Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-07-08

'N'H' No0'iy an entre page or correspondence
from W. D. BIcKHAM, the intelligent and we'll
Informed war correspondent of that paper. wbo
has been with MCCLELLAN mos. of the time
since the beginning Of the rebellion. His &C.
count OF the battles before Richmond Is brourh,
down to the evening of Tuesday, July Is., wher
he left the headquarters of the General in Chief
Tor Cincinnati, where he arrived on Friday
We give below the last column of the CORES.
pondence:
Perhaps one of the noblest spectaoles in mar
tiai history, was improvised In Fitz John Por
te,s camp, when bis veteran volunteers Wers
oroefed 70 the battle field They had eater
nothing for thlrty-slx hours. Thursday some
Of them had fought. Friday thew folpbt Al
DAY long and into night. That night the,
marched across the river. Next dsv tbsy
marched again. That night they kent watch
in White Oak Swamp. And MONDAY tbe,
marched again. The fiery sun had parcbed
their feet, hunger and thirst and labor had an.
feebled their bodies, but Monday Afternoon
when ordera come to move again TO the 6sld
the color bearers stepped to the front with tbeir
proud standards, the drums beat rallying rata.
plan, and those devoted followers OF the " ban
ner OF beauty and glory" swung aloft their hats
and shouted with soul-stirring enthusiam. The
eyes OF their Generals flashed fire as their faces
lighted up with sudden glory, and officers
stepped together in clusters and swore soIemnly
that life should be sacrificed before that FAC
should fall. My life," said one, dis nothing,
If | have no country" And again the noble
fellows shouted their war notes. Weak ss thew
were, saw them move to the field at double
quick. When they fly, the army Of the Potomac
will be no more.
Night seemed to bring little more relief
The enemy could not press us then. But would
he tomorrow Il was believed he was massinn
all his power to crush US in combined attack
On that our soldiers could rest day, even
Alas! they could not rest at night. Their sal.
vatlon 1t seemed depended more upon their la.
Dor now than upon their guns. Into The trench.
es ye braves, and work till morn summons YOU
70 6attle. And go they labored, some dropping
ilstiessly In the trenches, exhausted nature re-
fusing to endure more.
But there was another picture had almost
forgot, In such march struggling was una
voida6le. The sick made long, sad process
slon' dragging along the road feebly and pain.
iuily at every step, until at last the goal of
safety was attained. But beside these were
hundreds who were aa feeble from fatigue as
the SICK were from inirmity. But it was es.
sential they should fight that day. saw
Drigade OF them organized and marched out -
"Who OF you will fght7" No answer, but
perfect Indifference One steps out. "I NAV as
well die fighting as die Of exhaustion" These
men were hears.broken. They had fought
brayely, would fight again, but they needed
rest 80 sorely. Reader, It was sgonizlng to look
upon such scenes. No man whose sensibilitiea
had not been hardened into steel, could check
sigh, or even tear, In such presence. And
now go with me under the river bank and look
at the suffering braves, mapgled and torn BY
shot and shell. But no, the cup is full.
cannot detail the battle OF Monday. Bri-
gades' end regiments, and companies, and frag-
ments OF each were fought as they could be
used. 1t matters not who were here or there
lt was O terrible battle. Gen. Mccall was lost
Gen. sumner was twice wounded, but not ser-
ously. His wounds were bound on the field,
and he remained in the saddle and in the aery
torrent. Col. Wymsn, too, OF the Eighteenth
Massachusetts, was killed. Gen. Meade was
severely wounded. How many others I cannot
tell. 1t was bloody day. There will be weep.
ing at many hearthstone. and many loved
one was lost who will be sought for long and
never IOunu.
Sumner, and HeintzelmaD, and Frank.
lin, and Hooker, and Smith, and Sedgwiok, and
Mccall; Hancock, and Davidson and Meade,
and Seymore, and Burns, and Slckles, and Sui
", and Owens, and dead Wyman, and all the
galaxy OF brave leaders, won title to glorious
honors. They tell me that the rebel General
Longstreet was wounded and two other Generals
lay dead ON the field, with long lines of rebel
AfiiNnFu md aAa ne MH ~ -
satisfaction for such dead as ours.
The enemy was beaten again, thank God =
beaten badly, driven back, slaughtered fearful
ly. The gunboats had at least moral agency
In the tight. 1t did not appear that their guns
could do more than protect the left flank, which
was much, and the enemy was shy of that point.
But an officer Of General cMcCall's staff told
me we lost ttoenty guns that day. "Howi" '.By
the enemy in overwhelming masses marching
up and taking them" Il was said Henizel-
mans command captured twelve from the enc.
my, and Q whole brigade of the enemy.
think the latter doubtful. General Magruder
was certainly not captured. Prisoners assure
me Jackson was not hurt. Here is question.
Better err on the safe side. Inquired and was
not satisfied. Nobody kRsp. It was 80 report.
ca. can't take reports. War bulletins are
not reliable. / saw about eight hundred pris-
or peFs-could not learn the whereabOuts of the
brigade" said to have been captured by Heintz-
Gilman. Think it false Tepoyt--inyented TO
keep up courage-Which was not necessary, for
the men, jaded as they were, noble fellows,
cheered when summoned to battle, and swore to
die game. Said to rebel officer, edo your
men respect Yankee fghters2" eyes sir, they
surprise u.s." Said /, "others have broken and
retired; the genuine Yankees Of New England
have never taltered on the Chiokahominy'n Il
is true; and Massachusetts, mourns more dead
soldiers, comparatively, than any States quota
in the army of the Potomac. 81
TUESDAYS BATTLE.
Tuesday, the LIST Of July. was not cheerful
day. The prospect was rot happy. The
Prince de Ioinville, always gay and active as
lad, and always where there was battle, had
gone. The Count de Paris, heir 10 the Bour-
bon throne, and the Duke de Chartres, his
brother, the two ohivalric and devoted aids to
Cen Mcclellan, on whose courage, fidelity, In
telligence and activity he safely relied; who
served with him to learn the art of war, sud-
denly, without previous warning, took passage
on gunboat and tiuttered softly down the river.
Why did they go7 Two officers of the English
army, who had accompanied Gen. Mcclellan to
study the art OF war, and who had intended 10
remain with the army until Richmond was ours,
announced theirintention TO depart on the. tifst
boat. The Paymasters were advised to deposit
their treasures on gunboat. People looked
glOomlly. Ah! / forgot: correspondents at
Fortress Monroe, deduci1g tacta from their
fertile imaginations, told you that when the ar
my reached Malveen Hill, the river OF that
point was full Of transports. Monday noon there
was not one there excepting Q schooner laden
with hay. Tuesday evening several steamers
had arrived and few forage boats. But leas-
on for yourselves. II was gloomy ct headquar-
tetp.. The troops were insrenching the bill and