WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May
6.
The enemy evacuated this place and their works in front last
night, their rear guard passing through about six o’clock. At 9 o’clock Gen. McClellan and escort
entered the town and took possession.
About 15 of the enemy’s wounded were left behind, without any rations,
medicines or surgeons. They also left a
number of their dead unburied. All of
our wounded in yesterday’s engagement, who fell into their hands, were left
behind. Col. Dwight, of the Excelsior
brigade, who was severely wounded and taken prisoner, was also left.
In the engagement yesterday, the enemy suffered
terribly. Gen. Rickets was killed. They had a force here yesterday of 50,000 men
and only decided to evacuate after the brilliant bayonet charge of Gen.
Hancock. A majority of the white
inhabitants remain. The number of the
enemy now in our hands will reach about 1,000, including the wounded.
– Published in The
Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, May 8, 1862, p.
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