Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-13

tuiTtesH Hi'i' tauheHS arrived III CIstolY ol
Sefg't T"ler, 20 whom tncy h,d surrendered
in the woods near Chanccllorsyi:ls. Two
hundred surrendered to To!er, hut II, 80 le
did nos bring with him thongat proper to run
of. The prisonars represent the Charaaliors
eil!e woods as fuh os Yankees anxious 70 DC
taken elre OF, and willing % su.ren,i,r to
any CT everything.
DEATH OF c4 TT. EARLY
Capt Rabort Early, son Of Dr.. Rob!. Early.
Of Lynclburg, was killed in ihe battle Of sao:-
sylvania on Thursday Inst. Capt. Early WAS
the adjntaat gen' rsl Of Cen. ]. VI. Jones, who
was ais, killed.
FROM NkWBERR
\ dispatch received from Col Whitford on
the 80, gives .ii as his opinion that the ian-
KEGS will not attempt to resist our forces at
Newborn, but viii eyacuste the town Oh cur
appearance; ashley have been cpgsgcd for
several days past il moving eff all their valu-
.a!Ass hstAazSss hs.AslaRt:a railroad to
Moorsbfad City:
rCEfRLL oDst QCIEs
Geo. J. u. Jones, whose fuuc,al teak plic=
at tho Baptist Church, in charlottesville un
the I I'll instant, was son Of the late C,,1T.el
jones, who was for number or years Il
prominent citi2su Of Charlottesville, ViIgioia
Gen. jones vas graduate of West Pint
and SERVED with conspicuous eal!;.ntry III tho
old United States army. I!s WAS ki d in
the recent hattie Ecar Chancc:lorsvl.o while
laadins. his brisaIc, which was part Of Gen
E3warl J,hnson's division, Eveli's corps
LATEST FROM PORp 'H.ALTILALL-
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS Of
THE FIGRi..
Ths Petersburg "&:pE;sa' oi hIJEday.
which cap;c 10 hand yesterday, ccnta;n5 4 do
tailel. account q the recent engagements
near Petersburg. Although rufulscd in tia
fght of Friday afternoon, it WAS not believed
that the invaders would abandon the contest
for so desirable prize as Petersburg. Az
early ca sunrise Saturday morning found the
two armies drawn up in lne Of battle, about
half & mile apart, and in fun view of nno an
other. Oar foreeR occu pied the raileond to tie
right end left Cf Mr. Craig's residence,
Very near 10 the Junction, and th: Nar lie.
azmy occupied position il, Mrs. Mary DnnG:'
field.
Son!s skirmishing t"ok lr!aaa atans !
o'clock, When the SuTry Artillery. md e
Caps. HapLins, advanced several hrnGiGi
yards in fro:.t and opened on the cnem5.
throwing shell right int, their midst End pro
ducing quite II stir amorg them, ThisErought
on sharp irc between tho infantry on CIR
left ard the advance Of tho crcmy'H right
But in 80 minutes tho firing On hoth siic.,
ceased, eEc2pt now ind then wild shot fgin,
the enemy's artillery.
Odr forces now made the railroul .:ler ii!.e
of battle, and about halG-past two o'clcei: tl..:
enemy opoaed on them with their artillery il,
front, and at the sams time endca7ored to turn
our 'icfs.. They fnaliy eucceeicd, by o7cr-
whelning numbers, in reaching the railraad
but the 2lst, 25th and 9th South Carclina
Regiments, under General Hagood, advanced
and drove tic eaemy. peli me J. back u their
lioc.
The fighting continued until abon. 4 O'clock,
and vas fer the greater portion oi tile IImo
very le7ere, the brave aad dalingSSnntt Car
ollniaps driving eVerythinS before thcm.
ilen never could have fought better. In tbi-
fight Col Graham, Of tie 2lst, was wounded
in two pieces, not very severely, hCIever, and
Col. PRESLEY, Of the 25ih, was shos shrnugh
the left arm very near the shoulder ,in,.-
Lieut.. J,l. Darsan, OF the same regiment, was
killed. and Capt. YIN. r S.une7, OF Gen, Ha.
;;rod's staff supposed to be mortaily wounded.
The wounding and killing OF tl,es, rfiineri
w.s deeply lamcnted.
The Lieutenant Colonel Ct the 9th, wn0s,
name wo have f,rsDtten, was ssveroiy T0und.
ed il tho mead.
Brig Gan Buahrol johnson was the ncnior
BrisaGer in communal. and behaved with
mach co1lnrss. Lieut. Goa. D II. Hill was
on tho gtoun!, aud seemed to c)urt the mos :
dangerous positcna.
Our losa i'll killed 'an.i woun1:} was nha,.c
ono hun Sred and hf:y or tyTo hraGren at tf!2
fsrthoas, and ge io,t vosY lev, ii any p-iaG;
lrs.
The cne,nY's l.ss was represented By the
less than 1000.
An Intelligent servant who was held By tho
en- emy at Mrs. Dunn's, says that The officers
:InI surgeons stated that thoir loss was .oOp
10 killed and wounded.
The number of tho clamg cnsa n1 wi1
twelve Or fifteen thousand.
Taken .alto, ,;ethcr, his is ono OF the uiost
brilliant and su"csssiul ighta that has tal:ci
place during tie war. Too much praise oSn
not be awarded tho South NIrolin8 tro3Fs.-
Captain Hawkins, Of the Surry artillery,
who is quito young man, distinguished hin''
self for his Goodness end bravery. lie had
six OF his men wounded--none of t!.cui, hu"-
ever, severely.
IA tho cngastmsn: On Friday oai troops
were confronted by greatly superior NUMBER,
but they held their ground maolully, AMI
completely checked tho enslnJ's advance. In
,!.s engagement VIC unly had parts of two
regiments engaged, viz: tho 2lst and 23tll
Sputh Carolina Toluntesrs--bus weak ag they
were, thcy were more thaa match tor the
overwhelming Yankee force that were brought
against them.
Our forces were commanded BY Colonel Ora
h@u,, OF the 2lst South Carolina Volunteers,
Of General lIagood's brigad,, who behsTe!
with conspicuous gallantry.
During Friday night, considerable rem
forcemcl's arrived, and our lines were greatiJ
strengthened. Gu Saturday, General i!ngcot,
who arrived the night previous, spent tie
whole morning, and until O'clock in inc III
ternoon, aumlvrcin% and feeling ihn enemy'H =
strength and porii,on. About O'Clock. onr
p;ckets suddenly came upon the Yankee pick
cts, when our skirmishera were ordered IN :ail
back to the line OF defence, selected by uGne-
raj Hagood,. about six hundred yards lii ad
vance of the railroad Ut Port Walsha!l juno
tion and Oh. line parallel with and eejs III
that road
About twenty minutes rass :: ootct Tie
enemy advanced ia overwhelming numi'aTs,
estiMatsd re ors division had tTo bTIg;n!ts
upon thas portion OF Cur line held by Gerersl
Hagood's brigade. They were in such n'in.
berB a. to overlap our line, which enehl.
thom to fink aod turn Que extreme left. TIKI:
forced Gun. liagooI to change his front, Which