Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-13

ted eighteen huadred Killed anu WOUNDED, alo
other information shows this to be much under
the true number.
The officer commanding the 18th New York
Zouaves and Colonel Heintzelman say that thu
returns Of that regiment cannot be relied on
as many as those reported among the casual
ties have absentcd themselves since their return
and have gone to New York. Among thu
missing reported are many of our surgeons
who remained in attendance on our wounded
and were, against the rules OF modern warfare
made prisoners. -,
The issue of this hard fought battle, in which
certainly our troops lost no credit in their con
aict on the field with an enemy ably com
manded, superior in numbers, who had but {
short distance to march, and who acted on his
own ground, on the defensive, and always IN
der cover, whilst our men were of necessity
opt on the open fields, should not prevent full
credit being given to those officers and corp:
whose services meritcd success if they did moi
attain it.
To avoid repetition, I will only mention here
the names Of those not embraced in reports o
division and brigade commanders. I beg t.
refer to their reports for the names of those
serving under their immediate orders, desiring
that on this subject they be considered as par
of my OVID. | claim credit for the officers o
my staff, and for those acting as such during
the day. They did every thing in their power
exposing themselves freely when required, anc
doing all that men could do, communicating
orders, guiding the columns, exhorting the
troops, rallying them when broken, and pro
viding for them the best the circumstances ad
mitted. They were as follows:
First Lieutenant Fl. W. kinsbury, Fifth Ar
tillcry, aid de.camp.
Major Clearance S. Brown, New York Mill.
tin volunteers, ail.de.camp.
Major JamcsS. Wadsworth, New York Militia
volunteers, aid.de camp. The latter, who does
me the honor to be on my personal staff, had
a horse shot from under him in the hottest of
the fight.
Captain James B.. Fry, Assistant Adjutant-
General.
Captain O.. II. Tillighast, Assistant Quarter.
master, who discharged alone the important
and burdensome duties Of his department with
tho army. and who was MORALLY wounded
while acting with the artillery, to which he
formerly belonged, and in which he was deeply
interested.
Captain II. F. Clark, Chief of Subsistence
Department.
Major Meyer, Signal Officer, and Major NAL
coin Mcdonnell, who acted as aids.
Surgeon W. S. King, and Assistant Surgeon
Magruder, Medical Department
Major j.. G. Barnard, Engineer, and senior Of
his department with the army, gave most i'm
portant aid.
First Lieutenant Fred. S. Prime, Engineers.
Captain A. W. Whipple.
First Lieutenant II. l.. Abbott and Second
Fl. S. Putnam, Typographical En-.
gineers.
Major W. F. Barry, Fifth Artillery, Chief of
Artillery.
Lieutenant George Z. Strong, Ordinance
Officer.
Alajor W. II. Wood, First Infantry, Acting
Inspector General.
Second Lieutenant Guy Henry, who joined
on the field, and was Of service Us an aid
de.camp.
The following officers commanded divisions
and brigades, and in the several places their
duty called them, did most effective service,
and behaved in the most gallant manner:
Brigadicr General Tyler, Connecticut rolun-
tcers.
Colonel David Hunter, Third Cavalry, Sc
verely wounded at the head of his division.
Colonel 5. P. Hcintzclman, Seventeenth In
fanLry, wounded in the arm while leading his
division into action on the hill.
Brigadicr General Schenck, Ohio Volunteers,
commanding Second Brigade.
Colonel L. D. Reyes, Eleventh Infantry,
commanding First Brigade, First division.
Colonel w. P. Franklin, Twelfth Infantry,
First Brigade, Third division.
Colonel W. T. Sherman, Thirteenth Infantry,
commanding Third Brigade, First division.
Colonel Andrew Porter, Sixteenth Infantry,
commanding First Brigade, Second division.
Colonel a.. Z. Burnside, Rhode Island Vol
commanding Second Brigade, Second
division.
Col. 0. =. Wilcox, Michigan Volunteers,
commanding Second Brigade, Third division,
who was wounded and taken prisoner while
on the hill in the hottest Of the fight.
Colonel O. o. Howard, Maine volunteers,
commanding Third brigade, Third division.
Colonel j. B.. Richardson, Michigan rolun-
teers, commanding Fourth brigade, First d.
Colonel Blenker, New York volunteers, com
nlaading Second brigade. First division.
Colonel Davies, New York volunteers, com
handing Second brigade, First division.
As my position may warrant, even if it does
not cali for some explanation Of the causes, as
far as they can be seen, which led 10 the results
herein stated, l trust it may not be out OF
place if | refer in q few words to the jmme-
date anteccdents of the battle. When | SUBJ
United to the General. in Chief, in compliance
with his verbal instructions, the plan Of opera
and estimate Of force required, the time |
to proceed to carry it into effect was fixed
for the sth July, Monday. Every facility pos
sible was given Inc by the General-in-C Chief
md heads OF the administrative departments in
the necessary preparations. But the
regiments, owing, | was told, to want Of trans.
cume over slowly. Many Of them
did not com across till eight or nine days after
tho time fixed upon, and went forward with.
but my even seeing them, and without having
been together before in Il brigade.
The sending rcinforcements to General Pat
.erson, by drawing of the wagons, was a
and unavoidable cause Of delay. Not
aithstanding the hcrculean efforts OF the Quar-.
.er mastcr. General, aud his favoring me in eY.
cry way, the wagons for ammunition, subsist.
:nce. Sc, and the horses for the trains and
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week after the time appointed to move. ! was
aot even prepared as late rs the 18th ut, and
The desire | should move became great, and it
wished, ! should not, if possible, delay
than Thursday, the 10th ult. When
set out on The 10Th vas still deficient in.
for subsistence. But | went forward
TO their being procured 10 time to fol.
mt. The trains thus hurriedly gathered
with horses, wagons, drivers and
wagon managers, all new and unused to each
other, moved with difficulty and disorder, and
was the cause Of a days delay in getting the
provisions forward, making it necessary to
make on Sunday the attack we should have
made on Saturday.
| could nci, with every e~xertion, get for
ward with the troops earlier than we did. l
20 90 to Cent: eTille the second day,
which would have taken US there on the lfth,
md enabled us, su far as they were concerned,
to 20 into the action on the 19th instead of the
2lsl; but uhen | weat forward from Fai,flx
beyond Germantown, to urge