The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-14
NEWS FROM the SOUTH.

u ~ sts WV
S.u,isern Accounts OF the Late
Observation-Disclosures Claim
;usiaye Taken Many Prison.
nr. and Several Guns..-Of1i- :
...s KILLED and WOunded---
General SfeUart. of Maryland
s.eporicd Killed---FrOm the
.s:.nieS River.
Richmond papers Of Friday and Sat
n,I,y have been received at Washington
pispatchcs in the Richmond papers all
show that a. late as Friday General Lees
brolouarters remained at Orange Court
Unusr The Sentinel Of the 9th instant
SAYS:
From dispatches received Yesterday 1t
onnrars that the battle was renewed on
Friday morning about daylight, and was
still raging furiously at last accounts. The
President received dispatch from General
Lee Yesterday 'nf the most satisfactory
Character \ dispatch from Major Dooly,
If the ambulance corps, says the news Is
most cheering We may yet get dispatch
before our paper iS put 10 press containing
I,frr intelligence. That everything Is pro
PRESSING favOrabv on the Rapidan We have
not the least doubt
The Richmond Enquirer oi the eth says
that about seventeen hundred Yankee pris'
oners have arrived at Orange Court House,
and it claims that the Confederates were
successful in the Fridays fight. and
nushed Grant back to near Chancellors-
willie. The following casualties are re
ported
Gen. Long -trect painfully wounded in
the shoulder; Brig. Gen. Paul Jenkins, OF
South Carolina, mortally wounded COL j.
Thompson Brown, of the lst Virginia Ar
tillery, vas shot through the head and kill
I'd OUTRIGHT; Col. Warren, 8th Virginia,
Colonies Miller, Nance apd Garther, of
south Carolina, were killed. Gen. Battles
Alabama and .jOrdan'S Georgia brigades
.uf,rrd severely Col Randolph, OF Va,
wa; also killed Gen. j. NJ. Jones, Of Va,
Killed
The Eaquiryr saws that Generals Jenk ins
and l.oncstreet were wounded by their own
men through mistake Gen. Walker of the
Stonawall brigade, and General George H.
Struart, of MARYLAND, are reported killed.
General Bennng wounded The Sentinel
iagS:
The following dispatch, dated at Orange
Cnnrt House Yesterday morning lMay 6th)
has been courtconsly furnished us for pub
liCation
Col. II Hill, Paw Department: We are
driving the ankles al points this morn
ing. Gen. \. + Hill aud stall all safe. h.
b IIILL
The Eaguirey has 4 special dispatch,
dated at Orange Court House on the 9th
ms an, which says;
A severe fight took place last evening at
/ inr Run. Twelve hundred Yankee prls-
onrrs were captured, AID have been brought
t. this place. General Rodcs', aud John
sons divisions were engaged in the battle
The Louisiana brigade suffered severely
The, details will be sent to you as soon as
they can be obtained"
The following paragraphs are extracted
Gorn other Confederate dispatches, all da
ted at Orange Court House during the day
and evening Of the 9th Instant
\ considerable engagement occurred yes
to-day about twenty miles below mere.
',nr rarkcr'S Store, in Spottsylvania coun
.r uu :hc plank road, between part OF
.s, corps and the 9Th corps OF Yankees,
u,udinn Sykes Regulars. The engage
H.ui lasted from H. clock until night.
Cur tr,np$ repulsed the enemy most hand
,.mr}y, capturing 9Sl privateS and III COM
..,,>run"i officers, who have arrived here.
tn t. Nj. Jones and Col. Warren, ot the
10Th Nirginia, are killed, and Gen. Stafford
.u',iaily wounded.
Generals Heth and Wilcox were IN the
u,ht Yesterday; they checked and drove
'g.i, three corps and two divisions OF the
,,.rnr. Laws North Carolina brigade
1T ui"ht surprised aud captured thirty
l.,,uncr,. Gcn pegram Is painfully
.undcd III the knee
t,o,n three o'Clrck until night there was
..r heavy muskotry fighting, with hut
Hjlc artillery engaged
t."EN brigade fought well and loses
,,a,jlr
Hi"ruyy and McGnwan's hrigadcs also sui
..c.j considerably Rosser fought WI
..N, whole division OF Yankee cavalry
~lt a >ingle brigade, driving them back NJ
all points
Tie attack hy the eneny this Friday
..vgdiug was very violent. They We're re
t.uI,e1 in every instance. a strong effort
'a> made TO turn our right. we drove
item on our left, bui they were stubborn
the right until Longstreet finally fotced
'aym to give way. General LongStree. re
.yed a severe wound in the shoulder
n. Paul Jennings was mortaliy wounded.
b. lighting was principally with musket
' the ground being unsuitable for artillery.
ll Brown, of the Virginia artillery was
@led. The battle was fought near the
Njlderness. The enemy have been pushed
hack to Charlottesville. Everything looks
wl. EF s&EEsSB 3
Fghting was resumed this morning,
mostly with muskctry. 1t is believed that
y" are driving them Gen. Bennlng was
lightly wounded in the arm. Three nun
dred more prisoners have reached here, and
more are on the way to Richmond. Inc
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