Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-07-14
Yankee Account Of the Fight.

credit for intrepidity and bravery scarcely Y
ever equalled. It was written by a member |.
of a New York Artillery Company who was :
prominently engaged in the fight: J
Our spherical case shot were awful mis- t
siles, each of them consisting OF a clotted t
mass Of seventy-six musket balls with q c
charge of powder in the centre, that $ hred S
with a fuse, the same as a shell. Ihe mis- q
sile first acts as a solid shot, blowing Its way S
through masses of men, and then exploding,
hurting forward showers OF musket balls c
that NOW down the foe in heaps. I
Our battery threw "a of these a minute, t
and as we had the exact range OF every part
of the field, every shot told with frlghttul eff
feet. But the enemy were not at all daunted
they marched steadily, and hailed a per-
feet torrent of balls upon US. Why we, as
well as our horses, were not shot down. Will
forever remain a mystery to me. we did not
mind the leaden hail, however, but kept
pouring our case shot into the dense masses
of the foe, who came on in prodlglouS and
overwhelming forces. And they fought
splendidly, too. Our shots tore thelr ranks
wide open, and shattered them asunder in a
manner that was frightful to witness; but
they closed up again at once, and came on as
steadily as English veterans. When they
got within 400 yards, gefclosed our case
shot and opened on them with CAMS
ter; and such Observation-Disclosures elsewhere
witnessed. At each discharge, great gaps
were made in their ranks-indeed whole
companies went down before that murderous
fire, but they closed up with an order and a
discipline that was a~we-inspiring. They
seemed to be animated. with the courage of
despair, blending with the hope of a speedy
victory if they could, by an overwhelming
rush, drive US from our position. It was
awful to see their ranks torn and shattered
by every discharge of canister that we pour
ed right into their faces, and while their dead
and dying lay in piles, they closedup and still
kept advancing right in the face Of the fire.
At one time, three lines, one behind an0th-
err, were steadily advancing, and three Of
their flags were brought into range Of our
guns shotted with canister "Firer' shouted
the gunner, and down went those three flags.
and a gap was opened through three lines as
if a thunderbolt had tern through them, and
the dead lay in swaths' They at once closed
up and came steadily on, never hating or
wavering, right through the woods, over the
fence, through the field, right up to our guns,
and sweeping everything before them, cap
tured every piece. When we delivered our
last fire, they were within fifteen or twenty
PAGES of US, and, as alfour horses were eth
er killed or wounded, we could not carry of
a gun. Our whole division was cut to pieces,
with what loss [ do not know. Wefell back
to a second line of entrenchment, and there
held the enemy in check until enforcement
arrived, and then we kept our position until
night put an end to the battle.
WHATTH YANKEES THINK OF NORTH CARO-
LIMA SoLDIBRs.-Through the kindness of
friend | have seen a very recent number o
the Philadelphia Enquirer. A special CORES
pondent to that papeLf writing from Fortress
Monroe, after giving the names OF ITO Woun
ded and sick, Federal and Confederate sol
diers, sent up the Bay from that place in tn
steamer Elm City, makes the following re
marks upon the brave soldiers of our State
who fought at the battles of Seven Pines ant
Hanover Court house:
1.-The regiments from North Carolina SUI
fered very heavily in the two above mention
ed battles, as they have done in most of tn
engagements between the respective armie
during the wal. 1t looks as if the Souther
leaders had more confidence in the men {
= the old North State than in those from an
other quarter at least, they are always foun
in the front, and hold the post Of honor"
FROM THE observation-disclosures papers 9th
6th, have been received. In the T. S. Senat
Chandler of Michigan, said that Stanton ha
nothing to do with putting the army in tt
marshes of Chickaheminy. This was a mat
ter of gross criminality which should consis
l the criminals to eternal detestatiOn. III
criminal is either Abraham Lincoln or &c
B. Mcclellan. There is no third man in b
Judgment. The criminal should suffer Il
extreme penalty Of the law. Hang the ra:
: cais-ED AGE. E
/ Stanton is unsparingly denounced by Il
Herald.
: Gold is selling in New York at 1104. II
u amount Of SPECIE exported since Jan. 1st,
. thirty.one million against six millions for t.
" same time last year.
|, CRUELTY TO CONFEDERATE OFFICERs.-T1
n Richmond Enquirer, says:
Our readers have doubtless noted the S
II verify practiced by the Yankees upon Ger
:, Bucaner and Tilghman now confined in FC
!, Warren. We understand from a perfectly a
thentic scure that Brig. Gen. Pettigrew, W
was recently severely wounde and TAX
-, prisoner by the-enemy, has been inhuma.l
n removed from Baltimore, where he had t
y, attention of friends, to Fort Delaware. I
=, right arm is paralized and he is very feeb
~ and unfit for any e%1ertion. In this conditi
~ he was consigned to prison, and even refus
:. permission to take a servant to assist him
his helplessness. The effect of this hars
ness is to retard Gen. Pettigrew's recover
and it may cost him his life. Yankee Gen
, ais in our hands have been treated bv US W
~ the greatest ibelality, but unless Buckn
le Tilghman and Pettigrew snail receive ano
y, er sort of usage, they must prepare for prom
. retaliation.
|. WONDERS WILL NEVER CEAsE.-The \