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Keep step with the musk of Union What grandeur its Flag has unrolled— For the loyal, a star-lighted Heaven, For traitors, a storm in each fold! The glorious shade of Mount Vernon ' Still points to each pattiot grave,— Still cries,"' O'er the lung coming ages, That Banner of Bunker Hill wave !" North and South, S-.., Re'ep st,ep with the music of Union I The forests hare sunk at its sound, The pioneer's brow been with triumph And labor's broad opulence crowned 01 yet shall all giant rude forces Of nature be chained to our curs— All States that hare madly seceded, Return to the Stripes and the Stars. North and South, S:o Keep step with the music of Union ! -Thus still shall we nourish the light Our fathers lit for the chained nations That darklc in Tyranny's night! The blood of the whole world is with us, 'O'er ocean by Tyranny hurled, And [ll6- who would dare to insult us Shall sink with the wrath - of a world, North and South, .La. Keep step with the music of Union ! So Scorr, the great lion-souled, cries The flames of the Patriot flashing, Like lightning of Houten from his eyes ! Red wrath on all copperhead c illians Who dare trail their blasphemous slime On Loyalty's thrice sacred 11. ,wers That Washington sowed in our clime. N.irth and Sotob, Keep step with the music of Union ! All traitors shall sink at its sound; But Patriots march en to Heaven With its hallowed harmony crowned ! Then cheers for the Past with its glory! For the resolute Present, hurrah ! And shouts for the starry•bruwed Future, With 'Virtue, and Freedom and Law• North and Suuth, &e THE WAR IN VIRGINIA INTERESTING DETAILS. [eorrevoudvnee of the N. V. Tunes.] Details of the /mporta at Operations lIE'ADQUARTY:RS ARMY OF Ttn POTO NAC, In the Field, Near Chancellor tlle, Va., Friday Eveniivr May 1-10 P. M. Upon my return from United States Ford, Ibiworning, the first news that greeted my eats was the death of that gallant and indomitable officer, Lieut. Colonel McVicar, commanding the Sixth New York Cavalry. It occurr ed last night, during a brilliant and daring reconnoissance toward Spott sylvania Court House. The affair was the boldest act of the advance thus far, and as your correspondent, "Z. W. 8.," accompanied the column, be will detail the circumstances, as he personally witnessed and participated in them. He was warmly congratu lated to-day by officers and associates for his plucky part in the affair. The charge of less than two hundred of our Alen upon the whole of Fitzhugh Leo's brigade, and the successful escape of our force, was a fit and stirring event for the opening of this grand battle. The day opened with a heavy mist hanging over the country, particular ly near the river, which was not en tirely dhipelled until the sun was well up—say 8 o'clock. The morning was quiet—neither party seemed to be ma dy for battle. We. brought up additional artillery flaring. the night, as well as large Inanition trains, and an allowance of six forage wagons to each corps, wi!ich were ordered to return in each case before any more were allowed to pass the bridges. Major Painter, of the Quartermaster's Department, had charge of the Ford, and regulated the passage of wagons and artillery so that there was no confusion, while the total amount of transportation which viiched this side of the river was very rsrnaff, and not in the least cumber e Army Corps came up Avxik . , , he night, and encamped near the left a our position. The Third Corps lay-hetvcen Banks' and United S'ta i tes Fords daring the night, and reached the fronta'bOut noon. The troopS inaxched rapidly and with great elgerfulnese. The great stragetic importance of this position grown mop and more ap parent every hour. We hold - the Car donsville road seciirely. By going a half mile to the rear we find c country road leading to SpottsS , frania Court Ilottse—four miles to the rear is all tither. Their . fiank is thus dangerous ly exposed, for if they retreat they are harassed by' flank and rear; if they fight, they must fight in an openabld, on equal- terms, with: perhaps great advantages in our favor. ' IBM WILLIAM LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor VOL. XVIII, Evidences hourly accumulate of the fact that the enemy is totally surpris ed at our vigorous operations, and in a great measure unprepared to meet us. That he is very nervous, is evident from 'the manner in which he falls to I digging rifle.pits in every convenient location. If any further evidence of this fact were needed, it is found in the capture at this point yesterday of a de spatch from Gcn. Lee to an engineer officer here, saying in substance that he was very much surprised at this movement, had not anticipated it, and was unprepared to give him instruc tions. This despatch was dated Api. 29. One more fact: McVicar cap tured, in his charge last night, a de spatch from Gen. Lee to Fitzhugh Lee, ordering his cavalry brigade to he at Spottsylvania Court House on April 30. Thus Lee came in upon Mc- Vicar's rear, who was also hound to Spottsylvania. Hostilities among 'the pickets were carried on during the night, with slight loss. Watson's battery in Meade's front, thus lost two men and eight horses. Our lines were not de veloped last night, the troops being massed in proper locations. The forenoon was mainly occupied by General Hooker, his staff and able corps commanders, in consultation, and in making dispositions of the columns. At about 12 o'clock, General Sykes' di vision was sent forward ou the left, by the Banks' Ford Road, to make an at tack, and compel the enemy to devel op lain strength on that bank. He noted promptly into position, with Weed's, no 4 Watson's, regular batte- Tm first gun was fired by the ene my about 12 o'clock. Heavy skim 'shine. commenced, our men entering the field with much enthusiasm. The Eighth Penusyli-ania Cavalry skirm ished its the very front for some time, and sustained a galling fire from the enemy's infantry, but behaved with great intrepidity. They charged and re-charged upon the infantry, only to be in turn driven back. Gen. Sykes then threw forward two companies of infantry, without knapsacks, on the double quick, who supported the cav alry, and checked the further pursuit of the enemy. The action now be came quite general between the two forces, each seeming to be about the same strength. The rebel division thus engaged was that of Anderson, part of Longstreet's old corps, and consisting of the brigades of Pasey, Mahone and Wilcox. Sykes fought the latter brig Tar o —at (fames aid . The rebels contested the ground very vigorously, giving way only when pressed very hard. Our troops fought for fully an hour with great spirit and drove the enemy from two successive and strong positions upon ridges of land which run parallel with the•Rap pahannock. The distance thus gained was mxtrly one mile, and some fifty prisoners,mostly belonging to Virginia regiments, were captured. They gave themselves up readily, many of them manifesting pleasure at their position. About LI o'clock, just as Col. Chap man, commanding a brigade of regu lars, had expressed a desire to " take another ridge," an order was received by General Sykes from Gen. Hooker, to suspend the attack, and retire near ly to his former position. This appear ed inexplicable to both officers and men, and as the latter came back slow ly and in good order, frequent mutter ings were•heard among them about being "on the retreat again." But the sequel proved that there was a mind oVer all, who directed what was best for them. The cause for this movement was the fact that General Hooker had re ceived information from his headquar ters that the enemy had thrown the greater part of his force over on this side of the fortifications, and had also removed many of the guns in the lower batteries, and placed than in po sition at the upper end of the town— thus indicating an intention of making an attack on us. He, therefore, sus pended this preliminary attack at oneo, which had been arranged as a prelude to important operations else where, and rightly surmised that if the enemy did really mean to attack us, they would follow up our retire ment. At 2P. M. he remarked : "I think I can make them come out and' fight me on my own ground." In two I hours the assertion was proven. The enemy mistook our 'voluntary retire ' merit. for a check, and followed up as rapidly as wo fell back. General Syke's division had got in their old position, and pickets thrown out, when the enemy again• appeared in force on the ridge, at the foot of which wo lay. Our men had stacked arms, and were at rest. The whole division, save the Duryea Zonaves,' were lying at nearly right angles with the road. The Zonaves were parallel with the road. Quick as thought Gen. Sykes brought his men into line, the Zonaves on the left half-wheeling into ' lino of battle like a machine. The rebels paused a moment on the top of the ridge, and, as if to nerve them for the onset, gave , one of their scattering, demoniac yells, and thou came clown on the double quick— shooting, captu ring; and literally running , over our poor pickets, who scrambled behind all sorts of obstructions. But in an 'instant more a terrible crash resound ed from the Zonave end of the line, and down the column rolled the most deafening roar of musketry that in all my war experience has ever met my pars. It did not last, apparently, two • minutes, but its work was effective. This attack was very fierce, and be ing so Ugh 11 ea Ml' lban thep RWIOII3 firing li'ad 'been, created considerable commotion around the cr2ss-roads. It at once . brought Gen, Hooker into the Saddle for the first time during; the Jay, and things were, soerdily in shape. This onslaught was for the purpose of retaking this very important point.— The first thing done was the massing of artillery near the roads, and in fit teen minutes twenty-two guns were sending shell into the woods, and the roar of artillery became ten times more deafening; than that of the musketry had been. The work was soon done. The contest lasted three-quarters of an hour, and the enemy ignominiously retired. - Although this attack was so hand somely repulsed, it proved to be only preliminary to still treater operations. At 4,30 P. 3t., Colonel Diven, who had cavalry skirmishers on the plank road, reported the enemy advancing in force and driving in his pickets. He was soon discovered deploying to the right, and Gen. Slocum promptly met the move by sending in Geary's division and Bampton's battery. The attack proved to be only a feeler, however, and the next thing •vas a-development still further'on our right, which was again check-mated by Geld. Williams, who, with three batteries of artillery and his own division, replied very ef fectively to the enemy's fire, which was sometimes brisk, but never heavy. Beyond this he did not go, except to occasionally shell our extreme right, under Gen. Boward, but his troops were very placid', and the shells slid no damage. Fora while there was, a cessation of the desultory and spasmodic firing which had been going for two hours.— But at 61 o'clock a desperate charge was made for oar batteries command ing the plank road. The rebels ad vanced through the woods at a rapid pace and got within point-blank can ister range of our guns. A column also came up the road wildly. Geary met a:em with great promptness, and wheeling a regiment 19(.0 the road. a deadly volley was 'poured into their advance. At the same time 'Knapp and Hampton double-shottcd their guns with canister, and for fifteen min utes there was another fiery episode. Of course the enemy were severely repulsed and with heavy loss. Their killed and wounded fell in the timber in front of our batteries, and the leaves and brush having been set on fire by shells, the poor wretches are suffering a terrible death. After this hour there tVel.43 no More vigorous attempts on the part of the enemy. For an hour or more a sharp shelling was kept up against d'ur ex treme left, occupied by Gen. Meade.— General Couch's foreesa=esteployed curly in the afternoon and rendered effective assistance in supporting the celtre. General Siekles.eelumn acted as a reserve. The entire operations-of the day in dicate that the enemy was engaged mainly in feeling our lines, endeavor ing to find a weak point, and to as certain the strength of our position and forces. but he was repulsed at every point, particularly in his attempts to retake Chancellorville, and in the in sane charge upon 0111' batteries. Everything goes to show 'that Lee will open the attack early this morn ing. [lt is now 3 o'clock A. M. May 2.] Our troops have been at work all night, and the woods resound with the ring of -axes. Both parties are busy building earthworks and abatt Is. Col.- tain changes are being made in our lines, and we shall be fully ready for any emergency. The greatest day in the history of the rebellion is about dawning. General Hooker got sonic rest during the night, which was much needed, but at this hour he is in con sultation with his Corps Commanders. His staff 1(10 prodigies of energy, and their labors are unceasing. Our losses yesterday arc not yet known. We had about one hundred killed and wounded in General Sykes' fight early in the afternoon. Captain Marsh, of the SeVentecnth Regulars, was killed. Captain Overton, of Gen. Syke's staff, was wounded—not dan gerously; Lie.ut. Wells, Fourteenth Regulars, wounded ; Lieut. Col. Walk er, Assistant Adjutant General to Gen Couch, was wounded by a piece of shell in the arm—not seriously. The troops acted magnifietntly.— _Not a case of misbehavior has conic to -my knowledge. They go into battle with enthusiasm, and one idea seems to animate every one—the idea of vic tory. L. L. CROtisso. The Operations near Chancellor vine. CHANCELLOUVILLE, Friday, May Ist, 1863.—Yesterday afternoon your cor respondent, learned that the gallant little remnant of the Sixth New York Cavalry, Lieut. Colonel McVicar com manding, hod started Out upon a re connoissance towards Spottsylvania Court House. As there was nothing more interesting on hand, I determin ed to see what a reconnoissance might be like. I accordingly dashed across the country and overtook the expedi tion about two miles beyond our outer pickets. The Sixth had been our advanced skirmishers upon Slocuni's front during our entire march, They were few in number, and the duty required was very fatiguing, but they had stood up to the work manfully, and had achiev ed for themselves a reputation for dash, pluck and efficiency rivalled by no other regiment in the service. So well Were they appreciated,,tbat detail af ter detail had been made limn among them until but about two hundred and fifty men tror le f t, but these were men tried and trim. I found Colonel MoViCar proceeding slowly along the-road to Spott;-.ylva- Ilia Court Llouso, stopping at every cross road, and sending men to . right and left, to see what might be upon his flanks, and searching every house. Occasionally a mounted vedette of the enemy would be started, and there would be a trial of speed, in which the ho6es of, the Sixth, tired apd jaded 'as they were, would prove mpre th a HUNTINGDON„ PA., WEDNESD -PERSEVERE.- match lur the starved rack of' bones upon which Messrs. Secesli were riding. Mile after mile was passed, and yet we saw no sign of any great force of the rebels. Citizens whom we picked up told us there had been a hundred troopers along a short time before; but they were not now'to be fotind. The Colonel watt mistaken in his or ders which he supposed directed him to keop on until he should meet some huge force of the enemy. A courier, witli a modification of the orders, had been sent, but never reached Ho was becoming a little disturbed about his position, knowing that he was a long way from any support, and in a country where the rebels were likely to conic down upon him at any moment. But ho would not disobey orders. A t length a halt was called, at. a fork in the roads near Spottsylvania. The roads hero form a Y, with woods on both sides and an open field in the fbrk, bounded by a ravine some three hun dred yards back. Rear and advance guards were posted; and the maM body dismounted. A consultation was held, and it was determined to make a raid upon the next farm house, and, if pos• Bible, obtain some forage for our horses and some fbod for ourselves. This was just at dark. Just as the order to mount was giv en, the rear guard discovered seine men stealing up through the bushes. The sharp crack of their carbines hurried us into the saddle. At, the first dis charge they charged out with an un earthly yell, which seems to be their battle-cry, and succeeded in capturing three or four of our men. They then fell back and stood in the road, yelling defiance. Springing to our saddles we rushed into the field, and instantly formed in line of battle in three squad rons, awaiting the onset of the enemy. 31eanwhile we opened a deadly car bine fire upon 1.11 , 2 m. Corp. EriN, - ard. P. Pratt, of company I, returning from Chancellorville, whither lie had been sent with some prisoners, was attacked by the rear guard of the rebels. Four men of com pany M. were with him, and they re pulsed the attack and captured a Cap tain. Ile was thedsel upon by a large number and themselves captured, but nnum , .;ed to c , A!apc, during tlha confa• t•ion. Finding that they would not meet us in a fair field, the bugle was soun ded, and the brave boys charged. with drawn tires. The Colonel and. Lieu tenantßeltied-tne—attyancea guard of twenty men. The rest followed in good order, except that the second squadron NVIIS in advance of the first. Captain Beardslee was ordered to the rear to close up the column, and see that the wounded were cared for.— For a few moments the zip, zip.z—z— z of the Millie balls and the sharp ring of sabres were heard above the noise of the shouting. Among the first to fall was Colonel McVicar, who was instantly killed while attacking an officer with his sa bre. The rebels were driven back by the charge, and the second squadron led by Captain George A. Crocker, swept on in pursuit. The first squad ron, being without officers, halted where they were. The enemy from the woods formed in behind the second squadron. Captain Van Buren, of the third squadron, rode up, and ordering the first to follow him, charged upon the rebels. 130 fore, the first could do this, the Captain and Sergeant Sanders, of Company 1, were through the reb els and with the second. Capt. Van Buren, being senior officer present, took command. Lieutenant Philips and Lieut. Blunt took command of the third squadron, charging, at the head of it. They cut through the lines, and joined the sec ond, the first squadron following them. They passed on down the road until they crossed the creek, when they formed on the opposite bank and held the ford. Captain Beardslee, with the rear guard and the wounded, were cut off by the closing in of the rebels. Taking with him a number of priso ners whom he had captured, he re treated tithe fork.of the road, where the Surgeon was at work. Question ing the prisoners separately, they said that Fitzhugh Lee, with ibur regi ments of cavalry had surrounded us. Two regiments were in the road in front, and two on our flanks:. We had charged upon and driven the regiments in the font, and a por tion of our number escaped, a number wore wounded, some taken prisoners. Eighty men were left behind, and up• on those two regiments charged. We dashed into the woods, and galloped through them at a headlong rate, re gardless of limbs or obstructions, with the rascals thundering at our heels.— As we passed a farm house, the col umn became separated. Capt. Beards lee, with twenty-two men, reached the party who were guarding the ford, and lod them to our lines, while Lienten ,ant O'Neal and myself led fifty-eight a long way through the woods, and came safely in. Capt. Aiken and Capt. Hermance were wounded. Lieut. O'ncil was in jured by a fall of his horse. Last night fifty-two of his men were missing but sonic of these will probably come in today. leorre,poridenc, of tho Now York Times ) The Great Battle of Qhancelloraville. _Headquarters ih the fii7d, hear Chan-) cellursville, Va., Sunday evening, May 3, 1863-6 P. M, Another bloody dal has been added to the calendar of this rebellion. An other terrible battle bus been fought, and more fields crimsoned with human blood. 4 few more such n days as this will find no armies lea du either side to fight battles. rf .• y k ' ..t., ' . 4% ), ~ sl, ,- r . "- e. r,,, , r ;., .1•.: V. ..,, ~...! v A "A -0)11 1 • r.t." A . 5. 7A I j4 . ; . 4 ~,,, , . I . 4 VAT, MAY 13, 1868, My last letter brought up the situa tion to Saturday morning. It was then certainly expected that the ene my would begin the attack as soon as it was day, and our dispositions were made accordingly. But the attack did not begin. Bvents proved that the enemy did design to attack, but he chose to make that attack in a manner and at a point different from what was generally anticipated by us on Satur day morning. Daylight grew broader and yet .no guns. Finally, about six o'clock, a brass Napoleon, looking down the plank road in front 'of the Chancellor House, saw a regiment come into the road in column and at tempt to deploy. One or two doses of canister caused them to deploy rather irregularly, and more like skirmishers on the retreat. Soon after, .General Hooker and his staff began an inspection of our lines, which occupied full two hours. Every portion was visited, and the work of the night was closely inspected. On the extreme left new lines were cho sen, and the engineer officers soon marked out the lino and character of the defences to be erected. When the inspection closed, the entrenchments were pronounced to be of the very best character, especially those on the right, whore the columns of Slocum and How ard were posted. There had been only slight disturb ances during the night, as both forces had been busy with their axes rather• than their muskets. 'From Gen. How ard's front came a report that the en emy was engaged all night in cutting a road past his picket line to the right. How much attention was paid to the fact at the time Ido not know, but subsequent events proved that it was very signifiean t. The day continued to pass in a very dull manner for a day of battle, and only here and there was there any thing'more even than desultory skir mishing and picket firing. About 3 o'clock the pickeEs on the right of Gen. Sloctun's front reported that from a- certain position wagons had been seen moving in a westerly direction nearly all day. It was at once surmised that this might be a re treat, but subsequent events proved that it was part of an affair of alto gether another nature. To ascertain, however, what it nealkv was, General Sickles, who was still in reserve, was ordered to make a reconnoissanee in heayy force in that direction. Tlds was clone with great promptness, and the divisions of Generals Birney and Whipple, with Gen. Barlow's brigade, from Howard's corps, were pushed out to the front, Berdan's brigade of sharp shooters huvitir ' the advance, and sup porting Bandolph's battery. Our troops moved rapidly and soon became more or less engaged, especially with the artillery and sharpshooters as skir mishers. Berdan soon sent in some sixty prisoners y belonging to the 23d Georgia, including ono Major, two Captains, and three Lieutenants. Be ing upon the ground, I examined these prisoners, and soon found that the "wagon train " which we had seen moving during the day was composed mainly of ordnance wagons and am bulances, and that Stonewall Jacicson and staff were at the head of a column of troops which the wagons followed. Nothing more was needed to con vince us Sat this daring opponent was executing another of his sudden move ments, and it was at once resolved to checkmate him. General Sickles was ordered to push on, and Gen Williams' division of Slocum's column was order ed to co-operate. Birney pushed ahead with great vigor, and with Ran dolph's battery soon sent to .the rear as prisoners of war the entire remnant of the 23d Georgia Regiment, num bering over four hundred officers and men. The column of the enemy which had been moving - up this road was now literally cut in two and Gen. Williams had commenced a flank movement on the enemy's right, which promised the most auspicious results. But at five o'clock a terrific crash of musketry on our extreme right, an. flounced that Jackson had commenced his operations. This had been antici pated, but it was supposed that after his column was cut, the corps of Gienl. Howard (formerry General Sigel's), with its supports, would be sufficient to resist the approach, and finding that he was himself assailed in the rear he would turn about and retreat to es cape capture. But to the disgrace of the Eleventh Corps be it said, that the division of General Schurz, which was the first assailed, almost instantly gave way.— Threats, entreaties and orders of com manders were of no avail. - Thousands of these cowards threw down their guns, and soon streamed down the road toward headquarters. The ene my pressed his advantage. General Devon's division, disaffected by the demoralization of the forces in front of him, soon followed suit, and the brave General was for the second time severely wounded in the foot, while endeavoring to rally his men. Goal. Howard, with all his daring and reso lution and vigor, could not stem the tide of the retreating and cowardly poltroons. The brigades of Col. Bush beck and McLean only remained fight ing, and maintained themselves nobly as long as possible. But they too, gave way, though in good order, be fore vastly superior numbers. General Hooker now sent to the aid of Gen. Howard the choicest division of his army, the creation of his own hand—the famous Second Division of the Third Corps, oommanded _Maj, Gen Berry. Captain Best Noon Moved his batteries on a ridge running across the road and after a short but sangui nary contest, OM' further advance of the enemy was stayedj. Of CIMINO tljis clisqstor compollag Op mean of Sickleo and Slocum', iyho TERMS, $1,50 a year in advance, had been pursuing their work with remarkable vigor. General Williams' division returned only to find a portion of their works filled with the enemy. Sickles' division could not communi cate with the rest of the army at all by the way they advanced,,and only at great risk by any other route. This was the position at drirk, and it, did not look very promising. But our energetic commander was more, than equal to the emergency. New dispo sitions to repair this disaster wore at once resolved ripen. Communication, was at,once had with Generals Bii•rley and Whipple, and a night attack order ed to restore the' connection of the lines. General Ward's brigade of General Birney's division, made The attack at 11 o'clock at night, aided by Captain Best's guns, massed on 'the ridge in front of the enemy. Birney's position was on the extreme left of this new line of battle, but Ward's ter rific attack was entirely successful, comtnuniention was restored, and in a charge made by the brigade, a portion of the artillery lost by Howard was gallantly retaken by Gen Hobart Ward. This night attack was the most grand and terrific thing of the war.— The moon shone bright, and an enemy could be seen at good musket range. The air was very still, and the roar and reverberation of the musketry and artillery past all conception. Malvern Hill was a skirmish compared with this, save in the degree 'of slaughter. But it was successful,—the enemy were driven back-nearly half a mile, and our tired men once more slept on : their arms. That night's work ended. Now I come to Sunday. It wns per fectly evident, from the position of of fairs on Saturday night, that there must be a change of our lines, which would throw the enemy out of our rear and into our front again. It, will be seen by what skillful. generalship the enemy was fought and checked on front, and flank, and rear, while this was being done. General Reynolds' First Army Corps arrived at United States Ford on Saturday afternoon. It was imme diately put into positio'n on our right, which was withdrawn from the plank road to the :fly's Ford Ttirt!plice;;— This lino. was immediately foanual by. General Reynolds and Meade, the hit ter's position, on the lefty. having been relieved by General Howard's Elev enth Corps, which, notwithstaadiag its disorganized condition, WaWati ear, reorganized during the night - ft 4 . -14 lie St for duty again this morning. They were assigned the position ot?'the left, where it was probable there - would - he - I little or no fighting, and were protect-. ed by the strong works built the day before by General Meade's corps.— Our new line now assumed the shape of a triangle, prolonged at the apex, the right of the line being somewhat longer than the left. As the portion of the lineon the right was new, time, was necessary to fortify and inti.enah it, and the work was carried on vigor ously by the Fifdi and First army corps. , It was very evident at daylight this morning that the day would !wing forTh a terrific battle. We knew that the enemy had been reinforcing his line all night, at the expense, 10-' donbtedly, of the strength sof his force on our left. Ins intention was, evi dently, to fight for the possession of the plank road, which it was perfect ly apparent he must have, as that por tion of it which we then held, was sub ject to the enemy's assaults in frgnt and on both flanks. But the possession of this road was not ebtained by the enemy saveat our own time, at his severest cost, and af ter ono of the most desperate", tens= cious and bloody conflicts, for its short duration, of the whole war. At five o'clock, A. M., the rebels could be dis tinctly seen up the plank road, about a mile and a half from the Chancellor House, which General Hooker still re tained as his headquarters, though a shell had gone through it the evening before, and another had cut down a tree directly in front of it. Our line of battle was formed with general Berry's gallant division qn the right, Gen]. I3irney nest on the left, Gen. Whipple and Gon. Williams• sup porting. At 51 A. 31. the-advance be came engaged in tho ravine, just he• yond the ridge where Captain Best's uns bad made their terrible onslaught the night before, and where they still frowned upon the enemy, and threat ened his destruction. The rattle of musketry soon became a long continued crash, and in a few moments, as battalion after battalion , became engaged, the roar sitypassed all conception, and indicated that' the fight would be opo of the most terrible nature. Gen. Berry's division, which had checked the enemy's advance the night before, engaged him again, and if it were possible for theta to add more laurels to their fame, then they did it thrice over again. The enemy advanced his infantry in overwhelm= ing numbers, and seemed _determined to crush our forces. But the brave men of Sickles and Slocum, who fought -their columns with desperate gallant ry held the rebels in check, and inflic ted dreadful slaughter among them.— Gen. -French's division was soot in - on the right hank of oar line at about 7 A. M., and in a short time a horde of ragged , streaming rebels running, down the road, indicated that that - portion of the enemy's line had been crushed. At 8 o'clock, A. AL, Gen. :French sent his compliments to General Hooker; with the information that he had elnat, ed the enemy, and was driving him before him.. Sic; .maintained the attack upon, his line with great endurance. The enemy seemed determined to crush him with the inimensity of hie forces,' and, as subsequently shoo n from the statemente of prisoners, five whole di visions of the yobet (trait Iteritikreelp itated Upon - this' portion of In , line, for from these five - divisions -- wcr:tOolv during the, :a j igraffafe. of =over two thousand - prisone9. ..The exploitssof - ourgilfant;tr4slii those dark, tangled, gloomy woods,- may never be' trought o to they would fill a hundrea.iiolurnes--et It was a deliberate, desperate band to band conflict, and the carnage was perfectly. frightful:. Cool offipere say that the dead. and wounded 'of il,te en emy coveted - the ground in heaps, and timt the rebels seemed 'utterly regard less of their: lives, and:literally threw themselves upon theliinizlej of our guns. Many desperate Citrgei3 were made during the tight, partioplarly by Berry's divlsion...,MotVs brigade made fifteen digtinet olittrges lainl":cuptured seven stands of colors,---the 7th NeVa. Jersey, Colonel Fraheine; alone •CuPtu ring four stands of eolers -five: hundred.prisoners. • • • Gen. Couch's Second..o4, , corps though only in_part„presept i ,„diC.,pc 7 , t was cicneral.:lAool4.: who 'charged and drove eneiny on the flank, and it Was the' indtifilitahlit Hancock whogallantly wontfoyilyp - -: lief Of the karkpcessed Sielaes. The engage s ine'nJiasillPiviihout the slightest intermission' from 51: to 8:45 P. M., when there 7 "witsl itlern pOrary cessation .on;'.our'l , part;locedi.l sionedf. by getting, out of: ammunition. ; We, held our position for„nearly,,9, hour`With 'the baYOnet,:and ing re-supplied, an!order 'Was given -to' fall back" to the vicinity of the•Chittt-f - cellor House, which We,l'didr, in rlgeod) order. Here the contest, „wils tained for an hour,or more, ,pot - 8Q verely de before, Unt with:gra:it liaireer to' the - en e mY,'atid emisiderabfe'llYS:slqi ourselves. • NO. 48. The, vicinity of the,,ChaneelhpYiiiit. House was now .the theatre of dig!, fight, and my - visitsto 04be came less frequent. General 'Hooker' maintained his headquarters there-Un-' til 10 A. M., when it Iv.as.set on fire; by the enemy's shells„and : is ,no.w.„iyA: ruins. Chancellorvillo,is i no longer Au, existence, having, perlshed two flame, but Chancellori j illeis'thkiti4l4, never to 'be e ff aced, • • 7 -,%;- `-'77 11,`! • Our now line was now Sottt belted as to render it 4 ,safe,to witbdraVi all our forces on that'frpcoyhich accordingly done, and'at - 1.:36 X. M. the muskettiy - oeit'sWr The en gagement had )asted had been the `Most ferrifilb of tlio - itar. Our artillery bad lilertillynlatiglitdrOir the enemyiand many : of the: domptpi Ries. had . lost , hea,y)lY. in, men Alma, selves, but the,guns-wereall eneiny Was nowt 'rid 16 r` in: our rear, but had oven'' shoved' tinwitt directly in - our front, and is nmirdi rect.; ly 'between us and our-forces in 'Fred. crieksburg, and we were,again ,in 411),, c.;!1,1'411611Cd uuil formidably fOrtiae'd? position, The enciny ground, it, is true, hut' rytt the sacrifice) of the flower, of ,his force; five'of,his seven divisions having been 0ut49 4 pieces in the effort, and over two tliont and of theen'have fallen into dur: Our right : wingi under. :Gens. 'Rey, n ()kis and Meade was not.eitgag,ed; Saver the divisiertuf Gen: ,llutilPhre.Yob.Wl.li9ilt wen_ t, - tu the, w9ods . p 9, ell,emy'k left flatilt;7itinf their brilliant ' loader, until their-'-auf.' /mini titui-Wtis exhausted, - • ' • Dating the afternoon the enemy huts, made several attempts to force_,..onr lines, particularly- at the ayes of our position, near the 'chancellor but Capt. Weed - had tnaise&d,' `fat;ge; quantity' cif artillery in sad"-f iposi;; tion to, ropulse With, great. loss eve.. , ; rything placed within ,its'yangs. Thq eneiny tried several baiisi , iswaad rag': iments at that point at differbiitlimes during the afternoon; and they were literally clestiNayad'hy the. fire. cif goilD terrible guns. .IsTothieg,eanlivoiwith, l in their range. , Our preseat position is impregnable if our troops continue to'f!ght . as th'eF' have to-day. Ciee. , 4ice, the 'prisoners say, has issued an coley that oats lines;' must be larolcen at all hazards., 1 441 theta ,try again, ,with What they Let felt. They can, and ''periapp 'AVM 1p stroy themselves by attacks tirlin )osition. Our troops aro .perfectly, ,gooLltiA l confident. They have fought with great, spirit and en0404;144 4i/d'tyitt' );..1 continue to do so. The rebel prisoneils rPpert , 'Otit A. P. fiiiilvas Wiled this foronoon, du. ring the sanguinary wallet his aiy't siop had with-Cionerai,lierry's Genl..Berry, was hipaseif )i,:l.pre gallantly fighting his biave _ _ . - • • CROUNSA.' Headquarters Army of the' Potomac,' • Xear'FalmoUt4 Va., Sunday"' Evening-7-10 P. I have arrived here fronl Chancellor, vine, and learn of the complete sneeese of Gen. SedgivicVs" attaCli. upon - ,the stronghold of enemy #it Fredei iclisharg Ireights. The position , was brilliantly carriedi by storm to-day by' pratt!s : glorious. light division of the Sixth ArinypOrpi,, capturing two whole regireents of i•eb-• els, thoSi4teenth and Eighteenth sissippi, one .cOrnpany,of the faincisC Washington Artillery of New Orleans,- and a ,part of Alewander's artillery:On eluding in all eight guns ,aad pearly , one - thotisankprisoners,, The ing'forees'wero aided" by'Qoin Gibbotij of the Second Army cup's, who,with_ a force, came upon the tank and rear, of the enemy, planting the Amerioan flag upon their works before theytuid . actually- 'ceased' firing' apOrt Itittr • chary ging coiumn: The captures were: Ori - iplete r : and: our loss only moderate. Genl: sedg, wick afterward engaged the meow, and drove him back. At 4 P. ~ he had advanced to the Wick Church,,4f mike Cut oil the plan road ; tiiWards Ohancellorsville. • Here he, had :a severe engagnalPl4, with j Early's diyiSion,,reintOceti, i hy troops froM i .fJee, but repel* t*nl, tiOd, sent in another lot.rd,prisoners. , The enemy is now hernmp4 tween llooker and Sedgwiek,,and no dmiiit, fight With desperate tonacity to eitricate.himself from his deporp:to position, hilt the advantage, rest decidedly, with us. 4. pocnc..Fr SEuAu. idedt'for sag , 41.0.1t,;W11494 FrestillOWer and•G(►t'deiq' s seds'Sor sale Iteriti*' Statire.! • ; Criv,p PENS. -.tl fino assortrafoA Poaket ; apd. Desk q 01 4,•,P6 IMPAre eeired at Lewidßook•Stiirel.r, 10
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