Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1862-07-11

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now O'Clock at night, and our men. commend
ed by their officers for their gaantry ,and flush
ed with victory, were content to stop upon the
field Of their success and rest for the night.
We regret to learn that our loss was very Sc
we're. It is estimated that in killed and wound
ed, Gen. Pckett's brigade lost from 40 to SO
per cent Such daring, such sacrifices, were
never before made on the Alter of Liber-
ty.
We have oeen unable to gather the full par
ticulars Of our loss, nor that of the enemy
except SO far as we learn from our prison
ers, who represent their loss as being very
we're.
Two regiments, captured during the day,
the llth Pennsylvania and 4th New Jersy, a
bout six hundred i'll all, together with their OF
ficers, reached the city about 10 O'Clock Satur-
day morning and were quarteIed in the Libby
and Greauer's prisons.
Portions Of several brigades were also cap
tured various parts of the field, and among
them were large numbers of field and company
officers, There arrived in the city at an early
hour on Saturday, Brig. Gen. John f. Rey-
nolds, of illinois Brig. Gen. Rankin of Penn
sylvanla, lPhlladephia,) aud Capt c. Kings.
bury, Jr., aid to Gen. Reynolds. Several Col
onels also arrived at the same time. The whole
number Of prisoners taken in the four days
fighting sums up, in round numbers five thous
aud.
Twenty three hundred and fifty privates and
ninety three officers, have already been brought
TO Richmond.
Our Generals, accompanied by staff and reg
mental officers, rode over the battle field OF
Friday, on Saturday afternoon, and estimated
the number Of Federals dead OH the field at
one thousand. A large number OF their wound
ed also fell into our hands. Their total loss
-. al ia eStim
about ten thousvud in killed, wounded and
prisoners Our loss all told does not exceed
twenty five hundred. The fighting on the Con
! federate side exhibited degree of GOODNESS and
undaunted herosm which have never been ex-
celled in the history of nations. The work OF
our men was rendered brilliant by the num-
ber, style and irresistiblity of their bayonet
charges, which carried every ythirg before them,
and so completely eclpsed the bayonet chars
ges which Mcclellan pictured up for the pop,
uar mind of the North, on the OCCASION OF the
battle of the Seven Pines, that not even the
shadow of a respectable hand-to-hand resistance
was offered them.
In our combined assault upon this last and
strongest series of works on the right wing o
the euemy, our forces increased to upwards o1
tolty thousand men, while the enemy present.
ed a force of about fifty thousand strong, con
sisting OF the whole Of Gen. Fitz John Porter's
corps d'armee, a division from Franklin's and
division of McCalrs corps d'armee. The
enemy was thus driven back upon his certre,
aud his entire plans Disconnected. He was bu
silly fortifying his position on the north on Sat-
urday, in order to resist attack from the rear.
The plan of attack in this days battle may
be summed up as follows: Gen. jackson
made his way around the entire rear Of the en-
emy, and pitched in to their left, driving OF
rather huddling them all up on their centre.
He then passed around their rear anc came uE
Oh their left, which Gen. "A. P. Hills corps
was pursuing down upon the right OF their cen
tre while Gen. Longstreet and Gen. d. II
Hills were driving back their trout III the same
direction. 1t must be understood that the bat
tie was fought between one portion of our for
ces and one half Of the enemy, the other hal
being on this (south) side of the Chickahomi-
ny, where no fighting of Importance occurred
at ALL Z. - 6
/ Gen. Mcclellan, though Immediately near
and expected to command his forces in person
did not appear on the field. The prisoner
taken by US manifested strong feeling in con
sequence Of this circumstance, and stated tina
the entire army engaged.was similarly infu
enced.
The Battle. on Saturday on the South ssd
Of the Chsckohonasaay. .
! No fighting occurred on tha north side Q
the Chickahomny, on Saturday. At an earl.
hour Gen: Magruder, whose forces threaten tn
front Of the enemy's forces on the south side
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