Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-04
Our It6t6lfna were a5aring

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Iuto Tue rebel ranks perfect shower OF
gFape cannistsr, moving them down
bat stes III stsi 81
step adyaneed till our IineS comm enced b
Z give way, shen they charged upon onr, bat,
itet4esiand sncesedsd inS capturing seyerSi
GINS which we were unable 10 renIoye. s,STs
tng. 70 the horses having been killed. The
enemy were now lin possession Of our camp
aad mad turned epr own gnns upon our
!retrealing columns while the Infantry con.
ltlnued to folloWnp rs closely as possible.
Our men althbhg compelled to fallbscls
sdld 80 Withont any symptoms OF q panic
hut, still quite hastily. .lsi y =
The enemy captured everything belong
lang TO Casey q division, excepting what hsy
ljhad ON their backs, leaving them without
q tent or blanket to cover them
The supply of commissafy stores was
livery light IN camp, aud all the baggage
wagons and officers baggage had been sent
20 the reertEp days betoye. so that the loss
tails principally upon The men who bad left
al4Et their effects in their tents. @s
sAheattael tsEas made nsnhdenly aud ia.
expeetedly that at this time; 8 p. M.,sWhfIe
ths light Is still going on and ali Is conf
ION, ~ y Impossible TO give the exact po-.
sttloptWh lch. each regiment held in the an.
gageme9t. The position of the different
brigades before the enga cement Was as fol-.
lows ssiiis :. ~ :. -.
Gen: haglass brigade, consisting of the
l04ths Penusyl yahihs Col SN.i a. H. Davis
llth Maine, Lieut.. Col. Plaiusteed ;lbstb
New York, Col. %. b. Van WICK SOD
Repnsyl yania, Col. !. o. Dodge; i Doth New
York, Col. J. n. Brown, were on thesriVht
OF sIsfl mama burg, atathe ARichmondt stSRe
road aud extended across the roilroad
track some distances The I'd Brigade, mn
n nj.
Of the s5th Pennsylvania Colonel 4. r..
h. Howell I0let pennsylvania. Colo.
nel2r. b. Wilson; 1881 Pennsylvania, Col
onel NJ 81. Lehmani 96th New York.
Col; y: airman, occupied the centre. and
guarded the turnpike. while the 81 brigade.
Gen. Palmer commanding, consisting of
the lst N. y, Lieut.. Col DeEeorrest. Sbtb
n. T., Col. Belknap, s2d n. T., Lieut.. Col.
Anderson and the 95thi N. T., IIient.i Col.
Durkeei were on the left of the road, and
Joined the, pickets of Gen. Conch's divisi-
on 7-s6IgaR S.a l5lzi -.
Y is tmPossible at this time to give any
reliable account OF the number killed and
wounded in Oasey's division. These reoi.
tnents are mostly composed of combSfa.
lively new troops aud have been rednced
very much from sickness since thew have
been on the Peninsula. The whole division
could not have numbered more than 6.OOe |
effective meanwhile the force OF the enemy
was from 3O,000,to 80, 900! The of1cefs
all as far as could learn, behaved ia Tie
acknowledgements and their loss is large. |
fGeb. Casey was in the thickest ne Inc
tight and was reported wounded, but after
ward learned that he escaped unhurt.
Gen, Palmer rs reported killed andift.is
general w believed 20 bettFue as iheiWas
"a "a t9e thloEest OF the hght and could not |
taken 3PFtspner. ~ - - = y ) -, -ss'a
). Gen. .Eagale. bad his q othes riddtsd by
bullets butIescaPed almost mirsenlousIy
without any serious woundR. ss1.F
Gen. VESSELS is reported wounded.
Oasey's dtVisLonifell5 back to the Seven |
Pines, where the division Of Gen Couch
iYhs drawn up behind rife pits.
1.-The battle ragged furiousIy here for. A |
time, when Gen. Couch fell back. with con.
siderable loss a ehbrt distance, but finally |
suceeeded in NAL king q a, suucessflf 5stanj |
till the arrival Of reinforcements from Gen.
HeinlElemans, whose troops Rere pouring |
IN on tho railroad &c, eftithei field, and III
learn, succeeded jointly in checking ibe
enemy, and retakinR part OF the ground
lost.duFing the, day, a.ill {. q u rs. dE3
sils w hat the CASUALTIES were ia Oouch's Di- |
Vtsionltt Is impossible TO learn atitima Of |
writing AZ " .is near dark and those Whose |
statements,can be relied upon are s(ill on
the field. learn that Peck and Deven's |
Bfigades were actively engaged ana snffer.
ed considerable loss, but can learn nothing
reliable from; the balance. I
1tisimpo ssible to fix accurately tbs num-
Der of. our, killed, wounded aad missing
they will reach 600 or 200. jssf@ss
The epeny's loss must HAYS been very
neAFyI as they received the concentrated L
FIRE our batteries for a considerable lime
besides the dead yolleyi poured into them
bygOur infantry. Al large number Of our
killed and wounded have fallen into their
hands The object Of the enemy In my I
opinion was to make sIronE reconnoisl
anee IN order to feel our position, and if I