, 1863-05-08
icksburg, namely, two miles below that city,
~and covered 1om the cnemJ's Ticw by the
curtain Of hills t6at finges the Rapahannock.

EuEl1lH 01 l111A Lu1L u10StS LIE Aap4NhAuVlh'
While this movement is going On, othe.
columns consisting Of the corps Of Genera!
Meade, the 5th, and Gen. Stoneman, the 12th,
are moving On different roads, and have taken
up positions up the Rappahannoek, in the
ncighborhood Of Banks and United States
fords, respectively eight and eleven miles
aboye fredericksburg, and are, 1t will be rc-
membercd, the places selected by Gen. Burn
side for his crossing on the occasion Of the
mud campaign.
Before dawn cf Tuesday the pontoon boat.
lad been taken from the wagons couple OF
iIiies below Fredericksburg, and under coyer
oi q very heavy fog were carried noisc1essly
down on mems shoulders to the rivers bank
and deposited IN the Water. They were i'm
naediately manned by the: troops Of RUSSELL
brigade Of Brooke's division, 9th army corps,
and rapidly pushed over
Tue rebels here, lis ut every ford for miles
up aud down the river, were posted along tic
liscr's margin in double lines of rifle pits,
centajning, perhaps, q couple Of hundred 1ncu
each. At the lower crossing they made but u
f'eb}c resistance, and in few moments oul
men vert in Possession Of both lines Of rifle
i 5, II It'll the loss Of half dozen men. In.
deed, n rebel Lieutenant, captured here, dis
i1.cnuous young man, told US that they had
bern expressly Instructed not to offer very
Eerious resistance.
Ttis beirg accomplished, the whole Of
Brooches division was passed over the three
poiitoon' bridges, Which were Immediately
constructed under charge Of Chief Engineer
9snha1n, to hold The position and the bridge.
Z nile aud o half below tic position Of
Ctn, sedgwicA's bridges, at an estate called
Sou Afield, Reynolds command was instruct
Cd TO effect crossing. In doing this, how,
ever, they were not quite so lucky as those
above them. Daylight lad come, while the
engineers were still endcaToripg to get The
p>ntoon boats down to the water, but the 1lrc
from the rebel sharpshootets, who were
placed in rifle pits, which had been thrown u,
opposite them, also succeeded in delaying op.
erstiors 60 much that it was 10 o'clock in The
/ forenoon before they could be got into the
| water, to silence the fire of tho sharpshoot
err.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
PHILADELPHIA May :, 1863.
| About SEQ wounded soldiers from the army
| Of the Potomac have arrived IN this city and
been distributed to the various hospitals
| Over leo rebel prisoners came upon the Balti
more cars this evening, The following are
among the names Of casualties to Western
troops, engaged in the late battles:
| KLLED.-Lieut Colonel E. J. Sherlock, ST
WoESDED.-lm.ctuons9u-J. wttse,e, Co. F
4th ohio;. L, 31orehouse, Il, 9Th Michisa H
| Benton, 1th Ohio; c. Haasman. 9Th Ohio: i. n
| Sertoner. Sd Wis; A; !: Fullerton, q, eGt1 Wis.
Wiseonsin: ": r. Farthins, 3, a7th iadtans ans:
z. Smith, X eth Indiana; :: Lawton, 4th Ohio
9; se4xarz. T. SD illinois,; ]; Mower:
oaner oh9p htp;t v Go:tctfa, IL ao;h ahs III:
! II. Martin. +. 18th Ind. 8: Mccormick, Z, 5tt
ghio; $. Watkins, +, Sd Mich; J. Bea7a, +. Sd
HUI oi9 3 Iasa q 81 Eeais Ha Iefah % dG asS
Mo:ss s q M;5 eo5 3!:s, J. s St!s Sh!o
X. 14th Ind; Captain G. 3. ward, i
14th Ind; !. 7; Berry, K, 18th Ind; ). Pope, K
Ill., + Fz G'ee e. ~ o1{o 85c Lee t!f ILL., 5i
i9th ono; GaPt: Hulbq.t. Il: asth oohio; F; i
lasEron. l. 1st No; y. Edsaf; &. 4ta S Ohio 10 I. /
schladecr, Z, aoth Wis; 9. BIckmer. /, Goth Wis.
| 4. JAtpof, u, s9d ILL.,; J. Hunbton, q, 10Th Ohio
9e a Bae9, M 5th 66iS; 66a j 5osn s'sa sta:up il {'
81 81 @ 9his it, Ws!ss;, s. s. 965tS 6: Wm: IuSis
81 5seiren jsth ohio; ho8an I'd 1nao: "t Isl
9ho; Gsp' e ,a Ma!d II 1tn 1Hd LSns
i. ii &a1ts % g. ssth a ohto: L,eatepant t1 ''G
Fatrick Naha. i, 5th Mich silas Tramp, 4, lot
Ohio; Isaac Fi1f, same; F. Stadplacc, 4. G'
Wis; q. Jones, d, 25th Ohio; John Shea, n Is
| Mich: D. Il, Royce, 1st Ohio; 1t. ". Martin
Il, it O.; Il. J. r. Dutfy, E, 6th O.; Gen. S. Whit
| rle; Mai. Gen, Howard; Mai. Gen. Sicklcs; Dris
Cen. Greene; Brig. Gen. Ward; Gen. DsVna
Gen. Mott.
sTOSENAN'S RAID TO RICHMOND.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.]
WA.n1SaToy May 7, 1868.
Exchanged officers, who arrived to-day, sa
TINT on Saturday, Sunday and Monday las
the most remarkable panic prevailed In Ricl
mond. There Vas not q soldier there, or
Petersburg, and the citizens and Departmes
Clerks constituted the sole defence Of the cit,
Gems. stoughton and 1Ti1lich think that s.
cavalry could have takcn the city, capture
jeff Davis, the leads Of Departments au
leading conspiratnrs, and liberated all Of OF
prisoners row confined there.
T Two Of Stoneman's scouts were taken Wit
in mile and Il quarter Of Richmond, By
| few mounted rebels.
7 Stoncman's operations seem to hare bet
remarkably successful, not less in Etriki1
terror to the rebels than In infllctlng serlo1
damage.
| lie tore up not less than thirty miles Of Il
railroad between Fredericksburg and Ric
mond, and destroyed the important bridg
oycr the Chickahominy and Pamunky river
Hc destroyed tho locks on the canal, thir
miles above Richmond, and the others twen
miles above, thus cutting off one Of the
, | main reliance for supplies from Richmond.
lie captured and destroyed the rolling sto
r Of two trims, captured corral Of 800 horst
turning loose as many Of his own exhaust
ones. he took three times as many prise
| crs as he lost. He met no organized resi-
s ance. stoneman, with the bn}k Of his COZ
l mand, did not approach nearer than fifte
G miles Of Richmond Only smaller bod
:. | penetrated to the immediate vicinity Of t
4 rebel capital.
S The rebels speak Of the whole raid as t
t pa1alcl1cd in this or any other war.
4 ACCOUNTS FROM REBEL SOURCES.
o FORTRESS MONROE, May e.-The Richmo
# Enquirer, Of HAY 18th, contains an account
;. severe battle having been fought on Sund
d the Sd inst, at SpottsJlvania, In which Il
a admit heavy rebel loss. Gen. Paxton =
;. killed, and Gen. Jackson wounded by the Il
A Of IN arm. Gen. Heath and Gen. A. ?. Z
r, were slightly wounded. The battle was
Il newed on the morning Of the 4th. The j
quire7 STATES that the loss WIS heary on b;
r. sides, and c1aims that the rebels took S,
= F.deral prisoners.
. While this battle was being fought, the
!. quirer eays Gen. 6toneman with Is 600 caya
. destroyed the Fredericksburg railroad at A
= land, and took possession Of train Of G.
Is capturing several rebel government Office
If The engineer jumped from the engine aud F
j. tended to be dead, but the Yankees awt
n him and made him run the train to the
b. lage; they also destroyed two locomotives
A detachment Of Yankees then proceeded
l. Hanover Court House, tearing up the Gem
"a Railroad track and cutting the telegraph Mi
y They also burnt the Court House, aud seE'
10 bridges on the Fredericksburg Railroad
,r destroyed the water tank at Hungary.
a. They were evidently guided by some ons
j. mIllar with the country. We hare obtal
Id his name and he is well known in Rlchmo
=. AT Brook Pike the Yankees exchanged Il
cd traded horses for fresh ones and procee
I'd across The Chickahominy, destroying the t
,c- pike and railroad bridges over that river,
~ captured locomotive which had been
u.,4 t1se p.,rrfrr m rArnnunf1annrn