Evening star., 1863-05-06
BILE Hancock who galiantly went to the rel,er =
OF the hard.pressed Sickles..

TIE DESTRUCTION or FCHANCRILoRsvIIIE
Inc engasement lasted without the slightest
lnteEInission from " .. N. to s.45 q. m, when
there was temporary cessation on cur par,,
occas'oDed by getting out OF ammunition We
held our position for nearly an hour with the
hayonef, and then, being resuppiied, an order
was given 10 fail back to the vicinity Of the
Chancellor House, which we did In good order
Here the contest was maintained for an hour
or more, not so severely as before, but with
great haSock 10 ths enemy, and considerable
loss to ourselves.
The vicinity-of the Chancellor House was
now the theater OF the fight and my visits to
that spot became less frequent. Gen. Hooker
m al intaiDed his headquarters there until 10 A
m, when 1t was set on fire by the enemy,s
shells, and is.now in ruins. Chanceilors vile
is no longer in existence, having perkhed
with the flame, but Chancellorsyille is In his
tory, never to be effaced.
Our new line was now so far established as
to render it safe to withdraw all our forces on
that front, which was accordingly done, and
at u 30 a. m. the musketry firing ceased.
The engagement had lasted six hours, but
had been the most terrific of the war. Our ar
tiilery had literally slaughtered the enemy, and
many OF the companies had lost heavily in mea
themselves, but the guns were all saved
The enemy was now no longer in our rear,
but had been showed down directly in our front,
and is now directly between us and our forces
In Fredericksburg, and we were again in an
eptrenched and formidably fortified position
The enemy has gained some ground, il is tru.,
brt at the sacrifice of the flower Of his force,
I'VE VI HIS SGNfU uiF1SlOFS been Lut 10
pieces in the effort, and yer G.ooO of them hay-
ing fallen into cur hands.
Our right wing, under Gems. Reynolds and
Meade, was not engaged, save the division Of
Gen. Humphreys, which went into the woods
on the eneIny's left flank and fought vaiiently
under their brilliant leader, until their anmU-
milton exhausted.
During the afternoon the enemy has made
several attempts to force our lines, particular
1y at the apex of our position near the Chan
ccilOr House, but Capt. Weed has massad a
large quantity OF artillery in such position
as To rcpnlse. with great loss, everything.
placed within its range. The snemy Tried
several batteries ard regiments 1T that poin.
at different times during the afternoon, and
they were literally destroyed by the fire OF our
terrible guns. Nothing can live within their
range.
OUR POSITION AFTER THE FIGHT
Our present position is impregnahle if our
troops continue to fight as they have to-day
Gen. Lee, the prisoners say, has sued aA or
der that our lines must be broken at all haz-
ards. Let them try il again with what they
have left. They can, and perhaps will de-
stroy themselves by attacks upon this position
Our troops are perfectly cool and confident
They have fought with great spirit and eRthu-
siasm, and will continue TO do 50.
The rebel prisoners report that Gen. 4. p
Hill was killed this forenoon, during the san
culinary conflict his division had with Gen
Berry's division. General Berry was himself
killed, While gallantly lighting his brave ineu