Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-05-20
WHOLE NO. 1905.

and South Carolina that have got up. Beau
regards courier was captured this morning
while going to Gen. Hike in command al
Drury's Bluff. He had a dispatch stating
that Beauregard would join him as soon as
the troops came up.
Gen. Gilmore holds the intrenchments
while Gen. Smith demonstrates upon Drury's
Bluff and the enemy's lines.
i Gen. Kautz with his cavalry has been sent
to cut the Danvile railroad near Appommatox
station, and can perhaps advance on James
river.
NEW York, May IA.
/ The Times correspondent with Butler
says AT daylight Thursday the rear guard
advanced, and at 10 O'Clock the whole force
moved in the direction Of Petersburg g. Rich
mond railroad.
At o'clock the enemy was discovered in
trenched. The 10th ". II. charged and drove
the enemy from his entertainments. There
was skirmishing all the afternoon on our
right, but no general engagement. A num-
Der OF rebels were captured, including one
Colonel. There has been no fighting on ths
left.
The Herald's correspondent writing from
Buffers army. Headquarters 10th Army
corps, May 10, states that the rebels made
midnight attack expecting TO capture bat
terry. Our men were fully prepared and al
lowed the rebel column TO come we'll up the
ruad when tremendous volley of musketry
was poure1 into the head of column which
moved them down in heaps. The second
and third time they formed and started up the
CORY lane to make final effort to break our
lines and capture he guns. The regiments
fired volley after volley into their thinned
ranks but they pushed on but it was useless,
the hre being too hot, and for the third and
last time was the charge repulsed and the
rebels sent back terribly cut to pieces. No
further attempt VAS made.
Sixty dead rebels were seen at daylight
within space of one hundred feet on the
pike, which gave us some idea of the destruc-
tive nature Of our ERE. Not single man on
our side was injured. So complete and de-
cisive a result has never been chronicled.
The rebels we're as fearfully repulsed during
the dght on yesterday when three South Car
Olina regiments charged Weitzel's brigade.
About 800 rebels we're killed and wounded
in the affair.
This morning at day break rebel force
intended to break our right flank and get in
our rear and cut it off from its base. Gen.
/
and successfully checked the enemy's ad-
vance. Efforts were made to cut off the seth
Pennsylvania regiment, who held our ap-
proach, five miles toward Richmond.
The rebels we're checked in very attempt.
Fighting continued for several hours, and
finally the enemy having been greatly
strengthened, moved up the pike and attack
ed another force to the left. This force was
stationed at the junction Of the Petersburg
s. Richmond pike and the Bermuda Hundred
and Chester roads. The enemy attacked this
line in strong force and fsnked us on the left,
capturing a portion of the 18th Indiana, and
crowdng our left back. The ground was re-
gained and the line re-established. Repeat
ed charges were made on the line but in
every instance we're repulsed. The fight
went on rather stidy during the entire fore
noon while the enemy were massing on our
left to cut off our force in that quarter.
The brigade, consisting Of the 7th N. II.
and 9th and 7th Conn. batteries, was sent to
the left and was soon sharply engaged, and
after several vain attempts to break our line
on the right flank the rebels massed ON
the left and charged 6ercely on the 7th New
Hampshire and Rockwelrs battery. The
|, charge was repulsed.
Three times did the rebels dash up with a
yell but on each occasion the .frmness Of the
7th threw back the rebel tide and saved the
, left from being turned.
The engagement continued for nearly three
hours, and finally. repulsed and thwarted at
every point, the rebels retired with a heavy
loss in killed and wounded. They were
thoroughly whipped and disheartened. The
line was then extended across all the ap-
proaches from Richmond and the communi-
cations from the force on the Petersburg
+ pike rendered secure.
Our losses were not more than 200 killed.
wounded and missing. of which about twelve
were killed. The rebels lost very heavily in
, the charges and suffered good deal from our
artillery fire.