Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-17
THE NEWS.
Ius CITY.

cannon On the Suu;h-,ide. Yesterday MORN
inr the continued firing II tho sam" Quarter
drew out tie public II the fa7orite Sunday
pastime of waiting fer news and lissen'"; 20
rumors.
The news which was received on yss'".t"S'
relative to the engagement in Spotsyl''hi'' vi
Thursday, was the principal topic OF .le Jay
aud although the battle seems TO have ha'' one
nnluckv feature N it, the general tone Of ext
tbps;asn was unchanged. The particulars
ara piron in the Presz despstches. Last even
Ing intelligence arrived Of IL rsho"ai .: IL"
contest on Saturday.
FIGHTING ON TIE RArriRANNocS.
The following is COPY cf private despatch
received from the Mayor of fredericksburg:
Gu1sEAs STATION. May IA
/ left Spotsylvaris Cou"t l4aso ys*:e-''aF
evening-ali quiet then and now. The enc,
nv attacked US furioualy in our works al
day Thursday, and were rspulsed with ire
mepdous> loss, ours comparatively IShS ~
killed and wounded. We lost some rriaoasrs
and artillery.
The armies ere still confronting each other.
Braxton and Ficklin are sale.
n. SLau liter, Mayor.
In relation to the tght;rg On Saturday
q participant furnishes us wjth the i'i-
lowing: During the engagement, the enemy
charged and broke through tho lines CT jones ;
Walkers, (Stoaevall,) and psrt of Stuart
brigsdes, and fell upon the left flank of Lanc'4
brigade, taking few prisoners, before the
brigade could form properly to repel the enc
nv. General Lane, with all the rapiiity pos
sible, swung back his left, pitched into the
enemy, drove him back with terrible slaughter
and recovered the works on the fight Then
the brigades of Generals Gordon, Thomas ard
Doles coming to Lanes assistance, they all
jumped over the breastworks and pursued the
enemy deep into the woods, continuing the
pursuit until ordered back by Genera! Lee.
In the afternoon, the enemy directed An at
tack upon salient held by parts Of lloshs
and Wilcox's divisions, whsn Lanes brigade
was ordered to take the assaulting column
and battery in flank, by way OF diversion
A hot FIRE was poured into the brigade as II
charged the battery, which consisted Of six
twelve.pounder Napoleon guns, but our men
dashed forward. shot down the cannoniers
captured the pieces, between three and foa7
hundred prisoners and three stands of colors
The cannon were abandoned, there being nj
horses on the ground 10 bring them Of.
Our informant states that General Efward
Johnston WAS certainly captured IN Thurs
days fight.
Grant undoubtedly issued whisk"y rati1n
to his troops on that day, as was abnndaniiy
proven by tho statements Of prisoners.
OFFICIAL DESPATCH IRON GEN. LEE.
Conirmatory of tho above, General Lee telc
graphs to tho President from spot,sylVani'
C. H., May l4;h, AZ follows:
The enemy assaulted Wiicox's lines thi
morning, al d wc-o handsomely rcpu-e'i -
Mshons's and L.av's briga1cs attached hiE
left, capturing ,hree hundred prisoners anc
four stands of colors. Light skirm!shinE
along the whole line during tho day. TIT
enemy seems to BIO muving towards our right
In tbs afternoon Wright's and HacriS's hr
gades assaulted his lsit and captured som'
prisoners aud one stand Of c0lors.
(Signed) +. Z. LEE.
THIRD RICHMOND HowITZsRS.
The following is list Of the cssuatie, il
the Sd Richmond ILovitzers in The battle o
May the 10th, in the Wilderness
Killed: F. c. Howard, G. A. Wakehsrn. G
p. Porter f. II Smith.
Wounded II. Burlington, l.. Lumplin
VIM. VIM, E. Cullen, P. 3. Potter, r. NJ
Miller, j. NJ F3u.qleron. W. ". leo, L. "
Redd, G. D. Thackston, j. NJ. aIanderS.
Missing: Capt. Smith, T. II. Qusrlea, -
Hunt, - Bragg, - Mculto.l. Jphn ;.sas'
E. B. Fouqueroo, VIM. Il. Courtney, r. c
Chamtoslayne, II. Hurcbius, John Hondar
son, G. D Porter E. E. Lorraine, J. Bohan
non, E. NJ. Crump, Henry jones, A. D. poT.
ter, ". G. Thompson, +. 3. Gamble, Jchi
lIardwick, VIM. II. Roberts, Z. r. Thoms.
TIE FIGHTING on THE souTmSIDE.
During the spirited tights whi:h have beer
going Oh around the Notifications covering
Drewry's Bluff, the spirit and sallantry Of oul
troops were admirably displayed On Satur-
day night, about eight o'clock, the enemy
made an attack upon the right Of our line aIt
charged on kemper and CIngman, who re-
pulsed them with comparative ease. Thei
loss was very heavy.
The following is list Of the casualties il
the battalion of Washington Artillery in thu
engagements at Fort Stevens, near the Bluff
on Friday and Saturday:
Killed -Privates Henry Madden, Sd Com
pany; John Fowlkes, 9Th Company: n. G
Mcdonald, 4th Company; E, A. Mallard, I'll
Company.
Wounded.-William Martin, slightly, 4tl
Company; Albert Norcom. 18th Company
slightly; - Guillotte, ID Company, slight
~; Gustave Leefe, Sd Company, slightly; NJ
P. Lapharn, % Company, dangerously. Fou
or five others were slightly wounded.
The I'd Company had one gun dismountet
and six horses killed in the engagement OIL
the l4sh instant.
Capt. Ovens, Of Company K, 2lst Soutl
Carolina, lisgocd's Brigade, was mortal,
wounded on Saturday a.
LATER.
There were two desperate attacks mad.
upon the right of our lines around Drcwry'
Bluff, west of the Petersburg turnpike. OF
Saturday night, the first occurring abon. Lusk
the second about eight O'Clock. The enemy
was promptly rerulsed. Corse's brigade tax
ing the principal part, and charging them
yer the breastwosks. The firing en- yestcr
day consisted in an interchange Of hornb
shells between he batteries and the enemy
the latter il the woods.
TIE sSEMr's MOVEMENTS NEAR PkrkRsBuRG.