Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-06-07
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
Battlefield Of Cold Rar6or, June 5.


him with great slaughter out of his works, suffer
ing but slight loss himself Among his killed was
the brave Gen. Doles, of Georgia.
At the same time, Breckenridge, on the right
supported by Wilcox, attacked the enemy on Tur-
key Hill, and drove them some distance, thus
curing an important position.
Skirmshing and picket firing all night.
This morning at daylight the enemy assaulted
Anderson's corps Uongstreets) in the centre with
great violence; also Breckinridge's and Hoke's po-
stions. He renewed the assaultseVe times against
Fields and Kershaw, Of Anderson's corps He was
beaten back each time With loss that has no par
allel, except at Spotsylvania Court House Indeed,
the battle is but repetition of that at Spotsyl-
vania with this important difference: Our own loss
is almost incredibly small. AndeIson's loss, in
cluding Hoke's, will not reach 500.
The enemy assaulted Elrly also but only once,
and was repulsed with great loss.
The enemy gained salient in Breckinridge's
'front.' and held it for few minutes, but Finnegans
Floriians swept them back like whirlwind. Our
troops generally never fought better.
The enemy was repulsed at all points by 10
o'clock, since which time there has been heavy
skirmishing only.
We had the ground on the enemy, to such an
extent indeed that he could bring but little of his
artilley to play. Our loss in prisoners very slight
| and we took but few
! In this fight Gen. Lane and Gen. Kirkland, OF
IN the hip the latter slightly.
SATURDAYS OPERATIONS.
As early as sunrise this morning, the enemy,
| having massed on our right, opened a vigorous
attack, in. turn assaulting most vigorously Ker-
| shaws front of Longstreets's corps, who repulsed
them most successfully, and Hokes front, who like
wise resisted every onset of the foe and inflicted
terrible loss upon them. The fighting ragged until
eleven o'clock, when it ceased, except heavy skir-
! nishing and cannonading which were kept up
| necessarily all day. At one time during the morn
ing Echos's brigade, of Brecknridge's division,
gave way, but Gen. B. soon rallied his men, and at
the same time Finnegan's gallant Floridans bound
ing forward with a yell, drove the enemy back,
recapturing three pieces of artillery of Reds bat
| talon, which for the moment had been taken from
u.s. and capturing, it is reported. gun. In this
affair Breckenridge is said to have lost hundred
of his men as prisoners, and the enemy TOOK about
thirty cannoneers with the guns which they tepipo
| rarify captured.
1t is also said that the enemy were most hand
somely Tepulsed during the day in front of ode:
and Heth on our extreme right The sIaughT er C
the enemy has hcen quite heavy-some pn'. it Al
high as ten thous ind. Three or four hundred vii
cover our list of casualties ARong the 'Roundet
is Brig Gen. Law, Of Ga slightly in eye.
The enemy did not fight to-day with t,e vim tha
they displayed on the 18th of May at Sjpotsylvani
G. H.; and whilst Colonel was taken prisoner Ol
our works. and his color bearer shot desd in plant
ing them upon our works, the men themselves new
got so near. ~e 49,
The situation at the close of thA day vas this
Grant had made violent efforts turn and brea
our right but had been most successfully renulse
and the Yankee army heavily punished; our me
holding almost every inch Of ground and the YaI
KEGS gauniRg nothing. Like Spotsyll.nia G. H.,