The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-11
we Know No Party, but the
Party Of the C0nstftutOn.
THE GRAND .,.A,pYANcE
7ulI "Details OF Of RE 8 Fight.
Su.entiid p Tactics d 0Eiao Lee n
Thursdays Fight. .,sGgsq 81
His Attempts to Turn no our Right
Special dispatch toIfbs world!9i

Special dispatch to the WorldYi 10
efl 10 CWAsHtsoToN, May g.
Tae city has beenin great excite ment to
day oye7 the battles in .Eirgiaia.d The pa
oers have issued innurierable extras, but
thew furnish no details of either Thursdays
or Fridays battles, but are mainly con6r :
matory of all the intelligence hitherto re-
,eiyed from th, front, to the effect that
FRIDAYS battle gas decided success for
General Grant, aud that Lee, during Fri
day night, fell back toward Spottsylvania
Court House.
The demand made here for supplies dem
Onstrates that our army must be about to
advance again. . .-z-es ssa stae5 & a:s-IsA,
Yesterday Saturday was mainly de,
voted to taking care Of the wounded and
hurying the dead.
The absence of official adgicsvfrom Gen.
Grant is attributed to his usual z aticence,
for all the intelligence other wise at hand to
the government is highly favorable, while
events south Of Richmond. it IS believed, are
also Fastening Lees retreat.
The statement published in New York
II oIay, that General Grant allows M onefo
leave tho army is false, as three messengers
for the newspapers have come through
since Friday. The statement that the gov
eroment knows nothing Of the event OF
Thursday and Friday are equally uutrue.'
Fr,L AND INTERESTING DETAILS OF THURS
DAYS FIGHT.,ai bfa Lr- .s ,s.-
Special Despatch to thas World,
WASHINGTON, May 8.
Owing To the long distance from the Ar
NV Of the Potomac to the railroad and tel
e0raph lines and the limited and danger Gus
method vf communication in consequ ence
of the efforts OF guerrIlas to intercept any
courers who may cndeavor to make their
way with dispatches, yonr correspondents,
As well as some dozen others have failed to
reach here. The army correspondent o. the
Boston advertiser has been more fortunate
and 70 him am indebted for the following
account OF Thursdays battle. Alter aiiud
ing to the crossing of the Rapidana by the
Army of the Potomac, and tho retreat OF
Lee, he saws, under date, of Gen. Grants
headquarters, May 5: --....
As was expected last night, the army
came up with the enemy to-day. battle
has oeen fought between parts OF II ana the
whole rebel army, tdt. as was the case on
the first day OF ins ens.seneot At dettys>
barr, tue bloody scenes OF this day we're
preude only to the bloodier work, and the
more auspicious results of to morrow. he
yeille was sounded at ; o'clock this morn
ins. and the whole army was IN motion oy
daylight. According t. the general order
Of the day, Gen Haucock's corps was 10
march from Charlottesville southwestwsrd-
Is as far as the Pamunkey road to Grove
Church Gen. Warren was to march from
old Wilderness tavern to Parker's tore on
the Orange Court House plank road. Cen
S.dpevick,s corps was to follow behind
WarTcn'S. r.-,.
General P. Ii. Sheridan was to concsn-
tratc the whole cavalry corps OF the army
at Piney Branch Church, lew miles
sonth of Chanceilorsvile, aud start upon
General search after sStuarts cayalrJ, the
main body cf which was reported to De
concentrated at some unknown point In
that vicinity ..if ..ti.FEyQnTI.H
The different bodies Of troops had been
IN notion but a short, time, when, at
a1put o'clock, reports came 10 from eota
the turnpike and plank roads, running al
most parallel from this vicinity to Orange
Court House, that the enemy were adVaGc-
.ug with infantry and artillery toward Us
from near Verdieyille. . .53p1 $50 90 q
The evidence accommodating IN the course
O; the next two hours that strong rebel
columns we're moving up from the dlrectn ns
mentioned. Generals Grant and Meade
came up from Germania ford, aad eroerS
We're issued to post the various columns o.
infantry, concentrate aud form them lot
hattie at this point, -s -'s2 - a.'-s,PyL
Commanding ridges, running from the
northwest to the northeast across potn
roads. over which the enemy were aoVan
cling. and about half a mile to the west oil
this point. offered q fine position Tor the
formation Of a. battle front, and was select
ed for this purpose. sfe - -,
General Sedgwick was ordered to take
,bc right. General Warren the centre, ana
General Hancock. who was in the van, was
expected to come up on the lett. l5 i.
Generals Warren and Sedgwick got into
inc about IL o'clock, and soon after sKir :
,nisbinp wins heard onEthe front About
noon General Warren. Was ordered to pnsn
Grifitbs division forward tc the right and
left of the turnpike and endeayor to ascer
Rail, What the enemy were about - - 60
General Bsrtlstt,s brigade moved up to
,heir ief., and Ayre's brigade OF regular
troons to the rights of the road, Sweitzer's
flowing in the reserve. q After advancing
about three quarters Of mile they sudden
u cound themselves confronted by we'll
;ormed aud strong reSsl Pqfsffleep On 9nya : 'n'ck'
4 severe fight 'ensued; oar two ejscdes
ueld their ground against leuidently grsas sel
numbers for nearly an hour eutthe enemy
succeeded inuoresiapping. k5Ees's regular
brigale and fotcipgit back sPrsclpitateiy