Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-03
FROM THE UNITED sTArRs.

We received, yesterday, Our flies Of New York pa.
psrs Of the Slst ui and copy OF the esaing edition
of the Baltimore AMERICAN of the date. The lat
ter paper gives the quotation OF gold at the First
Board, New York Exchange, on Monday, viz: 22l4.-
Nuch pice is occupied 10 the papers received with de-
tails of the recent Reconnaissance" below Richmond
AID Petersburg. The truth Is leaking ont that Mr..
Grant lost considerably more than "two hundred men,
in this tffAir We condense the following account
given by tie correspondent of the New York Tines Of
The MOVEMENT BELOW RICHMOND.
Erly on Thpr.day morning. the Eighteenth corps,
With lutEs division of csvsTy in advance of The in
fanny, followed up the DIbytoWn road and crossed
by wood patch, marching by The fink to the Charles
Oily road, striking it a. place known as Wnite's Tav
ern The object Was to press on % far possible to
the extreme right having strict ordtrs to bring
general but to sscertan the post Of the
euemyh left q INK, and to turn 1t II prsc.clble.
General Butler aud his long retinue of staff and
mounted body guard had gallopsd to Dr. Johnson's
house, on the Dnbytovn road. Here we found the
l0th corps posted in line Of BATTLE nearly in the same
poson which it occupied during the reconnaissance Of
two weeks since.
10th corps until Just before dusk, VIII the rebsls fell
back short distance, and our men advanced to the
edge Of the woods undsr cover OF sharp spirit from
the artillery They were ordered back again. as
the Fatr0Rfad9 movement OF tho enemy was simply
ruse 20 draw our men upon strong earthWork.
Meanwhile Gsnorsl Butter bad been In frequent COM
mupieason with General Wei since IL o'clock This
coumn bad not been In collision with the enemy. lie
sdyancs had been perfectly unobsruoted, but ii had
mot veptured within close range Of the enemys defen
oeg preferripg to march parallel with the works In the
expectation OF fading the looked-for flank. In this
Major General Wezsl got beyond the Charles City
roS1 and struck the Williamsburg road still further to
the right about three miles from its junction with the
Charles CITY, aud not far from the old Seven Pines bGt-
daft ad end seven miles distant from Richmond Here
va, vide opon space, and Disconnected redoubts on
either side Of the highway. The rain which had been
Increasing in severity, had materially retarded General
Wei z.i's movemei IS and IL sss nearly four O'Clock
when bis column reached this point on tho Williams
burg road.
The placs seemed favorable for demonstration, aud
Ieconnt issanee pushed firmly led to the belief that
tie works we're only fsebly Manned &C the enemy only
replied from singie gun in the redoubt TO the right
Of the road. Tho possession OF thess works. it cup.
posed, might have Commanding bearing on the len
inability on the ecemy's works further on tho lef ard
General Wez deemed !! ad Sabls to essay their car
ture. He, therefore, formed line Ct battle and sent
in 70 the sssaut Oulloms brigade, of harscns division.
and Fairohilds brigade OF Heckmsn's division. The
troops advanced CALAMITY under cover Of FIRE from
of batteries posted in the road, and went on
with cheer 10 within Q few hundred yards Of the
works on the right Suddenly the other work Of the
enemy opsnsd deadly eros FIRE Of graps end shrspns