Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-05-14

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crushing disaster on SATURDAY. NIGHT
when General Jackson suceeeded 4,
turning our right wing and routing A..
Eleventh corps. the battle was renewed
on Sunday. and though no, absolutely
decisive. yet has put him decidedly on
The winning side.
This battle is to the rebels by far ths
bloodiest they have yet had, while our
sacrifice is much less. We have taken
fonr thousand prisoners With . loss on
our side Of not tenth of that mum.
Der. i.
The result Of Sundays operations on
the left is still more brilliant. The
powerfully defended heights 10 the rear
Of Fredericksburg. the attempt to take
which cost rs 50 dearly last December,
have BY the movement on Chancellors-
vile. been turned, and after being gal
lantly assailsd BY sedgwick's corps. are
nov ours.
The rebel army is now, therefore,
between two columns. separated bet By
an interval Of Eve miles-the one =
hundred thousand strong, the other
twenty thousand. Il will be strange
i IL, between the upper and neither mill
stone. the accursed thing is 40. ground
TO atoms.
LATER.
HThs Philadelphia Dispatch of
this morning contains the following:
"wAsHrSsros, May 9. 1sP. M
On Friday morning last General
Hooker recrossed the Rappahannock
with two Corpsd' Armes After re-
eonuoitering the old position held By him
at ChancelIorsville. he found that the
enemy had fallen back. leaving hun
dreds Of his wounded behind and bis
dead unburied."
The Dispatch does not credit the re-
ports which are in circulation, to the
effect that Richmond mas been cap-
,ured BY Gen. Keys.
WASHINGTON. May 9.--Yesterday
afternoon. q flag Of truce was sent
across the Rappahsnnock by Gen. Lee,
with letter to Gen. Hooker. in which
il was stated that Lees army was de-
hcient in supplies and their communi-
cations cut of. so that il was difficult 10
re-enforce their commissariat, rendering
il necessary that Gen. Hooker should
send over supplies for our wounded
soldiers IN the hands Of the Confede-
rates"
Medical and hospital supplies were
sent over in response to this communi-
cation, which indicates plainly the great
success OF Gen Stoneman's cavalry ex-
pediIion. An inspection Of the ground
upon which the late battle was fought,
shows the desperation OF the rebels and
their immense loss. Large numbers of
their dead and wounded are upon the
field in the Wilderness. where the FIRE
look place from the shells of our bat.
Ieries. A very large number of charred
remains have been found. The suffer-
ngs Of the poor wretches must have
been terrible"
The Sunday Transcript OF this morn
ng. says: The afternoon papers Of
yesterday reported by telegraph IRON
Fortress Monroe. the capture Of Rich
nond. Gen. Keys is said to have com
manded the attack. For some reason
,r other the authenticity of the report
could not be asceriained from head
quarters. notwithstanding the tact that
Every means was employed to receive the
ruth. The intelligence. however we
are inclined to credit. In the FIRST place
We know that forward movement was
contemplated by way Of the peninsula;
Is soon as Stonemau could be heard
rom. He reported at the White House
m or before the 9th OF May. I'd. We
ave intelligence fiom Col Johnson, of
he 18th Pennsylvania regiment, to the
feet that the troops at Fortress Mon
oe we're ordered to break camp on the
morning Of the 9Th Of May. and were
'rovided with rations for q long march.
'his news has been received by COL
mel Johnson's family, residing in this
ily. Sd. We have a letter from
fortress Monroe to this effect:
FORTRESS MoNRoE, May 6.
"An advance is imminent. Several
troops from Suffolk reached
ere yesterday and to-day. They are
n transports and will proceed up York
iver TO the White House. The gun
oats cleared the way to the Pamunky
liver. General Stonemsn reports
richmond barren almost Of troops
'esides all this, unless the war depart
rent and the Gensralissimos at head
uarters be mad, the sure means Of tax
q Richmond and the time for doing it
ave not been ignored. We quote the
blowing 10 this connection from the
'ulletin Of Yesterday:
1--WE learn from the editors Of the
Inquirer that one OF their
who has just returned
-om Washington. informed them that
Ieneral Joe Hooker re.crossed the Rap