Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-07-02
The Great Battle.

The CriSis-He battle begun on Thursday, 2GM
June, lS62-rdSt armies on each Side-tRG Con-
.teterGitS make the attack .turiousIy-drire Ne
CicLtdn'S forces before tism-cGpture Of thou
sands Of Prisoners Great Confederate Victory!
For some weeks all eyes have been turned to
Richmond and the coming off of the great battle
there as the erent of the war; if not to settle the
destiny Of the Confederacy. The opposing force
perhaps the largest, best equipped and best
provided force ever assembled on this continent
Every body knew that the Confederate force
large, but smaller than the enemy-more poorly
clad, proviSoned and armed than the enemy, yet
our army has been confident Of success, and the
people Of the South have been assured of victory.
The long looked for event began on Thursday
last The ball, it is said was set in motion upon
McClellan'S left wing by North Carolina brigade,
commanded by Gen. Branch. Soon other troops of
Gen. \. p Hell joined in and drove back the foe
The troops of Cren. d. H. Hills and General Long
streets divisions followed suit carrying the strong
rcdoubt of the enemy at MechsnicSvle at the point
Of the bayonet. On our brave troops pressed,
driving the enemy before them, capturing redoubt
after rcdoubt until the enemy had fallen back
eial miles. The cost in killed and wounded to us
was severe, causing many heart in our good old
State and the South to be wrung with anguish, but
arms have been triumphant up to the period of
this writing.
OF the battles on Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
but little idea be formed rs the accounts have
been meagre which have came to hand, and the dis
patches and Tumor> varied and contradictory 1t is
however, certain that wherever our troops have
come in contact with the enemy he has been forced
to retreat, and our Wet rieS have been signal Yet,
far We see, there had been route Of Nc
CleanS forces up to last accounts. lie had retired
before troops it is SAID orderly burning and de-
stroying his stores &C. and in some instances carry
ing off his wounded ana dead. Rumor has it that
from , to i, 6, 5, 10000 Yankee prisoners have
been takcn-15 to 200 pieces of artillery captured
among the prisoners 100 commissioned officers and
one Major General and two BrigadierS.
The following are among the officers reported
killed and wounded from this State: Maj. T. L.
Skinner of Pcrquimans, Col r. P. Campbell of Ire
dell, Capt JAS A. Wright of Wilmington, Lieut..
Duncan Haywood, of Raleigh, 1t Grandy Of Oxford,
and Lit Miller are named among the killed. Gen.
Fender, Col. Stokes, Col. Riddick, 1t Col. Nc
Dowell, Maj HammerSkod, Maj. Savage Capt W.
a. DlOuu' -Alu 10 UeU. DTduCIl, anu -AuJL hluulCh
named among the wounded.
The following dispatches from our friend Crutch-
field, of the Petersburg Express were received on
Sunday, and contain perhaps, correct general
view of matters, had then been made public:
PETERSBURG, Va, June %, 1862.
". W. HOLDEN, ESq-The great battle before
Richmond commenced on Thursday afternoon, at
half past three o'clock. 1t ragged without scarcely
an intcrlnSSion up to Saturday > o'clock, since
which time Mcclellan has offered regular front
of battle We have driven the enemy IL miles, Ia
king Notifications considered gnable-always
at the point of the hayonet.
Several thousand prisoners reached Richmond on
yesterday-among them Gems. Reynolds, Simpson
and Rankin, and over 100 commissioned officers.
Yesterday afternoon Saturday at o'clock, Gems.
jackson, Hill and LongStreet were in McClelan's
rear having possession of York River Railroad, and
guarding every avenue of escape. The general i'm
preston is he will be forced to capitulate. All
counts agree that the Yankee army is utterly dis
committed if not routed and make no show of
effective fighting
The gallantry of the Southern troops has never
been surpassed the worlds history, and the North
CarolinIans have immortazed themselves. Gen.
Lee who is in command, reports to the President of
Fridays fight, that victories most signal
and complete The loss of life among officers and
men very great. Gen. Elzey, it was feared, was
mortally wounded. Col. Wheat Of New Orleans
was killed; Col. Lamar reported killed and Col
Lane, of the 2Sth n. G. regiment, lost an arm. c.