Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-06-13


EEn IWsY; hutsSery quo MAG spiked II al
oos lot 6f ons .hu1drert aud thirty sight t.'Tsot
Gully tWsniy-oight;~ero left Alive
dEH oouca's FORCES Phsr.srp rnn lat Tl:nf
!gassys reaislaGre was now ptotty we'll
d6be with HE batteries uoie hi en i.,i.s
reaT Wild, and THE MsiIsliy al hie reti. al.ts
Were cull plete!y bTnktn tut ~ must i,iil
overlook What tLo. sall.ni uit sndio' had
slreadY really .i6ns Eenslal L aye: had sp
psrsntly mol. besii, It1ui tho T5rg r,ai, ssh.
giins OF Lis ability To hGld .lasey'5 position,
Aud had given lis Whale atled1inI. IL 500 hat
Uoaebe line Di battle, behind Casey. sbHild
be such asdo G6ld Tie sieny, h,L ahets hiIi
thsrs, st lesst THUS UaseY Has thus isT isil
slone, save sons assistsBfe rendered bJ tbs
NeT York sixty.aecond, Filty>Fiilh aud q &c
ginlqrt from Kcnrney's division: t;t :cis &C.
sis!sncc was completely incGecsi7e
Sas7 CEREAL, clsrz: HA1 aoiia
:. II FGs noH. half past four, The attack ts.
err shortly after twel75 u'clret. and ths bst-
] tie Fss in, full fury st two. Thus for three
! hoass and half e snAOassy, wsh sia Thousand
.traT troops, had Susfsine,s The whole wsight OF
the fshel: :oDset-.h onset m ado III fofss stIeaaI
uiple bis oSn, and with ,he very Oldest regi-
msnts Of the Southern army. From Casey g
front to the point of his last resistance ia n0t
bali mile, and Il had taken the eaomY tiiIee
hours and hall u advance tha, halt mile
Thus Casey lad stoo in Tho way 10 ndne pllr.
puGr. He lad given tho oneniy three hGurs
iud hslfo hard Ashl; he lest ty casualties
nearly every fourth man that he had in the
or HC I'D Inct
OF his best officers, including his gallant and
cs7abls Obiet II Artillery, Oololsl 3 silsy, and
now at last he wns compelled, with q heavy
heart, to r,linqaish the unequal struggle
Let those who are disposed to sps sak Ct how
Casey ga7e way. remember eIac:lT What
Casey did.
| EEiSI-EL&sN III cSIaIhP.
Daring the quiet thai ansued aftsr ITO l.ss
oi Casey's last position, General HeiHt=eDan
arrived upon tie Htld, and assumed the COM
nehd that had previously been held By Gen.
L.syes
corca's DivIsfGii
'ien Uvuch, iipon7Whose coIana',t tbs s!,--
ny os' nsxt to fall, had upon ths Held paris
ol t"elTs regiments. The brigade thai fafl
1iIed the oldest treops-Gen. DeETer's hsd
only the 1th and . 10th Massachusetts, ana the
s5,h New ferk on the field, snd each OF these
regiments had, throe companies cut on picket,
Peck's brigade also and Aube1crombie's Qate-
| y ,GrshaEi's.l were koth weakened il ;he
same way. Eui Gen. Coueh-modest, bTa.e
snd ready Tor any emergency cy-prepsred to 4,
Lis bsst. Upon the first intirnstion Of tbs ere
ny's advance, his division wss allrEly ,ta7nad
0ut snd Postsi 1;r. ..,. = .ac"-
coGch's POSITION. 'a.H
Two iih5s oi rifs pits, rather adequate Io5
tue tarp9ss. had bted Constructed il sd7hRCe
u O0ueu's camp, Sud in open 1elda la el!heT
sllr 6i tho main road, sld'io front oi tho er0s5
road. 10 tie pts TO tho lett ot lIs ioGd tts
Fifty tiitk lltE IoIE sni ths sixtY second
New ovk had rcst Geen, placed; but when
they went ahead, the Massachusetts Tenth
nas placed tetiu3 the pits, with the ninetJ-
third aud Qae Hundred and Second fenusy-
yssnia 0n ne left and Tesr III tlt Wood. ul ths
right, AID lttle lii fssT Oi the Tenth, as
posted tattory q, First Pennsylvania artillery,
Captain Mccarthy. Ii tho pits 10 tho Fight cf
| tic rusd. and tho Esarsst t0 the road mas the
Tt sixth He4 York 10 tie right Of the
Th.ty-siztn The Seventh HASA ehusetts ;; III
rear, snd 10 tGs Tisnt of the SeTenth, was UaF.
tain Mlller's battery OF light t.t|clTe-Foundere-
aF1her &c fhs tight, ii aiTsicc, sad resting
On the nins.mils road. Ius the Twolty-third
P5nnsyl7znis, sud behind it The tiIst Long
Island. TITO ThiTtyoilrst AID Sixty first Penn
sylVana, and tho First Ohasseurs Tsrs slso on
the right towards Fair uas Station Eradys
battery Eai il the ssne nelghborhdoi, aud
Floods battery Was placed behind the
Nins Mill road, hear lis juacticn Vith Ils
main road. Hlr!. 1ere lLe positions tnken ty
the Respective paris Vi Couch ston"and.
CUT 40 PiEcrs.
Al two o'clock tho W iiisDsLurz ros.i was
linsd With slresui ol maa o6 their way TO
the rosr. Mhuy ere wounded, snd they soenl
81 - show their wounds as the explanation Of
WHY thsT vent i1 that directoon y ID era arc
sick, ard others again were tbs fragments Of
tie broken. resiments-lO3d, lU4th and othsr
Pennsylvania reglments-foT it is only simple
justice TO say chat the Fe11syTsnisns wers In
the majority iu this stream. Casey's division,
however, wss 1omp posed in very lsrsa dsETee
Of Pennsylvania troops. GeDersls E.eYss and
Couch bo,I end0s1orod 10 arrest this rssrHard
stream--at irst By moral Suaslon, tut snbse-
ouently by guard Lieut.. Ecceston, the ef'
tcient Provost Marshal of Couch's division.
was pasted liz the rosd with his an. snd did
What could be done in the rnstter. This, how
ever soon passed out Of all thoughts.
ooUcH ENGAGED
itnss little Ii ore than half.pssl Iolr when
the rensIed advance Of tho eHetny brought
them to Ooucb's line. His linu was not drawn
exactly parallel to the snemy's adTsEcs, but
vas obliqued in such manner that its right
became brst engaged. Once more the woods
we're alive with fire Gallant Colonel Neile,
with the G3d Pennsylvania, vas trst into it.,
and bis presence kept up the spirit Of his nen.
His fire had been reserved until the enemy were
near to him, and only six rounds bad been dis
charged when his own, man Md the .eneny's
were fairly face 70 face.
czAseE OF TIE 23D pENNsTLTAI 7oLusTEsE:-
TEE REsELs GIVE WAY.
l. Then the gallant Colonel gave his nen the
word to charge, and went in ahead to SHOW
them how to do il, again the cold .steel wss
offer ed aud again the Iuen OF ths South refuse
it. They gaze v sy and scattered before the
Taenty.lhlrd, and the way was ciesr but
now Nellie had the IRE Of the snelny upon his
right and left, and begsn 10 suffer severely as
be iell hack to bis pla:s Many OF his msn,
also, had gone down III the charge, besides
thoss that wtre h!t-for il. WAS oyof difficult
Eround-ahd as they tane up again did not
ind their regiment. Thus the T~enty-third
1sa weakened, but fell back, fighting, snd
Col, nellie, with his co oTs aud less than hnn-
drsd men: formed Oh the First Long Island, tbs
nsIt regiment &c his limo
s7iil TEE E:'E,T c.a5 aa.
And III fen rDirutes lstfz, ouT TIole .isnt
Has il hot tsttic. There the lZhr aFasi to
~
poured in. From the lett the Nlnet;
and One Hundred end Second Pennsylvania
and the siz.J second Now iork mere hurried
across, and brigade OF E,sarnsy's DIVISION
BirneY's bTigsde-then Oh the ia lrosd, "as
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