The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-02


|. VA. MONDAY MORN,
ADDITIONAL fson me aoaTIl
We take from our hte6t Nerthefu n1es
some additional inteliigenee Of interest:
THE R4D RIvsR BxPsDlr1oH-71s rspsaAr Iossrs
In the partial lis, Of ths wounded Of the Yan,
KEGS at Red river we {ind tfugd Gals. Bsnedsc,
1914 New York; Webb, 71sh Illinois, and Nix. and
about twenty field ofacefs. anpaa whom Colonels
Emerson and Vance fsil Inn tho hands cf the
Coafederates. The loss Of twenty rieccs Of ann.
iery, but subsequent recaptuse Of three. IL admit
ted. The Philadelphia hnqskv has a letter de-
scribins the sklrmlshtns snd 1shuae ftom the tn
to the 9Th, and including that aay II is the last
attempt to cover up the defeaH
rus rIRsF DAT or sHs ArfrE.
The first battle took place ou The TN \. v,h,.h
my and driving them for foarteen miles until fhrv
got two miles beyond Pleasanf Hin. came nnon
twenty five hundred rebel csvalfy. posted in
strong position, under % Hensfss9 s9teeae. They ~cro
spirited contest driven Off the field, Our lnsses
were about forty killed aud wounded: thar of the
enemy about as heavy.
THE SECOND DAYS sATrlr.
On the 9th Col Gandruma hfiaade Of ire.,,rv
with tn. cavalry, pressed forward, and finally m.s
Taylor. Mouton. Greene, ard tsice, with from
eighseen to twenty two thossard aaen. There wss
=; s,'.s a .ki'1isninE, and nsl Is rebels esnas On
hcld: franklin was sent for, but before he came
up the rebel successes had been ereat. Th..
made desperate charges In mass, and were desper
ately resisted The losses on both ssdes were
fightful. Finally, after Franklin had come n n.
yhe Federal force was driven back three and half
miles. but the enemy were checked with fearful
slaughter by two brfeades under Gen. Emory
Night put an end to the contest The Federais
were under Banks, Ransom, Stone, and Lee
Many guns were lost On the rebel side il Is
known that General Mouton was killed.
TIE THIRD Days BATTLE UNION VICTORY.
BY falling back Gen. Banks had effected tunc
tiOn with Gen Smith, and arrangements were
made to receive the enemy with effect. General
Emory had charge Of the first line OF battle with
dcns Mcmillan, Dwight, and others Behind
Emory posted Ia hollow, was Gen Smith, 9 forces
Skirmishing was kept up until about fve O'Clock
in the afternoon, when the rebels up In their
old style In masses, In three lines of battle. Our
batteries opened upon them with terrible effect
The Nineteenth army corps was gradually forced
back. The first line Of the rebels had been en-
ttrey broken mp by EmOry's resistance, but the
two pressed on.
Now came the grand coup de main.' The Nine
teenth, on arriving at the top Of the hill, suddenly
filed over the hill and passed through the lines Of
Gen Smith. We must here mention that the rebels
were now In but two lines of battle, the first hav-
Ing been almost annihiiated by Gen Emory, what
having been forced back into the second
line. But these two lines came on exultant and
sure of victory.
The first passed over the knoll, and all needless
Of the long line Of cannOns and crOuchlng forms OF
as brave men as trOd mother earth pressed on.
The second line appeared on the crest, and the
death signal was sounded. Words cannot describe
the awful effects OF this discharge. Seven thou.
sand rifles and several batteries Of artillery, loaded
to the muzZle with grape and cannister, were fired
and the whole centre of the rebel
line was crushed down as field Of ripe wheat
through which tornado had passed. 1t is esti
ml.ed that one thousand men were hurled into
eternity or frightfully mangied by this one dis
charge.
No time was given them to recover their good
order, but General Smith ordered charge, aad his
c,en dashed rapidly forward, the boys Of the Nine
teenth joining in The rebels fought boldly and
desperately back to the timber, reaaling which
4 largs portion broke andiicd, fully two thousand
throwing aside their arms. In this charge Tayitr's
battery was rctaken, As were also two OF the guns
Df Minis battery, the Parrot, gun taken from at
CarFion Crow last fall and one two others be
longing to the rebels, one of which was considc-
'ably shattered, besides seven hunOred prisoners.
A pursuit and dcsuItory fight was kept up for
hrer miles, when our men returned 10 the field
Of battle.
The above not very sm 10th story does not I'M
pose the Yankee public. The New York I,i-
,ans, speaking of the disaster, frankly admits 1t,
Ind gives the following dispassionate statement
IF 1t:
Gen Banks, during the week following the 7th
instant, advanced 43 miles, fought two battles, lost
about ) 500 men, 20 guns, two OF which were az
erWards retaken, and i1U wagon g. and returned TO
he point whence he started. These events are
important Ia themselves and ia their probable con-
sequences; they require, therefore, to be exam
ned more In detail. The fight on the 7,h may be
dismissed without remark; II was simply skir-
nish The serious work begins on the Sth, and
,egins In this way:
Gen Bauks's advance consisted wholly of cav
Try. whereof there we're three brigades, number
ng five thousand men. Aware that they had an
.nemy In their immediate front-they had been EN-
,aged the day beiOre-Gen Banks allowed them TO
,u.h Oh without an Infantry support aud with the
whole Of their tTalD, consisting of 300 wagons
There was but one road. In response to a report,
N the the mOrnin: of the St that the cavalry had
'eeA checked and were hard pressed by an inian-
ry force in front, Gen Banks sent forward two di
1isions OF the 10Th army corps. These two divt-
ions being less than one third Of the whole
Irmy-Were precipi,ated eight miles beyond the
,earcst portion Of the main body, and arriving In
font Of the enemy were vigorously attacked.
The cavalry, in whose support they had came up,
led. The infautry were OutnuMberea, flAnkeJ,
'eaten, and attempted TO retreat The road by
which alone the artillery could move was blocked
" the wagon train Of the cavalry. A scene OF
Wild confusion, panic, and finally utter rout, fol-
owed. Twenty guns were captured BY the cne
ny. "Tho rOa 10 were SO blocked up," says an
rtillery officer, s'that the order was given 10 cut
he traces and save themselves. The retreat by
his time had become q rOut !" When 1t had con
inued for long distance, the pursuit OF the enc
ny was checked BY the arrival OF the iSlh corps
md Oh night From the ground on which the 18Th
0rps had taken its stand, Gen Banks ordered re
reat to Pleasant Hill, which was erected deilng
he darkness.
The causes Of this disaste: were that Zen b8nks
uttered the cavalry to advance beyond easy sup
sorting distance that the cavalry t.aia was SUI
cred 10 get In front Of the whole infantry .1'ce,
md SO prevented the use Of the only ROAD Iol
roops or artillery to advance or retreat ana tnat
Hhen Zen Banks decided to deliver Dat.ie, hsteeu
u Withdrawing his cavalry, he commit.eu " una.
engagement against the whole body OF tnc Sneuy
tut small part of his own force, and sent that, as
ne had previously done the cavalry, out OF reach OF
ne remaining Infantry, by whose aia tue oa'ue
could nave been Won. 1t Is TemarkaDie 'nu' ne
acre commltted exactly the error by wnicn, IN hu
gust, 1852, he lost the balle Of Cedar mouhtaih IN
Virginia.
On the 9th Gen Banks, having concentrated his
army near Pleasant BILL by bringing up part from
he rear and by Withdrawing part from the front.
hat part which was Withdrawn from the front, the
was resumed. Skifmi.hins occupied
he greater part Of the day About O'CLOCK IN the
afternoon, the enemy attacked. Tue iofce OF DIS
onset was received by the Sixteenth Army Corps,
lnder Gen Andrew Jackson Smith. Partially sue
eessful at some points, the enemy captured the
whole Of battery, and pressed on. hsceived NJ
close quarters, with very deadly discharge OF
artillery and nluskcry their nnai cnaFge along inc
Inc was reuuiscd |; Tue battery was rctaken, and
he rebels were driven ffom the field. II appears,
however. thai the 18th Army Corps, Of which two
divisions had been sacrificed the day before, was
able to take no part in .hs vasae, ana INA. nc