The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-11 00:00:00

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THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

NEW YORK, JUNE 28.

The steamship Africa has arrived at Boston,
June 25. The steamship Jura passed Father
Point, June 24.

The New York papers publish the following
account of the battle before Charleston:—

" The United States transport Ericsson, Captai❑
Lowber, from Tortugas, 16th inst., Key West 18th,
and Port Royal 23d, arrived here yesterday morn-
ing. She brings a large mat' from all the above
places, and has 181 passengers, among whom is
General Benham and staff. She has also on board
57 wounded soldiers, who were wounded in the
late engagement on James Island, S.C. They are
in charge of Surgeons Craven and Scholl.
" She brought from Key West four companies of
the 40th New York State Volunteers and landed
them at Port Royal ; also the 7th New Hampshire
and four companies Ist United States Artillery,
regulars.
" The United States troops under General Ben-
ham made an attack on the morning of June 16,
at four o'clock, and were repulsed after four hours'
hard fighting, with the loss of 668 men killed,
wounded, and missing. The Michigan Bth had
but 250 men left at roll call. The New York 79th
suffered severely. The Union troops were obliged
to retreat under cover of the gunboats.

" General Benham arrived on board the Ericsson
under arrest, and is ordered to report himself at
Washington. It is said in some quarters that this
is incorrect, and that he received orders from the
adjutant-general four days before the battle to re-
turn to Washington in the next steamer. He left
yesterday afternoon for Southport, Connecticut,
where his wife is staying.
" The Ericsson brings a large mail from 1 he vari-
ous points she touched at.

" General Brannan, from Key West, was expected
to arrive at Port Royal daily.
" Colonel Perry, of the 40th Regiment, of Brook-
lyn, died at Fort Pulaski, June 18, of apoplexy.
" The United States ship San Jacinto was at Key
West, all well.

" The accounts of the fight at James Island, as
copied from Southern papers, were correct.
" The forces under Major-Generals Fremont,
Banks, and M•Dowell have been consolidated into
one army, called The Army of Virginia,' and Major
General Pope hxs been especially assigned by the
President to the chief command. The forces under
General Fremont constitute the first army corps, to
be commanded by General Fremont. The forces
under General Fremont constitute the second army
corps, and are to be commanded by him. The forces
under General M‘Dowell constitute the third army
corps, and are to be commanded by him.
" M'Call's division, 10,000 strong, which formed
a part of M'Dowell's corps, has reached M'Clellan
by water, and another division is to follow imme-
diately in the same way, while General Pope will
also operate against the enemy at Richmond. Be-
sides M'Call's division, M'Clellan has received other
reinforcements, to the amount of several thousand,
since the battle of Fair Oaks.

" A despatch dated City Point, Virginia, June
26, says : The Confederate general, Longstreet, has
issued a flaming address to his troops on Monday,
in view of the great conflict imminent, inciting
them to new deeds of heroism, and advising them
to aim low and make sure of the mark. The
official lists of the rebel losses at the battle of
Fair Oaks have been published. Eighty-five regi-
ments and battalions in all were engaged, sus-
taining a loss of killed, wounded, and missing of
6,897.'

" A despatch from Chatanooga says the Fede-
rals have stampeded from that place, leaving their
camps and everything behind."
The following particulars of the late Federal
advance on Richmond are published in the New
York papers :—.

" M'Clellan's Head-quarters, Wednesday,
June 25 (Evening).

" Gen. Hooker, at nine o'clock this morning,
advanced his division, with the view of occupy-
ing a new position. The result was that his
troops met with a most determined resistance
from the enemy, which lasted until four o'clock
in the afternoon : but the rebels were forced to
give way before the invincible courage of our men.
" During the day everything indicated a gene-
ral engagement, but the enemy, for some reason
or other, backed out of it. The troops all fought
as gallantly as ever. The loss on our side will
be about 200 killed and wounded. The loss of
the enemy is not known, but it is believed to be
equal to our own.
" The camp of the rebels in front of Gec. Hooker
was captured, and is now occupied by his troops.
The ground fought for was a swamp, with thick
underbrush, beyond which is open country. The
woods intervening between our troops and the
enemy prevented the result of our artillery firing
being known. 'lwo Napoleon 12-pounders,
under
Captain de Russy, succeeded in getting through
the swamp during the afternoon, and did excellent
service. An effort of the enemy to capture them
resulted in the enemy being
driven back with
severe loss.
"The result of to-day
is highly important to the
health of the army, as
but little more ground is to
be gained to place our troops beyond the swamp.
" General M'Clellan was present during the
wholeo
despatch General M'Clellan says he
h
picket line undisturbed, and that all
is very quiet on the banks of the Chickahominy.
A despatch dated Charleston, June 24, says—
,t The steamer Memphis, from
day,
Liverpool to Charles-
ton,holds
thenewmovements."
later
via Nassau, N.P., run the
blockade yesterday
successfully. She had on board Mr. Ward, late
Minister to China, and
a valuable cargo of British
goods. The Memphis is a new iron steamer.
General Grant has assumed command of the dis-
trict west of the Tennessee.
The Union meeting in Memphis was attended by
about 200 Citizens. A full ticket of Union men was
nominated for city offices.
General Beauregal d publishes a letter in the
Mobile News, of June 19, denying emphatically the
capture by General Pope of 10,000 prisoners, as
telegraphed by General Halleck. He says that 100
or 200 stragglers would covet all the prisoners
he took, and about 500 damaged muskets; He
also says that all the Confederates lost at Corinth
during the retreat will not amount to one day's
expense of the enemy's army.
The following document appears in the Southern

papers :
"AN APPEAL TO EVERT SOUTHERN SOLDIER.
wwe turn to you in mute agony. Behold our
wrongs! Fathers! husbands! brothers! sons! we
know these bitter, burning wrongs will be fully
avenged. Never did Southern women appeal in