NP, RD 5/25/1864

From the Richmond Dispatch
 
May 25, 1864
 
From Gen. Lee's army
   
   The following official dispatch was received yesterday morning:
 
Hanover Junction, May 23, 10 P. M. Hon. James A. Seddon:
 
   About noon to-day the enemy approached the telegraph bridge on the North Anna. In the afternoon he attacked the guard at the bridge and drove it to this side. About the same time the 5th corps (Gen. Warren's,) crossed at Jericho Ford, on our left, and was attacked by Gen. A. P. Hill and his advance checked.
R. E. Lee
 
   The telegraph bridge, mentioned in the foregoing dispatch, is the bridge on which the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad {Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR} crosses the North Anna, some twenty-six miles from Richmond. Jericho Ford is a few miles higher up the river. We are informed that the bridge was defended by the 37th and 22d North Carolina regiments, and that the fight was of the most desperate character. Our men stood their ground manfully, and only retired after nearly all were killed or wounded. About a hundred of those wounded in this fight were brought to the city yesterday.

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