The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-10

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Meantime, in the left column, matters
were som eWhat the same. The Colonel
Of the Massachusetts, Seventh was hit
and his regiment ~faltered also, but was
rallied handsomely by Col. Walsh, o.
the seth New York, and with those
glorious fellows II went on oase more
The supports Ia tho open plain drew th@'
enemy's fire heavily, bat they went on
steadily from the first, and went INTO the
work with the rest. Indeed, Col, Burn
ham, Of the 9Th Maine, claims that the
oolors Of his regiment were hrst planted
on the hill.
: MANY of The -enemy's men were slain
In their places in the pits where they
stood till the last moment, and resisted
even as our men clamberod over the
walls.
By this success the place was ours; the
enemy's line gave way Precipitately our
men entered at several points at once,
and we captured eight guns and from
eight hundred to . thousand prisoners.
Part Of the force that occupied Marye's
Hill was Bartow's brigade, esteemed an
excellent one in the rebel service, COM
posed Of the 18th, 18th, 18th, and 2lsI
Mississippi regiments.
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ent localities in which they had remain
ed under cover, and formed at once.
There were to be two columns of attack,
supported as the nature Of the ground
required, the right column by two regi-
ments in column, the left column by a
line of battle and skirmisheTs, in the
open field to the left (our leiD Of the po-
sition.
Our loss will probably reach a thou
sand in killed and wounded.
NEAR TIE BATTLE FIELD(
MONDAY NIaHT, May a. 1863. :
Heavy firing in the direction Of Chan
cellorsville began at early hour to-day,
and has continued ever since. There
has been a great battle in that imme
diate vicinity. Large reinforcements had
come up for the enemy, apparently from
Richmond, General Hooker expected as
s~istance from the sixth corps in The fight
on Sunday. He expected that that corps
would carry the heights Of Fredericks-
burg by coup de main al or before day
light; march Immediately down the
plank road, and fall upon the enomy's
rear. Had this been done, the Sixth
corps would have assaulted the rebel
rear at the very time that the rebels were
temporarily successful against Hooker's
right. A corps on their rear at such q
time wsuld have changed the face of af-
fairs immensely. But the heights were
found to be a greater obstacle than they
had been thought-snd il seemed very
strange that they should have been I'M
der estimated when the measure of their
strength was so completely taken in De-
cember last.
Reports from the field are favorable,
and we feel every confidence that Gem
eral Hooker will be able to hold his po-
sition in front Of Eiy's ford, which,
though his right 10 swayed back some
what is essentially as dangerous a po-
sition for the enemy as the one he held
at Charlottesville. Beyond question,
however, this must depend upon the ex
tent to which the enemy has received or
will receive reinforcements. They have
the correct idea in this matter. They
do not fear for the loss Of Richmond il
they can beat Hooker, and they send
forward every man, reckless of every
other result. And sometimes a battalion
more orJess has changed the face of a
battle.
Large numbers Of prisoners have been
sent in. II is peculiarly difficult to form
an estimate of the number Of prisoners.
You see them always in scattered groups
at different times, and you are very apt
to forget how large the groups were and
how many you had seen. SO the esti-
mate is as wide as between four and eight
thousand.
There is reason to suppose that Gen.
Hooker has to-day engaged the whole
rebel army, and fought one of tho great
est battles of the war.
From a statement made here in refer
once 10 the fight as fredericksburg on
Sunday, that "the rebels were driven out
of the first line Of rife pits" the i'm
preston has arisen that they still hold
pits in the rear Of those siormed by the
Third division Of ths Sixth corps; but
this impression is erroneous. They were
driven out of the first, second aud third
lines, routed entirely from the whole
place, and, though they made some offer
to fight on the hills behind their works,
they reareated upon the advance of our
men, and probably joined General Lee.
There can be no qualification of the VIC
tory at Fredericksburg on Sunday. 1t
was decisive and most important; and
TO speak of il as less is TO do gross inius-
tice to Sedgwiok, Newton, Shaler, aud
the other gallant gentlemen who parfci-
pAted in the action.