Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-07-08
Republican
state Committee
! ne Late Fighting on the Peninsula.

IL the wnlrl OF excitement and the MAJ. ol
.ew..derng and often conflicting kilograms
winch have tea tie public desire Tor intelligence
from Mcclellan army for nearly a week, it has
ergl quito impossible to arrive at any accurate
q. definite conclusion Of the state OF affairs ON
Gle Peninsula The first dspa,ch from {. c..
fulton, the editor OF the Baltimore Amrr,on,
raitc1 expectation 10 the highest point and
tue news OF a great military Success, which
laced Richmond ut once IL our power, caused
oyous exulla,on from one end OF the country to
he other But the subsequent intelligence so
entirely failed to answer these expectations that,
almost universally, the reaction created degree
81 dependency IN the public heart that has had
10 parallel since the disaster VI Bull run. 1t
now begins TO be pretty clearly seen that there
was IN fact as little cause for the dependency
az for the exultatiOn. AS the smoke Of battle
clears away, and the exaggerated reports and
with the later facts, and cut down to the dimcn-
SONS Of actual occurrences, II becomes evident
that, while the forces under Mcclellan have met
with check, are further from Richmond than
one week ago, and have lost many valuable lives,
they have yet not met with dlsastrousTepulse,
Or fallen back il any disorderly retreat, but on
tie contrary have fought brayely for six days,
Lnd. by the confession of the rebels themselves,
tue last two days repulsed the traitors tho had
lnassed against them their whole available force.
Let US give brief outline OF this long battle OF
.lx days.
!; seems generally agreed that Gen. Mcclellan
nad PRIOR to last Thursday, determined on chang
ny biz base OF operations Iron. White House, on
he Pumurkey rigcr to some point on the james
pyrr, thus enabling the army and the gunboal.
10 cooperate IN the attack upon Richmond.
White House, after the raid Of Stuart scavalry,
had become evidently too insecure a place for
The lmmense and only supplies for his entire
army. The movement Of uoops atterly had
Dcen gradually towards james river, and by
Thursday OF last week only ~, 600 troops, con-
sdtu,ing the right wing OF the army, were
left On the North side OF the Chickahomlny.
Whether the rebels divlned his purpose or not,
al immense force, consisting in part, at least Of
S,1new Ill jackson command, on Thursday Mt
lacked the right wing. There wa, much sharp
lighting that day, our troops holding their po-
,tlou and rcpulsing the enemy, I'LL towards
tight when they. in obedience to orders and
10 doubt ia pursuance OF the original plan,
muyed back toward the Chickahominy. On
friday the rehels, IN greatly superior numbers,
estimated ty correspondents ut at least OF, 600,
renewed TIE attack on the right, pressing our
troops back by the force o! numbers, until they
were reinforced by some troops who rccrosScd the
40 900 against the enemy's 10000 and our
forces were compelled still to yield ground, fight
lng desperately, however, and inhicting terrible
damage upon the rebels Early Saturday morn
lne our entire force which had been engaged in
the igat OF che day before crossed to the South
West side OF the Chckahominy, and destroy d
,uc bridges They were obliged, however, 10
leave their dead and many OF their sick and
wounded behlud. No attack was made during
Saturday, and there was not much fighting
taai day, except skirmi,hng. On saturday
Ugh; and Sunday morning the movement to-
vari. the James river continued, all the troops
ia, hal crossed the hickahominy parucipat.
us3n il, taking along as many o. the sick and
wounded and a, much OF the cJmmssary stores
d. eoad be transported, AM destroying the
stores that were left behind. The rebels hung