Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-05-20


Washington, May l4-l0 2. MO MAJ. Gen.
DiG: The following kilograms have just been
received at this Department from Gen. Butler.
No other reports have been received by this de-
partment this afternoon. +. N. STANTON.
Half Way House, May 14-8 A. Mo z.
II. Stanton: We are still before the base of the
enemy's works, at Drury Bluff, Fort Darling.
The enemy are here in force.
Gen. Gilmore, by flank movement, with
portion of his corps and and brigade Of the
18th corps assaulted and took the enemy's works
on their right. 1t was gallantly done, and the
troops behaved finely. We held our lines DUR
ing the night and shall move this morning.
B. f. BUTLER.
Another dispatch dated Half Way House, May
Ia 10 A. NJ, is as follows:
Gen. Smith carried enemys first line
on the right this morning at 5o'clock. Our
loss is small. The enemy have retired into
three square redoubts upon which we are now
bringing our artillery to bear with effect
B. F. BUTLER.
Yesterday afternoon his advance pickets cap
tured rebel courier with dispatch from Beau
regard to the officer in command of Drury's
Bluff. The dispatch said Hold your position
until | reinforce YOU'D o'clock Z. NJ. In two
hours the rebel reinfOrcements came. General
Butler had sent force to the turnpike and
X.
Gen. Ames is in a position TO keep Beaure-
gard in Petersburg.
The rebels at Drury IS Bluff are not disposed TO
fight without reinforcements.
rebel prisoner captured last evening, says
that Gen. Lee admits loss of 10000.
Headquarters Army of Virginia and North
Carolina, Proctor's Greek, Va, May Ia, via Fort
Monroe, May 16.-At daylight Gen. Burnham's
brigade charged on the enemy's outworks at
Proctor's Greek, and carried the entire line Sec
tion by section.
At 10 O'Clock the batteries opened on the en-
emy, who had fallen back to line of heavy earth
works, near to Fort Darling. The enemy re-
piled briefly until two P. NJ, when the batter
les and sharpshooters silenced thee enemy guns.
Nothing more was heard from the rebels DUR
ing the day.
Our batteries continued until suDdowD. Our
loss was one hundred and fifty, and we captured
few prisoners.
Major Ainsworth, ofthe 10th New Hampshire,
was wounded At A o'clock in the afternoon a
shell exploded the magazine of Fort Darling.
Proctors Greek, May ia small rebel gun
boat came down opposite Fort Darling this
morning and threw several shells into our cav
airy and then retired.
Lieut.. Col. Pond, of the lst U. S. cavalry,
discovered three torpedoes in the James River
this morning
At noon the enemy came out of their fortii-
cations and attacked Hickman's brigade. The
fight was altogether with musketry, and lasted
until O'Clock. The enemy were driven back
to their works. Sharpshooting was continued
along the lines, and the rebel artillery was kept
silenced
AT 8 o'clock last evening the enemy advanced
up our lines near the Petersburg turnpike. A
short and sharp musketry engagement ensued
which resulted in the enemy being driven back
to their breastworks.
Bermuda Hundreds, May l6, 8 A. NJ, via
Fort Monroe.-The rebel iron-clad Richmond
fleet, but the monitors drove her back.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 18th says that
Gen. j. E. b. Stewart funeral occurred on the
18th in Richmond.
New York, May 1.-THE World learns that
large reinforcements have gone to Butler, and
that his force amounts to $4,000, divided into
three forces one menacng Petersburg, keeping
rebel troopsHthere, another besieging Fort Darl-
ing and a third, larger than the others march
ingo Richmond. Prominent officers predicted
that the city would be ours by the 18th. In
addition to the reinforcements alluded to Sher-
idans cavalry expected TO render great as
sistance to Butler.
Information has been received that Kautz has
cut the Danville Road.
New York, May 1.-THE Herald's cores
pondence from above Chester Junction. Va,
May ID gives an account of the advance of our
forces under Generals Smith and Gilmore upon
Richmond. A well conducted maneuvre was
executed which placed Gilmore in a position to
flank and take line of rebel entrenchments
stretching from West of the Richmond d Peters
burg Railroad to the James River,
A second line into which the rebels retreated
was the next day attacked, and 1t was found to
be much stronger, but was finally carried by
stOrming, and the rebels driven into an enclosed
work at the left. 1t was expected they would
easily be dislodged from this position, when it
was believed our forces would be West of all
Notifications, with clear road TO Richmond, on
ly about eight miles off.
Petersburg papers are quite despondent, tho
claiming the victories.
The loss of seven Brigadiers and forty Colo
nels is admitted, indicating heavy loss of en-
listed men,
Prisoners say that according to Richmond
gossip Lees loss was terrible.
Beauregard, it is said, had by shrewd strate-
gy got his force by ours and went into Rich
mond or perhaps to Lee.