The New York Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1862, Page 3

‘NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1862—TRIPLE SHEET. 8 of AN these 2 deen’ t to Se Tove bet atdsrea by him 1 Ty ugh ber | cree yt ® country where there was no ? Mamsburg. Bebicd this bouse was tho large barn in| —, Adjutant Sth New Jernoy, killed. Eee fg a ied SPLE™DID AFFAIR oa rey - of a0 ions nevesst- | Genéral : 'gwick, the of AT WEST POINT. which the hospital was j cated, and where ai! the wound- A large dwelling in the rear has beenocoupied ase aan ns Raden of the Untied gies am tele, val Dana, ciemee re pasa oa aw i cate) cared for, Before the apy rw? hospita), and placed under the charge of Ur. ‘Beem expored od traneporte from frre s back : Pennsy' ete, Tate nirineemedits of the law Have not ve any town and remained tm the centre of the river, while The Battle Fi * A * savgbon ” &. niga i fae of plage | el ee Pee ena pees Steen the North, trenas tno eat objecigf fe Hoh | some ourlicht craughtguaboaisiookatipep wervers | THC Battle Field at, Brick House Point, near West TP OUD, | Sajarwce ot ines cance irated. Sor thera gathered com [bp mahi Sire ‘none has becn demnde., 1ethet any | Pamunkey and Mataponey to capture «portion of the concentrated, for there gathered com isior brigado!was in the fight, and suffered ‘the constitution cnurct Alast no. O0 | rede} ito foot Wednesda: Ma: 7 1862, manders of every grade, and thither came, as to afceus, | considerably,” but was not able to agcertain names ‘itis @ proof that under the ch in mosquito fleet, which were brought into use for y> y 4; 5 : Sihe uate ngnoamsaneee. te every ray of intelligence from the various localities at | sufficiently reliable for puf@ication. oe y any ra ae cones a pan oyre pg snyiqcesastrgra shore, as which tho battle raged. It was an animated though _—_—— Py i] infer tint a sali Sot along; forte eo cpa dg shallow jossele drawing over moti apy, Alte so st, in comfortable vancdes, e The Part were we Sonera Kearney's 1m mt ave retal in purity, whicl evn rain only gave a brizbt, glass-bottlo- ane EE Ry ae a EE ty th gh a ee pee Ti eine ad wet, weary ring wt a Jame snan nar Dram, io moaity thelr political organization; while bar shocer te pllhscrpemnedeqedl- spa dyr with the luxury of India rubber, and soaked Warusmmapey ees tearedey, May G19. people p Burope, where Soubralixation has een carried to through the heart. The news soon spread through the ot. fotltae!” ‘darkiod: ep” tn eo with) the My last lever brought up the progress of events in. ‘é = rome. are Figiily Dept om seaenaee one , and by daylight thie morning the plain, which lant Geasth of bie ded es ana then dashed away | Ws Bark of the Army of thetPo.omac up to dayitghs on would be a phet who 8 in about @ thousand acres of ground, running A i on Tuesday morning, The battle of Moxday oat ‘tt prt or tric ion reas bog southwest from the York river, presented a scene such pean cb dete Mapbiys bg ond Le fog ay hat shown the enomy to be posted in his works See tee Mee Mat aes aeid be [ee mare never Uefore witnessed ‘Long lines Of med lant bd! eben Des ake je slxeya everywbere,aaw'| “WO Mnmebmpit end, Rebind aim Sgaiatan Oe eG ee eereten edes tothe evens who thee extended from. Joft to right acrone the centre of the mg PeY Latubgt) Before night had closed in we had driven the Besticate that N ‘na will pune te less be a Power | field nd q - everybody; there sombre Sumner caine, and Jooked and a ‘ af the drat order, and probably of uresier 7 iy and squads of skirmishers stood mark. Ne ee eee er eck ia Ge gn ae | ee ate OE hie ores ENew Oe darkness and raip Marie tn ty Prorat Sect . ing, in dim outline, their forms against the Marans Disake fee oth i by that ensued bid prevented us from ascertaining whether is Ee heavy woods aud underbrush, which presents Bee ee ene Ae. oi ave''e. [De tae abandamed Dis” pouliioe’ dalirely cr wot. ‘the eis ‘ * | desperation with which hevhad fonght, tho heavy losses: ‘an unbroken front to us on every side except that bound- ed by the river. Here the men stood for some time, reat¥ eo march ata moment's notice; but no. fooap- peared, and Sag men werepermitted to return to “their camps for the puree ef gotting their brookfass, and, perhape, somo sloop. A sirbng picket, com,osed of the New York Thiriy-scoond, Ninoty-fifth and Ninéty-eixth Pennsylvania troops, wore left at the edges of the woods to keep a sharp lookout for the enemy, who were’ now believed to be in close proximity toonr lines. About this time one of our gunboats discovered a. regiment or two of the enémy on the west side of the river, who dispersed in great confusion af- tor having received some half dozen of our heavy shells in their midst. This was communicated to General Slocum, who immediately made strenuous efforts to get the brigade of Gencral Dana on shore, ‘that we might be able to give the enemy a warm recep” tion should he make his appearance; General Dena was indefatigable in his labore to got the troope off the trans- ports, and through his exertions most ef the mer and horses were off the boats by nine o’elock, and prepara- tions were being made to breakfast the men of thie Ddri- gade, when the order was given for tbe Sixtoenth, Thir- ty-flret and Thirty-seoond New York, and the Ninety- fifth and Ninety-sixth Penney lvania regiments to advance nto the woods and drive off some of the rebel scouts who were firing oocastonal shots at our pickets, and were supposed to be strongly supported by a force concealed ta the woods. This supposition proved correct, for no sooner had our men made an advance into the woods than they were received with a volley of musketry from the rebels who were hidden in the dense undergrowth. Our men presetd on, and gave them a volley, after which the enemy retreated further into the woods, with the Thirty- second Now York olve at their heels; but they were too swiftfooted for our boys—being more protected—and they soon left the Thirty-seoond struggling in the mud. While this scene had been goivg on on the right centre, anothor was transpiring om the centre where the Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania regiment had entered the Mz on that great und rainy Monday, Major General Geo. Be beClollen vada on os a tetas ie Mead eile, ‘and | WO bas euBtinns Sed the rons stgagth obd admirabie » .: position of bis works before Williamsburg led to tho ber b , 4 thence gave his first order, Shortly before the Genorai’s | 1 no ne might probably rt ‘ bean: pid Spisineeh of infantry had been drawn up on the Tuesday. ‘The army, therefore (except those di- wa towards Williamsburg, and tworegl | vi ins which had been sant up'the York river ow steam: ments of cavalry ca the other side. Thus the scene was Glosed on either side with fit accessories, ors), was moved to the front during Monday night. 1* GENERAL MCLELLAN ON TOR HATTLE FIELD. md Yorharnes in -antnd: <ies, iene veonepnngt = Fe eae a ioe. race, er” pnp: f Whele of Momtay and Mossy etzhtydna the state of ee : . {se reads (already execrable), aud tho soil generally, in con- ry, shouts that grew into continuous cheers Rel Rand case Gra tak Gea loved, ok, ee ee eee seid ee eee see scant Tore could be no | 2tsPPened that, although with tacrdibio labor, all the Be ee pa cassette nad ao chance, for tn, | Sets mt contenean cxanpe thewt tw Michaetiaante divs ed eee ge ok aeecars ta ince pares eo the { rn? ban bees Demat tape ec ee neni road and into the Jawn, and there at the head was the | “#0 come I esse ina cumiatakable Sguract tbe Commander-tn-Chiet, As he | Yer? litte nrovions nadine Regeneneinasives oe shes awopt by tbe cavairy they wok up the shout, and on it | Srawn aver she rosie, feng tae nO R ‘went, across to the infuntry, and on atill to the other in- | SHaich belmasm ono Mies boca venneusernecey fantry in the wood, and Virginia was electrified with en- | 0) hasou i Pier: se ae ca ao odiails thusiasm, There was not a heart at headquarters or | vesacus amd mo collee except what they made err it that did not feel the lighter for that shout. Sums. | DO”encuu, OU MO Se Mant One roadside. how it seemed to clear the air. To speak very plainly, | x4 or, however, wore there a more cheerful set of men. pobody had felt very certain how the day was to go until | ei ee nr ce cataa to enthusisem. > then, We knew that we had been at it for nearly nine | — 1. norseback all day Monday and part of Tuesday ours, but no one could eay that we had done more than | T™' We een ons gurprised at the pc ete ag gisele et ovarian Seti Og of spirits which the men dislayed. The long columns When your enemy has been in full retreat before you, Soper a i ornapecapey sete and you follow s0 fast that ho bas tostop and Mght for | ernie shoe tops, singing merrily, and asking each We, your success ought certaivly to be more than the | O's Ase «who woulda't be a noldier?” negative one—ef not Leing beaten; but ours, til! then, On Toseday morning, ‘aa I stated in the clcse of my last simply came to that, So there wasa large welcome in the rebel army could be seen. stretched ip every heart for tliat stout little dgure ond biue soltior’s | letters the me — i alk Goat overcoat, and a welcome moreover for all beside who:e | 4°" { eges Basen maniiglicmen aaa a pres woe spoke of Lim—for Sweitzer, and Colburn, and | 4 WillamsDirg © Wet Okt Merrie. ‘There was oe Hudson; for portty Colovel Astor; for that pleazant | ‘ie enemy ws that might. be » Gorman.Freneh I'riico te Count of Paris; for the girlich ee een eee re ais tec Tee'ad Jot nd for the tall orm and | oye therefore, was toagcartain witihor or not the ‘Afluirs took shia;o almcst immediately, as if there | S718 00% a geo at pobiecain es were gemething magreic in the meie presence of Sea. wenas, id tba TU ond. ist, ane ‘WCLELLANWS OPERATIONS, Another Battle and An- ‘other Victory. * ‘he Rebel General Lee Defeated by the Unton Troops Under Franklin } Near West Point. QUA SPECIAL REPORT OF THE AFFAIR. A SONB OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Mo(Clellan’s Despatch to the War Department. ‘THE BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG. More. Interesting Details of the Fight. —— Private Wiliam Linsener, Co. F, Thirty-first New ‘York. | citizens of Williamsburg at from two to three thousand, Private Philip Streils, Co. ¥, Thirty-first New York. while our loss in killed and wounded will probably not Private Henry Urimclaserman, Co. F, ‘Thirty-firstN. York. | exceed ten or twelve hundred. Our troops fought with Private Jobn J. M. McOlernan, Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania. | great bravery, charging repeatedly with the bayonet,and Private C, Lebuy, Company L, Sixteenth New York. driving the enemy in confusion at every charge. While WOUNDED. these events were transpiring upon the left, Gen. Han Captain J. H. Boltis, Nincty-Ofth Pennsylvania. cock, w)'h his splendid brigade, was making havee with Private Patrick Kolly, Thirty-second New York. the @eremy upon the right. ‘they were deployed Private Thos. Alterdys, Thirty-second New York. under the immediate supervision of Gencral Keyes, upon WPCLELLAN ON THE FIELD OF. BATTLE. TAT ad which Jed to the extrome right of the enemy ‘: ‘ woods. Ina few moments after they entered they founa | P: EB. Milligan, Ninety-Bfth Pennsylvania. sais “ et ie enemy, ‘seye. He came, and listened ‘ Wonderful Strength of the Rebel} jy oi:seives in a douse ewamp, and in their struggios | Private J. A. Slocum, Thirty-sécond New York. igi ae no i sight oP AS outer orks, J—aid tho mass of blind, pare | 78" frkon ek ln eer Works. 3 aid Spepartied Euidornay . Thirty-agoand New York. ‘fwo of these wero taken without opposition, As tho ca sell a deta ' 4 to get across decal paratod from ouch other. | Private Pat. Kildernay iy brigade flied to the heft of the first of these forts they poseless movement unravelied itsel’,and there was a she field of battle was one of the most magnificent that plan anda battle. Quietly be sat in the midst of the crowd of oficors that gathored around, and ina few mi- nutes, when each bad spoken, the best right hand om this continent was raieed and pointed off to the North in the direction that Hancock bad taken, and away weit Keyes, away went faith, away went Negley, ‘oon a colomn of infantry filed off up the edge of the wood,a eady stream of sevca thousand closed by your corres- Private M. O'Donnell, Thirty-second New York. Private Oliver Wells, Sixtecnth New York. Private J. M. Smart, Thirty-second New York. Private Richard Macnolly, Thirty-second New York. Private Jobn Stevens, First New York artillery, Private A. F’. Sawyer, Thirty-second New York. Private C, Ilagan, Thirty-second New York. Private 0. W. Smith, Thirty-second New York. can be imagined, On emerging from the woods, faciug nearly due wert, the spires of the town of Willlamsburg could just be seen in the distance. ‘The whole space be- tween ths town and the woods was a most beautifo plain, with a fow hollows and ravines. Abo it midway potween the town and the woods, and ronning in a nearly north and south line, were the forts of the onemy, cight jn number. The rebel troops ‘were drawn up between One of the companies managed to get to the other side, and was climbing the bank on the opposite side when thoy descried a patty ‘of suldiers ly- ing in-ambush. ‘Who comes there?’ cried tbo party im ambush. Friends,” was the answer. «What are you?” was the next interrogation. «+A com- pany of the Ninety-tifth Peonsylvanions.” No sooner was this answer roturned than the party, whom the captain come to anopan field, when General Hauceck brought them into live of battle in an edibly short space of time, and in the most splendid style. Before them, at tho distance of nearly a mile, was the secona work, de- eigued to protect the left of Fort Pago. ‘This, upon investigation, was also found deserted, and soon the Stare and Stripes were waving from its ram- ADDITIONAL LIST GF THE KITLED ‘AND WOUNDED, THE GALENA ASHORE, &e., &e., &e, : Se oe had mistaken for some of his own regimont, opened a | Private W. Robinson. passe. ‘4 spondent’s © own,’ the dear old Mass.chusetts Tenth. . ts eambunced, by steamer from Yorktown at Fortress | terrible fire upon our men, who returned the fire and | Sergeant ‘P.S. Devitt, Thirty-first New York. In front of wxsaisea dn Cent tial eke Sebusiell pe 8 OF 118 TROOMS IX THEIR YOUNG COMMANDER. ber EE cas mouemnanian eh fenree, abat General McClellan had advanced twelve | then returned to our reserves. In this affair Captain |. Private Goorge Cupping, Thirty-first New York. hele Greopts; whifte Gaptatng Kennidy and Whester Pret, | Ib was pitch dark when the column got to its place, aad eH Rp RR AR watdes beyond Williamsburg, and bas hed several skir. | Beateass, of Company B, was shot through the shoulder, | Private James A. Day, Fifth Maine. their datteriie upon Fort Page. "se firin brs vy | all had bad enough of it for that day, and all laid wearily al Ke2rney’s order was com:nunicated by Gene setshes with the-enemy, routing them with héavy toss. | put not dangerously wounded, anid one or two privates, | Private =— Etheridge, Thirty-second New York. rited fe cone Manton eben the baveries Sey | down ‘ tosleep, porohance to dream," but all felt that ea ria co Ow troops ts whois st was arehGt “By ‘See-embasation of troops for West Point ‘was (pro | whose names I ain as yet unable to lear, wore killed and | ‘Private Jacob Walen, Thirty fist New York cedored to'ahvabhd Sha take & potiiiin aioe bar were | aght when we world, we were now ia. the hands of ene pate aie thom what waa wanted, ad directo! thom to greasing with great rapidity, ands beavy battle had.| carried off the, field by their friends, who, before they | Private Tancert Parker, Fifth Matne, T eiprosa thbididetited feck aad Fads Page, n distanos 17, | who would givous the best chance, and thate whole day TE iet gd not 0 approech fn mash’ Bad for sobs Sums taben placsen Wednesday afternoon, between the troops |’ quit tho ground, revenged the fallof their brave comrades | Private Freman Waymotb, Sixteenth New York. only five hundred or six hundred yards from the enemy, | of Stugcleand exposure was not likely again to be wast” Ne ee ae rwavere?, sceing this, General Jameson rode enter Geniral Franklin’ and the rebels undor Genera! | by giviug the enemy «few well directed volleys. Private F. Detra, Thirty-frst New York, where they poured in a terrible fire on the fort, 7 | oa in mere combat without aim. it fe front of is own brigade, which had hithort been Uae, who wore endeavoring to make their way toRich. | But now the sction became more general throughout | Private A. Carlton, Thirty-second New York, Ourown position was a very precarious one, being an | After bis order had boon given for the movement to | held in reserve, consisting of the Sixty-third Ponsiay Ive. qqend. ft io s0id.t0 have been the severest battio on the | tho lines, and from every quarter of the woods came the | Private W. C. Sweeney, Thirty-second New York. opeu fila with an open apace iu our rear, extending back | the Fight, General XeClcilan rode over other parts of the a i prant. Coe eaical toes, McKnight; peninsuls, and 1nz rebels were tolally defeated and flanked, | sharp crack of musketry. 1 tried ‘for s time to be’) Private C. Gumrin, ‘Thirty-second New York. ‘a distance of two miles, and wattdcnded’ on all sides by | Seldon the contre and left, took @ look at the hos;ntal the Fi'ty-seventh Penneylvania, Colonel Campbell, and Gaing drinen back towards the forces under General Johnston, | ubiquitons, but after travelling from one point to another | Private H. M. Ielms, Sixteenth New York, ‘weeds, “Gotiral Wakbcdk at'eace daw that i pl tA arrangements, and near dark mude bis headquarters in | the Hichty-seventh New York, Calenel Dodgo, and, at em He Chickahominy. The whole number of Unionist, | some Afty times, for the purpose of secing how matters | Private L- Parrin, Sixteenth New York. afford © splendid opportunity for tho enemy to | the east room of the Whittaker House, What transpired: Bren ne aa Koctooer a at wales eee Mitieg axe wounded ‘was three hundred; The enemy | were going, I tock my stand oa the right, and calmly | private 0. Theckeray, Ninty-Aftb Pennsylvania, wet ih bit Tour, and. vont, Deck for ‘relnferconanis, | shere of course this deponent knoweth not; but the re- | wei would voton:ver to advance to tho enemy's fort? were driggn back by our gunboats with great slaughter. | awaited the coming events. The sharp reports came | Private lL. Alpheus Maso, Fifth Maine. ‘Through some * sitendaciagnanent, our genorals had sult of his simple arrival is best of ail, and that is before | Instantly ono hundred men ing forward. name Gey bed not leos.than thirty thousand men, while our | nearer aud nearer,and at length a ball Jodgod ina tree at | Private Henry Bennett, Thirty-second New York. failed to havo ups sufficient force within supporting die. | the'world in the victory of Williamsburg and the fret | 7™Orbo, aoa ae ce eee ibietcen Urave fellows, whsleferce was pot over twenty thousand landed, my side: I was about to move from my dangerous | private —— Hill, Thirty-seoond New York. tance,and before they could be brought upon the Beld | battle of Major General George B. MeClellan. 1. Gi’bortiog thew directions, rn rapidly lowards the DBESPATOH FROM WILLIAMSBURG. quarters. whem my attention was attracted to | captain N, Martin Curtis, Sixteenth New York thequick sight of the rebel general had scen our weak- innate large fort, followed clonsly by General Jumiron in per. hg ae omg oD ef the woods where the Thirty-frst | private Thomas Chilton, Sixteenth New York, aan and beavis totch ‘60 (Oar thoukebd tofhatry dd"d Another Account of the Battle. sen. Parsing around the ght ey anare cere via Wasummotox, May 9, 1862. and Thirty-second §=New York State Militia | private J. Mott Smith, Thirty-acoond New York. =~ regiment of cavalry to attack us in the rear. ADDITIONAL LIST OP THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. fest vena to enter the cnemy’s works waa the leatcnans, L just named. At very nearly the same time the Sixty ‘The-details-of the engagement of Monday are so vo- tuminous and incorrect that it will be necessary to wwait the report of General MoClcllan, which is now coving prepared. ‘Fhe official report of the killed and wounded being too iaagtay to send over the military telegraph it has been had entered. Four mem were carrying the body of a aman, which, upon inquiry, I understood to be that of Capt. Young, of Company G, of the Thirty-second regi- ment, who was shot im the throat, and died instantly. ‘The fight had now been going on for three hours here with- out intermission, and a number of men were killed and Private Thos, 8. Murs!mon, Thirty-seeond New York, jam Steal, Thirty-second New York, ee oe Ninety-Afth Ponnsylvania, AS soon as they appeared in sight Gen. Hancock ordered eed vata 2 , Ninety-fth in the artillery to retreat, and prepared to give them a ilison, y proper recepticn. |. Twaddel, Thirty-second New York, eet co pmb i a Waiting till the enemy had approached within two Private . 4 hendred yards, he placed himself at the hoad of his Barors Wittiamseun, April 5, 1862. Farly Sunday morning the troops commenced preparing ee for the march before the receipt of orders, #0 that when | Stars the order was given numbers of the regiments were «!, ready tomarch. All day Sunday the grand army poured through Yorktown on ite forward movement. Tho ad- New York (Anderson Zouaves) rushed up and fort next on tho left, and plated thereon the Stripes. ‘ibis gallant act was porfo"med by ripe, Color Sergzant of Cempacy C, ‘THR REDRIS FAUIING BACK. During this time the rebel line had been gradually receding towards Williamsburg. By the lime we wore in possession of their wo ks they had re- CHARGE OF GEN. HANCOCK’S BRIGADE. forwarded by mail. wounded. At this juncture our men were with p n, Thirty-recond New Yor Deserters from the enemy are hourly coming in. from the woot, where they wore evidently cairns bi N aperanneite ena Raw, ey elses and, taking of hia cap, turned to his men and a. porn ee aie roe: the ihar fake Troated: to ‘the twa, and goal bo seen “moving @enoral Jameson been appot " . » Ba them, as only General Hancock can . “Gen- D . r he road to northwé : troope ze ae le eg aaa 4 “ ge thos all along the road wherever a good field presented. About eee a feceara in parsuit, some light artilery aad worst of it, and the Second United States urtiilery, under Capt. Arnuld, was ordered into position ou the right, and Capt. Porter's First Massachusetts battery took up @ position upon the left, and fn a few minutes the shell re Mying through the air at the rate of about ten a minute, This soon compelled the rebels to make & move more on our left, whore the shclis flew less thick than upom the ground they were then ccupyig. But there ovidently is po rost for the wicked; fer no sooner had the rebels moved their forces upon our left, thin our gunboats, Private Olmon Davis, Thirty-second New York, tlemen, charge!” go!” and with a yell they rushed Private Charles Chatteman, Thirty-second New York, amy, scattering them in pales il ag a Pee Private H. Choper, Ling eg: sit York. This was probably the most brilliant charge made Pr vate W. aged aa Em York. during the day. A great number of tho enemy were left Sorgeunt E, Camp, Thirty second New York. dead and wounded upon the field, while our loss was very Private Jobn Hepstine, Thirty.first Now York. small. Private Wm. — sortie nteaas Our regiments all did nobly, but none of them more so The wounded are being = for in ered hoepite- | than the Fifth Wisconsin and Forty-third New York. bie and humane manner, no pains will be spared t0 — Colcnel Cobb and Major Larabee, ef the Fifth Wisconsin render them as comfortable as possible. ‘The dead will , and Colonels Fenton and Pearson, of the Fortythird be sent home as far as practicable, We are bearing of Now York, are deserving of especial praise, The charge ‘airy and General Jamison’s brigade, being ia the ad- barb “1 Jaunison himseif and Captein MeKeevor* Assistant Adjutant General to General Heistveh the first to eator Williamsburg. The enemy bandoning fu the road eanw m, ft ‘The r rear gsard hal not cleared Surg on tho weet when our advanced guard rod it eb the cast. Gcneral Jamison would have pushed on with his brigade, Dut he was striet'y ortered vot to doo. His orders were to throw ont skirmishers tnd pickois beyond the town, and to tke exclusive com. pnd of the piace, as commander of the post, wh ch he esvor and Provost Marshal of the town. ‘The expedition up York river has been most success ful, and we now occupy West Point. Heavy firmg bes been heard in that direction, but the particulars are not emown. Yesterday the advance guard of our cavalry bad a skir, eatsh with the rear guard of the enemy, about seven tiles from here. ‘ fhe main body of the enemy have retreated acrovs the Jamas river. The general impression with military men three o'clock this morning a beavy rain set in, which bas continued throughout the day The soil of the peninsula is a sortof quicksand, which the least mois ture works up intoa slush mud of the worst condition and to any depth, and when the march was taken up at daylight the roads were trodden into deep mud by the first regiment passing, £0 as to render toem a’most im. passable. Hooker’s division bad gone to the left and at. tacked the enemy, who were behind their intrenchments, about halfan hour after daylight. The enemy, in largo CATON OF WILLLAISECRG—DESCTIPTION OF THK PLACE. ybels ha de thei stan f gore br vo one paride on cha which up to that time -_ been unable to have ahand | mon who aro dying of their wounds. { mace by General Hancock saved us the day yesterday | force, were engaged successively by the First, Second cera. ox of wmauaanona TAETON OF HMA {the road is lined with broken army wagons in tho jie in the aifnir, opened their battcri¢x upon the fue with so | json you a correct wap of the ground om which the | jn aii probability. By the time our reinforcemonts had | #4 Third brigades, and w feree gut carrion ou during | yy suow became appurent het the inhabitants of the town much effect that, when I commenced to write, they had | qghting is now going on. | arrived General Hancock had driven the enemy from the the day, with little apparent gain ou either side, During | asa grneral thing ey ae T have viel od a great many Lomees, jad the of tho enemy. \ Brigadier General James H. Van Alen bas been ap- petated Military Governor and Commandavt of Yorktown ead Gloucester, with Captain Cyrus Haldeman for Adyu- tlie Nght the euemy made a sortie, aud, before it could be sufficiently supported, captured five guns of Rram- hails New York battery. When we left the deld, at three P. M., this division was being largely reinforcod, completely driven the enemy out of sight and hoaring. Tam inelived to think that this move upon our left was ‘an expensive one to the rebels, who, cro this reaches the readers of the Hxrap, will have learned that newt Richmond is thirty miles distant from this place. fold. ; ‘They held the position they ocenpied during the night, THE BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG. expecting to storm the works this morning; but the rebels, considering prudence the better part of valor, My of ihem are dwellings are exception, | fornishad of the latter ore od, but ¥ handsome 6 ove of the taat General. General Van Alen has appointed Captain e: ce ee it il Revere, of the Forty-fourth New York reyimont,to be our gunboats is not one of the safest places that can } fed during the night, saving them the trouble, and will be able at least to hold their ground until our | t9.\ dn having an im ha ‘ac! | yrevost Marshal. a be found. As sv0n as the guns of Captain Porter com- | agaitional Details of this Deelstve Vic~ | Teaks CONDE Gv kn cand’ Sablon poavy guns can be brought up to reduce tho rebel works. | tains a number of eharcheseiho Hpiseo:al church hay. \ menced to fre among them, accompanied by those tory—McClel o1 the VFiclt—Inci- ‘The most severe fire of the enemy was directed upon Owing to the confusion and difficulties iu passing the ine bone ee te Lak Baveiath a Sig a rt | GENERAL @PCLELLAN TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT, | [0m (he "iver, the rebels undertook to move ono | gemts—The Killed and Wounded, &e. | our left,and our greatest losses are in the brigades eu> | Teds it is impoceibio to cbiain # list of the Killed and ert aigaitarics of Virginia, the inscriptions on the monn wounded, which is reported to be very large; but the outs, togacher with the ceats of arms and armorial em their batteries which they had got into position, The New Jersey regiment received orders to charge upon this Wiitiamsnurc, Va., May 6, 1862. gaged thore, The division of Gen, Hooker and the Movements have followed @.ch other in sucaiapid suc- brigade ander Gon. Palmer are reported badly cut biems of tha dvecase.l, being nearly effaced by Pay fizht being in the woods toa great extent, no doubla | Weil Oi ciry Colloge, which stan's at the wos ‘Wnasamenunc, Va., May 9—12 M. battery, and at Mg vay ety WIE cheers that made th® | cegsion for the last two Gays,and everything is in such up. The only officers killed or wounded, that Ihave large number of stragglers will come fn. Ty the princinal etrret, was founded in 1093, by W o emp Wan Deranrwent:— vory forests ring; but the rebels were again too flest- | » state of confusion, that it isaimost an impossibility to hoard of, are Capt. Williams aad Liert. Barnard, General Holtzelman was on the ground and in the | and Mary, hing and Qucon of Englund. Tho « Rev * | entekest of tho fight all day. General Hooker had two | Father in God. ienry, Bi hop of L ndon,’”? was ihe first footed. Before the Jersey boys got through the woods, the enemy had made tall travelling, and got out of wight 1m the woods, Everybody has done well, and the troops have acted nobly. They have been under arms all day thus fer, ‘and standing in the broiling sun without anything what, ever to eat, except that which they may have had in their haversacks. I have yet to hear a word of complaint from any quarter. The idea of having an opportunity.to have @ fight with the rebels seems to have absorbed all their other faculties. More troops are constantly arriving, and just now Capt, Saunders’ company of Massachusetts sbarpshooters pass ‘by moon their road to the front. Those are the men who are able to teach the rebols that two parties can lay concealed in the woods. ‘The artillery has now ceased firing, and J hear nothing except the occasional discharge of ® musket; it seems to gireany true and intelligible account of the affairs in of Gen, Kearney’s Staff, killed, and Coloneig Ter- detail. There ore @ thousand reports and rumors in ry and Beach, of the Fifth Michigan, wounded. Col. circulation, few of which when traced are found correct, Beach has lost a leg. and J will only give what I know to be true. + Atdaylight this morning it was discovered that the We have met the enemy, driven them from enemy had left during the night, and taken ail their guns their strong position, killing and wounding ® and baggage, and our forces are now in pursuit of large number of them, and now occupy Williamsburg; them. As we approached Williamsburg we were met by and our forces are in hot pursuit of the retreating ene- a deputation of citizens, requesting protection, which my. When I last wrote we were in face ef their fortif- wasgranted. cations, awaiting the return of daylight to give thom OCCUPTING ENEMY’S STRONGHOLD, battle. During the night (Sunday) it commenced rain- Our forces entered Williamsburg about one o'clock. ing, and continued without intermission during thefol- The town ia deserted by most of the male population, lowing day and night. Notwithstanding our army had but many of them left their families behind. Tt ie a lain upon their arms all night in the rain, without shel- beautiful town, of about fifteen hundred inhabitants, ter,and many of them ‘without food, it was determived — and, I should judge, a delightful residence before the war toattack the enemy in the morning. ‘The stroets are now badly cut wp and filled with broken POSITION OF THE ENEMY. wagons and rubbish, away by the retreating is wee ascertained that the enemy were . rebels. 1 cam learn of only one family in town who have Chancellor. The firni colleg iiding, burned in 17u5, was rebuilt iu 1723 The orig'nal deed of transfer to the ficu'ty was drawn by John Randolph. Itis written apo fiurtcen beautifally Mominatet sheets of pwehment xd is now in the library of tho college. It is dated eh 10,1720. In 1781 the exercises of the ¢ lcge snsrended, and the baildings were alter. nately ceeupied, the summer ‘before the memo- rable sicge of Seeker » bY a Behe ana French tro.pe, as they wero spring by rebel and Union forces, The President's house, in which was accidentally destroyed by fire Freneb after the seig? ot Yorks. , in batter style than bofore, by the Frenc! , and is in excellent order now. In 1788 General anal po, wae anos, Coane Se College. His original letter , Vernon, April 50, 1788. is preserved in the brary. the library itself is richly stored with Corporal David I.. Mercer, Co. C, 1st Massachusetts, | rian ze. To the vaults of the Tepore the remains: of Sir Jc! i musket ball through both thighs without striking bone. hn Randolph, be oa, ; ED. Noyes, Co. H, 24 New Hampshire, flesh woud to | fnratourt, siebup Madison nad . heard a few minutes ago that the Galena was aground (@ Bog Island—1 judge oot badly,for the reason that Japtain Rogers does not throw over his coal. Ihave ai him all the eesietance he asks. My troops are in motion and im magnificent spirits. ‘Bay have all the air and feelings of veterans. 1t will Jo pour heart good to nee thom. Ihave qfected d juiction with General Franklin, Tanractions have been given so that the navy will eotive prompt support, whenever and wherever re. trea. GRO. B. MCCLELLAN, Major General Commanding. THE BATTLE OF WEST POINT. horses shot under him, but was himself uninjvred. ‘The following is a partial list of the killed and wounded ‘The total in the division will probably amount to one hundred and fifty killed and wounded:— Colonel Johnson, 8th New Jersey, musket ball in the abdomen. Colone! Small, 26th Pennsylvania, slight wound in the calf of the leg. Geo. 8. Campbell, Co. C, Ist Massachusetts, slight con. tusion on breast. Chas. McCausland, Co. K, 1st Massachusetts, shell con, ‘usions, arm and face. Herman Riter, 1st U.6. Artillery, shot wound in calf of leg. be far off towards Williamsburg. I think we have got | in force behind their works, and intendea to | remained through all the diffeulty, and tha! eft log. Among the v! elected since 1768 have becn the tend Victory of General Franktin’s | into their rear, and, 'f we bave, we intend baiting them | defend them. ‘Their line of defences constated ' family of ee Taek bees taleony Sonpowgtlsee Sohe'd, Daring, Co. A, 24 Now Hasopebice, bad shel ve Bl etoathy the Rass of Deeneres Deeee pe. Division. for a few hours until General McClellan can comeup to | of aseries of forts of immense strength and laid out | mained faithful to the okt flag; but, in consequence, have contusion left thigh. oe Oa, rhe taeery 4 PUOLAL CORBRAPONDENCR OF THB WHW Torx | carry them back to their deserted quarters at York. | with great skill, The principal work was in the centre suffered every indignity which rebel ingenuity eould in. | John Bates, Ist U. 6. artillery, skull fractured. Bt. Gerree (the first Governor of Vir atets anal ade town. (Fort Page), and was the only one that hed any heavy _ ict upon them. Jobn A. Eagan, Co. F, 1st Massachusetts, contusion. ging theses) Nem, ith, Dalat Bat . paan Want Pon, Van May 7 1868 } At the close of the action im the afternoon the Fink | mounted guns. This was protected by eight smaller ‘The rest ot tho people appear to have become heartily F. W. Spiller, . Among the its have been men Maine regiment won encomiums from all the staff for | forts, four on each side, while rife pits and redeubwe ' sick of the rebel army, as they have appropriated their P. J. Sawyer, Co. eminent in the history of Virgi inia, The college wasn ope Fatlon until the, breaking out of the present war, and army. ‘With my eyes full of burnt powder and my cars filled many of its students are now in the ith the ringing of muskotry and the screeching ef their bravery in heading au advance into the woods apon | were in every direction. | Property and houses without mercy, and paid for it, band. mb sheile, 1 sit down to endeavor to give , |) ome hronptcr pinpdhnainyigee { when at ail, with worthless paper. R, Howard, Co. B, 11th Massachusetts, shell on hand. Te found hon: the ora Bptt that las caged tote since tan Pecae ingg | _ Teegundosts are till throwing shell into the woods, } Our attack was made atthe same time on both wings i 2 aaa dae eapmene tbe tibatet George C. Davie, Co. A, 24 New Hampebire, left arm Inthe iy ducer ane piped of eve jing portable, Dut with pianos, books, mirrors. chan- to keep the enemy from erecting batteries. We expect to have an attack Or make an advance to-night. We have no fear of the result. The rebel army now in front of us, I have just learned, ts under the command of Gmeray Robert Lee. General Franklin has just sent a despatch to General McClellan announcing the Battle of to-day. You have, no doubt, reeeived it by telegraph long ere this reaches you. 1am compelled to brig my letter tos close while the firing is yet going on. fandon the centre, Gen, Hamcock’s brigade, consisting ‘The rebels left six hundred of their wounded here for of the Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers, Col. Cobb; Forty-minth | us to take care of, and they are now being brought in Penasy!vania, Col. Erwin; Porty-third New York, Col. | and cared for by our troops. Every one of them that I Vitiwn, and Sixth Maine, Col. Burnham, were stationed | have talked with tell the same old story of having been on the right. forced into the army, and that they were glad that they Gen, Brooks, with his Vermont troops, commanded the $ were out of their power. The rebel General Early was contre, while the left was commanded by General i wounded In two places at the charge made by General Hooker. ‘The attack was first commenced onthe extreme } Hancock, and Colonel Mott, of the Nineteentn Mississip- deft by General Hooker, with his first brigade, General ¢ pi, and Colonel Ward, of the Fourth Alabema regiment, Grover, consisting of the Firat Massachusetts regiment, | were killed; aleo the Colonel of the Ninth Alabama regi Lieutenant Colonel Mills, Bixteonth Massachuscits, } ment. Colonel Blaisdell, Twenty-sixth Massachusetts, Colonel j a squadron of cavalry have just come in, bringing mall, and Secovd New Hampshire, Colonel Marston; but , about eighty rebel prisoners, and they also report the tho Oring soon became guacral along the whole live. The | enpture of several heavy guns and an immense number onemy Fought with great bravery, ahd with « force | of small arms, which the rebels. have «brown y in equal to any that we had engaged. They threw a great — their flight; also a Jarge quantity of commissury stores, force against the left, and succeeded in capturing 4 ‘The rebels are retreating to the Chickabominy, ten or a battery of five guns (rom Lioutenant Brawhall, of the { twelve miles from here, where they baye extousive for- Now York artillery; but they were retaken by our men. { tificatiors. As soon as We can get forward our stores ‘The heaviest lors tha: we sustained during the day was : and ammunition we shall again attack them. Our men ‘at this point. | and horses have made a long march and fought a bard ‘The New Jorsey Kighth, Colonel Starr, are said to | pattie in the rain and mud and are completely used up, ave suffered the most severely. The lose of the enemy | {As coon a, thoy have sufliciontiy recruited they will be on the left was very heavy, the nd being covered | { pushed on. mi deliers, carpots and bodstends loft benind. But such instances arerarc. One of the handsomest houses in ace, Known as Tazewell Hall, was built by L ing, and which js still continuing, although 1 just tbe lord Raa Jorph,and acterwarda remodeled by the Tazawall family, wi the va heard the cry that the rebels were retreating, ‘The Great of this division of the grand Army of the Po- mac arrived here yesterday afternoon, under command General Franklin, and by dark most of the troops were aded on a beautiful plain, which is surrounded on ihiee fee by dense woods and on the fourth by the river, 1 the gouth side of the Pawunkoy river, and at balf & mile southward from West Point. @ reason why we landed here is obvious, Had » landed on the other side of the —Wesi fot—whire it was at first intended we should 1d, we should then have had @ considerable stream of wer between us and the robels,and would have had spiderdblo trouble to reach them, as all the bridges ve been destroyed. Our gumboais have taken un. sputed possession of the point, ihe robels having din- pecred at the appearance of our forces, and the Ame. an flag of our Union now floats from one of tho most eminent buildings in the village. Ihave yet tosee chite man among the original inhabitants of this place. mmediately on the landing of our forces from the ore picketa were thrown out to the edges of the amputated. Herman Smith, Co. F, 24 New Hampshire, left arm amputated. N. D, Wallace, Co. B, 2d New Hampshire. Jacob Sloan, Co. H, let U. 8. artillery. N. Taylor, Co. D, 1st Massachusetts, bell, arin ampu- tated, First Lientonant Chandier Eakin, 6th U. 8. Ddattery, musket boll throagh left shoulder, SINACY OF THY RENKLS, Alvaliamiiton, Co. H,24 New Hampshire, feoh wound | ns gpatinncytt the fieht on Monday may be inferred im log, slighily. from the tet that of one cowmmany of rebels in the Nore Harvey Hull, Co, H, 24 New Hampshire, ball through | Carolina Fifth reg.ment oaiy five moace lofballves The, lert band. eaptarn of one of the compa wiry fs hore wound A f n roi ( that daring the net Wesley Robioson, Co. F, Oth New Jersey, foot shattered | 474i eet Noni cgnitiaa rosnents.alond thole by fragmont of shell—amputated. gvount! and fought till they wore i cul & plooes by Charles Cievenon Osborne, New York battery, riche | TORN AT Rint ae Willa vabarRare w6ey atone, fore finger shot off. put thelr creat strength fies i {hele commanding pon Corporal George Stevens, Co, F, let Massachusetts, | tion, ‘There were ny guns & kon io the forts, ee ey smosket ball in abdomen, hat amrge body of Tne dail ah tne tavaes Orria Frock, Co, E, 24 New Hampsbire, ond of right | ("Whom were foun th UT aban re a fore finger ahot off, Arrival of W led Soldiers from York= Rgan Hiltz, Battery D, New York, right hand shot off, towne Segond Lioutenaut Pike, Battery H, ist U.Martilory, | The U ized States transport Ocean Queen, Captain. i left log shot off below the knee. | revry, (com Yorktown, Va., arrived ab this port hast | D It is now superbly furniehed; and the lady of the ‘with roal good neute, rofused te abandoe it when Confederate troops left. She still — yy with hor family, and my quarters will be in it for the prevent, Nor kind consent, of coursé, I am happy to say rticle of property, in houses occupied 6, hag be n molested by our trooper. The Killed and Woandea, Firat Licutonant Frederick Poss, Co, F N.Y., killed, William Linser, Co, F, 31st N. Y., (private), killed., Lieutenant Babcvok, Co. D, 2181 N.Y., mortally wounded, Minor Wiggins (private), severely wounded. Avraham Davis (private), 3d N. E. Chasser (private) , C N. Wm. Umphries (priva Jo. H, 82d N. Y., flesh wound. Rawin Comp (private), Co. 1,920 N. ¥., flesh wound, Joseph Hepstine (privata), Co, F, dst N. Y., flesh wound, KNOWN TO BK DEAD. Captain Young Co. D, Thirty-second New York, ding Wood, and our tents were pitched on the | Captain. 11. I Y oon: — ¢ the river, and up to that time aeraia@ tes dren tivmeana Waunartn ta Seco second New York, with thelr dead and wounded, besides very many which JWR SCRNE AT GRNERAL MOCLRLIAN'® HRADQUATTERA, Albert Eversham, Co. D, 26ih Pennsy)eania, killed night, having on board 860 Fick and wounded soldle,e re unny South had made,bie appearance, | 1ieutenant Prots, Co. ¥, Thirty Ara Hon Yoru. bina chem'soo > Headquarters had been established in Whitaker's | Charles tmith, €8. A, Tub New Jersey, eerionely wound | trom the army at Yorktowm, The men are In charge « ‘ , | Liew , f 7 THR LOS OF THR RNR house, a high, square, white Vv pe on he caning 0 kaw why. they CRsiabian Mower, Co. b, itusty ons Payeenamn . igh, equ and wn Virginia lik: tifee, ed in the abtemen, ' Us. sek a . ' = evemy 19 estunaies by Drivoperp sand }¥ on thy Yorkicwn “oad, about threp miog cast of Wit! | Williams. Boyt, Co. G,1et Mascachusetia,ncaip wound | The Oreut Q eo baw anchored in the North river, Ld