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

Court House, Thursday. May l2-6:3O p.
| m. Its as follows:-The eighth day. oil
battle doses, leaving between 5000 and
1900 prisoners in our hands for the day s
work, Including two Generalofficers. and
over thirty pieces of artillery. The enemy
are .obstipate and seem to have fQnnd the
hstditch.k We havs lost no organization,
not even a company, whilst we have des-
troyed and captured one division, John
SONS one brigade, Dobb's; and one. regi-
ihent entire, OF the enemyss. Al 4
[Signed, EN-. STANTON.
10 GOV YATES OF ILLINOIS.
.7 WssHtscroN, May Is. 1864.
10 Governor Yates: i.s
[ Official dispatches have been received
from the Army of the Potomac. a Gen
feral attack was msde by General Grant at
four and a half O'clock, on yesterday, fol
bowed by the most brilliant results. Al
eight O'clock Hancock had taken foul
thousand prisoners. including Major Gen.
eral Edward johnson, several Brigadiers
And between thirE and forty cannon. y
Now Is Tnts TINE TO SEND IN yoUR oNE
HUNDRED DAY 8 MEN. - aaa aNl
Yea Il. NJ. STANTON, Sec'y Of War;
-, = LATER. ..s,r-s az
WAsnlScroS, May 1850 p. IN
To General Dir: &.
The following disr atch from Mr.. Dana
has just reached the War Department.:
!. SPorsYLvANIA, May 13-s a. M.
To E. NJ Stanton: ~.
Lee abandoned his position during the
night. whether to occnpy a new one in thu
vicinity or make thorough retreat is mo-
determined. p uJ Hsaea
One division of Wright's and one o
Hancock's are engaged In settling this
question, and at a. M. had come upoI
his rear guard.
Though our army is greatly fatigneC
from the enormous effortSof yesterday th'
news Of Lees departure inspires the mel
with fresh energy.
The whole force will soon be in motion
but the heavy rain of the last thirty-si,
hours renders the roads very difficult 70
wagons and artillery. ~
The proportion Of severely wounded j
greater than either the previous days figh
ting. This was owing to the great use o
artillery
boz. signed) EN-. STANTON.
WAsHINGToN. May Is. 6:55--p. m
To Major General Dix, New York:
The Actiug Surgeon General report
that OF 500 patients. from the recent bat
tie field, admitted into the hospital. no
one of them will require any surgical op
erations, and thai, in his opinion, two
thirds of the whole number wounded vii
be fit for service in thirty days. 81
Reinforcements are going forward t.
the army of the Potomac. ,ihn.
(Signed) e. NJ, STANTON.
GEN. HANCOCK DISPATCH.
/. Z WASHINGTON, May 13.-The following
is a dispatch sent to Gen. Grant by @ Ger
\ Hancock this morning. .Baa
NEAR SPoTsyLvANIA CoURT House.,
May l2-S a. N.
f. | have captured thirty to forty guns
| have finished mp johnson. and am nov
going into Early. sror
hi Signed. r.. w. j. Hancock
The guns captured have arrived a. head
quarters. Brig Gen. Stuart, commandinl
a brigade in Jvhnson's division, was also
cap.ured. inse
l. WAsmycToS, May lathe following
i,as inst Teen received by Senator NesmiIl
from General Rufus ingalls,, chief Quar-
1 termas,er Of the army of the Potomac. |
brings postivelnforma,io from the fro n
as late as noon yesterday.
! GEN. INGALLS, DISPATCH. aa
|, We have made, ten strike to-day
Hancock went in at daylight. lie has ia
ken over 0J) prisoners and twenty-five
guas. and is still fighting. Every body
fighting. and has been for eight days. w
shall have them'this pop" though it ma
take day Or two more. ~
Our losses are heavy-can't say ho'
many. If Augnr's forces were here no,
we could finish them to-day.
.busIIancock captured Gen. Ned Jchnso
and two other Generals, besides lots G
lower grades. The old Republic is FIRM
bet your pile on it. Grant is giant an
hero in war, but all our Generals are ga
lant. and as to our men the world neve
had better. Yours In haste, so
DO 80 70 $50. INGALLS,.