The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-16
Especial to the \. Y. Tribune.

s Nav II The most desperate OF all the bat
lies vet fought was fought yesterday conl'
mencinr at l.30, and closing at s O'Clock
4 t. Nj.
In dooged stubbornness. Waterloo and
Solferino pale before the battle OF the 70.
Onr line stretched six miles northeast OF
rhe Po, the rebels occupying the south west
napk and the village OF Spottsylvania,
Our artillery, which got in good range,
uoured shot and shell into the enemy as
they charged forward upon our infantry :
The hnrs OF the enemy used but little ar
tlilery, and tue prisoners taken say they
were deficient in ammunition and could not
get supply. ..
Cons Grant aud Meade were in the sad,
die constantly
1t was arranged that the Ninth Corps
should charge the enemy's right flank, but
lust before dark it was discovered that Lee
mad advanced around our right flank and
WAS moving down In dense columns far &c
the cast, and had made struggle to break
through our lines, and dash upon our sup
ply trains, then known to be packed on the
plank road to Fredericksburg
This changed Gen. Burnside's pose
and he held his ground and threatened the
enemy's right, while the 9th army corps,
charged his center, and at7 o'clock drove
aim from his first line Of rifle pits, captur-
.ng five Guns and between two thousand
aud three thousand prisoners.
Our men were quietly faced about and
IN trains moved 10 the rear, aud new po
,,tions taken, and the expected approach OF
the enemy patiently waited, but no dem
onstraticns were made however. 1t was
thought that the enemy had suffered so
severely. that he could not take advantage
Of the move he had gained.
In so horrible strife, it must not be
supposed that we have escaped severe pun
ishmcnt Our losses in yesterdays nght
were much greater thAu IN any ol the pat
lies Of the previous week. very large
nnu.bcr how, ver, are but slightly wound
cd. The roads fields and woods literally
swarm with these suffering heroes-many
alas were overcome with the fatigues OF
fighting and sunstroke
The rebel prisoners report that Lee or
dered al, his mounted men who were able
Co hold a musket to take their places III
the ranks for Yesterdays battle.
Our entire loss thus farin killed, wound
cd and missing must reach forty thousand
The enemy's loss in killed is much great
er tban ours. He has 1000 of our prison
els and we have taken 5000, and our scouts
rcport that the roads are alive With his
StraggleTS,
As your reporter neared Fredericksburg,
an mi 10 o'clock A. NJ to-day, cannona-
ding had been resumed, and our army was
,nqueStionably engaging the enemy again
Ta crossed the Po river on Tuesday, but
g,thdrcw We charged across II again last
UigGt
Thus far we have not lo& gun since the
u day 2, the wilderness battle, nor SIN
81, waron since the campaign opened
Gen. Talbot was captured last nigh''
,,an Crittenden went 10 the front th'S
n.pyning. an
Unto Monday night the reserve artillery
nad not been brought into the held
,,pr,rri.Es. oF THE FIGHT OF TUESDAY.
WASHINGTON, Nay l2-Dispatches ir IN
toe Army of The Potomac, dated Wilder
ness Battlefield Yesterday, say:
Probably the most desperate nghting oI
the past seven terrible days took place Oh
Tuesday. Believing the enemy to nave
sent greater part of his troops to h'cn'
mond, an advance along the entire line was
determined on at an early hour
The Second Corps, having the rlght oi
sDo line, had crossed the Po river the eve'
.iDy pTeyious, and bad met with nut stgn'
upoo;it;on. In the morning ths posi''on
u the enemy was found TO De ln ths suaPo
e horseshoe, and on Hancocks troops
advancing 70 tho attack, they were cons
lid To fall back An attempt 10 preah
'ha;r centre was then ordered, ana part
.,f Gen Hancock's men were sent 10 sup
.,,,t Gen. Warren in the movement.
Tba enemy suffered heavy losses during
.ho Sghf-onr shells fallinginto their works
an1 orr infantry delivering their fire with
',.r,rable precision. Gen. Rice vas
'rannded in the thigh early in the engage
,,nnt and died after his leg had been ampu
tsrad Gen. Stephenson is also reported
kiil4d. fie commanded brigade In pueh
" 1om Losses were heavy. Gibbons division
bos host sltoge ther over one thousand men
u@ - division after Slosing both its
''.nor,, officers and about 800 men, had
anar.,l to command, and il has been
hroEen up and distributed among the otne,
d;r;Sions of the 5th corps. No division -o'
tbs army fought better than this one:
Tho Ninth New York militia su1fereo
CAn; tHtrASA ttrASA GGfH , i yS s.ssleG l.