The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-09
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SAINT discharges Of double shotted canis-
ter from the bronze Napoleons Of Mar
tins Battery. He had taken up a posi- Z
ton in the hollow between two small
hills. The enemy advanced from the OPP
posite side Ia solid column, on the double
quick, with arms at right shoulder shift,
not being able to SEQ the battery until
they reached the crest of the Hill, within
one hundred yards Of it. when Martin
opened a bitter surprise upon them,
sweeping them from the field like chat
before the storm. Twice again they
formed, and advanced, their officers be-.
having eplcndidly, but Il was useless,
Martins fierce loaden rain being too ter
rible to Withstand. The advance Of the
fresh troops having checked The enemy,
and night coming on, the conflict ceased,
and both parties quietly lay down their
arms tasCH ha1D oa
IA Tic briqades Of Generals French and I
Meagher dii not yet iiiio aciion. They
! formed in the rear Of our broken columns,
\ ana did excellent service in checking the /
! fipht Of many panic.strickcn stragglefs
| and demonstrated troops. The enemy
! quickly perceived the arrival Of those
fresh troops, and being at the same time
subject 70 CALLING fire Of canister from
GriiIln's and Martins batteries, soon
withdrew his lines into The woods whence
he had issued and quiet soon prevailed.
i But in almost less time than IL takes to
write II, a scene Of indiscribable excite
ment, OF mingled confusion, and direful
disorder had been obliterated; yes liter
ally crushed aud comparative order re-
I 4 Ii al Inv Ba
prompt, energetic and fearless action Of
brave officers AS the rushing and re-
treating tide began to pour precipitately
towards the bridge dozen officers inmy
own sight, drew their sabers and pistols,
4 placed themselves in front of the strag-
Cling crowd, and every device that phys
u ical and mental nature could invent, rail-
lied and forned column after column Of
men from the broken mass that swept
over the plain.
Il Calamity brooded over all. Few had
opportunity TO rest, not many could find
! wherewith TO appease hunger, and mind
as we'll as body was afflicted. Both
were faded and reduced. Losses we
were Obliged TO estimate Official re-
ports there were none. OF material Fitz
; John Porter command lost 20 pieces of
artillery, aud the arms, with accoutre-
, ments, which belonged to men who were
lost. OF dead wounded and missing,
there were 1000 or upwards. Col. Ed
, mund PendletOn, of Louisiana regi-
r ment (COl. p formerly resided in Gin
, cinnati) who was captured on Monday,
June 30th, assured me that on that day
the rebels captured 5400 prisoners. Our
I. dead he estimated from examination of
= the field at 5000. OF the wounded there
is no account. IL is reported that the
rebel loss is still more awful.
IL Is claimed that the battle was bad
9 " managed This is no time for crit-
r cism besides, the data is not absolute
r ly reliable. 1t is certain we were beaten
in strategy and grand tactics. Indeed,
am compelled to admit that the enemy
r there, as elsewhere, displayed skill in the
e battles which does not always distin-
9 guish our leaders.
!. This correspondent estimates the bat
teries at fourteen, with eighty-four
pieces Describing the battle in 'front.'
he says:
Y Smiths division at Goulden's, on the
q edge of the Chickahominy valley, and
Sedgwicks on the left, occupied the
most sensitive points ON the whole line,
siuce Fair Oaks. They threatened the
Q key of the rebel position before Rich
mond. Hancock's and Burma bFigades
held the most exposed lines The former
| had taken critical position in front Of
= his entertainments with a strong battery.
: Il was altogether probable the enemy
Z would attempt to drive him back. The
afternoon was wearing away YEARLY
without serious demonstrations, and we
& had begun 10 suspect the enemy Of some
a sinister design in remaining 80 unde-
monstratiye Il was probably four or
five o'clock, however, when, without pre-
4 monition, a strong force pressed strongly
= upon Gen. Burns picket line. He sent
word instantly TO Hancock TO prepare for
action. The latter was yigilant, but be
had hardly received the message, before
a rebel battery of heavy guns opened a
: furious storm ofshell upon him. A mo-
4 ment later strong brigade pouneed upon
his pickets; pressed him in irfeeistibly,
and dashed at his battery Burns was
also work His pickets had fallen back
= to their strong supports, and warm bat
1 tie was in progress in the woods. The
II, bullets ratified brislgly among our camps,
but the combatants generally remained
Q invisible from the main line Of battle.
2 The scene was now exciting in the high
A est degree Burns was working dozen
Napoleons and PARROTS Smiths bate
ries were hurling shell fast and furious,
and the rebel guns were bowling away
! as merrily. The air was filed with
bursting shells and suflosed with suphu-
rous smoke, while the forests were OBJ
seufed with musket mist Our picket
= reserves, however, held Underground man
4 fully. and the enemy was briskly driven
back, our lads yelling at them trium-
phantly. Hancock was victorious after
a bitter fight, in which two Georgia re-
{ giments were almost cut TO pieces
/, Our loss, though not half so great as that
! of the enemy, was not triiling Among
the prisoners captured by Hancock was
one of the smRrtest and most mischiev-
Gus of Southern politicians, Col. j. Q. G.
v | Lamar Of the LIST Georgia regiment, once
E member Of Congress. His Lieutenant
= Colonel was also captured
But apprehonsions about Porter's bat
Il tie had distressed officers all along IL
seemed apparent that il the enemy do
, feated him, ruin threatened us from the
rear An attack in front indicated dis
position on the part of the rebels 10 force
the issue we now deprecated. IL was a
grateful relief TO drive them back Ia front
SO easily, All our supports had been
sent 10 Porter. We had no more than
b men enough TO hold the 'front.' IL would
p have been madness TO have commended
. with An equal force Of disciplined troops