Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-30
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T. community hiss hesnia state OF intense s1cite-
met for the pst Two days and thousand and Oge"
rumors have been Is circulation eOrcerning operations
and the situation 10 Northern Virginia, with much eE
agssraton Of What is rel able From sutheu &c SQUIRE
vs. have 1obai,ed tho following, which embraces the
occurrences since our s issus excepting such as can
lot be given o tbe pabH,, for obvious elsons.
p" TIE e-euy in large numbers estimated at sb iut
Gre, ecrps c ossed The Ripi5aa Thursday and FrtaI
At Mitchels Gem ma, Gold hine, and other FOIds
threw up e-trerchreat, and eommereel advancing
f,Ou the river in three parallel columns Abou, half
plst o'clock Friday at rnoon, taeF right wing, con-
ssAg Of Frenehs corps advanced ID no. theasIerly
dre On, pitl sue ;u;caton OF ia king and cutting off
Joa, sons Divisor, OF Evens corps and his Wagon
tain, which will 90 seen, unsuccessful and mos
guAlly def,a,cj. General johnson vas advancing to-
WAIsi he river ;ie tine and when within about
ard half nils Of the river, thu enemy opened fire
a1d teyln furious attack. Our men prOmp;ly aud
gallant y Responded and Al er hari Gg Iung repused
thesaeuy, d droye.,l IN la * Win Iher eDIesch
meats. The fg7tst y continued and the anAv S,re
ssvesA tmes driven lou heir Notifications, until Mig
came o., AID dakae5s pa emf 10 t-e co, hc.. TIE
lJss Of tao enemy Tar could DO asoertsu,d,
heavy, inc.udiug uumbir OF prisoners, which could
not be a5csssiasj wish prtc SIGN ~ wounded officers
who LETT the fell a: lishI Oar Lo8s is estimated at
from three 10 fur h1-dSei killed and wounded, with
out man taken prisJler. Ths my did not succeed
h. capturing a silg.s wagon or GOgse.
A. The tins Uf hs euemys aiyaacs their right is b,.
hsysd - have ge-.ei G.snluna Ford and their ey-
tseme let Wiz 3t or rear Charcsliorsvile The 6g {
occurred in fait, open fi!j trcm which the enemy
was driven, and represented 20 have been desperate
in the s1!rems The 0-gades Of the dyisiOl that
gagged the enemy sTs tie q (y1) brigade; Gen JOnes;
staEords Louisiana brigade, tie Sonewal brigade, Gen.
Walker and tie 81 sri, a3e, commanded by Gen Gee.
B Sra-t, Of Maylli
The f0loving is p.ria, li-t OF casualties ano the
Oeers General Jones, severely wounded in the he d;
Gen. Stuart. suPpos be .jed il the arm Lieut..
Colonel NeiEgaa l., L7usala, in !eg shoulder; CAPT
c. W. AcL.Hla, 1871 Lols4r a. LETT arm; Capt. Eer-
rick, Of s. fJrds staff Cip ain Not,n lO.h iiAa;
Lieut. joyce Is. Lolis.als; Lieut. Goodwyu, 18th L.;
=. Lieut. SOuya lOa L7ais1us Lieut. Kelnsr, of tie lst
Louisiana was kI ed; General Edward JO5nsoIs hor,e
shO: ucder him. ali OF his eOuriers killed. S.v
eral Of the wounded Officers have aIriyed h-re, Gu
ding Lieu Col. NeIg.a, uhJ las received his fSu rth
wound in 5iaerent battles.
Oae OF the prisoners tatel in ihs 6gRb Who arrived
here yesterday eye-iDg, represents that heir loss
very heavy.
Another account comedies WITH the above but states
that the forces o. tie part Of The enemy consisted 5f
Burnsya ans French's corP5 AID Of JohusOn's and
part Of Ear,ys dyi ion, commanded by Gen. Hays, on
our side.
Abou. three hundred wounded arrived yes erdIy az:
t5rnoon, and aaOtter ambulance trn was expected a.
II o'clock last night.
o. Friday ROsseEs brigade, Of Ham9tOn's cavalry
Division, made dssh upon an ordnance traia, betEe
tHo corps Of the Y akee army, near Eeys Ford, and
saptured ninety odd tsanst rs asoui seventy FIVE wa
CONS, and three hundred 6ae mules. Hs succeeded in
bringing OF twelve wagons aud destroyed the renal =
der. All the mules and teAnsser4 we're secured, and
the latter arrived here Slsurlly ate .noou.
Passengers by the Fredericksburg train yesterday a
tsrnOOn, report all que; 10 that vicinity.
Intelligence by the Central train last night states that
some spilled skImishing EGd caaaOnsdng occurred on
Tort on Of the lines SatEdIy evening. Btu ami
we're in line of.baie. From al the ind cations at pre-
sent it seems probable that tie battle will take place in
Ors7ge county, between the Court House aud the VIII
derness.
IN the telegraphic column w;l be found an official
dispatch tom General Lse, and deas,ehes to the AssO
Gated Press.