The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-10
TUE CAVALRY FIGHT NEAR sporrsy1yA
a

~ snis newspaper of yesterday, is repre-
sen'ea by officers who were engaged in it /,
u"se oeen the most hotly contested cavalr,
"sh' ot the war. AT the first onset of the
enemy, our forces, Wiekham's aud Lomax's
o''sades, gave way, but soon recovered
'uu oroVe the enemy in turn with terrlbl.
slaughter In addition to the Casualties re
ported In the fight, 1t Edmundson. of tn,
.s' Virginia cavalry, was killed, and Major
Bowie, OF Gen. Fitz Lees staff, was wounded
oy piece Of shell ia the abdomen. The
wound Is not regarded as serious. 1t Johns
aud LII walker, both Of the lst Va. cavalry,
are also wounded. The death Of Col Col
inns, OF the 18Th Va. cavalry, is confirmed.
Tue loss during the fight in the two brig
adcs engaged was 225 wounded. The mum
Der OF killed has not been definitely ascer
famed, but cannot exceed Is or 30 Most OF
the wounds are slight
THE CAPTURED YANKEE GENERALS.
Gems. Seymour aud Shaler were brought
to Gordonsviile yesterday. They are the
two Yankee Generals captured Oh Friday
Seymour was quite saucy, saying that every
thing would turn cut right, that Grant
would fight Lee with fresh troops every
day, and that they had "got" the Confcder-
acy. A bystander suggested that the Con-
federacy, as far as heard from, hal "sot"
Seymour, proposition to which he assent
Cd with laugh. Shalcr said that he had
been to Richmond before, aud had friends
there, and explained by adding that he was
a captain In the 7th regiment New York Ma
tional Guard when it visited the city vii h
Monroe's remains. In company with the
Yankees at Gordonsville was q negro Soldier
of Massachusetts, regiment. lie had moth
ing to say, and didn't seem to think he had
any friends in Richmond, as his brother
Yankee had.
LIEUT.. GEN LoNGSTREET.
Lieut.. Gen. Longstrcet arrived at Cor
louisville yesterday, and was sent in spe-
ciai car to Lynchburg, where he will remain
at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Garland.
lie was in fine spirits, and said he would
live to fight the Yankees again. When he
was shot he fell within few feet of The
dead body of the Yankee General Wads-
worth. OF the group Gen. l. was riding in
all were killed except himself and General
kcrshaw. The damage was done by our
own men.
ARRIVAL OF WOUNDED OFFICERS
The following is a list Of the wounded
officers who have arrived at the officers
hospital here since Sunday at noon:
John Cartlelge, 1t, 10th Ga; d 4 Ander
son, It; L Bowie, maj, Fhz Lees Stall;
} Z Purycar, Sd Va cav; NJ A Rucker, 81 Ky;
J q Anderson, adj't 18th $ G; TIC Camp
bell, 1t, 5ih La; Geo Wilcox, 26;h N G.;
Geo Conner, adj't "a La; w ii Noel, Il,
"a La; T d Gregory, adpt 1st Tenn; : II
Magnet, 1t, loth Ga; Ii a Hardy, 1t,
Sd Ala; j u Adrian, capt. 4lth Ala; 4
9TH Ala, q Kitchen, lieut., 9th = G; & NJ
Grimes, lieut., 1st L; j q Warren, lieut..
9th Ala; & NJ Compton, lieut., 3lst Ga; Il Z
Jennings, capt, 23d Va; i Duggan, lieut.,
49Lh Ga; w L Marshall, capt, 49lh Ga;
Wilson, lieut., LIST Tenn; j . Waddell, adj't,
10Th Ga; w ID Starke, lieut., engineer corls;
w II May, lieut., 81 A a; N E Campbell, lieut.,
5th 8 G; } A Watson, lieut., Eth G; Lit V
K Ball, 18th Va; Capt g Hardy, do; 1t K N
Capt V Pitts, do; LIT w Cox, 4oth Ala;
1t w Baird, SD Ga; Lit w Cover, 14th
Miss; 1t Carter, 9th Va cav; Capt Z IL Bell,
do; LIT Z b Langley, 47th Ala; LIT y h Pate,
9Th Va; Lit NJ B Blair, Goth N G; Lieut. ID s
THOMPSON, 18th N &; Lieut. ID c Rodgers,
l lth Miss; 1t j w Morrow, 1lth Ga; 1t Col
X Bryan, 5th Tex; Maj Geo Ward, Hoge's
art'y batt'n; 1t Guzzle, 4th Texas; Lieut.
K Ii Franks, 4th Texas; Lieut. q s Ro-
per, nth Ga; Capt Z Kindred, h Tex;
capt ID Ii Wlimot, 18th Ga; 1t j Walker,
18th Miss; capt j Z Wright, do; 1t K Muir
ply, 6sh Ala; capt w Avery, ;5;3d n G; 1t
g ReucLer, 81 N G.; maj Webb, 27th N
Z; capt w X Larkins, do; 1t j A Graham, do;
W Phelan, 81 Ala; 1t K b Roberts, 9th N G.;
Il T j Lockhart, nth Miss; 1t o Ramseur,
DO; capt II w Abernethy, 34.h N G.; adj't l.
Baker, 53l Ga; 1t Howard, LIST 8 e.
All the above, with few exceptions, are
slightly wounded. The severely wounded
were expected to arrive later in the night.
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD TAPPED-oUR CAV
AIRY AFTER THE RAIDERS.
List night, about ~ O'clock, u body of
the enemys cavalry from Grants army
struck the Central Riilroda at Beaver Dam,
in Hanover county, SO miles from Richmond.
Their appearance was very sudden the tele-
graph operator sending a message tha. the
enemy was hear, and in ten minutes after
wards that 'thcy are here" There were
due at the station at that time two trains of
commissary stores, which were captured,
and, with the locomotive drawing them
destroyed. Gen. Lomax's brigade and some
more OF our cavalry is following the raiders
in quick pursuit. They did not come around
Lees army, but started from Grants LETT
and passed by MassapOnax church on our
right. The raid will not incommodc Gen.
Lee in the least, as far as provisions are
concerned.
THE MOVEMENTS ON THE EsoUTHsIDE-A FEiNT
ON DREWRY'S BLUFF-A FIGHT IMMINENT.
Public attention was chiefly concerned
yesterday about the position OF affairs on
the Southside, and rumors were plentiful,
especially tle one about the destruction of
Chester, which is explained elsewhere. The
only movement which took place at all was
fcint made by the enemy on the extreme
right of our forces defending Drewry's Bluff.
Our pickcts were driven in about S O'Clock
in the afternoon, and after little firing be-
tween the skifmishcis the enemy withdrew.
ing In heavy force upon Petersburg. 1t is
probable that during to day the battle on
the Southside for the possession Of Rich
mond will take place. We can only say that
no apprehension Is felt on our side as to the
result. Gen. Pickett is ready for the ad-
vance in every sense of the word.
The feint upon the Bluff was too trans
parent to deceive any one, and was very
feeble in its character.