Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-05-08
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Statements and Reports Concerning the lav'
Imuovtant Battles.

arrived in Washington from the front yesterday
and were sent to the Lincoln, Columbian Col
|ege, and Judiciary Square Hospitals. They
are renresented as being very bad cases.
AMONG them are number of officers.
Cen Hooker it is said, completed his re-
cross;ng Of the Rappahannock on Wednesday,
AZ : o Clock, .. m. 'He had lost some Of his
artillery, but claims to have taken as many as
he lost
The Confederates made an attempt TWO Or
or three times on yesterday to shell the FEEDER
al camps at Falmouth from the opposite side
Of the Rappahannock.
Gen. Averill was ordered to report to the
Adjutant General Of the Army IN Washing
ton, being relieved from command Of the I'd
Cavalry division, Army Of the Potomac. The
statement that he has been under arrest is an
error.
Gen, Hooker, it is ssid "estimates his
losses in the late battles at about ten thousand
men, all told, killed, wounded, and missing"
Major Channlrg Price, OF Gen. Stewart's
staff, was killed in action,
The Washington despatch Of the Associated
Press says 1t is ascertained from the front
that the army of the Potomac has arrived,
with all it's materials OF war, at their old camp
at Falmouth. Our loss in prisoners does not ex-
ceed HOO They have received 2460 prison
crs Of the Confederate They lost eight guns
and captured the same number of pieces from
The Confederates.
'The REIMBURSEMENT Of the position was
made. simply because it afforded no field for
the manoeuvering of the army, and not from
any reverse or injury sustained by It, The
commanding general and the entire army are
IN excellent heart. and ready for new move
ment. We shall probably not know where
this is to be made until after it has commen-
ced" The return of Gen. Hookeris pronoun-
ced to ke "a failure lot disaster.
It is said that information has reached
Washington that General Stoneman has safely
arrived at Rappahannock Station, with the re-
mainder Of his force He has cut the railroad
connections in all directions
It reported that Stonewall Jackson has
had his left arm amputated above the elbow
1t is not known how soon he will be able to
take the field
The Washington Chronicle says:-"Time
only can develop the precise reasons why Gen.
Hooker withdrew his army across the Kappa
hannock It may be that not only the swell
ing of the streams by the three days rain,
but some ulterlor purpose caused the move
ment which was SO unexpected to the public
at large
The Washington Chronicle says-.'The
movements Of the Federal forces at Suffolk be-
gin to be of great Importance 1t is not at all
Improbable that they will be able to cooperate
materially with Gen Hooker's forces, IN the
. coming advance. We have reports by tee-
graph which indicate important operations IN
that direction y
Major Joseph R. Chandler, killed near
fredericksburg, was a son Of the Hon. Joseph
t. Chandler, of Philadelphia, and was for
merry merchant in that city.
!he Richmond papers are all, in their edl-
'oAa1 articles, expressing the greatest sat'stac~