New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-21
The Southern Accounts.
TIE MOVEMENT on THE SOUTH SIDE.


An account of the operations on the south
side Of the river may be gathered from the following ~
The Psitsbue Efpress OF Monday, commencing with
details O! the fight Of Por. walthall on Saturday
lsea,lv "a sunrise found the two forces drawn up In
line of battle about half mile apart. and IN fu view
OF one another We occupied the railroad 10 TIE ilsht
ard left Of Mr. Cras residence very near 10 Inc June
Mary Dunne field. Some skirmisning TOOK place ebor'
II o'clock when the Sur1y Artillery under Capt hunk
ley, advanced several hundred Yards 10 front ana
opened on the enemy throwing shcH iifhl h'o lLe!I
midst and producing quite 81. among them.
Ills brought on a sharp fire between the infantry on
our left and The advance Of the enemys night But III
thirty minutes the firing both sides ceased except
now and then q wild slot from tie eleinys aTtHeiy
Our forces made the railroad their line OF bht'e
and about half past two O'Clock tie enemy "pehoo %"
them with Their artillery in front and ~ the same the
endeayorod 70 turn our eft They finally succeeded by
overwhelming numbers in reaching The railroad. but
the 2ls 18th and 9TH Sonth Carolina regiments under
Gen. HegOOd advanced and drove the enemy pen u'h
The lighting continued until about o'clock, and was
for the greater portion Of the time very severe Tue
brave and gallant South Caroinians driving everything
before thein Men could have fought better IN
this fight Col Graham Of the 2st wac wounded ID sew
fral places not very severely, however and Col lfess
lev Of the 18th was shot through tho left arm very near
the shoulder joint Lieut. Co Dargan Of the same reei-
ment was killed, and Capt Vim. r. StOncy Of Gen.
HagoOds staff, supposed - be morta!y wounded. Inc
Colonel Of the 9th was severely wounded III
the head.
Rrigadier.Gen Bushrod johnson was the senior
Brigadier In command and behaved with much cool
ness. Licut.-Ge ID. II. Hill was on the ground
Our loss in killed and wounded was about 10 or 200
at the furhest, and lost very few II any prisoneis
The enemys loss was represented by the prisoners we
captured 10 be very heavy. not less than 200.
The number of the enemy engaged was l2OD or
$4,000
had fallen back the previous night leaving our forces
sndispued possession Of the ttefeld and leaving
portion Of their dead and wounded the field. guam
ity Of baggage was left by the retiring Yankees, and
persons who visited the held picked up several
articles of value One soldier. learn found thou.
sand dollars in grcenbacks on the body Of dead
Yankee. BY means, whether accidental or other
wise is not known, the woods tcok IRE on Saturday
night and no doubt several Of tho cnemys wounded
were burned death, our pickets could hear their
pieous groans throughout the night as the fire ap-
preached them.
iment were brought in yesterday. They are intelligent
and fine looking. They represent that there is over
four hundred dollars bounty money due them and that
they tired Of the war any now Ihy say that great
dissatisfaction exists III the army and that the chief
is the negro troops several thousand being i'll the
army now al Bermuda Hundred. These men declare
that the fighting Port Waltha junction on Saturday
was terrible and that they suffered very severely
| Gen Heckmans orderly was Killed by his side his
horse was shot under him. and the hhgers Of one hand
were shot OFT They Ray that Butter was IN command
and Gilmore was on the field The impression pre-
walls throughout the army that Gen Beauregard was in
command Butler caused telegram to be read to the
he'd gained great victory over Leej had driven him
twenty miles and at last accounts was stu driving him
This living announcement was received with great
outburst OF applause, Of course
! AFFAIRS ALONG THE SOUTH BANK OF TIE RIVER.
! The enemy have occupied Hoods on james River.
better known as Fort POwhaaD. This Is about 20 miles
below City Point and would be most capital position
for heavy artillery the river at this point being very
wide and the channelhuggng the south simultaneously,
and the banks very high and PERCEPTIONS lhe place Is
occupied by two regiments of negro troops whose
camps extend all over Temples field We hear that they
are greatly annoying the people in that neighborhood
pilfcring and derredatng in every direction.
| The encmys gunboats patrol the AppomattoI- from
Port Wabal to the mouth Of the river Smelling on both
sides every spot likely to afford cover 10 party oi gray
backs. On Friday, two Of the enemys eunboais got
aground opposite the residence OF Mr.. MaIius William,
and at last accounts had not been gotten on The en-
emy were wasting vast deal Of ammunition IN that
direction Yesterday and IL doubtless for the purpose
of protecting these grounded craft from masked bat
terics.
Major Harrison, on Gen. Pcketts staff willie recon
uoerng Yesterday in the vicinity of City Point, WA
suddeply surprised by party OF Yankee pckets and
pursued for some distance The Major finally succeeded
In eudng his pursuers by leapng TO the ground anc
seeking shelter in some underground, from whence h
wended his way place Of safety. He lost his horse
"a did also O courier who with him
Col. F. +. Howe is dangerously i'll at The
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