Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-05-14
RETURN OF GEN. sEDGwIcK's COMMAND.

The correspondent Of the New YORK. Times gives the
following account Of the return Of Gea Sedgwcks
mand
FALMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1858
The Sixth Army Corps succeeded IL cutting its way
through the enemy reaching this eide Of the river yese
day morning. The rebels made hsrcuan efforts 10
rounded it, but food ia Their end, avorr They had
succeeded getting hree sds uf the nrce, then
opened battery IN the bridge which served Tor retreat
low We got away N good nditon is grrnt mys-
terry to all Of Yet the corps suffered severely, having
subjected t. the ordeal OF four heavy battles vi hu
thrysx hours Sghting the last two ,lnst overwhsm
Ing Odds AID when h,pe of escape SCENE well Oh gone
Prior 10 this saster tie eixth Corp the finest ia
the Army OF the Potomac During these doys bat
ties it done the work on the le from the very frat
constructing three Of the bridges ing all the skrmshng
storDing the Fredercksbnrs heights and rushing
the support Of the right Wac responsible for this
ccssful mixing Of the force. uuabe to say. oue
thing is certain, however Alter taking the heights the
corps pushed rapidly up the river regardless Of heavy
firing guns planted In wood crest at thu left o the
city, and weAound in the road from this
1t unguadeoly lift on aud when the overwhelm
force Of the enemy appeared there not corpora
guard in coinparIson to resist thew Up to this time
every thing working admirably We were both In
front and of the ouemy had been
rest on the Fredericksburg hegh without pushing we
vantage 10 lost The heights have peen recovered
and operations suspended by us tho left
The history Of Sunday Monday aud Tupsdsy would
furnish volumes Of ncd' hls The wounded in Fredc-
ricksburg and medical stores saved by
ganizng the stragRlers in the streets picket Inns
facing the heights taken possession Of thereby causing the
enemy 10 think had considerable farce both Ia the
city and this do VIII CHI far from the case These
ckets or skmishers kept up fire the rebels until
all wounded and the river The
bdges opposite the city taken up at dsybreak yes
terday
The six eenth and nehundred- and twenty first New
Yok have suffered very severely fact both the First
and eecond Bfgades # Gen Burns division arc badly
up. The Sixty New York hns lost very heavily
both in officers aud Had forces 4 been 80 gu
numbered by those Of the enemy should ad minis
tered terrible punishment to when ihsy attacked
and drove toward the river had the advantage
Of position, being on higher ground We had suca ling
ne however, defend that varou. regiments had TO
be shifted from point pout resist attacks of the
enemy. We captured large number Of prsouers hough
There s question Of having moved the rebels down
by nhoe mens when they cha ged upon ba teries
1hy lay Ia heaps upon the battlefield, Not gan was
taken, though 40 macy charges upon them made
The corps retired good order the tiver saving
their camp equpag~, mUls trains, &c. with the exc p n
Of few, which q billed up In the momentary panic
which when the enemy frat made their app arance
10 our above Freds rrcksburg The road was flied
with ambusoces (which had been conveying the wounded
all night To the y the battlefield Of Sunday evening
pack mules and vehicles part OF them fed back 10 Lhs
city aud part TO the forcs b-yond
Yesterday considerable picket firing took place about
Falmouth Abou, our heavy si-ee guns commenced
sntng the hegbs above the CITY, and kept ii up at In
tsrVais curing the afternoon. fearful ranstom set Ia
ABOUT ck IN the afternoon which must have caused
the river 70 rise rapidly.