Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE
RICHMOND IS FAILURE
General Grants Forces Defeated
With Heavy Loss. at
Cold Harbor.
DESPERATE x>TTArks N VAIN
DIVISION After Division Sent Against
Works Held by Generals iiershaw
and Hokc-Dcnd and Wounded
cover the Ground.

" stated iu my last lctteu when
near Hanover Courthouse. Genera Ice
Wa rc-eufovccd AN General Erackeu-
riEc's command from Southwestern
Virginia and by General pick.tt'$ di-
vision of General Longstrect's rurps.
NJ Cold iiarbor NE was further
strengthened by The arrival OF General
iIokc's division from North Carolina.
General Grants nest move VAS to-
ward Cold IIarbor. On June l. GEN
cral FitZhugh Lee, whose cavalry. on
our extreme right, occupied old cold
Harbor. was compelled TO retire by
the advance Of The cncmy'S infantry
IN force on that point. II being evil
dent TO General Lee that the enemy
was moving in that direction tie i'm
mcdiatcly ordered an extension OF his
own lines. General Iioke'S division
was moved we'll TO The night and Cen
cral Anderson was ordered 1" take po-
Sition on his left The two armies
we're now on hiStcri" gruuli anu the
confedcratcS took inspiration from the
thought Of the victory tina; here crown
cd their efforts two years bcfor" in
tho seven DAYS battle around Eich-
nond
ON the afternoon OF the first The en-
omy attacked in heavy force. Our po-
eition had been hastily taken. and there
was an interval between General iIokc
and General Anderson. The Yankees
succeeded in penetrating this Interval
causing tho right Of General Anderson
and the left Of General liokc 10 fall
back n short distance. General lloiie
was reinforced 10y General ilunt"u'S
brigade Of General Pickctts division
and quickly recovered the lost ground
in his front.
General Ncrshnw. ON General \n''cr-
So''s right. advanced his South caro-
iinr regiments. recovered part pf>th"
lost ground. capturing some prisoners
nn6 stand of c0lor%. AND assumed
now 1trc connecting with General
ilckc. The tactics pursued at S,.",-
sr'rania wcrc rcpcatcd hero, E'ch
"rny formed line al battle on its adj
vance. moving up to III" ri.;ht ma
icf,. On tho morning OF tho md Cen
cral Ice ordered General ,i;rcckcn-
ridges command and two divisions OF
General ~ r. IIill's Corps % The ri.It
"f hi" linc. and Gcacrai early with
Gcucral i:wclrs Corps NJ, General
iicih's Division. "f Genera! \. =. Ii'!rS
Corps. was pla" ii or the left
,i'>ANCI: - HIt.t>
U, GENERAL EtHI.>
"a the afternoon. nv direction Of
general Lee. General Early moved
with = portion OF his ,Ewcll'sN corps
to cndcavor &" get up"n tho Yankees
right fank As Soou rs proper, diSDo-
sitions were n:.Gc. General I;nrly'A
troops advanced against Inc Yankees;
intrcnchmcnis aud foliow,r.: ,hr,u
some distance before darkness ;,ii an
end to tho fight. While this .ttnrl
was briui made, General Ercrkcn-
rid cr's command rc-c'forrcd bv two
hr-adrs from GrnSiHl \ H. mrs
Corps. dislodc|d the enemy fro,n Tur-
l:cy Till. in front Of IN extreme right
| General Grant now determined to
make one supreme effort Ia crush the
Con fcdcratcs opposed To him and or
doris were given for the whole line 10
attack. General Lee was to bc made
| 10 feel tho, tremendous power "r The
formidable army OF the Potomac. mar.
shaich In comnact form two and three
lines deep, and numbering fully 100000