Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-14
The Battles Of Wednesday nnd
Tbursday.

accounts from the battle field up to Friday ,
when General GRANT had again
moved on the enemy's lines.
On Wednesday morning General SHERIDAN,
who led the advance, drove in JET. STUARTs
cavalry, on the road to Orange Court House.
suffered heavily, and in one CHARGE on Thurs.
day morning, of the Rebels they lost ten
killed and thirty wounded.
1t was not General GRANTS intention to
draw on a general engagement until he had
learned the exact position of the enemy and
had massed his forces. On Wednesday night
General LEE changed his front and by Thurs
day morning he was ready to give battle
with his whole army. General HANCOCK
sustained the brunt of the whole Rebel
army on Thursday, and held his ground
manfully, in many instances the Rebels fall
ing back, leaving their dead and wounded
in piles inside of our lines.
General ALEXANDER HAYS was severely |
pressed and sent to HANCOCK for help. He
was ordered to hold his ground twenty |
minutes, but ere the time was up he was |
carried off on a stretcher dead. We held |
our line on Thursday with but half our for
ces. Brought up BURNSIDE, made forced
march, and reached place in the line on
our right by Friday morning. His troops
iliuiCHCu up III oo'i' DutiahA, oiN' NV ~
troops were loudly cheered rs they arriv-
! ed.
Our loss was estimated at five thousand
up to Friday morning, while that of the
Rebels was at least ten thousand General
BARTLETT, Colonel GURNEY and Colonel
| HAYS, severely wounded, are all the names
that have reached us so far.
The battle has been fought in the Wilder
ness, where it is almost impossible for us
to use artillery, and the ammunition was
carried into the rear on strctchcrs that
brought out the wounded.
The battle of Friday afternoon has result
ed in our success at all points. We had
gradually driven them back for from two to
three miles, and repelled every assault, and
lost but two batteries. Our whole loss 1t is
impossible to estimate. The battle up to
the last accounts still ragged.
The telegraph line was put in operation
to-day down to Rappahannock Station, but
the War Department do not allow any news
of any kind to go over the wires from here
North.
LATER FROM THE FRONT.
GP. M-Although we are without details
of Friday and Saturdays fighting, enough
is known to give the most sanguine hopes
of our complete success iii very short time.
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has carried all his points so fa7 in his plans,
and is succeeding beyond his cxpccta-
, tions.
, The latest official intelligence yet received
is down to Saturday noon, when it was be-
lieved that LEE was retreatng toward
Orange Court House, though not in de-
moraliZed condition. 1t is rumored among
the Rebel wounded that General LEE is
badly wounded. Eight thousand wounded
, are en- route that supplies are being sent fol
=, three thousand more.
: BEAUREGARD IN A TIGHT PLACE.
WASHINGTON, May S.-Despatches have
been received announcing the occupation
of the Halfway House on the railroad by
General BUTLER. General BEAUREGARI
was at Petersburg with large force. This
cuts off Petersburg from Richmond and
places Fort Darling at our mercy.
: THE BATTLE OF THURSDAY.
t New YORK, Sunday, II P. M.-The spccia
J., correspondent of the Tribune writes OF
y Thursday night from GRANTS army =
: At any early hour this morning the SeconC
r Corps resumed its march in the direction
e of Todd's Tavern, reaching it before noon
G and in line of battle. At noon Genera
e WILSON, with KILPATRICK's former division
9 several miles southwest of the tavern, in th
Y vicinity of Shady Grove Church, for three
5 quarters of an hour was sharply engaged
with large body of Rebel cavalry and
c considerable force of infantry, by whom h
n was gradually forced back upon the Secont
., Corps. Had not the manGuvres of tn
o enemy prevented, night would have foun,
II General HANCoCK's command at Shad
l. Grove Church, connecting with WARREN oi
IF his right BY this manGuvre we woul,
I | boy ppcuninl tla nj RIM IN a mort IN
westerly direction from Germania Ford, ol
o the Rapidan.
The movements of LEE soon revealed hi
" real design. An attempt to cut our ccntr
by desperate attack
C On discovering his intention, Genera
r WARREN was directed to attack him at one
h which he did at about II A. NJ. A deter
\. mined musketry fight of an hour and hal
=. ensued, in which WARREN handsomcl
,e drove him from his position with the inflic
i. tion of great loss. GRIrFIN's Division G
the Fifth Corps led the attack and suferc
severely, its loss being nearly one thousanC
in killed, wounded and missing.
Finding his effort to break our ccntr
m futile, the enemy next attempted to inter
r pose an overwhelming force between WAI
= rem and HANCOCK. the latter of whom, i
accordance with orders, was marching hi
S. SuipS is'pitllg W ioIll JuHCtlou WITH III
c. former.
Ia Fortunately his advance, consisting ,
e. BIRNEY's Division, came up not IL momer
S. too soon and just in time to circumvent tn
A. Rebel General, who, at % p. NJ. commence
terrific onslaught on the division of Bin
lie NEY, GBBoN and GETTY, the latter of whor
Ie Lad been temporarily detached 10 form III
A. extreme right of IlASCoCK's command. TIL
" fight ragged hotly until some time after dar
and resulted in the complete rcpulse of tn
lc enemy at all points.
er Our loss in this engagement does nc
m probably exceed one thousand men.
Scarcely any artillery was brought int
c. requisition, the character of the groun
4 rendering it useless The battlefield
covered with thick growth of underbrus
nc and medium sized oak trees, and il is OWN
n to this fact that our losses are comparatiy,
ly light. Our captures in prisoners amour
ii to about Ave hundred men.
at omitted TO allude 10 the capture of
II, number of the Eighteenth Pennsylyani
nc cavalry on the retiring of llANcocK's Corr
st toward Parker's Store. A party of thr,
.d hundred cavalry, under the command {
Major BRINToS, of the Eighteenth Pennsy
3. yania, was sent from Tocd's Tavern to rC
n. lieye the pickets stationed several miles b,
IN low, ON the Spottsylyania road, and in err
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