Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-27
The Executive Committee
In Advance of the Mail.
July l. 1861

LA huVdACo VI Iuo MAIL.
RcuMoSD, July 90. Perfectly reliable
intelligence snys that Ii of IIampton's Lc-
gion were killed, and 81 woundcd-7 of them
nor.aly. Col. Hampton was slightly wound
cd. es
Gen. Il. Kirby Smith, of Florida, was not
killed, pss previously reported, but seriously
wounded
$50 prisoners were brought here tonight.
The estimated number of the Contcdcratcs
killed is 500; the wounded aud missing,
1000. o
President Davis has returned to Richmond
lie was enthusiastically received, and respond
ed in glowing terms
RclIMoND, July 23-An Intelligent and
reliable gentleman from South Carolina who
was on the battlefield, und lcld prominont
position there, says TINT South Carolina hud
Z regiments in battlc, including lIamptons
Legion.
The I'd Regiment, Col Kershaw's was in
the hottest Of the fight This Regiment and
the Sth, Colonel Cash, wcle III a brigade to
gcthcr.
Col. Sloan's 4th Regiment was the first to
engage the enemy. 1t was stationed three
miles to tho loft of the other South Carolina
regiments, and with the Louisiana troops suf-
fcrcd considerably.
Adjutant S. NJ. Wilkes, of the 4th Rcgi-
lncnt, Lieut.. g. Il. Earle, of the Palmetto
Rifemcn, and other officers are killed. Capt.
G. Z. Poole is severely, and perhaps mortal
ly, wounded. Capt. Il. w. Fitzpatrick is
also wounded, it is feared severely. About a
dozen officers and number of privutcs in this
regiment were killed, but no other names than
the above have yet been reported
| (to) Wi1linn,o' 4 Ro,r;u,,,t ,,,J {t,l D.,
| cons 7th, with Col. Krkand's North Caro-.
lima and Col. Kclley's Louisiana regiments,
constituted the centre of tho general line,
and held Mitchcll's Ford, OH the direct liue
from Fairfax Court House to Manassas. Thcsc G
regiments were under cannonudc from sun-
rise until near sunset, but being cntrcuched,
they suffered but little.
Just before sun sct and when the right wing
of the enemy gave way, they were ordered to
charge the batteries i'll front Of them which or
der they executed in gallant style, led by Gen.
Bonlam When the cha....c was made, the
enemy promptly retired, and the loss of these
regiments was consequently small. They
pursued the enemy to Ccntrevillc, and took
5000, 900 worth of Federal property. II is
believed that none in these regiments were
killed and but few wounded
Col. Jenkins Regiment, the 9Th, was in
Gen. Jones brigade, and situated some dis.
tancc TO the right of the general line, near
Where the railroad crosses Bulls Run
They were not in the fight until late in the
afternoon, when they made an unsuccessful
attempt to storm the batcrry Oh the extreme
left of the cnemy's line In this gallant
charge they suffered considerably, but the
particulars of the killed and wounded arc not
yet asscrtainod
We have not yet been able to oLtain de-.
tailed reports of the killed anil wounded Of
any of the South Carolina regiments or lIam,.-
tons Legion.
RlcuMoSp, July 24.-No officers were
killed or wounded among tho Macon (Ga.) J
Guards. Privatcs kilcd-I4condas Lamar,
Walter G. !Allon, Wm. NJ. Jones and VIM
Carr Slightly wonndcd-Wilcnx, of Savan-
! nah, Joshcph Golf, George Il. Mcleod, lii
ram Matsey, Woods, of Fort Valley, and n.
+. Lee. Those seriously wounded arc Charles
Gamble, both legs; Andrew MclIcnna, should
der; Wm. .Ainsworth, bowels. Several others
were slightly wounded, not worth mcntion-
ing
NEW York, July ga private despatch
states that 475 of the list Regiment arc
missing
WASHINGTON, July 23.-Thc morning has
been occupied in putting affairs on the Yir.
g'nia side in ordcron tho original lines
The list of officers killed and wounded still
/ increases.
A Iouavc drummer, who escaped from tho
Contcdcrates, says there is an immonso num-
Der of prisoners in the Confcdcratcs' hands.
Breckenridge visited the Confederate pri.
soncrs, and offered them his sympathics.
RICHMOND, July 23.-The enemy is be.
licvcd to have lost from $4,000 to Is, 900,
besides largo number taken prisoners
About ivo hundred of the latter were brought
in nt Manassas yesterday morning.
OUn SEAsHoRE DEFENcEs- The lEssis.