The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-13
'"' '' -.o,,.c,nryrS ON RICHMOND -TH
TaE nar,Nn AROUND kICaMOND.

s.m.y noaNINa. :. ~
'' ..ny,rMrvrs ON RICHMOND -THI
raE m,oaTINo AROUND kICaMoND.
.,.,,ou VAS rife In Richmond ycster
Spee.,h :" the strength Of the force now II
aS : unity ~ Of the city and their designs
he Wv .nnsrs who were brought In Civ
fae r, rIsasrsnt accounts Of the force. thougl
ssp .s that there are ''three divisions.
y ~. .s ,sree divisions in the Yankee arm.
W., =, ve are unable to say; but Of thi
'aa'av, Ne = certain, that if the force had beer
ss .,r ~ .,rous one II would never have al
s'a, 'a.,,s,uart's cavalry to dog 1t all the va.
..hlsad, attacking 1t whenever 1
s'n ana gsluiug advantages, without hav'
ea ,,,oed upon 1t and given battle Tn
y o. of the enemy, as at first planned, wa
as -. 10 come to Richmond and make
s'.s~ s."n.,ra,.on upou it, which was to be an
80 80 by cooperation from the force o,
'' nth side of theriver. The appearance,
Is ssrr large army of Confederates on tn,
a..,.,de has iuterfsred with Buffers plans
S.,rveu,ed the cooperation which va
~. ted. and the heavy force of troops IL
- ,,,y was also a surprise to them. Thi'
~ raid has now been away from it,
..s Of operations for six days, and by thi.
.ns the forage for their horses and pro-
s.t,,s for their men must be nearly ex
,'~.,sa Their departure from our front
.s,n !. does take place, must be made b,
~ Of The Meadow Bridge road, the bridges
:. which have been burnt by our forcss.
rsy FIGHTING WEDNESDAY EVENING.
D,rng the fight on Wednesday afternoon
1 s,~ pieces of Stuart's Horse Artillery, un-
;, Major Brea.hed, were captured by the
,sny 8, Halt Sink, point near Yellow
.sssrn.
COL Randolph, of the 4th Va. regiment,
xsslry,l was killed In this fight.
MOVEMENTS DURING YESTERDAY.
Yesterday morning, about sunrise, the en-
CIT, sadiug that the Meadow bridges, over
!. Chickahominy, were burnt, attempted
. 70 down the Mechanicsville road. On
ii: road they were met by body Of iDfan.
,, THE name of which command need not
ss.s.ed) and repulsed, after brisk fight.
'ny then fell back Into dense body OF
ssas, on M.. II. P. Taylor's farm, near
snTbsrry Hill To the edge of this woods,
s.ith is distant from the city fortihcations
bout half mile, across a field, they ad.
snced their artillery and some infantry
ki,mshers, aud commenced brisk fire
,sr irf,u,ry skilmishers advanced and drove
ZEN from the edge OF the wood. During
host Of The day the lighting here was kept
ID without much effect on either side, very
~ Of our men being killed or wounded.
Yesterday morning, about 9 o'clock, the
aVrginia regiment, with three companies
THE City Battalion, were ordered 20 at
sk the enemy on the right of the turnpike,
at Brook Church. They went into the
ght, and with great gallantry attempted to
sioage the enemy from some breastworks
logs snd rocks that he had thrown up,but
ysai them too strongly posted. They then
Ill back across q field to a wood on this
a.t within range of the enemy, and here
Phi,ed firing was kept up until II O'Clock,
s.sn the 10Th Virginia, Col. Cant, was sent
sp.o relieve the battalion companies. They,
.ast7er. declined being relieved, and re-
aalned until their ammunition was exhaust
Id At 4 O'Clock the whole force was order
abaek, aud the firing ceased.
The following is list of the killed and
saaaded in the battalion companies:
Company B.-Killed: s Layne. Wound
d; Jas Ashford, lin hands of the enemy;)
Capl John Taylor, side; privates Geo w
llgo, thigh and shoulder ID w McCraw,
thigh; e W Norris, breast; w R Patterson,
shss; JAS Tilman, neck; David Thomas,
slss; R L Wilkinson, hand.
% C.-Killed: Serg't j II Thackston,
private B G Morris. Wounded: Lieut. Jno
Eaadolph, thigh and hand Sergt's Lewis 8
sEei, breast, lin hands of the enemyO X
Ispencsr, leg and hand priyates E F Cole
aa, wrist 7 Harris. breast; Wm Hen
;sal, head Robt Alice, shoulder and neck:
hcRIcbardscn, leg; w NJ McParr, shoul
to- Missing: CorpI A H Brown, private
iYRalter.
coD.-Wounded: 1t r Motley, private
'ss Baker Missing: w q Andrews.
fsg CoMMASeER AND NIJMBER OF THE ENE-
/ Sfs FORCES AROUND RICHMOND.
ihe commander of the force which is now
'pe'stng around the Notifications of Rich
l0ha Is Gen. Sheridan, who was formerly
I''1nander of the cavalry with the Federal
rug at Chattanooga, and was taken from
Iae With Grant when he came to Virginia
~ as experience as cavalry commander
!" Know OF nothing very dashing or success
~ aor Is his reputation that of great Gen
'a' Ihe force under him is represented by
pl'Onsfs at the round figure Of 10000, al,
Ioua1ed Infantry. That Its strength Is
:. s.Ssssefated Is quite certain that it consists
mounted infantry Is equally certain, as In
nzat at Brook Church yesterday the
%uys hayonets were plainly seen.
AZ Tue hgbt yesterday the enemy used two
'''s Oh artillery, andseemed to have plenty
lsnmunition.
a. THE LATEST FROM eHER1DAN.
.as 'A!est report from the enemy around
'0f'iheations was brought in last night
", = courier, who reported that at seven
@ susA 'ney were in force ON the Mechan-
ss s~,'Ae road cooking their suppers. Some
A. ''uenl was expected to be made by them
as morning,
OUR WOUNDED.
,0. as following Is list Of the officers
,son' eu IN The fight near the city yesterday
10. W nine o'clock last night were re-.
ghI.a =, 'ns officers hospital Lieut.. W. I.
' " $50 N. c.; Lieut.. J. w. Tate, f,
wv capt W. j. Collins, @. do. do: Lent