The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-07-04

tens Of thousands before they could have
crossed that long narrow bridge.
Wagons, artillery, ambulances and men
were hurryipg toward the bridge, and
panic was almost inevitable, when strong
gaard was placed across the bridge. At the
time when the enemy had almost reached
the main hospital half mile from the river,
Thomas Francis Meagers Irishmen came
over the bill stripped to the bare arms and
were ordered to 60 in. They gave a yell
and went to work, and the result was that
the enemy fell back to the woods, and thus
matters stood up to eleven o'clock yester-
day.
Sunday morning at dark an attack was
made along the front of the entire line and
was resumed at 2 A. NJ. in front of Generals
Hooker, Kearney and Sumner without MAJ
terial result.
Another correspondent says of Fridays
battle that twice all along the front did the
rebels attack our lines, our rifle pits and
| redoubts.
Porter with so cannon and Summers,
Hooker's and Ayers guns, moved them
with death harvest.
Their loss in killed and wounded was hor.
ribIe.
Under date of Friday midnight the same
correspondent says that ten guns were tax.
en- from US by q sudden flank attack cover
ed by the thick smoke which hung around.
Count de Paris captured a rebel Major,
who belonged to Jackson's army. He said
be had been in the valley oil the Shenandoah
all winter ard came here yesterday with a
part Of Jackson's army. The rest cf it ar
rived this morning. The whole of il was
here be said and that in the attack on our
right he rebels had from 10000 to $4,000
troops.
This will explain the enormous fire under
which our men were borne down and swept
away, precisely as some of the regiments
were swept away at the Seven Pines.
Yesterday the Pennsy lvania Reserve
drove the attacking regiments of Jackson's
Command. Today they were overpowered
by the same troops reinforced.
Sykes regulars were called up and prov
ed unequal to tbs task of stopping them
and SIocum's command had to be added to
them. The Count he Paris testifes to the
remarkably good conduct OF all the regi>
Inents that sustained this unequal attack on
Porter. These gave way indeed, but none
of them ran. Their losses are enormous.
The Eleventh Infantry regiment of regu.
lars is about annihi!ated Nearly every
officer IN it is either killed or wounded. The
Fourteenth suffered also severely. Major
Rose!e of the regulars, kinsman of Gen.
Mcclellan, is killed. Col. Pratt of New
York regiment, is also killed, together with
Lieut.. Coils. Black and Sweeizer. Our
loss iD officers is very marked indeed, the
disproportios in numbers was so extraordi,
nary, and the obstinacy of our troops so
upyielding, that cur losses were inevitably
large. The artillery, in both Porter's and
Smiths divisions, killed the retels in heaps.
The fire was terribly effective.
New York. June 30.--The Herald's res
port dated 27th, states that our killed,
wounded and missing that day reached
1900.
The object of the movement was to bring
Porter's and other divisions into more close
connection with the rest of the army, in
fact changing the front of the whole of our
forces, with our centre and left pressing
on Richmond itself, which would be done,
IL Was SApSCIeu, VI SATURDAY.
1t vas a virtual surrender or vacating of
a long line of defence heretofore kept up to
MechaDicsville 10 order to have the whole
force within more effective distance, and
also to force the rebels to follow up and if
possible to bag them.
Mcclellan ordered Porter to withdraw to
two miles this side of Gaines Mills early on
Friday morning, which was done, the enc.
my following up, thinking they had gained
victory over our troops, who were slowly
moving back in order, fighting as they went,
crossing the Chickahominy and reached the
position designated for their occupation.
The rebels followed in great force, and by
three O'Clock P. M. there was general and
heavy engagement here, lasting until seven
O'Clock, when lull took place, but the reb-
els again renewed it with greater ferocity.
having been reinforced, Our men took the
unequal contest like heroes and did fearful
execution. Our forces were increased by
Generals Slocum, Palmer, French, and
Meagher's brigades, and the rebels were
badly beaten.
Meagher's brigade went into the battle
with coats eli and sleeves rolled up, fighting
like tigers.
The ground which General Mcclellan Or
dered General Porter to occupy and hold
was occupied and held. To the FIRST part of
the day Gen. Porter's corps only commended
against the rebels, but subsequently REIN
forcements swelled the number to $4,000 ;
the rebels had GO, 900 men under Generals
Lee, Hill, Anderson and Branch.
Among the killed are Colonies Cove, 22d
Massachusetts, and Roberts, lst Michigan.
PHILADELPHIA, June 3O-The following
is the conclusion of the Baltimore Anseris
CAMS account OF the recent affairs before
Richmond:
WASHINGTON, June 29.--Since closing
my letter from the White House, l find my
self in Washington City, and in possession
of most reliable Information from White
House and other points on the Peninsula.
nearly day later than is contained in my
letter.
1t appears that telegraphic communica-
ton between White House ard McClellan
was not broken till near one o'clock on Sat-
urday, and then the wires were cut at q
station eleven miles out.
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