Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-17
7Hg NEWs-BA7TLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE

BE4UREGARD VICTORIOUS--B RECKIN-
RIDGE WHIPS SIGELsAT NEW MARKET
JOHNSTON SUCCESSFUL ATDALT0N--THE
YANKEES CHANGING POSITION NEAR
FREDERICKSBUR FROM OTTER
QUARTERS
general usegeHasat between the Confederate army
under Ger. G. T Bssursga-d, and the Yankees, under
Beast Bu'le-, conmenesd yesterday.
The sncnys line extended to the vieiaity Of ,eWrys
B!tF lesvpg space Of about half mile between
tsr rgas flask aud the river. Az early hour In the
naming sufficient Confederate force, upder General
R.resn, moved dawa the liver bank, and tsrasd tAs
sEeuy, rgH aak, driVag them tOwsrds their ceOtro,
With hss7y Oss sad capturing several hundred pri-
so=ers.
Al allser hOsf. cur fcrOSs near the Half Way House
made vigorous sssaus upon The eceny's centre, and
oap.ussd sons artillery.
TEE foIcwig Is the 6Iss dispatch received from Gen.
Beau, gard ye ,e'tay BY the War Department
DsrwSTs BLUEE, Nay l6sh, 1864, sSOA II.
TO Gen B. Bragg:
Our progress is very ss,isf,csosy. Gen Il Ransom
ta,a-1 ne elemJs mes river aAnk early AS norn-
leg, and IS driving him towards our right We hold
81 on the rgh, and are pressing the enemy back in
foni Of cur centre, disabling and capturing some ar
tilieFy.
Cen Ransom stoEmsi the breasiwOrks, took fsur
sand Of colon, aad about three hundred rIsoners.--
Our loses, On the whole, appear not to be heavy
G. 7. BEAuRlaAkD.
Among The prisoners captured are Big. Gen. Q. A.
Hsesn Commanding DV.s.On,) his SAT- aud over
a. cen bund Cd Reconnaissance officers and priVatss
We subjon the nsmss OF some Of tee Off ers Iegis-
tered az tb1 Lbby yeslerday;. Col Lee, 27Ih
Mlss.; Gel Ri,sari White, SSH Penn; LisuL-COL W
Bas-holm-w, 27.h Mass; LsRL-C T + Bernst',
Ssh Penn, Oar tains ] H NuttiDg, sWih Edgar
Kipale, A R Wills, ia, agsr, E Lewis, b No
Donald Jas Mezger, W Fox, Henry Biebsl Il Jsn-
kns, Jr.; D s;o2o, jas Il PURGE, q n Philips.
o hers e san ar and Ees grade too Aumeroui 10
nsndcn, when spec is 50 valuable snd tie press of
n, vs. heavy on tur eOamns, this morning quar-
tersd n eotor abe prisons in eitY Ehea they came
10 dssuoy. Nay this oreV,n ten fold worse, be the
fate Of every Y ukes who invaiss our soil
CFFlcxRs KuLED AND wouxDED.
We regret TO learn that Lieut. Colonel Aaury, Of tie
24:a vrsinh Regiment, badly wounded in thsAght
yss-sTd.y.
Gel Ayis,, Of SD Va, was also wounded slightly in
the sloa.is- zhie in a 7 snkee brsasiEork which his
men bal g4iiG-dy charged aad CARR d. be reports
Lieut. Bak, Of hs regiment wounded, and Lieutenant
M4r45l= kid
Lisa,-COl. Aiken and Cap,. Rade5gs, Of he esd
Tenn, L'.ut.-COl Floyd. Of - Tenn, Lieut. C,L
NeE7s1, AN Tenn, souaded.
on YoUR LEEr.
Ba.tol's, Ksnper's and Graeey's brgades were ea-
g,ged o. OIs l.ir. Fayi, men lOeght syl.uady. and
in spiss OF The obs5pc.ons which tie Yankees had
cree ID, they Grove them m1re thai u IL and hale.
A TIC line o. Watng, We have no. been able 10 get
a Do. CT Ga easd4lt ss sless brigade Gee. .Gracty
vas algaiy EOu-sed o7 a spent bal.
Al Gs.al tel,g am rom Petersburg, from relia-
be source received Ia kishmOnd yes ierday afternoon,
a. odsek s.a.sl. that SIGHT was then gSirg on at
Ss Geek and tast two bundred prisoners had alsady
'bcea brsugtt in. SSE Greek Il about three miles this
sd o, Pose.stug BY b0th.ths railroad and surBpke.
dsspa.oa, da.ed n o'clock, yesterday evening, was
received a. the Var Department. from G.n. BsSangvd.
lie ays:
The enemy haze bs.n drivea from our right to the
s;uh Sds Of P.Oe:os's Greek, ess' of railroad also
from cur immediate vicinity on tarnpike
TER LATEST
At late bous las night We learned that despatch
had been received from ensrs ssqrs gard stating that
he renewed the attack on the Yankees at Elk o'clock
last evening" aai chs fighting sas prOgr ssiDg along
their whole hae. F'on ias firing heard, Whiting vas
supposed 10 be in their rear.
yROH THs vAILKr-THE HEDOUBrIBtE sIsEL DEyEE1ED
WTTH HEAVY Loss.
TIE follOz7g ofRgill despatch Wss received at the
WaI D partm.n. a; a late hour Sunday night:
NEW NARxEr, May IS, 1864, 7PM
10 Gerl'S. Cooper:
Tlis morning, Two miles above New Market my com.
msnd met the scemY under Gen. Sigel, advancing up
TIE Wiley, and defeated him with heavy loss.
Tee seton has juss elOged a. sbeaandOah river. The
enemy led across tbs North fork Of tie shsnAndOab
burning the bridge behind him.
JoH Q. BREckEAIDaE,
Major General Commanding.
New Market is in Shenandoah county, on the Nc
Adam road a little more lhaa half way from Win
ches1r 10 S:aunton. The points a. which the fight
opened and closed are fraction iue miles Splrt
showing the completeness Of the rOut and the extent
Of the pursuit
We we're unas ls TO o5An any further particulars Of
tbs victory s1ceps the announcement contained in
the following telegram, received lSsi evening By Gov.
Smith:
STGUSEOS, My 10, lse4
To On. W. IL Riekayds0n. 4. O.;
The eorps Of Cadets Eere with General Breckenridge
Inf6g Hghi xih sgel, yesterday, at New Market ard
bshavt d spenddly They lost five killed and fifteen
uldsd, to wit; Cadets COrbsI Jones' Crockett Nc
DoweH and anard killed, and Cadets GArBet Stuart
Hill Randolph johnson, DllsFd Berkeley, Wise, Trip
ls.t, Marsha shrver, Watson, Reid Turner and Whit
son wounded. II. M.BnL
Major and Quarterna,tsr
The corps Of Cadet Is composed Of the alEer Of The
youth Of Vrsiaa, aud has slsays been justly regarded
a, Oas Of ne bes. drilled and disciplined military CT
gan zltiOn in the cau5try. We eal easily conceive
- -. =, l. a. +, .-,,r ,ont,fhntad essentially N.