The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-26

Well hop upon one shoe
Bring down our meals 70 ono from two
All rather than give up 70 you,
Memmingerl Fie, Memmingeri
Richmond ErauliHer, 12h.
An Attempt OF the Rebels TO Turn Gen.
Grants Right Flank-TheIr Repnlse.
Correspondence Philadelphia Inquirerl
HEADo'Rs ARMY or THE POToMc, 2
Is THE FIELD, May 10
The stiffness of an unusually quiet
day was suddenly disturbed, about 6
o'clock in the evening, By the opening
Of q sharp musketry fire within less than
two miles to the right Of the army head
quarters, and pretty well toward the
rear.
Soon an Aid came up in haste to in
form Gen. Meade that more troops were
needed in that direction, and was very
quietly informed by the Commanding
General that a division had already
been sent Shortly after a train Of am
balances, some thirty in number, came
hurrying in from the direction where
the firing had occurred, many of them
pierced with numerous bullet holes. 1t
was clear that the enemy had made a
dash in the rear Of our right wing
The ID Corps had been withdrawn
from the extreme right this morning,
thus considerably shortening our line
in that direction, and uncovering the
road leading directly into the Freder-
icksburg Pike. Along this road the
rebel force, which is supposed to have
been a large brigade, possibly small
division. must have advanced slipping
quietly by our right flank without Civ
ing any alarm.
Itappears q little strange that our
line should have been moved so far to
the left as 10 leave this pike, mp which
we have been bringing our supplies
from Fredericksburg, so much exposed.
But have reason To believe the dispO-
sition Of our troops actually made was
in accordance with plan for the exc
cution of which it was deemed worth
while to incur some risk. At the same
time as the result has shown, we were
fully pfepars, = 10 prevent any serious
consequences l.Ufn following an at
tempt such as was made by the enemy
The enemy first showed themselves
in some woods 10 the right of the pike,
~ " Al0lh VI dAllbutAAAks-o anu Il aAOstcA-
ence train belonging to the 9th corps
were coming by that point dashing for
ward suddenly in order to effect their
capture. A number of ambulances on
the left of the pike were also exposed
10 their attack and those which succeed
cd in getting away on the first on
slaugtt had TO run the gauntlet of
shower OF bullets, of which they fur-
nished occular demonstration in the
marks they bore
A portion Of the ambulances and
twenty-eight wagons loaded with sub
sistence failed to get away Several
horses were Shot, and the teamsters
left their wagons and ran for their
lives, and the tram was in the hands of
the enemy Gen. TyleTs division of
heavy artillery, armed as infantry, lay
near, and were speedily brought to the
rescue.
The first regiments to arrive. if /
mistake not, were the lst Maine and
tn New York, constituting the brig
AIDE Of General Morris They drove
the enemy back into the woods, and
got possession of the train, bat were in
turn repulsed themselves, and com
PEELED TO leave tine train once more in
the hands of the rebels. BY this time
however, the remainder of the division
had formed and, coming up to the
work, again tore THEN prize from the
enemy's grasp. The enemy did not
succeed in getting a dollars worth of
property of, and destroyed none ex-
cept a few horses shot amounting to
about two teams The teamsters were
not 10 be found, having made off to
place of safety As rapidly as their
natural powers OF locomotion would
permit and the wagons were sent away
in charge of soldiers belonging to the
regiments that Tecaptured them After
the train was secured General Tyler
continued TO push on. A battery or
two Of artillery were brought into ac-
lion, and the enemy we're driven back
between one and two miles within an
hour after the engagement commenced. 4
Mr.. Swinton Of the New York Times,
describing the behavior of the raw
troops who repulsed the rebels, says:
When once fairly under fire they
showed the utmost bravery, and an au-
daeity surprising even that of the old
troops In these murderous wood fights
our veterans have learned all the de-
vices that are calculated to shelter them
from iire, and win lie down and take
advantage Of trees, stumps, dc; but the
heavy artillery braves, unused TO this
kind of craft, the moment they saw the
enemy, biazed away and rushed on. In
consequence Of this their loss was quite
heavy, much more severe than reported
by me in my dispatch last night. and
viii probably reach a thousand in kill
ed aud wounded Perhaps it was also
IN consequence of our heavy artillery
men cool courage that the rebels, UNI
used 10 this style Of attack, and not
exactly understanding il, gave way in
confusion, scattered through the woods.
The honOrs Of the repulse Of the
rebels, whose boldly conceived move
ment might, under different ciraum-
stances, have produced most disastrous
results, rests exclusively with Tyler's
artillery division, though Birneys divi-
sion of the % Corps. and Crawford of
the 9Th, were afterWard sent in support,
and formed lire, enabling Tyler to
withdraw. after driving the enemy for
several miles, and clearing the valley
Of the enemy. The confusion of the
rehels appears TO have been very great (
the major portion Of Rhodes division
scattering IN the woods. Three hun
aEed and fifty OF them were picked up
n the woods during the night and have
Just been brought into headquarters.
The division OF new troops fees ina
Intensely tickled 1t their success And I
although their loss has been heavy il
Is felt that the diminution of numbers /
- fully made Up by the increase Of
morale.