Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-29

Lossca of ths Hinth Corps Larger than
Hsrssefsrs Rspertsa-Ptekst wsring
Kept Up-Ths Rssuit ef ths hattie.
Informstion nom City Point, dated
March 20, is 70 The following cfhects \
The losses In the ninth corps are much
larger than heretofore reported. The 1st al
vision have In hospital one hundred and
siSty wounded, and thirty are known 70
have been killed. In the 3d division hos
pltal there are one hundred and slxty-slx
wounded, and about thlrty-two were killed.
The ID divlslon were not engaged, but In
the hospital they have one hundred and
thirty Confederate wounded. -
Picket firing was kept up all last night.
Yesterday and the day before the killed
on both sides we're exchanged, the enemy
showing more courtesy than heresofore.
The following Il the substance Of gen.
sral order issued 70 the army yesterdays
The enemy, with temerity for which he
| has paid dearly, massed his forces and sue
ceeded, through the reprehenslbls want Of
vigilance OF the Sd brigade, 1st division,
9th corps, IN breaking through our lines,
capturing Fort eteadman and batteries Q,
10 and IL. .H..#. srra-. :
The prompt measures taken by Msjor
General Parke; the flrm bearing of the
troops Of the 9th corps In the sdjseent
portions Of the line held By the enemy, and
the conspicuous galiantry Of the ID dlvi.
elon OF this corps, for the frst time undei
tire, together with the energy and skill dis
played BY Brig. Gen. Hartranh, he leader
quickly repaired this disaster, and the enc
. nv were driven from Fort Steadman ant
our lines with heavy losses In killed and
/. wounded, leaving In our hands 8 battle
hags and over / 200 prisoners.
The gnemy being driven non the from
I OF the 9th corps, the offensive was assumet
. by the 9th and Cd corps. The enemy b,
night was driven from his entrenchct
! ! picket line, and all his efforts 10 recove
the same, which were partlculariy deter
2 mined and persistent on the I'd corps' front
were resisted and repulsed with heav,
losses, leaving with the 9Th corps over fou
hundred prisoners, and with the I'd corp
. two battle-nags and over three hundre'
9 The troops Of the sixth corps, reporteI
: by Major General Wright ss engaged Il
these operations, were Getty's division
=. Keifer's brigade, Beymour's division, an
Hamblln,s and Edwards brgadeS, O
Wheaton's division.
or the Second corps, Major Genera
. Humphrey's, Martins, Niles and Mott
. divisions, and Bmythe's brigade Of Hays
division, supported BY GriHins dlyiSion
. Finh corps.
. The result Of the day was the thorougl
defeat Of the enemy's plans, the capture Q
n his strongly cntrenched picket line, unde
'. the artillery are Of his main works, an
y the capture Of ten battle-hags and sbot
:, twenty hundred prisoners, result I
" which the MAJOR General commandin
y heartily congratulates the army.
y Theorder says two lessons can be learne
y from these operations. One that no fort
d fied line, however strong, will protect q
army from an intrepid and audacious eI
emy unless vlgilantly guarded, and tf
7 other, that no disaster or misfortune 10 irr,
2 parable where energy and bravery are dil
2 played In the determination TO recovs
= what ls lost, and 10 promptly assume th
offensive.