The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-07
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Tie army correspondent ht Of thes New York Hr
ail g.ses a 'grsphis account. q. ne s.a.tle OF :,
Thursday and Friday before .gk ,ssnond. from
which we t,.k, the foylowirg:
a sudden tsfSenee OF rsgiiat Il. ls,siil a wood
lliti - pf"in' easpation of t.o sifse pii- PARTIAL,
Al possession II some al ha f-nnsY Il.,s.ia resr. -
gave th- tsHi.sicaSAss m ssse t.s.As "a
Fuit"T, "iicA Trey Improved during the day sii.
AJiack b-ca,"'- gci.~ia IT, srVrriiy ana III. s..
robustness "i the Sst- as felt bv ;ht. Command. =,
IN Chief, were ke-niy appreciated about {. a el,
by 5be guarded whispering nf The new. that .u ~
PGUlic property ~ WAte lioase Lau,ii.g had l,eas
rab;Ii d. ait an he transports ,f,if yess.ls tioda,
charter ordered 10 sail nader ,onvoy-to th. Hamu
tom Roats. Tie truth ai tast dagrn,Al uoe., H..
eyes OF The iallcst Mcclellan had not snI.linrs
enoGgh 10 fight the epeiay IN frolt and 10 rnst4
the base "i has supplies and guard his e.aluetion
with il i,Y rHiiEoad.
Early IN The action, Porter's wounded were or-
defed 10 reInoter hospital that in which thew
hay. The regulars, for the rsi TING were branch.
mp aud set 10 work Before nuori he Penpsviya.
MA AMI Massachusetts troops beyond Gaiue, 5
inhis Rad yielded The ground TO numbers, and ~
tired Under oTder-burning eoninIiss.rg and other
property before they wr,:t, and DESTROYING bridge
over the Chiekahomiay aS they crossed it, An ar
tack in great force upon Smiths division was also
made. The Vermont troops and New York :s3l.
and Others with Ayress battery and t.,,;,n's r.,
pelled il with terrible slauglter
Snperaboanding In regiments as brave and reg.,,
lutte tigers the Con;ederases rolled their cre.
nsn IN successive waves upon Sumner and thereby
carried the general assault to the lines Of Hook er
aud Kearney. On the left.--Ed The ground Is
a swampy wilderness. dotted with claarngs in corn
and wheat, and oats. battle all along the front
we occupy cannot be seen even from a baheon.--
The woods viii hide the Ei0sl of it, They will
mask nearly all of battle in front oil The coy1se II
0yEafe or OF the divisions either.
ii T. M--There IS a council Of the three or four
best minds in The army at this late hour o. the
rtttf 10 thas
enough TO maintain our position against the long
accumulated numbers Of the enemy and that we
lai'St retreat tomorrow, On whom shall rest tine
gseyous responsibility Of Iesistng or refusing Me
LATER-l24 A. M.-Count de Paris took ur,,ner
a Confederate Major, who belonged 10 yl.ck son :
army. He said he had been in the Valley Of the
Shenandoah all winter, and same here yesterday
rived this mC.ling. The whole Of Il wa. mere
He said tnat in the attack our righ. tLe Confet
crates ha from sixty TO eighty thousand troops Thi,
viii explain the enormous fire under which our men
We're borne down ana swept away, precisely IS
some OF the regiments were swept away al the
Seven Pines.
TN the Confederate side IL Is ossiuaisd that full
sixty thousand men took par. in the action Gen
lee IS known 10 have been in command, and under
him Genei;iis HILL Anderson and Branch
II was late at night when the firnd ceased As
this is written II is now pas. midnight Bodies Of
The dead cover the hilistes and fill the fas.nesssa
OF the woods The groans Of the wounded fill tie
ar, and anxious scores are wandering Me:.,jly
about in quest Of missing frisnS Generals cannot
lind their brigades, Golsneis their regiments Cap
tains their nies, aud rice cerss Each waits
with anxiety the da~ning morrow. know what
o. i,ape IL shall bring OF those now .sssng. sud OF
fate TO themseives. II IL y Iso,srniul nigh,
srsTFHEST Of oErIoEKs FROM THE gAIrt
s ItRLD.
Prepared for the New YORK Expresaj
4 Major and two Captains from the left " ing af
IeCie!ians army. reached this city this nornna Mt
8 O'Clock. having ieft white House at Ii O'clock on
Saturday morning. They give the following par.
tieisls.rs oi the fight:
They rapov The battle as having been co.nrle .,,-
cd by MeCleihin on FRIDAY z.soruing.f aud thai The
Consederates immediately responded ana r,p,
them at all pongs, ready, evidently, Tor 5es-ar-t
resistance.
The r.aht wing Were then nearing a Oon gss,sr..
Ratification of an almost iiapreg egnatle ebsrs> d
when Mcclellan rode up, and this Major > .ter
heard him give the following order 49, ayssh'
White Hous@-Repl and on the ~ miles, caile'
cessary; but hold that positieGs- atrs, too, II ne
ell hazards The Pennayl .,s shen reached, a
shsn m eamiSana ,, o. 20 snsk'ai's meI
with their desnneea-se down at a fearfal rat
AZ fast az The sar missiles.
out they segi-eJ< of the essmy were tilinne
care up e sh 10 Till up Instantly. and every ma
Tle ~ action, he Gays, psbiy.
srsa ~ - stalls complained AZ ihiss0fder. and d
u aight it out j,,st then; I; hut tiie order ha
er eheyed and they commenced 10 yetrsaI "a
.smy pnrsulng ard fighting all this time. MeEle
waa kept up for dissancs of hve mijss, sxhAs, d
Irish brigade met tho enemy aud stopped his ~
vance The ground msred svsr was very Awamp.
and In many instances thr men had 10 wsde aisno
Al this ianctuss dsnral llcClslisn moved h
left wing around 70 the rear Of the sGOnto0eSnee