Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-17
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,, III 81: lrY a.: alive operation" ha
s.w";d "ia.! n wi,'.aa: any ma.eria! chang
IL liz !',a,a;o 81 :.I:igs since yesterday. Tlt
!in's 4 -: eaGny extend ;hi6 meraiug, St
lar - ri: oar information gocs, from Todd,
i Ea",sn, w. 4: rj.ht. - Fredericksburg OF
Tia :,G. Y-s'tE! va Grht pccarred for Ham
lion, Crossing, " ..c IS now in cur poEss5
si3n. ana III. douD:l ,ss bD hsi!, uule5- some
GncEnto.ed m9yc,neut-Jf the enemy should
justify H. 'r.auatinn. The fight was stub.
hrrn. = co..: tt,'T,! by tlo v?any, b-t'W i!houl
ayiii.
! ! "rlta il;g 0:.,ra:e tie nn;ut where the
! Iii; co,-Irr"! Sunday i1r ths ross:s-ipa o.
| $50 S;ivaaia Court House. TllD enemy OBJ
! I..Ec.t il first, but WAS afterwards driven a
and withdrew HI lives. Uu. cavalry stood
tiip:r gr.u:d. iut he heavy infantry rcir-
| f). rauru.5 ot tie ra.Iy would h.yc com
Ic.ieL vs tn r.5i:c, but !cr the oppGrtunc
coming ~ Of Ca. Andersen, with the First
Corps, who tarrw in Humphreys, Laws end
tI'''i ~ S'i ia. lieu
! the lid Il; /, ,.aGaa :he 6ncn.T To ISL bnck
,u.cl po.acssi1n. Here il vas th;.: Iankse
general Of cavalry vas killed, and his body
lNicnn The ti:id, 80 hnstg waa the retreat Of
the enemy.
Yesterday nothisg Of Interest occurred along
cur infantry iines, cave occasional heavy
ADMINISTRATIONS Of the enemy; and ms. rig!t
Passed nway quietly, except ab"us IN hours
duration Of sharp picket skirnlish:ng ut IN
| terva's aloEg the lincs.
The expectation u that The principal fight
ii the weeks cain;a icu will occur to-day a1d
will be- opened by the attack OF the enemy.
Il is nceGic;= t. say that the skill ard genius
II our gcL1ra'-;n-cticf ard the ainluess and
Cc!cT:l net:";, ii or n,.n, that have iilua far
thwartHd tis Cifnrts a. rycrY point GTo not
unrioparci 'nr aEy demonstration he m:iy
ciaks. Tho Yankees themselves must conccde
;h':c Grams r:wpgign 'so gar = signal fail
uT2. II ts!z'r ncwspap.rs Ir6 any II hcx Of
on:lai op'rnn, Grant anticipated tho speedy
destruction % our army several DAYS ego, and
Instead Of cEcoratariny an igorassabfo wall Of
brave mnn confronting and rcpulsing him at
every '"in:, ho expected 10 be !r:um phantlY
marching 10 Hchm1rd. While Gen. Lees
arrsy t%sts Richmond will never rIil. and all
,iIa:ogy 70 .hat end will be Of no effect until
it is destroyed. Any other general bus Grant
would have, several days ago, recrossc,l Tie
river and acknowledged himself whipped!
The Telegraph bias already Informed vcu
that NJ Friday evening last General Johr Is
Gordon, ii Alabama, performed tnn most
brilliant achievement of the war With six
h;!.,.,;"4 hi fell upon the sIcmy's cxron"
right i!.Tk aud roat2I brigade after brigltr,
i'll detail. IS fast ~ they came III AMI hciuca
they enu;d be put in position. IL killed. clr
lr.I;cc Bri-a'!ier and cspt;Irrl t.s1, with five
ha,"tci p i',"cra,. ten ti:Du-:.rd stand q;
IN" arms. AMI blankets and nacoutrrman.s
Yi:nptu numhIr. General Gordon desired to
make the ;.;!a:k Friday morning, but. Contra
y I, III, nwH ni-hNs, did not receive The order
u ai7arre until lat: in the afternoon, ami
began Ike at!%ci; ahOnt IN. hour Lelc
sunset, forming lis lire OF battle at rigrt
ang.a- to tee enemy extreme right
But frr the late h3u: ~ which the attack
Was maic. TIE Yankees on thas portion If Tho
Inc. at least, would haTr been driven into ;le
Harplhan:. tx, a:i their entire army 1emn-
r::i::c'!. General Gordon is undl ub:"'iiy tic
StOaew"ll Jackson Of this army. liz haa
h.en placed N cnrnmaLd Of division. and, It
i, GHlH-st"cd, will b. promoted Ma IT Gens
rGl. In addition % this brilliant achieve
mrn:, Gen. T!.on, with III. d. gaI,, w.ipp"d
thee lines Of battle on Thursday, rs officially
rerrrtcd y Gen Ew,li.
Gen. Il j. Ii |! beng to) si,'k lpr tho field,
General Earl? has l'a"n riare: il command Of
his corps. General 4 IL. Anderson assumed
rl;;nni.i oI General LHngs.roet's Corps Sun
day n,orni1:: General Fields, Of Hosd's old
division, having taken command Of j: imme-
4iateiy a!te- General L7ag1Ereat w6a wound
Ell. Big Gen 1l2v' alt his brigade have
been transferred to J)hason's division.
GT6ntd dead arc yet unburiad entirely.
sven on The first battlefield CT Thurs lay
Fney have 81 unable to remove them Under
cur. fire, aud. heirg Invariably driven back.
have asked 10 tTcGJ for the purpose.
TIE i.Gkeo General Wmdswnr;h, mortelJ
%cunIci 81 Friday died Sunday morning. IT
one OF cur F,ald Hospitals IT, WINS shot in
me crown o. tine head, tho hall having pcrc.
rated ;hn etuii. lea=ing the brain pro
trading. j. va in t'iS r9ydit;Dn tbas lie WAS
;olui IN Frils" -varitg, by Captain A. G
Murt:n, of ~" Gosh Georgia, and Captaia
Mott, Vi Cen. Hatr,jng's staff, who, discover
Ing lis r2ai;, spoke t, Linn. and finding him
unconscious or unable to speak. end favored
. Tcgus"itale Kim ny Gd;nlisc ring sinlu-
lanr. Tnc woradad man aenrici to aprro--
slate the c!l.rt. hns the remeIy was iHtii',c-
mll. Captain Morton then wiO the words
"Gencral Waisworth, nG Ncs York" on g
slip o; ?aIcc, -! t. ri"nirg it II the lapel Of
:,is jat, LEFT him. General Lie, passi: By
aftcrwar Is, ordered him % be takon to tho
Fel; Hospital. General Walsworrh will BIZ
rslclnb I'd asa prominent GEd very wealthy
NJ N of Wc:te-n New York and cz Mayor Of
Buff 10. H.: wfs Il member Of the old Con-
s-csS a'51 i'r t:cO or moro yccrs, a2d was
SHynl urls opponent in TIE last lrubernatorial
clnpnicn in New York. In politics he WIS n
Sof: Sha! Dem era. and afterwards one o.
lie Trainers Of tnc Black Republican party.
The weather is hot ~ Tcphet. yet Cu7 go
r;Jus troops seem MT to regard tlat or M?
other rTi alton Incident 70 being 70 Iorg an!
c)nsnn.IY in Inc Of ha.tlc. Th.re ia NJ hois-
tcrrus mirth among them. rf course, &c there
il in camp, -: :hay are cheerful. confident
determined. aud, apparently, Indifferent to
personal safety.
The haad1rl.rtar, nf .thr Geaoral-iH G :ie!c,
"a veil ~ Ui c3rpl a2i i visions. having been
ampil:.iir;.ly sin The -adLi." since Thursday.
auj the enemy cI,l'tgntly moving further
and further trhm tins srny, telegraph and
post uliicd {, mmunication has been very i. Ill
cult by either, especially hT e maa not
mounted Wll wri:c again t,>morrow, and
.sl"graph al we'll as wriSa, i.~of;an a. prac.;-
caj'-.
S.&sn;is;,;ns tad ht:.k ;2.luerIi"g pro-
sres.es IN ON lei: and centre as close this
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