The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-02
s.rIpnAY MORNING. MAY 2, 1863.
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nAuIIfoHs CRosaIso. kA7i !.
... -. he rssa.ts Of yssses6ayS teaop ot
.-,n,, nIss ,hroa,h mud. snd wos1s. and va
a, "a elevated paslttoa bshlnl Frsdssisks.
:. soa,d s.s Nsnkss balloon ten mites up
80, spd heard about 10 L. n. tha, the YAn.
.hsa .eorss In large foess below Ksry's Ford.
ssh,d "a, Of staart's savaary fen Lees armyi
s-. ~. .,o.sns below W. fsiat, ard the main
80, md 10 ahcvs. Ahoat II o's,oet yestsrday
.s.v.nle, .uaou fsom asroo the rivsr poured
.,. ,,, sual Arss q oar troops near this Place.
.s,rt or sP. 4. thsrs We . short. shsrp in1au'
a, a,b., Asd in tAs svesias aa artillery duel ss
,,,.. milss soazsd HON opposite sdss Q; the Rap
.,,.s.o.k foe ssysea hsars. xhrss otoar bastAess.
-. a, tss LII shove tAia poaas, ard two below,
,t..A.rsd on the Yanksss psar and above Grsya
rh.v r.spcndsd, Of coarss, and ths racket wss
.,.., oas Of oar shots ssfaek ancpG the wa3cns
-, o,syp Lane, anl eaaSsa rapN scattesing.-
rs,,s vss 20 dfmass on our ssds, although one
.a.l, want ever this place end exploded bstiod
usulltous honss, on the hill aeov~
". hsss rumors Of crossing below Port Royal
na Ct cor armys fal,ias bach, As. Only nftsen
,soossnd Yankees srs said 10 have come over. aad
sa.v .,e eeresalsd IN gorge Immediately on the
rver, usa, DSnwdS. Their plekets and sklsnisA.
.rs eply spear shove tbs bank. Our trooIs. up
20 Ia, nishs held the rvss roAd three iartsrs Of
r,,s fosu tie river and parallel 10 II. Ths railroad
v,s oar sssonI lice, and uunbeflsu batteries and
sxousas FOLDER, nllsd Ill this nsIshborhood. II
u. YANKEES mssnt 10 do " yki. 5y eroaAlng they
hsys lost al possibility Of sueesss BY thls strar 60
s.lsy II esd not surprise - to hsae to day that
shsy tavs 9us back, and that our army q moving
towards Oplpspsr. mkssd the esfs ysstsrday.
tsi viii xtd yea Ne latest nsws up to thsiR DE-
psftois to-dsy.
l forgot &c say that Col Monsgao, of the ysh
LorisanA, wss wounded twies Ia the Emsll Hsht on
Wednesday ia the rife pits and taken prisones.-
posY Ia sht Oh Louisiana wsie said 70 be billed
.rd fourteen taken prisoners. We took some pris
oaers-how many could not ascertain
UpnlPN yesterday Frslssieksburg had no.
bssa Arsi or oeeaplsd.
ssil t.lisvs the bulk Of the Yaakee army hss
ssSs ,rcm opposite Frsdsrieksburs. and this eross.
ID uAs uisds - . sslnt and under the belief thAt
. very small portion Of our army was Left hare.
10 A. A-our wagons hAvs retired, and troops
so.s up toward unltsd States Ford. where the sre-
ny crossed yestszday. At , r. n. Gen. Mahone
drove them back, Lost one ssmra1y y, (Which was
%. cf cn picket somehow and fell back to his
cid position. Thsensmy came upon him, not know
Ing be had brsAstwofks. he pafsaed them after
to. Using them
Gen. wl.ccx holds 1anks's Ferd / could not
ss:srlaIn ths number u kAhone's killed aud
wounded. Ths GIT oceorsd at Uhanceilorsvills,
llou. fou. miles from Elys Ford. The Yankees
were reported to bs .! Spotsyivauia O. H., 10 miles
s,oiawsss from ChanosllorsvEls. The Court.Houss
pt~sivs miles almost due west nom Fle!erlcke.
bug. No firing hesrd up 70 tais hour to-day. Stu.
ri ~, skirniah:ns Ill day ysstsrdzy.
Al ths Indications point above Yrsdssicxs.
t1fs - tie real rouis o; Hooksr In hls "Oa 10
K.ehmoud- Es has two roads cot TO BaaAs's ford.
shsrs Wilcox ID ready 70 receive him. No Yankees
yss rsportsd In FrsderiGksburs. Barksdals's men
Us still there. Pie Yankses Afe preparing earth.
works fSr gang nskr PrAtSs. Their liza extends
fsou Bernardo to Asop's opposite HshIlton's
Crossing. Cur piskets snd theirs are scarcely eco
sf:ls Lpast One Of our shells yesterday scattered
party Vt officers near Pats.