, 1863-05-07
FROM The, ARMY OF : The
i; POTOMAC.
Details Of the Important Opera
tions to Sunday Night.
Terrible Battles Fought On satur-
day and Sunday at. Ghancel-
lorsville.

Unsuccessful Attempt Of Stone'
wall Jackson to Turn Gen.
Hookers Right.
4 TERRIFIC IND SUCCESSFUL NIGHT At
TACk UPON TIE ENEMY.
d Fierce Battle Of Six Hours Da-
ration On Sunday.
Correspondence of the New York Times.1
Tho Situation on Saturday.
CuAscn11oEsy1ILE, VA, Ten AILEs WEST BTl
SOUTH or FnKpER1cKsBrR9,
Saturday. Midnight, May :, 1858.
The military operations which have been In
progress on the line Of the Rappahanuock for
week past, have today yculmlnated In what,
6nt not R5fess5 great geane ea' III Si FEEL eietRss tR
greater, by far, remains behind.
Gen. Hooker, BY series Of brilliantly au-
dnciops u,annuyrcs and movements, OF
cclcritx wholly unmatched In this war, has
succeeded In crossing. the Rsppahsnnock
River, and ginning for his army position ten
miles west by south, and in the rear Of Fred
eticksburg.G
The military situation on Saturday morn
ing, therefore, stands as follows: Our main
fofce holds the position at Charlottesville,
confronting the main rebel army now massed
opposite Us. Honard's corps has the extreme
| riEkt-1hen division Of siek1es' corps-then
| Socum-then Couch-thcn Meade on tho left,
| Hun,phrcy's division Of Meade's corps hold
| ing the cxtreu,e Of the left. Working parties
have been employed during the whole night
in throwing uur brcastworke, and the woods
have reeounded with the strokes Of i thou
sand a1e~mcu falling trees for the purpose Of
constructing abattis. We hear the rebels not
half mile distant, ut work with tbs same
view, and IN the morning both armies are we'll
eutrenched. 1t Will noT be who will come
tn INT forth a1l the resources Of the Craft Of
which he is consummate master. to tempt
them out
So much for the right Another, though
minor force. is working on the LEFT, indepen-
dently, ret with definite strategic bearings on
tic mali, operation. This subordinate opera
tion is at fredericksburg. Balloon reconnois'
eances show clearly TINT the enemy have
taken their min force from the nights OF
Fredericksburg and the line down the Kappa
hammock, and Iaa&sed It against us At C5ancel.
lorsville. They have also removed the greater
bulk Of their artillery, with the same end
ard Gen. sedgwick, WHO commands the left,
thinks himself strong enough tu carry the
nights. The Commanding General assents, il
there be good prospect Of success; fnr It is o1
the utmost importance not TO anticipate the
golden moment to strike.
Still another &C. operative role is assigned ths
DOW erfn1 cavalry expedition under Gen. Stone
; man. This Is nothing less than to cut TIT
rafiroad bridges that cross the af11uents OF tn.
ramunkey-name]T, tue North and n sont1
Tic bridge over the North Anna is hundred
! and fifty feet long and eighty feet high, ant
: cannot possibly be reconstructed In less thar
| fortnight You can sec how tremendous.
8 this will enlbarraes the rebels
: Whether Stoneman has by this time actin
: a}ly performed his task, is not Jet reported
have followed him only as far as Rappahan
which he dashed on Thursday night.
: This rapid surrey will indicate how eolos
= sal is the plan Of campaign which Gen. Hook
t tr has marked out for the army: It contem
d plates nothing less than the destruction c
!. The entire rebel force In Virginia. 1t Is stu
= pcndonslr daring; but Hooker is 4 man VII
4 thoroughly understands that, in war, to grea1
+ ly gain one must greatly dare.
: The active operations Of Saturday compris
Il series Of attempts in force on the part Of tt
g rebels to break our line at various points
IL | which we're in one case partially successful
in another completely successful, and In d
l. others completely MI successful.
e In the morningIsas We stood on the balloon
d Of Chancellor's house, the attention vi
&c aroused By sharp 1attlc Of mueketry comin
If from column Of rebels coming up By Il
nain fredericksburg plank road, directly
ID front Of Us. Knapp's battery, however, Whle
.. was planted directly in front of the poaitic
Te opened upon them, and after fen rouu
I'd caused thtm to retro.
" Immediately afterwards battery OPEN
s from the hight which I have mentioned
having sss1 gained By sykec yeste1Ea1ny nhsE1y
IN rather upwards Of !, mile distant from Il
&C cleared pace, and it's object was to dama
'g our ammunition train, which WAS visible
the rebels from the tops Of trees on the higt
One of our batteries was. however, 1mmet
ately opened in reply. The third shot BIZ
up one Of tho caissons, and 6ubzeque
shot blew up another, and this settled th
account.
Es> Subsequently q reconnaissance was sent,
our part, consisting OF the goth Pennsylval
Volunteers, {Carr's Brigade, BeEsy's DiSisie
sicklcs' Corps, on the sauic road bJ viii
WIN the rebels had approached in the morning,
-, the purpose Of feeling their strength. Th
M went out on the plank road, deployed on bo
in sides in the form Of a letter Y, chased the r
nj el sti.mishers couple Of miles, till th
~ came to heavy double line Of battle, with
'sA tiIlcIy in position, when they retired, .bri1
tn inE us that piece Of Intelligence.
IN Another reconnaissance was next sent 9
70. on our right, consisting Of Derdan's sha1
,sc drove them handsomely, and at ! O'Clock
me- turned with fifty prisoners Of the t"en
~ third Georgia
nd nd At the febels are moving down in fol
sar On the plank road, where We had little
'N sion Of Slocum's corps, is sent in on
doub1e,quick into the woods their bayon
-, flashing in the sunlight A sharp contest
az az sues, and in few minutes they como back
CA disorder a portiun Of Kane's brigade, CO
m ,an posed Of raT troops, had broken and thro
na, An aid from Slocum comes to ask G
70 Hooker If he can have relMoIcements.
II lie must hold his own. Howard will,
~ coursc, support him from the right.
ri. ri. Gear7'. division, howeye1, be thrown to
81 able TO sweep the enemy on tho lcft."
'he treatment presently repaired the damage,
,sat checked thu hope Of the rebels being able
-. ~ pierce our center.
o., ~ Fooled in this, they prepared to make :
~ more desperate dash on our right 1anG-
~ u we're aware that they had been nassing agai
leas 20 that point all the afternoon, and the ter1
; VI " treble Of the denoniao yells with which
~ ass rebels always rush into battle, announ
iv hnt their apl roach from the woods By the Cu1E
nns ;a,, per plank road. Jackson's whole corps, +
a., sao all 10000 men, had prccipitated themsel
lae, on Howard's corps, forming our extreme II
INC Wing. This corps is composed Of the d
leA, sions OF 6churz, Steinwchr and Dcyen,
1al. consists ii great part Of German troops. "
ne1 ont waiting for salngle vol1ey from the reh
% .ao, this corps disgraccfully abandoned their ?
:. -! = tion behind the hrcastWorks, and CONNER
;sn9 coming, panic-stricken, down the road top
aoH. Headquarters Our right WAS thus compile
sea turned, and the rebels in the fair way Of d.
the ling us up- .,
, tho 10 II was critical moment, and brought
}.1 > " The superb resources Of Gen. Hooker.
fa5 ffar5 was in the saddle In moment, calm and
!, ~ the master Of situAtion fit to overma
40 the most. The first thing WAS to check
~ rebel ADVANCE which must become fatal
'rtn1 lowed to 60 On much further.
,,rs - ~ E:1t was d terribly animated ecene.
,ier whole open plain Pss5ten1sSa eS soGh q tb spde: e
in in Through The dusk Of nightfall rnal
llon 1rI;r1Wind OF men and artillery swept
70 70; the piain. Tho shattered, fleeing coluun
nm. men were rushing down and oTer US at
ono quarters.
ssss. Hooker's dispositions were made ina
old. ment. Whom, Of al others, should he
New in that fca11nllY critical moment, but the
Il he ling child Of his own creation-his own
liked corps, nov com handed By Gen. Berry.
ark "Gencra1!" shouted tho Commar
land "th1ow your men into the breach-1ee
lad the enemy on your bayoucts-don't fire
e au -ihey can't see your
mid Obi it vas sight to,sec that glorious
nitc- rush at the double.qn1cli to the rescue! P
was ing up in their hor1id array Of glitterfng S
New the eneny's advance. was Qulcsly chee
NOR, ana no nad 10 "ltnuia" ~ t1o A14e " Or
and, EoTks 1ust vacated " t1t Luz corps.
WIS Batteries were Immediately SEM Up n !
ID he degous c1amor to the front, aud Cspt
Chfcf of ARTILLERY Of S1ocum's corps; ma
sub twenty pieces on the crest near Gen Sic