Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-05-11
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A~SHlNGTON, may y.
@A7Repubfican Extra a y there is rea
son to believe from dispatches already re
ceived inc our first Extra to-day, thai
Lee was forced 10 fight at Spottsylyanis
on Sunday, and Was again repulsed and
compelled to retreat. Another state
ment is that General Grant had Ranked
him aid got between the rebel army and
Richmond.
a dispatch shows that General Butler
sstill holding the line ~orrailroad between
Petersburg and Richmond. preventing
Beauregard from reinforcing Lee.
OLD WILDERNESS TAVERN. May 9.
Our correspondent with the army sends
the following:
The most terrible battle yet fought
closed to-day. Lees entire army has
made repeated aud furious assaults upon
our right and left wings. commanded by
Hancock and Sedgwick, with temporary
success but has been driven zach with
great slaughter.
An attack was made about 4 o'clock
this morning, simultaneously, upon our
whole line, which was calamity repulsed.
Towards dark the enemy concentrated
upon our extreme right. and fell sudden
ly upon Gen. Sedgwick, crushing in q por-
ton of his line. Gen. Sedgwick succeed
ed in reforming his line, and securing it
against further disaster, and the enemy
Withdrew from his front under cover of
| the darkness.
Our losses have bean heavy. Our army
to-day has certainly achieved a decided
succr.s. 1t hiss bafied ali offensive ef
forts Of The enemy. The almost impene-
trable woods with which the battle
ground is covered, saved the rebels from
a crushing defeat as it enabled them 10
conceal their movements almost perfectly,
until the very moment of their execution.
General Ingalls, ieiegraphs from Old
Wilderness Tayerh, at 1890 4. NJ, on
Saturday, that the enemy are said to be
retiring.
Gen. Butler has sent a dispatch from
Bermuda Hundred" saying that he has
made a demonstration against the rail-
road between Petersburg and Richmond,
and has succeeded. after some pretty Sc
we're fighting, in breaking the communi-
cation. General Beauregard is command
ing the rebel forces at Petersburg and
Richmond. This authentic account dis
poses of the statement that the rebels
rave burned Petersburg after e~Yaeuating.
The Star published an extra this even
ing, saying there is no foundation for the
report that the rebels are eyacuating
Richmond or that Petersburg is evacu-
ated.
The following is a list Of casualties so
far as received:
B~rigadier General HAYS. of Ppnnsylva-
mia. killed; Brigadier Generol James s.
Wadsworth, of New York. killed; Briga-
der General Webb, of New York, wound
ed: Colonel Wilson. of the 43d New York,
wounded: Colonel Stone, Of the I'd Yer
mont, wounded; Colonel Lewis, of the Sd
Vermont, wounded; Colonel Stone, OF the
Pennsylvania Bucktails, injured by a fall
from his horse; Lieutenant Colonel Tyler,
wounded; Lieutenant-C Colonel West,
wounded; Major Doolin, Doth New York,
wounded; Major Darlington, 18th Penn
sylVania. wounded.
PHILApELPHIA. May o.
Mrs. General Meade has received an of
fetal dispatch from her husband. dated
Saturday, which states that they are all
we'll"
The evening telegraph has the follow
ing list of the killed n wounded:
Colonel Woodward. son of Judge Wood
ward, of Pennsylvania, killed: Colonel
Carol, of the 95th Pennsylvania. killed:
Colonel Gwynne, of the llSth Pennsylya-
MIA. wounded in the leg: Captain Briggs
of the 18th. Pennsylvania. wounded in
the thigh; Captain Byrnes of the I'd Penn
sylvanis, captured.
General Longstreet was shot by a bull
let ia the neck. Ii is stated To be a nor
tai wound.
NIW YoRK. May 9.
Dispatches from Secretary Stanton, dA-
ted Washington the 9th, 6P. NJ. to Ma
jnr General Dix, says:
Dispatches nave Just been received
here direct from General Grant. They.
are not fully deciphered yet. but he is on
10 Richmond. We haVe taken 1000 pris
oners.
(Signedl E NJ. STANTON.
A bearer of DISPATCHES from General
Meades' headquarters has just reached
here. He states that Lees army com
msnGed falling back ON the night of Fri
day. Our army commenced the pursuit
on yesterday. The rebels weIe in full
retreat for Richmond on the direct route.
General Hancock passed Through
S~pottssylvsnia at daylight. Our head
quarters. at noon yesterday, were twenty
miles south of the battlefield. We occu-
pied fredericksburg. The depot for
wounded Is established at fredericksburg.
iSigned.) E. II. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WASHINGTON. May g.
In the Senate this evening, Dir. Collan-
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