Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-05-19


vsT= great rsTf fsiT ms afternoon on ss'
}SorA is isihe cnemH hasds, ssssrely 'wodnic,l!
THE chccring statement iit<4ute circumst s5Ital,
and egencDs lly crc6ifed. A9n lie same authority
No gsreet5s wsundsd ann yenkhs killed.
of front over the ground most siubbornly contest ed
yesterday: how srubborniy is atfcsted by the trees
hewe,l and trimmed reiterated by bullets and bv
the thick strewn dead. 1t il like other fields OF
this war; certainly mons have presented a more
terrible scene Nearly all the wounded had been
rcmpved. butcnonv oft dead Buried ssfsg
Ear dow theplsnk road where Hancock fought,
beyond the tllickest dead, Law a, boy. severely
wounded. perhaps not less>a soldier than be was
but boy. He had fallen the day before when we
were iarthest advanced, and hsul remtned unmo-
tested wthia the rebel lines. They hadi not re-
moved him. audi was alone with the, dead, when
Probe up The poor fellow was crawling about
guheriRs vielct-. Faint with loss ofbood, nnsb!e
TO stand. he could not rcsistthe tempting flowers,
aud had aIrcad mldea beautiful boqitet.I Having
caused s:rctcher to be, sent for saw him IA ken
I up tendcrly, and borne away, wearing brave,
sweetsteuching smile. Alh '. al,
bs fAbout o,clocss the rebels made dcfi1onstra-
lion upon our right hnsk, penetrating nearly 80 the
! plank road, and threatening communication with
i Gcrininif- However, we had cleared the road ol
! everything valuable, had removed the pontoons.
and probably did not care TO prevent the rebels
! from occupying rarslF rc.1.r fidi W
j am not permitted. TO speculate in regard 10
Grants plans andprobable movements. He, will
however, m Ike vigorous Assault vet tonight. :
Lees generalshp has b en- magnifed His min
\ lorce vas at Orange Court House, moved sim
! pltans olsly with Grant, and as rapidly sH
Wednesday night, he held the Mine Run linc:-
Grant had put his army over the Rapidan, and sch
II
II eadquartsrs have bcen since Ice mcnaccd our
line Of march, and Warren steps out and fights
him. Next Lee hurries everything to his right to
penetrate between Warren and Hancock, who was
mnrchingior Charlottesville. ~ at@ 'tfl -,
Fyiled in the attempt he adopts the system oil
masked missed assaults Beaten through two
DAYS ut his own game he, last night retires in
trenches and invites attack where the ground il
unknown to NJ, familiar toIlim.f That Grant and
! Meade. working in thorough concord and concert
have mctand lbwartcd him at every turn is suffi-
cicnt comment on their generaslip. This fact
must be oniinous TO Lee of the Fate in store for
Aim before thiscarnpaign shall close. = eF
! have said as yet nothing 20 the extent of cur
loss, o. how it compares with the encmy's Eg ht
THOUSAND Of our wounded have already been
cared for in the hospitals. II is Thought
TINT. sly 1000 remtin on the field Estimating
/ tle killed at l,O03 and prisoners :. 100. car
not reduce the total to less than I2,090 lnclui ed
are seven general officers, viz. HAYS killed. w ads
worth killed or prisoner Shaler and Seymour
{ prsonetS; Getty aud Webb-thcse last two did
most abIy--wounded. The ambulance and
hoSpt1l arrangements have been erect. IL Ii
certain that in no previous battle have the woun.
ded been so speedily and well cared for. :,
+ The enemv's loss judging IRON the appearance
/ OF the battle field and from the IN INNER of fight
ing and the nature OF the ground ,npot be les
than ours-is, indeed. undoubtedly greater. Tn.
whole army believes that it has inflicted more than
II has suffered Our wounded to the number O
1909, are now being placed in amhulances ano
empty wagons, and the train. accompanied b,
800 10 400 wounded able to walk. and 4 strong
escort, will start for 'Ely's For by sunset
Ii l. - remark ,ble circur1stance that during
three days OF b,ttles the artillery reserve has re
piaincd quietly parked three milrs 20 the rear.
fhe artillery attached TO the corps has been tel
times morctlian could be brought into action
The cavalry ists had considerable fighting an,
has, done important service. IL has hung upor
our left, has kept Stllrt 1t by, has attacked him
1 when it has been possible to reach him. Sheri-
dams business was TO protect our immense stores
which were IN linly in the rear toward Clnrncel
lorsyile-to prevent Stuart from rsiding aroun,
Us toward Fredericksburs in short. to take care o
that eitcrprisine RIDER and thrash him if he eoult
be brought TO an encounter. t
4 The imperative part of the busincsshas been wei
and vigiianty at,eadcd TO. fHst
i Wilson's division rode into ami drove a portion
Iofthc encm : cavalry ON Thursday, on the road
RJbertso1s tavern. Our loss vas some 3Je-ih,
9Th N. Y suffering the most. IRE
Sheridan seems to have taken the cavalry rein
with masters hand, and to be fist gaining III,
Iconflence OF the cavalry corps. suspect a gen
era cavalry fight may be cont sted far down on tn,
enemy right before many DAYS, for know The
destruction Of Stusrts power FOR mischief is con
.sidcred important 70 tho carrying out OF tlc cam
lpaigll in the shape contemplated. By an arriva
from w ashagt6n this afternoon. we learn of But
klcr's landing on Jmes River. The news will a
Ionce be dissemin tied throughoaglt the army, tc
tgi this movement Tie impulse assi inspiration
springing from the knowledge of another on ward {,
Richmond The Hon. E. b washburn joine,
.hheadquirtcrs Cuipeppcr, and has since riddcr
4 witbdhe slaf--i species of "Cong rcssionsl inter
4 ference" tn which the army does flot cbject.vo
Il 1t is now nearly sunset. Saturday, MAY, T.
There IS quite vigorous firing, and some artllers
iiffcrent points on the line. Induced Dy an advanc
on ourparts ltlliuk itxill not assume the pro
portionsofa general enga cement. It's proposed
doubtless TO learn something of the rebel position
and il may be for another object Perhaps tn
nilin one Is to inform the enemy thar We are her
i'm ali1iorce rs ght in / doubt ii we shall
be whlr the riscs. and. under this convince
impression that there shall be no nore heavy worl
on this Ground, Il shall leave immediately 70
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