The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-16

u Sssas O. seme ,iae, bat we're gradually press.
Cd bach 10 cur second line vt w0fhs. When k0des
eens = ne Assisssncs u Johnson sna .sas'y.
MA1lt fastAAr on 70 the tight Lanes bslesoe, Ot
nDslA corps, aisO forced back snsne. distance
ualli Gen L wss e0AAted % ssoSoa hts line, when
b0faDoe Of I'll Of Htafs dtsiAiOns becsms wssmiy
engaged. ssstains ths ensmys desperate assaults.
ana Tspsiitae their furious onsats
For ten nsonsl hours the consest ragged with una
Aated fafys and deadly and destructive Was the
cad assin did tne enemy. iasplrised BY the lAtie
success - tha ppeelMe, their whiskey fati0ns and
Grants braesadocia and lying, Assznt our line of
snsi 1asy, m a alsSt1si;. chi she Yankee @ wos.deS and
deadsIeWed the deid chick autHmnal leaves In
vaamtr0sa." Their 0bsiinacy xad eoasage ON this
Aeld cannot be sainsatd. They fought with cour-
age and devotion worthy Of better cause whilst
men, safe behind brenstwOSks rej0iccd In their
ability 70 deaf death to the accarsed foe with such
slight loss. II 10 tact beyond controversy that the
enemy bayohetted 0ur men IN the bEeastwOrks -
ThaeannOnading Of Gettysburg IL, Of course, ua-
surpassed In the history Of the war, hut know
Of no field during the war In which there has been
80 much continuous aud deadly nasketry hrink a.
this. Night did not end tho 6ght. Long after
niQh(fal, unlti after midnight, the 6shting be
tween the pickets contIuued with occasional dis.
charges OF artillery. Thia grew out ofthe fact tha;
the su0s lost by Vi were en al Hghttati By us be
tween the picksts and the enemy kept up the hsht
In order t0 get possession df The guns, witch they
sUccsededia doing
The attack In Eweli's front WAC the most persst'
snI, and to some exile at cessM Thai might the
enemy Asld the hrexstNnft whesa lahnsoa r jlsi-
sion was forcGd back. And that Night General Lee
drew In hts lines tkil pOiAt come three four
hundred ards in order to s,ra.zh:en II. The line
that morning formed almost v. with the point
turned low ards the euemy That night utihe way
1aade almost straight.
serve 10 be- mentioned. About two o'clock, whilst
the enemy were heavily pressing our right <entre.
MahOne's Virginia and Lanes North CatOlina bTi-
kades we're ordered 10 charge the enemy In their
n ord n ftlteV
pressed. This was most gailaItly exeEntrd. The
result was that we captured some two u three hun
dred prisoners aud four stands ct coors. Later In
the day Lanes brigade was ordered ID take the
assauiIiOg column and battery tn flank az di
version. Led by their gallant General, the noble
brigade, under corcentrated CALLING fite, charged
the batteryof six l2 FOUNDER Napoleons, shooting
down the cannohlefs and captu, ing the pieces -
The fighting was In several instances hand 10 hand,
one officer having russell with Yankee captain
for his sword. The acts OF tnt tvduai bTaeety la This
fet,t, IA In that OF the HOininS, We're numerous.
Ihe battery horses hot bsinx at hand, the guGs
could not be brought OF, bull s6Hr tour huhdf.d
prisoners and three stand OF colof5 were captured
and brought back 10 our lines
During the melee Ctn Lane Was ordered by come
score OF Yankees 10 sutender; but, uharfed as he
was, he commanded them To throw dohn their
complying, the general quietly red, ''Very
well, Wait moment, TIL my line comes up
wheieupoa they quickly threw down ,hrif arms,
and the General made his escape
The extreme right and lett OF The ines We're not
engaged during this day, bat from nine until
twelve O'Clock Ia the day OF Thursday the enemy
mads repeated assaults 10 FieIds's front, of Ben
ntne's Law'a, and G!egss bfigaies, hach time,
oWever, this gallant division Iepnlset the enemy
with ies1ul slaughter 10 The ememy, and with q
| loss OF mere handful OF our men.
During the day Oh other pafts Of the ine there
was more or less skifinishing.
la this dghI W. lost many brave Oficefd and men.
| among them Brg Gen Perrin, oi Alabama, was
shOI dead whilst gaanliy leading his hTis ade Ia
kaaf of fh1 hIbt af hfaC
man has not been Offered sacrifice to this war,
Brig Ceu Daniel was wounded Thursday, and died
to day: Brig Gen Stuah, OF Sohewall brigade,
WAS also wounded. His arm has been fesscted,
and he is doing well; Brig Gen McGJwln was
/ wounded, but II bstter. The following are a few
more OF casualties In staff officers of which have
heard Col Baker, lGth Miss, killed. it Col Eel.
ters, do do. do, Col Harding, i9ih Miss, ktiied;
Ii Colonel shutter, i.t South Carolinss A1iet;
Colonel Mecreary, wounded III tht"at
Lieut. Col dc Arthur. 6ist ia wounded moitaiiy,,
siuce died: Col skiuuef, 5ai va, WOUNDED sr -
vereiy, not m0ftay; Lieut. Col Mefneyer, DIST Va,
killed, and Col II GfOr CT, same regiment. slightly
wounded, whilst riding at the head of bis regiment
Ia "a grand charge; Col Casey. 5sth Va, severely,
not dangerously wounded; Col Fields, hahOne's
brigade, severely, not dangerous wounded; Uol
Halt, 5th Ala, Atm anputated Col Lightfoot, 6tA
Ala broken; 1t Col Hobs0n 5th Ala, thigh: Maj
Pfoskrauer, 18th Ala. head: Adir Pegues, 5h Ala,
hsck Gen RamseuL, slight, did not leave the field;
Col N GsTeu, 5th Z, Johnston's brigade.
killed: Maj 8 Brooks, guGh N U, do do. Capt ia
n G, DO do, Lieut. Z 3 sihedes. AdJt 9Th N e, do
DO. Brig Gen b Johnston. sisnt hesh wound;
Col II G0ieMan, Nth Z, liEhl wounds In tace.
have taken pains tO ascertain o,u losses ia The
fshl. vi Sunday, Tuesday, aud ihursiay last, and
skiTmishine before and since until this time. aud
my estimate Of Il is sou wounded and 500 killed,
| and perhsps ~S have lost 600 prisoners. ihe
losses OF the ene6y 10 these three days htnts are
put down, II the lowest rstiinate ar thirty thou
sand men. The enemy surely must be we'll nigh
exhausted, but ii is certainly true, AS II Is said
zen Lea has expressed biusef, that Grants men
are whipped, but Grant IL himself mol whipped
Grant has three lines OF stfox tOrtticatiOns
behind which 10 retire II pressed General Lee ID
well fortiied, as Gfaut knows by sad experience.
Yesterday there WAS nothing 0l interest ana ~
day there is nothing but sAirmishing. Our uen
are firm Ia their convictions Of ultimate success,
and sing chseriuly around their camp fires AT
night. Gen Lee stands the fatigue well, and bis
friends say be Is most cheerful and buOyant
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