Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-06-14

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An ACCOUNT OF TIE LATE BATTLE BIZ
I Al ARfxLLERfNAM.
The following i an ezsract from .
pvivAtsf letter rom . nembsr Of the
.Nspoleon AGuu Battery" of Caseys
division, which was in front line Of
the FIRST days battle at Richmond -:
"About II O'Clock ION Saturday. May
slst..) the enemy sent couple OF SIX
mound balls over into our camp, and I'M
,red;ately commenced the attack by
driving 10 oar pickets. Soon our NsPo,
leon guns (tbres of which were posted
in an unfinished redoubt, and three on
.hs left near rife pi) opened with
case shot, which went wbizzipg through
the air. over the heads of our own men,
right into the midst of the enemy, and,
there exploding, scattered death through
their ranks. % the left the rebels
we're seen coming through the woods to
flank us, aud, wheeling three Of our
guns so az to bear upon them, we pour.
ed case-shot among them with unexsm'
pied rapidity and terrible effect.
"The destruction was horrible. Our
spherical case.sbot are awful missiles,
each ofthem consisting ola clotted mass
Of seventy six musket balls, with .
charge Of powder in the centre, that -
fired by fuse the same as shell. Inc
missile first acts as solid shot, blowing
its way through masses of men, and
,ben eYnIodino hurls forward a shower
of musket balls, that NOV down the foe
in heaps. Our battery threw twenty.
four Of these q minute, and, az We had
the exact range of every part Of the
field, every shot told with frightfnl ef.
feet. But the enemy we're not at all
daunted.
"Thev marched steadily on, and hail
ed a perfect tempest of balls upon u.s..
Why we, as we'll as our horses, were not
every one shot down will forever remain
mystery to me. We did not mind
the leaden hail, however, but kept pour
ing our case.shot into the dense masses
of the foe, who came on in prodigious
and overwhelming force. And they
fought spIendidly, too. Our shot tore
their ranks wide open, shattered them
asundcr in a manner that was fr'ghtful
to witness but they closed up again at
once, and came on as steadily as Eng
Iish veterans.
"When they got within four hundred
Yards, we closed our case-shot, and
! opened on them with canister, and such
destruction never elsewhere witnessed.
At each discharge great gaps were
made in their ranks-indeed, whole
| companies went down before that MUIR
derous fire but they closed mp with an
order and discipline that was awe in
spiring. They seemed to be animated
with the courage Of despair, blended
with the hope of speedy victory it
they could by an overwhelming rush
drive us from our position.
ut was awful to see their ranks torn
and shattered by every discharge OF
canister that we poured right into their
faces, and, while their dead and dying
lay in piles, close up, and still keep ad-
vaucing right in the face of that fire.
At ono time three lines, one behind an.
other, were steadily advancing, and three
of their flags were brought 10 range o
one Of our guns shotted with canister.
"'Fire!' shouted the gunner, and
down went those three flags, and gar
was opened through those three lines al
if thunderbolt had torn through them
and the dead lay in swaths. But they
at once closed up and came steadily on
never hating or wave'ing, right through
the woods, over the fence, through the
field, right up to our guns, and, sweep
ing everything before them, captured
every piece.
"When we delivered our last fire,
they we're within fifteen or twenty PAGES
of us, and, as all our horses had been killed
or wounded, we could not carry of a
gun. Our whole division was cut to
pieces, with what loss l do not know.
We fell back to second line of in.
trenchments, and there held the enemv
in check till reinforcemcnts arrived, and
then we kept our position till night pu,
an end TO the battle"
BURLEIGH writes thus to the Boston
Journal:
81 had the pleasure of seeing Gov
Stanley the day he sailed. He is 8
small man, of sandy complexion, Of the
build OF Mr.. Seward, and looks enough
like him to be q brother. He goes out
under positive orders to regard this as a
rebellion aid not revolution. He will
respect the laws of North Carolina, re.
woke all orders, edicts, acts, that in any
way infringe the laws OF that State
Gov. Stanley will obey orders. No man
or cabinet will change Mr.. Lincoln (
plan. Mrs. Lincoln once told me tina,
when, on a matter Of tight, Mr.. Lincoln
puts his foot down, there is no such
thiog as moving him. Men who do moi
like Mr.. linco ms n ode of doing thing.
will have to get used to it. There is &c
power in pulpit, press or platform te
! change the plans of Mr.. Lincoln"
GENERAL McCLELLAN.-A cores
pondent Of the Tribune, writing from
before Richmond, on SUNDAY. after III,