The weekly Butte record., 1863-05-09


May 9Th. Of any consequence. Our sharp
shooters were quite active and the artillery
opened occasionally, but the rVsults ara min
p0rtaut. The enemy evideallr rnassed hi;
army on our right with the view. il is belieTed
Of crossing above and attacking Is on ouT
right flank and rear The high water viii
frustrate that movement. Three pontoon train:
are down near Hamilton crossing. Some fears
+ are entertained that the rebels would make 4
demonstration across the river below Fred
erickSburg
Great numbers OF our wounded have fallen
into the hands OF the enemy. Oar dead on the
battle field. Sunday. are still uuburied. and the
wounded are undoubtedly dying in great mum
bers for want Of attention. DR.. johnson,
Medical Inspector of Army Volunteers, viii
90 over with corps OF surgeons to take
charge 0! the wounded. He viii probably be
sent across as soon as practicable Hooker is
very much depressed Last night he held
consultation with commanding Generals. in
which il was urged that longer stay in his
present position would prove unsafe for the
army for the rain is falling fast, and the river
IS rising with great rapidity.
FALMOUTH Va, May 6, 10 4 "
Three bridges were swept away on the
Railroad from Acquia Creek last night
building parties were at work all night.
Trains are again running 1t is rnmored that
the enemy's cavalry crossed over at Northern
Neck and are advancing cautiously towards
this place. \ force has been sent down to
oppose them. Everything is quiet on the
other side. The river has raised over ten feet
and is still rapidly rising. Heavy cannonading
= RI la u .r.,,, 0f 7
CHICAGO, May :.
The following additional particulars in re-
gard to Sundays fight at charlottesville are
received: Early in the morning an attempt
was made TO change front. Sickles' corps
have the extreme left. The movement was
hastily completed by daylight on Sunday,
when the rebels attacked our left flank
Sickles held his ground obstinately for two
hours gradually falling back to get to the line
intended to be taken.
The enemy brought up powerful masses of
infantry. and hurled them upon rs Ike an ava.
lanche. Our artillery moved them down bv
brigades, but only that fresh brigades should
take the place of the fallen The frightfu
slaughter continued all morning our troops
contesting every inch of ground though press
ed by vastly superior numbers. The fighting
along the whole line was unequalled in the
war The loss Of the enemy in killed was tre-
bic ours--they being he attacking party. and
our troops being partially protected By hastily
constructed rife pits and breastworks Still
the rebels brought up fresh troops, and CONT
nued crowding. There was an incessant roar
Of musketry for hours together, inermixed by
the thunderS of hundred OF cannon. Our left
was crowded back u mile and half and our
right half a mile. though the line was even
broken at many points. Oar men fought like
veterans. The enemy re-t0ok Chancellorville; +;
Hooker falling back on the road to United
States ford to the intersection of Wilderness
road at a point known as White House, and
here checked the enemy Oar dead and wound
cd fell into the enemy possession The build
ing at Charlottesville, occupied as IIO0ker's
headquarters and then turned into hospital,
was set on fire by the rebel shells AID a num-
Der of our wounded were burned up. The Sc
we're Shelling also set the woods on fire. and
large numbers of wounded were burned. There
was horrible stencil over all the battle field
from tie large number OF burned men and ami
mails. We have taken between 5000 and
1000 prisoners. The rebel loss is not less
than $1,000 killed aud wounded. Prisoners
say that the proportion Of their killed was
never equallcd. Lee brought every division
he had except Early's which was left to de,
fend Fredericksburg. ard was determined to
drive US from the south bank of the river.
which project would have succeeded but for
the unsurpassed valor of Sickles corps, which
bore the brunt OF the battle. Socums corps
also fought bravely aud suffered much. Some
divisions of Meade's corps did heavy work and
were much cut up.