Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-06-25
Interesting Incidents Of the Great
Battle of Seven Pines.
lClrrespondence Of DC y. Y. Tribune.l

'AbIEc~p"uhGAtC' VI AhG ~ L AAiSNHS"f
SLvxx PINES. "Wednesday, June IL, '62.
The cndeavcr to baptize the great bat
tie fought here with the name Fair Oaks,
instead of Seven Pines. Is exceedingly
unfair, if it is not something great deal
worse Only fraction of the contest. an
attempt to turn the right wing, struggled
across the railroad, and ragged near the
Fair Oak Station. Coucll'S Division only
WIS there at the beginning. \ portion OF
summers command. arriving before the
end Of the fight, enlarged the proportions
of the combat But the great battle, the
great loss. AMI the great victory i'll the re-
suits. took place in front. on both sides,
and in rear OF, the Seven Pines. Only ig-
nortncr, or something worse, can give any
other name TO t!li har,l-gought field than
that of the Seven Pines.
Last ni.ht-rithcr at , o'clock this
morning ilool<cr's pickcts heard several
reports such as they heard opposite Bu,d ;
Ferry. the ight preceding the cvacIIatiOn
of the Cockpit Point batteries. This was
followed by the ruinblng of wagons and
the distant Shoutin. of the drivers to their
mircd teams. and all the nose of a re-
treat. If the rebels went, wh,r.' did they
90? At .. 10, and III o'clock. the picket
firing in front was lively. This a--grcS
sivcmesS Of the slarpShootcrs has oftc.,
masked rebel retreat :: I;;..aulIIon. Ii
their regimen ",nt. where did they 90
I p 4 countcr-marcl down the Charles City
Road, they could place themselves again
on the flank of the left wing. But tC
Peek, fortunately it assigned the picket
daty upon the line where tho cSleeIy com
mlnderS might court danger and receive
damage. His vigilance Will never be sur
priScd. II the rebels wen; to Richmond
it Is needless To- SPECULATE upon the oh,
lcct of their retreat. For here Spccul ;tiou
concerning it is mixed up with raDor!!.
brOu ght by our scouts that the use of the
blyonct upon them +. Hooker and Sick
les, on u 'nl.W completely dem 1ralizet
the rebel Regiments on the williamsburg
Road, who had participated in the battle
OF the Seven Pines. and were left in pos.
session of Casey and Keyes' camps. f.
capped from llookcr'S c.arge, they are said
to have estragglcdrs,p s,pidlv through the road
bed and the woods on either side. in a con,
fused maSs-regimrntS companies, ofii,
GERS, and soldiers, all mixed uI,-literally
Il rabble rout, that, Oh so surely ! ought
10 have burn r.von with case shot ariri
cavalry charges. and torn to pieces on eth.
er side with musketry. Ii what these
scouts say Is true, the i'm IgIrary advance
III force of the CniontrSopS, before which
the rebels fled. should have been real
movement. 1t Is possible that we could
Ia I'VE had Richmond in time for dinner.
NJ own judgment is that the first meal
We Will eat there will be suppcr-at the
enl of Il hard DAYS work
lis late To talk of the Seven Pines
Bat Is it! VIII it not he theme for
forty years To come! WclI-amons the
noteworthy things seen on the field was
the Charge of the lH5th PrnnSvlvania. OF
which Umlr ) Is men were in action. Led
by Its Colonel and Gen. jameson. they
depressed their bayoncts, and dashed at
the South Carolina Palmetto Regiment,
and the-th Georgia-lifted them right
oil their feet, and drove them half a mile.
Such hrroisn. of course. pays sacrifice to
the God of War. One-hIlf of these. Penn
SylvanianS were killed or wounded in the
charge-ome out of every eight of them
WAS killed ID. nearly Is per cent?! Eight
cen officers started in the assault upon
thc.c IwJ rebel regiments as they stood
III Il wood very moving machines of death
tt Il cut It's Govn in sy.ths. Only five
returned alive or without gricvouS wounds.
There Is Il regiment To he adopted into.
DE IrObrIandS regiment the both New
\ GUrk, III breaking, lett Captain Williams.
of Company X, without Il company to be
any lnn scf- CIptIin of lie inquired for
the New York 6=d chased it ;lS it was ad
vamcing in line of battle. and begged the
privilege of fighting through the action
with II. And hc did -, most c,Ilantly.
rne cheering with which the brave officer
WAS received WAS followed bv a noisy wei
come gwen to AN irish private from the
same both. who quietly took his place
among the G2i. with the smiling S;lluta-
ton, a. lie looked tn the cap on the lock
oi his muSkct, 'ByeS, ann wild YOU ~
One of the editors of the Tribune. seated
on his llor-c behind the regiment, was re-
cognzcd 10y private. vino StclIned out
and SaId, His name, Sir. Is Frank Ricll-
line, acting Scargcant Company +. New
orH Doth. Put II IN Your book, Sir
1t Is queer that, afterwards. i'm the midst
OF the light. that same private ran up to
The editor 10 tell him that he had made.
Il mistake IN the mans name. and he sitvc
him new and totally different Celtic
name, which. in the racket and motion of
the Bedlam scene, was lost beyond re-
call.
Where III -- are you going to-
Why amt you fi.hting:' obitIrgatory. Vi
olcmt, with blazing eyes. and urofane nro-
fII<ely, to man six feet two i'm heii,ht.
walking unarme.l ingloriouslv away from
horrible fire right north of the Pine
The strong tramp of the fIgaciouS warrior
collapsed and fell into Il dcplol4lLle limp.
and his .ay hung, and his firm cheeks
grew hollow, and his eyes rolled upward
their sockets with inimitaLle anguish.
'OL. Sir, | am Wounded" SHOW your
wound" The warriors face denoted that
he thought, considering the time and
place. that this WIS the most unreasonable
request that AN officer ever addressed to a
private. lie began fumbling at his waist
coat, looked over his shoulder to see the
advancing line of rebel ire, clutched at
his trowScr leg as the cover of his hurt,
crouched and hid as he stood, from Il
whistling bullet and turned up now his
right elbow To shield his breast and revert
eel head from the leadcn snakes that hiss
eel mortally OH one.Sile. and then his left
elbow aS Il protection from Il whole brood
of them Missing and splitting after him on
the other side-iumbling the while at the
outer of two flannel shirts. Hurry up
Show your wound - At the risk of his
life, he yet fumUled and fumbled-shame
growing fast upon him. and covering him
with look of the intcnScSt conscious
meanneSS as he at last rev called out of the
slowly lifted flannel mite of cut upon
his side, smaller than many school-boy
inllicts upon himself with barlow knife
and refuses to bandage. "Ain't you
ashamed of yourself you six-loot coward ,
Go back and fight, ,--you, or ! will kill
vou." And he went back-Lut only to
run off another way.
Pa. coafrs--T met man passing up in
TO the wood which fianked the rebel regi-