The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-10
THE GREAT BATTLE.

Inc EeYatdS account CT ins 'turee days
desperate struggle" is emte,lshed with a
roughly engraved map, repr. nt,ng ENC
CIellan's Great Battle Field,' and i. intro
duced as follows:
AGo.hsr field has b3sn Tads glorious by the
succAss OF our arms, aud Gno hSr day is VA eIn-
orable in cur history. Bat the tielt is bloody
o. G. aud the day is a ebay of,ths Golden
Spars - fcr 10: only did the rank and file
rour out life lav.shly, bat to- ere have been but
few b titles SO ia. al TO officers. Three briZa.
dlsrg on our ride, and two-.o cur Knowledge
On the eide of the enemy, We're hit. Some
81 ixadss were left without a Colonel, and no
brigade but Lost one or more of its tlo'onel';
no regiment but lost some Held onicsr, aud
some had cot u II Sid Cflcer LEFT. Llne officers,
too, foil In great mum bsis, and this Indicates
that however 1t may have been Ut Blu hun,
our OH FER. now know their duty aud are rsa-
dy to do It.
The writer then goes on to describe The bat
tie ;i.ld and the p ositon OF tbs Federal sroors'
in the course of which hs says:
Though the battle of the seven Pines may
not be The oiCodiGst CT the wax IL il the most
,mpor tant battle YET fought, and Il Is the one
Ia VIII CD the armies OF either side have had
| their hardest fght.
respect TO less, 80 our OWE Will amount to
eight hundred killed and three thoasand
wounded while the loss OF the snemy Is fully
one tho dsand killed aud four tn Ors md WCuE-
for, and tbs number OF our missi, & is coGss-
quentiy very small, while OF the eE enly's men
we have takou from one thousand 70 fifteen
hundred prisoners.
q This last sectxnce Contains two falsehoois
HOW TIE FIGHT BEGAs.
It was about noon when We It's: heard the
scattered fire Of oar picke III front. FCrLWo
| or tn res DAYS before there ad been skirmishss
between the ptcAsts lear the road In front,
| and this was mistaken for another affair OF
the same kind, and th u some time waA los: |;
for instead Of the dlsposi that sho Id have
been IN ads, q regiment was simply ordsred
out-the l03d Psnnsylvania-tO support he
| pickets Tnis regiment. went out q u!ckiy YVES
| upon the enemy advancing la line OF battle.
Before the Icen had even loaded their pieces,
| the li3I received full Hnd steady Volley,
| from the effects OF which 1t did aot recover
surprise, and which our men could not re.
turn-c1t down, perha ps ,one. fifth OF tho regi.
ment. and demoraliz1d the remainder. No
more service was had from the lo3i that day +,
to the rear with the Old story Of "cut to
pieces" 1t ought to be crime Punishable
| with death in our army for any soldier to say
| that his regiment was cut to pieces" 1t Is q
| aniObcletn with many In which they boast
| their own disgrace, though In this case it " u
| somewhat different. Of course, this stream
! CT man lad 20 good effect upon the spirits OF
| To cir fellows, aud thus the day begun ia mis-
fortune.
FORMATION OF The BATTLE.
But that one vO,ley, while 1t annihiiatsd
| the regiment. told also quicker than cour.sr
| could carry the news the mistake that had
been made. and that the enemy was upon us:
| CaseY's force was turned out In u bury and
| formed, ard Col. Bailey, OF New York. Ca.
ssy's Ohief Of rtillery, had the enemy y line
und.r his fire before IL had gotten through the
first wood, and before the iins was Co p!sse,y
| formed.
fHx ARTILL1RY
spratt's battery, which was posted 10 fisld
to the right of the ROAD ard near the edge Of
the wood, and Regan's battery, which was
also In the same Held, between Spratt's and
and were supported by the Tooth New Y srk in
the road TO the lefs by the HIN Name and
Tooth and Pennsylvania On the right, and
by the 82d New York in the rear. Both bat.
tsries did splendid execution; but the eEsmy's
line advanced silently and steadily, receiving
the fire with apparently perfect GOODNESS, aud
firing in return with great effect.
TIN REBnLe ADVANCE In FINE oRDsR.
As the enemy's line came into fire OF cur
infantry, regiment after regiment gave /: to
them In flns style but sill, though there
WIS many gap In 70 cir lines, there was go
ranks, but could no: break them, aud our
three regiments engaged at that point fell
back. u little shaky, perhaps, but sill IN or.
dsr.
ON The PENCE.
Seratts battery was o0mp oaed of Napoleon
guns. Four hundred yards lii front of ths
place where 1t was postsd there was rather
difficult rail fence, which the rebel line had
t. cross. A. thsy came up to IL the four Ma
poleons played upon them fsarfuliy with
grape and canister. They could NOT pass tn ,
| fence. livery time that they came up to II
the new discharge tore ,hsir lines as0ndsr,
moved wide gaps through their formation,
and held them there bsyont the fence. They
did not pass the feLce Until SprAtt's gtaps
| and canis.sr vero gone. Hs could not be
| supplied again, Tor the wagons we're beyond
| the ChtckGnominy. So the rsbsis passed the
| fence, and Spratt, with his four Napoleons,
| fell buck to the IedOQbt.
AHoTHRR BAfr1Rr II DAHaRR.
| Esgan's battery still maintained Its fierce
fire. hut now tho enemy dresssd his line In
| the most perfect manner, and cowe for that.
Should he have q few more pieces Not II
| NE could prevent 1t, aud the TIRE Of the bat
| tery bscAms warmer, while that OF the foor
infantry regiments that supported 1t was re-.
doubled. Bus IRE could n 4 prevent il Ger.
casey saw that. In spite Of what llrs could dc.
the battery was gone.
A sArossr CHARGE.
The old hero, conspicuous ON his large gray
horse and by his white hair, rode ITO tho
thtckest OF the 6rv, formed the four rsgi
l mAn y II NlnAtV. SncOaA llnA Ina a.