The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-16
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II Mc6N 0sn Dr.:
Batter the efcihl sspot u 0sA. Les of the oeef1
uOAs Of Friday. He says their ees IN ktIleA 4 not
large, bot they have many Woee1sd. He uievss
wounded. Gsa. Jraiins ktiisA ssd Gen. PssrsSx
badly. wounded On ThusssAy, Sid lhat II 10 sup !
possd that tSen. STAFFORD wlil ssssser. He ihsaks
9 asersiful ood .l'.s every s1.sscs ea their t0es.
our forces aftacted then sad eaused come con.
fnsion- Gen. Wadswosthb 1aay iell Into their
hands. bur our reports TITS mcsasge state thai Il is
~ ss stated a. al n -, nS 1spsses ss mSss sas.p
The belief here IL that Lieus.- cea. Gran, ie
Bewss NJ sriurss.
fruiaD DisPArcH.l
WAsuisorox, Msy s-A O'Clock p N.
= Dispatches nee have jua rs.eAed Ls.s d,rec. from
Gen Grant. They are NOT fais asctPhered yet, sa.
he is "On 20 Richmond." ;"
We have taken two thSssnnd prisoners.
Rswir NJ STANTON,
Secretary Of War.
(souara pissATcal
WASHINGTON, donday, May 3 -4PM.
besrct ot dispatches from Gee sehdea head
Quarters has 1usl reached hers lie staPes that
Lss s.;,a. ssss caaaeased coo fsaas ss =. Ne .asel
Saturday. The rebels wsre tn full retreat for
RlShmond BY the diI = road Hancock passed
tdroush Spossyivan' a. n at daylight yesterday -
fout headquarters q, 'aoon yesterday were twenty
miles sOuth OF the 6atue- Fl esd We Occupy Fred
eheksbufx, The 12i New York cavalry occupied
that place At O'Clock last night. The depot for
| our wounded 10 established at Fredericksburg.
EDWIN n 6rANfON,
Secretary Of War.
The few hewsp ,per accounts which are pub
lished DO not agree with Secretary Stanton. On
the contrary, they seem 10 view the defeat Of Geu
Lee as a rather doubtful matter 90 doubtful that
telegram, headed "The very latest" states tha
Gen Ingalls, tregtsphs that "th- enemy are sasd to
te eretIring.''
THE FIsar OF sATURDAy-A loss Oe IL 800 Ac-
KNowLEDaED In ONE HArTLk.;
telegram from Washington, dated Monday af
ternOon, says:
Reliable Information from the front, up 10
O'Clock sunuay afternoon, states that on Saturday
morning Gen Grant opened the 46aht BY q general
advance OF MS Piekets and skfrmishers. Daring
the whole day there was very heavy sktrmtshi0a !,
amounting sOmrtimes 10 a severe musketry battle;
and IL was during one III these that the gallant
WadsWoTth was killed AZ the head Of his division.
Lee retfeatet ia thr direction of B6Otsvlvauia
Court House, and 1t was reported from The front
on sunday morniac that Gen Hancock was Ia Oc
cupalion OF that place. 0en 0fanI's whole army
was In vigorous pursuit Our loss Il reported at
about 800 killed sni IL, 900 wounded. the order
for sendiag the wounded TO Washington has been
TetciBdsd, aud Otrrf arrangemeats will De made
Ia this battle Colonel Wood~s ard, son of Juds e
Woodward, Of Penns yiv ania wssp Killed, ano Col
Carroll Of the S5lh Pa.
THE BATTLE vAIDAY.
| A Telegram dated Vsshinstoa, May 9th, gives
| the following account OF The nght Of Friday:
The most terrific battle Yet fought closed 70 day
Lees eaiite army has made repeated and furious
assaults up on our night aud LETT wings. commanded
by Hancock and sedgwick, with temporary sue
cesses, but has been driven back with great
slaughter.
An attach was made about 4 O'Clock this ufter-
nooa, simultaneously: upon our whole nae, which
Was gaanfly Tepul5ed.
Towards dark the enemy concentrated upon our
extreme right and fsil suddeniy upon Sedswick, !,
crushing In portion Of his line.
Asen S-dxwick succeeded Ia reforming his line
and securing II against further disnstSF, and the
enemy withdrew from his front under cover Uf the
darkness
Our Losses have hsen heavy
Our army TO day has csItataiy achieved decided
success II haa bafed eli the Offe nstve efforts Of
the eneUy.
The almost impenstrabls Woods with which the
battle ground IL covered saved ths tebeis from ,
crushing dsreat, as II enabled them 10 conceal
their movements almost psrfecay UNIT the very
moment OF their execution.
Tue number OF our wounded 10 estimated At
fI1El UOU 10 e,10J
They have been forW afded 70 Rappaha mock
Station. and thence 10 The Washington hosptts4s
will send . detailed account BY the neIt trAta
THs NEwsPAPss RUaoss.
The Washington Republican, Exsa, Of Monday
evening, says
Th.Ts Is reason TO believe, from dispatches al
ready received since our hfst extra 70 day, that
Lee WAS forced 10 fight 81 spoesyivanis sunday,
and was again repulsed ant compelled 70 retreat.
Another statement Is mat 0eu Grant bad tainted
MIN and got between the rebel army and k1ch-
mond.
Lees report of the battle ot Thursday last, pub.
lished Ia the Richmond papers, has Been tele-
gfaphed TO this city by Gen Budsr lee says that
Gen Grant attacked MIN. which costisiicis the
report received here that Lee made the attack upon
our army. Lee employs this language: "Thank
God We have repulsed the attacks Of tie enemy
He states that Lonsstreet IA badly wounded.
Lee says nothfns tn bis report about the 1sht on
Fhdsy.
Dis patches state that Gen Butler 10 ssill holding
the line of railroad between Pslersbuie and Rich
maad, preventing Besuregard ffom Estntosclnl
Lee. =
The Star publishes an extra sAytng
| There 10 no foundation tor the feport lhss thl
rebels are evacnasins kichaoad. nor that Petess
| burg 10 evacuated.
The following II list Ut the casualties, 90 tar q
| received at Ihe present u@e:
Bns Gen Alexander Hays Ut PeaasyIvania
| stIled; Brig Gen James Wsdswonh. Of New
York, killed. Brig Gen Webb, Of New York
| ~ounded; Col Wilson, 0f43i New York, w1nnded
Col stOae Of the ID Vermont, wounded; OOl Lewis
| OF the Sd Vermont, wounded; Col stone, OF the
| Pennsylvania 6ucktaiiss tstulea ~ fail feo@ bis
| horse; U"i West, Of the 9th aatue, killed.; Ltsu
Col Tyler, wounded; A.ieut Coz West. wounded
Major Dortn, vi the 18th New York, wounded
Major Darlington, Of the 18th Penney yivanla
wounded. Al the latest dAlrs received oy th.
War Department Gen Hancock was rapidly push
| Ing by the ien TO Sp0lsylvania Court. .nouse.-
| Heavy cannOnadiue was heard fsm that Aisecai0l
| yesterday al Aquis Creek.
| An official report u Gen Lee 10 The Febsi su
| thorites al Richmond, Transmitted By Gen. Butte
TO the War Deparjneng, states that sbe rebel los
III killed Is not large, but that many re. .WOunded
| Gen Iongsueet IL dangerously SOUNDED: slso, ths
l Gen PegsaM and Stafford are WOundfd, and tn
l Gen jenkins II killed.
Gen 1oaea IL also killed and his hody 10 sepOsse.
20 be In our possession
aeports from The front not sihc,a., hy eutis
| that isn there on Saturday. sse 10 the s4scs tha
the fesuit OF the Fighting 90 Friday WaA yet nor
| advantageous " the CHi0H cause IhAp 1hat .
Thnrs.lsy, resulting In Lse's failing hack, e1cord
inR 10 come reports, Twelve miles, lsavlae his asa
| snd wounded 10 our hands.
Grant, according 70 the same sepOss, has Del
fal of pFieonsrs. aud had advanced 70 hpeisylsaai
ca.
A verbal nessaae received ~ Gen Hsl,eck' . head
qaastsrs, BY messenger ifou the Asay o. he Pe
lomac Ia to the effect that the battle clSssa ri
| day, the enemy having fallen back about tWelv
| milss, leaving bts dead and wounded On the AeId
On 6aIusdsy, II 3 O'Clock, Lee's army W1s y
fall retreat through spotsytvaoia, aod when u
| messenger len Gen Hancock wss catering ih
place In pursuit.
We have cspsassd ,sany prissasfs. but the auz
Gen Wsdswonh ls reported killed, and 0saat,
Webb WOundsd
Gen Batter il reported u be wishia tss mites
| Richmond. This iafosmAliOa comes by boaI fso,
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