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and a division Of Hills were fighting

W I'LL IlullNO'h.
LonGstreet was wounded here, but
told his division leaders to push on
with the charge. Lee ordered the at
tack suspended until the lines could
be Strengthened out. BY that time the
Federals had recovered from their con-
fusion and built breastworks along the
whole front.
End of the Battle.
1t was nightfall when Lee pushed
forward two divisions and captured a
line of breastwOrks. but the Federals
rallied and quickly drove the victors
out. Burnside got his troops into pO-
sition north of the plank road between
Hancock and Warren and drove the
Confederates back to their lines Of the
morning. Ewell merely held his own
against the assaults of Warren and
Sedgwick. Thus the day ended with
the opposing forces locked in a death
grapple.
Grants losses in the Wilderness were:
Killed. 2,24G; wounded. 12.O37: MISS
ing. 1888: total. 1866. The Confed-
crate loss has been estimated at about
1000 in all. Early on the morning Of
May Grants officers found that Lee
had posted his artillery SO as to sweep
the approaches to his lines; also that
the whole front was covered by a
tangled forest of young growth. Grant
gave the order to commence a move
ment by the left flank. with the inten-
ton Of reaching SpOttsylvania Court
House. eight miles farther on the road
to Richmond. ahead Of Lee.
Race For Spottsylvania.
Within one hour after the Federals
got in motion orders were issued in
the Confederate army to move south.
General Grants orders were that War
ren's corps should march at o'clock
the evening Of the 7th to Spottsylvania.
Sedgwick's corps to point halfway
between Todd's Tavern and Spottsyl-
vania. Hancock's corps. after holding
the lines ON the plank road until the
other troops had gone, to TOdd's Tav-
ern. and Burnside's corps back on the
Catharpin road, two miles east Of
Todd's Tavern. to prevent possible
lunge by the Confederates at the Fed
eral communications with Fredericks-
burg. As soon as Warren seized Spott-
sylvania Sedgwick. Hancock and Burn
side would close up ON that position.
The corps all secured the points as
signed excepting Warren.
Lees orders were that Longstreet's
corps NOW commanded by General r.
II. Anderson) should move on the night
of the It'll to Spottsylvania. Anderson
had his troops in position. covering the
roads to Spottsylvania. at daylight on
the 9Th. Warren's corps moved. pre-
coded on the Brock road by General
Wesley Merritt's cavalry.
At 3 o'clock in the morning of May 8
Warren's infantry had overtaken the
cavalry a mile below TOdd's Tavern.
engaged with General FitZhugh Lees
cavalry. Warren sent in his leading
division under General John Z. Robin
son and about 8 o'clock a. IN. Robinson
reached the outposts Of AndersOn's line,
intrenched two miles north of the court
house. Warren deplOyed the division
Of General Charles Griffin on the right
of Robinson and that Of General S. w.
Crawford on the left, drove back the
enemy and held a line in the woods.
Federal Attacks Repulsed.
Sedgwick's advance division under
Wright came up and formed on War
ren's left and preparations were made
for an assault Every advance was
repulsed until a portion Of Wright's
men about 6 o'clock in the afternoon
passed around AndersOn's right flank
On the morning of the 9th General r.
S. Ewell's corps took position on the
right of Anderson's east of the court
house covering the Fredericksburg
road. Burnside's corps moved from the
Wilderness to Spottsylvania, forcing
the passage of the Ny river.
The lines now drawn extended from
the 20 river near the crossing Of the
Shady Grove road. eastward across the
Brock road. This part Of the line was
held on the Confederate side by Ander-
son. and Warren's corps confronted
him. From Anderson's corps the Con-
federate line ran northeast about a
mile and a half. then east and again
making sharp bend south. forming
an angle nearly mile across ut its
base. EweIls corps occupied this part
of the line and was menaced by Fed
erals on the northwest face only.
General A. p. Hills corps took up an
intrenched line running south from
the angle and confronting burnside.
The troops opposed to Ewrll on TIE
northwest face of the angle were War
ren's and Sedgwick's corps General
Sedgwick was killed by tn" bullet nf II
sharpshooter. IIancock's' corps took
position on the right 0f Warren, with \
line that followed the direction If TIE
Pc river at this point -nanplr. north
west. On the 9th Hancock rnconnoi-
tered the ground far out on his front.
crossed over the divisions of Barlow.
Gibbon and Birney and pushed his line
southwark to the Shady Grove road.
aiming for the bridge across the Po.
Darkness coming on. Hancock halted
for the night. On the morning of the
10th it was found that the left flank
Of Anderson was strongly intrenched
and protected the road and the bridge.
Orders reached Hancock to recross the
Pc with two divisions and form a line
with Warren and General II. G..
Wright. who had succeeded Sedgwicll
at the head Of the Sixth corps, for a
general assault west of the angle.
Warren's attack was repulsed by
Apdorcon'c troopc with littla lose to