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


-ei9IsaS ~ T7Iii 58yts ls;i saI oeas n.ii
MIN NIlllNlI g, 4 AZ = 1864
No word cams in iftom sedeWfck. II bsga1
tplbe feared that he aud Wright disdafned
TO u, were ptisonets. 50 HsHe3 sd
ARTILLERY moved quietly to commandtht
positions to be- eypfepsFed for the worst, and
co1ls head sfetty that were Ihe wtioie Sixth
Corps broken the army as an army would
still be inviuci6Is. Warren's corps il in.
stantly. but In perfect c0mp6sure, disposed
10 meet the sft1ati6n. Grant and Meade
and Warren are In Grants tent, 10 and
from which officers come and 90 With d
certaIn earnest dir that ibespeaks urgent
and important cares. So during an hour.
No firing has been heard the last three.
curriers' of an hour. The rebels must
have ceased to advance, but how far have
they Penetrated and what is the present
sit1ationIa fasia a2GeEa ss
The Corps ,asg comes in. Where is
the, 6th Corps chieftain2 Ny watch says
ten q scl6ck at nights "A dispatch received
John Se6EWick safe. Wright safe. The
Glib Corps holds a strong fine; only Sey.
pionF,s and part of Shaler's brigade have
been broken. The enemy can do nothing
more. The 9Th Corps proper has not lost
its prtsf fine glory Gomp lied 70 withdraw.
hpdef orders altar the deis IL on ot its tiSd Sc
il Is sill ihVin6ibl els now, and ever SHAH
be. I may not refrain from mentioning
for gallaptsy, Sedgwick's statfs and Gen.
Weights.
Riding 10 the thickest with rare pres.
ence Of mind aud rare judgment, they won
aud deserved Joh1 Sedpwick's en- pharic
Gems. Seymour aad Sha.
Ter were captured Il should be stated
that both are awarded by their division
and corps commanders every credit for do.
ing all man could gtoireIuVerI their, troops
from ON panic, .commnutcated to the latter's
brigade, not beginning there. Oar.
B Further Account.
q = ARNY OF IAE PoroMEc,0
Il y In SThe Wilderness, May 4. .i6Hf
a With the exception of the line occupied
by the 9th. Corps yesterday our original
positions are held this morning at eight
O'Clock. ~ !. ~.
5 At,seysn o'elo last night a. furious at
tack WAS made on SedgWickts line-Ihe
main assault occurring 90 the right, which
Was haally tnrned by the enemy. aud the
corps tereed 20 retire some distance to the
teara A gallant resistance was made by
SsdgWick, and at, y, N. his line was re-
established al tn ths position ii nov. oCcu-
= GQnslderaple eonfqsion occurred in sew
erhl regtments on ,he right, but momen.
taFily, however, as through the persoual
edOr,s OF SsdgWick and oLner Officers the
siragglers Were soon rallied nnd replaced
in line Of battle. 4=.aa5 A
An is quiet this morning With tho ex-
cePtion OF picket firing opposite our cen
tre. A thick volume OF smoke aud fog
envelopes lhe battle field and prevents 9he
conlinuances of yesterday e, conflict. The
fghtsat intervals all day yesterday on our
LETT was Ufsthe ifercest description. But
very little artillery was btougnE into re.
QUESTION, owing 70 the nature of9the bat.
tie teld, 'Which is covered with an almost
impenetrable growth of scrub. oaks ana
Ths fight was altogether
Qneso OF n1uskettyf and Gltho1Bh h6fs con.
was Que OF the most determined
and desperate battles OF the war. 5sa
+. Our loss in the 81 Corps alone cannot
fall short of three thousand in killed,
w6undedana.missiug. IS Charges and 'couus
ter charges were made at short intervals
during me day. and the ghnstly forms Of
hundreds of the combaLAnIs lying this
m9rnfng side by side in the vast chapparai
which formed the battle ground attest the
severity ofSthe- cOhhct. d-1ss 51l g. d
Brig. Gens1BArlow, commanding the Let
Division, occupied the extreme left of the
I'd Corp; MOTIFS division aud portion Of
Gen! sGi6bon's division held the centre,
While Birney with his own division, Rob.
insOu's of the 5th, Stsvenson's brigade of
the 9th, aud CArrolrs aud Ovens brIgaGes
ofihe 81 Corps was stationed on the right,
his line facing westward and 'extendinR 4
across tho plank road aud running from
Cnahcellorsville to Orange Court House
AT precisely 8 A. NJ. am advance OF the
Cd Corps was ordered, and with cheers
our men charged through q dense ,thicket,
surprising the enemy while at bFeA ktaSt,
and driving them in confusion from their
works, literally streWing the.
ground with the bodies of their killed and
and !csptufing large uamber of
prisoners. 3sf5S4 s7s
The rebels, astonished at the celebrity of
Haueock's movements were unable to raj
ly unttt We had pureued them two and
half miles from the Brock road, running in
q aporthwesterly direction &C! Par kerls store.
when, reinforced BY Longstreet, Who the
night previous bad come up to within ak
miles of he battle field, a 5taud was made.
and a terrific musketry fight enSued last.
ing until noon. Charge alter charge was
made by both sides, and as often tepulsed
up 10 that time, when, owing to an aect.
denthl circumstance, our hues were forced
10 fail back 10 The Brock road.
= At abVnt l2 n. HInking column of the
enemy charged on the double quick
through the interval between Gems. Motps
aud Wards Commands, fOFeiug back In
aome7 confusion several regiments Of the
right OF Motrs division Simultaneously,
q desperate charge was made in front, and
our line, yieldiog AZ last t6ithsterriiU on-
slaught, fell back cohtestf1g the ground 10
The Brock road, where the troops were