The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-05-22
Battle of ChancellorsviMe-
sing the Rappahannoek. &c.


both sides, the rebels on Saturday afternoon
and evening attacked our right flank. Jack T
son, with his whole corps of 10000 men.
throwing himself iupe,uously on General
Towards 1lih corps, but the movement
was only partially successful, and re-en-
fnrcemeuts being promptly sent BY General
Hooker, the re bells were handsomely check
cd. Towards corps consisted OF Schurz's,
Steinwehrs and Deven's divisions. The
correspondent states that Carl Schurz's di
vision dis Or icefully abandoned their POSITION
behind their breastworks and rushed. panic
! stricken towards headquarters. Our right
was thus completely turned and the rebels
in a fair way Of doubling us up.
Hooker was Immediately in the saddle,
i and turning 10 commander of lis own old
corps, General Berry. shouted. " General.
throw your men into the breach receive the
enemy on your bayonets. Don't FIRE shot.
I They can t see you" They rushed glorI-
ously at double quick to The rescue, pressing
forward hoi rid array Of glittering steel
The enemy were checked and returned TO
the breas,works Just abandoned by How
ards CORPS, Batteries were Immediately
massed on the crest of the hill. pouring 10
terrific fire until far in the night. General
! Pleasanton also checked flying battery of
a dozen pieces. drawing up his brigade of
cavalry with drawn sabers TO protect the
guns. He had them double sho,ted with
canister and swept the enemy's position
murdcrously In this charge the rebels
took from Schurz's division twelve pieces of
cannon. The Germans fed past Hooker's
headquarters in panic, many members of
the S, aft, with pistols and sabres vainly en-
Geavoring to stay their fight. What made
this res eat most disastrous was the fact
that Sickles had by brarc CHI road pierced
the enemy's center, penetrated for mile.
cut them in twain, and secured The key TO
f victory, when the turning Of Howard's posi-
ton obliged him TO retreat. bringing of 400
rebel prisoners The artillery combat con
tinued till midnight fercely.
} On Sunday, at 5 O'Clock in the morning,
: the rebels could be plainly seen on the
plank road about mile and half from
Rockers headquarters at Chancellor House.
EOur line of battle was Immediately formed,
? and 10 half an hour our advance became
t engaged Soon battalion after battalion
became engaged, the enemy advancing his
infantry in overwhelming numbers and
seeming determined to crush ours. Sickles
and Slocum's brave men, however. held
# them in check. nfliciing dreadful slaughter
v upon them. French's division was sent IN
on our right flank and soon crushed thai
portion OF the enemy's line, ard al O'Clock
= in the morning French sent his comp lments
Re to Ho ker. stating that be had charged the
h rebels aud was driving them before him.
!, Five whole rebel divisions were thrown up
on S cklcs, but he and his gallant soldiers
= held he traitors in check, taking during Tx
'e dav an aggregate of over 1000 prisoners
1t The fight was desperate hand to hant
l confii,t and the carnage was perfectly
! frighlful Officers say that the dead AM
wounded rebels covered the ground Ii
D. heaps. The rebels literally threw them
J, selves upon the muzzes of our guns
.. 49,. de-,oads tifissu. distines charges
II TIRED four stands of colors and five hundre,
:" prisoners. =
e The engagement lasted from $50 to S:4!
e A. NJ. when. being out of ammunition, on
1t forces held their position for an hour at th,
u point of the bayonet, when upon being re
supplied they fell back in good order t.
g Chancellor House, where the contes. wa
II again maintained with great havoc to tn,
at enemy and considerable loss to ourselves.
Il The vicinity OF Chancellor House was soor
), the theater of the fight and Hooker main
tanned his headquarters there till 10 O'Clock
$ when it was burned by rebel she'll II
S the meantime Hooker had established ne "
: line Our forces were withdrawn to tina,
> front, and at 1880 musketry firing ceased
The engagement lasted six hours, and was
the most terrific of the war
S The New York Hvald's Falmouth cor
? respondent gives the following account of
the re-crossing of Hooker's army:
The assigned order of with rawal was
Sykes division first. Humphrey next,
Griffn's last. Switzer's brigade being the
extreme rear guard The return had been
, conducted noiselessly and was unknown to
the enemy, or if they did know it, deemed
it prudent not to follow, or else they were
executing similar retrogade movement
Every military precaution was taken to Sc
cure our retreat. A continual line of battle
was kept up by retiring infantry. Rifle pits
were established, abattis laid, trees feIied.
and Waterman's R l. Battery brought up
the rear. No enemy was seen until reach
/ ing u. S. Ford. where few rebel cavalry
showed themselves about mile distant, but
were scattered by few shells. We reach
ed the iord. one by one, the regiments on
the ponioons the engineer corps took up
the pontoons, and our army had reached
the Rappahannock- Forage, baggage and
ammunition had preceded us, and before
dark the army occupied the tents and
ground they had occupied just nine DAYS
previous.
The New York Times correspondent who
accompanied Stoneman's raid, gives reliable
particulars thereof. II appears his whole |
force crossed the goth of April. at Kelly's
Ford General Averili moved to Orange I
and Alexandria Railroad the rebel resi !
ments, after skirmishing, retired towards !
Gordonsville only two of our men were
wounded. General Bufo,d crossed the |
Rapidan at Merion's Ford, Thursday, caus- |
ing 1000 rebel infantry TO hurriedly vacate
Racoon Ford, where General Gregg soon /
att rwsrds crossed. and some minor captures
were made. Friday our forces got close on
the heels of the rebel force at Orange
Springs, VITO TO escape abandoned their
wagons. provisions. dc. rebel L euten-
ant OF yackson's staff was captured.
On Saturday Louisa Court House was
occupied without opposition by Colonel