Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-06-06
THE BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES.
The First Days Fighting.

From the correspondence Of the New York
fftbHHs we take the following in reference to the
repulse Of Casey's division and the subsequent
fighting on Saturday:
General Peck's military family were at their
rice and coffee In the open air at quarter before
one O'Clock in the afternoon. The unmis.ak able
rattle OF muske'ry fred by companies and by
column In front brought the graduate Of every
battle field IN Mexico right to his feet He
mounted instantly, and ordered his brigade under
arms. In the short space Of time consumed by
me In rolling up my blankets and oyerccat ana
saddling restless horse, and riding twenty rod a
toward the front-not twenty minutes-ihe cur
rent OF struggling and skulking had fully set In,
and was weeping In great shameful Aow
down the Williamsburg road.
Down the road they came--over the fields nm
either side offhe road they struggled fast-throupb
the safer woods they skulked away, and sought
the rear Most were muddy, showing that they
had laid down to avoid the she'll and shot-yery
many were without arms and accout ements
The crowd grew thicker. The Provost Guard
formed across the road 70 stem Its dasta rdly aow
Before O'Clock, Gen. keyes found tina, Gasey's
entire division was gone! He sent to Hein,zel
man for instant help. The brave Pennsylvania
was already on his way TO the place where he was
wanted. He came on the ground about a quarter
,hs o. ana gathering a: rapidly as he could all
and unknown swemps, took command and i'm
fused his indomiable spirit into the falling 90 bit
He he sent back for Kearney and Jameson, and
salvation upon his bayonet points to US at vii.
liamsburg. = 80
While they were coming up, I went ahe,d once
more 10 see the 5Sth 60 Into fire. Their move
ment in response to the order "Forward,n was
not impulsive from front to rear. 1t hitched, In
sections, like the drawing out of the joints Of
he.t glass Omen Of evil. In thirty minutes the
ed-sspped and red-trousered men, mostly witt
out Their mushets, were under the fire Of the scorn
and the jeering Of the My York 62d-a fire more
Calling ard insupportable, as IT seoned to me,
than any that ever spouted from mushs.s. nGcn-
sheer, the muss is the other way" "Hello, lob.
are you running al II fort" "The cd IA good
shelter; fall In behind" Not q wfathful repy
was made. The bursting OF the rebel shells over
head, TIE sc[samng o. tn: solid long shot, and
and the time totally unsaite5 for repartee or dis
cussfon. Thea opened lis laughing ranks and
the gory-colored, but unbloody, passed through
and passed o..
About o'clock, Couch and Peck came from
the len, passed through the lines Of nre and wen,
al right angles over the railroad, TO repel a move
ment la similar direction made by the Rebels
away beyond the scene OF Caseys disappearance
be conflict they sustained In the woods was
bloody AID unequal. Peck's horse was shot
through the mech, shGt again In the flank, and
soon had both his hind legs cut of by cannon
ball. Reinforcements WI re called fo, and Heint.
2elman intercepted regiment moving to tie
front snd ordered 1t over to the railroad De sub
sequently ordered Rirney's Brigade to march
right up to the track sne saye the fgh.. The
brigade did not go into action, aud Rirney Is
pndsr arrest Mcclellan, before This, at bis dar.
tiers, tveiys miles Of, reused by the cannohade
ana tbe t<egraph, Eat CIT Of bis sick bed and put
portion OF Summers corps IN mesien up the rail-
road. Kearney, too, had come up the MillIsms-
burg road, and Jameson had gone eagerly for
ward into the bell OF shell and sEo, and smoke, az
did Berry at the head Of his Michigan men A,
bali tore OF his hat, snd bis manly fight was
fought bareheaded. u.
The lipe Of battle at this time Was nearly mile
wide, and almost wholly In the woods The en-
envy, In overwhelming nrmbers had forced "a.
back at least mile, and were piling up troops ON
our right toward the railroad. The airing al this
point a. about O'Clock was marvel 70 me. II
v claimed that that at Williamsburg was heavier
twice OF thrice during the day, but that Is not nv
Judgment. can compare this 70 nothing but the
roar Of Niagara. u had no spaces--no cracks
IL was solid, eontinuous, deafeuiug. Over it the