The weekly union record., 1864-05-14

enemy, accompanied by general voIley Of mus
kerry, From this hoar until dark the combat deep
ened and night left Is victors OF every side. Our
lines now advanced We had taken more prisoners
than We had lost bot il has been another expensive
victory. Our losses are heavy bat il Is believed
That that OF the enemy far exceeds ours Il is
pected the battle viii be decided in the morning.
Oar men are in good spiriis-there's no give say
10 them.
The Times Washington special Of the IIth. SAYS
guished officer who left Grant in the saddle
last al 10 o'clock this morIsng. up the bloody
work of Yesterday thus Tie fight opened all along
the lines LonEsireets corps. under Hill held the
rebel right. resting about two miles northeast Of
SpottsylTaaiz- Grant pitted Burnsides Ninth corps
against Il. At given moment, later il the after
noon, Burnside precipitated his entire command.
except coloTed troops upon the rebel 'front.' driving
and completely crushing it. capturing three rebel
bHgades, and Il pieces Of cannon. The fight coa-
timed with ferocity never before witnessed until
nine O'Clock, when night closed upon the hloodesI
field of the war Losses on both sides are very
large. Offhe rebel brigades captured some escap-
ed during the awful carnage which followed. but
1900 Of the captured were sent to tAe rear this
morning. Our informant talked with some OF them
before leaving to-day. They said they had been IN
every principal battle of the war but never expert
enced such terrible fighting. The battle ceased at
clock, cur line having advanced, BG-asIces &C
cupying az the end Of the conflict the entfench
ments held by Longstreets forces at the beginning
of the fight. Lees army was contracted into .
sort of horseshoe form in and about the town Of
SpottSylvania. Buffers movements south Of Rich
mond have been felt and appreciated.
a dispatch of May 9th, from Gen. Butler TO
Secretary Stanton, says; Our operations may
be summed up in few words. With LOO
cavalry we have advanced up the Peninsula,
forced the Chickahominy, and safely brought
them TO our present position. There were in
the command colored cavalry, and they are now
holding our position as we advance toward
Richmond. Gen. kurtz, with 5000 cavalry,
made an advance from Suffolk on the same day
with ours. Our movement up the James river
forced the enemy back from the water We
burned the railroad bridge over Stony creek,
and struck blow at Petersburg, cutting in two
Beauregards forces at that point. We have
landed bere (Berrluda Hundred) and intreuched
ourselves, and destroyed many miles of railroad.
We have got position which, with proper
supplies, we can hold against the whole Of Lees
army. Bea1regard, with the main portion of
his command, was left south of this point by the
cutting of the railroad by Gen. kuriz. to day
whipped that portion of the rebel force which
reached Petersburg under d. H. Hill, killing,
wounding and capturing many. Gen. Grant
will not be troubled by any further reinforce
ments reaching Lee from Beauregards forces. -
a st. Louis dispatch of the 9th says: The
expedition of Gen. Steele towards Shreveport
is ended. \ gentleman conversant with the
facts has arrived here, and communicates the
following n regard to the expedition: General
Steele found no stores to subsst his troops, and
had reduced the allowance to quarter rations.
As the movement Vas to be iD CO operation
with the main line Of Gen. Banks, which had
failed, there remained no course but 10 return
to Little Rock. Price undertook to detan
Steele at Camden, while Marmaduke with a
strong force, set of for Little Rock but Ger
Steele, regarding the safety of the Capital OF
Arkansas, with rs Union position and millions
of dollars worth OF Federal stores, and for the
sake of recruiting his army, decided to set out
to get to Little Rock in advance, and save that
place from Marmaduke, making every exertion
on the route. To bag his game, at Sabine Fork
it became necessary to give Price battle. in
which he handsomely drove the rebels, who
were fully mounted and in fine condition The
fight WAS protracted and bloody, but. after three
or four hours, it resulted in complete repulse
of the enemy. leaving Steele to pursue bis ey-
citing race with Marmaduke. The latter ap
preached Little Rock, throwing shells into our
army, on the afternoon of May 1st Shortly
afierwlrd, n Federal cavalry force came up.
i2ining the troops at the post, which compelled
MarEaduke to relinqush bis undertaking. He
made little resistance, as the main body OF
Steeles army was rapidly arriving. During
the entire march, our troops were constantly
skirmishng with the ensmv, who hung upon
our rear and fanks, strenuously eudeavoriug TO
impede our progress. There were no ambn-
lances for our wounded. aud they bad 10 be left
at the houses of residents 90 the road. Our
informant reports that Steele's cavalry was
deplorahlr deficient in forage. Prices forces
were still lingering in the vicinity, and were
stripping the often desu,ated country
y law recently passed makes provision Tor
the permanent settlement of the indians ct
Utah in Uintah valley, in that Territory. The
bill appropriates $4,000 for agricultural imple-
ments TO enable them to become self sustaining.
a great female riot occurred at Savannah,
Georgia, April l7th. The women collected in
a body with arms, and paraded the streets in
procession, demanding Bread or blood" They
seized food wherever it could be found. Soldiers
were called out. and after brief conflict the
were arrested and confined in jail.
MAJOR GES. SEDwIcK.-This gallant officer,
who was killed at Spotisylania Court House.
Virginia, had made brilliant record before the