Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-10
TIE I. EG r :. z e I c.
From tue Army of Northern Virginia.
DETAILS OF THE SECOND DAYS
FIGHT!
We Have Possession Of the BRttle-Fish.
CHARGE OF THE GEORGIA BRIGADE.
ORANGE Corar II. USE. May.


BILE information:
Gen. Ewellasain repuisad the enemy Je5
terday ,lwho advanced on his front, with tTt
Hines of battla., The Yankee loss is terrible
| especially in Esfly'a front. Ewells loss j:
very sn.,stt. r. - . . - : 81
About II o'clock yesterday the enemy
having previously attached Heth ard Wllco,
and driven them back, L1pgstreet planned and
WAS in tho act CT executing flank movement
on the enemy's left wing, when. by the lnis
\ take Of our men, he was fired upon. Lieut.
Gen. Longstree. and staff were severely,
though not mortally wounded, Cen. Long
street was wounded in the shouldfr--so cay
the surgeons with whom the press corrsspon'
dent conversed, and who examined Lis wound.
Brig. Gen. Jenkins, of South Carolina, Was
killed at the game time.
Our troops continued to press the ene,ny
until about 4 O'Clock, driving back their left
and centre some two miles-0ur left standiDg
fast in its position.
Last night our msn held possession Of the
enemy's battlefield On the left and centre
capturing o number of the cneu,y's wounded
and some of the dead.
The enemy fought yesterday mos. ubsti'
nately On oil parta Of the line. Oar ou:-
cess vas very great, though not deemed DC"
cisive.
The charge Of G1rdOn's Georgia brigade,
On Thursday, is represented to have been the
grandest Ct the war Just before daylight
some picket firing was heard, in front Of
IIill's corps, aud about 6, A. NJ, cannona-
ding, lasting half an honr, was. heard on
Ewelps line
Our loss thus far is about fire thousand, O!
whom large proportion ere slightly wound.
ed. The proportion Of officers to privates
killed and wounded, is very much larger than
in any previous fight.
The Yankee General Hays is reported
killed, and " dead Yankee General, with ini-
t:als Fl. G., supposed to be Couch or Casey,
was found on Ewell's front.
! The fight occurred in densely wooded
country. Little or no artillery was brought
into action.
At one time, yesterday when the enemy
were heavily pressing Hills men, Gen. Ker-
shaw, opportunely, by double quieking with
his troops, arrived on the field, checked. re-
pulsed and pursued The assSuiy, thus turning
the f1rtunes Of tue day ut that end Of the
line.
The battle field extends over u space OF
eight miles in length.
Rosser's cavalry fought tho enemy yesier-
day oil day on cur extreme right, losing hea.
vily.
EwelI captured tw& pieces Of artillery in
tue fight Of Thursday, and twelve hundred
prisoners.
Ths wounded are arriving here and rerai7.
ing every attention.
Gen. R. II. Anderson is nDH commanding
in place Of Longstreet
Two thousand we'll and wounded prisonri 5
heve beon captured thus far.
| The battle ground extends from the Rapi-
dan river to. the plank road, and is about
twenty five miles east of Orange Court House
The battle is not yet erded. Tie weather is
hot and sultry.
LATER.
SECOND DESPATCH.
| ORANGE C. H., May T.-Gorion's tirorgi.,
Brigade and Johnston's n. G n.isade, 9;
EwelPs Corps, turned the eEt,ny's extreme
right flank, about four miles aLu7c GermaRna
Ford, last evening" between sunSet aud dark,
capturing 400 prisoners, including Brigader
Geus Seymour and Shaier The enemy,
completely surprised, hastily i,d on find ng
their breastworks turncd and stcrmcd. Our
loss very slight.
| There are rum0rs here that Mosby has
whipped the negro troops, captaring some,
and burning some bridges in Fauquisr "oun-
ty.
THIRD DESPATCH
| ORANGE C. H., May 7tb.-Trustworthy ed
vices from the front, as late as | o'clock P.
Nj, represent thst there was no general en-
gagemcnt UP to that time.
Lieut.. Gen. Lonestreet's condition to-day is
reported as much improved.
There was some cannonading on the ex-
treme right and left during the morning; but
lit amounted to nothing Of Importance.
A negro soldier, an infantry man, the first
ever captured by this army, was taken near
Brandy Station yesterday, All brought in
here to-day. He says that be belongs to the
q th Ohio, Burnsids's Corps.
The enemy have been fortify ag all day, as
if to provoke Gen. Lee to sttsr; him.
| FOURTH DEsP4TC:I
ORANGE G. H., May 8-Ad9ices tr5ui tie
front to sunrise this morning report tn It there
was no general engagement Yesterday, only
heavy skirmishing.
The impression prevailed ia6t night that
the enemy were falling back towards Culpep.
or on Fredericksburg.
The negro troops occupying Brandy Ssatipn
advanced out to Culpeser c. H Friday nhl
occupied it. Yesterday tbeg went back to
Brandy Station, set fre TO til. stores tprinci-
pally quaftermasters) and then msrhed to
Join Grant.
Scouts soy that the enemy have abandoned
tho line of the Orange railway, and no g trs ere
running on it. 1t is supposed that Grant now
intends to make fredericksburg bis base.
E1ell holds the road leading to Gcrmanna
Ford, but the enemy is sal d to have TWO fords
by which to recross the river to Culpeper il
they wish.
Stuart was yesteriay engaged with the enc
nv on our right, aaI it was reported he was
compelled to gre back until Hampton joined
him, when he forced the enemy to retire.
Tb enemy's losses thus far are estimated at
$1,000. Ours will reach 1000 The Yankee
General Hayes is certainly killed. Wadsworth
iswounded aud prisoner; no may recover
Oglsby is reported killed. Twenty-four
hundred priyates and one hundred tonmis-
stoned officers thus far have been registered
here, not including the Yankee wounded, OF
which we captured some 1900. chiefly IN
tront,of Hill and Longstrest, on Friday.
Our men began yesterday evening to'bury
our own and the Yankee dead.
| Siegel occupied Winchester on Friday will
| 5000 infantry and 1000 cavalry.
I The country between the Rappahsnno2l
and Posomms is repcrted-to % filed with 9sn