Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-12
FROM LINCOLNBOM.

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| YANEIEs.
The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes the Statement OF
,hn Minton, Rebel soldier" some portions Of which
We COPY for the amusement Of our readers. 1t ia by
such living stuff as this that the Yankee editors impose
upon the credulty OF the rAbble. The Inquirer says
that Mnton Was learning the trade Of tusmith in Rich
mopd and pressed into the 4lst Virginia Regiment
in July last
He was eucamped on the Petersburg turnpike, and al
ter the battle OF Fair 0lks which be participated ne
se,ned He knows nothing OF any intreDchmens that
NAV exist in front OF Manchester, which Mcclellan Wi
now have to attack beyond vogue statements respecting
| them BE says that the Rebels had two hundred ana
| fifty thousand men under arms In the hght comPrs,ug
nearly their whole army, which has been concentrated 10
the vicinity Of Richmond. Al Fair Oaks the Rsbes Weni
into the fgbt confidently, and made the fret charge:
JEFF Davis remarked, during the action, that II oe
was as of owning million OF money as ne was o.
holding Richmond, he would ask nothing better. Inc
Rebels however express their inability TO stand the shen
or roon shot, OF The Union troops and also their 6ayo
net charges. They used to think that the II thkees
could fight Oh land but after the battle oil ar oKS
J.f Davis remarked 10 his men, - IL, We hnd dit
ierent tale now they can fight well as We General
Johnson wss wounded in the first part OF the ecuon snd
as he fell from his horse exclaimed boys carry me
out OF the Wsy" when Davis placed himself al the heao
| OF the men and led them on.
Tie loss OF the Rebels was four thousand in killed,
1 wounded and missing. rive nunoreu IruHsJNeE'eus
we're surrounded and taken prisoners. The Rebels con
sidered the action drawn hsht supposipg The loss
on the Union side about equaled their own They we're
driven within two miles oil Richmond on Sundsy. They
commenced digging trenches to bury their dead, ~hen
JEFF wis rode up and learning what wac trsnsacting,
said "DSn's take time to bury them d--n them burn
| Ihem AID the horses too"
All the dead in that locality were then burned, nun
oenng about Two hundred men and three or four hun
/ bred horses.
/ 49, half tha nj
Richmond are in favor OF the Union. He had seen
era Who possessed United States hIgs which they had
concealed about their premises 4
The city is sutreuchcd all around. Every means has
beu rsorted to by the Rebels in order 10 raise their
army TO the hghet poss bic number Drafting has been
esdy in prcgress since previous 10 the battle OF BuI
Run aud tie ages CT the soldiers range from twelve
years fry. Many OF the soldiers composer the Rebel
.tmy icing Union men, will not light, and have Killed
| many OF tier Cfhcers In Ia lie. Our Informant, when
within ABOUT hundred ya:ds ot the colonel Of his r'g
n .nt shot HIN through the head Much OF the killing
OF officers Is owing the cruel manner ia which they
treat many Of men, especially those who are suspect
| cd OF enterain Uulon sentiments.
The = larieImss OF the regiment to which our IN
oImau UeJngeG after reDderI himself very unpopu'
lar by several tunes squandeIipg intended for
the men Was shot 10 bat Il by rebel sojier Toe com
pany oil jers too who sometimes entrusted by the
IartermasteT Nn the pIym mt OF the N N rendered
tnems Ives similarly obnoxious by gambling the money
ANay. Our informant, WuO was IN the strflce thirteen
months did not than twenty dollars during
tlA time aud only obtained that By borrowing It from
,ne lastermaster Tue whole army poorly clad ano
a.e Oh uu T,er ratOps, each soldier receiving halt
| uld OF pork and pound o flour per day. They get
! o honor there /. ing none 10 be had.
Just before the Fair Oks fight the time OF the Thirty
-r,oni Nurh Carolina giueut expired Fifty OF then
sr gsgJed Through return home for twenty day,
gfeu tbsy were captured eg General Burnside. De
husdfei meu ir0a regiment Stra sent 10 ascertain
tle cause OF be. proors absence They also tell INTO
the hands ct the General The Colonel then took q
rrm.ader Of regiment in quest OF the abseuIees
| sleu Ten BIsrs.ce blggd hem al. Just before the
| ,,ttle Of F,lr 0,ks the . n Alabama Regiment com
orsing twelve hun red men, were supplied With ne"
J ,ot,orma ana ia the cugsg the Twelfth VrgIi5,
an, . lb,m for rkses, feed on them aud charged
T,h iatsl Ct oEiJ I've lul !red ana fifty OF the Ala
oama K, sinenI surviving. IN discovering the error
INTO which they had fallen, Chesrs an ptEsei together
| cfiod Ike children.
Iur yLASg MOVEMENT At GAINES NrlL-RoUr OF INK
| YANHEIs
We ooude1se the ioos,ag from the correspondence
/ OF the Ne7 York Tribune:
Nv note book SAYS that II o'clock. the enemy com.
| meuced n Determined attack extreme le evi
! ieut, with design OF dIlkiog US. Il WAS on aUtu!
a.g that resCGuded fsom that smoke clouded valley
| - , Ken come in the earlier part OF the engage
-, h, or s.,n ~ and determined Il vas only by
over bsA!iug exhausted men -" t'esu ou.' a 20 -.
nv ,ucce Gei in turning ths dluk, - a. lei ne oD
succeed, only too sell Aud he accomplish 'n 'uies
uus ters Of An hour Al ths expiration Of tbs, NV
cur officers liiciou y ordered their 10 fall ba,k'
he crd,r wts rot ooeyed - jljicculy, for they ran
back 6r,k d.,ordsrsd, rD5.''d simultaneously tie
wounded sud skukers about the tud ~ used ss hcspi
al. caught panic whether from few rderess horses
uluagirg maGly tc,Oss tue iej Eon iusisntaueousy
-ceu ing the rou does appear. motley mob Start
| 81 ps nell for the BRIGGS They oVeftaksn by
many j1s, from the Vooos aud it seemed as BilI Ban
we're tO be repeated.
Meanwhile, the panic extended. Scores Of gallant
officers eudeavcred to rally aud form the s'rEggles
bur IN vau While macy officers forgot the pride Of their
shoulder rsps and the Eonor Ci their manhood, and
nedsd with ,leaks and towards. o, that rad known
the names OF 4 osc officers saw the brave and the
artly tha here now might reasri aud ph9ish BY di.
reCt upon each individual The respect the contempt
| o! wH0le people.
That scene was not TO be forgotten. Scores OF
rieress terrified horses dsahigg in every direction
thick ring bullets singing by admcnsbirg OF danger;
every miuu.o a man struck doTr wagons and ambu-
| lances and cannon bockadng the way wounded men
linpirg ard groauiug, and bleeding amid the throug
officers and civilians dsDOunoing and reasoning and en-
teltug and being nsan-oy borne along with the mSss
the sublime cal EoUaling the clouds OF battle smoke,
aud tue tun jog: Disappearing large and bood-red-l
cannot picture it, but see i, ard Cigars shall
THs RkTEEAT To 5sSEs RIVE.
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