The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-10

Further Particulars of Tuesdays Battle.
Tie Enemy Defeated at all Points
cith Great Slaughter.
New York, July 6.
The Tribune says: We have, from
our special, details of Tuesdays battie'
not heretofore reported, at length.
The fight was very severe. and extend
ed all along the line. we LOST many
officers and men, but drove the rebels
back. 1t was chiefly an artillery fight,
but our men made several splendid and
successful charges. The enemy were
desperate, being purposely made mad
with drink, and staggered up to our
guns only 10 be cut down by hundreds.
In this fight of Tuesday, Morrill's Di
vision suffered most. The 18th New
York, part of Butterfeld's Brigade,
was nearly annihilated. The 44th New
York, SD pennsylvania and 10th Mich
igan also suffered severely. Butter
fields Brigade brought off three stands
of rebel colors. Among the prominent
officers of Morrill's Division who have
given their lives TO the country are,
Col. Black, ed Pennsylvania, Colonel
Woodbury., 4th Michigan; Col. Cass,
9th Massachusetts, Lieut.. Colonel
Sweitzer, ed Pennsylvania. Most of
these were killed on Tuesday. Gen.
Porter's corps was engaged and did
nobly.
Hooker's, or the fighting division,
went to the Peninsula 200 strong,
now they number less than 5000 effec-
tive men. The severest sufferers in the
division were the Massachusetts llth
and 10th. OF the latter regiment
about eighty were reported killed or
seriously wounded, among whom were
Col. p. G. Wyman, shot through the
heart, Lieut.. Colonel Geo. NJ. Meicdan,
wounded, Adjutant Waldo Merriam
wounded.
Sickles' brigade also won new lau-
rels-coming in as the reserve just at
the right moment. They drove the
rebels back with great slaughter.
The Irish Brigade of Gen. Meagher
was also prominent in this action also
the Mozart Regiment.
The resul. Of Tuesdays fight was
distinctly in our favor. The rebels
were defeated in every action, and reh-
ell officers taken prisoners admit the
loss of at least ten thousand men du-
ring the day. Our artillery was sue
cessfully brought to bear nearly all day,
while the rebels did very little execu-
ton with theirs. Our loss was very
small when compared with that of the
rebels. The fighting was of despe-
rate character. AS fast as the rebel
forces were cut to pieces, other fresh
troops were marched forward to fill up
their place. They appeared to disre-
gard the lives Of their men.
At the close of the battle the Union
troops were said to be in fine spirits,
and more anxcious than ever to fight.
One of our correspondents saw Gen
erai Mcclellan on Wednesday. he
came on board the mail boat as she
reached Harrison's Landing. He
walked aft with Gen. Patterson, who
came on the boat. Gen. Mcclellan
was gesticulating violently with his
clenched hand, but his remarks were
not heard. Subsequently, in reply to
Gen. Patterson, Gen. Mcclellan said,
eve have fought battle every day
for the last week, and whipped them
every time, though they had three to
one."
Our dates by mail are down to Fri
day morning. At noon on Thursday
the rebels appeared in force four miles
from McClellan's front, and began
shelling but had no effect. The gum
boats replied but nothing important
occurred. 1t is said that the enemy
are in large force on the east side of
the Chickahominy, and threaten Nc
Clellan's right wing.
What the rebels are about on the
south side of the James river is not
known, but it is feared that on one
side or the other they will erect bat
teries to command the navigation below
our position.
The very latest news from McClellen
is by telegraph, dated at his headquar-
tiers Saturday evening. All was quiet
and the army was in good spirits.