Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-24
The Battles in Northern Virginia.
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ARMY NUkTusXs VIRGINIA,
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Intelligence Of the Iro.rcS3 cf the fight
hero will DO receive! and c.mrncntri on IN
Europe before it terminates Twelve ihJs
have elapsed, and Grant IL "ot out o. In"
Wilderness, the New York " Herald" to tic
contrary. For cjc'nrioWS ccming",ter tie
Butcher Of the WILDERNESS" certainly makes
slow progress in hi reported pursuit OLA re
treating army. N material change has &C
c irrcd in his lines ainre the extension Of his
LETT wing to Ne: s.polrax ihurr., Yesterday,
Or the DAY before, and ;!:c ,lpvcin'.'; - re-
gardtd as Ci No co.'s qGCHc2. IT. iriEciFAi
object WA 10 douh,, 70 DC nearer, "a! more
completely cover his base oil supplies. The
movement may excite the nerves 81 lew
breakers and qnjd nu"cS about Richmond, hut
rcoric WHO nave not utterly los! their pres
en-" uC mind will rcmrrlbcr that Grant, in =
military scLGr, is r1 nc"rcr t'i"t. city tf!"n hr
was ten days ago, and Will nrYcr sc; ;hcrc
while this Hitherto iuviHc.hc ..rDI and l's
able and God fearing general c)n'roM,s han
like an impossible wall 1T every F"i:!. From
the maEnuyreins since the rGmn"iyn cHcncd,
Grant was, no doi;t surprised tina. General
Lee offered him resistance al:moa: Il. The v'ry
contincnty falling back 10 KichmcAd, and
awaiting his approach hrnimd irs icr,ifica-
tons. What { feet tnc failure Of lliH Penn
SUI. movement will have on The present sltG-
alicn here remains to DC dcycl,pcI The r.
cepti0n 10y this army, already c'a'ci with
success, ri the cheering news from Eichmxpd,
may he better imagined than described.
Tho report Of our scouts cryrrlmra'cd ~
citizens, il that large uun!r"r' "l Yankee
strarrlcrs are returning ihrOu"' Cmrcr'r
and sauquitr. Squad t.; ;hcin, from nearly
all arms Of The service, are pick ii az by onr
cavalry and br0ughtn.
Such Darts ni the battle field ~ we haze
been able to visit since Th.ynl;.y, a:c covered
with many unhuricd Yankee dead. and the
progress 81 their nrmy irom The Plank Road
to this point is yet married in the same man.
ner. Such of our killed Is were MT removed
have been inferred on the field. In one .! my
late communications, it Was observed that ;cc
condition Of our wounded would h"Yc been
improved, probably, by additional surgical
assistance, but intelligent surgeons have told
me they never had 80 little tn do st any pre-
vious battle, so small w.s tho proportion OF
our killed and badly wounded. As an illus
tration, the casualties in Anderson'I division
since the fight began here vii! m: exceed
1000, whilo the loss Of one OF its brigtdcs
alone at Gettysburg. was $50. The surgeons
are now preparing official reports of killc'.
and wounded in their respective brig! es and
divisions. Since the late battle "" entertain
some hope that several reported killed arc III
tho hands OF the enemy and alive. Amorg
these is Col Baker of the l9!h Mississippi.
who is believed by somn to be wounded aud "
prisoner.
Since Sunday, With the exception Of IN
occasional boom Of heavy gun. 1t has ncfn
almost ~ quiet on the l-rns ani in the CAMPS
near by ~ il the army Was il HlGtrr quar-
tiers.
The modification OF the l;.w Al0uing lions
to officers, by the House Of Representatives,
WAS not made too soon, and the Senate would
rclievea pressing necessity to this portion OF
the army by cCncurring Is speedily ~ pos
bio Tho law, az it IL, instcGt Of ba.nG
benefit, as designed, las been M actual dctr;-
ment, and. like Tnnt,:lu-, the 'fi;crs h:sv"
often been starved in the midst uf plenty.
Hon. A. r. B)tcler, having been appointed
hy the President cdnmiss."n"r unicc the
Habcds LD,pH$ act for the army "t r'h",n
Nirgiaia, has been IS his I'sS some ii'",
ready for the discharge O. his duties. The
Gnloucl has taken an ar5:Cn ,'itcraS' IN the
late battles and ia srnguirc tn II ta,s cam
paign will crentusta in our independence.
Gen 4. p Hill ',as ~. sntii:lenily rcrrv
cred to resume his cnm0aGd. !.
Ann uF NnRrHrES Va.
May l$:l, i-iiI.
We were aroused from our slumbers ahcr: ,ivt,
o clock thi4 morning b., the heaviest anh mast
rapid commanding sine ; thu beginning at th;s
f cht and i; appeared ~ II ii; tie A.
iillery ofboth armies llac released their tinnd"ri.
The first impression WAS that another general en-
papement h.1 hspun bu it was SOON ascertain