The New York Herald Newspaper, July 6, 1862, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 9430. IMPORTANT FROM M’CLELLAN, The Great Union Victo- ries of Monday and Tuesday. Terrible Loss Among the Re- bel Troops. No Fighting on Wednesday or, Tharaday. THE MORALE OF MCLELLAN'S ARMY, THE VERY LATEST. — All Quiet on the James River on Friday Afternoon. Death of Colonel Van Wyck, Ren Rov, ae. THE VERY LATEST. ‘Warnnar pm, Jaby4, 1862. Gener Dix reports Uncarrival to-drey at Fortress Men- ‘Woe of ‘five hundred and fifty-three retaal prisoners, being 1B partof those taken during the reermt battics. Ameng ‘Wen are several colonels wad majors. General Dix has oriered away all civilians’ from Wortress Monroe, anc 0 persone-will be permitted to ‘Yaar'to that point or tio Army of the Potomac-except ‘Whone connected with tbe wilitary or naval service. ~ Waanmaton,Suly 6; 2662. Despatches have beer received from General MoCiellan Gated as late as one o'Wleok P. M. Friday, July 4. ‘The following te'their substance, omitting military de- * Gaile and operations mot proper for present pablication:— ‘There had been no feghting since Tuesday night, when the memy were repuleed with great slaughter. ‘Thearmy moved te the position now eccupied because 8 affords greatly superior advantages for the co-opera- ‘Gon of the gunboats; of which seventeen are‘new in the » wiver protecting theGank of our army. Statements of tho-casualties in the several: battles of ~ @ight days cannot yet be furvished. Our forces were not beaten in any conflict, nor could © they be driven from the field by the uttermost efforts of ~ the encmy, Wo guns have been-iest since the engagement on Friday, - Jame 27, when General McCall’s division-was at the out- Get overwhelmed,and twenty-five pieces fell into the ‘hands of the enemy. ‘The sick and wounded are being sent to the hospitals. At one o’clook «yesterday (the 4th) the army was ‘drawn up in ite pesitions for review; the bands were Playing, nations! eaiutes being fired, end things looking Dright. THE FAMOMS ‘SEVEN DAYS {NwW:RGINIA. The movewente,.actions and contests of the whole Body of the Army ofthe Potomac have been given in our previous iseucs, but afew dotails of individua! com. mands will algo be of interest to tho friends of those con- ~ Serned, as well as furaish interesting incidents to make ‘up tho great volume ofthe history of the rebellion. OPERATIONS OF GEN. SUMNER'S CORPS, While the sreat battics of the 26th and 27th were pro- - Steasing on (ueextrome right wing ef the army, there : ‘was more or less fighting along the whole line of the ex- y treme left. The-enemy was now everywhoreon tho of. efensive. In all theso.efizirs Sumner’s corps, which vlermed our centre andi: ont, played an important part, ‘The sound of canmcr on our right grew louder -amd louder towards evening, and it decaia® -Bvident that we were either coaxing the rebels onto a ‘trap or that our troops .wore obliged 4a retirs before than. The fact that our sight wing, under Gee, !orter, retiring, after .« most obstinate and bloody resist. noe, at length became evident. ‘WS 488 fo REWYORCS M'CALL. Ngeas near six o'clock inthe evening when Genera! MoTiellan ordered two brigades (rom Sutancr’s 07 ps to {he right to cover the retreat of our forces serosa the ickshominy. General Sumner ordered fossrard abe Irish brigade ead Frenchfs brigeic. ‘They proceeded at a ‘double quick,” with ¢hwrs, ma crossed tho Chickahominy bridge in fturty. five minutes afterwards. Mere \they moi our @allent littio army, who had :been fighting he rebeis fare to one ail day, hastily falling:tack, while wykes' te vision was atill covering the retreat. ‘PRENCH'A BRIGADE ‘Was thrown out to the right; the regulars, under &rkes. were ordered to fall back, and the Inids brigade to dake their place. As the stream of wounded and dead was ‘hurried to the rear, nothing daunted, our fresh troops rushed forward with the grontost enthusiesia. The rebveis, Roaring tho chocrs and seeing the two new brigadus de- ployed before them, hesitated, while all our other Dattalions reformed in good order und manfully held thelr ground. The enemy received a volley or two of destractive musketry from the Irish brigade, aud French's brigate commenced mianmuvring in a menao- fing attitude on their flank. They then deomed it best discontinue tho pursuit, and fell back beyond the Dattle Geld about half a mile off. wicnt. Night now elosed upon the sceno,and so noar wor the troops to each other after the battle that the Thi theth Georgia rebel regiment lay own within twenty-five paces of the Righty-cighth New York regiment, and its adjutant actually, and soveral othor rebels, waiked into ‘the lines of the Righty-cighth, oxbanstca and astonished 0 Oind thomselves prisuners of war. Our troops hador. Gers not to pursue the enemy, while the rebels were too maueh exhausted to continue tho combat. MORNING BROKE CLEAN AND PRAOTIFUL, ‘Our gallant troops atill held their ground beyond the Ghickabominy, while tho rebels had retired far towards ‘the position they bad held the preceding day. The Glaugnter on the side of the evomy that day was esti. mated at 12,000 mon, while we Jost 6,000 men killed, ‘wounded and missing. We HOLD Time RRIDGE. Marly on the moraing of the 28th the trish brigade and Frevoh's brigade fell back aeross the bridge to protect it Gill the Civision of Genera: Sykes passed over. This Bykes’ division aid at daylight, tn goou order and with Geoimated ranks, wi:hout the slightest auuoyance from the enemy. The rebels showed n0 disposition to renew the battle, probably imagining that our right bad been powerfully reinforced, and desired only to draw thom to ‘en.ambuscade acrons the river. When all the troops had aafoly passed over the bridge it was blown upby the engl: wer corps, aud the two brigades of General Richardson's division which had covered the retreat retired to their former encampment, and, with the reat of the army, re: maaioed constantly uuder arms. THE CHANGR OF BASE OF OPRRATIONS. Moneral MeCclolian, who had previousiy designed aranoferring his base of operations from the Pamunkey to the James river, now porceived that no time was to be lost in taking the changeof front, as the new ground gained by the onemy euabled hin to threaten our fight flank, a8 ell as our communications in the tear, Accordingly the order for the movement wae promptly given, and the baggage and supply sand other regtments rushing ¢o their ‘essistance. The NEW YORK, SUND trains commenced meving, while a strong foree of artil- | walking. There were many men, however, who were #0 lery and cavalry were placed in possession of every ford | oempietely worn down by fatigue and exhaustion that and bridge along the Chickahominy by which the ene- | they must have fallen into the hands of the enemy. my might effect a crossing before we were fully pro” ‘UE SWAMP BRIDGE BLOWN UP. pared to reocive bim, Skirmishing bad been briskly At five o’elock A.M. the bridge over the swamp was maintained by the enemy the previous night; but, be- | blown up, as the head of the enemys column was soon coming fully conscious of the severity of the punishment | expected to appear in view. Yafiicted apon him, he discontinued bis skirmishes on ‘THE RIVER REACHED. Saturday and Saturday night, the 28th of Juno, and till ‘The troops now advanced to @ position which they Sunday morning. have since rendered memorable in the annals of war- 4? DATLIGE? ON THE 29TH fare. Encamped here in the sweet stillness of a summer Most of the troops had left the breastworks and com- | morning, the clear whistle of @ steam valve is heard in menced their march towards the James river. To Gen. | the far off distance, “The rebels are running the loco- ‘Sumner’s corps was entrusted the post of honor on the | motive,” cries one, ‘ Yes, that must be the cars,” march. They were to cover the retreat. About four | chimes inanother. Hark! there ts another whistle dis- @clook the pickets were called in, amd so well were the | tinctly heard. It t not from the direction of the rail- Movements excouted that even still the revels | Toad. No, it isamore welcome sound than that of any were umconscious of our design, fand imagined we loeemotive. It comes from were tm full force before them. Our troops had OUR INDEFAMGABLE GUNBOATS ON 3H JANES RIVER. not feng left their works before AS soon as this point is decided « spontaneous cheer ‘Darsts out for our gallant ganboesigge bistle shows us that theyare ready to assist us. usit necessary, mdjalse that we are n6t far frowi ou who are already awaiting our arrival on thetrieadly river, Our toils are not yet, however, over, aud one of the blootiest dramas ef the entire war has to be soon enacted before our rash,‘persevering foe will allow us to form:a junction with our friends. ‘The ‘following diagram shows ‘THR ‘FOTION OF THB WOODS, THB FORCES, WTO., ON THR ‘Whe enemy ‘tirst appeared ‘before us at Peach Orchartl ‘ttation, on ‘the line of the Richmond and West Potot ‘Railroad. General Sedgwitk ordered General Burns to prepare to:receive them, es they were now distant dbout a mile, and beginning toshow their strength. Scarocly. had we been aware that thoy were in the vicinity when @ terrible shower of bombs and round shot snapped the branches of the ‘trees above and erouna us, and it was’ evident that ‘to save ourselves the enemy must receive a check. The First Minnesota regiment was thrown out as skirmishors, and the rattle of «musketry 200m aningled with'the banging of artillery, While on our side Kirby’s battery had obtained a good range of the rebels and pounded away at them ¢n no playfal or half- wey manner. Ve force of the onemry wes £0 large, how- ever, that the Minnesota boys were soon Obliged to fal) ‘pack, which ‘hoy did finely, under €etonel Sully, | ‘with the Sevensy-first Pennsylvemia, Second New York | enemy became-aiarmed and diecontinued the battle, re-/ tiring crestfaiicn to the cover of the ferest, This affair | occorred between nine and eleven in the morning. Uur Joss in it was not over one hundred and fifty men in kille, wounded ani missing. ‘This conchided the first of a series-of encounters with the enemy, which might be regardrdes one grand batts, commencing at Orchard station, md ending at Turtroy Grove, on James river. : OUR FORCES NOW CONTINUED ‘YEEIR MARCH, Destroytog what stores we were unable to carry with us, which wero left at Savage’s station. This gave theene” my time 4c recuperate, and ‘before five P. M. THE BRBSUS AGAIN CAME IN SIGHT, Near Sayaze’s station, about three miles from Orvbard station. He suddenly appeared with cavalry, masking a datteryof artillery, and with artillary on both flanks and large masses of infantry ia therear, marching in odlumn by brigades, presonting a triple ‘ime front of half a mile in extent. Baxter's Zounves end the First Minnesota were thrown out again te-skirmish, and Smith’s division took up a position on our left, while Richardson's divi. tion protected us from the flanking columns of the rebels. on thesleft Sedgwick’s division formed the centre, and maintained its ground ‘well, ‘though the skirmishers were-foon hurled back 4n confusion upon it bythe ter. rific front and flanking @res of ‘tho enemy. Thodrunt of this severe action fell on Burna’-brigade, and GYNERAL BURNS WAS WOUNDED By a"Hinie musket Dalian the fcc, which shawed of bis mustache, and, passing ‘through his cheek, came out near bis ear. He not only remained unhorsed and un" moved, but continued to direct his troops fn fece-of the enemy with unsurpassed gallantry. General » Sedgwick subsequently passed #tigh compliment upon himfor his heroic conduct. Meanwhile the First Californie, One Hundred and Sixth Pemnsylvauia, Second NewYork aml ‘Stxty-ninth Pennsylvaz‘a were hotly ongagéd,and deli- vored 80 terrific and destructive a Sze into the advancing foe that his onslaught, which .was of the most furious and desperate nature, eras for the time checked. FRESH RERRL FSGINENTS CAMB: POURING IN, However, thick and fast, and our centre bogantoavaver under the terrific assaults of .artilory aud. musketry Delehed upon our gallact troops. GENERAL M’CURLLAN APPRARS\AMONG ‘US. Atthis juncture Geroral McClellan arrived upea our pertion of the field, aocompanied.by «he greater part of his staff. ‘Let the artillery give them grapeand canis ter,” said he,as he fearlessly receive: the firecf the enemy and exposed himself touit. *He received the cheers of the army im the most soldioriy, manner. The order was obeyed instantly, It was) now the enemy's turnito waver, and the Eighty-eighth New York, under ite gallant leader, Colonel Baker, having-bcen ordered up tq peinforce the centre, came sudden!y upon the flaai: of the revels with deafenigg cheers, and reated them ecm- pletely, with the exception of 140, which they carried off triumphantly prisoners. of war. In ého. meantime othor regiments hud closed i£ upon them, end:teadd to the!r Giscomilture they were shelled from the. wood outcf which they emerged to.commence theengagoment. Teo fight eecurred in an open field over a mile in length am! three.quarters of a milearide. The struggle was one the faines: and most dashing of the war. The contest. raged (or over three house in the most. dotegnined man- ner, andthe yells and cheers of the forees on both mingled.et intervals with ho thundering eo erborat! of cannon, and the harsh, 4ocessant and.ccag ing roll off mesketry. Night alone put an end to this terrific opm- flict, but-nst until the enemy had been cam@letely and extirely worsted and driwea from the Geldof battle General McCiellnu meanwhile rode among the.troops, and always hada word of éneousagement for every one. WHEN ALL DANCER WAS OVER Genorai McCiollan left the ‘field and rode towords the froct. Gar:icss in this enoouaster was heany probably .te much as-ejght hundred or ame hundred men in killed avd wounded, while the enemy's loss in menaras cer- tainly mach «bsavier, perhaps double that of ountorces- ‘The accompanying diagram qiil serve to ilustraic TUB POSITION OF THE TROOPS IN THIS RATTLE PRIORYEU THR TIME THE /-RENELS COMMENGED THE STROGEHE. ‘WE EBEF YU EXTMY aT BAY. Our artMory preveyted the-enemy from pegonstract- Jog tH8 “white (ak bridge, and we fancied ourselves at rect for a day at least. Many of our men were evhaustixd #0 much from wart <f sleep and oxtve labor, and, im¢rathywe wore all 90 wervy, that the prospect of even a temporary rest wage great boon tous, Tiere was ome and only one favorable circum- Stance dering o' ir retreat. i'This was the extraordinary fineness of the \ eather, which kept the wretoked ronas in a tolescbly pe esable condition. ‘ANOVHEE « FIGUT. All was quiet {iil abeus fonr o*clock in the afternoon, when we-were « nce more startled by the booming of distamtonanon, The rebolscould not have passd tho broken bridge; for oerertitiezy held that. Wiac:, then, could this new ¢ annezadingencan? Is it possibletao eno- my hasgot in our eer? .And such were she refiec- tiong of our corp § as Gheshellc and balls began to fall about us with terrible, proximity. Without being alarmed pit was « widest eurdeys were very angrr in cou- sequence of this new annoyance of the enemy. ‘Hore they come.at us again boys; now let ut shew them how to run from Yankeesegain.”? This romask-ie a fair spectmen-ef the spirit which animated Sumnet’s corps: Meantime the art Uleryof the enemy continued .to mow down the shranche 6 of ¢nees.and: overy thing eisuthe..came in the way of thei r missiles. «Gor own gums were not Jong silent, and, : ts usual, theee of the enemy arers Foon, obliged toslacken heir Gre. We now began do dpquire how it wasere we: ‘e attacked yard how the enomygrt at us. It waeplain ( bat tmerrebels bad made usc of two roads unkuern to any dn veut camp, except, peabaps, our generals; and,* while wo had the weariest pert of our column engpged ¢ narding ‘the. bridge on the,priac!pal road to the, James? river,:thesremy had useditave vy- roads by whiel: the)r flanked us.or our right and deft, si- multaneoushy. ‘THe DIS POSITICR 07 OC 2 FORCES In the vicémity,et this juncturoaac 1s follows —Miichar:|- son, with fis division and @wo.rigades of Sedgeich's division, werosngaged, togaibers vith the bulk .of sbn artillery ef Sumwer’s corpa,-in swntching the bridge. McCall, with ‘hie corys, was dhe pearnst t the enemy rp" the byroadon-oe" right flamk as.wo marched tawagds the James riwor. Burns’ brigudo.was detailed u guarc <2 portion @f @e supply train, which we hed ow overtatsen.@sid Hooker's dlivigion formed eur Jost qing, on » soadalmost paralicl 10 those by which! Geworals MoUall syd burns were, yand the.cne” my, after amuning.ws in the rear amdon the left for some time, atJength suddenly «aud, mexpectediy ap-! pon ed in front .of Geceral McCall'e ioxecr. ' Thus this Watye commebéné digstrously; tut! after all it qas only an Msqaticn of the! well’ Genoral Burns, perceiving :tle disaster, or derad.ever the Sixtyywwath Pennsysumia regiment te try anceheck the progress of the eneny. Our ‘were rexreating—arsillety, infantry acd cavalry mixed indiserminately—and the rebels chaging bem oyer-@ field inthe directionaf the forces unter General Bich- cemeneanh, OF THR SINEY NINTH PENRLV AME. robels leat gieit Impétucsiky t bebelding an dataniry regiment rushing upon thoir fiawk, and turmed around to fight. A flerge struggle ensaed in which the Bixtyeninth | @nally drove the rebels beyond 2 hill across tho road, 3 | which they accypied and held. While this was going | qa the eugagement became general along pho entire line, Rigbardeon's agd)fedgwick’s divisioge,| afrancing, throw the enemy hack in all directions. Gaperal Hooker, at he bead of his division, now up, and, observing Colonel Owena, said in « manner — Calonel, where is your regiment?” “Op that hill,” retymued Owens, proudly pointing t where bis regiment was drawn up ia the form of an ary adorning the creet of the ill, Nobly done! well dene,’ said Hooker, as he roe away. 13 RATTLE NOW RAGED IN FULL FURR, Keyes’ corps was desperately agasulted on the left, while the fury of the abel n- Alaught againgt our front was unabated. Tap after trap was set for the enemy, and our troops he rally mowed tham down, so tbat thoy lay on the groud in ome places in heaps, The Sevcod and Thirtyfoaah Now York suffered considerably im (his battle, and tyth regiments did good service, In the Forty-second New York, of Pana’s brigade, the field e@oors all behaves well, aed Lioutenant Colonel Moouey was killed. Tiw First Califortia regiment and the Nineteenth Max fachueetis were placed in the space ocoupidid by the broken regimens, and, by one of tho mcst crashing and destructive fusilades of - musketry ever hoard, the enomy were at Jength repelled on al! Unmolested, our troaps im possession of the ‘Dattlo fold til! eleven o'clock, when ovr advance guard of the protecting éolumn resumed Its line of margh to- wards tho James river. At one o'clock that might it points of Sedgwick’s divivion. OUF loxt guns were not feached the White Ouk bridge,and at three A: M. of | peegken, however; but on other parts of the line several ‘Monday, the 20th of June, our reat guard, consisting of | of @aquadron of the Sisth New York cavalry, parsed over, bringing up with them ali the stragglors capable of t THE RRER GLYNG WHEE CAPTERED, ‘Tho onemy 9° Ww found his columas driven away front | t proverb, fortusasely, that ‘All's. weit that endo! ign Barke, wom, eppeared, aad alco ise Twenty-ninth It wasn this state of a(faiue that the Sictysnizth regie | Wewed yp the enemy..gnd paid thea round'y for their ment eatnaup in front of phe rebel, awl, hyorder of | emaerity whenover ther dared try.to rally. A number Colonel Awens, charged bayenets on the enemy. The | of prisoners and two guns evero captured, anc’ she result efforts to turn our loft bad failed, aud they reeied and staggered beneath ithe blow they bad just received. Quietness porvaded the camp that night. The dead were bgried in silence Nat a drum was heard, not a funo- ral note’—and the wounded wore cared for as weil as cireumstances would permit. The indefatignble foe, at longth finding McClollen's position defended by the troops that he commanded, amd considering his own position untenable, determined pon changing bis tectics, and commenced (he construdtion of a fort on the opposite bank of James river, frour whieh he could bombard our camp in the rear. the onemy in this respect, as he had already foiled him in all bis designs, For this purpose he had his baggage ordered toa point down the river, called Harrison's Janding, where the stream is #0 wide that a battery on the opposite bank could receive more damago from the gunboats than it could jnflict upon us at such a dig. tance, This point is about seven miles betow Torkey’s Grove. moving early on Tuesday afternoon, and at two A.M, menced its mareh without the slightest uu! AY, JULY 6, 1862. } and rear, and that there was no possibility of his form, {ng & junction between them so long as he had 80 forra|- dabie an enemy to contend against. Besides, there was danger of one or the other of his wings being cut offvaito- gether. Night finglly came to the resque, and, as, 1t was ot the object of our army to purane the rebels, after a short but destructive chase they were allowed, to retire unmolested from the field. Next morning, about ono o'clock, our rear guard finally reached ita destination, at Turkey's Grove, on the James river, at three o’clock on the morning of the 30th of June. The slaughter of the enemy in his repeated and unsuccessful attempts to cap- ture our batteriés on different parts ef the line was nothing less than 8,500 men killed and wounded, while our loss did not, 1¥ja Delbeved, exceed one half that num- ber, PRICE THREE fought; for it is a well knows fact! by thie time that our wily foes will mot fight except with vastly superior forces and other advantages. The probability ia, therefore, that had MoClellan $0,000 mea more at his @isposal Michmond would hare been evaeu- ted, and the Fourth of July would have been celebrated throughout every town in Virginia. Where the army is 4 present, however, in the hands of guch an intrepid, yes Cautious and able, officor as a; eee is bis denomination in the army—our, , ft may be hoped, areout ofall peri! On ThugsMsy morning last tbe gus doats which are supporting bim were shelling the ene my, Who Aave doubtiess ieerned that we are reinforced, and willtegarocly, in their present condition, have the te mority Ae resume their @ttacks upon our boroke army- The Ugaten troops are eauampod near the river, apd bold an elevated platewa beyond it, while in a marshy @F send beyond ‘s he rebels are encamped Besides tt pm, WoClollan bras eow a safe and sure baso of operations, * pluare he can regetve supplios with the greatest Lncatid ‘wiel withoat the slightest danger of haying his kc jqutions xterrapted. This, then, is the stave of a resent, and ‘ail that is now wanted is @ sufficient a Yo drive the rebels from their present — Position, anf compel them not only 0 ~ upor Richwend once more, but_ to ware S ‘Tie BATTLR -<w Tam Ist OF JULY, VIEWED FROW 4 ges A ‘This bayue was the most ploturesque scene, Pc _, tho oye ever rested upon, The evening was = not a breath of wind stirred the atmosphere. ogg dove: tie beatle field was marked by ® hada iB ne scoltrun of smoke that arose from the front were getting bad, The movements were Consequently slow ; but, as we bad the best of the roads, t’se enemy, in following us up, was unable to meve Sven as fast os we could our train, ON THE BVENING OF WEDNTADAY ‘The rebel videttes were visible from our lines through the thick fog which sucyeeded the rain storm, and some alight skirmishing took place between our cavalry and that of the enemy, and the gunboat Galena threw half a dozen shells among the rebels. J AT NGHT ALL was QUIET, And this morning the same may besaid, The enemy probably feel disheartened at boaring that reinforce- ments have arrived. | ‘THE PRISONERS. It was noticeable that nearly all the prisoners taken by our troops were more or Jess intoxicated,and all had quantity of bad whiskey in their canteens. These prison- ers say that their losses since the fighting commenced must have been 35,000 or 40,000 men, and that our artil- lery made sad havoc in their ranks, They likewise inform us that the firing of our gunboats was very accu- fate and destructive. They are proud of having cap- tured General MoCall when he was wounded, whom they § regard as a valiant and skilful general, In their present , position the rebels are far away from their base of op » rations, with difficult means of communication, while? gre James rivor is our present base. This is ono of the my. vantages gained by our army by the movement ‘ jn Fair Oaks station to Harrison's Landing. THE CONFIDENCE OF THE TROOPS IN GENVRAL M'CLED pyre, ‘WEEN Tam rafts op rie 90TH WAS OVER Every one expected a general and fierce attack from the rebels along eur whole line. ‘Thetr best hope lay in the possibility of overpowering our forces before any rein- forcements coul@ arrivé. At this crisis the generalship of McClellam, in 0B probability, saved the army. He rode every whore smong-tlve troops, and more than once assur- o4.them he was gotting the enemy just where he wanted him. The game of masked datteries had been played against Sim everywhere that was possible during the retreat of our column, and their loss in the pursuit was at least 20,000 men up tothe evening Of the 80th of June, while our loss could not have been more than 8,000, "if the stragglers who fell into the evemy’s hands be excepted. . ‘THE POSITION TAKEN UP AT TURKRY’3 GROVE, Near the James river, by General MoClollan, was a pro- PPh cmp its eile eo hageilgoed the oe Mince | ore and towered in @ stately perpentionler montory of high land formed by a bend in the James river et AEOODR» lam: bore ‘them air ge and the light blue sky. The cr i encouraged them to surmount every trial fon = toy the ile 4 and cone nearly opposite City Point. In addition to the fact that ” #iiculty ing ‘of tae musketry was 9 loud our left wing was well’guarded by the guuboats on the | “D4 danger. ‘Their fortitude, when foots gro and | oi eis th at it resembled the passage of a railroad train rivor, the position itself was naturally very | Weary, whon suffering for water and ne & Intense | as fall spe ed through a tunnel, whiletne cannonade was > wrong. All that was loft of our brave army | Host, want of sleap, and oven railons, an’ yim shorts | Yigg of appropriate Dass to the mixture of sound whic when undergoing every privetion their co: fwienco and fortitude never forsook them. It was now grat McCrol. Jan's foresight in providing himself with s #earge wu park of artillery and proceeding 80 cautiousl: gi inet’ the roht the air. As night drew on the column of — ‘became more indistinct; but then the beauty A ified. The flashing of the ord- prospec 2 was only divers! ‘cance and small arms formed the most charming tableau, ‘were drawn up in fine of battle on this promontory on ‘Tuesday morning, the Ist inst. Tho enemy, contrary to ‘tho general expectation, remained remarkably quiet during the night between Monday and Tuceduy. The fact showed conclusively the severity of the chastise. | Tebels was apparent. At cvory step it w hie and) yy, ‘of pyrotechnics, as they o andest display py! ment inflicted-apon them the previous afternoon. Sategunidiss: Ube srmay/anti'a Werer:%0 ‘ines pacahingh <p Bs with exploding shells after they had. oursed a sal mammmeses oed seve se Tae Ra NORTE capcay sco their sway in the finest golden line from the gunboats. Our forces were drawn up in a cemicircular line, one | C@Pturing one masked battory after an Aner during the and darkpess Gra dually these scenes passed away, rei med around. OFFICERS KILLED AMD WOUNDED. ‘the following are the names of some of the offeer® ¥ died and wounded in Sumner’s corps:— ‘ “e2, 424 New York, wounded. wears | Lsrora(in ated ‘42d Now York, killed. ‘Minor positions;and | Captain Tobin, 42U New York, missing. c) rete cnony ; |, Lieutenant Heavy, 42d New York, wounded. ged. forthe purporony ; ' Fieutenant Smith, 42d Now York, wounded. MAriog Me army; toaa | Colonel Hincks, 19th Mansachuselts, wounded. Ashington ‘aad Mary y- h Massa~husetts, wounded. swore net only: baliies 1, 7th Michigan, \oeguteae oy ‘Ist Pennsylvania; prory’of-the troopers ad 4 | Captain Mallory, Deecaian. ant Reynolds, 69th Now York, kilied. ane Tibby, o9th New York, wounded. fm nuvress, Lieutenant Cuhil, 69th New York, wounded. troope mous! eur nt Donovan, 69th New York, nat beers alley oe gremnmendiant + t Carr, 60th New York, wounded. of Congress for uot ending «sufficient "401 co tar eth Mem ork wound mare, ; a them de:! Major , 60th New Yor % ee ee Ee poy a abel 277 eps Maroney, 60th New York, wounded. that if McClellan was remover’ fvout¢he commander !t be army they would give up all! — pg50 of reetoring thé'Urdi pn. onel Rurke, 634 New York, wounded. Gaptnin Po whoe, 88th New York, killed, ‘All former sectional or party s€eelings are od themembers of the army, — faid:theyaaro sone J retreat. Of all our guns we lost ab gy. :twenty-five- | some encouragement to the enemy, \ gro-stogd in much need of sueh war material as Union gt gy, ‘Tho-wonder ing that with so many of our guns ant, 4roreses weibaved 80 few were lost, ‘HS OBJECT OF THE REBRI. The rebels abandoned all their concentrated their forces at Richm overwhelming McClellan and anni? advancing northward towards * land. In doth these objects the but completely foiled, by the br the skill and coolness of Genera ‘THR TROOPS AKD 7) flank resting on the river aud the other under the protection of the gunboats. With the reserve corps im position, the troops crowning the oclevated Jand presented the appearance of « half moon. The front of our Mine was in some places about three miles Gistant from the river. The forces of the rebels were drawn up about a mile and a quarter beyond, and im the Dright sumof the lovely summer morning his bayenets could be seen flashing gayly for miles upon milos, ap ‘far as the view extended around. Bamners ‘waved oyer this long line, and showed where it roeeover the woafied hill or sink into the slopes of the pretty valleys. ‘The picture was beyond all comparisaa the most swblime of all that had yet been presented%o my eye by “ glorious war.’” ATONE O'CLOCK A. M. NOSTILITHES RECOMNEACED VIGOROUSLY. Sumeer's corps, which, up ‘to this time, had'besn en- gaged incovering the retreat, now fell into its original positiondn the line relatively to the other foress. The epemy were again on the difensive. Our troops were now beginning to suffer for went of rations as wollesevery- th N John ©. Folay, 88th Now York, wounded, Py Teatenant Wel Woot both New York, wounded. +m | Captain Hanmor, 66th Now York, wounded. thing ole. The cannonade continued an hourssut only | *boir denunciations of Greole 57 tho Prvbune and Comze. yap, | Ca}tain MucGonigell, Baxter's Zouaves, wounded. trifling losa was occasioned’by it on our side; for at least | It is ‘well for some of the = jewmen'4het our chivalr ous Rosides regimental and staff officers, General Sumner, ‘one im shreoof the shells ef-the enemy failed teexplode. | army ts on the bauksof fre James-river instead | of | who was conspicuous for his gallantry, got wounded On vartous parte of the :tme there wasa.good deal of | boingin New Yorker Was) geerten. slightly by a shell in4he arm, in the heat of tho battle skirmiahing all that day. WHAT GENERAL MCURLLAN ( aychoONAVR DONE RSINPOR: sep | of White Oak Swamp; General Sedgwick had » horse ‘THE STRUGGLE FOR A BATTERY, ‘With Gfty thousand mo we vmen-MeCiellan would b avo | shot under him, and General Burns received a wound 10 | Iu Goneral Summer's corps there wes little more than a | taken Richmond ‘beyon¢ | will peradwonture. “Porh aps | the face by a rifle bali. rebewal of the cannonade, at intervals, till moar night. | suoh-© reinforcement Ww: wlidhave- eon the mean ; of | Thus endsascries of encounters of seven days durs- fal, ‘Pho enemy had planted a battery on the soft of his | saving all the valuable dyveo-'thint-tave been’ ios! ; in | tion, bringing Our gocounts dowo in regular oraer to Position which annoyed ®amner’s forces conpiderably, |) the-soveral ‘furiocs ba’ j#esahat hewe- been: vero: itly | Thursday last. Gener=! McClellan deterauned to bayeit captured. The battery was planted on the margin of a wood, about half ‘a mile from the extreme efour principal linoofbattle, Be- tween five and six o’clock General Sumner ordored a bat- tery of the Fourth United. States artillery, the Sixty-ninth Penme;ivania, supporting Meagher’s Irish beigade, the Twemty-ninth Massachuseits, and one or twoether corps, to taleo up a position most and try to capluce the gun, ‘The weels, under the quigi: eye of their jxyorite leader, Jackson, perceived the movement and divined its object, They “therefore detormane: to resist us, and for this pur: Pose sent forward a colemn of ten thousand men, march. “ug ate support arms, inecluma by brigades. The fact of tues appearing in this way was to deceiws us as to their.e) ject. No sooner‘had they debouchod from the cover! the wood whieh lay betweon their perition and ours téan they broke to Sue right and ieft andopened on Us a arost destructive Gre of shell, grape, sheepnel and canicter. ‘The Sixty-nint! Pennsylvania iamediately opene re, and was the Get to encounter the enemy. ‘The aas-re of the groupd was such that only exe of our regisaan’s conld oppose the encmy infront ata time. ‘The nave's presented «front et least twice as sumerous. Aftérs-canguinary strugg!o.the Sixty-ninth were com- petledie ‘all back towardethe right, where they subso- quently: did good service on the flank of the snomy. Just secon as they wove withdrawn the Siaey-ninth |: New Ser replaced dham cod continued the batter Meagher riding im- front and flourishing his swort, arhile Nugent, ther colonel, commanded then towharge bayonets pen the onemy. Waile thi movwaes! was being exeeniad fio revels suddenly ap. penpcrongthe left flank of .4be Sixty-ninth New York. andby two tremendous @olieys of musketry ak sszenty yards diatence annibilated the évso’companios on dha loft of he hatéclion, with the exception of ten mea. ,very officr ap ibei companies i@iicilied or wounded. = = = pn nn J tle Field, Tuesday, July 1. liiagram<f the Bat ig WATEAS sao tye $$... ‘Tho itoss on Monday was very hoavy on both sides. inaquaxtmne OF THE AMT OF THE Rezomss AWensy isvew>, July 2.6962. ‘The dfvilostng is ‘am, accoant ofs:he battles foug bt in frontetixickmon®on Se@day, Menday and Tuesday ,be- turin ig the day all the cattle and @ greater (iho tra ppportation had safely crossed tse g lhe Paice. ome of the rear wagons bad to be abandoned TAR QUAMES OF THR RACKET .WAS NOP PREVENTED Me fight was reuewod ihe aod tin vlgbth regiment, aio oer Ota, s1xGh apd sevenihréays of the eng.tge- thevasdets, they evidently tettasns ‘i ae oy } Maje Quiaien, now eceming 1p, returned the Send 7 thace: At inuded about three hours, ro ae complimant .with interest, and virere 80 Infuristod mm nan tenasevee: Poet fence set Joma teyoath sides. oad \Goneral Franklin \wore teft in, theworks a Fair Oks, Swith instrnetions tcfevacuete and pactec’ who ut sggage wad suppiy trains onpthoir @ay to Janes river. They haxi bardiy ieft ther position,.and wereccalling bck on the rajircad and Wiliamsburg tamnpike, vhen U wrebdels discovered zhe mevement e164 iinmegstely ste Wied in pursuit with their whole force. 8 0 rapidly did-the revere approach that curpilcers had barc¥y time t ywaco their men in positem to rece! thont before they were upon them The enemy sdivanco€ to the attack abouts #@ o’elogi:, by he staygktor of their braxe c@pipanions in armaghat they made a gc sperate assault on. se enemy withthe Dayowet, aud. were only prexented from rushing uyoa | chelbattertos ef the wily enemy by. 45¢ loud commandof Ateir , offlcang,, who perceived tLetcueh desperatign wtGz-only coal: in the destraation pf the corps. Sho -fecty-third mgiment of the Irist brigade, under Colane! fleld tusdar troops. ‘The reteis again atvanced at about three oe! afternoan, in considerable nurabers, but pata = ing sheliac. by the gunboats and artillery for about frag hours, silbksat coming near hfe enviar enough for musketry to be ‘The low of.eur army during these sere: engage) ment is mot iknown; but twonty thtaekea Se to bo ns Near au estimate as can at present be given killed, wounded and missing, * Many of those a4 present unaccounted for may have straggied away through the coun: pr sa try, and may hereafter Macsactmusetts, guder Colonel Pierce, who fully re- imiered bis MMitary reputation, erhich eas clouded at Biggethel, and sgencrat “charge bayquets’ along the which was prowptly.met by our mon. live followed, reauling in the total und complete | ane battle lasted unti dark, dueig which the enemy a. cg. ong aig pert ho ai ‘| cuftered terribly, advancing in a solid mass te within.» we leas of ewer Zfteon huudmad men, one-half of i ‘The lose Of the oneray in ki |} «ebort distance of eur artliery. ay in killed must Bave been it al y, exe ing th very vie. "6 eR Pree pn yore oe Tho effect of our uno pow their ranks wax foarful,,| MeAvY, far excoeding that of our army. cling and woundiny: thom by Atudrede, At clark the | | .We lave taken about 700 prisoners, among wi aailat wits prior aad tttel: Wi Mlinaen dane pos}. | tree Jieutenant coloaels and one tasjor. rar ad ties. This battle took pious about a rave and hai} The reported capture of Gon, Magruder fis Probably a boro Savage's atativt miele, WHilet this hasele was in progress Other impertant | !h¢ las in aid artillery is about thicty pieces darin events were tranepirintg. ap heart r Tye rajiroud bridge acriss the Chickabominy sras | | \ Ge. Reynolds and Capt. Kingsbury, of his stat, wore Darnet, and a train of tywetre cars, nidor a (ult head of | (Ke Prisoners, as was algo Vol. Stockton, of Michigaa, Steatn was run overboard. Gee, Mead, of Pennsylvania, was severely wounded. All the Commissary and quertormasterts stores unavic | 8¢- Surus was wounded twehe face, j to be moved were committed to the flames, together wists | GON. Ruauer and Gen. Hointzelmalv were both a large aesennt of ordnance storsa. wounded in the left arm, but never Jeft the aan The Iargs house at the station and the adjoining { | Gan MaOull wasaeen to fli from bie horse during th grounds, which were filled with owr ack and wounded, 4 Dalle on Monday, ant was taken prisoner, theone " whom it was impossible to get away, Were loft nader fo poses pel known, is the care of our surgeons, with ull the neeosearies at hand ©'. Gostia, of the Fifty.fourth Pennsy for their comfert, They numbered about 100, ant are ; ™Aat, was killed, = — mow in the enemg’s hands. The troops which had fought the batsle of Suaday re- dweated under the cover of the night to White Oak Swamp bridge, a distance of about twelve miles, there toawait the approach of tho enemy. ‘The disposition of the troops ou Monday, the sixth day Of Dattin, was ns followa:— General Smith's division, supported By Gen. Megloy's brigade, accupied the right of tho bridgo, wittle Genoral ninner's and Goneral Frankiin’s cotps occupied” the i of gar mANMUVTe Was Inore Batisiactory than Aad boen antiapated. The loxs an onr side in this mort. desperate and smnguizary battle war oot less thas one-thousant! men in killed and wounded. Every oflicer and man digtnguishod himself fer yal. lantry, amd (he rebels have Jesnnod in this battle how many of them were equal to five Yankees. Mcagher and his staff were covspicuons throughout the ewire affatr. Caps. MeCoy, of the staff, had a horses abot under him by a cammap all, NIGHT GET mm. The rebelt fall Mack to atiack mo more All their Captain Cambios, of cavalry, Also killed, ‘ile. epi - Reon Captain Whiting, of the Firth cayairy, wae wounded / ad taken prisoner, and his son, a iedionsat tn she samo j regiment, lost bie Jett wrm / Colonel Pratt, of the Thirty Orst New York regimen was wounded in the face. : “4 The army is now enc imped on high rolling grous@ en. the Danks of the James river, tigen miles from Rian. | rand. The traneporis are already valoading suppliemas att. . the wharves. General Heintzeiman's corps, with GenarabMeCalvs | She Cummnnding Goveral feels confident of succers.- division, was out On the road 10 megt thé enomy, wha { fully teoting nny Attack the shemy may make-epan him was approaching from Kichmend. fo his prowept position, ‘The enemy came up boldly oarly im the ferenoon, hov- ‘The yeutorce:nants the rebols received from Peaure. ing boon hervily reinforced by the troops who bad | gard snd Jevkson gave thom a feree doub'e that of the fought the battle of Friday, on the apposite wide of the { Ariny of thé Pommac, and inany Of the priponers toxen Chickshominy. daring (De vactien Valorie! to Mewirogard’s areny. At about three o'clock it Vecanie evident that «ome Portion of our lines must give way,as the rebels were constantly throwing fresh troaps into action. ‘Our troops in front of the tridgo aow roll Back to with in ttitee and a half miles of Twrkoy Jalan, whore the fight was shortly afterwards. renewed, and continned With the greatest deteru:ination on both side ‘THR SRXT POSITION FOI THR WAGON TRAIN. McCidiian now eame to the determination of foiting Forsnwes Moxnot, Juty2--0 P.M. Colonel G Ross Smith, who ie convectodt With the re- sorte cayaly, Inforine mo that (heft force, membering over 1,000, baye all Arrived bere this evening. The comnant, Wilh the Gy lug artillery, aod wWeut 1,600 in. {CONTINUED ON FIGHTH PAGE } ‘Tho baggage and heavy artiliery commenced he rear guard, again consisting of Summer's corps, com. lestation.from Heenemy. Rain now began to pour down, The rong