New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-26
THE SEVEN PENEs REVISITED.
Rebel Dead yes Unburied-12, 600 Rebels
Killed and Wounded-A Tribute 20 the
LEFT Wing-A New Rebel Attack ON
Hnelrer.


unburied witnesses of the immense mortality in the
ranks Of the enemy, and reproach TO the discipline
of the regiments now camped near them. -Four days
ago forty acres Of thick timber were cut off the
ground jezon9 the scene Of the first fight Of the 931
Pennsylvania and Of portion Of kearney's division.
The choppers continually came upon the Rebel dead
lying, mostly in positions Of ease, in thickeis and
covert places-whe7e wounded, they hsd crawled
out Of the battle fos safety and for subsequent rue
cor and had found only death. Over fifty of these
hapless tools OF the slave ohgarchs were uncovered
the SIN and 10 the curiosity Of our SOLDIERS by the
aX--dead men OF whose existence we had no idea
all OF them dead from wounds not instantly mortal.
Two were found belwe whom were tie remains OF
an exhausted fire. They had kirdled it for warmth,
perhaps to attract affection, and had died unnotced
from the emptyng Of their VEINS by bleeding or from
starvation.
Perhaps am in haste in reproaching the imper-
feet police OF any regiment for existence above
ground in its neiehbornood Of the four dead whom
| saw this morning. They were in a shallow pool.
In the densest tbicket away from the recognized and
stamped and torn line Of reeimentfropted conflict.
They might we'll be overlooked for weeks. My cu-
Iiotity in tracing the closeness and range Of our
Mimic musket fire, upon the trunks OF the trees and
the stake the bushes led me 10 these Rebel senti
nels keeping deaihwatrh by the side Of THE shadow
haunted pool. Then, strange fact, not known to the
many, nature has made provision Tor speedy DIFF.
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by man. -Four dnl'-uav berfey suits of uniform lay
fiat upon the gronnd-within each th. suggestion of
human FORM Th- feet Lad fallen down IA their lue-
grail separate parts. There Were lean sleeves upOn
the ground-the body of the tlaicned coat, II par
iially unhuttOned revealed the clean erd Of a rb-ii
the collar we're low The ye.tebr;e of the neck shonc
and here the grinning teeth and the staring eye
suCkets Were, the WIDE siOuch bat OF the service
concealed The thorough work Of the rcrmtcUfa that
in weeks time had consumed these dead to their
very bones.
We shail continue to find these remains Of the
great baite as We push further and further INTO the
woods front OF the conilict-groubd now debaeable
between the VI, keis Of the two armies. Aud have
doubt thar. II tie truth can ever be Gscertained,
it will he found that tire Rebels lost in killed and
wounded, twelve thousand men III The battle of the
Seven Pines. Iley certainly knew Of their dead
Nil outright II their raukfheTe ~ no doubt that
they knew where 10 search for their wounded and
diving. Saturday hight should have suilced for the
punder of our CAMPS There was all Of Sunday and
little Of Monday for the burial parties Of an army
that yeas % 600 strong when the battle began, 10 20
their work in They did labor At it--but so immense
was the work, that VIC who followed Hooker =
sweeping bayOuet charge, found II uniluished-iound
hundreds of Retel cOrlsts undergoing pntiefacton
al over The vast battlefield. Tie first ltor i'm
pOsej Oh Uooker's Division was the burial OF these
dead after sepuure of our dead and care oil our
own wounded had been attended 10. And 10 tlin
DAY the graye-dig ers work Is not done and II may
never be done.
Again the line OF fire of our MIME bullets was
about neck high-very mach Of IL on range with
the heart. The trees the witnesses. These sugar
loaf-shaved bullets make ghassly wounds and add
largely 10 tie mortality Of battles. The lenden
point when il strikes TO throw the bs>e Of the
ball Of it, line Of straight CHI, aud Il goes ode
rays tearing and crashing through tissues and
bones. The latter when struck are eomWi"sfra,
and not perforated or fractured. They are SMASHED,
and extensively smashed too. The Mimic wounds,
therefore make ampuiations more frequently Deoes-
sary than those caused by buck and bali-glVe a
vastly greater shock 10 the sy.terD, and Cause
greater mortality. Ifthe hospital records are prop
erly sept Ia Richmond, know that the fatality OF
the wounds received by the Rebels at tie Seven
Pines will greatly exceed the average made standard
in the European service by hOfIital eNpentnce,
under Bcnaparte aud Wellington. But ! am not
forced 10 INFERENCE 10 support ny declaration that
Tie Rebel d. ad and wounded Amounted 70 tie yai
number have mentioned. The wounded Col. Pet
tlgIew Of South Carolina sald 10 leui.-COl. Neynf
/ Of he OBJ New-lork " You have killed great
many brave men, Sir" The ground wat but patch
Of the whole battlefield where Couch, wta the
fire of artillery and musketry, melted down
the head Of three bugader last ss they
were pushed upon him through swamp and
wheat-held ! s,v Alabama regiments almost entire,
feet to the east, in ps, waiting Tor The feyeiie not
beaten by mortal hands. The prisoners, the dcsert-
ers-those tru-sl and best, and most neglected aid
er r. appreciated III ns Of caufe, and arsisian,s
al ifs urogrcss our black African NlJs BROIuEHs,
misnnIEed cont raOands all concur ~ repFeseni-
ING that our fire was horrible and its daughter uw-
/ fu. Why, he bGttic n0s 10 h0re tdstet t,Er d0ys
by pyfSii,Rf,1I 0DD0.afmeHt. II could BE- endu ed
only for seven LOurs JEFF. DAVIS upon the
tram which brought mp entire b1sades from hich'
mond. From tho platform OF the car IN which be
/ had ridden, be addressed the troops and ccplured
them to heroic exhibition Of courage, endurance
and devotion: You viii fight to-day, and pro ably
4 tomorrow, aud, 10 complete the good work, may
cal upon YOU to fight oil Monday, and on Tuesday"
No men Oh earth could be brought 10 lace "A second
time such "a lire the steadfast portion OF Casey p
command, aud as Peck's Kearney =, and Coucb's
troops, poured upon the choicest Of tlie Southern
regiments 20 their distraction, Encouragement and
defeat. lhir immortal Lett Nng uDder Ilent1el-
nan AID Keyes, taken al Disadvantage aud for a
while lifted oil it, ieet by the hghtenDg-lke IN
ednes Of The shock OF a., 900 picked and most
earnest rnii!ans held them at bay the moment they
tOldiy touched the earth agaln, aud tbtn whip cd
them fairly and squarsy in the interchange 81 bio VT
taken and given III he face. Ard, men oi The North
and Wet let NE tell that below the rOul Of the
terrible fighting doue by this Lett Wing, at the
Seven Pines, lay RADICAL kEPuBLIcANisn. Slav-
cry prosecutep 10 amOurs ia this Lett Wing, and
OF the blows gwen her by Tue rank and lie ana
epauiet ed Of ts warriors are lOye-taps. The Lett
Wing lights for the suppression OF lhe Slayet 0deIs
Re elon. Tie scorlatory sham-ight with Slavery
] i, l,it 10 other commanders and other commands.
i rode 10 tnickets where were more desd-where
the scavenger yeruculT were DONG man neglected
work. Why 90 most u Tie KILLED III Dattls-tne
Re, Il killed-lc upon their backs, and hold their
hands up Their feet toward our fire in nearly
every case where they are Instantly killed. These
dead when examined, VIII be found to be shot, all,
Ia the head aud above the hips The balls that Kali
them knock them over backward But why do 70
many, or nearly all, hold their bands mp, when
found stiiieued in death Said surgeon yesterday,
"t is because they killed in the act OF ramlnng
the cartridge" But this cannot be, because their
hands Ire up equi-d'stilnt from the earth.