The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-05-27

OF base wa> The consequence. and tempo
rary refuge WIS sOughi on the side of a
neighhorng hill. During the shelling
one of the oreierIes was wounded iu tbs
ieg and had bis horse killed.
The infantry. in the meantime. ga,lantly
dathet along the Intervening open ground
only TO encounter al impervious barrier of
aha,Is, which seemed ss much an obslsc
TO the advance of the rebels IA il was TO
our men. 1t BETRAYED at once the charac-
ter of the snemy's tactics in their present
position. Exit was as impossible IS en-
trance. and hence the natural conclusion
that Lees strategy just now is that Of de-
tenCe entirely.
The advance was made through Sc.
we're ti'e from the eBetny's artillery. Our
line, however, coniinned its progress to
the abatls, and there reu aimed until later
in the day, when it was ordered back to
The Original position 10 advantage be-
ing gained on either side, and affairs re
naming a. nigh,fs!l as they were at day
light.
New York, May 81.
The Times has the following special :
Headquarters Army OF THE PoToMAc. !
MAY 20-S AN
My dispatch of 10 O'clock last night in
ormed YOU Of an attack made lsst even>
ing upon the rgb, wing of our line, snd
the handsc ME manner in which the rebels
were driven back. 1t was made BY the
whole Of Lweil's corps.
The enemy left the vicinity of Spottsyl
vsnla about l o'clock Yesterday afternoon.
made detour bv- the west, crossed the
Ny, and about o'clock, struck the Fred )
"F'ckSburg road. in the resr o. our right
flank. breaking out within three quarters
OF mie of the headquarters Of Geus
Grant and Meade. The only troops we
had on the ground at the 'ime were a cou
I'le Of regiments of Tyer's division of hea>
W artillery never before under fire ~
iei soon hrough' up ;he remainder IF lis
force, and met .he rebel attack. driving
she enemy back into the woods Here
the rebels had formed their line of battle
TYLER telt rather apprh4usive At the work
before him considering the rawness ot hi.
troops. Wh-n once under fire. however.
the, showed the utnOst bravery Their
loss Is quite heavy. more severe than re
ported by me- in my dispatch Iast night,
snc will probably reach coo in killed
ant wounded The rebels gave WAY in
confusion, scattering ,hrnngh the woods
The honors of the tepnlse Of the rebal.
I-sI exclusively with Tvier'- heavy arlill-
cry division. though Rirney'> division OF
the 81 Corp. and Crs~ford's. of the 5!h,
ofrer~srd. sen, support aud formed line.
enabli"s yler to withdraw, driving the
enemy several miles and clearing the val
ley Of the NJ
The confusion Of the rebels appears to
have been very great, the major portion
OF fkh"des' division scattering in the v oeds
hree hundred and ff,v of them were
p cked up in the woods during The night
aud have just been brought into hesdquar-
ters.
The division Of raw troops feel immense
" tckled at their success Although
their loss has been heavy, it is tel, ,ht t
their diminurion is fully made up by th,
increase OF m )rale
New York, Nay %
The Trtbane's correspondents states ::
" Less than 10000 new troops repul.ed
three divisions of EwcII's corps At 8
o'clock on Friday morning Birnay's Craw-
frId's and Russeli's divi>iurs advanced =
The movement was 40 rapid and unexpect>
ed that the rebel picket line was captured
Amos. to sman, and it swept on until ov-
er two miles had been gained and hun
dreds of prisoners captured The prison
ers state that Lee came with them aaros.
the N River, rode along their lines, and
addressed their brigade telling ,hem that
they were 10 under ake movement
which, if successful. wOud be fatal 10 the
Yankees, snd sdjurng them TO make it
successful. I!e told them that they were
close to our rich stores and immense bag
gsge, and determined assault would give
them everything we possessed
New York, MAY %.
The Times Washington special SAYS :
"There has been no fighting since the
rebel attack on our communications
with Frederick -hurg on Thursday.
There Ia every reason To believe that
Fridav's and SATURDAYS movements will
be speedily found productive of important
results.
A rebel Lieutenant states tha, Lees
army nu,nhrred before the battles, from
so 900 I" 10000 and that he has lost
from 25 600 TO $4,000 He also saws
that the rebel army has plenty Of provi-
sions"