Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-05-13
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Great Battle before
Richmond.
PARTICULARS OF THE LATE Bat
TIES In VIRGINIA.
Severest Fighting Of Modern
Times.
Heavy Losses on Both Sides.
Grant Completely Victorious over
Lee. -'a
Beauregard Defeated by Butler.
Railroad Communication South of
Richmond Cut off.
Beauregard Defeated by Butler
Railroad Communication South OF
Richmond Cut off.
Destruction of a Gunboat with 81
of her Crew.
Important from Cairo and Below.
The Disaster to Gen. Steele Con.
firmed--The seth Iowa
nearly all Captured. Z"

nearly all captured.
New YORK, May 9
The Tribune has the following dated ut
Washington:
The trains with our wounded are on the
way from the front. Hospitals are ready for
their reception.
Reports from rebel sources says Lee has
been wounded.
The Tribune says the situation may be
thus cpl omized:
On Thursday our army sustained sue
cessful and fierce attack by the bulk Of Lees
army. Friday we attacked and drove them
some distance; took all their trains, and
won decisive victory. Ga Saturday there
was no fighting done.
New YORK, May o.
The Times has the following specials, da-
ted Washington, 9Th:
The latest news from the army, received
here, is up to 2 o'clock yesterday evening. at
which time Grant had fully maintained his
position The fighting on Thursday and
Friday was very severe, with only SIX rmish-
ing on Saturday.
Lees first onset was made upon our left,
but then fell upon our centre, ard finally
upon our right, where the hardest cOnte.t
took place. Here the rebels charged upon
our lines twice, but were repulsed each time
with heavy loss. Hancock's corps charged
back twice, and at one time entered that
por ton of the enemy's entertainments com
nlanded by A. p. Hill, but at length was
compelled to fall back.
Seymou7's division and Hancock's corps
are badly cut up.
badly wounded.
The rebels were reported to be rctreatng
yesterday forenoon. .-.--
SECOND DISPATCH
WASHINGTON, May 9-Midnight. y
Your special correspondent, writing from
Headquarters at Wilderness Tavern, Friday
evening, gives the following intelligence:
The great battle on Friday has closed upon
terrible fought field, and the Army OF the
Potomac has added another to its last muir
derous conflicts.
Lees tactics, 80 energeticaliy employ
cd at Charlottesville and Gettysburg, Of
throwing his whole army first upon one
wing and then upon the other, has again
been brought TO bear, but rejoice that the
Army of the Potomac has repulsed the ire
mendous onslaught of the enemy, and stands
to night solidly in position it assumed
this morning The first attempt was made
upon Hancock, upon the right, somewhat
weakened in numbers ty yesterdays battle,
but the Iron Old Second corps nobly stood
its grou d. The enemy then hurled battal.
tons upon Sedgwck, and once or twice
gained temporary advantage, but the old vet.
Grams o. this corps were molly rallied and re
pulsed the rebels with TRIBE slaugh.e-.
About half pasta in the afternoon, Lee
made frint upon the whole line, then sud
denly fell with his whole force upon SEED :
wick, driving him back temporarily. but the
advantage was soon regained and the rebels
hurled back W tn great loss.
Night now came on, and it is believed al
headquarters that Lee has withdrawn from
our front.
! Although the nature Of tho ground is o
a terrible character, most of it being so thick
ly wooded as TO render m1yements ell bu
impossible, and to coiiceal the 'e,n,eilny's oper
atoms, vet he has been signally iepulsed ii
all his attacks, and nothing but the nature
the battlefield has prevented it from being
cruSnlrg 0eieat.
The loss upon both sides is heavy, but a
the hour Of writing I cannot give an estimate
| Tribune's Special,
WASHINGTON, May 8.
Adv;ces, believed to be trustworthy, repre-
sent that Gen. Butler has cut all the railroad
communication South of RiGhm9ni.
New YORK, May Q.
By the destruction OF the gunboat Comma
dore Jones, Paymaster Chapman was instant
I]v killed. and about 30 o! the crew killed O
wounded.
The morning papers comment at length
upon the situation of our army, but owing t
the meagrs ACCOUNTS of operations received
thus far, ar cautious ig their opinion.
The Tribune says: 1--WE cannot unde3
takeAo say from any information yet received
that Gen. Grant has won a decisive victory
ON the Rap dan, but nevertheless it seems SAT-
to believe 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 learr
or judge, We think highly favorable view
of the battle and its results may be taken ;
The World says: ave await the result
not without hope, but still with much appre
tension"
Herald's Special.
WAsH1NeToN, May 8.
On Friday the attack was renewed by
Longstreet, on our right, while the rebe
troops under Gen. Hill, were hurled in Xix,
manner against our left wing
Gen. Grants army, composed Of Gems
Hancock and Warren's corps, in the center
were also engaged in the assault Of thu
enemy.
The fight continued with hardly an inter
mission, for two days, but yesterday morning
Gen. Lee having failed completely in his Oh
ject, withdrew from the engagement, leaving
the army of the Potomac in possession of The
ground. A large number of rebels were kill
ed and wounded. sl.5
gINclasArr, May 9.
The Gazette has special from West V;r
GINA announcing the arrival of Gen. Crooks
command at Princeton. This is portion oil
Averill's command, sent out to cut the Vir.
ginia and East Tennessee Railroad.
The enemy, $500 strong, retreated, leaving
their camp in our possession. :
'f OAlao, May sth-1o:30 P. N.
The steamer White Cloud, from Red RIVER
reports the rebels in force on both sides Of
the river, with batteries planted above and
below the Falls. She was fred into below
the mouth of Cane River, but no one was
injured. The gunboat Admiral Jared worse,
being badly crippled. Six of her crew were
killed and wounded. Gunboat No. 4 was
very much disabled, and had to be towed.-
At Natchez shell exploded inside, Kidding
tho hoat eomnletelY Eighteen were killed