The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-10
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: 'easht most obsstnatety. Eweii's boys, aud sspe
eiay kat'y's, remembering the advice of the sag.
4 "f aanke''s I'M, watched until they saw the
whites OF the cnemy's eyes, aud then poured Into
them such voiiey Of lealcn m ssiics as Sauss d
Them to reel and slaeger aud finally 70 give hack
NOT, however, until the dead Oh Ewells front wese
st'own thick around One advance upon and re-
eoa"oissaace Of Eweli's position. which was
s"o"ey ''tihed, seemed TO satisfy them, and they
'nade no further assault duning the day Gen Z
SIMPLY held his ground, and SO there was no fur
ther fighting on our lett wing. Simultaneon onsiy
win the advance upon Eweirs lines, the enemy
also made move against our centre, engaging
heth aud Wilcox, for sometia,e without any
snit' when Tie enemy, becoming very strong in
'ioh' Vi th.se DIVISIONS began to force them rap.
ia'y back. AT this oppo0une moment The gallant
hetsha~ aud his heroic braves moved rapidly up,
engaged The enemy, first checking their onset upon
Heth and Wilcox, then repuIsinc them, ard
nnaiiy diving the enemy before him.
LohGsTKEAT FLANK MOVEMENT.
Ahou, II O'Clock, Lieut. Gen Long tree, having
planned IA most biiiiian. flank movement, was ad-
sAacing at the head of his column 10 the right ol
the piankroad In order to be certain Of its success
ui cdhsummation, wbun, by u mistake growing
cut o. Tue fact that our troops mistaok him and
his staff for Yankees, he was fred up,n The ~.
suit was that Lieut. Gen Longstreet was wounded
painfully, but not dangerously, In the left shoulder,
lne ball entering Obqueiy aud passing upwards.
The same fire which thus deprived the country
temporarily Of ore Of lis ablest rurest, and mos
gallant officers, robbed the country, by death.
OF Big Gen Jenkins, OF South Carolina, who was
Instantly killed. Gen Fields temporarily look
Lieut. Gen Longstreet's place, aud kept up the
movement, from which I.ongstreet very Justly ex-
pocted the haPpiess results. The enemy began
gradually to give way, and by p NJ the enemy
had been pressed back some Two miles =. /. c. our
iish' and censie had swung around dtiyin. the
enemy back and in towards the river, our Icn
meantime standing fast. About 4 r NJ the beavIe.t I
fighting ceased. From then until night btisk skit-
msbing was kept up
out loss thus far will be fully six thousand, of
which much larger per centase than usual are
officers. very large number are also but slightly
Wounded and will soon be able to re tur n 10 duly
Tie battle field is about twenty ii We niles east IF
this place and In almost a al rect line towards
Fredericksburg. The county, like that around
Charlottesville, and of which, indeed, IL is II
continuation, Is dense wiidaeIness--as Gen Lee
aPt'y said, "A "taaeled wderness"--and, AS such,
IL is utterly unsuiied for the use of artillery. Ia
deed, during the entire fights there have not been
over oEe hundred discharges Of artillery.
During the day yesterday Rossers cavalry b,i-
gade again fought the enemy'd cavalry, supported
by artillery, III severe engagement lasting all day
In which ROssef Is said have been ssiiIti..
w0gsted."
visited the hospitals in of the battle field
yesterday evening, and the usual sad scenes OF
amputations, Eesections of limbs, groamiug and
dying men, sauted the eaisand eyes at every step.
Our surgeons seemed to be exc. ting themselves
and hope with large degree OF
success.
The enemy said to have Tough; during the
as: two days with great obslinacy. la mos. In
stances our men acted up 10 their ancient fame;
some are said to have doae badly. Until I know
more than now do my motto shall be nil nisi
t0nun.
The loss OF Col Thompson Brown, of the artl-
lery, will not easily be replaced. He was picked
oil by one of the enemy's sharpsh0otefs whilst
connoiterne On EwelFs iioht on Friday morning.
One of til. statements going the rounds--tc-
Iievcd ny some and disbeIievod by others-is one
that Gen Lee started to lead on Texan brigade,
when they to one man cried out, ave will not go
forward unless you 60 back"
aSt night all WAS quiet This morning, about
A VI, left the front. Just before day there was
picket fighting on HIPS front, and about
Tise heavy cannonating was heard in the direction
vi Eweii's iincs-
LIST OF CASUALTIES
The following Is u list Of the principal casual
Ties. ihink you can reiy upon their sing as
stated: Brig Gen Jenkins, kiiia,i; Brig Gen D,n
Mug, wounded severely, Bot dangerously; Brig
Gen s N Jones, killed. Brig zen Pearam, wound
ed severely, not dangerously; Brig Gen siatf"id,
severely (sinco deadl; Col Nance, 81 5
q, killed; Lieu, Col GatiIard, 81 S &; Coz Kenne
dy, wounded slightly; Lieut. Col Herbert, 9Th Ala,
wounded In arm, resec,ins performed; Lieu, Col
ianove, slightly In leg; Col SiDgleton slightly;
Col Jones, 26th q, severely, probably mortally |
1t Col Crice, killed; Adjt james 81 T., lost al
arm; 1t Doby, aid to Gen kershaw, Killed; 1t coi
wounded severely, no, dangerously; 1T Col White |
head, slightly; Capt Taylor, aid to Gen Malone, |
wounded In knee; Col Board, 5'ih Va, not dunge |
rou5y In hip; Lit Col Winston, 45h Z. In leg, not
dangerously; Col Willis, 18th Ga, not dangerous
y; tOi Lane, 25th c, slightly; Co! Saunders, 10th
h e, severely; Capt Walker Anderson, ord officer
Cooks brig Killed; Col Folum, i4th Ga. dangerous
iy; 0 Carter, 45h Ga, killed, Col miller, l2th O.
severely; Lit Col q IL Forney, Ala, killed; Col Av
cry, 33i N 4, severely Col Davidson, 7,ii 4, re-
ported captured; LtCoi w w Randolph, StonewalI
g.ne Hawkins, A A G TO Gen Do!es, killed; Col
Finn.y, 42I Miss, killed; 1t Col Reynolds, wound
ed; Mai J Piide, 10th Ga, killed.
The body OF The Yankee Genetai, Wadsworth,
was found In front Of tines, and also the body
Of General with the initials "ll IL O. supposed
TO be the Yankee General Carr. Ii is also reported
that the dead body Of the Yankee General Hayes
who was captured last year at ChanceOrsvil Z, has
beeu found inside of our lines
No accurate estimate Of the enemy's 'oss can be
given, but II Is believed 10 be quite beavy.
Ihe Ambulance Committee t'Om Richmond, and
a Committee for the Wounded from Lynchb urg,
have arrived, and are giving our wounded every
attention.
The weather this evening is qaite hot and sultfy.
| have heard nothing from the front since ! ieit
there at 4 A this morning. a.
G0RDoH's FLANK MOVEMENT.
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
May z, Ii, 1864. :
Yesterday evening, between shutdown and dark,
Brig Gen Gordon's Georgia brigade, OF Eariy's dI-
vision, and Brig Gen Il ID Johnston's Z brigade.
of Rodes's division, executed brilliant flank
movement on our extreme left, and another on our
extreme right, at Il point about four niles above
G.rmanna ford. The result may be briefly stated
In the capture Of some four hundred men and Two
t,rieadIer Generals Seymour, Of Florida notot-
cty. and shalcr, of New York, formerly Captain
In the Seventh N regiment. These officers were
brought 10 the Provost Marshal Generals office
yesterday evening.
Advices from the front as late as sundown repre-
sent some skirmishiug during the day, but no gen.
erai engagam cnt.
The Yankee losses thus tar, In killed ana
wounded, Is believed by good judge, on eXce''e"t
data, not 10 be less Than twenty thousand Cnf
losses will reach seven thousand
Is estimated that we have In onr possession
nearly two thousand of the cnemy's wounded.
Late this evening details were made on our ie't
wing 10 bury the dead.
! am gratifcd TO say that Lieut. Gen Lohesues.
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