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Mar.-h IS, 1SC2 tf
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Wil., Charlotte 6c Ruth. Railroad
WE.STEKN DIVISION.
(hi and after Monday the loth iiiitant, the Passenger
an 1 Mail Train will be rim on thi.i Road daily (Sunday
execpted) as follows:
C.OING WEST.
Lkak. Arrivk.
7 . A. M. Charlotte,
: " Tuckaseee, 7 43 A. M.
S 15 " Kicvard, 8 10
8 -i'j " .Sharon, 8 37 "
Lincoluton, 9 00 "
COINC, EAST.
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11 3-" " Prcvard, 11 45
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Artiii Master o! Transportation
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Linroluton. April
I have for sale mi excellent STK.lM KVo'I.VK of f ix
hor? poner. inn. uficnired by Amo. .vlJrun in P.ihi
more. It Ikh an eci lleiit Boiler th.it Las never been
injured iu any w ay. I will sell the Engine and all it?
appiirtenan. cs.it a reasonable terms ! it could be
bouvlit in the Confederate States. I will also sell au
-e!Ient IK.A Pi.iucin Machine.
THOMAS DAY.
April s I S.J2 lin Milton. N. C.
SAMUEL h SJflfll,
Atloi'ii'j- and Counselor at L.v,
CHARLOTTE, N C,
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IMf During hour of hasine
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ouri House. I.'iliee '.
I, adjoining the clerk's office.
January 10. 1kk
K. W. BKCIvWITH
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January, 1802
cent:
each.
Ordnance lleparliiiViit, T
Rai.KIOM, March 24th, 1m"2. J
All pure Saltpetre delivered at the Ordnance Depot
at Raleigh, within the next sil mouth w ill be paid for
Ml itia r .. A ..' i.-t.. n I . 4 I II .1 ..
impure
will be received and paid for at the same rate for the -
uir . v ..i :i.ii ' on? n j'uuuu. .iii iLial IS impure
y .ire fcaltpctre it may contain. Ti-an.-portation from
ny point on the railroads will also be paid br the '
Ieprtment. All communications on this subject 1
Mien Id be addressed to Curt. A. W. LAWRENCE
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b bisiire Vepnrtment. Raleigh, N. C.
J. O. MARTIN.
Adj't i.i. .md Chief of lrdn:inp
The Battles near Richmond.
June 2Gth, 21th, 2th, 20th and ZOth, and July
Ut aud 2d, 1S02.
THE CONFEDERATES VICTORIOUS.
LA ROE NUMBER OF PRISONERS,
GUNS, AMMUNITION AND STORES CAP-
i T U RED, INCIDENTS, &c.
t From the Richmond Dispatch, Enqulrtr and Whig.
i When Gen. A. 1. Hill had steadily driven the
: enemy lrf.m Meadow Bridge, on Thursday evening,
j June 2Gth, and Uad taken up the line of march
towards Meclianicsviile and the road, evening had
i far advanced, and it was supposed that a halt
! would take place. Gen. Ripley, however, with the
14th and 48th Georgia, and 2d and 3d North
! Carolina, made an attack upon the Yankee forti-
fications at Ellyson's Mills, in which the 44th
Georgia and 3d North Carolina suffered extreme
ly, and did not succeed in taking them, owing to
the impracticable nature of the ground. Ofera
tions were then suspended on our side, hut the
enemy kept up a deafening roar of artillery till la'e
in the night. Longstreet's forces had meanwhile
crossed, and inarched parallel with the Chickaho
miny. The brigades of Gens. Featherstone and
Pryor were in advance, and proceeding borne dis
tance, halted for the night. About midnight, ;
Featherstone received orders to change his posi- j
t'ron, and to occupy a skirt of woods near Reaver j
Dam Creek, and iiicing the Federal batteries. He ,
! did so, and the men were scarcely asleep when, j
fw iliglit approaching, the enemy discovered tlu
Idvouac, and immediately commenced to
hell it
vigorously. The men thus unceremoniously
.,wl Gf.tA I liiii- miiwt-nf j on1 A. 11 in irl lr-n
Feathcrstone, just arrived from headquarters, led
them to storm the .position mounting ten gun
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and supported by two or three brigades. iShnrp
fighting now commenced on all sides, when (Jen.
Pryor sent for assistance, and Wilcox soon came
upon the ground. To cover the infantry attack,
and draw off the artillery Are, the 3d Richmond
Howitzers, some pieces of the Donaldsonviile and
Thomas Artillery, moved up and played upon the
enemy's position magnificently. Having engaged
the enemy for a longtime, and finding it impossi
ble to cross the creek without a bridge, one was
j constructed by some of the 10th Mississippi and
j 11th LouVana under fire, when the whole force
! advanced, and closed up with the enemy, driving
them in great con fusion from the field. The dif
i Acuities rd attack at this position were such that
it is impossible to give a correct idea without maps
the battery being on a height, fi.mked by rifle
pits, a deep creek nt the foot of the hill, and cover
ed with a thick bed'-e
The attack of our men on this position was im-
Tietuotis and dar:n;r, but the h.s-? was sreat, for
the foe were so screened by their position it was
impossible to get at them properly. Their loss was
severe. Gen. Featherstoue's Adjutant-General,
Geo. P. Foote, was shot while riding far in advance
of the 12th Mississippi, and although hailed to
return, he did not, and was quickly singled out
and mortally wounded. His body was shortly af
terwards found despoiled watch, money, and
sword gone. The 12th Mississippi wentout in the
morning with 307 men, lost in this engagement
12 killed, 08 wounded, and 0 missing; the rcgi-
j merit was commanded by Major W. H. Lilly, who
I was wounded leading a charge. The 19th Missis
sippi went into action with o21 had 31 killed,
; lfU wounded. The 2nd Mississippi battalion,
j Col. Taylor, went into action with 234 men, and
hud 35 killed and wounded.
Fi'jht at Ellison's Mills.
While Featherstone, Pryor, and Wilcox were
thus successfully engaging the enemy on" the
right of our advance, Gen. Maxcy Gregg and his
brigade were also hard at. work, and successfully
stormed the strong position of Ellyson's Mills, and
took up the line of march on the left. They did
not advance on the Mills by the-road, as had been
done on Friday evening by Ripley, but simply
made a feint in that direction, crossed the main
body higher up the creek, took the redoubts and
rifle pits cn flank, carried them with the bayonet,
pushed through the camps, and followed the road
towards Gaines's Mills, whither the enemy were
retiring.
At Gain? s Jiftflg.
From prisoners captured at both positions who
proved to be of the Valley Army it was ascer
tained that we might expect smut resistance at
Gaines's Mills, since three or four whole divisions
were strongly encamped there, McCIellan com
madinir in iicrson, with Maior-Generals MeC.ill
: Porter, Sedgewick, and others their estimated
j foree being not Jess than thirty-odd thousand men.
i As our three columns moved by parallel lines, we
j followed and converted with prisoners, who in-
formed us that their loss on Friday at Meadow
J Rridgc, Meclianicsviile, and Ellyson's Mills, had
. been fearful, and that the whole night had been
; occupied in burial. The Federals carry off all
their dead and wounded, as fast as shot, and we
! only discover those who fall and are left at the
: actual iiunnent of retreat.
The heads of our three columns having reached
Walker Hoiran's farm, north haul- nf'ilio Chinl--
hominy, about 9 miles northeast of Richmond, all
came to a halt, and Gens. Lee and Longstreet 1
toik up quarters in the house and made dlsnosi-
tions for a furiher advance towards Gaines's Mills, !
distant about one mile through the woods. Feath- 1
crstone's brigade having suffered much in the I
morning, Wilcox led, being followed by Fryer, 1
and Featherstone in rescive. The composition of
Wilcx"s command is mostly Alabamians: Pryor
has the 14th Louisiana, St. Paul's battalion, 3d j
Vir?i,lia' a,uJ one 0,hcr "ginent; Featientone
has the 19th Mississippi, and 2d 31 ississippi batta
lion.
The. attack on the enemy's fortiAcations was
assisted by the 2d and 3d North Carolina regi
ments, who fought bravely and suffered much
Storm ing En trench mciifs.
It now bcing-3 P. M., and the head of our
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cc'luuui ln View Ot the rederal camps, Gen. 1 ryor
was seni lorwara wnn ma Dns'SiJ to drive aw.iv :
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the heavy mass nf sL-irttMsbora n.toA in nnr m,. i
to annnv tb ..h-n.ww Tl.; t; .n,nmr!;.-l,.,i !
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: "ii-ii gicai bttt-ccss, aiiu wim nine loss to us, i ryor
reiiim. i ...,,,( nP mi.;i
,uu,"lu nu waucu oruers. .ueanwnue me
FcleraK front thinrcamr:? and .vvcral positions
on the high grounds, swept the whole face ol the
country with their numerous artillery, which
would have annihilated our entire force if not
j screened in the dips of the land and in gulne to
i our left. Advancing cautiously but rapidly in
the skirt of woods and in the dips to the left, Wil
j cox atid Pryor deployed their men into line of bat
j tie Fcatherstone being in the rear and sudden-
appearing on the plateau facing the timber
j covered hill, rushed down into the wide gully,
crossed it, clambered over all the Jelled timber,
breastworks beyond it, and began the ascent of
the hill, under a terrific Are of sharpshooters and
an incessant discharge of grape and canister, from
pieces posted on the brow of the hill, and from
batteries in their camps to the right on the high
flat lauds. Such a position was never stormed
before. In descending into the deep creek, the
infantry and artillery tire that assailed the three
brigades was the most terrific on record. Twenty
six pieces were thundering at them, and a perfect
hailstorm of lead fell thick and fast around them.
One of Wilcox's regiments wavered, down the
General rushed, furiously, sword in hand, and
threatened to behead the first man that hesitated.
Pryor steadily advanced, but. slowly, and by the
time that the three brigades had stormed the posi
tion, passed up the hill through timber, and over
felled trees, Featherstone was far in advance
Quickly the Federals withdrew their pieces, and
took up a fresh position to assail the three brigades
advancing in perfect line of battle from the woods
and upon the plateau. Ofiiccrs had no hoises.
all were shot Brigadiers marched on foot, sword
in hand, rcviments were commanded by Captams
a"d companies by Sergeants, yet onward they
rushed, with yells and colors flying, and backward,
still backward fell the Federals, their men tumb
ling every moment in scores. But what a sight
met the eyes of these three gallant brigades! In
front stood Federal camps, stretching to the north
east for miles! Drawn up- in the line of battle
were more than three full divisions, commanded
by McCall, Porter, Sedgewick, &c. banners
darkened the air artillery vomited forth inces
sant volleys of grape, canister and shell heavy
masses were moving on our left through the woods
to flank us! Yet onward came Wilcox to the right
Pryor to the left, and Featherstone in the centre
ouc grand, matchless line of battle almost con
sumed by exploits of the day yet onward they
adviiiccd to the heart of the Federal position, and
when the enemy had fairly succeeded in almost
flat. king us on the left, great commotion is heard
in the woods! volleys upon volleys are heard in
rapid succession, which are recognized and cheer
ed by our men "It is Jackson!" they shout, "on
their right and rear!' Yes, two or three brigades
i of Jackson's army have flanked the enemy, and are
getting in the rear! Now, the fighting wus bitter
ana terril c. orkea up to madness, V llcox,
Featherstone and Pryor dash forward at a run,
and drive the enemy with irresistible fury to our
left emerge Hood's Texan brigade, Whiting's
comes after, and Pender follows! The line i3 now
complete, and "forward" lings from one end of
the line to the other, and the Yankees, over 30,
000 strong, begin to retreat! Wheeling their ar
tillery from the front, the Federals turn part of it
to btcak our left, and. save their retreat. The
very earth shakes at the roar! Not one piece of
ouis has yet opened! all has been done with bullet
and bayonet, aiid onward press our troops through
camps upoti camps, capturing guns, stores, arms,
clothing, lie. Yet, like bloodhounds on the trail,
the brigades sweep everything before them, pre
senting an unbroken, solid front, and closing in
upon the enemy, keep up an incessant successive
volleys upon their confused masses, and unerring
ly slaughtering them by hundreds and thousands!
" tStoneicall" at work.
But "where is Jackson?" ask all. Ho has travel
ed fast, and is heading the retreating foe, and as
night closes in, all is anxiety for intelligence from
him. 'Tis now about 7. P. M and just as the
rout of t he enemy is complete just as the last
volleys are sounding in the enemy's rear, the dis
tant and rapid discharges of cannon tell that Jack
son has fallen upou the retreating column, broken
it, and captured 3,090 prisoners! Far iu the night,
his insatiable troops hang upon the enemy, and
for miles upon miles are dead, wounded, prisoners,
wagons, cannon, &c., scattered in inextricable con
fusion upon the road! Thus, for four hours, did
our inferior force, unaided by a single piece of ar
tillery, withstand over thirty thousand of the
enemy, assisted by t wenty-six pieces of artillery!
In total, we captured many prisoners, and thir
ty peiccs of artillery up to 5 P. M , Friday, and
in the battle of Gaines's 31 ills, captured mlQ field
peices, 15,01 0 stand of arms, G stand of colurs,
three Generals, (Reynolds, Sanders and Rankin,)
and over 4,000 prisoners, including dozens of of
ficers of every grade from Colonel to Lieut, of
the line.
Tht Federal force.
Every arm of the service was well represented
in the Federal line cavalry were there in force,
and when our men emerged from the woods, at
tempted to charge, but the three brigades on the
right, and Jackson's three brigades on the left,
closed up ranks and poured such deadly volleys
uI'on the horsemen, that they left the ground and j
andfantry to decide theday. McCall's, Porters j
and Sedgewicke's 'crack divisions melted away be- ;
fore our advance, however; and had the fight lasted ,
one ,ia,f hour longer, not one whole . regiment (
would have survived. Gen. McCIellan, prisoners j
say repeatedly was present, and directed move- ,
"ents, but when the three brigades to our left ,
emerged from the woods, such confusion and
havoc ensued, that he gave orders to retreat, sup- (
ped on nl9 norse, aim escapeu as uesi i1'" ,
Some say that he was severely wounded, and (
many ofilcers (prisoners) believe the report that be
wae on the field as undoubtedly true; for every- j
thins had been previously prepared for a grand
Aohfat Gaines's Mills, McClellau even- promising j
to capture our whole force, should" we attempt; to j
storm his camps. Results were different and so j
the Fates reward the greatest Liar of his age! ' .
Much has been eaid of repeated "charges" made j
and "repulses." Wild imaginations have cou- j
cocted nianv such foolish reports. . There w9 ;
but one "charge,
and Iron tne moment iuc ,
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"Ax bayonets, '
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wul "cep-tion winch met it. It . trm. that
one or two regiments became confused in passing
over the deep ditch, abnttis, and timber earthwork
it is also true that several slipped from the
tanks and ran to the rear, but in many cases these
were wounded men; but the total number of
" stragglers" would not amount to more than one
hundred, This is strictly true; and
onr immortal honor." Our troops
redounds to
received the
e munand but once, and if Satan and all hit host
had confronted them, instead of mortal Yankees,
the result would have been the same. There
were no repulses all arrangements worked like a
charm; and we ought not only to do our soldiers
justice, but heartily thank Providence for 'his
guiding hand and assistance, in the immortal
events of Thursday and Friday.
Money was found quite abundantly among the
slain. Some men, in interring the dead, often
searched the piockets, !fcc., one man finding not
loss than 150 in gold; another fished out of
some old clothes not less than Sf00; another
SI, 000 in Federal notes. Watches, both gold and
silver, were fouud among the spoils, one lucky
individual having not less than six chronometers
ticking in his pocket at one time. As a general
thing,-more money was-found upon the Aeld than
on any other of which we have heard.
Clothing in abundance was scattered about, and
immense piles of new uniforms were found un
touched. Our men seemed to take great delight
in assuming Federal officers' uniforms, and strut
ted about serio-comically, much to the amusement
of dusty, powder-begrimmcd youths who sat lol
ling and smoking in the shade. Every conceiva
ble article of clothing was found in these Divis-
lonai v amps, ana came quite appropos to our
needy soldiery, scores of whom took a cool bath
and changed old for new underclothing, many
articles being of costly material and rpnite unique.
The amount of ammunition found was, con
siderable, and proved of very superior quality and
manufacture. The exact amount captured we
have not yet ascertained, but from the immense
piles of boxes scattered - through the camps, we
conjecture that the enemy had laid in quite an
unusual supply; expecting to use it, doubtless,
upon our devoted men, and so they would did our
troops stand, as they do, at " long taw," and not
come to "close quarters."
The cannon and arms captured in this battle
were numerous and of very superior workmanship.
The 20 pieces were the most beautiful we have
ever seen, while immense piles of guns could be
seen on every hand many scarcely having the
manufacturer's "Anish" even- tarnished. The
enemy seemed quite willing to throw them away
on the slightest pretext, dozens being found- with
loads still undischarged. The number of small
arms captured, we understand, was not less than
15.000 of every calibre and every make.
The Federal wounded were collected together,
and filled a very large hospital. The court-yard of
a farm-house wa3 selected, and scores could be
seen reclining on the grass and expert surgeons
operating with much skill and zeal. By mutual
agreement surgeons are not considered prisoners
of war, hence at the close of the late battle,
many Federal surgeons remained behind, and
tberr services seemed very much appreciated by
the men. As many as could be were conveyed to
town and attended to, good conveyance being
furnished, and much care manifested for their
welfare.
It is impossible to get correct returns of the
killed and wounded. Our loss was probably not
over 2,000, at the highest calculation. The
Federal loss is estimated at 20,000 killed, wound
ed, and prisoners, if not more.
We regret to learn that Major T. S. Skinner,
1st N. C, was killed in the engagement on Thurs
day evening, in ihe attack on the Federal en
trenchments. Fight at Garnett's Farm.
About eleven o'clock Saturday, Oapt. Moody's
battery opened fire upon the entrenchments of the
enemy located just beyond Garnett's farm. The
battery fired some ten or fifteen minutes, and
meanwhile a body of infantry, consisting of the
7th and 8th Geargia regiment, moved up under
cover of the Are from 'the field pieces. The 8th,
in advance, charged across a ravine and up a hill,
beyond which the Yankee entrenchments lay.
They gained the first line of works and took pos
session of them, but, it is prop4! to slate, this
was unoccupied at the time by the Yankees. The
fire of the enemy was murderous, and as. soon as
our men reached the brow of the hill, rapid vol
leys of grape, canister, and musketry were poured
into tbem. It was found almost impossible to
proceed farther, but the attempt would have been
made, had not orders been received to full back,
which was done in good order, still under fire.
The loss in the 7th is reported at seventy odd
men killed, wounded and missing. In the 8th,
upwards of tighty. Col. Lamar, of the 8th was
severely wounded in the groin, and fll into the
hands of the enemy. Lieut. Col. Towers was
captured, but uninjured. The Yankees were
completely hiclden behind their works, and did
not suffer much apparently. We took a captain,
lieutenant, and some Ave or six privates, the Yan
kee picket force at that poiut. Later a flag of
truce was granted to take away our dead and
wounded, but a conference with Col. Lamar was
refused. The Federal surgeons, however, did not
think his wound a tatal one, ana, increiorc. wouiu
not allow him to be taken away.
Col. Lamar was re-captured by onr meu on
Sunday, and was carried to Richmond
On Friday, Gen. Toombs was ordered to "feel'' i
the enemy entrenched to the East and front of j
Garnptt'a farm. After rcceivinc written orders to '
advance, Gen. Toombs scut forward the 2d, 15th j Uou tQ be made between thc gaAnt men wh0 con-! sation with some ot tho prisoners who arrived n
and 17th Georgia. The enemy ha d near three I 6titutc the moBt nia.,nificent army that was ever j Saturday, a citizen, addressing an officer, re
brigades in a skirt of woods behind an abattis ofj arr8je1 ia combat. As sons of the Confederacy marked, " If wc d have had a Navy, tbu w
felled timber and brushwood. The Georgians ad- jj,Cy fo0erlit and as sons of the Confederacy they would have beer, ended six months ago. The
vanced spiritedly upon the Yankees and drove j e'er?dm 'if one" corps distinguished itself more j officer, with an emphasis that indicated earoest-
them back, not, however, until tuey nt! j iougnt
desperately for the ground. Finding it unfavora
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ble to flank our force, the lankees witndrew and
left us in possession of the field. It was maintained
until orders were sent for Gen. Toombs to retire,
Gen. Lee pushed hie advance until 10 o'clock
Saturday night, and at 11 was in occupancy of the
York River Railroad, the enemy' principal line
of communication. Tins in effect pierced the
enemy's centre, and separated their ferces oa the
north side of the Chiekahominy from those on th
south side.
Brig.
Gou Riker is aminr the nrisonerj brought
to the
01 ty.
Moj. Edward Savuge, N. C. State troop, was J on until aeven forta had been occupied, the Yau
among the wounded. Maior l .1 S inrl.-iir r,1 ? LeCR flpfincr from f-li in wild rniifnairm T1a
: the oth .North Carolina regiment, received a pain-
ful wound in the thi-h.
In the engagement near Fair Oaks, Brigadier-
General Griffith was mortally wounded
A Federal Lieutenant, who was captured and
brought to the headquarters of Geu. Lee, reported
that two entire regiments had descried during the
morning.
Th Confederate forces occupied (he enemy's
position at the White House, on the Pumunkey,
but all the stores of the enemy at that point were
destroyed by them in their retreat.
The Federal flag made by the Yankees to float
over the capitol building at Richmond was cap
tured by Maj. BloomAcld, of General Magruder'a
staff, in the Federal camps, and was exhibited,
with great apglause, to our troops. It is an im
mense piece of work, fully twenty feet long, hav
ing thirteen stripes and thirty-two stars thereon !
We understand McCIellan received it as a present
from the ladies of the city of Boston, and prom
ised to plant it on the veritable "last ditch" lo
which the rcbeb should be run, and afterwards
would glevate it, with all military honors, on our
capitol at Richmond. How are the mighty fallen!
Verily, George B. McCIellan will be decapitated.
and Rllfh ?J llin f.,tn rt' I b C! wiotoo I ininr. T
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The general engagement on Friday was between
50,000 Federals and 40,000 Confederates The
enemy was pursued for some distance, when they
disappeared in the darkness. Our men, content
with their victory, rested upon the Aeld for the
night
The plan of attack in this day's-battle may br
summed up as follows:. Gen. Jackson? made his
way around the entire rear of the enemy, and
pitched into their left, driving, or rather ' hud
dling" them all up in the centre. Ho then
passed around their rear and came up on their left,
whilo Gen. A. P. Hill's corps was pursuing down
upon the right of their centre, and Gen. Long
street and Gen. D. H. Hill were driving back
their front in the same direction.
It must bo understood that tho battle was
fought between one portion of our forces and one
half of the enemy, the other half being on this
(South) side of the Chiekahominy, where uo Aght
ing of importance occurred.
Gen. McClelhn, though immediately near and
eXpected to command his forces in person, did not
appear on the Aeld. The prisoners taken by us
manifested a strong feeling in consequence f this
circumstance, and stated that the entire army en
gaged was similarly influenced.
The enemy's operations on Saturday night con
sisted in a clandestine movement in order to reach
James River, sustained by their army on this side
in front of" Magrudtr's forces. They destroyed a
large quantity of stores and other material so as
to move through the by-roads and woods to the
South side.
SUNDAY'S
OPERATIONS.
At 1 a. m
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our pickets down
the Nine Mile Road were Aercely attacked by the
enemy, and a severe and lively Aght endued. The
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enemy were easily driven back with loss, many
prisoners falling into our hands. Many of the
federals threw down their arms and surrendered
voluntarily. About G o'clock another picket fight
occurred. The enemy were pursued past their
fortiAcations, which were found for the most part
deserted. It thus became evident that the enemy
were retreating, and pursuit was instantly made
and several Aghts ensued. All their camps were
totally destroyed. Immense piles of Btores were
blazing at the moment of our visit, and the pursuit
was continued over the red hot ashes of the catrrps
and stores and many prisoners captured. Loud
explosions were heard during the day, caused by
the destruction of vast quantities of ammunition.
Dense columns of smoke darkened the sky. The
railroad Merrimac (a battery on a car) was far in
advance of our men vigorously shelling the enemy
at every turn.
It is almost impossible to afford in detail
descriptions of the several engagements which.
have shed such imperishable lustre upon the arms
of the Confederacy, and which have finally re
sulted in the overthrow, complete and disgraceful,
of the hosts marshaled under the banner of sub
jugation. Of the important results which mit inevitably
flow from our 6aece"cs, and ths discomfit uro of
the Northern army under McCIellan, it is needless
at this time to speculate. Suffice it to say that
from the opening of the grand ball on Thursday
afternoon down to the hour which witnessed the
enemy in full retreat, the efforts of our forces
were attended with unbroken success, and at no
time did the brave men upon whom hung the
hopes and the confidence of the country, falter or
waver in their determination to make the victory
decisive. Battery after battery. was stormed with
the most during disregard of human life, and the
apparently impregnable positions of the enemy
were carried at the point of the bayonet with the
most impetuous ardor. Never did men fii:ht more
bravely, and ucver was valor more surely and
; signally rewarded
Uur loss is Heavy both, in otneers and men. 1
The soil of Virginia, the grand old mother ofj
States, is enriched with the best blood of her :
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suffering Southern sisters, and from every State ed
; the Confederacy the martyrs of liberty have '
united in pouring out the crimson tide as a rich ;
and imperishable libation upon the altar of the',
inA rrlil inmvnnn Afttfea b le nn dlfll IHI 119.
,. anoti,er ; ti,;g the Tcatest battle ever '
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IWM nn thU nntinent. it was on account ot its ,
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rskal t rT Aft ins h old
; 1 etj-mUhintr bepan it an early boar and con- !
j tjnuej through the day at different points along ;
the ijne. Tbe great battle of the day, however,
took place in the evening near the York River j
' railroad, some three mile from the battle-field of j
j the " Seveu Piuce " Gen. Magruder commenced ;
( the attack about four o'clock, by aivaning upoti
the Yankee entrenchments. The first line wm
taken after a sham conflict, and the enemv driven
' to another. Waitine only lone enough tos-et the
artillery in position, this also was stormed and
firing continued until 10 o'clock in the night,
j when the battle ceased. In this brilliaut fisht
brilliaut fight
( the men of Gen.
Magruder'a division won groat
nonor and maintained the lighting reputation
given them on the Peninsula. The Yankees
fought desperately and contested the ground
closely, but they could not stand the fierce charge
made upon them. The loss was heavy to the
enemy; olio hundred and seventy-five Yankeea
were laid dead upon the field and eight ' hundred
prisoners were taken. Our loss was not heavy,
although many a good man was injured.
The advance of our men upon the enoiny U de
scribed by an eye-witness as exciting in tho ex
treme. From one fortification lo another tliey
rushed with an impetuosity that could not be
checked. In their advance several magazines
were exploded and an immense quantity of stores
destroyed. Arms, baggage, overcoats, knapsacks,
caps and haversacks, were scattered along the
route in profusion. It was now understood that
the yankec army was divided and trying to escape
towards tho James River. After destroying the
railroad and telegiaph lines and driving tho Yan
kees this side the Chiekahominy, Jackson also
cross dan 1 pressed hard upon thcru.
t While Magruder was thus successfully " push
ing the enemy to the wall," on the south side of
the Chiekahominy, the redoubtable Stuart was
not less successful in frustrating the plans of the
young Napoleon on the north side. Dashing
down to the White Houe, pn the Pamunkey, he
succeeded in bagging about 2,500 of the grand
Union army at that point.
INCIDENTS.
"On to Richmond." Gen. Reynolds, of III.,
captured on the battle Aeld of Friday, and brought
to Richmond on Saturday, met an officer in tho
Confederate service, with whpm in "old times" he
had been a " boon campanion." In the pleasant,
conversation which ensued, the Confederate officer
said, "Well, General, you hove got to Richmond
at last." "Just ns I predicted," replied the
General. " When do you suppose McClellnn will
be hero," jocosely asked the Confederate officer.
" I wouldn't be surprised to hear of hi. arrival
to-night," responded the General with a stuil,
dashod with an interesting spark of bitternes.
",4 hard road to travel." A sparkling little
j'ru iV mprit was fulminated by a young gentle
man, nt one of Ihe hotels in Richmond on Satur
day. Some one asked if it was possible for Mc- '
Clellan's army ever to get to Richmond. The
Pun-ic joker responded, "If he does, he will
have to level two Hills, wade through a Long
street, pns a pretty strong Pickett, travel over a
considerable number of Rhodes, and then batter
down a "Stonewall." Certainly a hard road to
travel.
Reading the luvedettem from Yanketdand.-
During the engagement on Friday evening, Oen.
Lee, accompanied by his Staff, came upon
deserted camp on the Aeld from which the Yan
kees had just been driven. A large number of
Yankee knapsacks were piled up and strewed
around, and amidst tbem, in a recumbent posture,
with his boots magnificently elevated, was dis
covered a stalwart Confederate soldier, reading a
letter taken from a mass of similar documents
which the knapsacks contained. A humorous
grin was playing over his features when the Gen
eral and his Staff came up. "What are you
doing here?" Gen. Lee inquired. "Reading
don't you tee?" replied the soldier, scarcely ob
serving them. The Goneral deeming his easy
manner, and safe position by no means becoming
a Confederate soldier, when the roaring of the
battle was thundering around, informed the
literary hero who be was, which caused him to
jump up about three feet fom the ground, "scared
half to death," and commenced bowing, blushing
and apologizing in the most amusing style imagi
nable. The General then asked him what he was
doing there, to which he answered, that he was
placed in charge of the knapsacks; but when
asked who placed him there, he was covered with
confusion, and Anally stammered out that " be
didu't know the officer's name." He was then
ordered to take care of the useful things, not
mind reading the letters, and to report to the first
Quartermaster, after which he would rejoin bis
regimcut as speedily as possible.
A Yankee hallarjuitt maket a' thort trip.-
body of our infantry, under cover of a thicket
intervening, passed around on TJiursday to the
flank of a number of Yankees, who were evi
dently the Balloon Guard," and was rapidly
appioaching in musket shot of thorn, just as one of
their " Professors" was about to make an ascen
sion. They baited in order to give the terial voya
ger time to get up. The balloon was soou voder
weigh, and the windlass unwound, bat as the ob
servant Professor attained a height of about two
hundred feet, be perceived, to his horror and
consternation, our infantry marching npon bis
" base of operations." Giving a shout, he or
dered thone below to haul him in, which was
obeyed; but the operation being too slow, he
leaped out of the car, grasped the rope and slid
down with a speed which would have done credit
to the expertuess of a Gorilla. The balloon soon ,
followed, was bursied up, pnt in a cart, and "Pro
fessor " balloon, guard and all mizzled, just in
time to save themselves lrom capture.
"We rjH'ht to have had a Nary!' Iu conver-
new, replied, I wisn to uoo, job oaa nau a naj
then, tix mourns ago. ...j ... P""-""
. -m. t r m mm a r ania rm
seem to enteitaio similar scntimeuts as to the loUj
of carrying on the war.
Color brought in. About 10 o'clock this 1
(Sunday) morning the regimental colors of the 4th j
Xew Jersey, the 11th Pennsylvania. Reserve, and
Stockton's Bucktail Rifles, arrived, with another
batch of Yankee prisoners. Tbey were all plen
didly made lags, one being the "fdars and stripe,"
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