The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-06-10
TENTH VOLUME--NUMBER sae.

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provisions guns ambuanccs, wagons, spare horses,
and, in fact, everything stationed On the Williams:
burg road, tell into our hands, and regiment after
regiment of the enemy retreated TO the Chicka-
hominy faster than ever witnessed before by old
campaiguers, leaving large numbers Of killed and
wounded to the fortunes Of war. Beaten and
driven in disgrace from their camp and earth works
the Williamsburg road, the enemy made q
bold attempt to regain the lost ground by
vigorous flank movement down the York River
Rail Read, thinking thus to retrieve the fortunes
of the day and place things as they were In ta0
morning. Heavy firing consequently commenced
between and p. NJ, to the LEFT of the Williams
burg road, the mile post, the York
River Railroad, but Oddaway's battery and
brigade in waiting received their advance with
such nrdor that, without any preliminary, tho
Tenncsaeeans and others threw themselves upon
the Federals, drove in their skirnshers, attacked
the main fOrce and up to the middle in water
assaled the battery before them, and took 1t with
the bayones. The h9hting in this direction was
not of long duration, but of great intensity and
noise, Imboden's Cor Oddaway s) field pieces being
worked with remarkable precision aud ceerty.
expediting the enemy's retreat within short time
The enthusiasm of the men on the left of tho
Williamsburg road could not be restrained. Shout
after shout rent the air, and it did not oveH
subside when actually engaged themselves late in
the evening; for, although hot personally with
them, could well mark their successful advance
by the dying sounds Of their wild shouts in tho
woods. Thus, then, when darkness had fairly
set in upon the scene, the enemys attempt upon
lines at two points had disastrously failed, and
the enemy driven three miles beyond their original
position of the morning, with total loss Of twelve
or fifteen guns, and thousands Of killed and
wounded aud an immense quantity of stores Of
every description.
I.f ikn otol
every side? Friend aud foe scattered far and
wide in death, or in last agones Here and there
are deserted camps, dead and dying fill tho tents.
horses wounded aud lane rush to and fro--sur-
gcons and ambulances journey to and tro-bcre
artillery-men, some Federal, some Confederate.
wounded or dead within few feet Of each other
All crave water, and crawling through mud, lnp
Tie blood-stained and Shiny food Some curse.
some moan and turn their eyes to heaven sadly.
Rebels hand around water to their late foes, aud
eyes gistcD in thankfuness. Squads Of prisoners
are seen issuing from the woods in divers places,
who scowl upon their captors ominously, while 9TH
ers whistle and joke along the road Us if nfuitoly
gratitied at capture. Here comes n stalwart Ala
bamian, left hand shattered and in a sling, carry
ing off triumphantly the coors Of the 54th Penn.
sylva~ia, keeping watchtul eye upon the staEd-
ard bearer at his side who Scowls, hangs low his
head, and ignomnously drags his slow length
along. Il woudnt have surrendered my colors,'
said he " but | was assisting wounded officer,
and was surrounded by three regiments :" 4 very
probable story say all soldiers.
Presently there appears long line Of "b!us
jackets" conducted by few Of tho 9Th s q volun-
tecrs. Our wounded truly were very numerous.
"All right fellows" said one Of our boys, coming
from the front desperately wounded; "Go in boys
and fnish-we have driven them as far as logs
would carry US; we got 100 barrels Of whiSksy, SO
hurrah for u.s.
Saturdays fight ended by the foe retiring three
miles
THE FIGHT ON SUNDAY.
Expecting a resumption Of hostilities on Sunday
every preparation was made therefor, and at aH
early hour the enemy commenced to advance down
the York River Railroads; but Gen. Mahonc's bri-
eadc (iIugcr's command) met them, and gallantly
drove them backwards again, although manfully
attempting to regain the position lost the evening
before. In this engagement, Col Lomax and Adj
johnson Of the 3D. Alabama were killed, and the
18th Virginia lost many valuable men. Tho 9th
Virginia did not act so we'll usual!
We sorry to say that officers suffered
severely in the two days operations. Gen. Gar
land had three horses shot under him. and was
severely hurt before reiinquishing his command
in the field Gen Pettigrew (of n. CO and Col.
lIatton Of Tenn, we're killed, also n number of
subordinate officers.
Later in the evening the enemy appeared in
force near the battle field Of the morning which
was then held by our Gen Mahones brig
adc still occupied the advance and were drawn UP
in line Of battle, prepared to meet the foe, not
withstanding the severe loss it sustained in the
morning. Many Of our dead and wounded still
remained upon the field. An omnibus sent
out to get many possible, but this was cap
turcd by the enemy. The yankees advanced to
thn ole nf nia of
yards of our line, where they halted and remained
at dusk Gen Mahonc's brigade was soon rein
forced by several brigades which were drawn up q
short distance in its rear, while large force was
placed near by in reserve.
President Davis, Gems Leo, Longstreet, Smith,
Stu1rt, and other commanding Generals, were up
Oh the ground at this point, showing that 1t was
an important position in the affairs of the day.
Thus matters stood at sundown. As further
attack was anticipated during the night, troops
prepared to bivouac the field in readiness tor
the events Of Monday.
The Lynchburg Artillery, formerly known a.
Latham's battery, now commanded by Capt Jas
Dearing, had 10 wounded out of 81 men, aud 80
or 40 horses disabled But many yankees were
slain by the battery.
One Of the batteries captured from the enemy
was the Empire Battery" Of New, York. The
guns were new, brass field pieces, known as the
Napoleon gun. The pieces were turncd over 20
the Washington Artillery. The l2ta aud 9th
Alabama took battery Of ten pieces. The lst
Virginia and 4th North Carolina charged bat