The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-06-11

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| Tois commenced again In the morning, several
| -ho's tiug over our camp, Indicating that ,be
| rebcis had IN some way gained more correct
! idea OF our position.
ATTACH o. SATURDAY
| shortly after noon tho grand attack CON.
menccd, Gen OasoyS picketS being driven In all
aong the 'front.' atler sp rtcd resistance. the
tthels advancing in tocce along three roads
the William burg road, 20 our lrtt. tho railroad
m the ccntcr, and the Nine Mile Road, as it ia
called, on our right With his G,nhlc division
greatly Weakened by extension, Gen. Casey had
! nv backbone 10 oppose 20 this sudden attsck -
! bn' no thought ot Welding the ground entered
! me mind ot tho old soldier SCARED with the
"onndS of Mexico, and disciplined nv the dan.
! gers OF a hundred fights. Ills troops were i'm
nedia,e'y formed iutn position, the three brig
ades maintaining their relative positions on the
rght, irn and centre aud rs thorough prepara-
! iona were inHde tor resisting tho attack as its
snddcnness would admit oC Rcg,n's New York
! battery was st'noned just 10 tho right OF the
Williamsburg road; BUes battery oi Nnpo con
gdns turihcr To The lcts across the road and
| t'choS nattrry three O. fOac hundred yards TO
the rear, tho a4t sending It's she'll over trc
he'ds OF our trool S at the cncmy beyond. The
tour n battery wac noar tho railroad farther to
the right
The vigor wijh which tho enemy pressed for
I
superior srengrh A huttHon ot two regiments
pressed against Gen Naglsc on the right, ,anoth-
lell ON Gen WnSsell Ga the ccntre aud a third
on Gon. Palmer TO the lett, pouring in at once u
lire hot aud heavy, and adv vtnc'ng with great
resolution IN the taco Of tho s,ctdy fire oi cans.
! Ter aud grape from those in front, aud shells
from those u'thcri in the rear NOV iuC down tncir
ranks in every direction, The tehcs hnd bu, IT.
! TIC "rulcry,snd were ovidcutl, di.nn-cd o nuke
good the deficiency by pressing To close unnrjcrs
wih their snpcrior force, tn hear down no once
ny weight nI numbers the irohlc skeleton r,ri-
meutS OF thrco or tour huudrad mpn VIII, com.
posed the advance divi ion
No't of Gen NRsHV'a troap1 were thrown f,r.
ward ca th" edge nt the WOO Is IL front ct his pu
| s''oh 10 meet the advance ot rhc rob Is, u irw
rcglm' : beng left behind the partia,h conn q.
sod rt"-pts. u shot didauce to the rear Thus
division, nearly new 10 warfare, was left sud
deny exposed IN au open field, 10 the hedvie
hro oI an cuc'ny covered to "A considerable ex-
tent by he woods through which they were ad
vanet < Vru,hiy the tempest ragud tnr AIR
growing nlm' st thick with uushrt ball: officer
after ollie irll or vas huruc f,on the ii Id q
wounded m'n; the men dropped hy scores, md
| the uN number of weak ] ,atrd one. were tai
my tn the rear Bar T., spo OF he rand thin
ming Of their riuks the re- iments rcnerall, held
their ground until the enemy succeeded IN rnsh
lug around on the l'it h,uk. and poured in mn
enhad ng dre from that direction, against which
the h'-piIS were no projection ihn sixty
rounds oi ammunition with which thev entered
thu hight were ueary exhausted aud no more
was at hand.
ARRIVAL OF RE.FNFoRcEMFNrs
Nj an'lme onr OF Gen. Gonoh's hrgadc7 com
! mahded oN "rl', Aoricrombio, wa- ordrrcd up o
the snppnrt OF Gen. Nagec on che right, q nrr-
Hl ncv"us. Of the same DIVISION, SUSTAINING G,n
a. ~ I'd A.. H.. a.,
remaining brig de, supporting Gen Palmer on
the let. when Gen Ctsry's troops were tore, d
To give way, the rebels fell on thrse brigadps of
Cou'hs d,vi.ion, who disputed ever, uch. until
sustained ny Gen Krarnry, pressing up The vii.
lamsbnrg road with re endorsements 10 meet
them, supported ny the division of Gen Hpnker
IN hlS rear. Pressing rapidly forward, General
keorney advanced along tho Williamsburg road
10 wl'h'n short distance OF our original posi-
tlcr whore he hvouaokcd Tor tho night in front
OF The enemy,
IL was along this Williamsburg road that the
main attack wus made, and here our troops were
forced back for half mile or more before the
arrival OF Gen. heiui lrlmars coru4, the feeble
brigade OF CaSeys division averaging Ices than
2NOO nlcn, being completely broken up; many,
II not must OF the officers killed, wounded aud
missing md the prvates scattrrcd through the
woods And Ulo the rond Rravclv aud well
did Gen, Casey do Eis duty pressing on the ex-
trcme front and cheering his men, regardless of
the storm OF Gro and huI that ragged about him,
cutilng down Cttcers on all sides but strangely
escaping hs own person Bravcly and well did
most OF his officers stand by him, until, one nf-
ter another, they were horne from the field dead
or wounded.
LOSS OF ARTILLERY.
Col. Bailey, Chief of Arulary, was shot enrJy
in the af rrnoon, the hail striking him in the
hngA i'm. l., 4. q
insenslbiIiry. Maj Van Vaulrcnhcrg, tho second
III command of the First New York Artlcr, was
killed, Adj't VIM Ramsay wounded, while every
On''Iy hut one lost i's quota of men, ana some
"t them lost nearly all OF tErir horses Bsies
bal"ry OF Napoleon guns l2-pDuud brass pie,
ccs--whtch were in front, hus deprived of loco.
moion, stuck fast IN the aud. and was lett be.
h'nG by our troops, hut not until Gen. Naglpe
had taken II upon himself TO aGe that several of
inS PIECES were spiked. In addition to hi .nua
S-lnch Parrot gun, oi Blttpry ii, was disabled
by shot, and tel inO the hands of the cnemv
The Pennsylvania Reserve b Bittery, Of Cough
VISION, nlso last one of their guns these eight
pece' "f ordnance constituting our loss, 70 tar
us | could cSrn. We can better afford 10 snare
The pieces Iban we ptn af sd 10 have the rehels
profit oy hor guus. They show every udca-
'ion OF be ny much In war. OF artillery, and H. is
evidently s'lmuhlii their eilorts to profit 10y
guns.
GEN sUMSERs ADyAHCE
Meantime Gen. Sumner had succeeded in bring
ing his troops across the Chickahuninv and WA
advancing on the right 10 mai ain onr position
there, where less ground had been 81 After
several days hhOr Gen Sumner had rhrown two
bridges &C o-s the creet Letween Bottom Rtidgr
end New Bridge, where local reports held il 10
be impossible "a hnd any f0unustinn for piles to
h4 n,
bridges was about Two miles above Bottom
bridge the other mile further up the stream
The lower of these was ca rird away during the
heavg sOrm OF Fridiy night, ard Gen sumner
was uhig-d 70 depend upon suge shaky sirnn-
ture for the passage of h1 troops who nearly al
however, succeeded in crossing that night, the
mead of the column reaching the Nine-mlle road
sloug which the rehGls were pressing our troops,
a. sbout o'clock, holding rhe enemy in check
for the night, preventing them from following
np in that drecilon the advan'ags they had gain
ed duriag the day.
IIlE FIGHT ON SUNDAY.
Flushed with their 20 ming victory Of SRnr-
day, lhe rvheis awuke vii h confidence on Sunday
Ia follow mp their movements sure of driving us
This time 80 the Chick,huminy. ard bryoud-
But they h,d made the unfortunate uistake of
r-tin ting he Strength of al our reserve hy the
{ cbkuess OF our advance most bitterly did
they pty Tor thcjr mistake, Ptessiug eagerly
forward, with confidence of success, they were
met by the trained troops o! lIep'zrlman and
Sumuer, whose uuyiclding lnmrs checked their
fierce assault rurnir the tide oi battle every
here agAins' h,In, and iorcirS them ~ the
| p int ofHc bIyonet toward Richmond. L. was
their rurn now 90 br ak and run, aud their loss
es Of the sabbath eff them little cause for re-
jncing over The rifl ng gain of Saturday Ter
ribly did the rebels 81 fer on this aa well on