Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-05-25
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l,ir!.5 i,st lr,.:u 2c!rn: j, ne "iis,'n tie i''
lnn;ne Few: from !.irS eITny:
rgoM GsSraA, ig.'s sR;iY.
81, must rt.tr To :. l=tieE ci our CORES
r ,a.,er, i:,r ,!u. latest items from Gen Lees
.,,ny. /: vii: be se-u That nnthins Of .zcri-
on, iiuportaure has ir.:ri'ired s!ace the great
battle Of Thursday last, excerpt, perhaps, tie
,.,oYemcnt Of tie cnclny upon Mas .porax
Church, lrra " f.nrounced by Gen. Lcc, ala"
.e II, All. III niir;l :ru;, s;:t;:, ne develop
. ell. G-i. l.oe ta> issued 5 nicSt encouraging
sry:. ii: 10 .grl..lIa'oty rrie:s to his ARMY,
Y:.:.:!. will ~ GR,",i ii, ii:c !c:,r il,ltei IL.
The .anbcr ot * .nn;,il sod -ttou' tne
late ta.;t',. u, tie Il R'p;;:a:i, no* IN ."fp's'''s
i, l.: nchhurg, e ,,i,t;;,s. ;::,J0. 4 l.r2e pro
). + Du oi Il. ~ arg bat slightly wn"'nied;
.,.Ny >oslnssH ylscnSA,
ay 18Th. 1864.
The iollowiig General Or.!'r OF Gen. Ice,
r.o.!est as it is cLsste and beautiful has J'ist
L.cm Published TO sEd received with entausl-
SSH by ,he srlny:
HE.peuanTGEs, ARa5v NORTHERN VA, :
ll:!. Nay, lSG4.
GENERAL OaDess,
NJ. II.
(. The General CurlInaAdi z takes grGat
-p,rssur. in auuuuncug 10 the army the Sc
r;.s Of s;ccrs:es that by tle favor o! God,
L,.v. ,eccnilv been schiese;l i.y our arsis.
III. A part of the cnem.'s ,Urce threStcr:
inc the valley OF Yiryis:i., has bteE ror:ed
l,y tian. Imboden and driven back TO thu
,;,ttAuac. With III. lcSs OF ,,.eir train aud y
nunfbrr Of prisoners.
III. Another body Of the enemy, uhder
Gen: AycIill, penetrated to the Virginia and
Tenufs:ea Railroad at Duhiin ID po:; A
.ortion Of hi. force las been dispersed by
G.us. Morgan und w L. J.re$. WHO are in
pars,l.t oi tie remainder
liz. ihe arny Of Gen. Banks s,;'tMneu Il
severe oeirat in NeSt.ra IpoisisHs, by the
f,.c:s Of Gen. Kirby Sm:t, and retreated To
Aexa;id ia, losing sevtrll thouseud pfiso-
ners. thirty-five pi. ces Of artillery, and
Iar.e plumber of wagons. Some OF the most
formidable gunboats that accompanied the
expedition were destroyed to save them IRON
:. The expedition of Gen. Steele into
Western Arkansts has ended in complete
disaster. Northern journals Ct the l1:h in
sraa.. announce his surrender, with an army
of n;ne Thousand men, TO Geu. Price.
vi. The caya.ry force sent by Gen. Grant
tn attack Richmond, las been refalsed, and
r4,ired towards. the Peninsula. Every de-
,uons,ratcn of the enemy soutk Of James
river has, up to this time, been successfully
rrpeled. :,
'tAe blessing Of AiL,ighty God, has thus far
checsed the priucipsl ar,ay o! tae enemy, and
INFLICTED upon il loss.
The ewes and hearts OF ycur coun:rymen
are turned to you with confidence, AID their
prayers uttered for you in the gallant strugg-
g!e.
Encouraged by the success which has heen
youchssled TO US, and stimulated BY the great
interest. that depeud Upon the issue, let every
maa resolve 10 endure all and brave ell. uu-
Ill, by the assi.taccc Of 8 great and Dcrcifn
God. the ellemy shall be driven back and
psaee restored to our country.
Continue to emulate the valor Of your
command that has fallen, and remember that
it depends upon you whether they have di d
leaving it in your power, under God, to dc
feat tie last great effort Of the enemy, with
resolution for IT, independence of your nstlve
iaud. and earn the last love and gratitude of
your c.uutsymen and the admiration of msn-
Kind. II. Z. LEE, General.
About O'Clock ?. n, yesterday, shcrl
aud sharp fight occurred on the eneIn:'s ex-
IRENE left wing, lasting about ff;esn minutes,
win heavy aud incessant xiu-ketry aud can
nonaiirg. The firing occurred while q charge
wss Leing made by Wrigh.S supported by
Harris brigade, on hill abact half mile
in our front, which it was desirable 10 "btsia
for purbo.e. At the given word cf com.
naud Vi rights brigade charge across the in-
taryenicg space, ascended the hill aud drove
the enemy from their bresstworks, under
most severe fire. While the brigade occupied
the works vhich were held sufficiently long
for the object Of their capture-it was sub
jec.e,! to rapid shellins by the enemy, after
which the order was given aud the brigade
vithdrawn to the line which they had pre-
yiously occupied. Gen. A. Il. Wright being
unable to take the field by rca:on OF IL severe
attack of rheumatism. the brigade was COM
,oanded by Col. Hall, Of the ID Georgia reg
iment.
.Seventy-iiyc prisoners and three stauds Of
colors were captured from the en.rny and
brought off; the killed and wounded were
considerable, but We Rave no means Of ascer-
tanning the number. Our loss was hundred
and sitty-one, twen.y-one Of whom were
killed. The loss was sustaiacd chiefly by
the 80 Georgia regiment
Tho prisoners captured Thursday and yes
terday were sent to Richmond to-day. One
lot.nnmberel upwards Of thirteen hundred,
including forty officers, alnorg whom are
several colonels.
Tie wounded in Thursdays battle and yes.
tcrlay commenced beirg conveyed to tie
rear this morning. Siace the great battle
they have relnainedtherc under E:ost uncor:-
fr:able, but unavoidable circumstances, and
will be in u condition on otheir arrival at the
rsilroad. to appreciate the ministrati9ns CT
those GOOD Samaritans, tue " Ambulance
Comrniftse." But few thus far have died Of
,l,,.ir wounds. The bodies of several officers,
owing to the difficulty of transmitting them
to their friends, have been buried and their
graves marked. Among tue bodies interre1
is thai Of the lamentei Isigadier General
Perrin.
MospAv May, 1G,!:-7 4. II.