The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-19
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The position was too valuable to be lost
The enemy proceeded at once to plant
battery in the ground about the house.
which threatened to enflade our left wing
complately, andt the sixth corps was order
ed TO drive them back, retake and hold the
Hill. The order reached General Wright
an hour before dark. At that time the main
body Of the sixth corps was still in reserve
this side Of the Ny river; but it was imme-
diately sent forward to the left, bahind a
piece of woods to cross that stream, and
form a column of assault The river was
unbridged; and was so swollen by the rams
that the ford was next to impossible. BE-
fore bridges could be constructed it was
dark, and the assault by the sixth corps had
TO be abandoned. tstf
Meanwhile battery was placed on an
eminence to the left, commanding the house.
Another. also bearing upon the house, was
already in position near the house OF Gen.
Warren, whose corps was encamped and III
line of battle to the right. These two bat
teries opened fierce and rapid FIRE upon
the enemy weakening and scattering their
line to such an extent that just at dark the
regular brig ade of .Griffins iivision, Fifth
corps, commanded by Col. Ayers, charged
up the hill from the right and took the
place without difficulty. Some losses
among our troops resulted from the neglect
of the battery on the left to cease firing in
time. While they held possession of the
house and grounds the enemy behaved to-
ward our dead and wounded with remarka-
BILE barbarity, refusing the latter every at
tention and rebbing them of everything =,
The body of Lieut.. Colonel Wiebecke, OF
the second New jersey regiment, was found
stripped naked, lying in an orchard. This
closed the days fighting, the enemy being
driven back into his entrenchments. Some
sharp skirmishing occurred during the
night.
During last night the army again chang
ed position toward the loft. The sixth.
corps have taken the position Oh the right,
which they failed to obtain last evening"
To the splendid Vermont brigade attached
to this corps, was last night added a new
regiment, the fifteenth Vermont, heavy ar
tillery, fifteen hundred strong. The second
corps, except Birney's division, which re-
tained the works occupied by this corps
Yesterday, moved up and is now massed to-
ward the left in the rear. Nothing but
skirmishing, and occasionally cannonading,
has occurred to day. The lines uf tho en-
envy are mostly concealed in the forest, and
il is plain that be does net wish to risk bat
tie in the comparatively open field, cross
ed by part of our line. 1t is questionable
if General Grant wishes to risk another di
rect attack upon the strongly intrenchd
line of the foe until the reinforcements now
on the way are at hand. Considering the
miles thus far traversed, the proportionate
slaughter if continued all the way to Rich
mond would use up both armies very com
completely. Active preparations for some
new movement are nevertheless being made
and they cannot be made without bringing
on more fighting. Everybody thinks that
we will in such an event have more advant-
age in position than those we now hold
The order for two days additional ratlons
has Just been issued, and whatever move
ment is made will be toward the 'front.'
The total number Of guns captured in last
Thursdays engagement is now reduced +"
eighteen, instead of the fort5 two reported
at headuua ters. The total number OF prls-
oners captured by us is eight thousand =
The number of colors twenty two.
FURTHER ACCOUNTS.