Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-05-08


The Times and Herald publish full &C
counts of the battles Of Saturday 70 sunday
1t was succession Of desperate hand To-
hand conflicts and the carnage was friFhttul
Knsp's battery opened The 26th Penn.
from Perry. division Of Sicklo- corr were
sent out a. skirmishcr5.
In the Z NJ the rebels again advanced e.
Gcarv's division Of Slocum corIs was sent
forward. \ sharp contest cnsued. Il was the
beginning Of the battle. All before was pre-
lminarv Kane's brigade of the division
broke and the whole diviFi0ns fell back IN
disorder
There was a general hattie ON Sunday IN
which our troops were victorious
Fredericksburg Is ours. There was ter
rible slaughter Of the rebels. 1000 prisoners
and nine guns were captured.
Gen. Hooker succeeded on Tuesday last IN
lanking the enemy but an eniladin.
fire from the batteries planted To-
swccp the road checked them All
through Friday night. Howard heard the
sound of axe, IN the woods IN front of him
The pickets in front Of Slocum + corps
through SATURDAY, had seen large trains of
wagons moving southwest. Was IT the en-
emv in retreat or WAS 1t a movement 20 check
the advance of our right Birney's aud
Whipple's brigades and Barlow were or
derci TO advance 10 see what was going on
They drove in the rebel Tickets. captured
COO. and ascertained that Stonewall Jackson.
with heavy tram Of artillery and thirty or
forty thousand inlanuy, was passing w 70
our right by new road, cut dUiHs the
night
Gen Sickles Was ordered 10 push ou and
cut the rebel line Gen. Williams of Slo-
cum : corps va, also ordered forward. The
column fell upon the enemy and captured
100.
Stand now at Chancelloryille and take an
other look at the forces. You arc still look
ing south The five brisades move across the
oren field and disappear in the wood, The
other briCades Of Howard out on the right
stand securely. as they think, behind the
works which thcv have thrown up. suddenly
there is crash behind them bclching of
fameand smoke, the report of cannon and rat
tleofmuskotry. Stoncwall jackson has pa5sed
along the entire front Of our line and gone
ont mile or two beyond. Howard turned
SQUARE round and instead Of southwest
marches rapidly north and northeast. lie
comes upon Howard like thun1crbolt "n'l
Is between Howard and the Rapidan.
Shurz's brigade without strniing an instant
gives way. The men aIe panic-rtric@cu.
throw down their arms and rush ltil-mell
towards Characteristic, running through
Owens divisionI All threats-all Efforts TO
rally tn, m are unavailing Gen. Howard
and all his ofhcers put themselvcs in the way
but the panic is On the poor towards, and
they ~ like frightened sheep. But Just be-
hind ChancellOryille Is a division which has
not vet turned It's hack insloriously upon the
rebels Berry's division of the Sd corps
Hooker own children who were with him
On the peninsula. Ii advanced, took posses
sion Of the enemy sposition. with murderous
fire, Of a ridge of land short distance west Of
Chancellorville when all the available bat
teries were Immediately put in position and
held it. Sickles and Williams which wer,
pushing on 50 gloriously were OF necessity
recalled. Ii was critical moment. Al
the energy. nerve and Perseverance OF the
commanders were needed. Battery Bes
opened with ~ pieces ct artillery at clos
range throwing craps aud canister
Pleasanton brought mp Il pieces belong
inc to the fleeing corIs. The rebels by thI
sudden onslaught got possession of Il o
Shurz's pieces of artillery.
Hooker ordered night attack To recoVc
what was lost in position. At IL O'Clock
by the bright light Of the full moon, Birnoy
Nhipple and Ward, under cover Of a territ
cannonading, fell like thunderbolts upoi
jackson. drove him lack half mile, rc
covered a portion Of the artillery Which ha'
been lost. and enabled Hooker To reform hi
line.
On Sunday morning, Reynolds LIST corp
which had arrived from below during tn
night. was placed on the extreme right abou
mile in rear of the petition occupied b
Howard the day before. Meade WIS scu
over from the extreme left and placed mex
in line. and the Entertainments were throw
up.
Howard with great eXcrticn rccrganizc
his corps and was placed in Meade form'
position on the extreme left.
Again look southwest. In the front
Berry on the right, nearer to you, Brine,
Wbinrlc and Williams. 1t i hardly da,
li-ht. The two armies have been close .
sether during the night.
B,.yond the hill where Bert has bis Ia
terry Of ~ pieces is ravine Down that