Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-06-10

had good opportunity Of seeing him. Nano
leon never was received by bis enthusIsa,i
troops with greater manifestations Of deIioh
than was Mcclellan by his army, showing IA
he possessed the confidence ae well as the 6eart
of his men. They feel that they must ever B
victorious under hisguidance. 1901
Prisoners continued to be brought In yer,
fast; We bad captured nearly five hundred
| They were Immediately handed over to Proves
Marshal Young, OF Gen. Hooker's Division
who sent them properly guarded TO Hein'zel
mans headquarters, at SSVage's Station. NAM
Of them we're dressed In new clothes, captured II
Cssey's camp-a large supply having been sen
up to Casey's Division o few days before ths
battle, but had not been distributed to the men
The result was that the enemy, who had beer
wearing laded, worn out homo spun, doffed
their forms in our genteel uniforms. This wal
the cause of many serious mistakes, our meu
unfortunately mistaking them for our own.
INCIDENTS OF THE FIELD.
The rebels, during the fight, had their sharp.
shooters posted In trees to pick off our officers
fact discovered 10 the early part OF the action.
One OF these 0harpshooters had been wounded
and lay down at the foot OF tree; ae Gen.
Slckles was riding In the wood, he took delibe-
rate aim and fired, bus fortunately missed his
mark Some Of our men rushed at the wound.
cd rebel, and were about dispstching him with
their bsyonets, when Gen. Slckles ordered them
not 70 harm him, but take him prisoner.
AS stood watching the regiments of Hook
er's division march In the battlefield, recog-
nized, marching at the head of his company,
Capt Johnson, belonging to the Third Regi
ment Excelsior. Capt. johnson was In The
battle Of Williamsburg, where he acted with
the Iuost heroic courage, and was wounded bad
ly In the Left arm bys mimic ball; co danger.
ously was be wounded, that the surgeons at one
time thought an amputsti0n would become ne
cessary to save bis lite. The wound, however,
took favorable turn, and he 10 nov 10 iAir
way Of recovering. At the head of bis com.
pany marched this gallant officer, bis bandsged
arm resting in q slDg As he passed BY me
smiling, on Aid from Gen. Keyes, who, with bic
staff, was on the opposite size OF the road, rode
up to me aud inquired the name of the wounded
OHcer. gave 10 20 himi hs exclaimed, "he is
u brave man" II his c.untry rewards her
heroes Capt. JohnSon'e name will stand among
the foremost
There we're many incidents illustrating fully
the meltle Of our men engaged In the struggle
Many private displayed deeds Of bravery wor.
thy Of record The tf1cere bore themselves
veil, end shared the dangers In advance Of their
men
THE REBEL COMMANDERS.
The rebel Generals, commanding in this On.
gagemeut, we're Generals Longstreet, Roger A.
Pryor, Hill, Bronx, Howell Cobb, Rains; Huger
ana tVo others whose names could not learn
THE BATTLE-rELD.
In company With Gen. Siokles, Col. Graham,
Col. Hall aud lieus. Graham, rode out upon
the battlefield on sunday afternoon at q O'Clock.
The scene Witnessed here bsH all description,
Caissons, with horses shot dead In their traces,
smbulances, wagons, etc., ETC., filled the road
in front Of Casey's Camp. There we're about
Two hundred of our wounded stlll lying where
they fell on Sunday. Some Of them epoke
kindly Of the rebels, saying they treated them
very well. Dead rebels, ss well Rs our owr
men, were lying In every part Of the field and
wood. counted afty.seven dead rebels IL
front Of small piece of wood not forty feet
square. one wounded rebel was lying on the
ground, unable to move; he was shot in, bott
legs. On each aide of him lay some dead rebels
AS We passed by, be begged Of US for Gods SAX,
to take the dead men away from him, TIT
stsooh was iutolerable.
NuMBxA OF GUNS LosT.
We lost nineteen guns In the fght Of Sunday
Not one Of them has been recovered. Ia
rebels ran q train down nesr Fair Oak Station
and carried awsy our oom uisssry stores, guns
etc, to Richmond.
The rebels destroyed what they could not con
veniently carry away, Including the new tent
of Casey and Couoh's Divisions.