Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-07-01
Very Latest by Telegraph
+ O'CLOCK p. NJ.
Hard Fighting Before Rich
mond.
Important Advantages Gained,
some Particulars Of the
Bat tie.
General McCall's Division Behave
Splendidly.

NEW YORK, IAN The Tr5ts, has jast
l-sued an extra with dispatches f'n the battle
field SUNDAY morning
The despatch states that severe and most
determined battle sss Tough IN the right wing
on Thursday and frIdny, which,, claimed by
sjAs OF uut shssrs as suceeSI1 1t WAS
strategic movcH.At INTO vAIoh lbo anemy have
snwittlngly been drawn. AID hleA viii spoa
result ii the cap,ur. II Riehn,n1 !s4 tas IN
tirs rebs army.
I'll. attack via, made ~ tie enemv 10 iui.
nesss force, who crpss-i u, Chickahominy
ncal tAs Railroad abo'. M-aaaucsUl!e. ON
thursday airiuvon They !o,gat desperately
but wofe unable - drive Oor Asn single rod
though in. suru7 were tsa - anr
TIE only iorce e.gaged tua iay was Nc
Gail division Tie battle idsJri rom Two till
niue ~ the afternoon. when the division was
ordered back Gen Mcclellan VI. IN the field,
ana expr, .sed himself satisfied with the result.
Among the killed are the following
Col Black, j2d Penn loratry Governor OF
Nebraska, by ball through the head while
leading a charg through piece ut wood. oil
Mc.ane, SD Penn Col. Mag ton. 9Th Penn
The following ], digest 81 the Tribune
report D. Two DAYS battle. which the CORES
poudcnt .tate, = necessarily imperfect Or
! Ihur,aA, noon tie enemy made an stack VI
/ ten >tOntmGu forces in the vicinity OF HanO
| yer Court House shortly they commenced
/ vigorous caunyuadInE lrln the woods Oh al
emiuencr opposite Mecba'irsvllc; also from
I tup batteries. Que above alj the other below
Ihsy were replied TO by tlI. Csmpbell's Pehn
sylYania batteries, one oq the Mechaucsyill
roa1, aud the other rom 'ehind e~rthworks a
the righ, Of tue road = about = p NJ tn
-nemy- infantry aud squadron OF c,yar,
crossed tie Chlckahsiuil' IL Immense force
4 short distance aoove the Virginia Contra
Railroad. making RAPID advance toward
Me- ais di lslon, eu,reneH,d on bully wood
land across swampy r'lne about a mile IN IN
rear OF Mechauc,yille
The hIst Pennsylvania Rifles. BucA;ails AM
/ Cainp brl reserve batteries rer- on duty, al
OF whom, except one company. fell back bcbin
the b.rlstwOrk and rlhy pits, where the line q
battle was drawn. Company X, OF Buckmils
on duty beyond the railroad was surrounded ant
/ the lIst known OF them they were trying 1
cat their way through an immense force
/ Their tate /. not known, but It is presumed tia
/ =
advanced dcwn ~ the lrar OF Mechanicsvll
/ on ii low ln.rshy siouud where our forces wer
drawn up behind rlns pas and cafthworkS oil
an emlhente On Ia, nurth 'lds oi the rsvne
where the conflict bean. mn terrible. I'll
rebels With mUht det-i mined cosr.se atteInpte,
TO push forward over the muy srsund, but bul
let's snd crap, Tell among them Liz. hal, until
Ia the words OF nn officer, lhey lay like lie
on bowl OF sugar, aud slhdIsw.
CaunOnading MAS KEEP upo o. both sides I'll
al nj nine clock Z. u. When the b. tito cease,
Our forces we're covered hr ssrthworks and suf
Tered but shghtly. Late il he Afternoon
The enemy nads charge with os,ulry. Abou
luO vi them came rushing down and sttempte,
10 cross the ta,ine, whcn their hoises mlred
A squadron vi our sa,nlry, seeing the po,ltior
Ia which the enemy we're placed, made chang,
down the hill. when tn, rebel cavalry me.
abandoned their horses and fled.
! The infantry fight wa. then renewed .nc
continued until about 7, NJ. when h retrea
~u ordered. very much against the will OF IN,
Pehns, lvauls boys. who begged to he allowe,
10 defend their position, which they felt conf
dent they could hold. The outer fo,cts ther
commenced to fall haok. OF the nigh, next ds,
he states that the caunOnadng WAS terrific
aud the musketry cat ouy lie under.tood b,
those who have heard the crash of immense tree
IN quick succession. Duryeas Zouayes wer,
! lying on the ground two houts, while our la,
terirs were Smelling the woods over them.
Finally, towards night the enemy ATTEMPTED
to break the centre line in front OF Duryea
Zouaye, and the musketry firing became mos
terrific, lasting twenty or thirty minutes, aitel
which there wa. lull. shortly altsrward al
attempt was made to break through our righ
wing, which was repused. Half AN hour latel
another attempt wac made on the left with tn,
same result The battle bad then been raging
I Tor some four hours without any apparent chang,
or advantage ON either side Reiniorcements o
artillery and infantry then came steadily along
over the bridge, marching through heat aud dusl
over the hill The enemy then seemed to make