, 1862-07-24

EF,anIiln.....-. F,a,Illn.....-. als 1913 liz s,3l
ci5s.. ca1silS:a:...:..' - il 90 :, =
Tot4l.......1,5e5 7.0l s.a5s 15,1a
y, Cur losses, about one-holt occurred at .h'
cattle of the Chiekahominy {" GaInes' I.lls''
Mntn was fought By Porter's corps, ASSISTED
y ofe Of Fsar klln's divisions. IN this usni
;ne IA main PITT ct the loss occurred, appearing
frat kin Is corps. three brigades Of tha: cor ot
!Neston's. Iaylor's aud Bar,ett's) crossed
nc Cl!ekahominy that day to The ASSISTANCE u
foHef'6 bard pr,ssed columns, mud were ut
otce pushed by Gen. Porter into the thickes1
oI me fight, They entered the wuotl
asavtly: regiment after regiment, aud
serves, as was sho@ By the decrease and retir ;.
ntnt OF the enemy = 1usllade On the influx ol
me fresh mnsket,y which they poured forth,
6at one of Taylor's regiments, the 4.h Ne =
Jersey, tdrat ctd in the direction Of the 1ltt
rennsy1vania {of a1cCalrs diyiaiop) had pre-.
slonsly entered The fray. The Inst mentioned
NEiMtn'. 1or some reason which remains IN
u eApaalned, had surrendered in body "a
Lfisoleis Of var. It is now supposed
tfiat the 4th New Jersey saw our unl-
loim tp*rtaps EVEN our colors still fYlnEl
Whe1efhe llth Pennsylvania was standing =
prisoners, and. naturallVsupposfngt that their
ewn Upper fighting place was ut least AZ lar
fer@aia as that point, pressed on, only to be
informed when too lite, that they were
within the rebel lines, and that their friends
and Supposed allies were already prisoners.
TITS explanation is the only reasonable one
that occurs TO tie minds of The companions
III aIu,s Of the regiments In question. II is
to these two regiments. IS any one may see
BY lhe Extracts ffum the Richmond papers,
that most OF the new prisoners In that city
htlobE. The same papers say that ttwo
Yp1kee regiments deserted during the fight
Of The .7.h-"
BY the why, the Geus. Sanders and r .ukin
mtntinrtd In the Rich1Ioud papers as having
tetn csptured, baye MEYER bciore been heard
af On our side Of the lines. Taera are no
fuch PERSONS. Gen. Reynolds "a great toss)
was csp'urrd at this battle, und Gen. Mccall
OF New market -oad. Both Of them belonged
10 the p Ptnnsylyauia Reserve, and so did
Meade, wouL dcu and srLt holne tu Paila,lel-
phia. These +. re 'hs only general officers We
lost during the wtole movement, uf the
eight cla1ulcd by the yeracions confederates.
Tie lois Of these two regiments eatire cAus-
ilE the total auuiLilAtion Vi that ut of our
liI't, amply accounts for the p1eiciog Of our
1iprs AT that point.
About one-halt If the remaiafug loss occur
red Ut Porter's battles Of Newmarket Road.
Turkey Blicge aAtl Malvern. The stme u.-ti
who lad fought Oh tue ::,G and q b OF Juur,
n1sd uasel.d on the e81h and .,9tl, tuu .ht
again IL tht 50th aud LIST OF July, aud wou, at
Last Oh the later Dig, gluriou. sucreas-lne
battle tf MalsetE-the last blow ATTEMPTED
15 tho enemy, and the only one their p4pers
sIeak q a. xFteTivus "ntschance." oa
acts d under cou,nlald Of Gen. Pur1cr, and
forEhs well, sustaining there tue main part Of
the loss CREDITED to tlat cUrps iu the tn3ul.r
ktattutnt.
On the same dry General Porter having oc.
easlolt to cail Tor i,.:lp on Generu Sumner, IT.
*eiysd Mcagler's brigade, which did good ser
Vice III t1IIRrt OF our left wing, then som--
what advanced. It was f,rtt' i by General
Porter IL eehellon OF r'giMents on our LETT
Il bk. (r];is Is favoIite formation fur ad-
FaLct. Lel lEE I'll wllt reiu each regiment over
Set . i'll pot * Is the exposed wing OF the ona
ltxt it truut ofl.)
VIII The messenger to General SKINNER ar
,ived at his hradquarteIs uciutzcl,nAu tap
pt1'rd to be standing Hear. Like j brave aud
geIe'ous soloit1 as lr il, ueintz-lulau ex-
cla'ned, ''Portcr wouldn't ask it uu.es> he
NJ edsd It; Ysu send him Il brigade and I'll
srlc atotEer."
Ard 10 he did. sickles' Excelsior brigade
arr ivcd on Malvern Hll almost as soon rs did
Ncagher'e lrisElncn, anc Ge4ernl Porter furul-
ed tl, III {a'so in ccbellon} on the right faux
OF ehc advatce, supporting Couch. In both
these 1ai King ecLtlons the udvanc-t r-:,i-
1Itnts tuoh r, iitEtt *o:lt OF tbs tatt altons uf
tic Original line which had exhausted th-ir
and iAAlly, We br;iere, every
.cgihttt OF buIh were more or leo7 engaged.
lh.r less appe.rs in shs Accouut OF th.ir
corps.
Mas5frn was the logical sequence Of the mi
nor ac1uns Of june .;0lh, Turkey Bridge ind
ket Ro4dA T1k.y Bridge was pslu-
eipa1'y an "arilll.ry duvl." Tho "arti,i.ry
,sst've' Of The army. doing dnty, under c.'i.
tul Ir1ctce-kurey defensive. Ut course-
p ht1ees The tuil I tIect is t'uly kno ~n u tue
et, my The EuncOats. by Inc way, threw
ths ir 9: ellis IL The bau,e 1itlc aud sIAc. THE
r sd sb1riDg down the JaInes River frum
kic1 nand) md Oh tho neat day. When We tc-
a"hc lit 1t fill Z, thirty Gcad lnrses md Two
{. st''td CUTS "efe alone left to tell the tale
Of la.Gc. Our SIS was inspprccf .nle.
sfn'ulfaut ourlT with this, 10 ns, harmless
d'vtr''ts Iii. 1t, the enemy attacked McC4iis |
|" Pthn-3 irania Rvferv." on the Nexm4r:set |
,ad. II dues not ctrtaiu!y appear to US that
IL St tops have sustained tue good rtpu L.
tinIs thy bad made Al MechanicssiIe OH tI,t. |
9th. they VT It terribly exhausted. Mccall /
was captured and II. ade wounded In Tie
.ction. Rryuutds Ind alle4dS beeu takea at
:ic batt'. If the ChirkauominJ. Tnese things
'bGhld 1ecs iyr their dnt v. i.ut. 5utIl:c it to |
~ ha' the time gained ty The fghtlus OF the
KIP cted If them, vas sufficient for al the re-
,sailing baggage aid a,tIlirEy .r ,ius to PISS
IT, dispute punt Their own artillery, theu
rst b, their Il, u,st-adine-s, nukes lar.5e part
't 1tt Timber vi guns anaud"neh out Of the
0fAl ttuIbtr {.uahy h,,ndreds) which furtned
IL nus train 70 mnrveIlou-ly moved from
ht CiGtkal 0nfHy TO the James.
10 It .urn 10 the evening nf the eth. Dnr.
oE SID after The battle Of the Chick .loniny
he ntlIF attacked FTlnk1iu's ptrt Ut the
,aic ts',nt toward Richmond, euppo>lry,
~ naturally, th.t it had been weakened by
lie tIahs"r Ut part of irs defenders Acrpss
be Ch:ckahomily to Porter's assistance
II adcs had bern sent ov.r-bus they found
u n'selses much, mistaken in their conc.n-
tIs-1hat ie, In th- idea that they could
leletore whip out the remainder. FrAukIfu'5
her division {5mi'h's) being spread over the
ho1e trout ol b,!h. pnl-et them handsome
:, with hut small loss, taking qntte mum OFT
prisoners, incIuding sont oiiicers OF rIuk.
Again, at the crossing Of White o * swamp.
tLlih's division had the opportunity OF re-
u:eitg 'hcn', NIT, did It well, TOO, with arsil-
y, not even letting them ~: In those close
usl.tr1 quarters, Ut which alone any serious
SIS of Ut. IL incnrrrd.
Summers and HeinlzHlman's corps did the
1arc allotted to them Of the great work, by
eir battles Of Goldiug's Farm. Peach
rcfard and Sayage's Station. We must
sait Official rctnrns for fuller ACCOUNT Of
|cee stf.iss thar. We bare been ahlc to obtain |
onl reporters statements. We ouly know |
at they f.:ught nobly and e1Iicieutly,
ith comparatively small sacrifice, hut with
'eat n sulte. w hav. rumor, further, that
INNER, at Sivage's Station, wl5 very hard to
'oke otl, ike bull dog who knows be has q
sod holt, and will not be called utf, By
8 owp maeter, when that master wishes 10
e him On elsewhere
The lots in Gen. Porter's CORDS WIS ex.
emely severe: AdaiuK to it the loss under
n. .mand By the auxtl!aries Gen. Mcclellan 1
lve him from time 10 time the fatal makes !
ore than two-thi1ds Of the whule loss io the
oEepent; aud the praise due to him IL that
s achitrements were in proportton-high
aiEc sid well deserved, as Gen. McCue;lln
inks, and as we truly btlieye.
Not ene minute Of this time gained by,t
exc glorious fsh!s-these spurrings with
Z heel in the face Of our enemies-could |
re betn spared. On the 26th, Mechanics- :
Ut helc Lee back day. On the 9Th, nt ..
ltns's Mtll, eyesy minute thas our brave
'Js ttnrk to their first line was precious.
they bad been contented to take up the E
col p sition half an hour earlier on that ,
d 'alte. Ing fne might have gathered force
+ fr sh rush-then Gnd knows who Of s
" mary ~ould hare rot safe over the lark T
d narrow bridge across the Chisk3AomFuy.
1t was. all got over safely before morning, I
the ntxt day Lee, johnson, Jackson Il ]
chnona papsts as engagcd) mtstaking the
ute Porter had t4keu, pressed on down the
ickahominy, aud were heard OF no more 3
our veil ordered columns were we'll of
.ard the James. Again, If franklin had
Il q thas hight in the unequal contest on
Richmobd front, the noble fight on the U
a.r side w"uld have done littls good, for t.
lore II bad fairly started, and the baffled 4
il ID hare Ii own at least dav too SOM