The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-04
THE BATTLE.
Our Special Army Correspondence.

Our Special Army Correspondence.
WHITE House., Va, June 2, 1852
wA~s ne Batse Commemorative Rebels Successful "a.
First Day-The Determinations Of General Mcclellan to
Recover the Lest Gro,md-GenUal Heiaselman Seconds
BIS EGorts-7hs Railroad for the Woanded-Steamers
for the S,6erers-7he Whole Of the Eighth alabama
Regiment Captursd-7he Balloon Rcconnossance-7ae
Balloon Fired a. and Nearly -Hentselmans Bayonet
Charge-A Battle Fought BY Lightning, de-, dc.
The events Of the past days have been Of such
sangunary nature that my heart sckens TO review
thsm Being removed from the Of conflict, shall
therefore leave them to DO detailed by that portion Of the
HERALD corps who Immediately engaged In the
conflict or rather series Of conflicts. only, there
FORE give the readers OF the HERALD series Of incidents
that viii not prove unintercstng The attack satur
day made by the nemy left wing and centre
It sudden and in overwhelming numbers. The object
Of the to turn left flank. The lighting
tnued during the day. and troops forced behind
the original line Of defence Up to Saturday night the
battle in favor Of the rebels On Sunday the 0ktlo
was opened by wing column the latter
under General Hcntzelman His orders from Gene
raj Mcclellan recover the lost ground whatever
Of life, even every persisted. Tho courageous
fighting Of our troops Sunday, when it shall
have been detailed, viii show that tho order
Of the commanding general carried to the letter
Up 10 this writing loss in killed and wounded will
not fall short Of from three TO four thousand men
Among those large number Of officers killed
The fire Of artillery terrific in the extreme. At
every discharge Of piece streets made in their
ranks" The bravery Of troops, with few sxcep-
tions, unsurpassed. One brigade Of Caseys
division was an exception. During the 1ghs on
Saturday they became dsmoralized and retreat.
Cd. The second brigade OF General Ksarney's divi-
sion was placed under command Of the senior Colonel
JH H. Ward. Of the Thirty eighth New York and under
that officer did prodigics Of valpr.
The railroad from this point 10 the battle nsd was &C.
lively employed all day yesterday bringing down The
wounded Seven hundred and nifty were placed on board
the steamer Commodore and sent to Fortress Monroe;
four hundred and fifty sent the Knicksbocker
TO the same place. and three hundred and City on the
Rm City 70 Norfolk.
Tho whole Of the Eighth Alabama regiment was cap
tursd by troops.
You that through the conduct Of Gen. Casey
division we wcro terribly cut up and lost considerable
ground. The next day General Mcclellan determined
Inavs before stated 10 regain and establish his su.
prsmacy In that quarter After making all the nscessa-
~ precautionary movements, and taking the proper
ops to forward, he sent up balloon to the dis
TANGO Of two thousand feet, whore it was kept and
regular telegraphic communication established from that
elevated point Of view direct TO the Commanding Gene
raj AZ soon as the selesraphers ready thcy mi.
nuoy described tho location and number Of tho enemy
troops. And as they sdvanced--for they were again
coming forward charge upon what they supposed our
dcmorazed roops-hs operators gave tho General their
force and tho direction in which they were advancing
and no promptly ordered his troops to the proper place.
when the enemy met, and Of course repulsed
The rebels finding that Wherever they they were
met by overwhelming numbers at points where they
little supposed they could be annoyed by troops the
balloon, OF course, pointed 10 by the enc.
my and shortly afterwards they trained rife
gun at the daring aerial general and after repeated
firing they succeeded in exploding shells tho bal.
LOOM in fact that II deemed imprudent TO rc
main UP any longer that precise location and accord
iDsy, ths balloon was lowered 70 the GROUND 10 be shift