The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-05-20

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= In so horrible strife it must DO, be
supposed that we escaped severe punish
meat Oar losses in YESTERDAYS fight
were rauch greater than in sny battles of
The previous week a vsry large num-
Der are but slightly wounded. The roads,
fields, and woods are literally svsrming
with these sulfer;hg heroes. Many also
are overcome with fatigue and sunstroke
Rebel prisoners assert that Lee ordered MI
bis wounded sGe 10 hold musket to take
their places in the ranks agsiu for yester-
dag battle.
''Our entire loss thus far in killed.
wounded and missing must reach 40 1000
Tie eneny's loss in killed IS much greater
than oura. He has 500 Of cur men
/ prisoners; We have 5000. Our scout.
rspor. the roads alive with ssracglers"
A great Battle Fought On the 18th.
Headquarters Army of the Potomac.
May l3.-The Army Of tbs Potomac has
achieved the ereatest victory Of the war,
after some Of the seyefe,t fighting ever re-
! corded IN history. be battle Of Yesterday
is acknowledged to be The heavies, of sli,
lasting frorn daylight ill after dark, re-
newed abour 9 P. NJ, snd continuing tiI
nearly 8 A M.,-bosh parties coutendiug,
during The Night, for the possession of a
liue of Flas,pis from which our man hsA
driven the enemy u the mo1king
The rebels fell back saEly this morning,
and skirrniehng is now going on. Our
troops are following them up through the
woods
The scene presented today is entirely
beyond description. The des; aud tyjn :
! behind Aud in front Of the brea-twork, are
| lyiny. in some places, in piles three sud
four deep, many OF item wounded in sev
erai parts Of the BODY
The cnemy had removed large NUN
her Of heir dead aud wounded, during
the night, from porsioLs of the line, out
there were places where they could not
Be reached, ard there they lay as thick as
our own
It was GeB. Dirney'o division Of the q
Corps which charged tie position, and
lost about 700 mon Every regiment in
the division distinguished itself, and ne
one bore q mere uobio par, than ks 93'
New York Volunteers. Col. Cafro!fs
brigade aided this division ia the charge
and, as usual, performed their share Of
the work with marked gaIsnsry. Col
Carroll was wounded a second time, but
still keeps or duty.
Some Of the csissona are now be n
brought in, which could no. be done be
fore TIE number Of guns captured is
80. Many coiors have been taken, but
the captors still rasah them as trophies
Col CAROLS brigade took number Of
prisoners and stand Of colors this morn,
ing flom rebel force which they surpgia
ed in q piece Of woods.
Latep-IIeeGqaarlers, May I3 P. u
The enemy are found to have fallen
back to a new line. abandoning .heil
works On their right, and apparently Get
ling into position tcr another contest.
Washington, Msy IS.
seat ycu brief dispatch last night o
the brilliant success Of Hancock ., an ear
Iy hour yesterday morning Il is 10 da.
officially confirmed, while tult de,aii.s nav,
arrived Of the opening of the battle.
l. continued shrou-hpu: lhe day, wi:l,
our inrcrmlss!on, aii as, eYeniu4 d. /
O'Clock, when i; ceascd
Passengers by the boat this afternoon
and also brief dispatch, state that the rc
suit vas the greatest success of he presen
carnpaign
Grant drove in the ene'ny's lines from
three to four miles ou TIE uorlh hauE O
the Po River aud last night, anothe
disp,tcl: from fredericksburg al i, Lee
: entire force had crossed 70 the south ban,
Of that stream.
Sheridan and Sigei have efestu.lly de
stroyet the railroads leading uorthwsr,
from Richmond, and il j, not thought tha
Lee can stand another battle, not only 70
want Of man, bus for want Of supplies.
TIE prisoners CAPTURED yesterday morn
ing, iu Uancock's charge upon Johnsou
division report The rebel army As in sat
Of almost total insuhordina:ion on sccoun
of want OF food. They say they have re
ceived no supplies for day or two.
The belief ia that the rebels have sus
tanned serious injury elsewhere, by tn
cutting of the saiIrosd leading from Cor
dons,i!ls to Richmond, as there appear
to be hurrying to and fro; AMI prison
era believe that, if We were successful
through the dsg yesterday, in any degree
: Lee would be forced to make hssu re
treat.
t New York Nav Is
! The Herald's J.h corps correspondence
Of Nav l3lh, 6 P N. say8 the fight con
. tinueI through the afternoon OF the IL h
and terminated before Righ,fal with vit
$ tory for our troops. The fgh, va, NOR
. terrible shan n the forenoon. Wa adie
J largely TO our prisoners having over
t 900 while We have not Iost over half lh,
: number and only three spiked gun,
D Every battery in the corps VAS engage
n averaging over 500 rounds each. Nesri
n all the batteries in the other corps wsr
) al,o similarly used
&. Gen. Wight and two of his staff war
. slightly wounded by shell, but did NJ
& leave the field.
c Tie voanded i tn ) h corps is SON
over 500 n to dey's fight.
= Tie 9'n Ma>sach 4se,ts. which left On
Il pepper c. II with 500 mnsse.s, hae b,
i 90 m-n left The 20th Vernon, whj.
h had $50 np,kets, has hut I30 eft. II
;: A. Michigan, which hal 227 a, The fir