Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-05-12

whereabouts known by brisk canuouadinp
several miles south of the Tavern, in the
vicinity of Shady Grove Church, whrc .ior
three quarters of an hour he was sharply
engaged with large force of rebel cavalry,
and Il considerable force Of infantry, by
whom he was gradually forced back upon
the I'd corps
Had not the mancuvcrs of the evening
prevented, night would have found General
/ Hancock command at Shady Grove Church
connecting with Warren on his right. by
this manoevcr we would have occupied the
pike running in q northwestern direction
! from Germania Ford, on the Rapidan. -
! The movements of Lee soon revealed his
real design.
Gen Warren was directed to attack Hill
at once, which he did about II A. NJ. A
I determined fight Of one hour and a half en-
sued in which Warren drove him from his
position with great loss. Griilin's division
of the Fifth Corps led the attack and suffer
ed severely, nearly 1000 being killed, woun-
ded and missing. Finding his efforts to
break our centre futile, the enemy next at
tempted to interpose an overwhelming force
between Warren and Hancock, the latter of
whom, in accordance with orders, was
marching his corps rapidly to form a june
ton with the former Fortunately this ad-
vance, consisting of Birncy's Corps, came
up just i'll time to circumvent the rebel Cen
eral, who, at $50 p. NJ, commenced am on
slaugh on the divisions of Burney, Gibson
and Getty. The latter had been Temporal
riy detached from the extreme right of
Gen. Hancock command
The fight ragged for some time after dark
and resulted in the complete repulse Of the
enemy at all points. Our loss does not prob
ably exceed | 900 men. Scarcely any artl-
lcry was brought into requisition, the nature
Of the ground rendering it useless. The
battlefield is covered with thick growth
Of underwood and medium sized oak trees,
and it is owing to that fact that our losses
are comparatively light. Our captures in
prisoners arc about five hundred. When
Gen. Hancock's corps retreated toward
! Parker store, three hundred Of the 18th
Pennsylvania cavalry, under Maj; BoHnt9n,
sent to relieve the pickets several miles be-
low on the Spottsyivania road, we're attack
ed by a large body of rebel troops and drv-
en- back to Todd Tavern in confusion, and
quito Il large number were taken prisoners
by the rebels.
\ great and perhaps decisive battle will
be fought tomorrow.
A telegram from Hew Orleans, South
NEST Pass, April both, received by the Ti1b,
me, per steamer Morning Star, says a skir-
mish has taken place between Grand Ecore
and Alexandria.
Gen. Lucas. commanding the rear guard,
engaged the rebels under Wharton, two OF
three brigades strong, and fought him day
and night for three days. The rebels had
about 10000 cavalry, and harrassed oul
force until within nine miles Of Alexandria
Our forces were under Gen Emory
New YORK, May Private letters from
Chattanooga affirm positively that Genera
Sherman army would move on the I'd. His
force is large and in good spirits.
Private letters from Bull S Gap, Tenn.
the 9th ult announce the destruction Of
the East Tennessee Il Virginia Railroad fol
a distance of 80 miles, between Lick Greek
and GreenviIle, Tennessee, by brigade Of
troops belonging to General Cox $ command
Every bridge and railroad tie in the whole
extent of fifteen miles was burned. The
rails were bent, and the road left in such Il
condition that it cannot be repaired for sev.
eral months.
Another expedition left Bulls Gap on the
9th ult to destroy the Railroad over the
Watango river, 81 miles distant from the
Gap.
Our forces had fight during the move
lllcllI Nlill IL btul VI lnt cItlIll NilNttl .luu
wall jackson, completely routing him. Or
their return our troops burned all pridge
and tore up the entire track at all points il
their reach.
The HerdM has letter from yorktown
Of the 4th, stating that Colonel Onderlonl
with Il detachment of the lst New IDrl
Mounted Rifles, left Williamsburg yestcr
morning move on the old Richmond stag,
! road, meeting no distractions until the,
| passed Barhamsvile The party here divi
} ded, Major Whelan taking the York Rive
; road, while the main body moved to States
Vile The object of the division was to cap
: t,me the rebel pickets at New Kent Cour
House, near Slatesvlle. The column free
only on guerrllas, who at once feed. Th
= rebel outposts were one after another run
down and captured. The moment that our
/ column appeared the New Kent rebel force
which was stationed there, fed, when the.
were pursued some distance, when our force
returned the rebel force ut Battours
Bridge, consisted only Of Holcomb's : Soutl
Carolina Legion. On our return, when 81,
> miles from Barhamsville, after sevora
: torpedocs were exploded in dense Woo
and several men and horses hit, but no on
was killed.
PHILADELPHIA, May "A spcial dispatcl
, to the evening telegraph, from Washington
! says:
General Alexander Hays was killed O
Thursday, while deploying his troops as skin
mishers Gen. Bartlett and Col. Gurne
were severely wounded Gen. Hays was
native of Pittsburgh.
New YopK, May, l0-The Heyuld ha
:. the following relative to the battles Of Fri
day and Saturday
At 5 O'Clock in the morning the contes
was renewed along the entire line and tn
roar and hum Of battle came from ever.
quarter From certain indications It wa
concluded that Lee was reinforcing Long
, street on Hancock 5 front, and part OF Gen
, BurnSidc's corps was accordingly moved t.
his support, taking position to the left o
General Warren, and completely filling tn
gap into which the two brigades had bee
thrown the preceding evening On moyin
at daylight towards the assigned position
, through close forest, they found it occu
, pied by rebels, prepared to dispute its pos
session. The fighting at this point was owe
. by 9 o clock, finding it impossible to dislodg
e the rebels from their position. Early in tn
o morning Hancock was driven back close t
t his breastworks by superior force, bu
. subsequently regained most Of the los
n ground. Between 10 and | clock, how
i ever, Longstreet succeeded in turning tl
left by his advance, and throwing it int
e great confusion, This extended along II