Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-05-25

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The Positions Of the Armies
rron ho Herald
llunouRuus 5rn CoRrs, MAY l7 lUn
Iorcuoon visited oui corps signal station,
under charge ol Captain Castle aud Lieut..
Clark, Generals Meade and Grant had
been thcro but a few minutes before, --
From this station bctler view than from
any other point 10 our command Is 20 be
had Of the ,ebel position aud their line Of
earthworks, ! alluded to these earthworhs
yesterday as seen from our headquarters :
I but to-day's further inspection OF them,
and benefit OF the splendid telescopes US
ed by the Signal corps, presented !hem
not only in a clearer light, but developed
Ialmost their entire position and strength.
1t is evident why the enemy did not
attack us. A position could hardly be
more secure, and behind the deiences il
is evidently his plan to remain until he IS
drawn out Of it by his stalegic mOnwnyer-
! ing or beaten out by Overwhelming at
tack.
The right Of the rebel line rests on the
4 Po river, little over o mile to the right
|of our centre, and from the Po river runs
northeasterly, their left covering the Brock
Piney Branch and Tabernackie church
roads, giving q total line of defences four
miles in lenth and q battle line, doubt
less, of nearly doutle this length. Their
deiences are almost in the form Of horse
shoe The right and left Of their earth
works are covered by woods. Fronting
the centre is an open field mile and
'three-Quarters wide. Here their works
are the strongest, and besides the guns
there mounted, the pits in front are filed
with sharpshoote:s.
Severe Gghting is reported as having
occurred on Thu rsday the 18th, The fol-
lowing is the account oft:
! New YORK, May 2l.-The Tines has the
following specials: Headquarters ArUy Of
/ The Potomac, May 20, a, m.-My dispatch
! of 10 p' m, yesterday informed you Of
/ the attack made last evening upon the
right OF our line, and the handsome man
ner in which the rebels were driven back.
/ II was made by the whole of Ewel's corps.
! The enemy left the vicinity OF Spottsylva-
MIA Court House about p. m, yesterday,
made a detour by the West, crossed the
Ny, and, about o'clock struck the Fred
Iericksburg read in rear Of our right flank,
breaking out within three-quarters offs
mile of the headquarters Of Meade and
Grant.
The only troops we had on the ground
ut the time were couple of regiments of
General Tylgr's division Of heavy artillery,
never before under fire. Tyler soon bro
up the remainder oChis force and met the
rebel attack, driving the enemy back in
10 the woods.
Here the rebels had formed their lime
Of battle. Tyler felt yather apprehensiye
q. the work before him, considering the
|rawness Of his troops. When once fairly
under fire, however, they showed the Ut
most bravery. Their loss was quite hea-
w, more severe than reported by me in
my dispatch last night, and will probably
reach / 900 killed anl wounded.
The rebels gave way in confusion, scat
teriug through the woods. The honors
of the repuse rest exclusively with Tyler's
heavy artillery division. though Barney:
division of the I'd corps, and Crawlord's
Of the 5th, afLerward dis were sent to to his
support, and formed the line, enabling
Tyler to withdraw, after driving the enc
e my several niles and clearing the village
q of them.
The confusion among the rebels appears
to have been very great, the major portion
Of Rhodes division scattering in the
e. woods. Three hundred and fifty of them
, were picked up in the woods during the
night, and have just been brought to head
: quarters. The division of raw troops fell
, immensely tickled at their success, al.
though their loss has been heavy. 1t j,
; felt chat the diminution Of numbers is ful
ly made up by the increase ofmorole.
A Ttib,De special, dated headquarters
May 10, 9p. M, says Communication
arc omen as usual to night, and supple;
still pouring in for US. Guinea Station
was captured last evening by Talbot's cay
airy, and is now in our possession. From
70 this point the rebels have been bringing
up supplies
Later Bowling Green has been their
railroad station. 1t is now believed that
The enemy brings his supplies across from
tho Virginia Central Railroad, a distance
OF twenty miles.