The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-05-13


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kins' tavern were drvan IN with n severe loss.
leaving many wonnded On thc field r
GGdiths division was moved forward ON our
ricbt about II o'clock 10 focl tho cnemv,s posi.
tion and were met bv tber rebel General K p.
| Hill, supnorted by General EwclI In the nc.
ton which took place we cont,,red about. 800
prisoners, though il is reported we lost two guns.
Meantime Hancock marched bis corps TO the
right to connect with Warren. and had hardly
rot into position. his left resting on or near
lChanecllorsviIle. when ,he, was ottackted bv
Lonpstrcet with Ma full corps. and part Of
Ewell's.
Gen Hancock with tbe assistance of Gettvs
division, 9Th Army Corns were under mlskot
fire oftwo and half bdnrs Duration In which
his command suffered severely. Development
showed Lee to have his whole force in our front.
This I,no,ylcdoe Of tbeir nositon wos Of course
bichlv imnortent and was fins attained onlvy
by tLSe graocst sk III in bandlino our troons II
MT being the nrrnosa If Con Meade 10 nd vance
| lie ormv he orJereJ limo If battle to he held
III nnrnina The nos;tior nrr troons held m
Thmsdov niebt WINS nnrallhl with and little in
odvnnco of tIo rood rrom Gcrmonio Ford 10
CLonoeI,orsville ,Le two fonla reat;ng on tboac
nn;nts and General bcodnnortors ot tbo Wilder.
ness
Meanwhile. in tbc afternoon, tbc advance of
the Ninth Corps crossed Germanla Ford, taking
position on our right Hank;
burnside rear arrived thls afternoon
u was nndcrstoou tlat general at.aeR was
TO DC mado ms morning ana hea,y Hriig hNu
commenced Wheh L lelL abiiiFco uloch. iivnN
eannonadlng was heard whenl paFsed hei'y
rord' about hine ociock lhls morning Wn'cn
lends me TO believc |@haa dflyen t'ien' 10 thch
deienscs, as no heavy guns could De Drought III
to action in the former position.
lhere ought TO De no donpt that mere m nus
strength by astuoorn ana gallant delfhSe' WIN
oeen grand victory as MEAD showea mls
out using hali the command nc mas undoubtedly
brought INTO action to-day
The troops are IN high state oi ehlhu'
siasn,
The two armies lay on their arms a, an Wca'
ne5dav night and at daylight on lhuisday
the battle opened again, ana rAged WIN tl'
greatest iIpy on Doth sides untll DARK WhPh u
was iothd that tie enemy had Dee,i lIrc,s' PACK
IN the two days about two mics ana nall leaV.
ING heaps OF dying, Killed ana wounded on 'the
field, to be buried and taken care OF ny our
troops Wehove heard various estihlat,s maue
mcnt it is usless to speculate on the subject
Every one knows that it must have been teri
bic.
o ,,,.nsn,,,. ,,rr,r
~ an, VI i"' MA, ~. = ,''
NEW oRK, May 5-ihe tribune mas ie,-
ter rom thc army dated lh','sday high', whlc'
says har'y tiis morning g thg 4, ruIen M was n,
sumed IN the dlrcctlon oil Iods iaV'rh' W'ilc1
point was r'ached oe!ore noon a'lu .rp0pS l'iaeeu
IN line OF bnttle at ~ d. ueheral " 'lSon' con-
mandnE fitzpatrick iormer caVaify oiNis'oh'
made MS Whereabouts known oS nr'sh c''llol'
aiding several niies eouthWest OF we tavern " "hu
IN the vicinity OF shady Hfove ohuFGh' WHert
Tor three Quarters OF an hotr nc was SHARPLY 9,h
gaged WIN large uouy VI r'pc' e,N"'It "'Iu
considerable torce OF infantry oy whom he ""'
gradually iorce1 10 laii oack'
Had not the darkness OF evening IreVeh'Ie.
the night would nave iound zen. nancueK &c
command at ahady GROVE ohuren' WIN war,
ren on his right, byths maheuver' we woulo
have occupied the PIKE running Ill h3rthwest'
ern direction from utrmahiaiofao on 'ne halianh
The movements oi Lee soon revealed ms real de-
sign, ,,,,
Gen, Warren was directed to attack nm a
once, which he did about ii A. NJ deter
mined tight OF one honr ana nan ensueu
in which Warren drove him from his postiol
;i,h I'll 'fTnnt i pss. Griiiins d'v,Sa,nn nt tho It
ou V oon w "s''tn ,,;I, ""u 9un'ieg e'I're'y
sna Tndng u T his % cor 10 "IS" breo o, uu oonts s
fp4ilo tbe enonov navt ottcmntod to ;n4orno.
an overwhelming force between Warren an,
hanecK' u1e ia'tSr OIL Wnoln' IN accordance wiz
Orders was marching MS corps rapldly to form
junction with the former 3m torI.lnately ms M au
vance, consisting oi hrhey sc0rPs, came up Jus
IN time to circumvent the rebel general VINO, a
-? I. M, commecel tSntie onslaught onIh I'll
division OF BrneY Glohons ana Getty lh'
latter mad been temporarily detached to Torn
the tn, FeStreme lett Of Hancoeks command :
Inc hght ragged until some tine aiter dark, ant
resulted IN the complete repulse OF the enemy a
all points Our loss does not probably exceed
a, ooo men, Scarcely any artillery was brough
into reqnisltlon, the character OF the ground ren
derlng 1t useless The battlefield Is covered wit
thick growth ot underornsh and medium s'zet
oak trees, and 1t sowing to that TACT that on
losses are comparatively light Our eTTptures !,
prisoners are abount five hundread. Hancock
corps retired toward Porkers store three nun
dred of the 18th Pa Cavalry, under Mao Brnn
ton' sent to relieve tine pckets' several mle