The national Republican., 1861-07-23
FROM THE Seat OF WAR !
ONLY ONE DIVISION HAS RETREATEDl
CAUSE OF THE RETREAT.
CONDUCT OF OUR TROOPS.
lNHUMANITY OF THE REBELS,
Tyler's Division Ordered to this City |!
THE FEELING IN NEW YORK
AND PHILADELPHIA. 49,.

From our Second Edition Of yesterday
i've publish below everything Of a reliable
nature obtained up to one o'clock this after.
noon. The reader will readily perceive that It
is impossible to obtain strictly accurate &C.
counts of the events transpiring around us, but
we have used every endavor to be as precise as
possible.
We understand that not only was the column
in the centre, under command Of Gen. Mcdowell,
ordered to retreat, but that the same direction
was given also to Hunters and Heintzleman's
divisions. Those belonging to Tyler's division
received orders to repair to this city.
The statement made by us in our first ed.
ton Of the death of Col. slocum, Of the second
Rhode Island regiment, is correct.
Thomas Francis Meagher, Captain Of Com
pany K, Of the 69th, had horse shot, under
him during the engagement.
Gov sprague had two horses shot from under
him.
Besuregard's force in the engagement Of yes.
terday, is estimated at 10000. This immense
force had to be encountered by only 10000 Of
our men.
Sherman's battery, which was reported to
have been captured by the enemy, returned to
this city about noon yesterday, bringing all
their pieces with them. Only one man in this
battery was injured at all, and he was only
slightly wounded.
The two Rhode Island regiments reach here
at 10 o'clock this morning, and marched out
to their camp, General Burnside at their head.
General Burnside has his hat completely torn
to pieces with bullets, but is himself uninjur
Among the regiments that suffered most are
the New York second, sixty ninth, seventy
ninth, and the Fire Zouaves. Nothing like the
exact number can be ascertained Of course.
The loss of the second Connecticut regimen
was also quite heavy.
Our men all fought with q zeal which knew
no bounds, and made terrible inroads upon tn,
ranks of the enemy, and only when their smmu
nition had given out, and when there was M
longer u chance of accomplishing anything, die
they take backward step.
The Fire Zouaves made three distinct charge
on a battery, with but one regiment to Aanl
them. The Zouaves fought with desperation
never before known, driving all before them
but not being properly aanked, they were com
, PEELED to retreat, with loss of between tw
and three hundred killed and wounded. The
were last night ordered back to this city. A
. eleven o'clock this morning, about three hur
dred had returned.
, The New York sixty.ninth and seventy mint
also behaved with the greatest gallantry, takin
battery after battery in rapid succession, an
with great loss.
Much blame is attached to the field officer
for not furnishing proper aanking forces whe
!. batteries were ordered to be taken. We relrai
{. : from mentioning any names until fuller an
= more reliable information can be obtained.
, THE ENEMys LOSS.
! We are assured by those who were in tf
I thickest of the fight, and nearest the enem
- that their loss is immense. Behind their ba
teries, the bodies Of their killed complete
:. y. covered the ground in every direction but
9 Inducements were thrown into their entrenc
=. u ments so rapidly that the number killed wou
:. hardly be missed by those little distance Of
: THEIR lNHUMANITY.
The enemy was well supplied with cavalr
which did considerable execution. The create
s inhumanity was practced by them on o1
s wounded soldiers, many of whom were sabre
as they lay bleeding on the ground.
|, The infantry of the enemy behaved poorl
q Every time they came before our troops, tn
incontinently fed, not being able fora a momel
to resist the impetus of our soldiers. In eve
. conflict with the bayonet, where the forces we
anything like equal, they were complete
:, routed
y. The battle continued unit, most oil The al
. munition was expended by Tyler's divisio
ar and the enemys cavalry had made sad hav
ar on our lines. Finding it impossible to ho
in their ground, and after remaining until it "
- evident that to remain would be suicide, Be,
70 raj OF the Federal regiments rapidly retreate
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