Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-10
Further Details Of the Fighting on
Thursday and Friday.

New YORK, May 9.-News by specials /,
meagre. The Tribune has the following
dated Washington: Twelve trains of woun.
ded are on the way from the front. The
hospitals are ready for their reception. A
report from rebel sources says Lee has beer
! wounded.
The Tribune says the situation NAV bf
thus epitomized: Thursday the army sus.
tanned successfully Il fierce attack by the
bulk of Lees army; Friday we attacked
! and drove them some distance; took all their
/ severely wounded prisoners, and won an in.
/ decisive victory. On Saturday no fighting
and Lee believed to be retreating.
New YORK, May 9.--The Times has the
following special:
! WASHINGTON, May S.-The latest news
! from the army received here is up to seven
! O'Clock yesterday evening, at which time
Grant fully maintained his position. The
! fighting on Thursday and Friday was very
severe, with skirmishing only on Saturday
!, Lees first onset was made upon our left.
; but he then fell upon our centre. and finally
/ upon our right, where the hardest contest
took place. Here the rebels charged upon
our lines twice, but were repulsed each
time with severe loss. Hancocks corps
charged back twice, and at one time enter
ed the enemy's intrenchments, commanded
by A. p Hill but at length was compelled
/ to fall back. Seymours division of Han
cocks corps, was badly cut up. Generals
Wadsworth and Bartlett were badly wound
ed. The rebels were reported retreating
yesterday morning.
SECOND DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON, May s, Midnight.-Your
special correspondent, writing from head
quarters at the Wilderness Tavern, Friday
evening, gives the following intelligence: ::
The great battle of Friday has closed upon
terribly fought field, and the Army of the
Potomac has added another to its list of
murderOus conflicts. Lees tactics, so en-
ergetically employed at Charlottesville
and Gettysburg, of throwing his whole ar
my first upon one wing and then upon an
other, has again been brought to bear,
but | rejoice that the Army OF the Potomac
has repulsed the tremendous onslaught of
the enemy, and stands tonight solidly in
the position it assumed this morning. The
first attempt was made upon Hancock, up-
on the right, which was somewhat weaken
ed in numbers by the battle of yesterday;
but the iron old Second corps nobly stood
its ground. Then the enemy hurled battal-
ions upon Sedgwick, and once or twice
gained temporary advantage, but the old
veterans nObly rallied and repulsed the reb-
els with fearful slaughter.
About half-past four p. NJ, Lee made a
feint upon the whole line then suddenly
fell with his whole force upon Sedgwici,
driving him buck temporarily; but the ad-
vantage was soon regained, and the rebels
hurled back with great loss.
Night now came OH, and it is believed at
headquarters at this hour, that Lee has
withdrawn from our front. Although the
nature of the ground has been of terrible
character most of it being so thckly wood
ed as to render movements all but impossi-
BILE, and to conceal entirely the operations
Of the enemy; yet he has been signally re-
pulsed in all his attacks and nothing but
the nature of the battlefield has prevented
it from being crushing defeat
The loss on both sides has been very
heavy, but at this hour of hasty writing I
cannot give an estimate.
The morning papers comment at length
upon the situation, but owing to the mea-
gre accounts of the operation received thus
far, are cautious in their opinions. The
Tribune says it cannot undertake to say
from any information yet received, that
Grant has gained a decisive victory on the
Rapidan; but nevertheless believes that as
regarded as parts of the campaign the
movements of the last week give assurance
of final success.
The Herald says that all that is thus far
known OF operations, our armies are full
Of encouragement and it seems safe to be-
lieve we are successful everywhere.
Gen. Buffers operations South of Rich
mond go on admirably. Our news from
Gen. Sherman's department is also good.
The Times says from all we can learn or
judge, we think highly favorable view of
the battle and its results may be taken.
The World says the ultimate result is not
without hope, but still with much appre-
hension.
The Herald has the following special
from Washington, May Sth: On the follow
ing day, Friday, the attack was renewed by
Longstreet OH the right, while the rebel
troops under Hill were hurled in like man
ner against the left wing of Grants army,
of Hancock's corps and Warren's
corps; the center was also engaged in the
assault of the enemy. The fight continued
with hardly any intermission for two DAYS,
but yesterday morning, Lee, having failed |
in his object, withdrew from
the engagement leaving our army of the
Potomac in possession of the ground, and a
large number of rebel killed and wounded. |
The Herald's correspondent says:
JAMES RIVER, May 7th-6 A. NJ.
The EVACUATION OF PETERsBURG.-It is
most positive now that this city, Petersburg
has been evacuated. A tremendous fire is |
raging in that vicinity. and the only solu-
tion we can give is that the rebels set fire to |
the extensive mills and factories situated
there.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-The National Re-
publican has an extra, that official dispatch |
eS announce our complete victory over Lee, |
and that the rebel army is retreating in the |
direction of Spottsylvania, Grant pursuing. |
General Wadsworth, of N. Y, is Killed; al
so, the rebel Generals Jones and jenkins,
and Generals Pickett and Hunter wounds,
I'd. Butler has whipped Beauregard, and
cut the Petersburg and Richmond railroad.
A dispatch dated Washington, 9th, 1O:45
A. M, to General Dix, says: We have in
telligence this morning, by scouts direct
from the army, as late as Saturday morn
Ing, but no official reports. The general
results may be stated as a success to our
armies. The lighting on Friday was the
most desperate known In modern times.