, 1864-05-27

Further Details Of Grant Great morc-
meNt.


"1eaAS91oS' Aa9 n, 1904.
1ocr co1essondent With the aray Of the poto
| mac send1 the following Interesting Account q
| tl,c hatt,cs IN the North A,ns 1;ra--
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Tnnrr NJ 49, =, = 49, -. n,
Monday. NAV s. 1a4Gar M
l. a,,,her a,x or r,,eo,,,,
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:" 'o0 'eeo'o y! tno army u lne fotomae- I'M
1ono"1fg Is I'LL and 6ucc.ret statement Of TIT
| dny's eyeutfnl history,
r1a rho,a snnvu.. :, ,,,4,.
| 0'. so'" "t3cS oa'
nsA'' ano ~ 1ue 7'n eo'ps were 10 more toward:
North Anna taFer. The Old telegraph road fron
Washington, VIA Fredericksburg, WAS tho line a
1ns,rb tor a11 .ha tronna
| mr.
:. :" ''''" *ue III
1ee4 nain 'oao ifom bo"nne dfcen to Hanover
court House" The two roads run almost parallel
60 that tie movements Of troops covered and p,o.
tec,cd comp,ete1v those of the t,oin. w,-,., h.a
ucsmoed on the telesrsnh rocd ja.t n,eht IT,,
n;cbt burnside and Hancocl started ,,.nr md .
leading item into II in The cours, of The mornfnr
Hancock. having CANNED several r1,,e. f,rthe,
eorth than the others reached frat and cn,tirrna
at the head Of the west column. In Tho eonrsc n,
the morning ittbecama positively established thst
the whole rebel army Ind the start Of ua in thc
saoctsnent f0traFds Rich,ao1d, ItHas nat in mo.
ton Saturday afternoon, EwelVs and Looestrret'a
corps striking directly from Spotteylyania Conrl
uorsc .or tie telegraph road, and HIii's moving
towards 1t via Chileebn.g.
The head Of Warrcn'e column was not ma,y
horss bch.kd the rear CT Ewell'e, and 1t was only
BY season oi lie absence Of cavalry, that their
trains got eatt1y away. Hancock's corps reached
this point, Mount Carmel Church, before noon OF
yesterday, cid continred on the telegraph road to
Chesterfield, or County Bridge, on tho North Anna
river.
Na17cr. following Hancock, turned to the right
on the read leading in southwestery dire:tton to
Jcrichoe CT Eunes's Ford Of the North Anns.
Burnside had orders TO turn OF the telegraph road
about half way between this place End Chesterfield
nf1ose, ED fafc the road to Oxford Ford
Wright WAS 10 march In TIC wake OF Warren.
da1cot E fesenec Inc VICINITY OF the river about
O oocE. ano discovering me enemy In force on
1ne nef'h, eaaE inc approaches to which, both
along the tde1opn road and the Potomac aud
taeolaono fnllfona, ~eEo protected by redouots
a1lo A1es Oh si-e PITS. ne AaAco anu io.ncd his
a'o aa s."i 80 a's w., us .e ~. .so'a tns f17e'
""o ;" 1A' 44S "ao le1' VI LUZ 1"o
'oaIs' ~.
.s,i"I ~. s1.ano ~" "es au.sa5 eo,a "'ln WOODS
III - .s o"n a.ons tns 14eapa
t.1'. a..4oss fu' Cose'5
sAtt''us &c ,nc'' eeaiea" .anoes aao washed at
.Ss1"~,.a s p-ss - eman ses' anu forming
M a1o'.e'nef w 1aous Pos.lon 'or tns enemy
lae "Ant o4 sqo"'eose oi INC ground delayed
'as 'ufaaa.lon ~ ,ssnsock .ne; ~nlca was estao
'.s-.u 80 ]euus ss-A3 WIN ulooons o1s1s'ca 10
rsht M ' .na Tx,ers hes,s s,t,a.r ,enns ~ .se
.a,,t-a ~ -ssa,r.. ''''~@' - '1pF''@ ~ "e
thon, 49, ,.r,or1,-o,zs..s ,.
c;hbons enconu+c-ad b,-a,v 49, eano.,+,o, $500 -
vsnc,nc IN ths ,fS1s 1rsr ~ ~ aa
49, ~ NC ,44e .ue .4se4' oot ornes
The fnrmersa ,jyis;nn vne formed IN m .,.,.
~, ~ r.aa.,, ""a to1d!se ~ ~ u ens.e
~ ~ 49, ~ ~. os4saoe On tne ae'l, CO.. faeFeea
Excelsior Brigade in the center, and BlsisdelI's
br1ra5e in reserve Mott,a hr,ooda of n,-,o.rs. =;
1;sfor tor.hsa -. p,-aa.,. .,as. to" ~ w.
FaElen toucheo on hnney,s f1sht. As soon as Biz
ney'e lille emerged from the woods at the base Of
the RIDGE the enemy OPENED noon it with npns,-erx
from theIr r1ae.p,te on the ida ~ NJ th~ -o.d ,na
With an enflading fire Of shot and sbe1f from some
Is pieces ofarillery stationed In sections at le-
ferent commanding points,
tnele oos report enos-1 ..
WAsH1EGros, May ss.-The steamer State Of
Maine arrived this morning with about 400 Of our
ns"-s ~4 49, ~ ..o9"4 Wv s"o - App.nauaoek
a'e5' "nere taeg Teie transferred to her fom
the George Weems, which brought them down
YESTERDAY tf,ere ,Ferrhnt srn ,ro,ndA ~ -.-,,,r-
H.. - xs.aj..;a,ls,as ~ 49, "uuuaea =. ,sAah.'
ing u ttcaeslckso1te, ana Ihese: was thought.
could be removed last night AL the stores. &C.,
at that point were rapidly brought OIL, and it If
nrnhahre that today ,he plaee IN comn1ete1v ann
III
aeo.
At Port Royal i pontoon bridge waa being
thrown acrose Yesterday aftrruo,n
The SUE of M.ine rano-, - ~. ~ .,,,.
49, " "Auo 1e@of's tHsl 10 eaeflllas OF
oohHaeuoos "eFe encountered 1toug tho Kappa.
hammock, our Cunbocts being Tcry viei1ant in pa-
trolling The r1ser
re,-,n,s. ,,. .....
M EoATAxse !noNEoE7 may 8--IhA STEAMER
tnomas 9s aoMsal' man hoat from Bermuda 1an.dug,
n9s Jost a1!47sa sna repoEs MI quiet at the font
oEAaupA. noh3RLD, ~, may 22-Adtaara1
Lee nss uts&atIea toEpeoo and picket dieiaioa
~ SIa Ii eAs " t4e lanes Aver OF torpe
aoes: ce ntsison Is consists 1rn Of three Rnnboats,
sefen a1mea ooats ano 1G0 men, and precedes the
nte5 ~ als aa'1uce up tne f1ser. They have a. !
leaoy oecuIso s!esen en nler9al machines fonr Of
n'Go W ttSV5 po91oa. AND one contained
~ uPG1nnus VI p1"uel. t1ey 5se au very sclen-
;aei - .e1sn;a. h.t+aa. u. soppef wires
!eaunS ~ Sssseutc oat]e.ieS " eeore, and BY
mesnt o. VINCE sheS Mete 70 hare been exploded. I
n eve!J n:!lnT anu aesp par 81 Inc c1apnei they
Hase @ VEsn nu.,A ~ tais.e nua5e!s. Mneh taken
out o. e i5 mstS & agu1n III ~ os II perfect
s ~ ~. ~ - its would
10y ~ & t y. ttne ool omcers
and
to hsnd!s them E!.h the G.estes. ea5e Whs emo