The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-03

Ing lines, blowing deep gasheS IN lnelr
thick columns, while the intrepid Missls.
sippians piled their task industriously.
Eleven hundred and nine Of the dashing
Union soldiers foil. killed or wounded.
but those remaining unhurt closed up
and pushed forward, carrying the heights
and capturing the guns and two hundred
Of the N1ssissippians.
- Meantiro nine regiments (four thou
sand Emcn), Howe's brlgades. running
across the fields and up in the mouth OF
the Hnzel Valley, between Wilis's and
Lees Hills, oyerpowered tho small force
on Lees and 1Iowison's Hills. There
we're but three regiments (two Of Barks-
dale's and one of 1Inys's, and two bat
teries). They fell back and formed line
across the telegraph road behind Howl
sons, near Cox's, and checked Howe's
men, who presently withdrew to Marye'a
Hill and followed Brooks's division that
at this time Il o. clock )had como UP
through Fredericksburg and us march-
ing on the Orange plan road towards
charlottesville.
BROOKS rs CHECKED BY WILCOX
When General Brooks reached the sum.
nit Of tho second eninence on the Orange
plank road, the country being open, he
formed his division ION Guests farm,
two miles from fredericksburg In COLI
,lmn of brldage fronts. with extended
line Of skirmshers on the front and
TANKS, In advance, and his artillery IN
the road, which disposition prepared him
to fight the enemy as soon as he was
seen.
.'.rhe formation was hardly completed
when he received the fire Of two cam
nom (tley were Lieutenant Cobbss guns
Of tho Lewis-Pcnlcks battery. serving
will, Wilcox.
Ao,1 NC oka Tor.
lor's Hill to aid General Barksdale in
defending Marye's Heights but unable
to reach him in time, threw his brigade
across the Orange plank road. near the
toll gate. deployed his skirnishers, and
opened his artillery on Brooks. ("Theso
two pieces Of artillery checked the nd
vance great DEAL" says General G. e.
Warren, chief Of ongineers.>
Several discharges were fred by the
enemy from his artillery, one OF which
shots struck down Captain Read, A. A.
g.. OF this division, and killed sergeant
OF Rigby's battery says General Brooks.
IA section OF artillery occupied every
successive crest upon our line Of march,
and much annoyed our advance" says
General John Sedgewick. q
1.-THE fire OF these two guns (Cobbss)
held the enemy in check some time
says General Wilcox.
4 At length General Brooks brought up
a battery (Rigby's six guns) and OPEN
ed upon Wilcox. then slowly advanced
his solid lines.
my command then moved back to
Salem Heights said General Wilcox.
land formed line OF battle across the
Orange Plank Road at right angles with
it; the eleventh and fourteen Alabama
Regiments were on the left OF the road,
the Tenth Alabama on the right. next
to the road, the Eighth Alabama on the
right Of the Tenth. There was an inter-
val OF seventyf1Ve or eight yards be-
tween the left Of the Tenth and the
right Of the Eleventh. In this interval on
the road four pieces OF artillery (Iieut.
Penick-Lewis' Battery were in position.
The Ninth Alabama Regiment was posted
In rear OF the Tenth Alabama"
& The ground in front OF Salem Heights
for considerable space was open: the
Heights were covered with thick wood
extending right and left several miles.
y here out line was formed the wood
from front to rear was about two hun
bred and fifty yards deep. General VIII
cox aligned his brigade abreast OF the
church. In the rear verge OF the wood:
his ekirmishers were in front OF the
wood watching the enemy. who was
forming near the toll-gnte, q mile dis
tant.
GENERALSBRooKs ORDER OF
BATTLE.
Bartlett's (second) Brigade, on the left
OF the Orange Plank Road, In the fol-
lowing formation, viz: From left to right,
Fifth Maine, Ninety-sixth Pennsylvania,
One Hundred and Twenty-f1rst New
York, Twenty-third New Jersey, with the
Sixteenth New York in rear Of Twenty
third New Jersey.
First Brigade Colonel 3. w. Brown.
First New Jersey. Third New Jersey, Fiji
tenth New Jersey, Ninety-flfth Penn
sylvania and One Hundred and Nine
teenth Pennsylvania on the right Of tho
read.
General Wheaton, Of Newton's division,
One Hundred and Second
and One Hundred and Thirty-nrst Penn
sylvania Regiments, on the right Of the
One Hundred and Nineteenth Pennsyl-
vania.
A field battery near the toll-gate open
ed brisk fire OF shell upon our bat
terry In the road near the church, and
threw shells to the right and left of the
church, endeavoring to reach our in
fantry In the woods, but no casualties
resulted from the explosions OF the shells.
The enemy's artillery ceased firing about
5 o'clock P. NJ
BATTLE OF SALEM HEIGHTS.
About S o'clock MnjorGeneral McLaws
arrived from Charlottesville with four
brisales. He posted them as follows:
l<ershaw on the right Of Wilcox and
Woford on the right Of Kershaw; semms
on the left OF the Fourteenth AlaGama
(Wi!co> Brigade. and Malone on the
left of Semms.
About $3.50 o'clock, before my COM
mand wes we'll In position" (says Cen
eral McLaws "the enemy advanced,
driving our skirmshers and coming
forward with loud shouts. endeavoring to
force the center (Wilcox) and left center
(Semms). extending the attack some
what to Mahone's Brigade. One Of VIII
cox's regiments gave way. and with the
skirmishers running back, created lit
tie confusion But General Wilcox him
self soon corrected this"
when the front line OF the enemy
reached this woods" says General Will
cox, "thcy made slight halt. then giving
three cheers. they came with rush.
driving our sktrmishers rapidly before
them. Our men held their FIRE TIL their
men (the enemy came within less than