The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-04

cluding iiokc's, will not reach 800
The enemy assaulted Early also, bnt only
once, and was repused with great loss:
The enemy gained q salient in Ereckin-
ritgc'a front, and held 1t for few minutes,
bat knnegan's Floridians swept them back
like a whirlwind. Oar troops generally
never fought better.
The enemy was repu'sed a. all points by
| 10 O'Clock, since which time there has been
| heavy skirmishing only.
We had the ground on the enemy, to such
| an extent, indeed, that he could bring but
little of his artillery to play. Our loss il.
| prisoners very slight, and we took but few.
regret that my engagements are such
| that it will be impossible for me to con-
tinue my correspondence. This will be but
little loss to you, however, as you already
have q very faithful correspondent in the
.aeid. Besides, l hope the campaign OF 1864, /,
and the war iiself, is fast drawing TO . close.
SAMUsT.
IFRoM OUR OWN CORgRspOHDENT.I
Army os N"srHsRs VisoisI.,
Near Gain-s's Mill, Iuae ., 1864 {
The immortal Second Corps Of this army
yesterday achieved a success which ia &c
cOnd to none thathas crowned the Conicdc.
rate arms duriug this campaign. B7 pre-
concerted arrangement i ii .nlI movement
was undertaken yesterday evening upon the
cnemys 3 tight wing, aud most successfully
executed. About three O'Clock our troops
moved forward, Gordon having the lead.
Gen. G., by actual experiment, ascertained
that \ swamp was passAbe for his troops,
aud On it he moved aud by il passed upon
the enemy'S flank.
Tue enemy had also supposed this marsh
impassable, and hence had taken no precau-
tions to guard against ;lank movement In
this direction. Our boys went forward with
of works erected for their skirmishers, and
from two lines which were protecting their
lines of battle. Not until our men had
reached the enemy's second line of works
did We lire gun. Up to that time every
thing had been carried by charging. At
that point the enemy nade a Stand and
fought Us until night er ded the cobn.ct.
lteih's division, OF A. L. Hills corps,
nobly sustained itself, in connection with
Rodes's and Gordon's divisions, in this mas
terly Affair.
Our losses, it is supposed, will foot up
about three hundred. Rodes and Gordon
captured five hundred CT the enemy's men,
aud Heth couple of hundred more The
cnemy left over fifty of their wounded in
our hands, to be cared for. Among our
casualties | have TO mention Brig. Gen.
Doles killed, aud Brig. Gen. Kirkland slightly
wounded
The conduct Of all the trOopa engaged in
this Gil, ,f Was excellent; but that of the
htonewai brigade called forth the approI,a-
ton oil every one, forever siencing the
sianders which, for time, hive darkened
its noble and blood bought claim upon the
national affection.
Among the prisoners captured were rep
resentatives OF four regular regiments, in
cluding the commanding officers OF two of
them.
During the evening Of yesterday Long.
streets line was heavily engaged in skir
mishiDg, and just before dark the enemy
assaulted Hoke, on our extreme right, but
were gallantly repulsed. About night,
whilst Gen. Wilcox was shellipg the ground
near McClellan's bridge, preparatory to oc.
cupying 1t, Brig. Gen. Lane was wounded
severely in the thigh by sharpshoOter.--
The enemy are unqnestionably picking cfi
our General officers.
rODAY's OPERATIONS.
AS early as sunrise this morning the enc
my, having massed on our right, opened
vigorous attack, in turn aesaulting most
vigorously kershaW's front Of Longstrect 3
corps, who repulsed them IN ost successful.
ly, and Hoke's front, who likewise resisted
every onset OF the foe and inilicting terrible
loss upon them. The fighting ragged uutil
eleven O'clock, when it ceased, except heavy
sGirmish'ng and cannenading, which were
kept mp necessarily all day. At one time
ddring the morains Echois's brigade, of
l'reekiuridsc's division, gave way, but Gen.
H. soon rallied his men, aud at the same
time Finnegah's gallant floridians bound
ing forward with yell, drove the enemy
back. recapturing three pieces of artillery of
Reid's battalion, which tor the nome ent had
been taken from ,,s, and capturing, it is re-
ported, one gun. In this affair Breckin-
ridge is said to have lost two hundred OF his
men as prisoners, and the enemy took about
thirty cannoneers with the cams which they
temporarily captured.
1t is alao said that the enemy were most
handsomely repulsed during the day in front
Of lsodes and iIeth on our extreme right.
The slaughter of the enemy has been quite
heavy, some put it as high as ten thousand.
Three our four hundred will cover our list
Of casualties. Among the wounded is Brig.
Gen. Law, Of Ga. slightly in I've.
The enemy did not fight to-day with the
vlm that they displayed on the 18th of May
at Spotsylvania G. H.; and whilst Colonel
was taken prisoner on our works, and his
color-be0rer shot dead in planting them
upon our works, the men themselves never
got 90 near.
The situation at the close Of the day was
this; Grant had made violent efforts to turn
and break our right, but had been most sue
cessfully repulsed and the Yankee army
heavily punished; Our men holding almost
every inch Of ground aud the Yankees gain
lug nothing. Like Spotsyivania G. Ii. it is
most disastrons aud bloody "eheck. ~
Butler Is said to have united with Grant, and
come Of his troops are said to have been in
the battle to day. \.