The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-06-07


tain our position there. where less ground !
Gen. Sumner had thrown two bridges across :
the creek. between Bottoms Bridge and Z
New bridge. where local reports held IL 90
DO impossible to find and foundation for piles :
10 support the supersfrscfures One of these
bridges Vas some two miles above Bottoms
bridge. the other mile further up the
stream. The lower o1thesc we're carried
away during Tie heavy storm Of Friday
night. assd ten Sumner ~as obliged 10 de
pend npou single shAks structure FOR the
passage of his troop. Who nearly all. how
ever. succeeded Ia crossiag that night. the
head Of the column reaching TIE Nine nile
road. along which the rebels we're pressing
our troops. Al about : clock. holding the
enemy ia check for the night. pTeyentlng
them from following up Ia that direction.
the advantage they had gained during the
day.
TAX FIeHr on SUNDAY.
Flushed with their seeming victory OF Sat
urday. the rebels awoke with confidence orr
Sunday TO follow up their movements, sure
Of driving Us this time 10 the Chicabomny
and beyond. Bnt they had made the unfor-
tunate mistake Of estimating the strength of
our reserves by the weakness OF our advance.
Most bitterly did they pay for their mistake.
victory, they were met by the trained troops /
OF Heintzelman and Sumner. whose unyield- 1
ing columns checked their fierce assault.
turning the tide of battle everywhere against |
them. and forcing them at the point OF the
bavonet on toward Richmond. |; was their
| turn now 10 break aud run, and their losses
! o! the Sabbath left them little cause for re
ioicing over the trifiing gain of saturday,
/ Terrible did tho rebels suffer on this, "A well
As the previous day, from the we'll directed
fire of our artillery piling The ground ,eitA
their slaia. Terrible also 90 them were the
f.eauent charges OF our sod COLUMNS, pres
sing them back, step by step, to the las, point
OF endurance. ,rhen they broke and raa, in
gloriousy leaving behind them many ofther
men and officers. As well priYatcs. prison.
ers in our hands. The number OF these II
is not vet possible 20 ascertain, several days
necessarily elapsing after every engagement
before .ull inventory ian be taken
QUA Loss IL KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Even of our loss Il was impossible to form
any correct idea at the time ! left the field
of battle. The only source OF Information
, was the wounded, who gave such particulars,
. in regard TO their respective regiments as
they could. as they were borne by from all
parts of the field To the OF repeated ques-
1 ton: well how did your regiment stand
it, got uniform answers.
D 20. Sir. our regiment was all cut 10 pieces
E cut 10 pieces. SIR moth ing LEFT of IT,
= |, of course, was able to rely little ON such
a stories from my disabled niormants. knew
Y ing the tendency, not only among solde.s-
J. bnt equally among people in civilized lite. to
!, magnify their own misfortune into n measure
IS of tie public calamity. They took no ac
J. count of their nimble footed comrades. who
< had disappeared without damage To lite or
e limb Ii is impossible so soon after the
= Affair.", 10 give even rough estimate OF the
|. loss in an engagement spread over so great a
space of country. and in the confusion which
II always ensues after battle. That the loss
y. is vesy severe aud particularly so in thc
4. matter Of officers, there is no matter OF
doubt. The difficulty OF rightly estimating
q our loss is also enhanced by the fact that
l. many OF those falling were unsvoidab'y left
Of upon the ground subsequently occupied by
e the enemy ia his first successful attack. The
at number Of these we cannot learn until regl.
TO mentll rolls are compared IL is sincerely
I'd 10 be regretted. in view OF the tales We have
IN of the barbarous treatment OF our wounded
ID by the rebels, when once they fall into their
IN hands, that necessity should have compelled
'ir any to be left upon the field. to receive "the
at tender nercies of the wicked That the
to rebels loss was greater by far thar our own
i
To artillery, our small arms were much more
ne effective, having all the superiority in iata
ur power which the Mimic ball has over thu
ed round rife ball The wounds inflicted b,
the enemy were mainly OF tho latter. Ha,
yn the leaden hail in which our men wer
OF obliged to stand 50 long. been composed o
b conicai instead Of ropnd shot many NOR
he Rachels would be mourning over the lost
&c and many moro bones draped in iunera
10 weeds Your correspondent feels particular
en- " grateful TO the blockade. being moral
nv certain that had The ball which lodged $
be harmlsssy in his Logging been Mimic b
*. would have been obliged always hereafter Il
~ write standing On Que foot-a good figure o
AZ speech for Juvenal but ono which he woul
a rather be excused from practically embody
p. ing. "A il H. the slight brassion left upo
les his leg by the ball, after forcing two thick
he nesses OF leather and one OF cloth Is sui
ats ciently suggestive of reward 10 satisfy hi
ny moderate ambition for military adventure.
*. rnf AsrALrIIss on SATURDAY
" OF those sho entered into close range Z
w the cnemy's guns. scarcely one of the oiiiceI
=" that saw escaped without some mark OF IL
eneny's bullets on clothes or person. whe
~ no positive wound was inflicted. Gen Nagl
was struck four times by balls that pierce
es his cloths. nhieting slight bruises on h
mr. person. Liet West Aid dc Camp TO Ger
on Casey. who continued constantly under fir
on. while actively dischaTging his duties. had b
md clothes badly torn bya piece of SHE'LL
az Lieut.. Foster who was equally cool and 81
zen ergctic. | heard reported "a wounded. b'
nv. discredit the statement. which l should
h's sorry TO believe true Of SO efficient an Office
nd Capt Smith. Gen. Casscy's Assistant Adj
lne tant General, and Lieut. Harrington RAJ
ce mond. Aid lie Camp. we're disabled by sicl
vi neS.- Lieut.. Raymond frettins upon his sic
ing bod at the tacEght that he should be con
ED pellsd To inaotioE at time whom his services
were 80 Tsuch needed by his General!
orc OF the line officers not positively woundc
the Gel. G. II. Van Wyck OF the &c New ioi
regiment, seems 20 have met with the mo
hat narrow escape. being struck by spent she
our which doubled up his sword sheath. and :
or serciy bruised his let knee. Had the she
cal been nearer is initial velocity, the Colon
w. would have Lost pair OF limbs. of esscnii
be. service 10 a man of his active habits; aud h
.ost IL exploded. Congress would have been ~
ng. nus one Of it, working nembers
DDS All sorts Ut roports scre ahoat inmes
did atelv aftes the engagements IN regard TO a
the eidcnts to prominent officers. In Gen. Case,
re Division more particularly. The Gener
Ia, himself was reported 10 me first as wounde
,ers then as killed. but was happy TO be able
,xn congratulate the brave old soldier on his c
his tire safety before leaving the held with n