The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-03

Ayres' guns moved them with a death
harvest. Their loss in killed and
wounded was horrible.
Under date of Friday, MIDNIGHT the
same correspondent says: Ten guns
were taken from us by SUDDEN flank
attack, covered by the thick smoke that
hung around. Count de Paris captured
rebel Major, who belonged to Jack
sons army. He said he had been in
the valley of the Shenandoah all winter,
and came here yesterday with part of
Jackson's army. The rest of it arrived
THIS morning. The whole Of it was
here. He said that in the attack on
our right the rebels had from $4,000 to
$4,000 troops. This will explain the
enormous fire under which our men
were borne down and swept away, pre-.
cisely as some of the regiments were
swept away at Fair Oaks. o0 -
Yesterday the Pennsylvania reserve
drove the attacking regiments of jack
sons command. To day they were
overpowered 10y the same troops REIN
forced. Sykes regulars, called up.,
proved unequal to the task of stopping
them, and Slocum's command had tes
be added to them. ls~
The Count de Paris testifies to the
remarkably good conduct of all the reg
iments that sustained this unequal at
tack on Porter They gave way in
deed, but not one of them run Their
losses are enormous. The 18th regular
infantry is about annihilated. Nearly
every officer is killed or wounded. The
l4th suffered also severely. Major
Rqselle of the regulars, kinsman of
Gen. Mcclellan, .is killed. Col. Pratt
New York regiment is also~kiIed, >.
and Lieut.. Coils. Black and Sweitzer.
Our loss in officers is very marked in
deed.
The disproportion in numbers was so
extraordinary and the obstinacy of our
troops so unyielding, that our loss were
inevitably large. The artillery in both
Porter's and Smiths divisions piled the.
rebels in heaps. The fire was terribly
effective. ftEeff
| WASHINGTON, June 3o-12 m.-The
government has no accurate Informal
ton of the state of affairs on the penin-
snla, by reason of the interruption Of
the Geographic communication. Moth
ing has been received to warrant the
belief of any serious disaster.
| NEW YORK, June 30.-The New
York Herdld's report, dated June 9th,
states that our killed, wounded and
missing on that day reached ! 200.
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 whole
front of the whole of our forces, with
our centre and left pressisg on Rich
mond, itself, which would be done, it
was thought, on Saturday.
1t was virtual surrender or yaca-
ton of the long line of defense hereto
ore kept up to Mechanicsville, in order
to have the whole force within more
effective distance, also TO allow the reb-
els to follow up, and, if possible, bag
them.
Mcclellan ordered Porter to withdraw to two
miles this side of Gaines Mills early Friday
ing which done, the enemy following up.
| thinking they had gained victory over our troops
slowly moving back in order fighting as they went
crossing the Chickahominy, and reaching the posi-
ton designed for their occupation by Mcclellan.
three p. m, a'general heavy engagement here took
| place, lasting till seven. when u took place;
but the rebels again renewed il with greater ieroci
| ty, having been reinforced.
| Our brave men stood the unequal contest like
heroes Canister, shell, grape and musketry did
| fearful havoc.
Our forces were increased BY Gems SIocun's
Palmer's and Meagher's brigades, and the rebels
| badly beaten
! Measher's brigade went into the fight with their
coats of and sleeves rolled up fighting like tigers
The ground Gen. Mcclellan ordered Porter to-
occupy and hold was occupied and held the first
part of the dav. Porter's corps only commended
against the rebels whom subsequent reiBforcements
| swelIed to she number of 4j, 900.
| The rebels had &C, 900 under Gems. Lee, Ander-
| son and Branch.
The West Point (yireiDia) correspondent Of the
New Nork Erening Post under date of the 9th,
states that il was reported there that our pickets
were driven in on the afternoon of the 26th at
Whitehouse, aud the shipping had all been sent 10
West Point from Whitehouse
A rebel mail captured states that Reauregard arr
| rived at Richmond with the major portion of his
army-that &c, 600 had been to reinforce Jack.
son. so that the latter could at once attack our
right and flank our army, while Lee could make a
desperate attack in 'front.'
The Philadelphia Inquirer states that soldiers by
the steamer State of Maine report that when thew
left hltehouse on Thursday, ii was beer ed that
the advance guard of Jackson had driven our pick
cts five miles Oh. while bis main body was ten miles
in the rear. The Union regiments and all the sick
| ut " hitehouse able to bear arms at once or
dered out. Word was sent to Caseys division. and
all trees on the Pamunky River cut down to give
place to the batteries on the gunboats.
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