The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-13
Continued Attacks on tho Union
Transports on James River.
A Second Rebel MerrfInac Mt
Richmond.
names Of Silk and Wounded Soldiers at
Fortress Monroe.
Close Of the Campaign on tho Caro-
lima Coast.
The Operations Of the Coast
Survey Suspended,
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n0 OVcIatlOuS OL tne CO6SS
Survey Suspended,
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Our Special Ccrrcspon deMce.
In CAMP At HAREsos's PolET. July Q, 1904 4
M Crooks and Turns in ne Ricr-- Hdrison's Point
7As Surrounding copn,,y-- The Troops, &C., dc.
Tb0se who have sailed up down the Pamunksy pro.
sesnes TO - crooked bnt navisatOrs the
James mako attempt At description. Conscious Of
thsir inability do tho subject jnstics they leave IL
AIons There place whore, sftsr having steamed
good twenty miles on your Journey up, you about
quarter u mile further down the river than when you
began thai twenty miles, Nsverthclsss the sail up the
Ssmss river II pleasant ore-pleasanter perhaps for
ths very fscs Of 10 Infinitely devious COURSE. Fine
hrm sands ins the banks o. the stream On either hand
sad ths banks are mostly high There ID belt Of high
land all along the this tha north bank above
ahs mouth Of the Chickahominy slopes away into the
Whiss Oak Swamp, that The army has recently passed
oArepgh. att n.F
In one Il The many sssoks ef This erooksa river lies
garrisons Poiut for tho wide plain upon which the
Army Of the Potomac has lain tho last few days we
have 10 yet given no cthcr name; and 50 il be
ail point for the present, though iko many another
isature which originally gave It name
ns Piaineounded on two sides BY the river and on
boo tOtf0 Dy WODQy uliS-On WhlcH tho liCA,
b Of great extent il ths largest open plain tiat ws
have yet In Virgil IN and has front che river
ef about fonr miles. When We Arrt reached this point
and landed II ths long wooden pier FAR out into
shs stream, the army sncamred th is plain. But
few days before the plain had been covered with clover
and nearly ripe wheat All that had disappeared, tram
pasd into wide sxranss n mud ankle grow
ing deeper There The Army Of tho Potomac. Weary
and worn with one tncessant wcek OF ma ches and bat
Nss-with more battles than Srsakfasts the week
through-the spsctrss Of thsnsolvsshe soldiers laid
A0wn In that miserable of mud 70 sleep rest
epsn nsId. covered entirely with their india rubber
iiks little hesps of blAnkets-and slept,
snmndtu Of the ram, Of ths!r hunger Of the mud,
But ask any one Of them shout ths battles Of the week
1nd his dull syo would brighten DO answersd:.' We
whipped them every tiino, sir. Whenever they came
upsn us We held our ground and whipped them" Worn
cut moro than half dead with hunger exhaustion
would 20 forward TO day with one glorious cheer Il tS
word werc only given.
There nsvsr Was such an army II wac terrible
sisrious Tsorh that foicwcd il with the most exnbs
rent spirits, save only the poor fellows that wounded
= sick, lay down 70 await their turn and take thor
sks II sv Ve Z &ss. Ss 4; sSi Sss. 'a wore "
BY degrees the army has since been drawn out Of the
go held In which II was huddlcd and tho various divi
sions are established in order in comfortable and plea
can't camps sonvensnt for concentration whatever
she circumstances may require.
when say that this army Was never in better spirits
sAan u Ii now.
HARRlsoS's LANDING, July Q. 1901
1ssstade and Industry # Orr 7rccps-Ennet Sa-riees
~ he FJkesn and FiffieA Nc,o Fork Regiments. dc.
Ihavs written up all my notes now, far they rs
laas 70 the actual fighting Of the famous days But
wish in this letter do justice can 10 two other
qualities Of troops, which the historian will seem
worthy Of much praise their uncomfortable bra
very These 6rst their fortude aud second their
Industry. manifested in 'hsr pationt and unwcariod
rabor Raw and undscipned troops could not have on
dursd for thos days tho furious onscs which our
troops sustained for They ony met but van
Suishsd and drove back, each successive day, tho
vast hosts os the rebels. Regarded separately tho re.
suit OF each days fighting glorious victory Every
evening tho troops ci old corps (aud
presume 1t was the same wsh the ether eorls) laid
down upon the battle field from which they ha 1
driven the enemy, and slep, upon their srms
ger two threo four hours; aud uen,
during the cooler hours Of the night, aud per.
haps I'LL hour sunrise continued their retreat
Il be esed. II hard for the aster
tsm: but thor fortituds sustained theta listened 10
hundreds OF them talking about u various occasions
Eot nurmur escaped Of ihsm for they d.a tcs
like murmuring American Soldiers are istreeut men
They understood tho perfectly They had FOR
ssvsnty days past the ranks Of their division beng
slowly bat steadily thinned by sickness ord diseas
and they that thu same In an ale div isions
In the army. 1hoy knew for such things 10 como to
Of the sodiers that seven times in their toll
Some march from Yorktown towards Richmond their
chief TO the War Department az Washington tho
INST urgent calls for rsnforrements aud the calls
bad bsen unhecded Thoy Understood that ts
thai they thor making had beconc military necss.
sity and would prove ths salvation Of the army heard
these things, expressed homey language and Illus
sra,sd with nunbersss smasg references 10 the carss
other disti gushed generals or ancient and
simss scorvs OF occasions Tas whole army ofcsrs
msn, expressed tho most boandess confidence thsr
chis, aud would follow now with sntbK wherever
he would lead Nor tho actual sbors the troos
loss worthy OF porpstuaton and honorabls mention
have usually spoken Of General woodburys cngincss
brigade this connection because to that officer
ssnhdsd the general sirs1on af That branch OF hs re-
srsat which dspsadsd The building and the blowing
up Of bridges the construction and the obstruction
soads through wcodr and swnmps, and bccausc ina
srOors composing th1 srigsds relied upon to
these importaa, and often pcriious duties. The
brigade composed uf the Fiesnth, Cclonsl Mcleod
Nurphy and the Flft.4, il, Colsnsl stuart New York
regiments The sa o,nsrs II Gsnsrsl Woodbury. ars.-
Captain H W. Bowsrs sdniant geno.sl; Captain sroug,
(or tatsr mastGr o. transportation for
MS labors In SAVING the alton OF ths army
hccsssnt, and ctowAea with perfect sccess and
lisat.nsDts Cassn and Hassier, aius- -de-IaInp. All
tLcso officers dessfss hon rabs mention. The 6cd and
stn ocers VI ths regiments also worked day and night
tn toso operations pcccssary 20 facilitate tho oven
o. the army. Az TO llls nea, woa.d that tnsy
we're made Of east iron so lacssssut AMI untng
thor labors.
Our Jamcs Htysr Correspondence.
HArnlos's DAs, July Z, 1897.
sdruab,s Aspsa af Aga.y-.s,sai aud 3ds,ry Con, '.
encss-AcCletan hstyoycai--A Rebsl Battery al l;ft
Posnt-Reiel Cftn1oas cs the 7her, &c.. &C.
Tho operations Of the army aad aavy This place are
rrcsressing basdscms,y and you will probably hear a
soncthing IN favor Of In fsw days General
AcIs.lan is constantly confelDg with Captain Rodsrs
flag 0nosr tho gunboa neet and they seem 70 have
every conHdsrrs that The campaign Will be c0nductsa
% sstsnctory csnclusion. Transpsrts continually
arriving hare with troops. To-day ave thousand
~.rs ianoed at tho wharf from Fortress Monroe The
troops Ii scd spirIts and sre ANXIOUS TO have
o.hcf brush wiih the sueipy. Yesterday evening Gen.
asrlrsn remarked 10 some OF his oicsrs that every
shug was pros ressinH according 10 ME prvgi anime.
gIeIo rs evidently something On the move; but am
at y sled IN regard y Us exaci iatDrs. have tpst
esrod that there three rebel gnbyats tho river
enc of them irontlad, mcantnv two hsavy guns fhe
port 10y all aptan Norris has gone ~ the liver 10
shat 10 soins on thsr~.
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