Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-12-02
TELEGRAPHlC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPAroHEs.l
ARMY OF The POTOMAC,

Detail. q Friday. and Saturdays Opera
msns-The Enemy Defeated At Ever
I Pefnt-They Leave Their Dead en tn
Iield-Our Proportion Of Killed an
sunded Small-Every Report So fa
| Fought. "
| NRw YORK, Dec I-Th, Tribune, extra O
to-day contains the following, dated Saturda,
night.
Ihis morning opened with . rain storm, bu
the whole army was on the ad vance at au earl,
! hGnr- Tho od oerpe, which crossed the Rapi
dan At Jacobs Mills and was engaged yester
day Six miles from Locust Grove on a roae
ieading to Culpep+r, deploysd to the left of ou,
me: ~, - Inc In eth remained on the right and tn,
lst on the left Of the 9Th The ID retained it,
| position, while the 5th deployed from It's frs
station ON the lett TO Locust q rove as q reser ye
Brisk ekrmishing commenced as our line
| Esacheo point mile and half to the Yves,
! OF Locust Point Grove. Our forces pushed
| steadily onward, however, driving the enemy;
stiImishsrs, and fastening their retreat bv an
| occasional she'll from our batteries, to which
| the guns OF the enemy did not reply. General
| Meade and stan had como up at an early hour
| to Robertson's Tavern.
Headquarters train was ordered hack ont .,
| range, and long trains of ARTILLERY ammunition
wagons, and ambulances were moving to tha
front. Everything indicated general engage
ment should Lee fa1! into position and should
the weather be favorable. Rain continued 30
1ail, but still the troops pressed forward and
sKImls hhg VT mt on, the rebel line gradually
iajhng back until they reached the western
bank Of Mile Run, two and a half miles from
the tavern, saors distance from old Vardiars.
VILE. Here evden OF an in teI ton TO dispute
the pas sage were had. Earthworks aud ablstis
Meade accordingly disposed bis forc-s along
the densely v CODED crest Of hills east Of ths
Kun. Owing TO the difficulty Of moving artil-
Fry and even infantry through the woods on
q. II Gla
lore the 1orn ation OF our line night soon came
and beyond the firing OF pickets and an occa-
tlonai smell thrown from our lin g, no hing OF
In porance transpred. The army of Meade
oSc"p es section OF u hat is termed ths VII.
oeln- S. Many oIs Credit The story that Lee
VIII give oattie this side Of Orange Court House
OF tordoEsvlllc, and express the opinion that
he will gradually fall back to position where
MS chanoes o. holding our forces La check VIII
be greater.
The Tribune has an account of the fight bv
t1e Sd corps 0n Friday. On Friday morning the
"a and 9th corps continued their mar ch, to ma ga
junction wIth Warren's corps. Princes di-
vision, OF the Sd, Was in the ad vance, and AZ
the head OF the column reached the small clear
Irg, it was greet with a voliey from the re Vel
skImishrrs. The lst brigade of The I'd division
sachusstts, and oeployed as skrmishars, sun.
ported by he lst and Sd divisions of the c,rps
The lst Massachusetts advanced through q
Sense ieket, nghtng and pushing the rebels
buck a mile and half to the vicinity OF Mile
hun, wren the enemy streng gthenine his line
gradually forced back our line
sknmi. hing continued until 3X P. NJ, when
me EN- my with shouts and yells, charged our
hitt me, consisting of Princes division, the
light sa OF whsh first fell LIB bash In qa sawsa ma qn5H.
ua,.fy X, OF ath Uniftsd States, poured
solleys OF grape aud carnister into the ad dvanc-
sons and part Of Rhodes divisions of Ew.
f1Ts corps, who were twice in succession gal.
lan'1y r.pulsed. The enemy were in each in.
stance driven back in perfec. rou. The fight
q, Ia n hivnr ,ho1 ~,
at tie jun ction of the two roads, six miles from
Locust Grove. Ourloes In killed and wound led
probably amounts to not less than $50. With
ench haste did the rebels retreat, they left all
their dead. he ground was literally covered
win them Our portion o: killed in the fight
is very small. But one brigade of the 9th corps
vas engaged, that OF Gen. Russell
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, Nov 2S S-yust after
difpatchlng your special messenger, brisk
caLnohading opened on our front, continuing
for couple Of hours, when it nearly ceased,
but the rapid discharge of musketry was kept
till after niehtfall AS stated before, General
Meade advanced his headquarters eariy this
morning to Robertson's Tavern, the enemy
having fallen back some two miles.
About noon, I! having become apparent that
the enemy had retired 70 the ridge lust above a
little stream known as Mine Run, our heada uGr.
ther, to the southeastern slope OF the high
ridge occupied IS our advance artillery posi-
ton. -.7'0"
The enemy's g immediate rear base. or center.
is at the point where the pike which runs forth
from Culpeper to the Virginia Central Railroad
crosses the main pike from Orange Court
essa the locality being
country hereabouts goes under the general
name Of Wilderness, but to.day's fighting may
more critically be designated as having oc-
Cured at Nd inc Run. Yesterday our extreme
right extended north to the Rapidan and our
LETT southerly near or quite to the 9crdonsvilte
and Fredericksburg pike. but It became ap.
parent very early This morning that the enemy
was Iesoring 10 it's old tactics Of hurting his
entire strength upon our center.
Al the outset A. p. Hill WAS far up toour
around to Chancsllorsvilla, with his cavalry
pickles close into Fredericksburg But yester-
day p. m, while the hottest of our skirmishlne
moving his corps rapidly down in the rear Of Of
Ewell's men, while Ewells lines were as
rapidly being drawn In TO our front. This Of
course required a concentration Of our forces,
and to-day the long triangular line of yester-
day 10 closing in on either side Of the main pike
The 9th corps has the right; the 1st and 2d i'm.
mediately in front; the Sd has the left, and the
SIN IN reserve, lying on the pike with their
headquarters ut Robertson's Tavern.
Ine rebel line Of earthWorks n onr front
construction, yet owing to the peculiar topo.
graphy Of the line were quite formidable bar.
riera to the advance OF our skirmishing As an
evidence OF the indifference OF the enemy,
amounting to DOWNRIGHT brutality, it NAV be
stated that they left their dead anburied in full
view, when they must have had abundant op-
portunity to have buried them had they so de-
sired.
SuNpAY-The morning breaks with cloudy
sRy and cold, raw, east wind. Our forces are
again changing position to meet the wiles OF
our adversary. Our engineers went ont ander
cover OF the darkness last night and construct.
ed bridges over Mill Run brook and our srtil.
lery protects them now.
The enemy has also constructed consider
able line OF earth works, and have sc ven heavy
guns in position in full view. Thus stand mat.
ters mp TO 10 and 12 O'Clock.
The Fifth Corps which was the reserve OF
yesterday, has moved out to the front and taken
the place OF the Second, while Gen. Warren
has swung around TO the left to execute one Of
these important movements where his we'll
known sagacity, dash, and daring VIII be nut
70 one of the eeverest tests.
Owing to the marshy ravine and mine.run
stream at the base of the long ridge occupied
by the enemy, their position is one OF unusual
strength, and, as is their wont, they have I'm.
Pfoyeo every moment In throwing mp earth
works along the entire crest
Considerable picket firing has been kept bp
on both sides this morning, and more or less
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