, 1864-05-15

l11uul Iut L11C1Dn4I1 HaZfHG, NAY H.
WAsuSs1oS, May 49,
The general summing up Of ycetcrd4y's brilliant
success, the dispatches from ingalls,, Grant, Han
Geek, and others, announcing it: the statements
ot TIE ptisoners, the guna and coors We have esp
sise that completed ths crcie G Of our % triumpns, @
AID made tlfs the happiest day Washington has
known for many month-a1l this may be left to
lowing details just received at This bQrean, from
correspondents on the battlededs, possess special
The battle Of Thursday was the most decided
succets. which the army Of the Potomac has yet
attained, well as the most desperate struggle Of
the eight d., g dshting
liant charge on the enemy IS right, sweeping their
two lnee o: breastwo *, capturing forty p1eces Of
artillery md t, ,00o praonete Following this gen
to1r houIe Gen there VA u M to ats ats 1vn hour
Of the night. Wednesday night passed In quiet.
The battss Of the two preceding days ead served to
cog aoute tie as = 1 s q &
carry it By assault would have been madnese, bat
one point in It had been found wherethc works did
the. I I'm md i by singular eoInedcnce thstf was anoa
point line where there WAS almottagap In our own
liner, between Wrights Qates sedgwick . corps and
seea sss e ID nhsG as Rsg 9a
lng numbers. It was resolved, IN part at least, to
give him taste ofh own taetice. Shortly before
md an 81 I e. 5 hea So e1rse sR
By hard marching he passed In the utmost silence
a1onG almost the entire length of our lines, and
reached The point between Wright and Burnside
where our lines were 60 thin. Meanwhile the en-
emy, remembered thst on Wednesday they had suf
Tered uoEe from any hre at this point, were giving
it 10 Attention, and had no expectation Of any at
tack ut this quarter. Their ateat reconnaissance
had found Hancock en- our right, and from Burn
side they expected 10 melt the hrunt Of the motu-
ine'e assault. The morning broke slow and dim;
feasy mist oycrhuAy the 1e1d and concealed our
movements. The enemy were sill waiting for the
attack on our right, when, to their inter and COM
p'ete surprise. hellt1e burst out from this une1
pected point, where ye1teriay they hsd found no
Opposition, and In an Instant Hancock's whole
corps vas charged with triumphant cheers and in
magnl1ctnt etyle over their outer row Of breast-
works. Thoueh stunned BY the sudden and une1.
ptctcd onfet theS were still true to thetf Oft proved
bravery: Ra1yfug On the instant they mado tho
best telensethey could, aud desperately contested
our further nEyancc 1t was splendid but It waa iu
TaiD Their lines melted away before on reststless
charge; broke Into cdd5ing fragmenta and were
ewept back in the fierce tide Of thc attack. The
outer line of the hrcaktworks had been carried By
the first raeh.- This bEef fight ended ID our sweep
Ing over the second and lapptn., our danks around
tho braveet Of its defenders.
Five thousand prisoness-u whole diyislon-with
its commander, Aa}. Gen. Johnston, at It's head;
forty pieces Of artillery, battle ,.s without uum
ber. Such were the splendid trophies with which
General Hancock thus began the dry Amo1c the
officers captured, besides the Major General cou,-
nandins tho division, YES big brolhsr, auother
Gen, Johneon. and Gen G. u. Stuart. formerly Of
Baltimore, both commanding brigadea.