Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-10

First Lieutenant CT his c mparv. nni yar7.
with his regiment Che 81 70 Virgins. va.
soon etter made Ad utant, ara fha~'d - a,
the Leading battles fought after tho f.s. E;g-
nassas.
Adjutant Reid was he CnIy son IF tEa !att
Governor Reid q florida. ard was ab,u
t~wenty-three year, OF aga. IIo woe bora il
st. Augustine, where re first entered tie scr
vice Of his State. Nhea ordered % T~irai1ia
he was offered q State appointment, whicL
would relieve him from active service in the
field, but he preferred the pest Of danSar, and
after q glorious career 10 has 81 lengGn yield
cd up his life upon the altar Of his country.
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THE BATTLES On TIE RAPIDAN.
The First Doy,s FTzdt-HiHae~sed ty an As
ssmGtaye Of >Ladies Tie E"emy's Re.
pulse eneu0t 81 }ac -ANech-Lmmsnss
Slaughter 81 tie luHhtes- Confederate
Losses Care IF TIC Eoundcd- G1ivnsIy
Of our M9n-T'ac Prisoners. En-.
FROM ous srEcIAh co~RRs#roEnEsT
ORANGE G.. H., May :. 1864.
l te|eGra"hsd t. yen last n'Est T.: the result
of the fgbt yesterday, with seino casualties
among tho prominent Cheers. The er.aiy,
utter crossing 1t E;v ard G"rmaara, were
h~arassed by cur c~a.alry Gr.l ;ioy made the
attack Oh CTR Infantry. o. Thursday the
gallant R'sscr, with his 9ammauG, crneua-
tered and drove back three brisaicso Of tie
enomy's car:lry, lrt frF=7et severely on .c
count Of tho disparity ct nrn.Ec.s. The tight
occurred en- Tho 'CathoTpcn ticsl," aud Was
witnessed by large nr,nbc- Of !:a1i44, resi-
dents Of the vicinity. Who unorccd lrcm the
houses, and greatly eSr6s"d themselves for
the purpose. An cfc,- who witnessed i. cs-
presses srrrrisc ihai several were not killed
'lGu have already heard that tho eacm@ at
tackled Cur infantry in he cc-tTa Thursday.
about p. M, ard ;l2: Ike f?A5 cthtinued n,
intervals ur;;l risl,., The u4e,ov being rs-
pulsed ct sl Icints, with heavy icss - Both
sides. Gen. Lee occupied !he iiNlG Tlur-day
night. and t.. enemy renewed The a,tl.at ter
minutes before ) ~r'cicci Friday morrins.--
This continued until &bou5 ~ \. Il when it
was again resumed IN 10 af.e7Eucr with the
same result IS or the pfs,icus Ia. Tic attack
began on tho left, but beirc driven back, :hev
made IN efEit 10 mr.! cur RICH: sing. but
with as. iitrls success.
The slsvghter Of Yankeos has been i'm
nense, bus ours haz a'Eo hsen very severe
including Iaary ~vaica;.!c ~'i,crs.. This char
acter AMI face Of the gcouud Is s.u!., lha,
while li:sls artillery has bean hroa ;hs inta
play on either side. cor cl:rers we're courc!led
togo into the Fight IN iirr,. 5aut, ari thus
became cons n;cna1s maxi f9r he e~acniy's
sharpsboaters. ~ this wr;rir" Gco. Lorc-
stree Is c. :5us3 4c"G III - .-ia'.a,,, ;rr.i
will probably - 10 L;1cSinrE. WEere his
wife il. Colonel ThGEF1"a S.own was killed
by Il sharpshuGter While cH,icavor;ng to get
two piece &c ~s"5:!.3ry ;Gto ,2-;-.ro- T..r
shot wen %~aT1c:-;, tas hca,i. la hoiv Was
received ihzS night, encc tiard. nrG forwarded
to his w!ia %! Charlottesville. |; j, IL singular
c0inciccaco thai Generals LuG.s,-s:t and
Jackson were both woDrdcd r. I'll. c"-n .Dcr,
ii the Fame l~ocalicy, and in the ]coeni.s hat
tie Of the can paign CT the ]as5 ard pr;sert
year.
Our woundh.! ara GG-,tGntly coming IN from
:he field. L is Fipsaiar hiss most ,G:t,cm aro
wuuuded II tie .r1nt ana ha0da, AMI 5b;.f The
large majority -cf 7gcprGs arc, s:;cht. Sur
| geons soy tnev hncn ncrsr. On ,.,v ncsr;Gus
occasion, seen 30 laS:cG proportion q: ~si;gi:.y
wounded. Aauywl II zaun 'a rrctT FOR s4g-
| vice again, ard about f5r. hundred were 3s-
tained here yesterday on the: accorr..
TIE Richmond Ambulance Cnnr1;ttee Or
| rived mere ~ daylight. yesterday m,rning-
Their services haze beer ;o~a 1abie 10 the
! wounded indeed, il rou!d sc d.EScrit to es.
innate the ser7:1G tcey .aTo rerGe-cd sirtn
their arrival. BIZ. 70, he badge IN their
hats. it would ho difficult t. r~caaor.2. sou.e OF
mem, 80 beFpat,Tcd are ,hcT -7::, !ionH md
dust, from then cGU.sarr ana u2:cj1!rt;ng at
| tcntion IN the. wounded. Thc AL.onlanco
Committee Of Lynehburc %7~vrd yesterday
afternoon with /, rescrred %.nrg;cai cr.ps--
There il great need, - tic cnnIaiittce saP, OF
additional surgical a~ssi5ta rec,
The decisive engagement h1a not occurred
yet, and the issue may he decided to Gay. Thus
lar, General Ewel!, who rove,ri himself with
glory yesterday, has borne tho brun.. his corps
having been engaged aN;h days The whole
army, with ;: + w exceptions, have been more or
less engaged. trt a portion ony at Il time
General Kersiaw, of South Carolina also distin-
SuiShtl hAbiSCi ytSb'su7s- 80 OHS tlIi8t' ID I'I-
ton OF tue 81 corrs manifested signs OF giving
way. when GercIal KeT.bHw csn,e up, rallia3
them, and drove the en=iny handsomely. Ir
fact, our iii GERS and men Centrally, have b. hnved
with great ealinn:ry. are in tne spirits, srd per-
fectly confident of cpnIian,d md fral success.
Yankee prisoners received here represent six
different corps, shelving thgt Grrnt wRs largely
reinforced, They ssy lite hope is entertained
of,,Grsnt's. SUCCESS, and II lie does not get to
Richmon d, soma other column will. thus far.
NC have taken atout $50 Tisoaers, according
to reliable estimates. We have not lost, up TO
this time, more tnsn $50 prisoners. most ct whom
are from Ewell's corps.
| VIII 10 this cWrreRtc caiumo. and very hurried
~, ana will entsavor to vonmu1iaa-s every day,
by lett or at l. ~ ~rrEeiyi5 y until tie close Of The
decisive day, full and general particulars. =
T HE TRANS MISSISSIPPI VICTORIES
Wy. - 49, - 81.