The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-07-04
Their lose in killed and wounded

Il a. Iheir lose In killed and !wouE dee
was horrible" N
Uoder date Of Friday, midnight
the same correspondent saws tha
"ten guns were taken from us BIZ
sudden flank attack covered by ih.
thick smoke which hung around.
Count De Paris captured a rebe
Major, who belonged to jackson
army. lie said he had been in .b,
valley Of the Shenandoah all winter
and came here yesterday with par
Of Jackson's army.
"Tbe rect Of it arrived this morn
ing. Tho whole OF it was here.--
He said that in the attack on oul
right the rebels had from 90, 900 to
so, 900 troops
This will explain the enormous
dre under which our men we're borne
down and swept away precisely as
some OF the regiments were swept
away at the Seven Pines.
Yesterday the Pennsylvania re.
serve drove the attacking regiments
Of Jackson's command To day
they were overpowered by tue same
troops reinforced.
Sykes regulars we're called M.
but proved unequal to the task OF
stopping them, and Slocum's com
mand had to be added to them.
The Count de Paris testifies to
the remarkable conduct oil all the
regiments that sustained this une.
quail attack on Porter. They gave
way, indeed, but not one Of them
ran. Their Losses are enormous.
"The regular 18th Infantry is
about annihisted Nearly every Of
ficer in it is killed or wounded. -
The 18th suffered also severely
Major Rasselle, of the regulars,
kinsman OF General Mcclellan is
killed.
Col. Pratt Of a New York regi.
ment, was also killed, and Lieuten.
ant Colonels Black and Sweitzar.
Our loss in officers is very mark
ed. Indeed, the disproporiion in
numbers was 30 extraordinary. and
the obslinacy of our troops so M.
yielding, that our losses were inevi
tably large.
"The artillery in both Porter's and
Smiths divisions piled the rebels in
heaps. The fire was terribly effect.
ive."
New YORK, July 1.-Lstest advi,
ces from Mcclellan at Washington
yesterday noon were up to 9 o'clock
Saturday noon. Up to that time
no had successfully carried ont the
plan lie pointed out solno time ago
which plan was to swing his right
wing toward the rear, which inclu
ded all the forces North of and half
way between Bottoms Bridge and
New Bridge, and at the same time
advance his LETT wing towards
james river, opening communics
ton with the gunboats.
The attack Of the enemy last
Thursday in gres. force necessitated
this strategic movement, and in
changing his bsse OF course White
House Landing was abandoned.
All sick and wounded, ordnance
conmisssry stores, troops and prop
erty were then embarked under the
superiDtendence OF Gen. C,sey, and
On Monday were all at Turkey Is
and, on James river. eigh. miles be.
.ow Fort Darling and fii.eon below
Richmond.
Alter an interruption Of communi.
,ation between Gen. Mcclellan and |
W Washipgton for forty.eight honrs. |
his left wing touched James Riv |
,r yesterday, near Turkey Island
Bridge. He Immediately opened
communication with Com. Rogers,
If the Potomac hoti!la, and through
,im with Washington. The result
nay be that the steam transpo ports
nay relieve her soldiers Of the ia
igue OF marching on Richmond. BY
anding them near The rebel Capital.
after the gunboais have cleared
.way w. 4 the i obs,'uc,ions. [
James River.