Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-12


g elsewhere. the counst is IN q, tangled
lqpfiei tpd tdo sodiers spqsh aside The
gnsne7 and mod mQ1iat epsmies bursting
tnFonFn ina adioioIHe Efeyth of blshes
ana taeesfo ftes Tlta hens. -
Hai qr tlrea fourlhsoE an hour of al
ting success and rehllse, and Gen
HidsWorth ordht chaffe 70 fecoSsrfE his
onana tpd nom d sieht yaYering, Hs i
eheeFed lopdiy by his nen who loved the
aired chieiiain. One horse is shot
1nner him. He mountBa second and spnrs
estha trout hat 10 and, and NE should
nav won theni nai hi5 men SAW him fall.
SHOT tbro lhe head, killed IN;
3 ~, ny Y and hi9 beds ffll into the 9 hands
his dommAnd tel bac %. their. original
position with coup 10 fse order. w ads
4 Wqrth deAh il hef5y Iosa=scarceIy
I eH oiiieer 10 the nrmv ui could have been
igsttsr spared anc roleiRonld have been
more aeeply Tefieii Yesterday and
tto-oay ne nad d'spH snchmaFked abil-
= ~ lIHII Ir| |nrt ,Tnoelt ie re66Gs
niti94 epEa ;hapd asi % % sold der VINO,
4 now that he Is gdtie 4 % hardly be fs.
tplaced. HeNas a. 5lrns man, beloved. a
high toned gentlsm6a, 10 b6 pee Ted at
unshrinkiug patriot to bls em1lated, an
accomplished soldier, dead on the field of
honor, to be mourned.- siSr sia saf
But this battle does neePause for hero
| slain. From noon until s o'clock num-
Der OF sharp assaults ~ various points
were made aud hdinVafiably repnlsed, whetht 4,
er made by US or by the enemy. b 4ch.
one OF these affairs were materiall for u
long letter, but 6ud il simply imp ssRible
at this time to ASCERTAIN and write ont
correctly the facts in detail. j4s .,si,
Prisoners camR in Mt TIM raIa ~ 1nh'Ian
hour. The day was. excessively. hot, and
the men were much exhausted. We had
nclther gained moi, lost ground, but con-.
| tlnasd this thing long enough, and we
hoped to hnalIY wear them out, Atie3
O'Clock Hancock was prepsiing Tor gra6u
movement of our enttfe lett. He did nor.
make it for the enemy anticipated hin,
aud he hndi to Fepel perhaps the most
wicked assault thus far encohntered-b
\ in duration, but terrific in power aud sc. I.
perhuman momentum. re p itrsbP3 2
The FIRST few minutes we were stagReFG
ed Slragglers for the fest time iu iailiIhis
hghtingi to lhe rear in largsnum.
0eTs chOaking the roRdsi and cEusingi a
panic BY, Ibsir stampede iand inooherent,
tales OF frIghtfnla disaster. IL MAS even
reported at general hesdauarters that the
enemy had burst entirely through aud sop.
portS we're hurried up. Grant and Meade
seated their backs against the same tree
quietly listened TO the officer who brought
the report, and consulted astnopentiin low.
tones. The orders tor sending reinforce
ments were given, and for little time not
word was spoken in the groupe of mBrel
than twenty officers. They hut lookedsih,i
to each Others faces Ei.t,s,,.t3.... ,i5,;,
AT length Grant says. with lacOuic en-,
PaasisI II don't belieVeit.P HesWas right,
Long before that Hancock had recovered
from the fret shock, held. his ogpn awhile,
tro l4! ElIss MT E
minutes from this attack the enemy was,
completely beaten back with tremendous
slaughter, and the loss of some huudreds
OF prisoners. t-7 o''
1t was now nearly sunset. From one
end of the lins to the other not a shot
could be heard. The days work seemed
over. Our line Of Tonight would be that
of last night. The aug1ries were good.l
In two days fighting We had lost heavily,
but not more than the enemy. Our as Z
saults bad q been futile, but ihs euemy's.
bad been equally SO; and it is by these
massed assaults that he has ever achieved
his victories, M g7if. ssg 5,4..5.5 4
The inference, was clear that We had
oyeTmaIehsd him fighting at his best and
slro1gest. -. ~
Men separated in the beat of the day,
now cha1cing 20 meet Congratulated each
other, Tue rebels can't endure another
such day aud we eau, was the EXPRESSED
conviction on all hands, and this state.
ment epitomizes the situation al sunset.
H. The sun went down red. The smoke Of
the 6attls'of more than Two hundred thou
sand men destroying each other with viii
latuous saltpeter through all the long
hours OF a, long gidAy, flied the vaIlies and
rested upon the hills of all this wilderness.
hung in. lnrid haze all around the horizou.
aud tbuht dense canopy overhead, be:
meath which this grand army of Freedon,
was preparing to rest against the morrow.
Grsng and Meade lhAdrFetiredsto 10 their tsnts.s
Quiet reigned. but during thei reign of
quiet the enemy was forging a thunder.
/ bolt. So! 80
Darkness and smoke were. mfngline Ia
grim twilight, and fast deepening into Ihicki
gloom, when We were startled ont OF re.
pose back into fierce exeitemsnt. TheforRs
ed thunderbolt was sped, aud by a; ma ser.
/ a Wild rebel fell away to The riSht. Ws
knew they had imassed and we're Charging,
4 We waited for the syollsy with which We
knew SedgWiek would mee the onset. We
thought IL but nignt attack 70 sascertain
/ If We had chaBged o0r: position WeWere
i mise9 ssn-it was more. They meant 10
TO 6ieAk through, and they did. o. Sedg.
wick's extreme right lay the I'd Brigade,
Sd Division Of his corps under Gen. SEP
mour. who had been assigned % il baEtVo
days before. The brigade Is new 10 the Sch
Corps, and is k6oWuAs the MtIroy btgads::
connecting on ths lett of 5ey mpar by Shsf
ler'sand then Neilfs brigadesf the latter
being brigade of Geltyfs DIVISION thRt
had not been sent 70 Hancock. These
torrent, r6iliog aud dashiug IN living
+ waves, aud foodtbE Cup sgsi155 the who 1
4 6sh Corps! Ihesmain lane stood.Iiksa a rock,
! but not so 1he extreme right. That HanE
j was instantly add 1LtetIy turned. g. The
rebel line was the longer, and surge d
i laround Seymour's brigade, Linsd oyefsii