Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-06-13

sss arriving iem three mss 10 the rear, vas run cue
10 the outer line on the right which bad been previous
" reoccuped by Confederate infantry, the enemy a
ing back The howzsr immediately opened Win sneli
on house occupied By the enemys sharp SHOOTERS anu
which also served TO screen the United States battery
from view. The United States battery replied with
round shot, al of which passed over the ho"itzsr
while the shells from the hONitzsr fred the mousse ana
ranged on towards the United States battery ana proc
ably crippled il for, after five OF SIX sno's on each
side the fire of the enemy ceased and the bAte enoed
Toe first battle has, suspect, given the iankees
taste OF very different kind of reception from wnat
thew have expected. have not the least DOUBT th4t
thcy expected sseep away our little band al Ihe ufs
onset and march on in triumph 10 this pace. II suoh
were their calculation never men more ieariully
mistaken They we're met at the mouth Of the cannon,
repulsed routed driven OF field with so little nope
Of ayng that they threw away their arms, haversacks,
everything that could impede their Light In one ln-
stance they LETT the rammcr OF cannon on the
6ei and Two medicine chests were captured Arms ana
accouuements Of all descriptions were among the tTo-
plies gathered from them
The boosted ZOuaves did not wait 10 cross oayOnes
with the North Carolina Regiment They He'd, the inst
IRE and could no. be brought toe the marx second
An officer OF the 7.h Regiment OF New ork was killed
euicayOrng 70 Induce company (uOt OF L)uaves, how
eyer) to follow him lie mounted fence that separa-
ted his company from .tantTy and With galantry,
waving his sword aud calling on bis men to follow ana
him, when he received a musket shot in the breast
tell dead. His men Immediately lied. The dead oihcer
had iurough il his pocket he bad gone to Old Point
on leave of absence, and had probably volunteered to
lad the troops at the head OF which he fell dis rank
vas ascerained from his furough. 1t was that OF cap
lain.
Toe North Carolina regiment behaved spendidly on
the occasion, did Stewards commsnd-comprsirg the
Dung Guard, Capt Walkers company life GuaIdsh
the Southern Guards the PittsyVania Rifles Captain
Werth-snd, indeed, all cur troops. IL must have
oeeu So or how cou loo have so utterly routed
O00 for such undoubtedly the force OF the enemy
For my own corps-Nhose t0ruue and glory, alas |
I'D not stare-tbey the highest encom um from the
commander, Col MagrUder, SoO declared he had never
seen more effective series from any ar lery and said
le was proud Of them. In TACT the battle was more an
affair OF artillery than any thog else, Ike that OF Vol
ucy which saved France in 1872 although not more men
fell then than te at Bethel Church. Goo at the lowest
estimate killed and wounded) The general character
Ct al our late battles not wanting on this occa-
son. Tue Howl lost man killed, and but three
wounded The North Carolina regiment lost one man
Siled and Two or three wouadet. The other troops
ost Two or three wounded Surely, thus far the Lord
seems TO have been our side.
have not room Ia this letter for details. will give
you,euough Of item hereafter. would merely mention,
lere, thar cue o. corps picked up on the field of
battle, memorandum book, belonging to one r. NJ.
Parker private in the u company, st regiment YER
mont Volunteers, in which ind the following entry:
June stu Harriet Lane demolished the battery op-
C-lLA SIX MASSACHUSETTS, pilNdlt7 euoL
careless ess in an art5CS Eight hundred more troops
arrived from New York. Il. Lane was struck-25 on
BOARD woun led"
So there is the truth about Pig Point We have pun
shed the Yankees awfuy depend upon it, in every bat
lie We have yet had with them.
A correspondent of the Dispatch supplies the follow
ing particulars of the pursuit
Our Clvary, numbering three comp ,nies went in pur
suit and harra,ssd hem down to the edg, of Hampton
As they rereaJei many Of tue wounded fell along the
-Oli aud died, sni the whole road to Hlmp.on was
.r5wn with h4versack' oye-coas, canteens muskets,
Sc which the men al throga oT in their retreat.
Alter the battle visited tue position they he'd The
houses behind vhi;h they had been hid had been burnt
by cur troops. Around tho yard the dead bodies
IF ,se men who lad been killed Sy our cannon mingled
ia lie most fsa.! maine, by the shells. The uniforms
5l ae bodies we're yey different and many of them ar
& those Of the Virginia soiery. i,,e further on we
zane 20 ep5n to which the had carried some of their
wounded, who had since d.el. The gag looking Uni.
orms Of Ia. New York Z1layes conrased greatly with
the pale, Fixed faces Of thei, dead owners. Going to
Tie swamp through which they attempted to pass
aut cur Ines presented another bloody scene Bodies
l1,cd The bllc, norass front one end 70 the other
saw one b5yish, dsI;,.elo2s1g fellow lying on the
nul with a bullet hoe through his breast; His hand
ga pressed On the wound from which bis life blood had
poured, and lie Other vas cieached u ae grass that
grew near him. Lying On the groaod was Testament;
,l,a lad fallen from bis poke. d-O,lel with blood.
)o cp,mrg Gle cover found the Psia.-l inscriptions,
Presented to the Defenders OF thsi- Coaary, by the
Sev York BoIe Sosis.y." An I. S. fig was also
stamped on the tile P1g2
Among the hav2rsaeks picked up along the route were
nsay letters from ae Northern States, asking # they
liked tie Southern farms, aud if the Southern bar5arians
lal been whipped OUT YET
The force Of the enemy brOugh. against US was 400o
cc5rd1g to the s-smsut Of the six prisoners took
J1-5 was 100 Tae;c loss IN killed aad wounded must
be nearly 30. Oar loss IS killed aud three wound
a. The a:al case was that OF North Caroiiuan who
ouutsere TO fire one Of the houses behind which they
ye-c Stationed lie started from the breas,work 20 &C.
.orrl -h il but was shot in the head. He died this
morning the hospital The wounded Harry Shook,
u Richmond Of Browns Battery, shO. il the wrist; John
Worth Of Richmond, the Battery shot in the leg
aud Lien, Hliaau, of the same 5l;:ery shot in the
oot NoaC Of the wounds arc serious.