Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-23
NUMBER 2S2.


I'm front and opened on the enemy, throw
iIg shell right into their midst and produce
ing quite stir among them.
This brought on sharp fire between the
infantry ON our left and the advance of the
enemy's right. But In thirty minutes the
firing on both sides ceased, except now and
then wild shot from the enemy's artillery.
Our forces now made the railroad their line
of battle, aud about half-past two o'clock
the enemy opened on them with their ar
tillery In front. They finally succeeded,
by Overwhelming numbers, In reaching the
railroad, but the Twenty first, Twenty-fifth
and Twenty-seventh South Carolina regi-
ments, under General Hagood, advanced
and drove the enemy pell-mell back to their
line. ltt4' sr-t~ =
The fighting continued until about four
o'clock, and was for the greater portion Of
the time very severe, the brave and gallant
South Carolinians driving everything be-
fore them. Men never could have fought
better. In this fight Col. Graham, Of the
Twenty-First was wounded In several
places, not very severely, however, and
Col. Fressly, of the Twenty Fifth, was shot,
through the left arm, very near the shoul-
der Joint. Lieut. Col. Dargan, of the same
regiment, was killed, and Capt. VIM. r..
Stoney, of Gen. Hagood's staff, supposed to
be mortally wounded. The Lieut.-Col. of
the Twenty-seyenth was severely wounded
i'm the head. }4 tt,tJ
Brigadier-General Bushrod johnson was
the senior Brigadier in command, and be-
hayed with much GOODNESS. Lieut.-Gen. d.
III. Hill was on the ground.
Our loss in killed and wounded was about
one hundred and fifty or two hundred at
the farthest. and we lost very few If any
prisoners. The enemy's less was represents
cd bv the prisoners we captured TO be very
heavy. not less than two thousand
The number of the enemy engaged was
twelve or fifteen Thousand. - 'Ss5rfg
On Sunday morning it was discovered
that the enemy had fallen back the previous
night, leaving our force undisputed posses
sion of the battlefield. and leaving a por-
tion of their dead and wounded on the field.
A quantity of baggage was left by the re-
tiring Yankees, and some persons who vis-
tied the field picked up several articles of
value. One soldier, we learn, found thou
sand dollars i'm greenbacks on the body of
a dead Yankee. BY some means, whether
accidental or otherwise is not known, the
woods took fire on Saturday night, and, no
doubt, several of the enemy's wounded
were burned to death, as our pickets could
hear their piteous groans throughout the
night as the fire approached them. yeT
A couple of deserters, belonging toaNew
York regiment, were brought in yesterday.
They are intelligent and fine looking. They
represent that there is over four hundred
dollars bounty money due them, and that
they are tired of the war any how. They
say that great dissatisfaction exists In the
army, and that the chief cause is the negro
troops. several thousand being in the army
now at Bermuda Hundreds. These men
declare that the fighting at Port Walthall
junction on Saturday was terrible, and that
they suffered very severely.
Gen. Heckman's orderly was killed by his
side, his horse was shot under him. andth
fingers of one hand were shot off. They
sly that Butler was in command, and Gill
more was on the field. The impression
prevails throughout the army that General
Beauregard was in command. Butler caus-
ed telegram to be read to the troops early
Saturday morning, stating that Grant had
gained a great victory over Lee; had driven
him twenty miles, and at last accounts was
still driving him. This lying announce
ment was received with great outburst of
applause, of course.
AFFAIRs ALONG THE South BANK OF THE
RIvER.-The enemy have occupied Hoods
on James River, better known as Fort Pow
haitian. This is about twenty miles below