The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-06-19

sibilitv. Major Van Vaultenburr tho
second in command Of the New York
Artillery, was killed. Adiutant VIM.
Ramsey wounded, while every battery
but one lost its quota Of men, and some
Of them lost nearly al their horses
Bates Battery of Napoleon guns-12
pound brass pieces which was to the
front, thus derived of locomotion, and
stuck fast in the mud, was left behind
in the retirement of our troops, but not
until Cen Nogel had taken it upon
himself to see that several pieces were
spiked. In addition to this, one 3.inch
Parrott gun of Battery A was disabled
by shot, and fell into the h 1nds of
the enemy. The Penn. Reserve Bat
terry Of COUGHS Division, also lost one of
their guns-these eight pieces of ord
nance constituting our entire loss, so
far as | could learn. We can better
afford to spare the pieces than we can
afford to have the rebels profit by their
gain. They show every Indication of
bein much in want Of artillery, and
the need is evidently stimulating their
efforts to profit by the chances of war
to possess themselves of our gnns.
GEN. SUMMERS ADVANCE.
Meantime Gen. Sumner had succeed
cd in bringing his troops across the
Chickahominy, and was advancing on
the right to maintain our position there
where less gr ID had b,en lost. After
several days of labor, Gen. Sumner had
THROWN two bridges across the creef.
between Bottom Bridge and New Bridge
where local reports held it to be imnns.
slble to find any foundation for niles
to support the superstructures. One
OF these bridges was some two miles
above Bottom Bridge, and the other n
mile further up the stream. The lower of
these was carried away during the heavy
storm on Friday night and Gen. Sum.
ner was obliged to depend upon n sin
gle shaky structure for the passage of
his troops, who nearly all, however
succeeded in crossing that night, the
head OF the column reaching the Nine
mile road, along which the rebels we're
pressing our troops, at about Z o'clock.
holding the enemy in check for the
night, preventing them from following
up IN that direction, the advantage they
had gained during the day.
THE FIGHT ON SUNDAY.
Flushed with their seeming victory
Of Saturday, the rebels awoke with con >
6dence on Sunday tn follow IN their
movements. sure Of driving us this time
TO the Chickahominv and beyond. But
they had made the unfortunate mistake
Of estimating the strength of our re.
serves hv the weakness Of our advance.
Most bitterly did they pay for Meir mis-
f1ke. Pressing eagerly forward with
clnfdenne Of victory, they were met by
the trained troops Of Heintzleman and
Sumner. whose unyielding columns
checked their fierce assault, turning the
tide of ba Hle evervwhera agpinst thom.
and Gorcta1 I'll 'u d'H He paint ofhe boy.
onei on f0,carW Richmoad. 1t was their
tnrn now to break md run, and their
LOSES Of the Sabbath left them little
cause for rejoicing over the triAing gain
of Saturday, Terribly did the rabels
s fer on this. az on che previous day.
from the we'll directed fire Of our ar
iillery, pHing he gronnd NTH the slain.
Terribly also to them were tine frequent
charges of our solid columns, pressing
them hack, step by step, to the last point
of enauranoe, ,ohen hcr broke and run,
ingloriously leaving behind them many
of their men and officers. as we'll as pri-
Yates, prisoners in our hands, The
of these it is not possible to
ascertain, several days ue,esariy clips
ing after every engagement before full
inventory can be taken.
OUR Loss IN KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Of our loss it was impossible to form
any correct idea at the time I left the
field Of battle. That the rebels loss
was greater bv far than our own, do
not doubt Besides our superiority in
artillery, our small arms were much /.
more effective, having all the superiori.
ty in fatal rower, which the MIME hall
has over the round rife ball. The
wounds inflicted by the enemy wpro
mainly Of the lnt'er. HID tn baden
hail in which our men were obliged to
stand so long, heon composed of concal
instead of round shot, many more
R RIchels would b. mourning over the |
lost and many more homes drapod in
funeral weeds.
THE CASUALTIES ON SATURDAY.
Ofthose who entered into close range
'f the cnemy's guns, scarcely one of
he officers that | saw escaped without
some mark of the enemy's bullets on I
,lothcs or person, when No positive /
wound was inflicted Gen. Nagel was
struck four times by balls that pierced
his clothes, inhicting slight bruises on
MS person, Litut. West, Aid de Camp
10 Gen. Casey, who continued constant. ,
Iy under fire while actively discharging
his duties, ha his cl lthes badly t,rn by
d piece Of she'll, OF the line officers
not wonded, Col. G. H. Van Wyck, of
the 56th New York regiment, seems to
have met with the most narrow escape,
heing struck by a spent shell, which |
doubled mp his sword sheath, and Sc
verely bruised his left knee. Had the !
shell been nearer its initial velocity,
the Colonel would hage lost pair of!
limbs of essential service to q man of
his active habits; and had it exploded