The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-05-12
GRANT ON THE MACRH
FOR
RICHMOND.
|0urArmy Victorious
SUCCESSFUL SO FAR AT
EVERY POINT.
Lees whole Army Forced Back.
THEY ARE In FULL RETREAT.
GRANT IN HOT PURSUIT.

There is no longer any doubt. Gen.
Grant has won great victory. The Pre-
sident invokes thanksgiving and prayer.
Official dispatches from Gen. Grant and
Gen Meade, communicated in substance
by the Secretary of War, announce that
after the great battle of Friday Lee began
to retreat, that Grant pursued on Satur
day, that the Rebels were falling back by
the direct road to Richmond, that Han
cock passed through Spottsylvania Court
House on Sunday, and that his headquar
tcrs on the evening of that day were twen-
tv miles south of the battlefield The
military power of the Rebellion has re-
ceived fatal blow.
Washington, May 9.-The National
Republican has just published, in an ex-
ira, that official dispatches announce our
victory complete.
Lee is. retreating in the direction of
Spottsylvania, and Grant is pursuing
The Union General Wadsworth is killed
The rebel Generals Jones and jenkins
are killed, and the rebel Generals Pickett
and Hunter wounded.
Butler has whipped Beauregard, and
cut the Petersburg and Richmond Rail
road.
The extra Star says that reports from
the front, not Official, brought by parties
who left there on Saturday, state that the
result of the fighting on Friday was yet
more advantageous to the Union cause
than that on Thursday, resulting in Lees
falling back, according to some reports
twelve miles, leaving his dead and wound
ed in our hands.
Gen. Grant, according to the same re-
port, "has a field full of prisoners" and
had advanced to Spottsylvania Court
House.
On Saturday, at o'clock, Lee was in
full retreat through Spottsylvania, and
when the messenger left, few hours af-
terwards, General Hancock was entering
the place in pursuit. We have captured
many prisoners, but the number is not
known.
Gen. Wadsworth is reported killed,
and Gen Webb wounded.
The Medical Directors of the army es-
innate our losses at nearly ten thousand,
as follows: Twelve to fifteen hundred
killed, eight thousand wounded.
Gen. Grant has taken up the bridges
in his rear.
The 7th Pennsylvania Reserves charged
through dense thicket, and being una
bic to get back, all but sixty were taken
prisoners.
Gen. Wadsworth, of New York, was
killed, being shot through the head while
leading his division through a terrific
musketry fire.
War Department, May 9.-Myor Gen
eraE Dir: We have intelligence this
morning by scouts, direct from the army,
as late as Saturday evening, but no Off
cial reports.
The general results may be stated as a
success to our arms.
The fighting on Friday was the most
desperate known in modern times.
| deeply regret to say that the country
will have to mourn the death of that ac-
complished soldier, Brigadier Gen. Wads-
worth, who was struck in the forehead
by a ball at the head Of his command
while leading them against one of the en-
emy's strongest positions.
His remains are in our hands, in charge
of Colonel Sharpe.
General Webb was wounded.
Gen Jones, ofthe rebel army, was killed |
The condition of our army is represented
to be most admirable. Their cool, deter
mined courage has, in every instance,
proved too much for the desperate fury
of the rebels, who have been driven at all
points. There has been no struggling.
At the latest account Hancock was
pushing forward rapidly by the left to
Spottsylvania Court House, and yesterday
heavy cannonading was heard at Aqua
Greek from that direction until three O.
clock.
We have lost some prisoners. One
regiment (the Seventh Pennsylvania Re
serves charged through an abbatis of the
enemy, but were unable to get back, and
most of them were captured.
We have also taken large number of
prisoners, supposed more than we have
lost
The wounded had not yet arrived at
the point where the trains were to receive
them
The Medical Director reports that a
large proportion are slight wounds.
Artillery was not used on either side
the first two days.
Tbara iC notb;no. 1oto, fuo,X> -
than the date of my last dispatch.
Gen. Sherman was not heard from last
night. He had been all day reconnoiter-
ing the enenly's position, and would at
tack him to-day.
(Signed,) Z. NJ. STANTON.
Washington, May 9.-This Depart
nent has just received from Gen. Butler
he official repot of Gen. Lee of the rebel
)peratious on Friday.