Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-04
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10 the 0ectcu OF tne rVA armies On the norm eus o.
tie James Nuskety, zoo, cord hspsnly hesrd Il IVES
said on the hills in nc north o. the city. Hence there
wa no escaping The eogelGsop that Generals Lee AID
ant Jas. At work in earnest, and, II olly skT-
mshirg it was such slirmishing would be afforded
With blocdy coos, quenosF. TIE artillery firing grad
uLly lesse1ed in rapidly, A'd By leg Ce!cek in the
busy portions Of The ey, o, aadbi' Everybody,
&c matter o. course Tie gus sVs % ECar tbs
earliest intelligence, ard sly one cOnn,c,ed with tie
p,ess, the tlsgr5P', o, the ~ laIy tspIrm'nts, en-
BIS Appearance, o. the stress, earnestly besisgSd
by apGo irqu RES al.er frsm Ghe iron,. As =
demand aIssys creates supply, before II oel>ok the
eacour gpg runner was in the mouths Of everyb that
We hal slrsa6y captured ore thousand pr $ even
Ll l.ss ---s>s, sle Va.ulO.e wagon { ans Hsa-
ing T. VIC lost time l g-iug 10 Ibe Adj Gene
ras o;e 90 ascertain It's coeo.ness Htere up TO that
time, their s,ocL o. information obtained thIOughS
Fsr Just from tae fO-t was follows: That on our
right early N the Uoyuing, the Yankees attacked An
dsrsobs corIs bus d-Ven back With heavy lose,
that this repeated six mes-three attacks being
made on each Of TWO pouI-Hit1 the same Eesul; TIE
e5urF informed Ct the clerks in tie efiee that Fe
had taken The thOusa pr sOners alluded 70 aboVe. Al
General Brlgys headquarters, ese We next went, We
leaned tha, they bsd TJeeiy information that a.
tack was made a. al Csry hour yesterday cur right
aud that /. bad been handsomely rspalssd We could
get notlirg Ehltsyer in The way Of details. dstn-
guisbed ColOns Q. Arsry, ABOUT me same hour, had
learned that ne bad been CITING both the RICH. aud
sf and that eight tuud.e prisoners captured Al
pOiat weFe e.. rogls fr The e,y. General Early, c.
eorslg - his int rma,iOa held ths pO,ion from which
TIE Ysokees had been tr.Y,n. tn sls zoe eoudIiOI
-. .f- ION, &, in FL
which Oeeap5s position our lelt.
At one c'cOek, sc met member OF Congress who
had sen an cusiGser vser who had efl Genera Lees
headquarters a. IL o,lJes. lie stated thai Thurs
day evening General Lee occupied deg posi-
tons on tue IL CHS ueas Canes MIL aud during Tie
nigh. threw 40 hasy cas-, OrAs Tle.e the YAnkees
sGdeayOse5 take e2l3 ye teddy morning, and we're
driven back seven times .eir dead, be reports we're
sresa Ia .mlersl pl1J o.. Cni o. ca: works. Our
Ines had btel advanced T.e aglaJg taking pace
Q lie morAble eli bat e NIL ear Games SILL
S9oa asr receiving the above, the IhjSirg, IA manu-
script, appeared on t5e b. Hn board VI she DsPssh
"Eeia's division Tel used AID part Of Bseckin-
rid 90 division three Attacks this morning Tois is
our RS BIT, aud in Vieiaity o. Gaines mill o. the let,
E.rly renewed the stseS this morning. general
g!gsm5us /, expected Toe o-em,s less ID a5y-OurS
snail
Laisr-Th, enemy has ceased filing. We have 500
p.i=oue.s. oar likes Rave advanced"
Tne above, wh.io dining l.Jm lde other accounts
received up tue h0ur Sritiug TO the number CT
assault agrees wish ,hem as TO Jhe signal rspul3e Of
all ne attempts OF thu Ya KEGS carry works In
iaoE ali q rumOrs Ct the morning consistent IN
this regard. We Ea5 well state in this connection,
10 the proper uadsTs a1e-g OF the aO,ve Iha FIELDS
AID Breeklnr,jge's divisions part If LlngsIeeEs
eoyps uow commanded 5y Gen. Anderson. Tois corps
IS a our right.
TIE lonoEirg d,s .atcs appeared on the bulletin Of
ths Wbig a, : O'clock
AL gOes-weI On the rgh. We REFUSED tic enemy
this m,rlrg with ease, IN eog heavy loss iEOnt of
AGdersoLs tLoagsI ss!s and PJrlOn Of Hills corps.
Sharp lighting sinee ave O'clock. Now a slgdt pau
ia artillery tushng.
Anderson rspalsel ,hs enemy ssvel times. (raS vas
rsesiy, 4 at Ct the bureaus Of the Wac Depart
NE L)
Tee sste bulletin rom another source, says that IL
slaughter Of the ensmy heavy Loss small Gen.
Lee WAS GAues MI IN 6ne spirits. Gen. rklAnd
Was slightly wOult & a Lace severely.
WOUNDED
We regret TO Learn that our Gieni, Asjof Milton
GOulisn, Of tie SO.h virginia gmsat, while the
frOa. vas, on wednesday, badly wounded in the !eg.
Ths Virginia sii,Iry Ilsltu e, in its !Ons aud hon
Ored roll has contributed lee accomplished or
GERS 10 the service The SOh had before this sad ae-
sident, Cooaes Hsrraoa and CaeW and Esjor G {,
thre Geld officers TO whom they perfectly devoted
Tney have nos Tor active dlyODe less. We kGo" that
their daily prayers are for his speedy recovery.
We iegret 10 lsara thu: the gaian. COG. A. Lester,
commanding tho S.l Louis sginent, StAaIFds BIZ
gsde, was killed in the 6gdt yesterday.
cABlNkr OFFICER YlsIrs THS ysOSr.
A member OF The OlOuet who lsf n Lees head
seHrters az one Oelcek yesterday stated tha! all WGI
going on sw.mmiugly. General Lee was in CLOWN g
spirils Early vas sill driving them. Officers whom
h. Of sAid that the Yankee dead thicker the
iron, sf cur line than they we're IN the bleedy battle Of
toe Wadern,s. While We are VHtng-lts o'clock
e distno ~ hear RAPID firing o. artillery. During the
afternoon il only heard at occasional intervals.
RA1HIR E1rRAvAsANr.
coo-:sr Who arriv, about six Seloek vas very ju-
blAnt. lie said we ad killed about Is, 900 Yankees,
and Al Que root they covered Ave acres. While tie
sst.men. Vas like tia. Of rss5ls passengers it goes
20 sh9w-ior he seemed greatly in earnest-ihSt the
dad Of ,be enemy we're multituinOus All statements
al or otherwise. received up to this tine, agree
10 this !Oin',
tba higbes. estimate Gus less ID not than aTe
anosr.d in kiled and wounded. Toe enemys is at tie
4 at e,leustisn, sx thousand, soms place it Is
hisb 90 fen thousand. This We gather fran
-,prsseus.iys of The press who LEFT the battle field a
o'e'Oek He further informed rs that Gsas. Flnle
,.o and L,v were slightly sounded the later yer1
slightly.
sTsoPsls or FHE FlSHrIEG THURSDAY Nsaf AAS fAsrkA
DAY.
o. Tbcrstsy, Early, Of EWels Corps, attacked tn
Y,nkes riaat carturnR large number Of Pr soner