Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-30
In CANP, BERMUDA HUNDRED, Va,
Friday Night. Nav POLO M,


BsaureEard viii not "lst Us alone After the fight
ing last Monday as you already know, General Batter
brought bis forces down in good order TO their present
position IN the intrenchments few miles this side Of
the railroad but the active little French creole sharply
followed with his cohorts. Why could he not have
STAYED in peacesbe possession Of Fort Darling and the
long line OF its outer offences? We had given them
fair trial and found them too hard nut TO crack while
part OF our strength necessarily expended elsewhere.
But Mr. Be- uregard kea otheF u1fesEng rebS, seems
not care snap Of bis finger for our convenience for
even while am writing this, the stiffness Of the night
il CONTINUALLY broken by the heavy boom and sharp
rafting reverberstOns Of artillery as the woods shelter
ing bis misguided cohorts are vigorously sheled. In
deed there has been very lively fighting al day in fropt
Of Gen. Gimoses lines and the enemy as long ego ss
Yesterday began to develop himself in force in our front.
The old saying that the wicked ind no peace may, with
great propriety be applied this entire command, for
not OILY have the vile among u.s. but likewise the rghte-
Gus been kept in tenss strain OF activity in their
various spherts-Gsnera3 down through all the grades
70 drummer bOys-eveT since the occupation OF this
choice strip Of Virginia territory.
have been riding about considerably to-day to learn
what might of the fighting and have just arrived in
camp from Gem Glmore's headquarters, which are
probably two miles from here provided one happens TO
take the direct road Bu unfortunately, these pesky
roads are full of blind and utersecng paths, Whose
shady depshs are begulng to strangers but srayed in
TO- are found to lead nOwhi;her, like the labyrinth of
classic fable Into one OF these dyerged, and here
am a. last, pretty thoroughly fatgusd by long and
patient effort TO thread my own way out. lt may in-
terest some to know that materially aided 10 the
contamination by a telegraph wire which happened
finally TO strike upon in the forest. 1t was moonlight,
and discovering this voeelsss messenger of the military
authorities WhOsa running between the various head
quarters hope it is not contrAband to mention, fol
loved its guidance gratefully to our encampment
But excuse this long prologue. have more I'm
portant matters 10 communicate. have seen to day
the wounds the mAnged forms, the shocking as well as
the noble incidents Of horrd Sar-and of the savage
fighting out Of which they result must give some ac-
count
The rest of the letter Ony embraces matters of news
already given.
Another correspondent, writing to the same paper
two days later, says:
Passing along our lines IN the underwood, and
looking upon the busy scene where spades and axes
ere the impemeuts Of warfare my unpr0feesionA eye
vas sstishsdthat need no longer feel alarmed about
speeding cherries summer in the Libby. Mr. BAu-
regard would End It. thick, difficult matter to drive
rs out Of here gobble u.s. His army in front OF us,
from the best information given by deseitsrs and pr-
soners Is estimated Is thirty thousand men. Their OF
jec seems 70 be- from the way in which they are pilDg
I'D earthWorks, keep Gen. Butler penned in here,
away from the railroad and tNnpke the loss Of which
last week was quite damaging to their military schemes
TSox GRAMS ARMY.
Cur armv "a now all gone from the front Il has held
before SDoisyyana Court House for The pact two weeks
and the lines Of SpotsylVania pass into history They
are associated with fighting as desperate as was ever
made by embattsd foes aad by the greatest vaor on
he part Of both armies. Its woods sepulchre thou
sands of bodis Of brave meu, persisted 10 tbs great
cuse for which this army matches and fights and aut-
fers
You will notice by the map that preseni iFoft,
while Il puts US in very advantageous poshoa ~ ie-
gard 20 the enemy At the ume perfectly covers
cur communIcatons which are by var Of Fledsricks-
burg and AQUA Greek. Toe railroad viii soon be oP
rcm AQUA creek 10 Fredericksburg, and viii doubtless