Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-05
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their fire until our men were hardly one hun
bred feet from their line. when they fired a
murderous volley into the ranks of the Sec
| Ond. 1t proved too low, and few were killed
or wounded Immediately after the rebels
fired this volley, they broke ranks and fed
through the wood. few of their braveSt re-
manned to resist our passage, but they were
soon moved down by the steel front of the
gallant Second Excelsior. Major Herbert, of
the Eighth Alabama regiment, was taken priS
oner at this time. His horse had been shot
under him, and as he fell he received shot in
his side. He sprang to his feet however, al
most instantly, and seeing several of our men
in front OF him, mistook them for some Of his
own regiment "Rally once more, boys - he
cried, but they corrected his mistake by pre-
senting their bayonets and demanding him to
surrender, which he did with all the grace and
finish that an original secessionist, as he at
forwards informed me he was, could do under
the circumstances The whole regiment were
taken prisoners. The rebels made two or
three attempts to flank us on the left, after re-
treating from their center, but they were beat
back with great loss, our troops pursuing them
for nearly two miles. None of our forces on
the left flank participated in the fight. The
rebels were defeated and driven back by
Hooker's and Richardson's divisions.
GEN. NC CLELLAN ON THE FIELD.
The firing ceased on both sides about elev-
en- o'clock, the rebels having fallen back be-
yond our original lines leaving guards to
watch our advance and take their wounded
from the field. At twelve o'clock Gen. Nc
Clellan rode up to the front, accompanied by
his staff and body guard, and met Gen.
Heintzeman seated at the foot of tree. Lit
tie Mac democratically seated himself at the
side of HeintZelman, on the ground, when his
staff grouped themselves, resting on stumpS
Of trees and logs. There was the Prince de
Joinyille, Count de Paris, and the Due de
Chartres, forming a select group of three,
conveTsing quite animatedly in French and the
other members of McClelans staff joining in
with a little English. ''rhey fight on Sundays
always" said the Due de Chartres, abiding to
the rebels. Gen. Mcclellan had been seated
probably a half an hour, conversing with
| Cen HeinWelman, when Gen Hooker rode
up from the extreme advanced line gained
that morning, and as he was dismounting from
his horse, Gen. Mcclellan rose from his seat
and, advancing, shook him warmly by the
hand, and congratulated him and his noble
division in terms of the highest praise. Gen
Mcclellan then mounted his horse and rode
along the lines of his troops, back and FORTH
until all the soldiers had a good opportunity
of seeing him. NapoleSn never was received
by his enthusiastic troops with greater mani
fcstation of delight than was Mcclellan by his
army, showing that he possessed the conf
dence as well as the hearts of his men,
THE BATTLE FIELD.
In company with Gen SicklcS, Col. Gra-
ham, Col. Hall, and Lieut.. Graham. l rode
out upon the battle field on Sunday afternoon
at o'clock. The scene witnessed here baf-
flies all description. Caissons, with horses
shot dead in their traces, Smbulances, &c,
&c, filed the road in front of Casey's camp.
Thcrewerc about two hundred Of our wounded
still lying where they fell on Saturday. Some
of them spoke kindly of the rebels, saying
they treated them very well. Dead rebels, as
well as our own men, were lying in every part
of the field and wood. | counted ffty-scvcn
dead rebels in front of a small piece OF woods
not forty feet square. One wounded rebel
was lying on the ground, unable to move; he
was shot in both legs. On each side of him
lay some dead rebels. As we passed by, he
begged us for Gods sake to take the dead men
away from him. The stencil was intoerable.
NUMBER Of GUNS LOST.
We lost nineteen guns in the fight of Sat
urday. Not one OF them has been recovered.
| The rebels ran a train down near Fair Oak
station, and carried away our commissary
stores, guns, etc, etc, to Richmond. The
rebels destroyed what they could not conven-
iently carry away including the new tents Of
Casey and COUGHS division. ThetwO contra
bands captured with the stage had left Rich
mond on Sunday morning. with a party of
gentlemen who had chartered the stage to take
them out to see the fight. They have fur
nished the authorities with much information
relative to the number and movements of the
rebel force which is highly important 1t is
not improbable that Gen. Mcclellan, with his
generals, will dine at Richmond on Sunday
next.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Brigadier General Charles Devens, Jr., is
| reported slightly wounded in the leg. Briga-
der Generals Palmer and Howard were also
wounded-the former reported dead. The
| list of officers and privates wounded and mis-
sing Is, OF course, incomplete, Six colonies
from Pennsylvania and New York appear
among the killed. and two missing. Six colo
nels and four lieutenant colonies, also from
the two states above named, with the excep-
ton of Col. Briggs Of Massachusetts, were
wounded. Fearful havoc was made among
the captains and lieutenants, who stood their
ground with great bravery. The only Massa-
chusetts names that have yet appeared are
those Of captains Miller and Newell of the
| 10th regiment, wounded. The same reg-
ment and the 18th Massachusetts lost num-
Der of privates, but the list is still broken
| one.
PLANS OF THE REBELS.
The Richmond papers throw some light on
the object of the attack. The Dispatch OF
the 22d ult had the following:
The plan of the enemy has been fully I'M
folded by the press, as well as by his demon
straton at Yorktown Immediately on his adj
vance there. He will essay to take this city
by encroachment with the protection of par
allel lines. He will throw up dirt as soon
as he reaches the proper point, and he
will try to reach the heart of the city with
the spade, # he is allo'ced to proceed in this
acay he wiH most assuredly get here. His adj
vance is not far from Richmond, and, if not
molested, we shall soon see that he his fling
ing up dirt. But we do not apprehend that
he will be allowed to go on undSturbed in this
kind Of strategy. He will never get to Rich
mond with that economy of boodshcd and
life imagined by Mcclellan.
The Examiner which has long been impa-
ticnt with the apparent inactivity of its gen
erals snaps the whip over them as follows =
Now what have been the results of the war
in Virginia? The war has lasted Il year.
Many battles have been fought. In every one
Of the battles fought in Virginia with the ex-
ception Of Cheat Mountain and Roanoke, the
confederate soldiers have had the advantage
yet the confederate armies have been always
in retreat, never in advance, abandoning po-
sition after position, according to rule and
square, till now the state is nearly all swal-
lowed by the enemy, its fields desolated, farm