, 1864-05-15
THE GREAT CONFLICT,
Graphic Account Of Tuesdays
Batt,,c by"C Carleton"
BRILLIANT OPERATIONS OF OUR

[Fson the Boxton Journal, A1y 1a,1

:, Battles
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WASHINGTON, May II, r M.-Oae Of the
greatest battles Of the var was fought 5ek-
terday near spott5lvania Court House.
left tbs field At $50 this morning, and am
able to give statement Of what took place.
One ~eek ago to-day the army moved from
Cnlpepper. It has had SIX days II continued
fighting, IL which there have btea three great
battles.
On Saturday morniag Leo retired from ths
Wildernest, leaving but 9 sma1r force to keep
up appearances. Grant Immediately ordered
t,king the lead, confronted Lonsstreet three
| miles northwe6t OF the town early on Sunday
morning, diminishing all day, ending IN
hard fought engagement Sunday night the
rebels wtre pushed back short distance.
The Sixth Corps arrived neat the close q tho
arriyftI In he evening. The Ninth Corps,
marching BY . longer road, did not arrive till
| Monday morning.
The Battlefield IL q series Of ridges mostly
| covered Tith woods and fnc thickets, In
! which tic rebels lay concealed with batteries
| between tho 5th and 9th Corps, on FiRey
| Grove road, looking toward the Court House,
/ yea ecc gentle slope with earies OF undu-
| latiopc, marked with 1ife pits and batteries,
! which Gcfcrd all approaches. To C1la them
| there must be hard fighting at every step.
The thfckets nre not gufte so dense In the
Wilderness, but most of tho ground IL coz
erred by forest Gen. Robinson, command
| ing the aecord division Of the 9Th Corps WAS
| uousdcd In this engagement.
| ! SkiruniaEiuE commenced again On Monday
| sseer:aiaed ulat EvaiI was also in front
| Lee had pushed bis troops rapidly into
strong position OF the south bank Of the Fo-
| toHac- The court house Il on elevated land,
! snd the village is collection Of halfa dozen
| houses Three roads radsate-ons northwest
10 Todd's Tavern, one due north to Plney
| Grove Church, and orc northeast to Fred
| eticSetuIg. The I'd and 5th corps covered
| The waJ to Todd's, the 9th tue road to Pinry
pre.e and ths e: ths zosd tH rrsdeTiels
| MSS uscd by Lee to reach tho position.
| a. r. Hill reached the battlefield on Mo1-
day night and took bis position on the rebel
right, Confronting Burnside Ewell had tug
centre against seaswick. LonEstreet stood
| against Hancock The lines we're in form OF
/ = horseshoe. It vas Gettysburg rcYeraed-
Lee having the inner half circle ~
Ing ard continued through the forenoon.
sbeG.nick, while plantln. batter!, wts
:picked OF by rebel ehaTpshootrr 1t half 8
mile distance. His death east gloom over
dor Of our NTH. They burned for revenge.
Gen Wright was placed in command.
l. In the afternoon Hancock crosaed TO Creek
Branch OF the Po River, turned the flank OF
Lousstreet, md pushed him toward the torn,
spd Leld hta ground {I.ongstrcets)..
L Yesterday tincktay) sklrIn1.htns eomnen-
ced at sunrise and continued thrangh the
foseroon along The whole line with tncreas-
|: irg Intensity. Tks pfcket3, On both sides
gradually approached ucarcr shortening the
distance between the two armies.
Gen. Grant spc1t all tho forenoon cIAnl!-
hing the positions AID was frequently on the
!, line will. tbs pickets. He issuel ortcrs for
a general attacx at ) o'clock, but tho rebels
|; grew uneasy-took the matteri into thsir ~ q
| h.HC., ard Movsu tn heavy columns a-ainst
Hancsck's left and Wazren's right. THE LIT
Division, "a Corps, tBarlo~'s} WAS fought
+ back to the north eide Of the Greek to !,
+ strong .positisr. The rebels were elased and
| attempted to cross the Greek bnt we're rarul-
| scd.
| Up to this hour there tad!been ntle arti'le.
! ~ eEed on either party, but battery asfcr bat:
tery wss brought I.to position, and the will
| fhe r<bcl infantry eurged against Hancoc!s
ard then sgainst Warren, hut were imue1i
| atcly rolled hack Gibbon, oomna7dirg tlt
I'd Division Of The % Cerrs, mas withdraw
frcm Todd's Tavern road aud sent TO War
reu's sid.
ssaiust our right centre. Their hursaA, wa
| tbe wtr uhosp OF the Indians bnt 1t did Ae
intinidsts the brayc men Of tha 2nd and ST.
ccrre.
burst from BarEe5'e, Cuttcr'e, Gibbons AMI
Barlow'e disisiors- The rebel columns peit
cd away, End, after one OF the most desperate
Gghts OF al" time, were forced back unde
tie tremendous fire and unainching bravery
| of the divisions alrendy named. Farts
other dIAisIons were engaged, but not Il
spch An extent as these.
1t w1s Ilancock's tnrn; Ills troops "a
vanced with cheers Darlow's division fel
I upon Heath's division Of Lonystreets corp
! like 4. thunderbolt. cutting 1t all to pieces
Rebel p1tsQnert say 1t was thu greatest charE
: of the 0ar. The rebels were literally bile
!, IN hears. The advance ei other parts Of IL
a line rot EavinG been made 1T the appointe
r moment. tte advantages gained were lo.'
.. ard the I'd returned to It's former position
There IVES no further attempt on the part
: the rebels TO- push the % cosps-
4 Just before sunset Wright and hnrusid ar
attacked the enemy rtts EIest iasy: Mris1! g!
a onc against all the efforts OF the rebels to r
lake It They said they would hold It fe
4 tix. .nonths-on1y give them plenty or an
muuition and rAttons.
4 Gen. Wright, at Q o'clock, Went to heas
Quarters and reported their ga1iaas.y, askln
/ for iaz,ructicns whether they should hold
). s-File In the men and hold It Of MI hazards.
WEE Grants reply.
= Gen. Wright vert back to execute the o
l. der, but found that csuhordlnate officer had .
= of: Glorious rons Of 9 glorious Stats! The
honor l. unturnisaea, Their laurels can ae'
! er fade!
. EurnEite pushed the ezemy back almost
j. 1 the Court Homer, :nd bald his ground "b Z
= lett the field thia morning, Tha colore
- troops were not in the char~e. Qpton's hr
- code Of the 9Th corps captured Dalr's briysf
of EE ellis c0r.f, bat in tic melee were ab
to bring OF OILY twelve hundred.
THREE gurs were taken and lost agctl
~ Tllrty-sevrn officers and lsrge number
,rI battle Tag were taken.
y McCarfney's LIT Mass. battery is high1
I'll praised for its great execution on the en-
1t Gen. Rice was wounded and his leg amn
al tated, but Ac died In the afternoon. Just b
q. fore be died he desired to be- turend nva
: (which way 7" the Chaplain asked "Tui
mr. face toT.rd the enemy" were his II
: Captain B. F. Davis, Of the 1ath Htss., ,ca
I'd tured the tisga, ,tna was Eortally wounded =
r. died last night Up to ten o'clock tod
. there WIS constant eEirmisatne, indicat1'
I: was ready. The troops arc in excellent sp
d. lis. They have fought sig days aud gain
a. al the time Lee Will light loag, and vi
hi desperation. There will be other great 81
ties, bat officers and men s1lks feel sure To
/
~. | feet confidence in Grant and admire Meade
't9 an executive officer.
~ We fayc lost twelve Generals. SedxWic
be- Waasworsh, Stevenson, Hays and Rice kislt
he Bartlett, City, RoblrEon, Morris md Baxt
r..} wou1Ged; Seymour and 6hAler nlsBlrg- o
' losses Of men are very hsayy.
Rebel prisoners report that they haye be
- on bali Tations, and that rebel oft1ceEs to
is them their next rations must come tre
I'd Grants stores. Meme Ind been Issued ezce
Il. | ts prisoners up to 10 O'Clock this Mofnl1
~: On the sntrarJ, thirty Of Lees wagons
~. into our hands last night.
IT. We have about four Thousand prisoners
&C. An incident will slo 3 tho enthusiasm
rs, our Troops. Akoldicr With his arm amputat
H. eaid: II am very eorry have lost my ar
-, for want to be at them again" He sal
- "KalIy round the dag, boys" snaa score
ID ttr hospital Joined in the chorus.
as To sum up: the rebels tried to stop Grs
at the Wilderness, but, after Aghtiug t.
battles, 1etreated. Lee has. tried to st
8: Grant at Spotsy1vEafa, md has had be
Its | tanks folded back-hl9 outer line OF rifle 2
va calried-aad has been repulsea In Ill his
IA tackG.
IA ! think it IL Gen. Grants intention to
ne to Richmond at an hazards, and hare gr
y confidence that he will succeed.
en- OPERATIONS OF OUR CAVALRY.
II, From the n. 7. Tribunal :
eiT WARRINGTON. Nay II
ks THB CROSSING OF TIN RAPIDAN-
~ Wilson's, formerly Kilpatrick's. diyist
" crossed the river 1t daybreak on Wednest
It: morning the 4th inst, moFtng without opl
- e1tion TO Parker's Store, on tho Plank n
cn leading to Orange CeurtHouae. A rec