The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-20

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l1d fks Sepolss 6ss be- )landsSs wss no
longer doubtf1l. Tfs epstbx wan fop tie last
tihe, forced back with great slaughter, and the
day was won.
| will further state that the place hes been
held for the past two weeks BY the Charleston
Battalion, Lieutenant, Colonel Gaillard, and
Smiths Battalion. Lieutenant Colonel, A. D.
Smith, assisted by a detAchmest Of Colonel La
mars Artillery. The entire force was at the
entrenchments erecting batteries, at least ave
hundred yards from their quarters. when the
news came that the enemy was advancing,
three thousand strong. Before the two battal-
ions, numbering not more than three hundred
and fifty effective men, could rush to their
quarters and return with their arms, the enemy
had mounted the parapct and wore scaling the
embankment. Nothing but the bravery and
deadly aim of the two small battalions saved
the day. Two much credit cannot be awarded
to Col. Lamars Artillery for keeping the enemy
in check until we came up. Three times were
the enemy repulsed, but as often returned to.
the fight. At last the Louisiana Battalion
coming up, were hastily placed in position by
Major. Hudson, under heavy fire from the.
enemy The Louisanans behaved nobly, and
again put the vandals to fight The field is.
ours, with a large number of killed, wounded
and prisoners, on the part of the enemy, to-
gether with guns and equipments captured.-
Our troops behaved antly-nobly and forci-
bly,, illustrating the truth that @the battle is not
to the strong alone" B. F. MILLER,
Adjt Smiths Battalion.
THE RELATIVE LOSSES.
Our total loss, as nearly as we can ascertain,
was about 40 killed and 100 wounded. The
enemys losses was far heavier. We buried,
yesterday, one hundred and forty dead Yomkees
left upon the field We say Yankees, using
the designation as one common to the whole
army of the invaders; but, in truth, tho men
who did the fighting against us yesterday
morning were nearly all Europeans, and, in the
lineaments of the dead, the Scottish type was
markedly predominant. We captured seventy
prisoners. AS for the number of the enemy
wounded, no correct estimate can be made
Glad to get rid Of the unwelcome task of caring
for manned vandals, our men suffered the enc
mvs ambulances to come within point blank
range of their guns and to carry off the wound
cd, who must have numbered three hundred. at
least.
THE LATEST FROM JAMES IsLAHD-FURrHER
PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLE OF SECESSION
VILE.
The lowering aspect of tho sky on Monday
was succeeded about midnight by light misty
drizzle, which, on Tuesday morning had be-
come settled rain, transforming James Island
into one vast expanse of mud, and, Of course,
efectually checking all active military opera
tions.
The task of burying the dead and cleaning
away the debris of the fight consumed the great
er part of the forenoon. During the day Gen.
Pempcrton, accompanied by Adjutant Gen.
Cooper and Commodore Ingraham, visited the
scene of the late action, and, after inspecting
the positions and lines Of attack, expressed
themselves as highly pleased with the manner
in which the defence had been conducted
The full official accounts of the casualties in
the the battle have not yet been handed in. and