Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-05-12
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Especial dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.I
Irs.~ WASHINGTON. May 4.
The following account of events OF Wed.
nesday is from your specisl correspondent
with the army.
GEs. GRANTS HEADQUARTERS,
GERMASIA FoGD. May 4, p. IN.
The whole army of the Potomac to-day
effected the passage of the Rapidan. Will
sons cavalry division forded the river at
Germania Ford; Gen. Gregg's division at
Ely's Ford. eight miles below. At day
break the few mounted pickcts of the ene
my that were in sight scamp cred OF before
them. The pontoon bridges were at once
thrown across the river, and the infantry
that bad marched to the fords during the
night commenced crossing.
AT about s o'clock a. m. Gen. Hancock's
corps and the reserve artillery crossed at
Ely's Ford, ard Gen. Warren's at Ger
mania. Sedgwick's corps followed the
latter. fra
| The passage Of the river continued all
day at both points All the troops are
over at this hoar. The trains will cross
during the night. Gen. Hancock is en-
camped on the Charlottesville battle
ground. Gen. Warren is at the old VIII.
derness Tavern, aud Gen. Sedgwick at the
Tavern and Germania Ford. tga
WAsmSeToN, May 18th, 1854.
The Republican has the following: The
government has information this morning
that. on Wednesday at daylight. Grants
whole army was entirely across the Rapi-
dan. 1t matched to plain little beyond
and near the old Chancellorsville battle
ground, when Lee was forced out of his
works and offered battle, which was at
once accepted The fight became fierce.
and Taste until dark, the enemy being
forced back some distance with great loss,
leaving most of his killed and wounded in
our hands. g
The two armies lay on their arms all
night Wednesday, and at daylight on
Thursday. the battle opened again. and
ragged with the greatest fury on both sides
until dark, when it was found that the enc
my had been forced back. in the two days
flight, about two miles and a half, leaving
heaps of dying, killed and wounded on the
I field. a ie
I Various estimates are made of the num-
Der slaughtered, but at this moment it is
useless to speculate on the subject
On Friday morning at five O'Clock. the
troops were marshaling for another con-
hict. Grant was moving on Lees works
Up to this time Burnside's troops, mum
boring 80 900 men. had taken no part in
the battle; but at $50 o'clock he was
marching into position to engage in the
: bloody contest Of the third days battle
The result this days battle we havc no
report OF mp to going to press. The battle
comm at six o'clock in the morning.
Unless Lee received reinforcements eqna
to Bnrnside's corps, the battle of FRIDAY
must have proved terribly disastrous to
him. The fact that he received none du-
ring yesterdays fighting. leads to the be-
li.f.that Lee is endeavoring to get away to
Richmond, and :hat Grant is in pursuit
II is evident that the rebel forces abou.
Richmond cannot be spared to reinforce
Lee. rs they have discovered that they have
enough to attend to there, probably from
, two attacks upon tho city by Gen. Butler.
forces.
PHILADELPHIA, May THE Bulletin
has Just issued an extra with news from
Washington. The National Republican
says the Government has unofficial advicei
that after three days fight Lees line,
were driven in two miles, and it was be.
lieved that Grant was in pursuit.
Gen. Butler was advancing on Rich
mond in two columns. The report is thai
> Lee left all his dead and wounded on tn,
. field. 4 M
WASHINGTON, May7.-Official dispat CHI.
es received by ,hcWs Department an
nounce the advance Of Gen. Butler with
, his command, and his successful landing a
) City Point, Va.
The Government has received informa
I. ton by way of Fortress Monroe, tba
Beauregard is at Petersburg. Va, with q
! force OF 80, 0c0 men. faasi. -
r WASHINGTON, May s. 1864.
D The latest news from the battlefield be
2 low the Rapidan is that at ii o'clock OIL
j Saturday morning Lees forces were not il
: sight. Gen. Grant hal pushed forwar,
S piekets for the purpose OF ascertsining hi
n position, but no enemy could be discover
j. ed. u1 Va.s ag .saiI'se if' ~s.aar8
Our forces are in possession ofthe battl
field j. sGtfri tGt il.a -. eHerf
4 Gen. Ingalls,. chief quartermaster. ha
Iordered down seven hundred and Eft,
Thousand pounds of grain; and he tele
i graphs, also, that the wounded, to tn,
number Of eight or ten thousand. would b
) sent forward to Rappahannock station Of
Saturday night. iols ero'st
It Adispatch from the medical Directo
y fixes the number of wounded to be sen
i forward at eight thousand, AMI orders hos
IS pital supplies for three thousand more.
I'll The casualties reported are Camera
81 Hays, killed. and Generals Getty an,
Is Gregg and Colonel Hays. and Genera
= Owens wounded. General Hancock is re-
lie ported to have received slight woun
re while rallying his men to resist A. T
IT Hills onset Two of Gen. Burnside's sta
'e arereported killed while carrying dispatch
II es. De- n,l'sl
;. SECRETARY STATIONS DIsPAToH.
;, Ry T,je0r0Dl from W0skin0fon tn Ge,