The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-05-19

: Il. Early il. 10 the ,noraiss n.o.oel i.
most brilliant chsrgy q the 80,
ss4 .ga., sweeping sheir two lines Of s..
* wo,xs, capturing 40 pieces q am
ana 5000 prisoners. Follov;nr 49,;
gene gsuslA. asfssk begmlnd Continued =
ous'y for some four hours. When -
MI ma up 70 !. late hour Of tho n;o
h, .dnesosy night passed 10 quiet. :
oa..es of-ths- eve preceding dsy. !
served to show that the enemy. e..
front OF eSpottsylvsDia Court Honsa !,
assault 1.1 would have been msdue,, j
ooe point 10 ithad been found vbe,,. !.
wor.s diI not seem to defy our 49,
r." cnaielog upon them, and bv q .;na'
'at coincidence that was "E'
nhere there vas almost a Gan :; pD ous =
sD.ps and q. that Of Burnside. f1i,h.,,
sae enemy's policy had been to ma. .y !
FORCES and attack US in oyervbai".na
Plumbers. It was resolved IL " ,..rt :,
.eass' 70 give him taste Of hi. ,sn tao
TICS. Shortly before midnipb., Wedpes
day night, Hancock began .,oy;nr n"
. ."g .. .ns DAY he had held the extreme
tire length Of our lines, and reached the
point between Wright and Burnside,
where cur lines were so thin. Mean
while the enemy, remembered that on
Wednesday they had suffered none from
any 6rs at this point, were giving it DO
attention, and had no expectation Of an '
attack 1t this quarter. Their latest re-.
ccnnoissance had found Hancock 90 our
right, and from Burnside they expected
to meet the brunt' of tho mornings as.
sault. The morning broke slow and dim;
> heavy mist overhung the field and con :.
cesled our movements. Tho enemy was
still waiting for the attack 90 our right.
when to their utter and complete sur
prise, hell fire burst out from this IN
expected point, where yesterday they had
found no opposition, and in an instant
Hancock's whole corps was charged with
triumphant cheers and in magnificent
style over their outer row Of breast works.
Though stunned by the sudden aud un-
expected onset, they were still true to
their oft.proved bravery. Rallyiug on
the iustant, they made the best defense
they could, and desperately contested our
advance. 1t was splendid but it was in
vain. Their lines melted away before
Dur resistlcss charge; broke into eddyipg
fragments, snd we're swept back 10 the
6erce tide of the attack. The outer line
of the breastworks had been carried BY
The FIRST rush. Tho brief fight ended in
our sweeping over the..second and tapping
'ur TANKS around the bravest of its de.
lenders.
Five thousand prisoners-a whole di.
7ision-with its commander, Mai. Gen.
Johnston, At it's head; forty pieces of ar.
illery, battle flags without number.
Such were the splendid trophies with
which Gen. Hancock thus began the day
Among the officers captured, besides tho
Major General commanding the division,
rns his brother, ano.her Gen. Johnston,
and Gen. q. II. Stuart, formerly of Bal.
timorc, both commanding bricade.
Our brilliant success aroused :he high
est enthusiasm in the army, and men
seemed as eager for the battle as they did
the first day in tho Wilderness. Han
cocks gallant stroke was made just at the
right time and place, for at every other
point the enemy's works were very strong
and well guarded. To have made this
attack in front would have been most dis
astrous.
The news from Sheridan's cavalry ex.
petition is of the most satisfactory ma
lure. lie has torn up ten miles of the
Orange and Gordonsville Railroad. the
enemy's principal avenue for supplies for
Lees army. He recapturcd 500 prison.
ers on their way to Richmond, md took
four pieces of artillery. After Hancock
Johnston and his division,
highly invrestin. interview took place,
when Johnston was brought to head.
quarters. Meade and Johnston had been
chums 10 the old army in other days, and
they readily recognized each other
Johnston was introduced to Grant, and a
friendly chat ensued, 10 which the fact
was mentioned that Grant and he once
occupied positions in the same brigade
1t was ascersalned to certainty from
prisoners that Gen. Wadsworth is dead
and buried inside the rebel lines, and
Gen. Seymour and Shalcr prisoners at
headquarters. They pronounced Long.
street badly but not MORALLY wounded.
Johnston was known to nearly al Meade
staff officers, and there were many recog.
nitions and anxious inquiries. General
Hunt, chief Of Artillery, greeted him
with ed, l am glad to see you," to
which Johnston, half facetious'y and hall
seriously replied: "Weil, Hunt, under
the circumstances, l am not glad to see
you; you look at tue matter very philo-
sophically;" he assured US we would have
hard time Of it yet, although he admit
ted that we had dealt them heavy blow
His dress is the faded, diIapida.ed sui
that rebel Generals wear; his SLOUGH hal
was much the worse for wear, aud 10 nj
part of his dress was there anything Ike
style. He put on no airs whatever, IN
like the cockney Stuart, who, when Gen.
Han cock, his gallant captor, offered hi.
hand, refused, saying his fec ';ugs woulG