The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-05-13

reh- cav~Iry. and con n>lderable force o.
infantry by whom he ~as gradually fore
ed back upon the second corps.
Had not the tnansu,res Of the enemy
pr-ve ted, nigh would have found Geu.
Ilsncock's command a. Shady Grove
Church, connecting with Warren on his
right.
By this maneuvrs We would have occn-
pied the pike running in nor,h~-s'erly
direction from Germans Ford on the Rap
idsn.
TIE movements Of Lee soob revealed his
real design
Cen Warren VA. directed to attack him
at once, which he did =, abou, L a m
A d4te rmned fight Of Al hour and half
-n.ued. in which Warren drove him from
his position with great Io,..
Griffin's division, of the 5'h corps, led
the attack and suffered ae'ere, nssrly L.
coo being killed, wounded and mis,ing.
Finding Lis -ffnr,- to br.sk our cenus
futile, the enemy next managed 10 inter
pose an overwhelming force between War
ren and Hancock, the latter Of whom in
accordance with orders, vas marching his
corps rapidly to form junction with ,he
former.
Fortunately bis advance, consisting Of
Blrney's div came up jus, in time 20 cir
"unlyeht the rebel General, who. al two p
IN. commenred terrific ons aught on The
divisions of Rlrney. Gibb"n, and Getty =
| The lat'eI had been temporarily dearhed
to form the extreme r,ght Of Hancock.
command. The fight ragged un,i some
tims after dark, and resuIled 10 the com
plete repuise Of the enemy 81 al p"int-
Our los- doe. no, probably exceed 10,
600 men Scarcely any artillery ~.s
brought into requisiton. ,he character Of
| the ground rendering it u.eeSa. The ba!
tie field is covered with thick growth Of
nnderbrn-h and medium sad osk trees
Onr '"ss is c"mparslivcI, small Our cap
lures in pr'sonei- are about five hunired
When iisncork', corps retired toward
/ Parker'- store, 800 If the l8i Pennsyt-
vanis casalry, und-t Maj Gen. Brunton
were sent TO relieve tie pickets s-vera
miles below, on the Spot, yanix Dad aud
were attacked bH large bod, Of rebel
| troops and driven back TO Iodd's Tavern
in confusion, and quit. = large number
were taken prisoners by the rebsls. Per.
maps decisive battle will bs fosgh, to-
morrow All are en,hu.is.tic over the
.u""e.a of so day. aud speak confidently
Of tie movement.
Fortress Monroe. Mrv s Sd. m.
(A,y
Bu'ler ara in possession OF Petersburg
T,bune's H1tra The Wash ngtsn
Republicans extra SAYS ,hxt Grant hurIed
h,s entire arm, against 'he rebel army on
Friday. Grant i. master Of The field.
Washin2,on MAY SIS IN.
The Nationa! Republican has the fol-
lowing:
We arc glad to be able to state that the
resul! Of the fighting On Thursday AMI
Friday is ali shat the most sanguine friends
Of the Government csD desire Dawn OF
dav Saturday exhibited no presence Of the
enemy.
Gen Grant with prs., promp,nA..
took advantage Of the fie ID and ordered 4
forward movement.
It i. proper TO say here tha, In cdnse,
lnence OF such movement nothing has
) been heard directly from Gen Grsut -
He has more important duties TO perform
/, e believed thxl Lee is retrearins. 10 the
works Of Richmond, no, only TO save ,h-
remnant of his own army. bu, 10 re-cu~
It posslhe. he rebel Capi Al from falling
into the hands often BnlIer
Ihe'e is little doubt but ,hs, Lee vii
have 10 make good hi- time to prevent
such disaster To Davis .b-l dominion
Tlere are mans thing K, oH n 10 the Coy
ernnIen', all Of cheerful tendency. II !.
not impF' pper fos US to srats that every
:hng is progressing successfully.
We are in possession of Information
se.ing the tate which avrts the city, hsv.
taken measures to remove everything o
value from she city.
The 10 0o0 woubAed men uron tht
field includes The ~outdad Of both sidc.
The lis, Of killed and ~ou, dAd ha. no
vet reached the eitv, and probably ~il no.
before to>morrow o. reX' dav q. tho
'i'bt W t'tiN c'iC ie cibpioNSH iD
ing relief to the unfor,una'es
Further details are srom-ntariv ex
pee ed Of the two dayf battle, but it i.
doubtful if anything is received un,:l the
retreat and pur.ui, terminates.
New York Nav 9.
The Tribune ha. the following dated
Wa-hngton-1Z trains of wounded are
on the way from The front, The hospital
are rerdy for their reception.
The Tribune .ays thai ,h. si,ra,io,
may be thus epirotnized Tha, 1hur.day
we sustained successfully iierce attach
Of the bulk of Lees army: on Frida, We
attacked and drove them some distance
,,ok all their severely wounded prisoners
and won An indecisive victory: on Sa,ur.
dav no fighting took place and Lee i. be
!lsved 70 be re.reating.
Lees fret on.e, Vas made upon OUT
Ie't hu, then fell upon our center, nnc
finally npon our right, where the harde.
contest took place Hero the retsr
charged upon orr lines twice, but were
repu'.ed each tiIre with severe loss.
} lIancork's corp, charged back Twice
and AT ore time entered ,ha, portion O
the enemy's en'rencbments commanded
ty A + Hin hnl a, lengh they wer,
l.