Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-05-11
No..3S.

road about seven miles above Fredericksburg !ne
enemy seem disposed to come in behind Maryes NIL
this time.
10! a. M-Gen. Early opened on the Yankee bat
teres this side and across the river. The artlie-
ry duel was severe for some time One artlilerym
side Vrginian, had his leg shot OH, ano
three others were wounted.. The enemy first moved
down the river. After the heavy fre above had con-
tnued some time, the enemy turned and moved large
forces at double quick up the river, and withdrew
nearly all their pcketS leaving OILY In forty
yards. Before that they thick and Close almost
in line of battle. From above hear that Lee drove
the enemy five miles. Wicox's brigade, left Banks
ford and sent out skirmishers but could not
catch up with the Yankees, who were demorazed
and retreating rapidly beyond Deckers,s two miles
below Charlottesville. At midnight they returned
to Banks ford where the enemy had appeared to be
preparing to cross on pom oon bridges. The yam
KEGS crossed United States ford by permission,
suppose. Two brgades, Featherstone's and another,
! retired on their approach. A German MAYOR came
over at the wrong place and got caught The otl-
Zens, past whose houses the enemy retreated said
they much demofalized Stuart and Fitzhugh
Lee are about taking prisoners &c.
4 IL A. MA courier just arrived, reports that
i jackson has got 6etaeep tie Yankees and the raUer
Lee and Jackson were both on the field all night
About 100 prisoners at headquarters last night.
Jackson's old division on the right and 1.nder-
sons on the left. Yankee double quicking on the
other side of the river, can't save those this.
125 p M Col. Harris, of the 18th Mississippi,
was slightly wounded late last evening in the thigh
near the plank road ;4e goes down ON the cars to-
day. He and Leutenat we've the only wounded IN
his regiment. The casualties reported very Jew.
: Two hundred and fifty prisoners were taken in p
squad. report from Fredericksburg, still unoccu-
pied and not fired on, says the enemy crossed last
night Stanford's ford mile above Burks ford
and got into the fight Deeber's yesterday
ming, and were driven back to the river This morn
ing three brigades, and four batteries yesterday
ming, passed up opposite Fredericksburg. The force
opposite Fredericksburg is apparently much reduced
n n % p aiSs-s
!, Captain and Lieutenant of the 61st regiment
wounded; Adjutaht of the 41st and Lieutenant
wounded; Captain of the 41st killed and anoth-
!, er wounded5 Capt. CASTLE of the 61st lost leg
. and AdJutant Butt WIS wounded below the knee.
e For the information of those not familiar with the
country around Fredericksburg we give the following
. relative to places and distances
. Chancelloisville contains but single house. large
; brick one formerly hotel but more latterly occu-
pied boarding school It is ten miles Northwest
s of Fredericksburg Wilderness is five miles beyond
e Charlottesville. The U. States Ford is on the Rap
h pahannock, eight miles above fredericksburg Two
&c miles above this is the mouth Of the Rapidan Eys
e ford, the Rapidan is four miles above its mouth
q Germana is five miles above Ey's.
J" From the Richmond Examiner of Tuesday last
APPROACH OF THE ENEMY RICHMOND.
lr At eight O'clock A. NJ Monday, courier reported
in at headquarters that the Yankee cavalry to the
at number of five thousand, Warwick's farm,
RS i've miles from the city. About the time an
is other courer brought information that the enemy
nd had appeared at Hungary Station station miles
to up the Fredericksburg Railroad.
ly At seven o'clock, A. M, telegraphist had beer
to sent with an engine and tender the Central
TO repair the wires. Upon the receipt of the ahov
ry news much uneaSnesS felt for the safety of tn
SIS telegraph party. About eleven o'clock youth VIII
er had ridden in from Atlees brought information tina
to the engine had been captured by the Yankees tn
sic railroad bridge the Chickahomny, five mile
north Of this city, locality made memorable by tn
he TACT that near here the Goth June 1862 Genera
&c A. T. HILL begun the great battles cf Richmond
irg NEAREST APPROACH OF THE ENEMY TO THE CITY,
"e ne On yesterday morning. at o'clock, three hundre
&c Yankee cavalry visited the farm of Mr. John B. Youn,
a on the Brooks turnpike, two miles from the corpt
rate limits Their stay, it is true, brief but the
r enjoyed of the finest views of the spires an
housetops Of the city, and rewarded py the ac
IL QUESTION Of three fine horses which they stole fro
Mr. Young. One OF tue horses they took from bu,
gy star ding before the door The first intmaton Nj
TITS Young had of the proximity of enemy three bl,
oao coats gaoped up to his house from and
he gan to put halter on his buggy horse He steppt
Cn's out OF the house and asked the man what he w
ma doing. The fellow replied that he about to tai
at that horse by orders from headquarters" Then t
'zeh truth, that the individual before him was live Ya
pre- kee for the first time flashed across his mind
es at once concluded that General Lee must have be
defeated, and that Hooker was marching on Rio
der mond. Having secured the horses the Yankees
rove joined the main body who drawn up in line
the pike in front of the House The Yankees were
four much ror evidently expecting every moment IN