New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-09
TIE RATTLE OF TUESDAY AS DESCRIBED
By TlE RICHMOND ENANIN Or

- TIhRIBLE SLAUGHTER OF THE REBELS.
FSon nc Flctaqond .'aer of .'f1y. ssV =.
The battle 81 TUESDAY Was perhaps the hercest
ard most saugurarv o. the scenes Of bloody conflicts
that have siguaI2ed each W the last seven Gays
We have al eady alvesed 10 the part PLAYED IN the
action bv Gen. Jackson ana Others. but, 20 YET have
made II De mention Of the operations uVon the Occs-
zion of Gen. MaGuler add the troops under BIS
command. We nov ploro.- to give such particu-
has ~ we have oOt4m % Oh the field after the bat
tie.
Early on Tuesday - o hing he enemy, from tie
ro.itiOn 70 which De bad been clyen TIE night be-
fore confined Ais retreat lu "a eouih-e3s'cfy oIrec-
ton toward ms pmooas on james iiyer II \
O'Clock a. ~. M-gIu1cT IeCOMIenCed TIE pursuit.
advancing cautiously but steadily, and thelling the
foless and swRmps in frcni a. he progressed. Tins
method OF advance Wa Kept up Throughout. the
morning. and until 4 O'Clock D. H., without coming
np with tlc enemy.
Bat between and O'Clock our troops reached a
LARGE open held q nile long and llres-Tralters in
width Oh the farm % DR.. Carer. The enemy were
discovered strongly Inrrenchei IN denseioresi On
the other side o. IBIS ieid Their artillery, OF about
20 pieces, could be plainly seen pnstng Oh their
freshly Constructed tariAwork. Al Ten minutes be-
lore , 0 clOck p. NJ Gen. haerufcr ordered il' men
10 charge acro.s the field and drive the enemy from
their position.
Gailanlv they 81 rang 10 he encounter, running
into the field al p 1ai nm. instantly from The line
If the enemy h.ces.wofk- "a irurderous storm Of
grape and canister hurled INTO their ranks with
the most ieTI e elect. Oilceir ana men went
down by HUNDREDS DNt Nef, aA0aulic1 qua ui NaNfi
ing our line dashed on until twOthirds % the dis
tance across the field was accomplished. Here the
earnaee from the wiiheIIng re Of the enemy COM
bined artillery and N skc;ry was dreadful.
Cur line wave ed a moment and fell back 20 the
cover OF the woods Twice again the effort 10 carry
the position was renewed, but each time with the
same reeults. Mint, al lc1gth, rendered further
attempt inlcdiciOus and The Sght until ~ O'Clock
was kept up BY the aItillS o. both sdes. 10 add 10
the horrors il nor the dangers Of the battle the
n.u alffn At Ia
Neck two aud q bali mllcs distant, poured On tie
field continued broadsides from their immense nile
guns.
Though II is objectionable. a., have suggested,
whether any serious loss Inflicted on rs by lie
gunboats tie horrors o. tae light were aggravated
by the monster shells which tore shrieking through
The forests ard exploded with conclusion which
seemed 10 shake The solid eafh itself. Tie moral
effect tie ankecs Of these tOTTOI-inspiug allies
mus have been yl.y great AID % tine, We believe,
consisted their ggeaJct damage 10 the army Of the
South.
1t musi not be inferred from the above account
tea' The slaughter was al upon our de. We have
Tue Oes reasons 10 know that the weildlreced fire
% our cannon snd nusSeIy, both before and subse.
luehl 70 our efforts 10 storm the enemys position
zen WIN isai etcct upon bis heavily mas ed forces
Az ~ 0 SIocG y N. the last gun fired from Our
sue' i"on re ned Ire position occupied when tue
iSns oooui, 90 durlng inc remainder of the night
tdcn WaS ousi! engaged removing their wounded
The rumble o. the enemy S ambulauces and wag-
ons, "a rapid and hurried motion did not cease even
with the dawn. AZ 10 clock on Wednesday morn
Ing they were sun bnty, aud Discontinued their la
bors mo- because their wounded had been removed
bnt Tor fear OF our advance Our wonuded were
earned from the eld directly to the ian-houses in
the neighbOrhOOd, whence, after their jniufies he'd
been examined and dressed, they we've Brought 70
Tins city.
During the morning The enemy evacuated his no.
sitiOn and retIested sll bearing IN a souih.eos,erv
direction, and apparently Tot attempting 70 Iosse1
he distance between him aud bis Pun6oats
The battlefield, Surveyed through the cold rain Of
Wednesday morning, presented scenes too shocking
10 be dwelt on without anguish. The wood. and
ibe field before mentioned were, on the western
rdc, covered with our dead, in all the degrees of
violent nutilatOn; while 10 the woods on the west
Of tne hed lay, in about equal numbers, the blue
Uniformed bodies Of the enemy.
Many cf the latter were still alive having teen
i ny helr Trends in their indecent hsste to esoape
from Inc I.ebels
Weai hnInoef Of horses were killed On both sides
ADO Inc sgbt Of their cisigured csgcases, md the