Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-07-10

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Our Generals, accompanied by staff ant
®imental officers, rode over the battle
field Of Friday, on Saturday afternoon, ant
Sestiuated the number ofFederals left dear
Ion the field, at one thousand. A largt
uumberof their wounded also fell into onl
ahands. Their total loss in the several en-
4gagements, is estimated at about ten thou
Assaud, In killed, wounded and prisoners
&Our loss, all told, does not exceed twenty
1--WE hundred. The fighting on the Con
Moderate side exhibited degree of coolness
$and undaunted heroism which have neVe,
! been excelledin the history of nations -
aSTke work of our men was rendered brilli
ant by the number, style and irresistibihty
8of their bayonet charges, which carrid eve
lev thing before them, and so completely
8eclipsed the "bayonet charges" which Mo:
aCIellan pictured up for the popular mind
aof the North, on the occasion of the battle
Sof the ,"Seven ,Pines," that not even the
shadow Of respectable hand to hand re-
3sistaoce was offered them
In ou, combined assault upon this las,
and strongest series of works on the right
wing of the enemy, our forces Increased to
upwards of forty thousand men, while the
leneny presented a force Of about fifty thou
Sand strong, consisting of the whole Of
|Gen. Fitz John Porter's corps drarmee, a
division from Franklin's aud division Of
lMcCalrs corps dormee. The enemy was
thus driven back upon his centre, and his
entire plans Disconnected: He was busily
|fortifyiDg his position on the north on Sat.
|arday, in order to resist attack from the
rear ~ - =
The plan of attack in this days battle
may be summed up as, follows: General
Jackson made his way round the entire
Rear of the enemy, and pitched into their
3Ieft, driving, or rather "huddling," them
|alr up on their centre He then passed
around their srear and came up on their
|eft, while Gen. A. P. Hills corps was pur-
Suing down upon the right of their centre,
while General Longstreet and General D.
|H Hill were driving back their front in
the same direction. 1t must be understood
that the battle was fought between one
portion of our forces aud one.balf of the
enemy, the other half being on this (south
side of the Chickahominy, where no fight.
ing of importance occurred at all.
Gen. Mcclellan, though Immediately
Gear, and expected to command his forces
|iu person, did not appear on the field. The
prisoners taken by US manifested a strong
feeling in consequence of this cireupstance,
and stated that the entire army engaged
was similarly influenced.
THE BATTLE ON SATURDAY, ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF THE CHIoKAHoMINY.
No fighting occurred on the north side
of the Chickabominy on Saturday. At an
early hour, Gen. Magruder, whose forces
threaten the front of the enemy's forces on
the south. side, sent forward portion Of
sGen. Tombs' brigade, to capture battery
sou the Nine Mile road. Our men we're
|elated with the idea of'at length joining
}iu the fray which had SO long been in pro
sgress, and moving on marched upon and
charged the battery and captured it. The
enemy, however, had strong battery of
|howitzers 10 the rear, with which they
played upon our men necessarily, so that at
length they were compelled to abandon the
work. Our loss in this charge was about
two hundred, killed and wounded. Most
|of our killed and wounded in this engage.
ment, including COL Lamar, of Georgia,
who was severely wounded in the leg, were
left in the hands of the enemy.
No more fighting occurred along the lines
during the rest of the day. An armistice
was agreed upon in the afternoon, for the
exchange of the wounded and the burial
\ of the dead, and thus closed the events of
The day and week, the field, for the most
part, in our possession, and the mantle of
Victory covering our dead.
TIE POSITION.
Our Generals having disconnected the
senemy's centre, and the latter seeing no
iearthly chance for themselves, so complete
| y were they hemmed in, it is said, imme.
sdiately made for their gunboats on the Pa.
amunkey, but, to their utter surprise and
horror, found themselves outAanked by the
5indomitsble jackson and his brave army
sThey then re-crossed the swamp in the
widest confusion, and fled towards their
gunboats on the James River, closely fol-
lowed by Jackson, Hill aud Longstreet,
who expected to overtake Mcclellan and
his half Of the army Saturday night or
early Sunday morning.
The other half of the Federal army is
represented as completely surrounded by
our troops. Magruder iu front, Holmes Oh
! their right, and "Bethel" Hill and other
] generals in their rear. 1t was expected
/ that all of these generals would move a.
gainst the enemy at an early hour Sunday
morning, while those of our troops in their
rear will probably advance upon the enemy
towards Richmond. The enemy was, op
Saturday, busily employed in strengthening
his Notifications, both in front and rear, 80
las to resist, if possible, the combined as.
SSsaults Of our forces-their rear being at the
time totally unprepared to meet any vigor'
Ious attack.
j We have thus given in as concise a man
sner as possible the position of the two ar.
mics before Richmond, as explained to Us
sby gentleman of known intelligence and
sreliabilty. The reader will thus perceive
sthat the skies are indeed "bright and bright.
sening." Let the people of the Confedera.
9cv nlace implieit confidenee in the skill of