Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-05-18

dsy He'd the vallies. and rested upon the
nils OF this Wilderness, hung in lurid haze
I all around the horizon, and built dense cam
/ opy overhead, beneath which this grand army
/ Of Freedom was preparing 10 rest against the
morrow Gems Grant and Meade had re-
/ tired TO their tents. Quiet reigae6, bV. dur
/ ing the reign Of quiet the enemy was forging
/ a thunderbolt. -
/ Darkness and smoke were Iningling In grim
/ twilight, and fast deepening into thick gloom,
/ when We were startled out of repose back in
to fierce EXCITEMENT The forged thunder
bolt was sped, and BY master A wild rebel
yell away to the right We knew they had
! raassed and-were charging We waited for
the Foiley with which we knew Sedgwick
would meet the onset. We thought it but
night attack TO ascertain if We had changed
our position We were alistakeu-it was
more. They meant to break through, and
they did
On Sedgwick's extreme right lay the I'd
RrIgades Sd Division of his corps, under Gen
Seymour, who had been assigned TO it but two
/ days before. The brigade is new TO the 9th
corps, and is known as the Milroy brigade
connecting on the left OF Seymour BY Shaler's
| and then Aeilfs brigades, the latter being
| brigade of Getty's division that had not been
sent to Hancock. Thsae troops were at work
intTenching when fallen upon.
The enemy came down like torrent, roll
ing and dashing IN living waves, and oCding
/ up agains the whole 9Th corps. The main
line stood ike rock, but not so the extreme
right. That flank was instantly and utterly
turned. The rebel line was the longer and
| surged around Seymour's brigade, tided over
/ il and through it. beat against Shaler and
! bore away his right regiments All this done
/ in less than ten minutes, perhaps not five
4 Sevmour's men, seeing their pickets running
I back and hearing the shouts of the rebels
who charged with all their ehiyaIry, were
smitten with panic, and, standing on no order
Of going, went NJ once, and in an Incredibly
/ short time made their way through a mile
/ and half Of woods te the pi&nk-road in the
rear They reported in the frantic manner
usual to stampeded men, the entire corps bro
1 ken. Grant as in Hanceck's case, dion be-
! Hese it But when. three of Sedgwick's staff
rode into army headquarters separately and
stated how they had riden from Seagwiekis
to keep Seymour's men to their work had
been borne back by the panic and had last
/ seen Sedgwick and Wright hard to the front
working ike Troians to hold the waverjug
line, the situation appeared more critical
No word came IN from Sedwick- 1t began to
be feared that he and Wright, disdaining to
fly, were prisoners.
Artillery moved quietly to commanding DO
sitions, 70 be prepared for the worst, and cool
heads felt that were the whole 9th corps bro
ken, the army, as an army, would still be in
vincibe Warren's corps is instantly, bat in
perfect cOmposure, disposed 10 meet the stu
alton. Grant and Meade and w arreI are in
Grants tent to and from which officers come
and 90 with a certain earnest air that be-
speaks urgent and important cares So dur
ing an hour No firing has been heard the
last three-quarteTs Of an hour. The rebels
must haTed ceased 10 advance; but Low far
have they penetrated, and what Is the pres
eut situation9
The 9Th Corps flag comes in Where is
the 9th Corps chieftain Ny watch saws 10
O'Clock IT night. \ dispatch received. John
Sedgwick safe. Wright safe. The 9th corps
/ holds strong line; only Seymour's aud a
part of ShaIer's brigade have been broken.
The enemy can DO nothing more. The 9th
. corps proper has not lost its pristine glory.
Compelled to withdraw, under orders after
the detection of its right it is still invincible
is now. and ever shall be- | may not re
frain from mentioning for gallantry, Sedg-
wick's staff and Wright's.
Riding IN the thickest with rare presence
of mind and rare Judgment, they won and de-
served John Sedgwick's emphatic commenda-
ton. Gems. Seymour and Shaler were cap
tured. It should be stated that both are
awarded by their division and corps comman-
ders every credit for doing all men could TO
recover their troops from panic, communi-
eating to the latter's brigade, not beginning
there. c. a. p.
Army OF TIE PorowAc,
IN s'Ths WiIdern esq Saturday Morning, May
With the exception of the line occupied
by the 9th corps yesterday, our original posi-
tons are held this morning at 5 O'clock. At
: O'clock last night a furious attack was made
on Sedgwick's linc-the main assault occur
ring on the right, which was finally turned bv
the enemy, and the corps forced to retire
some distance 60 the rear. 4 gallant resis-
lance was made by SedCwick and at 9 D. M
his line was re-estabEshed in the position it
now'occuuies Considerable confusion occur
red in several regiments on the right, but mo-
mentarily, however as through the personal
efforts OF Gen Sedgwiek and other officers
the stragglers were soon rallied and replaced
IN line of bat-3c.
+ All is quiet this morning, with the excep-
ton OF picket firing opposite our center. A
thick volume of smoke and fog envelopes the
battlefield and prevents the continuance of
! Yesterdays conflict The fight at intervals
all 1av Yesterday on our left was of the 6erc-
/ esl description. But very little artillery was
/ brought into requ.sition, owing to the nature
/ of the battlefield, which was covered with
| au almost Impenerable growth Of scrub-oaks
/ and underbrush. The fight was altogether
/ one of musketry, and although not continu-
| Gus, was one of the most determined and
! desperate battles of the war
/ Our loss in the "a Corps alone cannot fall
short Of three thousand in killed, wounded
( and missing. Charges and counter charges
! were made at short intervals during the day,
and the CHASTITY forms OF hundreds of the
+ cnmbaJants lying this morning. side by side in
/ the vast chapparal which formed the battle
/ ground, attest the severity + the conflict.
/ Brig. Gen. Barlow, commanding the lss
: Division. occupied the extreme left of the ID
Corps; Motifs division and portion of Gen
Gibbons division held the center, While Bir-
/ ney with his own division, Robinson's of the
/ 5th, Stevenson's brigade Of the 9th, and Car.
| rolls and Ovens brigades of the ID Corps,
were stationed on the right, his line facing
/ westward, and extending across the plank
+ road running from Charlottesville to Orange
| CouFtHOuse
At precisely FIVE A. NJ, an advance of the
/ % Corps was ordered, and with cheers our
i men charged through dense thicket, sur
! prising the enemy while at breakfast, and
driving them in confusion from their tempo
{ rary works, literally strewing the ground
! with the bodies of their Killed and wounded,
/ and capturing a large number OF prisoners
The rebels, astouished at the CELEBRITY OF
/ Hancoek's movements we're unable 10 rally