The New York herald., 1862-07-06

and rear and that there was no possibility Of his form
ing Junction between thsm long had forrA
dablo an enemy 70 contend against Besides, here
danger Of the other Of his wings bsng cut oato
gsshsr Night finally 70 the rsseae. and, "A was
not the object OF army pursue the rebels after
short but destructive chase they allowed 70 retire
unmoested from the Aeld. Next morning. about ono
O'Clock rear guard finally reached ts destination at
Turkeys Grove, the James river u three O'Clock
the morning Of the soh Of June Ths slaughter OF the
enemy In his repeated and unsuccessful attempts 70 cap
ture our batteries different parts Of tho line was
nothing lees than 500 killed and wounded, while
our loss did nos ta ossvsd exceed one half that num-
Der.
VIXEN I'm raSvrz THE sorH WAS own
Every one expected general and srce attack from tho
rebels along whole line Their best hope lay in the
possibility OF ovsrpowsring forces before any rein
forcemsnts could arrive Al is cris tAe gsraship Of
AcCds, ~ an probability. saued tie array Hs rode
svsywhere scng ths troops and moro than once assur
hsn no was getting tho enemy lust where hs wanted
him. The gsme of masked batteries had been played
against him everywhere that was possible
| during the retreat Of our column, and their loss
In tho pursuit at least 20 900 up to the evening
Of tho S0h Of june whie loss could not have been
moro chan s,O00 n tho stragglsrs who fell into the
epsmy's hands be excepted.
THE POSITION TAKEN UP AZ TURKEYS GROVE,
Near the James river, by General Mcclellan, pro-
mcnory Of high land formed by bend In the James river
nearly opposite City Point In addition to the fact that
our left wing was weguarded by the gunboats the
| rsvor, the position itself naturally very
| strong All that was left Of our brave army
wero drawn In hne OF battle this promontory
Tuesday morning, the LIST inst The enemy contrary to
tho general expectation, remained remarkably quiet
during the night between Monday and Tuesday. The
fact showed coGclusively the severity Of the chasse
ment inflicted upon them the previous afternoon.
4 DAYLIGHT NEXT MORNING, TUESDAY, JULY l.,
Our forces drawn up a remicrcular line,
| flank resting the river aud tho other under the
protection Of the gunboats. With the corps
| in position, the troops crownng the elevated
land presented the appearance Of half moon. The
front Of hue in some places about three miles
dstan. from the river. The forces Of the rebels
drawn up about mile and quarter beyond and in the
bright sun OF the lovely morning his bayenets
| could bc seen flashing gayly for miles upon
miles, - far as the view extended around. Bsnncrs
waved this long ne and showed whore IL
the wooded hill SINK into the slopes Of the pretty
valleys The picture beyond all comparison tho
ssti;me Of all that had yet been prssentsdeo my
eye by glorious war;"
ANIME O'CLOCK A. n nosnIYins aEooMssSc.p VIGOROUSLY
summers corps, which, up 10 this time, had beon
gagged ncovering the retreat fell into its original
positonan the limo relatively the other forces Tho
enemy were again on the ofsnsve Our troops were
beg inning 70 suffer for Of rations wollas every
thing ose The cannonade continued hour. .eut only
tng loss occasionedby side for at least
in shrec OF the shells enemy ailed 70 explode
On various parts OF tho :fne there was good deal Of
skirmSshng all that day
THE sIRrGGI1 RATrKRY.
in General sumners corps there little n1e than
renewal Of the cnnnonade at intervals till near night.
IA mn had MS all N hiatt
position which annoyed snmner's forces considerably.
Gener. Mcclellan determined to have captured The
battery was planted he margin OF wood about half
ms from the extreme sfour principal limo battle Be.
tweeC ave and six O'Clock General Sumner prod
terry CT the Fourth United States artillery the
Pennssvana, supporting Meaghers Irish Brigade the
Twent ninth Massachusetts,, and twocsaer corps
70 sko up position nesr ana try to eaptuso the gun
The oes under the qua eye OF their iavor,ts leader
jackson perceived the movement and OWNED its object
They therefore detormmsd u.s. and this pur
pose sent forward corman OF ten thousand men march
ing sts support arms, in column by brgaies. The
OF Gsss appearing in this way was to deceive
theE ject. No had they debouched from the
coveros the wood which lay their petition and
f they broke to right and left on
aost destructive Gre OF shell grape shrepnel and
canSts- The Sixty mint Pennsylvania Immediately
opene icre, and the ESvt to tho enemy
reginaons could oppose tbs enemy In front at n time
The rsss,s presented afrac. twice as numerous
After sangunary struggle, tho Sixty ninth were CON
pelleeG fall back towGdsits right where they subsa
queutIys Gid good service the flank OF the snemy
Just ssscon they Withdrawn the ssssy ninth
New seiI replaced than ,fBd continued the battle,
| Aeador riding in front and hourishunx his
swor while Nugcnt, .tsGr colonel, oosszsa ,ded
then aocaarge bay onees ilrsn the oncmy. While this,
pssse,authc left flank of Ste Sxiy.ninlh Nsx York
ancby ssc tremendous eo!isys OF muskery al Aigenty
yark 6nis,ce Annihaied the a7io'companies on s left
Of TIE hatzlion with th< exception ten men, Every
ofior n,hsih companies allskIise or wounded
| BK dEAEls os TIE RsrnxxSr-yAs NOT rnKvEssgc
| hpwevsr, -apd the Eighty eisk.h regiment, Axder
AhjG QuiaAsn, now oemiag mp, returned the
complainant with intersa., .and were no inrurifscd
by nc sAuter Of their bravo GGSapanions in
ths nads desperate assault are enemy with. the
bayunct. ards only presented from rushing upen
hssAtterss ss .hc willy eneng by ssc loud commanrsf
teir oncas, swhc psrcoivsd Lat 4uoh desperation
l vSS only seSs the destracton cf tho CORPS Sba
Syty third ns.psnt OF thc irt brgses under Colonel
4 Ien Burke, now appeared, ane also lie Twenty-nint
.NsHsacfsasetn, pnisr Colonel Pisrce. who fully re.
lssssed his matayy reputation, whch vas couded a,
Bigi3sthe and assnerai chsrcs bayarets" along the
line followed, rsEi.hing in tbs total and complete
~ RorT Asp .nSroMFrruRE az EysMY,
M,ss lcss Of ssc Sfteen huscssd men, ons-half Of
vghssawsre killed snse pursait Gaerse.ia arsempts
VI rally Our troops checred vocfsrously az thoy fol-
yxed Up the ensuay.snd paid them round for their
saaerity whenever ihes dared trytc rally. number
Of prisoners and two guns capturs anf she result
OF ssr psn@uvre satisfactory than had bcen
anticipated The loss ow side In this rnogt
and szngu.rary battle not less thaa ono thousu
mon in klbsf and wounded.
Every otuew and man distinguished himself fer ,al
lantry i the rebels have lssrnod this battle how
many OF fhe1n we're equal TO Ave Yankees Mcaxher
and hts saAr vere conspicuous throughout tho enIro
affair capt AeCoy OF the STAR 2ad horss shof undor
him by a caznor ball.
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