved. He would then move immediately for the Missia- | the labore of'the 8tw. ‘That day Bad convinced Sherman Soe eeeny opened wip at tena guns, They had | towards Buzzard Roost, avd Ross’ brigade was sent forward d t. a fe papers rere ga ceuae 4K a ee p fo) wear | py Gen, Butterlicid (o discover the enemy's position and Las > indlegs ron are Sine a, Eee! Seen eee Siyp!. Gen. Candy was at the mouth of Red river on the ‘the battery. Every piece was struck, damaged more y ay offensive, and that before this reaches you the din and of May, collecting forces to assist. Banks, if necea- itwas impossible to work the guns, | strength in that gap, Rebel pickets were met about a mile eee or leas, and at times Aftor # whi'e watching this duel began to be interesting; | from the Roost and driven in to the main body of troops, —— ‘shock of battle will make the forests echoagain, We are oy. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. but while’ ty. ht Are ured found Phy Ne found, poe agai stat toa arnt , believed to be in exceHent condition and position, With . rowg up by A | Ross’ men were wounded. nson’s diy! . ' ~ had’ ploughed through’ the” ground | Fourteenth army ‘corpar were found Ju position oo the The Losses in Thursday’s | + we’ eg aw ” irc pone” 6 biciiph bach etey Mr, W. F. G. Shanks’ Despatch. and about tweaty feet force of bature, or curiesity, as you | left and before Buzard Roost, and the reconpolasance B tt] be attained. ere bas been bu le rai A Nuun Resacca, Ga, May 14, 1864, to open this vast choose, could no furtber go; and, totally demor: was pushed no further during tbe morning. Later ia the a 0. and the roids are improving rapidly. J ‘column through the | ized, 1 made #rapid movement to the left and out of | day General Hooker. accompanied by General Daniel i. Tyler's division and Kitching’s brigade of heavy artil- . PREPARATIONS. 1d the rebels that they could “drown” our be og up with the Iwenty-sixth Iilinoje, any les, rode to the front, and soon after Colonel Wood's a TS A " @eeera) Berman in starting made vast acd mighty p staged Aarvernee i teerae was the fleetest Peed mot eure © ip crane for the oa nr eaen jery nats —, in repelling ihe Sa an g Dreparations for the campaign. The ‘patriotic epitit | sum ine demonstration continued. It was not without TEE BNSUY SILKNCED—OUR PORITION TAT WIG) aategh led been aocomgfaWes: to, Show (hse Ck aan: Masia ot = DESSRE. Eve Dorea a UU ares Which a fow months..before bad thrilied bis armies and sts purpose. “ihe enemy's attention was to be ntiteced, | Other batteries were soon SPSp Ma Tan and | cere hr UMMOLE CHO ay TL UT KIATAD EE, GALLANTRY OF THE HEAVY ARTILLERY, | tia: concra: meade caused tue following specta! order vo @aueed them to re-eplist had given him for the work | 40< the fring on the 9th was oven bricker than before. | left of De Grass, and by six o'cl the enemy had been | and the troops were withdiawn without loss. It was be read to Lbe trvops of the army :— moved his otber ti ‘King’s and | silenced. The troops moved forward into the valley, and | found that the rebels bad dammed Mill crock, which nnnnnne Heanquagrers, ARMY oF TAR PoroMAo, Johnston igades—| @aeb an army asthe Wess bad never before seen—an army Scribner’s—to the assistance of Carlin. Davis and Stan- bere sharply aged the enemy in skirmishing until | ows through the gap, and the artificial lake thus May 20—8 A. M. ‘than that which encircled Corinth to so little | ley showed themselves jn full force, batteries were | nightfall. formed was an almost impassable barrier to an assault ‘The Major General commanding desires to express hi! When. he assumed command, March 18, 1804, | moved down the gap as yt Possible and Mf th mean pauinon, on the Pelion andl Remsacea.resd, the | on the position toftoot | Complimentary Order Of | iitasiin wih the good conduct of "Tyler division i if OBARY wh Gar. r id bing’s brigade of b til i found teraily nothing at the front—few troops and | $8 if in the general coutest. | Notbiog was | #istance, but pushed forward and occupied the bills. ax | Sixnilos below buzzard Roort te Mill Crcek Gap, in General Meade. Seeainn etanteat The caieee commned Sol eitben ine eo 2ommounds, the greater portion being for the first time ander fire, met and checked the persistent attack of w corps of the enemy, led by oue of his ablest generals anger of effected except the decei une. The army thus rested that night, inthe | Chattoogata Mountain, about two and a balf miles from ‘more was intended. ofa ¥, the angle of which was uear Dalton. At the same time Butterfield made a demonstra- ing of the enemy, because Doth- Bense the two ned resting right and lelt of | tion on Buyzard Roost Geary was ordored to attempt the enemy bad succeeded | 80 egppies or provisions. He immediately began the potions labor of Gilling up bis ranks aod bis Fourteenth corps Jost seventy-five men, killed and flepots, fo infused into the mavagement of the | wounded, principally a Johneon's division. ‘The Fourth | Ressacca. The ip placing bimeelf } yy of this gap, aod thus tank Dalton. One of Geary’s justifies the Commanding Genersl in this special com- Qaliroads..upon which he depended for his trans | corps lost ninety-five men, principally in Wood's and Sten- | #gain iB our front, brig jes (Colonel Ireland's) had beon detached to sup- REPORTS OF REBEL RISONERS mendation of troops who henceforward will be relied portation bis own singular nervous energy. Cars and ley's avaieee. 1 fd know what the loss of 1 _ sn tatoes oe ae ab Pw get 2 angie P * | upon, as wore the tried veterans of the Second aoa Fifth wen! i jump, . ¥ Pecomotives tm vast numbers were seized, and the ! “COLON. MAXRRIGHT Wot THE LEFT WING. remained for the execution of the order. ee eee ~ hoe OOE*E04 jor General MRADE. @wansportation increased from ninety cars per day to Among the wounded in Johnson’s division was Colonel Sapien wee ‘That which ss termod Wissame, A. A. G. ‘A. A. Hambright, Soveaty-nioth Pennsylvania. His re giment had returned that day from furlough as veterans, and I was talking with Generals Johvson, King and Scribner when Colone! Aambright reported. He was as signed to Colonel Scribner's brigade, and moved at once into the fight. A dispute seemed to have arisen as to the relative ravk of Scriboer and Hambright, but this was seltied in afew moments after Hambright went into the fight by his being wounded. He was strock ju the bead by a piece of @ shell, and, it is said, also bad two ribs broken. 0 5 “MIL. CRRRR CAP? ap D7, Coes ape. is not exactly @ gap, but a deprossion su the ri Tonwar Hitt, May 11,1864. | ig practicable for a rond. Standing at Hull's Mill, at the Having accompanied the let wing of the army, | foot of the ridge, and looking up through the summer comprising the Fourth aod Twenty-third army corps, | {0ltage, the mouniain top appears aluost inaccessible, and the wihdirg road along its sido is bardly traceable. The Igive @ short sketch of their movements, baving re- | pogition was more formidable than Lookout Mountaio. ferved a more detailed account for future publication. | | «otoxe ee cotnte's thaif past three Sunday hoop Os ie indie’ My previous despatebes brought this down tothe night | io: ihe Thirty. third New Jersey, Ove Hundred and of the 7th, when we bivouacked in the valley between | thirty (ourth New York, and Twenty ninth Obio in she Tumvel Hiil and Rocky Face Ridge, about two miles from aentne ae the store ot ee eit hare foe 7 of afire m Koapp’s neylvaoia y. Tunnel Hill and four from Dalton. The enemy had fatien | OF Ot. Sie ae diveetion rs ia cheek woe ; back tothe strong natural protection of the steep, pre- | and the line formed diagopaily up the mountatn, the cipitous range of bitle ealled Rocky Ridge and Basvard | right resting far up the height, feciog in contoreasty with the course of the road. was the “sweeping Roost, j The ridge is about Sve buodred feet high, the game’ of Lookout over agai. ‘Tbe enemy were Theadliy rocks in places rising as perpendicular as @ wall toa | (riven, though they showed a heavy force ana kept up height of over twenty feet. galling Gre until Geary’s brave fellows vearly reached the piskabi adear crest of the ridge. Thongh the diilicuity of this march wae terribic, up the steep mountain side, over the loose is @ conical sloped bill, rising about eigbt bundred | stones, tnrough the tangling underbrosh, the foling feet above the jevel of the plain. It is sepa- | offering but scanty protection from the broiling sun, ‘eh | the men overcame it, and cheered lusty as rated from the ridge by & gorge, through which | 1.0, sow suecoes before them. But they wore met at the railway runs, This gorge was fooded to 4] the top by an abrupt clit or paligade, varying in bight two bandred. Supplies under this new order of degan to accomulate rapidly ; but, not content with (le, Sherinan ordered all returning veterans to march from Nashville to Chattanooga, and forbade the trans. portation of citizens by military railroads. By the frst bf May, on arriving at Chattanooga, he found bimself by this means master of a surplus of thirty day’s rations Wer an army double that of the enemy. OPENING THR CAMPAIGN, Gome alight movements were made as early as May 1 ond 2; but they were for the purpose of concentrating ‘worps, not pushing upon the enemy. We held the princt- a gaps of Taylor’s Ridge, and Johnson's divi- gion, of the Fourteenth corps, had Gebouched @rougd Ringgold Gap & month previously, aod had [deen lying fm the eastern mouth, threatening Weone! Hill. Howard bad been holding Cleveland, and previous to May 1 there had been some movements of @Pebofleld’s corps towards Cleveiand. But the first real ‘movement of the campaign was accomplished May 3 by Straggiers and cowards are being taken i hand and ‘summarily shot, Several instances of deserting colors im the presence of tne euemy are yet to act upon, One exe- cutlop occurred this morning. Skulkers will goon be taught that it is more dangerous to Lide in the rear thaa to face the foe in open battle. There is a quiet determ!- nation among commanding oMcers to make such exam- Piles as will deter straggling and deserting in future. Our Whole Army on the Move. A QREAT BATTLE EXPECTED, &e, Mr. L. A. Hendrick’s De Hearquarrens, Fees Away Corrs, In tm Frevp, May 1911 P.M. The musketry and cancooading heard on our right as I cloned my last despatch proved to be tho opening ot a brief but severe engagement. | have just gathered the leading particulars and tho result, which was a complete victory on our side against a much groater force of the enemy, reflects the bighest credit on our heavy artillery OTHER LONSKE. Adjutant Farley, of the Seventy fourth Obio, was se- riously wounded at the same time. Few or no other officers were wounded in Jobnson’s division. Colonel Mclivaine, of the Sixty-fourth Ohio, was killed in New- ton’s division, amd Colovel Buckner, of an Tilinois regt- ment, mortally wounded. Further to the left C.lonel Le- grange, of the cavalry brigade of Colorel Ed McCook, was captarted, with about three hundred of his men. Tbe demonstration cost rather beavily, but it was nec sary. y W'PHRRSON AT REBEACCA. We bave seep how be made a start He toiled on laboriously but fritbfully on the outer and longest line of march and with great secresy. Tho troops a to have been instructed not to say to what orgapization Near Srortsyivayra, May 21—8 A. M. Our troops were moving a!! night to new positions, This morning general headquarters are broken up, aud nearly the whole army in motion. Precisely where oue néxt baiting place will be, or where Gonoral Leo will next give battle, or whether ho wil! do so at all In this vicinity or not, time alone can determine. The general expecta. tion iathat we shall bave hard Sighting immediately. *s,, Extravagant rumors are afloat ia parts of the army that Lee bas cut oir eommunteations, and cccu- plos Fredericksburg with infantry. They may possibly eas a & stream that | from six io fifteen feet, with fiswires at tntervel«, practi. | T¢siments that were engaged, and who so firmly and ss sudden and seoret transfer of Gen. McPherson’s arm: they belonged,and were as uncommuuicative to troops | depth of eighteen feet, by og f reach the North in some manner, They are wholly an- Y | of other corps'as to citizens, At last, on May 9, at early | gows through. Againet this Gibraltar the army now | ° somo of them for two men abreast, others barely | gallantly met and repelled the attacking foe, true. 7 from the vicinity of Huntsville to Chattanooga, This was @oeomphshed by rail ina few hours, and appears at this Gime to hayo been made entirely without the kcowledge Of *he enemy, who, it is still believed, knew nothing of | or ie gap encouaterea only a Hi’ scouting party, who she prosence of any portion of the Army of the Tennessee. er py Barty ol C . Re pie ‘Whe advance of this army encamped at Chattanooga on | touted snd drove back to Huger yi ies ved A pala had had bis horse shot under him and received a patofal (he 34 of May. On the samo day General Thomas dangerous wound, ihe Ninth Illinois pushod for- ™ = person. left for the frovt, and established ev pho op teouth UD B*D. i jodge, of the Sixteenth corps, nee Resdgurvers. st 3 % eee’, ooreg., moved MePberson’s army, and, pushing rapidly forward, from Cleveland to Red Clay, encamping there at | gap was secured, and Jogan and the Fifteenth cor g@andown. Genera) Wood's division movod at the ad- Long Be ae through. it was thua we bad caught t , enem: wg. ance vowerds Catoosa Springs, and thus formed a juno- th positive, and I am told with imperative, orders, enough for one. Jess brave than Geary'’s commenced operations, the Twenty-third corps forming | would have given up the attemps ju despair of ever at- the exireme left, the Fourth connecting with them, then | taining the — Cy spy elt in the face of adestractive fre, ve distinct charges were the Fourteenth and Twentieth corps extending along its | O40 by inane heroes of the Fight above the Clonds, aud western side and occupying all the favorable positions | enact: timo the crest was gained. Officers and men £ that the treacherous nature of the country offered them. | g'¢d up one by one, aud grappled with the enemy on sx nwa. brink baud to Rand, and many of them were hurled over 7 the cliff, Wounded men would topple over the praci- There was some smart skirmishing on the afternoon | pvc, aug wounded mon would roll for yards of the 7tb, between Harker’s brigade of Newton's di oe eae a ap we ema eeeie Yel 4 Rg ae n other toilers up 0 st ascent. ‘et ie ined the vision, Fourth corps, and the enemy, in which our brave | Slareas every time,and would bnve beld it but for an fellows succeeded in gaining the eastern crest of the bill | opstacie which at the commencoment of the ascent thay The One Hundred and Twenty-Afth Ohio lost in killed | would have counted as naught. It was a line of forti- fications on @ rise of ground facing the cliff” The mea and wounded about twenty mem, as they were the front | oui! vot form for charge on tere breast works; ay skirmisbing line. they jumped of Pod , or wot down ee . — only to repeat the charge. Sorgeant Haniiton,of wl gp tertc ge i Thirty tuird New Jorsey, with eleven men, re on Having gained @ footing, General Harker con- } tho crest more than twenty minutes, fighting valoronsly, ceived and executed the bold design of dragging | but Sealy, — sey = ane on sy Tt two pieces of artillery up tho bill, The pioneers | He cscaped nonort by jimuing 9 o itve fo the line of palisades enabled the enemy to pour in a flank cleared ¢] ‘ay & litele before them, and then our brave | fre (rom tho top, aud thoy improved in They wed A change made !o (he disposition of our troope last night left several beavy art)l!vry regiments this morniag on the extremo right of our | Those regiments com- priced the First Massachusetts, Colonel Tuanott Fifteenth New York, Colonel Ackerman; Second New York, Colonel Palwer; Sixth New York, Lieutenant Colonel Travis, aud a battalion of the Fourth New York, ander command of Major Arthur—ihe whole under command of Colonel Kitchings. Although organizing as beavy artillery, these regiments, it will be understood, are doing service as infantry. Two battalions of the Sixth New York and a battalion of the Fiftoonth New York were deployed as skirmishing. Toere was slight skirmishing all day, the opposing pickets not being aa friendly by any means as on other Portions of our lice. At four P, M. the enemy mode a quick and sudden dash tn force to turn tho right. Onur men fell back across ap open fold into the edge of some pine woods and there made a stand, Here followed @ terrilic tnterchango of volleys of musketry. Several attempts were made to drive our boys further back; bat against the charging colamos our men stood firmiy, and by the coolness and steadiness of their fre resisted their fur. ther advance each time. At length it was thought best make a charge on our side, and the result was driving the enemy back across this open field, Our men took position behind @ rail fence, and kept the euemy cow- jletely at bay. Just before dark some batteries were placed in position light, moving from Villangw to the mouth of Suake Creel Gap, the Army of the Tenteeece vegan to rapidly march through the defile. Lieut Coione! Philips, Ninth INinois mounted infantry, led the atvance, aud In the six mil Generals Grant aud Meade’s plans are working ad- mirably. Tcan only reiterate former asservions, shat the work goes bravely aud successfully om, and will continue to do 80, despite all croakers. The Washington Despaten. Wasminctom, May 21, 1864. A despatch from the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, dated to-day, says:— Nothing of importance vccurrod yesterda; The woudded from the Aight of Thureday afterooon were sent to Fredericksburg during the day. The loss was much heavier than at first supposed, abont eleven hundred—over one hundred of whom were sent to Washington, A large number of wounded rebels wore brought into our hospitals and cared for, some of whom afterwards died The rebel! loss is e: timated at twelve hundred and Ofty in killed and wounded, besides about four buodred and Arty prisoners, who were sout to Washington last night, Sixty citizens of Fredericksburg have been arrested aod will be sent to Washington to-day, to be held ag hostages for tho sixty of our wounded men taken by them and conveyed w Richmond, . Rebel prisoners conticus to be brought in; about twenty-five have beon captured last evening. They give glowing accounts of the rebel c mumissariat, and say that General Lee jeels certaia of final victory. ‘With positi Mon with Palmer's left. The enemy made no resistance, | to take Reszacca and destroy the railroad bridge at that @olonel Ea, McCook, commanding the cavalry advance, | point, General Mebheraon had ae ‘aconer defied tbrough jo Creek Gap than be pos! forward throu jugar eweountering only » small outpost of the enemy, and | Panee Ny neleacca, ani by tea ovciock had occupied fasing ove man killed on approaching them. without opposition eof light bili which overlook GENERAL SHERMAN AND WIS HEADQUARTERS, jar eeo ye and ven ~ job rye bn es : ards from t ridee by the art rl ’ measurement On Wednesday, May 4, General Sherman broke up | Zr veya’ meral Dodge occupied. while quarters at Chattanooga and moved to Ringgold, announc- | General Logan’s ned at rose ie imwe- way tag to the army that ‘he intended making the campaign | diately in rear and not over a mile distant. The decupa. 1 feows clinging to the rocks op oug hand and hauling the | explosive ‘use bullets, and fought desperately, as they without a tent.” While his subordinates moved with | #? Of ‘beso hills was made at ten o'clock. ropes with the other, succeeded if rons og, the crest, | knew {he importance of holding the gap, They used no 4 At sundown the troops were basily withdrawn, agd | General McClean’s brigade of General Judab’s division, | artillery. several tents to beadquarters and with some of the com- | marched back ata rapid rate to the southern mouth twenty-third corpe, supported and aided them, the two So, ater five des forts of life, thts stogular and erratic commander, and, fain Yee Neva oa ert Tey a Ce get on pp A ete ery aan : a al boned y= 4 heer ph ry bead rain, were ed, ec! all pigbt in fort ap. for ol on 5 jrew bis troops at el ev , wader = 5 gaeaean A papers now call him, “‘wouderful miti- | '€ dah opps git 5 pg hs mt A FINE Pot debts SUDAN'S OPERATIONS. cover of a he vy fire from Knay ps battery. Toe eoewy tery },"’ moved without tent or Gy personally. T have said that the troops were all withdrawn, 1 |- About ten o’clock next morning, partial skirmishing | did not pursue, but breathlessly gommenced to throw up The army was now all in motion, Hooker's corps | should have ex 4 a company of skirmishers, who re- | took place along the yy ‘and ridges of the bill. Gene- | breastworks of logs and stones along the face of thy from Lee and Gordon’s mills 8 Ringgold —— = nig! ee Ly Lp Fp of the | ral — id ee Pb a to wheel [samme be'ow eG oe rg ened ie moved towers railroad bridge at the next day at noon rouni move ttle tie corps # 0 val » where and bastly retraced his steps. McPherson encamped at ‘amp. rivete, Jat t ‘ uh peal yg hl eat re ‘e Lee and Gordon's mills, and on the battio ground of @ickamavge, Palmer lies at Ringgold, ready to plunge rough the gap, which (once caliod Ringgold Gap) now vate sttempta to carry out tho turned to camp. Private es McCabe, of the Ninth } separates the ridge from a range, but mi they beard the revels working Ilke beaver: IMinoie, and sire men, also fajled to withdraw, smaller on the ¢astora side. ‘corpa moved enechelion encomiums on the raarnned Yankee movotwineers? movod to the left and got w the a poRs rs Judah's division extended in double line of battle | though they uttered them hardly above breatb, Moved north upon it to Tilton, and Sa seen areks M'PHESON AT RESACCA. telegraph -vire, offce and inatrouments, and returned to oe Gen Cox's division moved al the slope Colonel Irelan: os are returned to (leary this morn- The Care of the W * goes ann Hooker's Gap, in commemoration | CAmp next day, crest of the bill, Heavy lines of skirm' ere | ing, and reports MePherson’s column passed | != the rear of our column, and did splendid service in the am « A Booted of aveuer rh he po MoPhe bey apes boyy ‘id a oe cy war'¥é ja tony Ly For inlen oro actively cogaced by ihe A ugh one eo Gap feyen ou boy hos Ma | showers of shell and sbrapnel sent into the enomy’s Wasmivotos, May 20, 1866, ' lcPherson lay quiet 0 Creel on May 1, | enemy. jth aod 118th Obio, of General Hascali’s | last o'gtt, without opposition, Daiton is flaoked, an P orn, Ps al Si of Ne _ eerpe retained still in camp at Catoosa, with Schotield | Tho eucmy, having discovered bis movemmont, posbed | brigade sufered pretty » The rebels were driven | the ruiroad cut. A large coluima of rebels was seen | A2K® The enemy's position was such that be could jpaeth, Hig, Aah oral ete Lerma ee vee og Just returned from Fredericksburg, where Ihave been for ton days past, I take pleasure fm answer. jog your inquiries relative to the condition of the sounded. First, as to numbers, Dr. MeParlan, Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac, assured mo two days since taat nineteen thousand would cover all the wounded since the movement of the army. From Dr. Dalton, Medical Director at Fredericksburg, I learn that at 20 time bave the wounded In that city exceeded siz thou sand, and most of the time but little over five thousand, Of course these numbers are largo, but far less than ree ports thus far would load us to suppose, not use artillery against us, Some rebel sharpehooters concealed themselves in and around some old negro buts jo the vicinity, but were soon driven out, Lieutonaot Colonel Travis took a rifle from a« private and ended the career of ono of them, a species of rife practice success. fully imitated by Captaia Hall, of the same regiment. Falling to turn the right, an effort was made to get in on the jeft flank; bat thie attempt a8 signally failed Night found our forces bolding the ground (bey occupied ip the morning. ‘They hold the position still. Adout seven o'clock General Griflo’s aud Genera) Crawford's divisions of this corps were given positions to forward » small force from Ressacca to observe him, | back pear two miles along vailey into their works, | moving down tho ridge past Geary’s porition to-day, to Sherman, it appeara, decided promptly, on learning of the | General Cox’s division captured some rifle pite in their | ward Pnabo Creek Gay it they are too jatejto be of ser- occupation of Soake Creek Gap by McPherson, to trana’er | front. vice to the confederacy im that jccalito- the whole army, with the exception of Howard's corps, To-day General butterfold sent in Ross’ brigade on the ‘by way Of that porot to the rear of the enemy, rigut of the entrance to Buzzard Roost. They advanced MOVEMENTS. up the mountain with little logs oF resistance, and reached Orders were given to Howard to relieve the ti Cs ‘# point withia ono hundred yardsof a rebel regiment at the other corps lying at the mouth ot Buzzard Roost 5 he could baroly | rest with stacked arms. when they were ordered back during bold his own, The ridge rose, cliff over cliff, as it re. | by General Thomas, ani Cartin’s brigade, Jolnscu’s dl- other th ceded; therefore General Harker’s advance was acon: | vision, Fourteenth corps, tent in to setieve them. Lieu- ceded that they could not be safely to day. al | tenant 4 of the Tw hght consequently the demonstration at Buzsard even if be took the Hoes | wounded fp © Roost avd the inactivity at Snake Creek continued them, aa brilliant thing If General Butterfield's movemeuta pad Uhrongh the Lith. During the alabt of that day the RN wot been arrested. fourth corps relieved the troops ourteent bundred ORNEMAL ORARY'S CONGRATULATORY ORDER. During the same day (2itb) Hooker's corpe made the ealad Generat y Sow closed up on its left, and Stoneman, with his dfveon @housand cavalry from Kentucky, moving towards ‘Wisy YER EROMENG OF TATLOR'S RIDGE ‘By the army was effected on the morning of the Tth, com. @eecing at an early hour. Hooker's column of Thomas’ Brmy moved through Hickajeck and Gordon’s gaps upon Bricken Post office, General Geary, of the same corps, Gollowed Butterfield through Gordon's Gap, and camped @o bis right. Palmer's and Howard’s corps appenred at Bunnell Hill and drove the enemy to Buzzard Roost, with- out the loss ofa man, It had been understood that tho ity-Qires Wircovsin, was is affair, which would havo been a moet cs made every preparation to destroy the tun- | march to the Gap from the vicin ‘Trickman, KEAEL OPPOETION TO OUR ADvAi Hiaanot antes, Seconp (Cwany’s) Dr ‘ aid in repelling the attacks of the enemy, but bad n0 o¢- mel, but fatied to do #0, and Ina few hours ae the ap. | 00 the 12th theFourteenth and Twenty-third corps moved on the hill wae ‘Tearful. The werner Anuy Conre Mac casion to rey ; oN root ant by ths from Tunnel HHI and ricinity to Snake Creek Gap, the from top in: Base oF Rocky Fackp Rinas, Ga., May 9, 1804. Some of the First, Fourth and Bighth Maryland regi roment and the various o jong. If there bas stval of the troops the trains were running through to the eévance line of the army. Howard's column had moved from Catoosa Springs, east of Taylors Ridge, and on ihe night of the Tih lay at tne foot of Bocky Face Ridge, with one division, Stauiey’s, preening sharply up the valley of Buszard Roost Gap, and @onnecting with Davia’ division of Palmer's corps, and me brigade; Harker’s on top of Rocky Face Ridge, Scho. Pold’s lay around the east side and north point of Roeky Waco Ridge. MoPherson’s was still omewhat behind, and ‘wes stretched from Lee & Gordon's mille to Villasow, the advance Daving passed through Ship's Gap of Taylor's Rudge. Toes the grand army was located on the night rear of tbe long column net getting Into camp until mide pight. Wty moved out of fortified that point of convergence of three importans 0" fern safering amoog the wounded at Fredericksburg from want of supplios, as there uudoubledly bas, it have arisen more from want of kuowledge how to °° them and from lack of medical officers than from ‘any de- ficiency in supplies. My horpital of one hundred and twenty patients waa opened on Wednesday, May 1l— among the first of those by civtlians—and man hour after the evtry of the wounded they have not wanted for ail pecessaries and luxuriog. Each day all the men have bad coffeo, beef, tes, farina, milk punch several times, soft bread and butter, and solid re- tions in abundance to those bw eoala take them. In my judgment the gr! went there ry + ie het dressers, oF who thi the loug service of wounds and attending to the m wants, nurses there seemed an ample sumber. acer iene bi hour, The enem:; The General commanding division t jagure in an- fal ‘bet Ho ‘oot nouncing bis appreciations of the gallaot pondct of th: over raol }, and Col. ine and | troops of this command fm their ‘ageault on Rocky Face ade. Canerale Sherman yp te their a aoe Se, SES SEate Iegese Gnas: ites Ridge hey oy! xecution of Lay oh orders to quarters sear ogee, hb Chamberlain ant Barris, same Attempt to fo the Gap osdina. brovgh it. ‘Tne troops ; of inte division, by ‘fae oxi ioe of valor in assaul tho almost juny le position of the eoemy sustain its proud prestige. You have ished an obect of groat bearing upon tbe success of present move- te. rim oftcers wil, without delay, gut ‘hele, commante tn Hh 4 complete con: for i the oes gt Ormes, Sixth | in pros: of which there ex! ‘the conv! ‘ads ero et ail that the sonore Of thie division wi ashore: individualize it to deeds of ‘oom. ta ay Ww. GRANT, ence of ibres important ments, just returaing from furlougd, got into @ portion of ‘the fight, They were coming up the Fredericksburg road, and when called on rendered mort willing and oficient sorvice. The object of the attack was of course to get possession of the Fredericksburg road, and cut off our communica. tion fm that direction, Desides capturing our supply trains inthe rear, In thie attempt, duely and desperately as it was made, they were signally foiled Prisoners ssy that the entire of Ewell’s corps was engaged in this attack. Our losses are eatimated at about » thousand. The ‘wounded are now being taken to the Fifth corps hospiteis, #8 ui ft ‘papel the nature Tnoore eRasexD, Among the wounded '¢ Colonel Travis, He was hit by ) s tines RRCONROISDANOR OF BURZARD ROOMT, close encape from some | The regiments engaged in the assaalt ire er Minie bail in the grein, The ball firet passed tbrough @ Secesamy for is puso, aod h iberal detail from 4 oo the morning of the Sin 8 reconnoissance of WU sere. cosamen d's. beeghanty th ANWIN | sag of tobacon, and this doubtless saved bie life, Major | army is been made, tn Addition to the abundant Bassard Roces from several different pointe was ordered) dmgeteinn | ov tethy Sonans iain Wow forty Laccreet Onseed | Chamberlain, of the Fitweath New York, wae drat re. | cal and otBer suppiles furnlehed by the government Gnd Schofield moved cautiously down the eastern side around A. H. Jackson, 78d oa Got Major 37h } ported killed, He te only wounded in tho arm—a pamful Seine ad te thelr power. sale obsravesr surgeons fem! 10 @f we mountain, aight of the Tih + Revsayirasie) Tet: tae F but not dangeroas wound, Lieatenant Th R. Plath of the During the Pavien's may piyeee fe opth come WD Nay Kanha lo iRQKAOAT usps A Pall ara ~