Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-05-13
THE CROSSING AT OTHER FoRDs.

The First, Second and Third divisions
left camp on Tuesday, and moved to the
vicinity of Banks Ford, taking circuits
Gus route to keep in the rear OF the range
of hills skirting the lett bank of the river.
On arriving at Banks Ford, the enemy
was found strongly posted to resist the at
/ tempt TO cross Some little demonstra-
ton was therefore made, when the main
body of the troops moved off further up
/ the river. The enemy were also found IN
| force at this point, but during the night
| decamped from the formidable earth
works which they had constructed. Du-
ring the day the 50th New York (Engi-
| neer regimenO threw pontoon bridge
across few hundred feet below the ford.
Upon its completion the band OF the En-
| gineer brigade marched over it, playing
g In Dixie's Land I'll Take my Stand"
| Then passed over one Of the divisions,
which was followed by continuous stream.
| of troops until very late in the night
What the rebels intended TO do was some
thing of a mystery, but the general i'm
preston seemed 10 be that they would
mass their army a. a convenient point on
their left, and give battle outside of their
Gefences.
The above named divisions at once lo,n-
Gu the OlueTS III oHdUCSliOTSFllIe. 4 ne
road from the United States Ford to
Charlottesville rams through oak woods.
The plank road and the old turnpike offer
ed solid track.
THE ENRMY's POSITION
at noon of the 30th, ia indicated Ola tho
map, extended on their left from Spottsyl-
vanfa Court House to Banks Ford, and on
their right from Fredericksburg to point
below the mouth Of Nassaponax Greek.
The route of our supply trains from Fall
mouth, by way of the United States Ford,
was very circuitous and delayed the move
ments of troops very considerably.
THE SITUATION ON THURSDAY, 30TH.
Our brief resume of the operations since
Monday brings the time down to the date
of Gen. Hooker's congratulatory order TO
the Fifth, Eleventh and Twelfth Divisions,
which in four days time marched sixty
four miles, forded or crossed two streams,
had two skirmishes, captured large num-
Der OF prisoners, and lost bat two men
killed and one wounded. 1t seems that
the rains have delayed this splendid move
ment some days, for it was on the 18th
that orders were received to prepare eight
days rations and be prepared to march at
a moments notice. But two teams were
allowed to a regiment, men were required
to carry additional ammunition in their
knapsacks, and muis train was to carry
9 still further supply in panniers. This
was he light condition in which the army
actually marched.
THE MOVEMENT BELOW FREDERICKSBURG.
On Tuesday, the 29th, the movement
below which deceived the rebels was made.
AT noon the First corps, Major General
Reynolds, the Third, Major General Sic
kles, and Sixth, Major General Sedgwick,
moved down the river four miles, built
two bridges during the night in the very
face OF the enemy's pickets, crossed and
captured the pickets and reserves. Then
the First corps moved two miles further
down, built another bridge, drove the en-
envy out of his feldworks with artillery,
and captured something less than hun
dred prisoners.