The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-16
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i We esntinue TO extract from late Northern pa.
! pcrs variety Of Interesting sInastcr upon the
| movements of sbe war; The rcader WIN observe
that while there Il an occasional gnlmcr cf TRUTH
the prsdoninapg feature Of this news Is mirseprer
seutdtion whereby ths federals liops to produce
fceling s6road in favor Of their cause and to keep
The was mauia at hcne up to fcses heat: =
@ the Battle BELOW EicHxcsD
The enemy now designate the ensagslnent of May
3lst and June LIST as the Battle Of Fair Oaks -
The correspondent Of the New York Rovtd, 9Th
inst, gives some further particulars from which
| extract the following: s
& THE THEORY OF THE ATTACK.
Byidenesv accumulate that the enensy intended
the battle Of Saturday and Sunday to defeat and
nihiate the left wing Of the army. They took al,
vantage Of the rise in the river, rushed down in
Overwhelming force without artillery, hoping to
complete the victory before divisions could be
the use OF much sstillesy on either xdc, hut our
stals~art men met them with the bay0iaet drove
them back. and defsatcd them totally. Dr. MorteB
Surgeon ef one q the Virginia regi,nents, taken
ternoon, after the battle had ceased. he remarked
sist he could not uudAfssnd WY tho lighting was
not continued by the rebels as twas generally nm
eutirv rebel army was required to execute IL
WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE FEbs.a
From the evidence given by prisoners aud other
circumstances, It has been positively established
that at least sixty thousand men were brought
against our divisions There were at Fan Oaks Sta
tion during Saturday the following rebel Generuls:
Jeh. Davis, General Robert E. Lee General q. B.
Nagrudcr, General Johnston General Huger. These
three latter had commands In action. In addition,
General G.. w. Smith, General L0ngstreet, General
D. H. Hiil and Brgadisr- Generals Pettigrew, (pris-
Oner,) Rhedes, Hood Anderson, A. r. Hil Pickett.
Rains, Pryor, Whiting and Branch, some command
Ing divisions and some brigades, were in the fight
with the whole or portions Of their commands. The
army Of Nanasssas, General Johnston the army. of
Gcrdonsville, General 9. w. Smith; tho army of
the PeninAula General 4agruder; the army of Nor.
Johnston eommanding in the field; General Lee
Commander Chief General Magruder, executive
officer on their left General q. w. Smith, their
right Hugrr commanded the reserves. Now, had
the great strength Of right wing been preclpita
ted upon them ut that time, who can say that Rich
M0nd would not be ours to-dayi
REBEL OFFICERS CAPTuHEp. -
Besides Brigadjer1 General Pettigrew, Of South
Carolina, captured Colonel Ligltfoot and Lieut.
Colonel Long, the latter formerly of the Second
Regular IiIfantry, but now Of South Carolina re-
giment, were taken prisonerss Colonel Long being
taken by Colonel SulIy of the First Minnesota lii
addition, twelve Captains and Leutenants were
captured Fifteen rebel commissioned officers of
different grades were buried the field. Colonel
Champ Dayis of South Carolina, was killed on the
field while vainly charging Kirhys battery. Ihave
not yet learned the number Of rebel dead left on
the field aud buried by men, the work is not
yet completed II riN aos Be fer from one thousand.
CHARGE
The notorious Hampton LEGION by rebel ainlis
sion three thousand strong, terribly decimated
They not only lost largely from the fire OF kirbys
I'm HkxSi tpA.ap f,N..
the Tiiirty.faurth and Eighty second New Yo, re-
ginents The latter il the wel!-Anovn Second New
York Militia Colonel Tompkins, the record of
whose deeds at Bull Ern is still fresh in the minds
Of the people The Legion broke before the wild
and ilpetuous dash OF these men, but not until
many one had been nigh cut in twin by the glis
tenng hayonet of Our well trained troops. Better
STILL they Were South Carolinians
TIE FEDERAL Loss
cannot, in killed, wounded, and missing be less
than tcry tre kanGreG thus showing this battle SO
far as loss of life is concerned, be the second en-
gag. mei,t in the war being xceeded only by Shiloh
The reports p dlysions are not yet all III. In Sed
wick s. the aggregate is ~ killed, 79 wounded; IN
Richardson's, al killed, wounded, aud missing of
whom 4oo are missing most Of whom will und5uht-
edly report in k-arusy's, .ss9 killed. wounded
and dnfssIu There not being more than forty Of the
latter. This makes total OF over .,JOO in three
divisions. Rockers loss is comparatively light );
COUGHS heavy; Casey's light i'm casualties, becau st
bis men didn't stand but he may return large
number missing
GEN. MCIELLAN's EEfOHr OF THE BATTLE
WASHINGTON, Thursday. June 5-The follow
ing dispatch was received to-day at the War De
partment: .s1E 7 -
NEW BRIDGE, June 5--le3D A. NJ
To Hon. E. II Stanton, Secretary of War:
My telegrapbic dispatch of June l. in regard to
the battle Of Fair Oaks, incorrectly published
ia the newspapers. send with this q correct copy
which request may be- published at once am
the more anxious about this, since my dispatch ~
published would seem 10 ignore HE services of
General Summer which were too valuable and bril-
liant to be overlooked, both in the difficult passage
of tine stream and the subsequent combat The
mist AXE seehs to have occurred in the trns,nittal
Of the dispatch By the telegraph.
{sigh.D Ct b McCLEILaH,
Major-Gen. Commanding
TIE CORRECTED DIsPATcH
FIELD OF BATTLE, l2 o'clock, June /.
Hon. E. N. Ssanton, Secretary Of War: .-ss
We have had desperate battle, In which the
corps Of Sumner, Heintzei,nan, aud Keyes, have
been engaged dgainst greatly superior numbers.
Yesterday, at O'Clock, the enemy taking advant-
age of a terrible storm, which had flooded the val
the right bank Of the river. Casey's division,
which was tho first line gave way unaccountably
and theoretically. This caused temporary con.
fusion, during which some guns and baggagelwer
lost, but Heintzelman and Kearney most gallantly
brought up their troops, which checked the enemy.
At the same time, however, Gen. Sumner succeed.
ed, by great exertiOns In bringing across Sedg-
wick's and Richardson's divisions, who drove hack
the enemy at the point of the bayonct covering the
ground with his dead. This morning the enemy
attempted to renew the conflict, but was every
where repulsed.
We have taken many prisoners, among whom are
Gen. Pettigrew aud Col Loring. Our loss isheayy;
but that Of the enemy must be enormous. With
the exception Of Cascys division. our men behaved
splendid1y Several fine bayonet charges have
been made. Tho second Excelsior made two to.
day (Signed,) O. b. McCLHLLAN,
sass S. ssss- Genl Cong. 4
THE LATEST NEWS FROM HEADQUARTERS 49,
McCLELLAN's HEADQUARTERS,
Thursday Evening, June s. !
The severe storm which set in Tuesday after
noon lasted during the whole of yesterday. The
water in tho Ohickahominy rose to nm unpreee-
dented height. The railroad trains from White
House to the late battle Held detsiped several
hours, and the telegraph line was down in many
pacese .A
A eonsrabsud, who left Richmood Monday night,
Gta1es that oil te carts, furniture cars 0nlnibuscs
and carriages to be found were Impressed into the
aeryiee for the carrying Of the dead aud wounded
from the bAttle held, and that the Spotswood and
Exchunge Hotels, tcectl,er with number of pub
lie aud private buildings, were turned into hospi-
tsis. All the information shows tha. the er,eaIy
suffered terribly. s..ss4-
The rebels opened with artillery this morning
from Ave different points opposite I New Bridge,
Three Of our batteries OpeAed on them, causing
them to retreat sfter hot Dire OF two hours. Our
loss was one killed anl two wounded No further
interferencs took place during ngtbeday.
iaEs MCCLELLAN TO HIS SOLDIERS.
McCLELLAs's HEApQUARIERs,
Tuesday Evening, June !
Tbs following address was read TO the army this
evening at diess parade, aud was received with au
ousburAt ST yocierous cheering from every reei
ineat ssss -
HEADQUARTERS AI.ly OF fHE P0TOMAC,
Sainp near New Brsige, Va, Jaae !. l6ssaa. s
eSsasevs9ft4A Army ef sse Rotsmass i have fultll-
ca e. ieast psft q my prosnisc 10 you ieu sIs
~ laee to ,sss WIN ths rebels. who Teiled ut bay