Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-05-04
PUBLISHED DAILY By
FnGAR SNOW DEN, JR.
~orFyrE-No. lOA King street, over
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,stsst from the Army Of the Potomac
From the Phil. Laqulrar.

14v there was no lrlnS pet"EHh '.o N'P
IN this side q the river below tEederlcEsDofg'
= large majority Of the Contederatea having 7v1~
.;,otiy been Withdrawn for the purpose OF s'o,
;7g their comrades III resisting the heoefa'
frees in the rear. In fact during the MORN.
;n1 they could be seen passing along ne crest !,3
af the hill, some forty or htty pieces Or artlle-
~ accom- panying them. Un thl5 (oatar1ay| G
morning at half past seven o cleok, FIle ION
teierates openel With light battery, and lln~
,ncliately afterwards their ten pound ParrotTs,
T,,anted on the crest, nearly mile oe!oV'
hi,ned IN, the latter evidently with the lfJon~
ron oi destroying the lower bridge. Ihe guns
On the lett among them those OF Captain
f,;cketts Pennsylvania Battery, returned the
ire vigorously. Subsequently the Conteder-
stes use.l the Whitwor'h gun on the extreme
left. bat We did not suffer any loss. The Fed
vral forces p7n the south bank OF tbs river,
immediately opposite, screened themselves as
best they could, from the cross ire, and were
nnlnjured.
Firing was heard at the same hour from our
srmy in the rear OF Fredericksburg, AMI some
Of their shell could be seen exploding among
the Confederates. who were thus between TWO
fres. The position at Chancelloryille could
not be excelled, for not only must they light,
in an open field Of our own selection, but #
they retreat they retreat they will be harrassed
By Hank and rear. From Chancelorvillc, a
village Of but one house, plank road runs
yest to Culpeper, via Germania Ford, and q
surnpike by way Of Els Ford. 1t is also con"
nected with Gordonsyille and fredericksburg
by turnpike, and with the latter place also by a
blank road The General has it is said taken
by surprise, and, in proof Of the same, we
have, among other trophies, despatch, dated
April 29th, from General Lee TO one OF his
engineer officers, in which he states that he
vas yerv much surprised at the movement as
he had not anticipated it, and was unprepared
TO give him any instructions.
About noon on Friday General Sykes Di-
vision moved oy the Banks Ford road to at
tack the Confederates, Heavy skirmlshing
commenced, the Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry
tor some time acting brilliantly III the front,
and the fight soon becoming general, the Con-
iederates engaged being the brigades Of Posey,
y ilcox and Malone, under Anderson 1t was
kept I'D for an hour and the Confederaves f nall
y driven from two strong positions. At halt
past one an order to fall back was given. Gen.
Hooker had received information OF al lmpor-
tant change in the position and plans of the
Confederates, and believing that they would
follow General Sykes up ordered the retire
ment. The ruse was successful. Thinking
they had checked Us they followed rapidly, and
scarcely had Sykes regained MS original posi-
ton at the ford of the bridge, before they ap-
peared on the crest and giving a yell, came
down the double quick. crash Of musketry
from the Federal lire 0nd then the roar Of
artillery was heard The fight lasted three
quarters of an hour, and the foe was driven
back, Later in the day, they again essayed an
stack Geary's Division and Hampton's Bat
,tery and later General Williams, with three
batteries, kept them at bay. About half~past
81 desperate charge was made for the Fede-