The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-07-04
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Tho Recent Battle Before Richmon,

Herald We quote the following par
agraphs regarding the battle o
| Wednesday last before Richmond
which was severely contested, ant
in which the Union forces were en-
tirely successful:
In FRONT or RIonMoNp, June, 90
Wednesday, June 90, was sienalizec
by another glorious -'ruggle between
the rebels and the Union troops, ir
which the latter were twice victori
ous. About SIX thousand OF our mer
on that day encountered two divTs
ions OF the rebel army a short die.
tance beyond Fair Oaks, and drove
them back a mile. By a remarka.
BILE blundeL we relirquishcd all the
ground gained as soon as we bad OBJ
tanned possession Of it. and then
when the error was sifted and under.
stood, our gallant lads went at /,
again and corrected the mistake -
Upon our retirement the enemy had
once more swept Il over the field like
a recurrent tide wave. and for q sec
ond time we drove him back s.ep
by step over all the ground original
" won, and maintained our position
there at night.
But little artillery was employed,
and the casualties are, therefore,
not so numerous as might be sup,
Posed from the duration of the fight
As the artillery that was used was
mostly ours, the enemy's loss is
doubtless considerably heavier than
onr own. Oars will perhaps reach
the neiahborhood of eighty killed
and less than two hundred wounded.
II should be clearly understood
what this particular fight was for. -
IL was not an interruption OF our
march to Richmond. 10 which, as
might he supposed. the rebels threw
themselves in onr way and stopped
us at mile from our original line.
Il was a fight for a POSITIONS do
termined struggle for piece of
ground which il was deemed neces
sary that we should 'have and hold"
This piece Of ground is barely a mile
beyond our former line, and we
have it, and hole it, for what pur
pose 1t is probably contraband to
state.
Two brigades Of Hooker's division
Growers and Sickles'-did nearly
all tho work. though some other
brigades were slightly engaged be.
fore the day was over.
At hali.past nine our line wac
brought to stand still. It was ev,
dent that the enemy was in great
'orce along the whole line. Near
that hour the 5'h New Jersey was
sent out ss a reserve 10 Sickles, the
81 New York to reinforce his ad |
'snce, and regiment Of Sedgwick's
iivision. The 10Th Massachusetts
vas pushed in on his right. 30 as to
,x'end his line to the rairoad.--
Still, with occasional intermssion of
comparative quiet, the fire rsped
long the whole front OF the two de-
'oted brigades, and seemed even to
age with intenser fury as it ap.
the road on which the Elk
elsior Brigade had advanced.
During this hard fought hour our
1en had not tlnched at all. Every
ne toed the mark resolutely, ready
do what he came for. There was
OF straggler to be econ, and those
ven who helped the wounded off
70 field helped them only to where
onduct OF these two brigades speak
he praise OF those gallant officers
Tho have made them soldiers, and
lied them with the soldiers spirit,
nd especially does their good con-
uct on this day rebound to the hon.
r of that noble old veteran, General
locker.
Steady purpose prevails. When
be rebels found that our boys were
Iot going to give way under any
they concluded to
live way themselves, Their dispo'
ition to do 80 first appeared in from
If Grover. 1t was hailed with a
iearty cheer BY our boys, who push,
ID ahead, and, now that the machine
was fairly started, went on with
. rush. In few minutes they
broke out into the open field, and
The object was 90 far gained at that
point. A battery was sent down to
play on the enemy's flank and shell
the masses in retreat.
At this time, when victory seemed
unaccountable orders came
to fell back. They were reluctantly
obeyed, when General Mcclellan ar
rived on the ground and, seeing how
matters stood, ordered another ad
vance, which was made in handsome
and gallant style. Steadily the en-
my were forced back until the
ground once before gained had beer
regaincd, and the armies rested fol
the night after a good days work.
New YORK. June 29.-Ths Tib
nue. has issued an extra dated "bat