New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-22
~h, Aaneh upon fredericksburg his"'' VI
ss63. by the Sixth Corps

MAJ Cen. Sedgwick having been assigned 70 nd
.ommand of the left wing, composed oil INC i ,ook
9Th Corps, Mai .-Gen. Newton, oy seO'O .;, nj.
command of the 9th Corps. The Lei 'p' v-.nt,;n,s
vi,;on was sent over in pontoon' 81 Nth.
,ro,sing before daylight on the 5On Oh "a. ~,
,n, onro..ion. except one voey from 'Hv Inv
- ,n,.d and wounded q dozen men, Ne!"
- ,,ta la, had greater difficulty lower uo""'
~. D;visiou crossing the rlver sno "a
.h.r,slves. II was late in the fore aeon
Re orossipc was efected-the 10 . was
-. ord some 30 prisoners were taken from the
Rebels. o.,,, ., roo r
Xv;b the exception Of some demon STATIONS we
mode no further movements uh,h SaMrday, May 2
NV which time the enemy had deteched A. z. Hills
Division aud other forces to nees decker st Chao-
cellorsville.
On Saturday Reynoldss Corps was ordered to
take up their bridge and the river marching
or toe River TO the support OF Hooker.
Gen. SedgwIek then resumed the command OF tue
Nav 2d-At 1l;i0 D. m, Saturday the 9th Corps
was oroered 10 take fredericksburg aud eueS1 /"
junction with Hooker Gen. Newton with ns u',I
sion, and The hight brigade under bis conlnapu ieu
the way; Gen. Howe with Ills division T i w.
and Gen. Brooks Division was TO bring uP'he is'
Gen, Nevton's column was imne1ia'eIy u'v' ~
the euemy's skirmishers. who retired Rr%duaiil "
the entrance Of the town 81 Hazel h9u wne,e t m1
rallied fos desperate resistance ouV CSss
.enrsl deceived and routed them by bold and Jndl
e;ons movemeut which consisted in not advancing
bis ssirmIsh line but massns the REMAINDER Vi LIS
hne and making a sudden ensIge upon tuein. a
The town was thus gained, bat the famous nile
oiis and batteries around the Highs upon when
The Marye House is situated, the scene OF Burnsdes
fsilnre. which commanded the road u be followed
by the oolumn, remained yet TO be taken
III IN nNNTn he
dark TO see even the outline Of the hills aud posons
10 be stormed. %, ,oo, -
g3i Penn. Vols and cd \. Y, were thrown FORWARD
m open order 10 feel the euemys works, ana ascer-
iain whether they were occupied. There had been
10 sign OF the enem7s presence, ano ten, Ne"'on
bad been assured that there Was out one heoel iegi'
pent ON picket in the place. II.
When the accommodating approached within
twenty PAGES Of the work. with a fierce yel the
Rebels unmarked themselves, and tile whole hiii
between the Msrye House aud the railroad became
double girdle Of FIRE. Their artillery opened at
the same moment. TWAS Jdst dark enough 70 make
every fash distinct aud the sight was beautiful but
terrible. -,
The reconnaissance havng'succeeded in its object,
withdrew, but not without severe loss ,
Cen. Howes Division, following close on me
heels Of Newton's column, was halted, and ordered
TO attempt tue stormIng of the ghts the eit OF
Hazel Run, and Gen. GIObon at Falmouth was or
dered to Cross tbs riyer aud endeavor TO get upon
the nights to the rght OF the town. Neither OF
these attempts succeeded, but undoubtedly they bad
the GOOD effect of preventing the concentration OF
The enemy upon Newton on the center.
AT IL a. H. an attack was formed on the center Of
Cen NewtOn's forces, and composed Of bis own d.
vision, and the Light Brigade, Likewise under his
command.
TIE left attack was deployed consisting OF the
9th Wisconsin, 3lst New-YOTk Otb Maine and go
Pennsylvania, under Col. Bnrnham. lie center
attack consisted Of the 7Ih MASSACHUSETTS, snd 90th
l. ded hE Il. D.
John, 7h Massachusetts,. The night attack was
likewise in column composed OF the olst fennslt
yania and 43d New-Yofk, under command oil Ool'
Spear, 6lst p v, supported by 1oi. 9uaien, se,L
New.York Volunteers Col. Cross The men were
croered 10 .torm with the bayonet, and not TO re'
AZ the attack advanced, hcCarthys, Butler s,
and Hsrriss batteries opened with concentrated hfe
upon the Marye House, 30 prevent that serving as
SHELTER for the enemys reserves. ooo
The attack lasted ten minutes, and we lost ,UUV
men in killed and wounded in that bnei peTiod.
The enemy were bayoneted IN their PIC, noI havlng
time 70 get away, or relying 700 surely upon lneir
impreguabhty
EoI. Spear and Major Faxon were killed, Col.
Johns and Lieut.. Col. Harlow wounded, and mauy
other valuable officers put hors de combat, -
As soon as Newton's attack SUCCEEDED, howe
pushed the enemy vigorously, and succeeded after
panguinary contest IN taking the rlie pits OF tb
enemy and the nights 10 the left OF Hazel Ron.
Newton and Howe together took about 800 pri'
ouers aud from IL TO II guns. including the tamou
Warrington Artillery, posted near the Marye Hous'
Tie troops behaved mott nobly
Mojor.Gen. Sedgwick was present the whole TIM
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
EixTB Army CORPS May II. 1863.
After gaining the Mslakof" Gen. Newton
command was rapidly reformed in two lines OF bait
along the crest and Brookss division ordered in Il
advance, and Howe in our In this formatiC
we pursued the flying enemy along the line Of Il
plsnk-rosd leading erect TO Charlottesville, whel
we were assured Hooker, With the main body
our army, was holly pressing them. We move
rapidly being uomolested save by an occasional sh'
from two batteries Of borse artillery, which at tb'
tune was all they had left them, and all they hs
been able TO save from the captured Nights. One
these arteries they ran off to our right and poste
In work on bill toward the river, from wher
they delivered 70 annoying a fire that the GeneTi
detached the l22d New-YOrk, and ordered them I
capture II or drive them from the position. For th
former they were hardly quick enough, but suC
cseded ia The latter, and returned with some z
prisoners.
We now pushed on to Salem Nights, where Brook
found the enemy strongly posted al cross road
near q place Of some half dozen houres called MOI
KistoWn, with earthworks IN the timber on eiIbe
aide Of the road, and the underground Liled VII
r1e-pits and abattis. Here also, they had receive
large re-ehfOrcements from Lees main army and
brigade from Banks's Ford, which place "
had now entirely uncovered. Brooks az once en-
gagged them with his entire division, but wa
overpowered by their superior force an,
compelled to retire, the enemy closely FOL
lowing. Fearing the safety of our right Gen
Newton just previous 10 Bfooks's repplse had zen
Wheaton with two regiuentb-tbe 931 and luz
Penn. Vols.tor its protection. They pressed around
70 tue enemy's left without opposition, crosslnR Q
deep rayine with stream IN Il aud 10 the top Of the
HaUr -. a. ful lou