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The Daily Dispatch: May 23, 1864., [Electronic resource], [from our own Correspondent.] (search)
ry met them and hold them in check. Early yesterday morning, about daylight, a picked command of Yankees, composed. It is said, of volunteers who were called on by Grant in person, inside a faint of a purpose to assault our but they had scarcely mole their appearance on Lowell's which our artillery opened upon them with grape, shrapnel, and case shot. commanded the enemy's column, but their performances reflected little credit upon that nerve and dash for which Yankee claim that Hancock is noted. So feeble was the attack that our officers were both to be have that if was meant in earnest. The enemy advanced but a short distance, when they engaged our skirmishers, who held them in check until we had massed twenty pieces of artillery in position. These suddenly opened upon the enemy, when our skirmishers retired and our infantry fire of battle fired into them. For more than an hour the roar of artillery was incessant and the battle of musketry quite brisk. At the en
The Daily Dispatch: May 23, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
same proportion, and swell the total to about 35 000. The proportion of slightly wounded is extraordinarily large. The only allusion to the terrific fight of Thursday, 12th, is contained in the following extract from the same letter: Hancock captured 4000 prisoners, as stated, and my informant counted 18 pieces of cannon taken by him, and believes there were others. The prisoners and guns were mainly from Gen. Ned Johnson's command. His cannon had been taken from their first position, by order of Lee, to strengthen another point. At Johnson's urgent solicitation, they were returned to him on Wednesday night, and his men were engaged in putting them in position at 5 o'clock on Thursday morning, when Hancock surprised them by a sudden attack, and captured the whole. The fighting was obstinate till night. Our successes were uniform along the whole line all day — no reverse at any point. Considerable space is devoted to particulars of Sheridan's movements, but they
The Daily Dispatch: May 23, 1864., [Electronic resource], [from our own Correspondent.] (search)
Fire --About ten o'clock Saturday night the stable of Dr. F. W. Hancock, in the rear of his residence, on Main street, between 3d and 4th, was set on fire by some incendiary. Fortunately it was soon discovered by the hostler and extinguished before doing much damage. The fire brigade were promptly on the ground, but their services were not brought into requisition.
The Daily Dispatch: May 23, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ey's Station, but it amounted to very little. [Second Dispatch.] Headq'rs Army Northern Va.,May 20th. Up to three o'clock yesterday nothing of interest occurred. About that time General Ewell moved forward in force an armed reconnaissance toward the enemy's right flank. About five o'clock our skirmishers engaged those of the enemy a little west and north of the road leading from Spotsylvania Court-House to Fredericksburg. The enemy soon brought up a heavy force, consisting of Hancock's second, a large part of Burnside's ninth corps, and heavy artillery troops drawn from the defences at Washington and armed as infantry, when a considerable fight ensued, and at one time our line of skirmishers had possession of the enemy's wagon train, but were compelled to relinquish it, not however, until we had brought off some of their mules. The fight lasted until 9 o'clock at night, when Ewell fell back to his original position, having lost in the engagement about 150 wounded, abou