The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-08
P1EazaArYoxs FOR rHs s:r1oaE.
osa. JACKSON rLAnxr1a szn rsuY.
THE YANKEES DRIVEN EPOM
THEIR ENTERTAINMENTS.
DKsPERATE FroHrINa ON sUspAv
HEAVY LOSS. ON BOTH SIDES.
&c, Sc, &c.

n~Se 48"in cFo~ned the arms of our infant
C'nfsdsraey with undying renown. Such In.
formation as we have been able to gather, we
lay before the reader this morning, and think
we hazard nothing in saying tnas it approach.
% nearer to accuracy than any account yet
published of the grand series of movements
which has rolled back once more the tide of
fanatisel isxasion and hurled, discomahed ana
eismaysd, across tae Rappahaandek the boas. !.
ing hosts of the enemy.
As early as Thursday Of last week informa.
tion was received at headquarters that tho
enemy was crossing in fofco at G. fmanna and
Ba kiss ford, when infantry were at cnce
s.nt up to the vicinity of Tabernacle Church
to cooperate with our cavalry in that neigh
borhood. o. Friday, at an early tour in the
morning, it became apparent that the main
force of ths enemy had crossed at the above
fords, and that bis principal demonstrations
were to be made from that quarter. Conse
quent'y all of our troops, with the exception
of E.rIy's division and b .rk- dais's brigade,
isft the lines in front Of. .Fradericksburg and
marched towards Tabernacle Church. On ar.
irving at the plankroad the troops were hal ed I,
and partial line of battle formed, and recon.
noitering parties and skirmishers sent in ad
vance to ascertain the position Of the enemy
Pretty soon the guns of the ekirmishers were
heard, indicating the near presence of the
enemy, who, however, retired, with little re-
sistaace, pursued by our own forces along the
piankr0ad, " hare at intervals there was heavy
firing CT artillery and musketry, but no gene.
raj engagement. That night our troops gained
the summit of ridge running nearly at right
angles wi h the piankro&d, and within a mile
and ii half of Chanc.liorevilie, commabdiDg
position of the enemy. This point is at the
intersection Of the plankroad with the old
Casha.ine Furnace road. On the same day
the division o! General MeLaws engaged the
enemy near Bdnks's ford, driving him from
his position there, forcing him to move by the
right fiaGk up the river until junction was
formed with tho IN in body of ais forces, near
Ch tncellorsvile.
On Saturday tie divisions of McLaws and
Anderson remained on this line, ami 10 ihs
eaemy's froit, while Gen. Jacks on, at the he ad
ef bis eorfs moved to the lei along the Fur
naee ROAD, pa sing sround the enemy's right,
and gaining the p'ank. Dad in his II. Crcss.
ing Ii p .ankroad, he asseilsd and carri, d the
ensmy'e frat line Of entertainments by a flank
movement, -capturing several piesAa Of axtil..
leFy, ana u Humuor UT pr1eunvts. The enemy,
driven on. of these. Ietrested in tie direction
of Caaneeliorsvilie, followed by cur forces
who had dislodged .hem, until the, reached the
top Of hill some three hundred yards distant,
where they again offered resistance bus ind.
ing themselves too hotly pres ed, soon yielded,
and fell back about mile to their second line
of rife pits, o entrerchments, which We're con
structed Of heavy timbers with earth thrown
over them. In approaching these wo1ks, which
occurred about igh.faiis, our troops had to en-
counter almost insurmountab;e barriers The
ascent for two hundred yards was very slight,
a small sluggish stream running at the foot of
this ascent, between which and the wofks the
ground was Of marshy character, covered
with an unds rgrowsh Of thick shrubbe-y-the
heavy timber ascund having been felled SO ss
to form kind Of abattis, over and through
which our forces had to climb.
The works were, however, carried about 8
o'clock p H., and held for a short time. As
cur troops wers moving along the plankroad
near this point heavy vollsys Of musketry from
ambuseades were poured upon them, and
finally battery of four guns, posted on a hill
some two hundred yards in advance Of the
head OF the column, opened upon thsm with
grape aud canister, for a time checking their
advance and wounding number of officers
and men Tire enemy then rallied and repos-
sesssd himself of the works from which he
had been driven, our forces falling back a
ehort distance during the night On the same
day portion of the corps of Gsn- Jackson
gained possession of several fords on the river,
IN rear Of the enemy.
On Sunday the battle opened early In the
brigade, was killed before q gun had been
fired BY his command. The line Of works re-
gained BY the enemy ths night previous we're
a O. cond time assaulted and carried about s
O'Clock. Oar columns pushing on, the enemy
was driven from his third line of breaatworks,
In charging which, at some pcints, our loss
was very severe, the troops being exposed not
onlyto heavy discharge Of musketry, but
also to a terrible and destructive fire of artil-
lery, from the ridge at .ChancellorsviIls, dis.
tsnt about half mills. where ths enemy had
strongly entrsnched himself About the mid
die Of the day, however, he vas driven frcm
this position, after desperate and obstinate re-
sistancs. At one point. rather commanding,
the struggle was truly desperate three times
WAS the enemy driven from his position, and
~ often regainei 1t; but after tho fourth
charge Of our invincioie soldiery. they yielded
the position without further effort to maintain
It.
Falling back some distance beyond Chan
ceilorsville, their ires were reformed, andpo.
s,tion taken on the summi4 Of an eminence in
q northesly dirsctioa from he villags. and near
the o d tn npke road Very soon the guns Of
the sbfrmishers were again heard, followed by
the artillery Of the enemy, direstsd at our col
umns then leaving ChaneelIorssiils. Thsy,
hswever, gave way without risking another
general engagement, and on this end Of the
line the heasy fighting Of the day was ended.
Nothing, beyond she events hese described, has
since trsnspirsd, with the exceptlon Of oeca.
sional artillery duelling.
Whist shsse operations wsssih progress on
the pppsr line. Gsa kArly's division Vas hotly
snkasesd IN irons Of Frsdsyiekssurg. during
ths a4tar-osn sf Sunday the sassy sussssdsd
y ssFFy'ns Marye's Hsighs, vhsrs hey cap
enrea some 80 Of or msn be 'onging 10 ! Mis-.
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